Conquering The Game's World

Hena raised her brow, not expecting Luis to have such a good relationship with Mr. Zeth just after a few days of entering the academy.

"Mr. Zeth, are you acquainted with student Luis?" she asked, even though it was obvious from a glance.

Zeth patted Luis on the back and, facing Hena, said with a grin, "Yes, he is a very interesting kid. Is he your student, little Hena?"

His praise for Luis surprised Hena, but then her lips twitched when she heard his latter sentence. She could only sigh, as she knew that complaining about it was going to be pointless. So, with a helpless expression, she answered his question.

"All three of them are students from the Leviathan Class. Olivia is their instructor."

"So, they are Olivia's students." Zeth nodded with a gentle smile, looking like a kind, neighbourly uncle.

"Why do you call Olivia by her name when you call me little Hena? Both of us are of the same age." Hena asked with some grievance.

If it was just being treated as a kid, she could still hold back. However, wouldn't it be unfair to her if her friend received better treatment?

Zeth pretended not to hear her question and shifted the topic.

"You said something about rewards? What did they do? Isn't it only their third day?" His voice carried a hint of curiosity and surprise.

Hena didn't hide it. "Remember the urgent mission yesterday?"

"The one which you and Olivia accepted together. That D-Level mission from the Temar Kingdom?" Zeth said with a thoughtful expression.

Although he didn't show it on his face, deep inside his heart, he was quite concerned about this case. Because the roots of this case were related to the political matters of the Temar Kingdom. Which complicates things.

"Yeah, to be honest, we were just the spectators the entire time. It's these students who solved the entire case and saved all the kids." When Hena said this, her voice was full of pride and there was a heartfelt smile on her face.

"Oh? Did they? They have just joined the academy and are already doing missions. Haha, I didn't expect the fresher students this year to be so talented and fierce." Zena glanced at all three of them, his eyes pausing at Alicia for a moment. 'She looks familiar for some reason. Is it the same as Luis brat?' He planned to ask about it at a later opportunity.

"Yeah, they truly are talented." Hena praised, but thinking of what happened earlier, she became a little embarrassed.

"So, this time you came here to give them their mission rewards. Right?" With a look of understanding, Zeth went up to the counter and tapped on his twice as a hologram lit up. "Select the rewards you want to give them. After you are done, I'll bring them to you." He said while gesturing at Hena to come forward.

Hena didn't waste any time and with skilful hand movements, she turned on the Skill book menu section. Then, with another wave of her hand, the screen separated into three.

"Select the Skill book you want. Remember one per person and it can only be up to B rank."

Her words didn't cause much of a reaction from the three of them, but Zeth became surprised.

"Little Hena, isn't that too much of a reward for a D-Level mission?"

"Yeah, but they solved the entire mission without our help and with no information provided. So, they deserve this much." After speaking, she immediately realized that she had made a mistake. 'Ops, I misspoke!'

Sure enough, the next second, she found Zeth staring at her with a deep expression.

"What do you mean by no help' and no information?" he asked, his voice full of suspicion. "Care to explain?"

Hena scratched the back of her head in embarrassment. Then, with an awkward expression, she explained the entire situation.

By the time her explanation was over, Zeth's face was full of anger. However, as an elder, with a lot of experience. He maintained his composure and said to her with an expression full of displeasure. "Bring Olivia with you here later."

Hena nodded with a resigning expression. She knew they were going to be scolded later. However, what can she do about it? After all, they are indeed wrong.

While Luis and Alicia were browsing through the list of Skill Books, Diana came up to Hena and asked, "Professor, instead of a skill, I want to learn Professor Olivia's movement technique as a reward. Is that okay?"

When Diana asked her question, Hena wasn't surprised since Olivia had already informed her about this matter. So, she answered her as per how they had discussed in prior.

"Diana, if you want to learn her movement technique, you can also do it by becoming her disciple. Not only her technique, but she can also teach you many other things and help you get stronger. You can use this chance to get a skill book as a reward, then learn under her direct guidance, or you can just ask her to teach her technique as a reward and be done with it. The choice is up to you."

Hena didn't talk about it further and left the decision to Diana. Seeing her deep in thought, she thought. 'It seems she is contemplating. So, she is not against the idea. I guess the situation between them is still remediable. If that's the case, it's for the best.'

Zeth, who had calmed down a little, also looked at Diana with interest, wondering what her choice would be. Luis and Alicia also turned their attention to Diana.

Under everyone's curious gazes, Diana looked at Hena with a confused expression and asked.

"Professor, what do you mean by disciple and direct guidance? Aren't I already her student?"

"…"

Everyone was speechless by her unexpected answer. Hena covered her face and sighed. Then, with a patient expression, she explained.

"Diana, in our academy, student and disciple represent separate status. For example, as you are a student of Leviathan Class, you are also Olivia's student. But to her students, she will only teach things related to academics and her help will be limited to the subject she teaches. However, to her disciple, she will teach all her fighting experiences and her unique techniques."

"Of course, the direct guidance system is only limited to the top twenty students. Among them, it's up to the Professors to accept or reject taking disciples. Now do you understand?"

Diana nodded, "I understand Professor."

"Good, let me tell you beforehand, Olivia is ready to accept you as her disciple as long as you agree. So, what's your choice?"

After a few seconds of pause, Diana's voice sounded. "… I want to become her disciple."

"You sure?" Hena asked, surprised by her answer.

"She will teach me all her fighting experiences, right?" Diana asked with a calm expression.

"Of course, she will."

"Then I accept. As long as I can get stronger, nothing else matters." She said with a determined expression.

Her answer did not surprise Luis. Rather, he had long expected it. 'Diana is aware that Olivia is the most suitable professor for her direct guidance. If she can get stronger, she won't care about Olivia's personality issues.'

Others also somewhat realized her thought process. So, they all had a look of understanding.

"Okay, then you can go choose your skill book now. I'll tell Olivia your answer later." Hena said, making Diana nod at her and refocus on browsing through the lost list of skill books.

Hena saw that Luis and Alicia's attention was back on the screen. She hesitated for a moment, then finally asked. "Luis, Alicia, what about the two of you? What's your decision?"

They turned back to look at her in unison. Luis had a gentle smile on his face, while Alicia's gaze was indifferent.

"Shouldn't our answer be obvious, Professor?" Luis said, and Alicia beside him nodded in agreement.

"I see... I'll tell her." Hena said, then exhaled a deep breath.

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While browsing through the list of skill books, Luis was deep in thought.

'Hmm, what should I choose? Most of the B-Rank skills are attack skills. Although some of them are cool, they don't have much appeal for me.'

Luis prefers using his spells rather than attack skills unless they are of too high rank like S and above or they are rare growth-type skills. For a B-Rank attack skill which had limited potential, he had no interest in it. Because after a certain period, the power of a low-rank skill will not be of much use to him when fighting with powerful enemies.

'These defence-type skills might be good for me, but most of them require having a shield or armour. Why is there no good defence skill that can be used without equipment? Most probably, all the good ones are A rank and above.'

After some thought, Luis narrowed his search to auxiliary skills and defence skills without equipment. Regardless of their rank.