Why Should I Stop Being a Villain

321 Intentions

Silvus looked at them leaving thinking about his discussions with them.

"Doesn't look good," Silvus said to himself,

All this time when he was asking Asher all those questions, his true intent was to gauge the personality of the young man whose talent was nothing but monstrous.

Silvus had lived long enough to understand people's personalities by just talking with them.

But he had never seen someone like Asher in his life.

Being able to remain calm and composed despite being in his presence was something Silvus didn't think Asher could do.

Even Alyssa and Amelia were affected by the massive presence that flood the whole room.

Although Alyssa's didn't react much like Asher, but it was visible that she was being affected by Silvus's presence just like Amelia.

It was just Asher, who had no reaction, or even a single hint of hesitance while conversing with Silvus.

All these time, Silvus had stick to his ideals of staying away from the Elite families and people with status like or bit less than them.

But he was getting old, and he was not the once independent man he was currently.

Born a orphan, Silvus had climbed to the top with his own strength but now he had kids and even Grandchildren.

And the previous incident in the Kalvas Gala, where the children were hurt by the bomb that was planted on the Dance Hall, at that moment Silvus didn't thought much of it but the image of his own family getting hurt made him rethink his own decisions.

Till now, Silvus had the stayed away from interfering outside of Mage Association, but after witnessing the recent battle against a Peak SSS Rank Monster all that changed.

He was not worried about the present, but the future which was uncertain.

And that is why he took the initiative to talk with Asher.

If he could see the thoughts and personality of those that will lead the world in the future, he could predict where to place his bets.

But his recent conversation made him rule out Asher as the one he would place his bets on.

It was true that even Silvus acknowledged that he had never seen such a sharp, composed mind even in the most genius and talented mages he had seen in his life.

And knowing that the young man had already reached C- Rank, it was not hard to say that Asher was the strongest in his generation.

"He is too dangerous," Silvus muttered.

He had seen those indifferent crimson eyes once before in his life, and it wasn't a time that Silvus wanted to recall.

He didn't knew about why Asher had such eyes, that looked distant and detached from the world.

Suddenly, Silvus sensed a presence coming towards his room sneakily.

His facial expressions changed immediately.

His face became warm, and his smile became soft, nothing like the way he behaved in front of Asher and others.

It was his genuine smile.

Suddenly, a head popped out from another that was an entrance to the room, and from their a Silver Haired, girl with bright yellow amber eyes peeked.

"What are you doing?" Silvus asked as he looked at the girl that was around 11 years old.

"Oh, I heard there were some guests so I didn't wanted to disturb Grandpa," The girl replied as she rushed towards Silvus.

Silvus turned his chair as the girl hugged him and looked above towards his face.

"Acting so sweet, it seems you want something from me?" Silvus asked.

The girl pouted as Silvus had seen through her plan.

"I just wanted to go outside, but mom and dad said it would be too dangerous," She said while looking a bit sad.

"You will go to the World Academy soon, so wait a bit more," Silvus said as he patted her head.

"Okay," The girl replied while pouting and looking away.

Although she was happy that she and her brother could go to the World Academy, she didn't wanted to show it to Silvus.

She only heard last year that she and her brother would attend World Academy, and it made her very excited as she thought that she would only learn in the Mage Association.

Some of her tutors had already told her about how only the best would study at the World Academy, and all students from different continents join together to study at one place.

Due to her sheltered upbringing, she was quite excited to step out and learn in a place like World Academy.

Silvus wasn't worried about the safety of his grandchildren inside the World Academy, as he had made a deal with Farnus to teach them in a special class.

It was one of the favors that Farnus gave in the High Council, to a select few and Silvus used it for his grandchildren.

And Alfred and Nathan did the same for Lucas and Livia, although it was not known yet.

Outside the Mage Association,

"You guys can wait in the car, I will complete the paperwork," Elsa said as Asher, Amelia and Alyssa went towards their car.

All of them had already stored the books in their storage rings. These books were the copy of the original ones present in the Sanctuary of Mages, and it can only used by the one who took it outside.

When someone was exiting the Sanctuary of Mages, they needed to make an mana oath to not distribute the information inside these books without getting the confirmation from the Mage Association.

And if they did, the Mage Association would request them to return the books, and strip them of their rights to re enter the Sanctuary of Mages ever again.

Asher calmly sat in the car, and he was thinking about the conversation he had with Silvus.

'So he is ready to step into all this,' Asher thought to himself.

During the time Silvus was asking Asher all those questions, he wasn't aware that Asher was somewhat aware of his intentions.

The bombing in the Kalvas Gala wasn't just to damage the reputation of the High Council, but it was to make Silvus Grandus, someone who was stern on not stepping inside the politics of Elite Families, move.

There were far too many variables that were bound to appear as Asher disrupted the future heavily, and that's why he needed the double edged sword named Silvus.

'So this skill can even fool his eyes,' Asher thought in his head.

His mana core right now was a Rank C Mana Core, but seeing that Silvus had addressed him as C-, was the evidence that this skill was enough to disguise his strength from anybody.

Asher knew that Silvus had eyes that could see mana, and now that he had confirmed that both Nathan and Silvus couldn't gauge his true strength, he was confident in using this skill.

Closing his thoughts, for a second Asher remembered about the time during his conversation with Silvus that he almost lost his control.

At the World Academy,

Leonard was looking at the information that his people have gathered till now.

"No record?" Leonard said with a frown on his face.

During all this time, Leonard hadn't give up on finding the partner that Asher came with at the Gala.

And looking how there was no information, it made his doubts even stronger.

But to this day, there was no information about that girl.

Asher had already made sure to tell Emmy, to not leave any traces behind.

And due to Alyssa's identity, Emmy outdid herself erasing all the clues.

The End Year Tournament was coming near, and Leonard wanted some definitive information to play his cards accordingly.

"Sigh, should I give up on this for now?" Leonard said to himself.

Things have went bad since the Kalvas Gala, and Leonard needed to focus on more important things.

Even Osbert had told Leonard to focus on Graduating from World Academy.

But Leonard wasn't satisfied by leaving something he started midway.

He had spent a lot of time, building the Blood faction and gathering all the information about the key people inside the World Academy.

Blake Cranston was one of the examples of such people.

Getting irritated with his situation Leonard threw the board in front of him to the side.

But in an instant he calmed himself down, and his anger went away.

"Hmm, let's focus on the tournament," Leonard muttered.

He was in no rush as the timings for their plan had changed, and he could wait for his time to come.

He had just received the news that Asher had went to the Mage Association to enter the Sanctuary of Mages.

"It's good that he is wasting his time," Leonard said with a smile on his face.

Leonard had many cards to play, but he chose to stay still for now. But he didn't wanted to wait too long either.