"Father, please. They are the last people you'd want to offend," Ofia spoke calmly to the king. The latter glanced at her a bit surprised. He knew his daughter was always composed and rarely did any mistakes. She could even be considered the brain of the family and the best strategist of the military if she gets involved.
The king looked back at Night who was staring at him, "I deeply apologize for disrespecting you and your partner."
Night sneered, "I'll let you go away with that," He still didn't like his attitude but still returned to his wolf form and settled down, "So, what's your reward? Arima isn't materialistic. What do you want to offer him?" He asked. At that point, he just wanted to leave right away.
"What would he want?" The king asked in return, more courteous than before.
"If it was Arima, he would just have asked you to owe him one," Night replied and the king's expression fell. For a king to be in debt is never an ideal situation.
"You can also list what you could give him, I'll check if there is sothing interesting or not," Night added after a few seconds.
The king extended his hand toward the man standing beside him, the sa person who didn't say a thing since the beginning and just grasped his sword as Night was transforming. When the king extended his arm to him, he handed him a certain folder.
The king skillfully threw it toward Night. The latter caught it with magic and flipped the pages with telekinesis. It took him a few minutes to look through everything. After that, he threw back the folder and fell into deep thought.
The royal family patiently waited.
"No. There's nothing that could interest him in there," Night ultimately stated and the king sighed.
"Do you have any suggestion then?"
Night mused for a mont, "I think that the most valuable thing your country possesses is the manufacturing thod of dungeons."
The king fell silent and debated in his mind.
"It shouldn't be a problem," Ofia asserted before he could even decide anything though.
The king scowled at her, "You perfectly know that in the dungeons plans there is the way to destroy its defenses. It's too dangerous."
Ofia smiled and nodded, "Yes, I'm aware. But from what I saw, that man isn't soone who would do that for no reason. He also saved thousands of lives yesterday, even though he wasn't accountable for it. You can give him the blueprints without worry."
The king serenely listened to her and closed his eyes in surrender, "Fine, I'll grant your request." He said and Night indifferently nodded.
"But you'll have to wait. We only have the original prints, so we'll make a copy for you in the shortest ti possible," The king added and beckoned the man standing next to him. The latter nodded and disappeared.
"Well, send soone to bring it at the Inn we're staying at," Night uttered and was ready teleport when Ofia hailed him.
"Wait!" She urgently said and Night looked back at her, "From the records of the guild, your na is Night Bahamut, right?" She asked and Night answered with silence, "Sir Night, can I ask what Arimane plans to do in the future?"
Night frowned, "Why would you want to know that?"
At his question, Ofia smiled wryly, "Please, understand that we possibly can't have a peaceful mind when there's soone like that wandering in our city."
"Fair enough," Night shrugged, "In three days, Arima will head to the Providence Academy to work there as an instructor per the guild's appeal," He said and tilted his head and tried to rember the details, "I think it was for aroundtwo months?"
When the royal family heard that, their eyes widened. Especially the two daughters, "This was unexpected," Ofia muttered and smiled, "In that case, we'll be able to et him sooner than I thought. My sister and I are students there."
"Oh," Night exclaid, "I'll notify Arima. Well, on this note, goodbye," He said and teleported without any extra comnt.
After Night left, Ofia let out a sigh of relief and turned toward a corner of the throne room. There, the man who should have been gone to make a copy of the plans reappeared
"What do you think, Elion?" The king spoke.
"At first, I assud that I was going to et the individual directly. But I now realize that his soul beast is actually more than enough to give a conclusion," Elion responded with a darkened expression, "That beast that dragon's strength is probably equal to mine. He has transcended the tenth level like ," He affird and the king's eyes narrowed.
"There's no doubt. The man who fashioned such a soul beast can only be a monster among humans. I believe he can destroy not only Center City but also this entire continent alone. I do not even dare to imagine what he's capable of when he resonates with his soul beast."
The king sighed, "Thank you for your work. You don't need to investigate about him from now on. Focus on what happened yesterday and find out who those assassins were."
"Understood," Elion complied and surely left the throne room this ti.
"Ofia, Lena," The king turned toward his daughters, "I'm counting on you to watch that man. Try to keep a friendly connection with him," He instructed and stood up. He gazed at where Night was a mont ago, "Resurrection, huh? It's horrifying"
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"So, you asked for the dungeon manufacture thod?" Lilis questioned Night at the usual Inn. The latter had explained to Lanya and Lilis what happened.
"Yeah, there was nothing that could interest Arima other than that."
"The dungeons, huh?" Lilis muttered, "When that thing was created, even us gods were surprised, you know?"
Night's eyes widened, "It surprised you? Is that even possible?"
Lilis laughed, "Normally, no. But, did you know? The man who single-handedly invented dungeons and the one who designed the soul beast summoning are the sa person."
Night and Lanya turned to be extrely shocked at her revelation, "That human wasn't that strong. But perhaps his understanding of magic theory and even science was better than the current Arima. Actually, Heaven already has things like soul summons and dungeons, and they are of better quality too. But that freak made those things from scratch as a weak human. That really impressed us," Lilis told while reminiscing.
Night shuddered, "Wait, gods use soul beasts as well?"
"No, they use 'Soul Materializations'. Though, to be fair, this is not sothing we created per se. Anyone who reaches the Heavenly Realm will awaken it. In a sense, Soul summoning is sothing for people who can't reach the apex. Once you use it, you will lose the opportunity to gain a Soul Materialization."
"To explain to you what it is; fundantally, gods directly refine their soul and enter in a state resembling resonance without needing a soul beast. But Soul Materializations are not necessarily a transformation like you and Arima. It can be a weapon or a definite ultimate magic."
Night was thunderstruck, "That's actually really better than soul beasts. They don't need to resonate with an external force and their transformation is practically infinite since it's their own soul and body."
"Indeed," Lilis pointed at Lanya, "For example, Lanya's draconic form is sothing that is integrated into her body thanks to Chronepsis. It's kinda the sa thing. But don't worry. You and Arima have a strong bond and since you already mastered resonance to an unbelievable extent, you won't be disadvantaged."
"Is that so?" Night nodded in understanding, "By the way, Lilis, about the thing you told about Life Hunters. I thought about it for a while, but why do we need to keep it a secret from Arima? To be frank, he is the last person that needs our consideration," He suddenly changed the subject.
Lilis smiled and took a sip of so wine, "Well, you're most likely correct about that. I'm sure Arima wouldn't be very shocked about it. But, in this case, it may actually affect him and there will be chances for him to fail the Life Judgent," She explained and also spoke a word that Arima or Lanya never heard before.
The latter was present and, of course, got curious. Lilis smiled at her, "You don't need to know. Well, you can divulge this to Arima if you want. Either way, he already knows we're hiding sothing from him. But I won't give you any details. You don't seem to be very good at acting."
Lilis giggled and Lanya groaned. She couldn't deny that. She really wasn't that good at keeping secrets. And in front of soone like Arima, she would definitely be like an open book.
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Then, finally, three days later. At so huge building which looked very sophisticated and immaculate, so young people were walking and babbling in the corridors.
"Did you hear? There's a temporary teacher coming, starting off from today," The most spoken line of the day was this one.
"Yes, I heard about it. Apparently, it's even a newly appointed Z rank rcenary. "
"Nonsense. There's only three Z rank on the entire globe. Why would soone like that, who stands at the top, co here to teach at a school?" So would also deny it like that.
In a courtyard, there was a sizable gathering of people. A bunch of students surrounded a pretty girl that looked very fragile. It was Ofia.
"Yes, it is really a Z rank. I even had the chance to et him," She told the students around her. All of them were curious about a rcenary teacher so they kept asking questions about him.
"From the guild's archives, his na is Arimane Blade and the title given to him was Kind Demon. About him personally, I can say that he has a really imposing personality, he's quite handso and extraordinarily strong. Elion, our royal guard, qualified him as a monster among humans just by encountering his soul beast," From Ofia's introduction, the whole academy was enthusiastically talking about him.
The girls would think of soone really dependable and strong while the boys would co up with the image of soone really cool to which they can look up to.
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anwhile, Arima was already eting with the headmaster in a well-decorated room, filled with trophies and art pieces. Night was on Arima's shoulder while Lanya was sitting beside him. Lilis wasn't there, she said that she had sothing to do and sorrowfully returned to Heaven without being able to attend Arima's tutoring.
"I'm greatly honored to welco soone like you as an instructor. Actually, I don't know if you're aware but, our academy actually sends this request every year. Most of the tis we get the sa SS rank rcenaries who were eager to teach and only once did an SSS rank co. It was really a surprise when I heard that a Z rank was coming this ti," The old headmaster started chatting happily.
"I think it will be very interesting and entertaining. This is also a way to transmit even a small portion of my knowledge to the younger generations," Arima had a really respectful attitude for an unknown reason.
The headmaster laughed. He handed a docunt and a certain key to Arima, "Here's the class you were assigned to. The content of your lectures is your choice. We are just asking you to train them physically and ntally."
Arima smiled, "No problem. I will do my utmost to satisfy your request."
The principal smiled and stood up. He extended his hand toward Arima shook it.
"I hope you spend a good ti in our academy."
"Do not worry, it's my pleasure," Arima replied and the two laughed together.
Lanya smiled awkwardly from the side, not knowing why Arima was so respectful and good-natured with that old man.
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