Chapter 243: The truth (a) (2/2)

”Wow!” Elliot exclaimed, a happy expression on his face. ”Isn't that great?”

John was sulking for the same reason he felt excited. He did hold the feeling of his friend valuable, but Elliot decided to be honest this once. This was a great training ground. You could train here for decades, and only a month or three would pass back in Xavier. By the time you become overly powerful and return, you wouldn't be missing out on anything! It was such a great opportunity. Elliot was a little jealous of his friends.

”If that were the case, I wouldn't have been sulking for years.” John pouted, remembering the miserable days he had to spend locked up in this place.

”What do you mean?” Asked Lucy, whose expression showed the others that she was extremely curious about this place.

John, who wanted to do nothing but talk for three weeks straight, happily answered, ”You see, we're in a time-lapse formation with no way out of it. The lapse ratio between this training facility and the outside world is 396 days to 1, and at first, I also thought it was a great place to train. The queen told us that this formation would continue for ten days of our original world, meaning we would get to experience 3960 days. And we could use that time to pick up a high-grade profession or two. And she also said that after finishing our fundamental studies, we could leave anytime we wanted. And that if we failed to learn anything, we would get kicked out of the organization.

”I was significantly lacking as a magician, so I happily grasped this chance. Three years later, after I finished my studies, I found out that there was no way to get out, not until the formation stop working. Thinking that I would've to spend 2772 days with a man that had forgotten how to talk and a bunch of NPCs, I started losing my sanity. I realized that I'd been played! Thankfully, now that you guys are here, I am saved!”

After saying that, he hugged them both.

”No hugs.”

”You're squeezing my neck.”

”Sit down.”

Theo lifted his blindfold and looked straight at the overly touchy pale vampire. The look in his eyes was as deep as the ocean and even emerald paled in comparison to the color of his eyes. John shivered under his gaze and knew that if he kept on acting out, he would get punished. In silence, he took his hands away from the newly arrived guests and returned to his seat.

Looking at the submissive John, Elliot got reminded of a dog. He felt as if Theo had a dreadful leash on John and that it was not too bad of a thing.

”Theo, how long did it take for you to learn a high-grade profession?” Elliot asked.