Chapter 71 - 71: Recruitment - Final (1/2)
As the time passed midday, Aron, who was seated on a sofa comfortably opposite from Lady Uva, suddenly stood up.
”Leaving already? I had hoped for us to exchange more knowledge.” Lady Uva was unwilling to see Aron leave as the knowledge they were sharing had drawn much of her interest. The same could be said for Aron who received somewhat more knowledge on Pesia.
However, he chose to cut the conversation short since he didn't want to give knowledge freely; it would be a waste. After giving her a subtle nod, confirming his intention to leave, he walked out of her office. The gentle old woman could only sigh before taking out a note book and going over the knowledge she learned.
After leaving the office, Aron began wandering the corridors of the academy. As he did so, he would occasionally pass by groups of students who all seemed to share a common topic of discussion. The recent murders....
”Did you hear? Another person was found dead just yesterday... a student no less.”
”I've heard a mana beast may have infiltrated the city hunting humans.”
”That can't be, why would a beast not eat it's prey? All the bodies were found brutally mauled or crushed but signs of feasting were shown...”
”Who knows, but students and residents alike are being advised to move in groups until the beast is found...”
In each group that Aron passed by, he heard the students thoughts on the recent attacks that had been occurring in the city, some were concerned whilst others fearful. They were of course some who were confident that they would be able to defeat said beast that invaded and proudly boasted their capability to do so.
'Seems they're starting to take the attacks seriously,' Aron thought to himself as he wandered the corridors without halting. As the number of victims rose, the topic was becoming more and more popular. Some students went as far as forming groups to patrol the streets during the night. 'How noble.' Aron clicked his tongue in irritation before finally deciding to leave the Academy.
Meanwhile in the lecture room where he had held the recruitment interviews, Jin, Jagu, and Claudia were standing around listening to the young lady's never ending ideas.
”For our faction cloaks, do you have a choice on color?” she asked Jagu and Jin causing them to glance at each other. Aron had left the matters in their hands so going to bother him over a choice of color was something neither of them wanted to do.
”Black and red. Fearful and strong colors,” Jagu suggested and Jin nodded, Claudia simply listened and wrote it down before proceeding.
”A crest? These usually take long to design but here are a personal few of my own design,” she said without turning away from her notebook and this time Jin answered. ”The one in the middle, most definitely,” Jin replied while pointing his finger at the crest in the middle.
Once he saw it he immediately thought of Aron. It was dark, intimidating and expressed power, if that didn't describe Aron then he didn't know what did. Jagu nodded in agreement and once again Claudia carried on.
”Next is the faction name,” Claudia said and Jin and Jagu glanced at each other before giving an answer in unison.
”Sovereign.”