Chapter 73: "I’ll resolve this for you." (1/2)

For the next few days, Arima just candidly answered to the questions of his students and gave them considerably more details. He wasn't really a scientist back in the other world, but given his thirst for knowledge, he had accumulated a lot of it.

Incidentally, for three days, he hadn't stopped picking talented students that he would put in the class to win the raking competition.

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Meanwhile, on another continent, a huge serpent-like creature was sleeping at the bottom of a calm lake. The beast suddenly opened its eyes and put its head out of the water.

On the shore, the serpent spotted an elven girl looking at him with a small black cat on her shoulder.

The huge serpent yawned, ”What do you want, Lifa?”

”Good morning, Master Jorga,” She responded and smiled. ”Lady Seria is requesting your presence.”

Jorga frowned. ”Seria? What does she want?”

Lifa shook her head. ”I don't know. She just mentioned that it was pressing.”

Jorga sighed and his body flashed with a blue light. His figure shrunk and landed on Lifa's shoulder. The now small snake glanced at his right and the black cat on the opposite side meowed at him.

”What is wrong with that cat? He's aberrantly strong.”

”Oh, it's a pseudo-soul beast Arima gave me,” Lifa patted the cat and said. ”But, it's true that lately, he seems to have grown stronger for some reason.”

”You bet,” Jorga jested and grinned. ”That cat is already stronger than your own father. He must be directly connected to Arima's soul. His strength doesn't depend on yours.”

”Huh?” Lifa stiffened and stared at the small cat in shock. She lifted him up and squinted her eyes. ”Deki, is it true?”

The cat tilted his head and wagged his tail. Then he meowed cutely like it was saying 'what are you talking about?'.

Lifa instantly lost against the cuteness and started petting him. Jorga chuckled and laid his head to sleep. ”Let's go, take me to Seria. I'll take a nap, wake me up when you arrive.”

Lifa sighed and immediately left. She jumped very swiftly from a tree to another and arrived, a few tens of minutes after, at the center of the Great Forest.

It was a very radiant and 'green' place. Almost identical to Evergreen's territory. Lifa quickly approached the Mother Tree in the middle of it. That tree was also a lot bigger than the one Arima visited before. Lifa stopped in front of it and gently touched it.

”Lady Seria, I brought master Jorga,” She whispered and the trunk opened to form a sort of gate. Lifa entered with a smile.

Her vision blacked out for a second but when she was able to see again, she found herself in an endless meadow with tall grass growing everywhere. There were absolutely no variations on the ground, not even a small mound. When Lifa looked at the sky, she saw a perfectly blue sky and a relatively small sun.

There was just a small hut in front of her amid the vast and infinite plain. She entered the hut and spotted a mature looking woman sitting on a couch. She had dark green long hair and eyes. She also had pointed ears and wore a green dress decorated with some magnificent runes.

”Lifa,” She smiled and said with a calm and relaxing voice. ”Where is Jorga?”

”Here,” Lifa pointed at her shoulder. There was a gray snake, nonchalantly sleeping there.

Seria smiled once again. She flicked her finger and the spoon that was on a table beside her flew and hit the snake on the head.

”Ow!” The snake interjected and fell on the ground. He obviously woke up and stared at the woman. ”Seria! Respect people's resting time a bit!”

”Did you just say something?” Seria asked with a chilly smile.

”…Nah, nothing,” Jorga instantly calmed down and slowly made his way toward another couch and climbed on it. ”So, why did you call me?”

Seria grabbed a cup that was on the table and took a sip of the content. ”I'm sure you realized 'he' is moving, right?”

Jorga scowled at her. ”Of course, I noticed.”

”When I asked him why he was moving, he said that a human had requested him to do so.”

Jorga snickered. ”I guess it's Arima. And? What do you want?”

”Arima, yes… that human who passed here not long ago. He was only around the eighth level at that time. I heard he met Evergreen not too long ago as well. The reason I called you here is actually to talk about him. You said to me that he owed you a favor. I want you to call him”

”Why?” The snake squinted his eyes. ”I don't want to waste a favor from someone like him.”

Seria sighed. ”As I said, we're moving right now, and during the previous reunion of the dryads, we sighted another planet that was approaching us.”

”Huh?” Jorga exclaimed and dropped his jaw and Lifa didn't react. She wasn't following the conversation and just kept drinking her tea while feeding Deki.

”Are you serious?” Jorga asked and Seria nodded. ”…Is that planet deliberately coming toward ours?”

”Apparently,” Seria shrugged. ”That planet seems to be in dire conditions. Perhaps they're lacking resources and are seeking some from us.”

Jorga grunted. ”Well, you're probably correct about the fact that Arima can help us. I don't want to call him though.”

Seria stared at him with a 'smiling' expression and he cowered. ”Fine… I'll do it right away,” He complied and closed his eyes.

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Back at the Main Land. Arima was leading a class when he suddenly received a telepathic message. He frowned and closed a book he was reading. He was actually supervising a test he had given to his students. To see how well they had studied what he imparted them.

He stood up in the middle of that test and every student looked at him. ”I'll be out for a moment; I don't really know how long. But even if I don't come back for the rest of the day, I want you to continue doing the test. Lanya will pass them to the next people coming,” He instructed and everyone resumed their work.

”Night, I'll call you if it's needed,” Arima added and teleported.

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”Done,” Jorga sighed. ”You're happy? He said he'll come right away.”

Seria smiled and clapped, ”Then it's good. I need to prepare for his arriving.” She stood up and prepared to leave.

”You don't need to do that. I don't like welcome parties,” A voice resounded in the room and made her stop her movements. She slowly turned around to find a man sitting on one of her couches.