Chapter 20 - 21 : Ghost island (2/2)
She then turned her head towards Arthur and said
”I see that the holy church really want that girl, I can protect her from them if she stays in the academy but on one condition.”
Arthur was surprised by what he heard and was a little delighted, he really wanted the academy to provide protection for him and Lucy, for the time being, actually he was going to ask her for protection but he didn't expect the principal to propose to him instead, but when he heard a condition he hesitated for a bit for he was fearful that she asks something unreasonable
”What's the condition?”- Arthur
”It's really simple, I want YOU to join the council and become a member.”
To be honest, he never thought she would ask him something like this, he pondered for a moment before replying
”Why do you want me to be a council member?”
Sonia chuckled for a bit and gazed at him while saying
”Because of your strength, of course, I saw your power yesterday in your fight against Mary, and I must honestly say I'm speechless so having someone as powerful as you in my council would help me and the academy as a whole.”
”Then just because I'm a bit strong you want to use my strength in exchange for keeping the holy church away?”-Arthur
”That's a bad way to put it but I suppose it's like that hehe”-the principal
”What if I was a weak person? what would you have done?”-Arthur
”If you were weak you would have died to Mary's hands and we wouldn't be talking about this right now.”
The principal dodged the question but Arthur was disgusted by people like her, after all, everyone was the same, and he was sure if he was weak she would've just the holy church take Lucy and would not be proposing this deal to him, nonetheless he stared at her with cold eyes and replied
”Since it's like this, then I accept your deal, but you must know I will still follow my companion and don't want to bother myself with politics or anything of the sort.”
Though Arthur disliked the idea of being used by someone the most, he truly couldn't do anything about it right now as he really needed protection or else he wouldn't be able to protect Lucy from all the holy church if they attacked with a large scale force.
The principal put her hand on her chin as if thinking about something then said ”To join the Council you have to pass a test and be accepted by all it's members or else you can't join, even though I saw your power yesterday, not all council members will believe you are strong unless you show them”
To be honest, Arthur was quite irritated when he heard this, not only he needs to be a council member, he needs to pass a test too? he took a large breath and said
”What sort of test?”
”You just need to slay an imoogi, you have beaten Mary so I'm sure killing an imoogi will be easy”-the principal
”And where will I find an imoogi? do you expect me to search all the continents to find one?”-Arthur
”No need, there is an island nearby which have various dangerous beasts and imoogi is one of them”-the principal
”OK, and when will we go?”-Arthur
”Today would be great since I already called all the council member, we should head out in 10 minutes”-the principal
”Alright, let's head out and finish this quick”Arthur
Hearing what he said, the principal just smiled but didn't say anything, an imoogi is weaker than a dragon but it shouldn't be underestimated nevertheless she too doubted he will fail, after all, seeing his small fireball yesterday, she knew just that would be enough but there are some persistent members in the council who would not accept Arthur unless he shows his strength in front of them.
She soon stood up from her chair and prepared to go out with Arthur, as for him he turned to look at Lucy who was beside him and softly said
”You should go to the classes, since it's safe here and I know you are excited about these classes, don't worry I'll be back soon” Even though he very reluctant to leave her alone, hell he wanted her to accompany him but he didn't know how strong an imoogi was and what would happen, so.... the best decision was to let her stay here and just attend classes.
Surprisingly Lucy glared at him with an annoyed look and said with her cold yet worried voice
”I want to go with you!”
she didn't need to explain what she just, he could understand what she meant just by looking at her eyes, classes and such are irrelevant if he was not by her side, it's true she liked attending those classes to learn new things but what of it if she is alone, without him accompanying her, she would just go back to being lonely like the old days.
She stretched her small white hand and held his while still looking at him. Arthur look softened and he just nodded at her and firmly held her hand, then they followed the principal out of the office.
The three walked for quite sometime before reaching a teleportation array in an open area, there were 9 people waiting there, of course, it was all the members of the council. Once they reached their destination and were going to teleport, Zephir spoke
”We will be going to the ghost island, it's an ancient battlefield between and is full of dangerous beast so you better not head out deep into it or else no one of us would be able to help you and also for the girl next to you, it would be better not to take her as it will be dangerous and we don't want to lose a genius like her.”
Arthur glared at the demon and said
”Mind your own business, whether she comes or not, that's for her to decide!”
he knew Zephir wanted Lucy to be his student and he said that because he wanted her to be safe for she is indeed a genius but since she wanted to come, of course, Arthur would let her come and he would protect her at the cost of everything.
Actually, he was interested in this ghost island, Zephir said it's an ancient battlefield so a thought struck him 'since it's a battlefield, could it be.....' soon enough they were teleported, and in just seconds they appeared at a deserted place.
Arthur looked around and noticed that they were in some kind of forest, there was fog all over the place and it was kind of hard to see for normal people, but for him? it was totally normal, in fact, it was as if the fog didn't even exist, the sky was cloudy and it seemed as it was night even though it's early in the morning. Also, he was totally astonished when he saw what seemed to be a corpse, or better to say a skeleton and not just one but many, dozen probably, there were even some strange skeletons which not human.
The principal noticing Arthur reaction quickly explained
”As Zephir said, this place is an ancient battlefield and it littered with corpses of various beings but what makes it more special is that it's full of strong beasts, actually it is rumored that if you go deep enough you can even encounter dragons, which are supreme existences with magnificent strength.”
Arthur just nodded at her, but deep inside of him, he was full of excitement, since it's full corpses and he is a parasite who can possess them, it could only mean one thing....
The principal continued
”We can find an imoogi a little deeper in the forest, we will not help you in the fight, remember we are only here to watch so you better show us your worth.”
Just as she finished speaking, a female human who didn't talk from the very beginning said
”Mr. Sonia this is clearly a waste of time, just because he could defend a punch from Mary doesn't mean he has the right to join our council, Mary! why are you silent! I thought you are the one who will be the most opposed to this!”
Mary who was standing not far away, lowered her head and stayed silent, after all, she got no right to oppose Arthur or anything of the sort, she lost a fight with him and also lost the bet so she can't bother him in any way possible.
”I also agree with what Selina said” One of the female elves also spoke and seemed to look down on Arthur, but all the members didn't say anything and stayed silent.
”Whether he is strong or weak we will see in the near-future.”
The principal replied with a playful tone as if she was mocking them for being this naive, though they were right to look down on him since they didn't see yesterday's fight, however, she and Zephir knew what this man was capable of, and how with just a small fireball he almost killed Mary.
Frederic who was also present, was a bit shocked as he didn't expect the principal to try to invite Arthur to join the council but nevertheless he was overjoyed as he got a chance of a lifetime to capture Arthur. He began thinking of a plan to somehow take Arthur without warning any of the other council member, especially the principal who seemed to overestimate Arthur's strength but Frederic could only sigh and blame her naivety and short sight.