Conquering The Game's World

After browsing through the list for quite some time. Luis finally settled on an auxiliary skill that he believed he needed very much, given his current strength.

'If only it was a growth-type skill like my perception. Sigh… guess I'll do with it for now. Besides, it's not too bad, even if it's a C-rank.'

Yes, he set his eyes on a C-rank skill because he couldn't find any good auxiliary skills among the B-ranks. As most of them had some requirements to use, that made him lose his interest.

Since he had decided, Luis didn't waste any time and called out, "Uncle Zeth, I have made my decision."

Hearing this, Zeth walked forward, leaning towards the screen with interest. "Which one?"

Luis pointed. "This."

"Oh? Interesting choice, kid!" Zeth nodded with a grin, casting him a look of approval.

Hena wanted to see what skill he picked that caused him to get Mr. Zeth's praise. However, since he hadn't called for her. It made her embarrassed to pry on it or sneak a peek at the screen.

Luis took one last look at the screen as Zeth closed it and they waited for Alicia and Diana to be done with it.

After a few minutes, Alicia and Diana also made their choices. Zeth closed all the screens and then went inside to bring the skill books.

Sometime later, they saw Zeth coming back with three boxes in hand.

"Here are your skill books, kids. You know how to use it, or should I tell you?" He asked while giving them the box containing the skill book they chose.

"We know." Alicia and Luis said in unison.

Diana, on the contrary, shook her head and said, "I knew about it, but I forgot."

"You just have to channel your mana into the skill book," Hena said.

"That's it?" Diana was surprised, and immediately took out the green skill book from the box, channelling mana into it. The next second, the book shone with green light as it disintegrated into thin air. She felt some changes inside her body, and she was certain that she had learned a new skill.

She turned to look at Hena and grinned. "Thank you, Professor."

Hena nodded, but her attention was on Luis and Alicia, who put the box containing the skill book inside their mana bracelets.

"Are you two not going to use it now?" She asked.

Luis nodded, giving a glance at Alicia and said, "We will use them later, Professor."

"Fine but remember to use it and don't sell it to anyone." Hena reminded.

"Don't worry, Professor, we are not short on money," Luis said with a gentle smile.

However, his smile irked Hena, as she re-realized the identities of these two students. 'Ugh, these rich second generations. So annoying.'

She took a deep breath to calm her envious heart as she turned to Zeth.

"Mr. Zeth, Olivia will send the merit points for these three B-rank skill books later."

"Hmm," Zeth nodded, not too bothered by it. Then, raising his brow, he also added. "It's only 2 B-rank and one C-rank."

"Really? Hmm." His words surprised Hena as she turned to give the three of them a curious glance. However, she didn't question them and said to Zeth. "Thank you, Mr. Zeth, for your time."

"I am just doing my job." He shrugged with a wave of his hand.

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When they were about to leave, he placed his hand on Luis' shoulder and said, "Remember to come by again, kid."

"I will." Luis gave him a polite smile. "See you later, Uncle Zeth!" With those words, he left with the others.

Zeth stood there watching their silhouettes for a few seconds, then smiled and went inside.

***

Some distance away from the exchange centre, Hena halted her steps and faced the three of them.

"Do you all want to go to Olivia's office with me?"

Luis and Alicia stared at her in silence. Their expressions conveyed their intentions.

"Thought so," Hena sighed, expecting this response from them.

"Then you all can go back. As your Olivia, I'll make sure that she apologizes for her mistake."

At this moment, Luis spoke up. "I think you misunderstood something, Professor. We never wanted her apology."

"What do you mean?" Hena asked in confusion.

Alicia also gazed at Luis, seemingly saying that she wanted Olivia to apologize. However, seeing that he had something on his mind, she didn't interrupt him.

"As I said before, Professor. We just do not want her to create any more trouble for us. Do you understand?"

Although, his words were pointing at Olivia's previous behavior. Hena, for an inexplicable reason, had a feeling that he was hinting at something else.

'No way, it should be my illusion, right?' She tried to deny herself, but when thinking of Luis' smartness. Her heart felt more and more wrong. 'There's no way he knows about the troubles connected to this case, right?'

"Luis, did Olivia tell you something?" Hena asked straightforwardly, her voice serious. She knows the implications if Olivia involved them further.

Luis gave a tired sigh and said, "We are just first-year students, Professor."

His answer was simple, and his voice was indifferent. But his casual response made Hena's mood sink as she understood the hidden meaning behind his words.

'We are just first-year students, Professor. How can you expect us to be involved in political affairs and criminal organizations? Please don't trouble us anymore.'

Hena's mood turned bad, not because of Luis' rejection. Rather, she felt what he did was correct and supported it. She also doesn't want some first-year students to take on such heavy responsibilities.

She was angry at Olivia, who tried to involve them in it. 'No, if it's true. I can't let this slide. I should go ask her.'

"I understand." She nodded at Luis and said, "Don't worry, you all won't be troubled by it. I promise."

"That's a relief," Luis showed a relieved smile and holding Alicia's hand, he said, "Then see you tomorrow, Professor. We will be on our way."

"Okay," Hena glanced at the left and said, "Diana, you should also go back with them. You can see Professor Olivia tomorrow and talk about your direct guidance."

"Okay, Professor."

Diana being Diana didn't understand the complicated stuff. So, she kept her silence about it and left after the other two.

Hena, who was looking at the backs of the three students, had a sad look on her face. 'Why do you have to do all this, Olivia?' Angry at her friend, she immediately went to her office to get the answers she wanted.

***

After, Luis and Alicia returned to the flat. Alicia looked at Luis with curious eyes and asked, "Is it okay to let it end like this?"

Luis shook his head and explained the reason behind his intentions. "After knowing that, Professor Olivia was trying to involve us deeper into the troubles of the Temar Kingdom. Professor Hena is bound to be angry and feel guilty about it."

"What does her feeling guilty have anything to do with us? At most, she will stop her, but I don't think Olivia is going to try anything now anyway after all that had happened today," She asked, expressing her confusion.

"Indeed, Professor Olivia won't do anything. Nor did she plan to. Her question to me during the mission was only out of curiosity."

"I don't believe it." Alicia doubted.

"Yeah, after all that she had done. It's hard to believe her, but what I said is the truth and you will understand it later." Luis hadn't told her about Olivia's past. As he felt there was no need to do so for now.

Alicia still found it hard to believe. This was apparent in her expression, but Luis didn't care about that and answered her other question.

"As for what benefit I will get by making Professor Hena feel guilty. It's simple. I want to learn her mind techniques, without becoming her disciple or revealing my Illusionist talent. By creating the emotion of guilt and indebtedness inside her, it will be easier for me to make her share her techniques with me."

He said in an eloquent manner, exposing his intentions. However, he only received a deadpan stare in return.

"What?" he asked, baffled by her reaction.

"Can't you just ask for it directly from her, instead of doing all this manipulation?"

His brows twitched, and he explained. "I am not doing any manipulation. I wanted to ask her directly too. It just turned out this way, so I planned to take advantage of the situation."

"Now, not only I can be sure of learning her mind techniques, but we can also make her do some work for us in the future if we make proper use of her feelings of guilt."

"You should understand by now what kind of person Professor Hena is, right?"

Alicia nodded in understanding and decided to stop talking about it.

"By the way, what skill book did you choose? Is it a C-rank?"