LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 30: Aria
After settling this tall beauty down on the place she's supposed to sleep in for the night, Diluc then headed to the room he used ever since he landed himself on this place, a room that becomes even more familiar to him than the great bedroom he used to sleep in back when he was still a child with his blood parents still there supporting him.
Lying down on the old, worn-down mattress that seems to be withered by time already, he felt such comfort of the home he grew up in, enjoying such mystical feelings before he closes his eyes and starts his plans for the future once again, showing that despite her easygoing nature, he is still someone who likes to prepare for the things he is about to deal with.
'Now that I've offended the Andrius family, they will have reasons to attack me now' he thought to himself before opening his eyes once again, an unshakeable confidence brimming from deep within his gaze as if everything is just as he expected it to be, the plans that he is preparing to sacrifice his life for expediting and seemingly becoming easier now due to the existence of the Dragon Herding System beside him.
"I shouldn't be too reliant on it though…" he mutters helplessly to himself as he couldn't help but mock his own being for being so proud and confident just because he acquired the system, such mistake he is thankful of noticing early as he thinks that this will be a bigger problem should he let it grow in the future.
"Let's cultivate a bit more…" he muttered as he get up from the bed, sitting in a lotus position as he allows the ambient elemental mana to permeate and circulate through his body, this method somehow appearing in his mind the moment he established connections with Yggdrasil, and seemingly increasing in effectivity the more draconic blessing he received, a proof to that being the fact that once he managed to receive Argenta's blessings, the speed and efficacy of this method increases two folds.
As the mana around him dances in glee, the young man is completely unaware that what he is currently doing attracted the attention of the middle-aged man cleaning on the ground floor of the place, his head cocking towards the direction of Diluc's room upstairs, the astonished expression on his face only lasting for a few moments as it got replaced by one filled with pride and happiness for the young man.
"I knew he's different from the other kid but… who would've guessed he's this different" reminiscing on this familiar feeling that takes him back to his younger years, the middle-aged Arthur couldn't help himself from helplessly smiling as a beautiful face appears in his mind, the face of a lady that always smile at him and always shows her bright side whenever she's in his company, and from that face emerging that of a younger ones that seems to be her splitting image, always rushing towards him and wanting him to carry her all the time.
"I hope the two of you are in a great place now…" he mutters as the heavy weight on his chest starts piling up once again, remembering these two precious treasures that he values so much more than his own life, a treasure that he had lost in a tragedy, an event that makes a man like him, hardened by the vicissitudes of life, shed genuine tears of sadness and longing for them.
Meanwhile, the tall beauty, Beatrice, couldn't help but feel surprised as well as she feels a peculiar feeling emanating from the room of the young man she's just with previously, such peculiar feeling of the mana dancing joyfully in the air and rushing towards him something she's also really familiar with, something that she will always feel whenever she's training with someone she knows.
"It feels really similar to Elder sister Aria's way of cultivating her magic" she mutters to herself as she recalls the twin-tail haired, snow-white horned beauty that appears to be way too young compared to her actual age, a monster that can bend mana according to her will without any help of magic circles among all the things, a terrifying genius capable of suppressing beast tamers and their beast all by herself.
"What more secrets are you hiding, D" she added in wonder as she looks at the wall separating her room from his, seemingly trying to see through this thick wall but refusing to completely commit herself in doing so, as somewhere in her heart, she wants him to be the one to tell her all about the things he is hiding, as she really believes that he treats her like a real family.
Shoving those thoughts in the back of her mind, she decided to focus more on herself as she gathers her composure, deciding to cultivate as well as she just feels so ashamed that someone much younger and most likely much more talented than her is working so hard despite all the talent he has, such thought of working harder rather than envying those with talents proving her to be a really great lady above the masses.
While she is absorbing the mana in the air though, she just couldn't help but feel like the ambient mana is responding to her less than usual, and that is even when compared to the time that she is training with that monstrous elder sister of hers, causing her to think that this young man is even more talented and possesses the possibility to grow stronger than that little woman, something that she never expected is possible.
While she thinks about this horned beauty though, said beauty starts sneezing repeatedly as if she's about to get sick, something that is infinitesimally close to being impossible given her level of magic as well as martial arts, causing her to think that there is definitely someone cursing her behind her back among all sorts of things.
"I swear to the gods in the higher realms that I will find whoever that little shit talking bad to me is then I will ground them into pulp" she mutters maliciously while showing the brightest smile she could muster on her face, the malicious intention of her words combined with the innocent, beautiful smile on her gorgeous face causing everyone around her to shiver in terror as they think that this principal is about to mete out her fist of 'justice' once again towards an unfortunate soul.
"The hell are y'all looking at!?" feeling the weird gaze she is getting from all her subordinates, people who are supposed to nurture the younger generation of the kingdom, said principal couldn't help but threateningly stare and scan all of them, her sharp gaze scaring them so much that if one says that her gaze could cut souls, these people's souls are definitely torn into shreds.
Knowing that she will find a way to twist any of their replies into something that will result in them screwing up, these professors decided to just receive this hostile gaze silently as they bow down their heads, clearly showing just how afraid they are towards this beauty who looks way too innocent for the brutal adult society.
After her daily dose of bullying these people, the horned beauty walks away from the room once again, but not before using her own prowess to demonstrate why she is the principal, reading through all sorts of documents simultaneously, processing the good ones from the bad ones and signing them effortlessly before she proceeds to use her mana to control some other quill to write on other papers, after ending this display of finesse over mana throwing everything to the people supposed to be processing these papers.
"All the useless ones like bribes and payments are already disposed, take a look and read all those things I've signed, you can just skim it since I'm pretty sure I read and comprehended all of it just fine, and also read the note's I've written since those things are the ones we need to deal with after these things" she said, waving her small hand as she used the other to turn the knob on the door opening it to exit this room before slamming it shut, surprising the professors once again.
"These are…"
"As expected of the principal"
"I don't know if she's an angel or the reincarnation of the devil"
"Can't she be both?"
"Why don't the two of you shut up with those talks? What if she heard it!? Will the two of you be the only one to suffer from the fist of 'justice'!?"
Looking at the well detailed documents organized by the horned beauty, her staffs couldn't help but feel amazed at her capability once again, their emotions a mixture of feeling really unlucky for having such volatile and violent principal, all while they also feel such luck for having someone so efficient and talented and managerial and paper works in their midst, those two being the same person.