Why Should I Stop Being a Villain

320 Meeting Silvus

"Is it fine for her?" Elsa asked, walking beside Edward as he guided them to the highest floor of the Mage Association.

Edward replied, "There were no extra instructions, so I think it's fine."

They were a short distance from Asher, Amelia, and Alyssa, allowing them to converse comfortably.

Elsa wasn't sure why Silvus wanted to meet them. However, given the relationship between Silvus and Farnus, she felt confident the meeting would proceed smoothly.

Even Edward wasn't certain about Silvus's reasons for the call, but he guessed it might involve Asher and Amelia. After all, the previous event at Kalvas Gala had been a disaster, leading to its cancellation. Given the widespread rumors of Asher's talents, it wasn't surprising that Silvus wanted to see the young prodigy for himself.

Asher glanced around as he entered the elevator. It ascended, and they soon reached the Mage Association Tower's pinnacle. Upon entering, they felt a surge of mana. This sensation was a characteristic feature of the top floor, maintained by numerous mana crystals supporting a runic formation that concentrated the mana.

"You can meet him in that room," Edward said, pointing to a door some distance away. Elsa led the way, and the others followed. Inside, they encountered an elderly man with amber eyes and silver hair.

Upon seeing Elsa, Silvus received a slight bow as a sign of respect. Amelia and Asher did not bow, and Alyssa remained still.

"You've grown much stronger since your time here as a mage," Silvus remarked, looking at Elsa.

"Thank you," she responded, taking a seat. Asher and Amelia did the same, while Alyssa stayed in her wheelchair.

"I assume Edward informed you of the purpose behind this visit," said Silvus. "As you're aware, given the Sanctuary's significance to the Mage Association, your time here is limited," he explained.

"This was something I discussed with your Principal, and he agreed to it."

Silvus noticed, the girl on the wheelchair and he already knew her identity as he had received the list of the students that were going to visit here beforehand.

But the reason he was present here was not Alyssa Astaria, but it was Asher.

And by seeing with his own eyes, even Silvus was surprised to see a First Year at World Academy being C- Rank Hunter.

"But I had a question, and it is specifically for you," Silvus looked at Asher,

"You are a swordsman so why are you spending your time learning magic?" Silvus asked.

He was genuinely curious behind the reason why the Grandson of the Sword God, who was extremely skilled at Swordsmanship was learning magic.

"Because I want to," Asher replied with a calm face.

It was straight forward answer.

He didn't needed to explain anything to Silvus, and he was sure that Silvus would never be able to know about how his new Bloodline granted him the ability to use both Mana and Aura.

"Hmm," Silvus didn't say much but he looked directly at Asher's eyes.

Being in the presence of such a powerful person, anyone including powerful S Rank Hunter would have felt the pressure but Asher's eyes remained the same.

'I have heard he is calm, but I didn't expect this,' Silvus thought in his head.

Due to his mana sensitivity he could sense when people would become nervous in his presence due to the mana movement inside.

'Interesting,' Silvus thought.

"Well, everyone has the right to choose their own path," Siluvs said.

"But, I would advise you to not chase after something that is not achievable," Silvus said.

His words made Asher feel irritated for some reason.

And he felt that his madness was close to break out, and it wasn't getting difficult for him to control it.

Such a reaction, didn't happened to Asher since the moment he had returned to the past, but it was happening right now.

Asher's glanced at Alyssa for a moment and confirming that she was present there, he felt his madness calm down.

'Is this the effect?' Asher thought in his mind about the certain thing that the System had told him in this past month.

And it was about the increase of his strength that making him closer to his madness.

But this reaction didn't happen due to Silvus's words or the reason that the System had warned Asher about.

On the Flying Island where the World Academy was present.

Inside the depth of the temple like building, a being opened his eyes.

"Is it reverting back?" The being questioned.

The changes was felt by the being.

"But it seems like its still not the time we will meet," The being muttered.

His words made the space around his shake, and power above his existed within that small space.

Confirming the changes, the being closed his eyes, as the time hadn't come yet.

But before disappearing, the being opened his mouth.

"I shall go with your plans for now,"

Leaving this words behind the being disappeared.

At the Mage Association,

Silvus talked with Asher a bit more asking him question about magic in particular.

"So, tell me the fault in this spell," Silvus created magic circle that floated before him.

He wanted to see if the young man before him, was truly serious about magic or not.

Asher who had regain his composure in just a few seconds, was behaving as usual now.

Looking at the spell, there were multiple answers in Asher's mind.

But there was no need for him to prove his worth in front of Silvus.

"Change the first formation Circle, it's too complex for a spell that doesn't need it," Asher replied.

"Correct, it seems that you really did study the fundamentals," Silvus replied with a smile on his face.

Elsa was not surprised because she had seen Asher's answers before and they were always perfect.

Even she herself tried to find some faults but there were none that she could find.

Silvus talked with Amelia as well, questioning a few things about her learnings from the Sanctuary of Mages, and when he tried to talk with Alyssa all he got were one word answers.

Silvus in particular didn't hated or had negative opinions regarding Alyssa. But the same could not be said for the Garcia family.

But most of his questions were to judge the characters of the students sitting before him.

Elsa was questioned as well, but the questions she got were too complex.

Because of his own background, Silvus find it easier to talk normally with people, unlike the Elite Families and the others in High Council that always hid their intentions behind their words.

"Well, you can leave now," Silvus said after he talked with them for half an hour.

Amelia had a tired look on her face, and Elsa could guess that it wasn't easy for her to answer all the questions that were asked by Silvus.

"I thought you spent most of your time training?" Amelia asked Asher while they were going out,

"I do," Asher replied maintaining his calm demeanor.

"Really?" Amelia asked once again.

"So why is your theory is so perfect, even I spend 5 hours each day studying mage theory," Amelia muttered.