Chapter 501: A talk with Peter (1/2)
”I like you kid.” One of the Cleansers approached him and pulled down his mask, revealing a rather handsome face ruined by a large diagonal scar. ”My name is Garen, a Sophomore. Welcome to the club…”
”I'm Sam, Senior Outer Disciple. Nice to meet you kid.”
”I'm Magna, Sophomore.”
”Lewis, Sophomore. Welcome to the club.”
”Natalie, Sophomore as well.”
”Vicky, Senior Outer Disciple. Nice to meet you.” She then pointed at the man who boasted in front of Monica and said: ”That's Peter and you've already met Monica as well as heard about Senior Brother Theo. That's basically all of us, of course not counting the others from the other chapels too.”
Everyone introduced themselves to him. Raven nodded and replied: ”Nice to meet you all, I'm Raven.”
”Hey Kid, let me tell you right now. Monica is taken, alright? Don't get any weird ideas.” Peter interjected all of a sudden, causing Raven to raise a brow in confusion.
Sam walked beside him and knocked Peter in the head, he then told Raven: ”Don't pay attention to him. He's just a hopeless cause.”
”He's wooing Senior Sister?” Raven asked.
”Pfft…” Vicky snickered and said: ”Yeah, right. Instead of wooing, he's more like, embarrassing himself in front of her.”
”Shut it, Vic. He doesn't have to know that.” Peter huffed and faced Raven, asking: ”Why kid? Got any problems with that?”
”Not really.” Raven smiled, ”You don't need to feel threatened. I'm married. Plus, Senior Sister told me that she's old enough to be my grandmother, I'm not into that so you don't need to be wary of me.”
”Eh? She told you that? How strange.” Natalie interjected. ”How old are you anyway?”
”Less than 40 years old I think. I don't know, I stopped counting when I turned 20.”
”Same.” Majority of the Cleansers hummed causing laughter to fill the room.
”Oh right, that reminds me.” Garen turned to Raven and asked: ”I know that Monica already implied it before, but I just want to confirm it. Are you really a Flame Seed Bearer?”
His question caused the atmosphere within the room to turn strange. Raven noticed this but didn't mind, instead he answered them by saying: ”Yes. How do you want me to prove it?”
”Summon the flames, we'll know once you do.” Lewis said, causing Raven to nod and invoke the flames at his fingertips.
This trick isn't something that utilizes the 9 Cleansing Plumes, he just summoned a very tiny amount of Cleansing Flames. Upon him summoning a wisp of flames, he saw how all of the Cleansers jolted as if something struck them.
That was a weird reaction, what confused Raven even further is by how they started looking at each other and not saying anything.
”Alright, kid. We're convinced.” Magna smiled and patted Raven's shoulders. The wisp of flame disappeared from his fingertips and he nodded at him. ”You don't know how much of a god-send you are, specially in this current times.”
”Hey, Peter. Make sure you teach this kid well. If you don't then your Nut Beatdown will doubled.” Vicky smacked Peter's back before walking out of the room. Before she left, she passed by Raven and whispered something: ”Learn well from him, he might look and act like a clown but his skills are the real deal.”
Vicky smiled at Raven before going out of the room.
”You heard her, Peter. Take care of the kid.” Sam added, he then looked at Raven and said: ”Good luck kid, we'll be waiting for you there. We have to go to work.” He similarly patted Raven's shoulders before leaving the room along with the others.
Before long, only Peter and Raven was left in the room. It was quite awkward at first but eventually, Peter let out resign sigh and whispered: ”Whatever, let's do this again.”
He then faced Raven and said: ”Alright kid, let's start all over again.”