Chapter 192: Tell me about yours. (1/2)
The people Arima had called numbered to fourteen in total. The first one was Arister who was the one he trusted the most in the other world.
The ten others who had appeared inside the Hall were, of course, his best students; Ofia, Lena, Melody, Balan, Isla, Gaodu, Irian, Ferzia, Airon, and Kine.
And outside, three individuals had been summoned; Hieran, Rex, and Evergreen. They were the ones he had encountered in the beasts' territory. Rex and Hieran had requested his help to stop the eruption of the volcano while Evergreen was the dryad who had helped him locate Errastas.
”Why did you call us?” That same dryad asked as she entered the Hall through the window. ”I don't want to be out of my forest for too long. Since the apparition of those strange monsters, I can't allow myself to be away anymore,” she stated, completely disregarding everyone around.
”Right, I'm glad to see you too, Evergreen,” Arima jested and grinned. ”Don't worry about that. Someone is already taking care of the protection of your planet,” he said and Evergreen frowned. In contrast, Night burst out laughing.
”Deki,” Arima added and chuckled.
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Back on a small continent, a small black cat meowed with a cheerful expression.
”Hm? What's wrong, Deki?” Lifa asked the cat on her shoulder.
Deki raised his paw as if to say it was nothing and meowed again. He waved his tail and his eyes glowed. At that exact moment, all the Téra present across the surface of the planet were suddenly crushed by an unknown pressure.
The ground shook and Elia's eyes twitched. She looked at Lifa who was in the same room as her and scowled. She stared at the cat for a minute then closed her eyes. She wasn't mistaken; she had seen a red-purple color around Deki cat for a second. Her power allowed her to see emotions as colors and when it'd display this one, in particular, it usually meant that it was killing intent.
Deki cried cutely again after he finished wiping out every Téras and Lifa gave him a treat. That cat was still directly linked to Arima's soul and his actual strength was comparable to the First Divine but it was also his limit.
Since that small cat wouldn't be able to absorb more power than that, Arima had already made sure to stop feeding him with life force and energy. Deki would have to nurture his own strength from now on.
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”All of the Téra are already dead. You'll be fine for a while,” Arima said and Evergreen looked at him bizarrely.
”So, what are we going to do, teacher?” Ofia raised her hand and asked. Arima looked back at her and the other kids then smiled. ”Well, first of all, stop calling me 'teacher' because you'll be the ones teaching from now on,” he announced and everyone exclaimed in surprise.
”Who are we teaching then?” Arister inquired and sat down on a sofa with Ferzia. ”Oh, hello,” he greeted Jin who was near. But the man in question seemed to be in a daze. Everyone followed Arister's example and took a seat. Only the dinosaur and the dragon outside couldn't do the same.
”It's quite simple. My world didn't have magic circuits until a few weeks ago. I want you to work as teachers in an academy for children and anyone who wants to learn magic and fighting techniques.”
”Hm, I see. It's reasonable that you want to strengthen your world and I'm certainly in debt with you for saving our territory. But why did you even call us?” Rex spoke up and scared the shit out of Aurorae's employees.
”That's because you have the best magic control I have ever seen. Your knowledge is also quite valuable,” Arima answered and Rex laughed.
”You hear that?!” The T-Rex shouted at his friend next to him. Hieran grunted and rolled his eyes at Arima.
”You didn't need to inflate his ego,” he remarked. ”Anyway, I can understand why you called that old geezer but what about me? I don't think I can teach well to kids.”
Arima snickered. ”You managed to break through to the Earthen Realm. That's good enough for me. And I also need big guys like you two to give them some experience against bigger creatures.”
Hieran mused and then nodded in understanding. ”Fair enough,” he said and backed his head away from the building. He hit Rex once to calm him down and a small earthquake occurred.
Evergreen sighed and when the trembling went away, she stepped forward. ”So? What about me? I don't even owe you or anything.”
Arima shrugged. ”I assumed you'd be willing to accept.”
”Why?”
”Because I'm asking it.”
Evergreen's expression twitched and she couldn't bring herself to deny it. Since the day she had tried to strike Arima's mind when she met him, a deep fear rooted itself in her psyche and made her feel completely powerless in his presence.
”…Fine. I guess you chose me because I'm the best when it comes to mind magic. But let me tell you; I won't go easy on them. And I also won't be staying here for too long.”
”No problem,” Arima replied. ”I just want you to instruct general knowledge. You can pick a student and make him a successor of sorts before leaving though,” he said and Balan, the small elf prodigy, raised his hand.
”Teach– I mean, Sir, can we use the recordings we have of your lectures?”
”You can. I even invite you to do so. Same thing for the books I gave you. You can use them as material for your lessons. I'll give you fully translated ones then you will be able to copy them,” as he was saying that, Arima abruptly froze. ”Ah… I forgot,” he wryly smiled and glanced at Jin who was blinking uncontrollably. He even was sweating as he looked around him.
Since the moment Arister had started speaking, he was completely lost. Strangely, he could understand what he was saying but he didn't get any word of what the others were saying.
He could also understand Arima's words but then couldn't comprehend at all what the others gave in response. But they appeared to be understanding what he was saying, which confused him even more.
Arima apologized inwardly and snapped his fingers. The group of fourteen people, except two people, suddenly felt strange and only Evergreen and Rex widened their eyes as they realized what happened.
”This is…” The dryad tried to speak and Jin's eyes widened as he finally could understand her.
”He just gave you all the Gods' language,” Layla smiled and said.
”I see. This is an incredible tongue…” Rex noted and Evergreen couldn't help but agree.
”Only Arister and Gaodu didn't need it since they already had it from their inheritances,” Layla added and the two individuals in question nodded.