Chapter 215 - Two Golden Leaves (2/2)

Realizing that he was caught red-handed with his previous words as evidence, Veriano could not help but softly shout the word ”F.u.c.k” as he turned his around for a short second. After that, he looked at Dane with a light smile before saying, ”Eh? Did I say that? I think you're mistaken, Dane. I truly came here to officiate your student's advancement, I swear.”

Seeing that the man slightly far away from him was not going to confess, Dane could not help but let out a sigh before saying, ”Do you really want to be demoted that badly?”

”Demoted?” Hearing this word come from Dane, Veriano could not help but lightly chuckle, which turned into slightly raucous laughter a few seconds later. He then looked at Dane before telling him, ”Demote me? Someone who's a High Official of the Tower? The only possible way to demote me is only if you have a higher position than m—”

Swish!

Just as Veriano was about to finish his sentence, a bright flash of light came from Dane's robe, two golden leaves appearing on his robe not long after. A few seconds later, a golden engraving of an eye and a sword appeared below the two golden leaves as Dane looked at Veriano before asking him with a smile, ”As long as I have a higher position than you, right? Would this be enough?”

”Two golden leaves…” Veriano's eyes widened after looking at the engraving that had just appeared on Dane's robe, his eyes fixating on a certain part of the engraving as he shouted, ”An eye and a sword! Not only are you an Educator of the Tower, but you're a Battle Mage as well?!”

Those with two golden leaves or more engraved on their robes are known by their collective term as the core officials of the tower. Of course, mages with two or more golden leaves are incredibly rare to find, the reason being as to why is that the minimum requirement for a mage to have two golden leaves is to be a Rank 4 mage.

These core officials are then split into two branches, those that are well-versed in teaching, which is symbolized by an eye under their golden leaves, and those that are well-versed in fighting, which is symbolized by a sword under their golden leaves. It's more common to find someone who has an eye or a sword under their golden leaves when compared to someone who has both symbols under their golden leaves while exploring the Arcana Tower.

Thud.

Looking at the engravings on Dane's robe for a bit longer, Veriano's legs could not help but buckle under the pressure and fear of Dane actually acting upon his words. Seeing that Veriano's legs gave way, a light chuckle resounded from Dane's mouth as he made his way closer to Veriano while asking him, ”So, are you going tell me what you were truly doing here?”

”I'm telling you the truth! I was tasked by the tower to officiate your student's advancement!” Veriano responded to Dane's question in a slightly desperate tone as he rummaged through his robe, bringing out a green crystal a few seconds later.

”Here's proof that I was here to officiate! The Class Crystal! Only those who officiate advancements have these!” Veriano continued to speak, his tone gradually becoming more desperate.

”Oh, I don't doubt you on that part,” Dane responded to Veriano's question, telling him that he knew that part already. ”I'm just asking about what you did after officiating her advancement. Were you recruiting her or not? Tell me the truth and I won't demote you.”

In response to Dane's question, Veriano decided to stay silent after saying, ”I've told you all I've done.” Seeing that he decided to stay silent, Dane scratched his head as he looked at Veriano before telling him, ”You know, I didn't want to resort to this, but you leave me no choice if you're not going to answer.”

Whoosh!

After saying what he had to say, Dane went ahead and snapped his fingers. Not long after, a cruel-looking man in what seemed to be in his 40s appeared beside Dane, wearing a green robe. Looking at the color of the robe the man was wearing, Veriano's pupils instantly shrunk as he muttered, ”Rank 5…”

”Indeed, he's a Rank 5 mage,” Dane said in response to Veriano's mutters with a light grin. He then went ahead and placed his hand on the man's left shoulder before saying, ”His name is Cerius Bruciari.”

”Cerius, that's Veriano,” Dane soon said to the man beside him as he pointed at Veriano. He then added, ”It seems that he came to my student's room to recruit her to another team. I've already warned him that I'll demote him if he doesn't admit to it, but it seems he still doesn't want to budge.”

”Could you take care of this, Cerius?” Dane looked at the man with a smile on his face. In response to Dane's question, the man named Cerius acceded to his request as he said in a deep voice, ”Understood.”

Snap!

As Cerius made his way towards Veriano, he snapped his fingers, revealing four golden leaves that surrounded a gladius on the upper left side of his robe. Since he was apprehensive of the man coming closer to him, Veriano's senses were on full alert, hastily noticing the symbol that had just appeared on the man's robe. After realizing what it was, a wall in Veriano's mind seemed to have broken as he stood up and shouted, ”Alright! I give up!”

”I'll tell you what you want to know!”

”Just promise me that I won't be demoted!”

Listening to Veriano's plea, a sinister grin appeared on Dane's face as he responded, ”Alright.”

”I promise.”