105: Second Week

Second Week

On the next day, Vale felt so uncomfortable since his action of killing a fellow student attracted plenty of notoriety.  2

Most of the students he passed by were looking at him warily, a few of them were looking at him with hostile gazes, and some of them looked at him with pity. In the meantime, his close friends didn't change at all and treated him the same way as before. 

"Vale… It's a pity that you didn't get the spell scroll. Don't worry, I heard that Senior Cornelio will arrange another duel for you. He said that if you win this time, you'll get not only the Spell Scroll but another treasure of similar level… or maybe even higher."

Neil said as he saw Vale entering the classroom. 

No one knows for sure whether he was sincere about this or was actually making fun of him.

This prompted Aubrey to react as she felt infuriated about this result. 

"That cheater… He should've given that Spell Scroll already. Vale obviously won and he deserves to get it. Why did the Arena Committee not take charge of the bet?" Aubrey spoke roughly. 

Vale helplessly smiled as he explained the rules set by the Academy. As a member of the Battle Arena Committee, he needed to learn these rules so he had studied them in the last couple of days.

"Since the duel between the two of us is not an event set up by the Academy, they're not allowed to take care of the "prize" or bet before the fight. It is settled between the two parties after the duel."

"That's stupid…" Aubrey commented.

"Y-yeah… We should've asked a third party to handle the reward before the duel." Vale answered helplessly.

He's the one who was the most disappointed about this result. After all, the reward that he got from the Headmaster was simply an additional favor!

Previously, the Headmaster informed him that he has one favor he can use to get an opportunity from him.

He didn't use it yet so now that he completed a task given by the Headmaster, the latter simply added one more favor instead of giving him tangible benefits. 

It may sound awesome but currently, he doesn't really know how to use this opportunity. 

He can only think that these two chances will help him greatly in the future. 

Vale then shifted his gaze to Neil.

"Do you want us to have a duel instead? As long as you can give me a decent reward, I may not wait for Cornelio and we can do it later."

Neil, who was still sneering just now, suddenly shut his mouth and didn't reply to Vale's provocation.

Soon, Professor Stella Harwin arrived to start the Oardic and Soineti Class.

"Before we start, I hope that everyone has already joined a club… The recruitment week was over and there were no longer any recruiters in the Assembly Hall."

"Yes, Professor. All of us have joined a club." Chad said as he already asked everyone about the clubs they'd joined. 

"That's great. I need to record it so when I call your names you have to tell us the club you've joined."

With that said, Professor Harwin started calling their names.

Vale was also quite interested in the clubs his Classmates had joined so he listened attentively.

Blair Etton joined the Variant Research Club. 

Leonore Roland joined the Fortune Telling Club.

Dalton Stranway joined the Music Club. 

Neil Sommerhalder joined the Survivors Club. 

Lisa Grayback joined the Library Committee.

Chad Bulmung joined the Spirit Crafters Club together with Warren Lawstein.

The others joined some normal clubs as well, like the Tea Appreciation Club, Cooking Club, and others.

Perhaps the most interesting club that his classmate joined was the Potion Research Club. 

Alvin Vendel who only has 5 Spirit Strands actually passed the necessary requirements to join this special club. 

Even Professor Harwin looked at Alvin deeply after recording the club he was able to join. 

"Very well… I won't be asking you why did you choose the club you've joined but I'm telling you that whatever club it is, there is definitely an opportunity to learn something new in these clubs so I hope that you take them seriously."

As she said this, she looked at Dalton Stranway who had joined the Music Club. Although this club looked simple and only for the purpose of entertainment, she knew very well that the things that could be learned within this club could be very useful to Dark Arts Practitioners who are thinking of specializing in Rituals and Ceremony. 

After this small event, the class continued as they started learning how to read Oardic bit by bit… 

Right now, Vale can already tell that Professor Stella Harwin wants to teach them 20 new Oardic words every class. The number may seem low but these words can be extremely crucial during many rituals or prayers. If a single mistake was made, it could have a negative impact on their physical and spiritual body.

Time quickly passed and all the classes for the day were finally over. 

Vale and his group of friends went to lunch together before they separated and went to visit the club they'd decided to join.

Today, Vale would know if there is another student that was recruited aside from him. 

As soon as he arrived at the clubroom, he realized that there are over a dozen of people inside. 

This is the first time he had seen this place to be filled with many people. 

"Good afternoon, Seniors." Vale greeted as soon as he calmed his mind. 

"Vale! It's good to see you. Now, all the first years are here." Nadine said as she looked at Vale and the two other students who had also arrived just a couple of minutes earlier than Vale. 

They both have black hair and deep-brown eyes making them look really familiar to Vale but he wasn't sure where he had seen their faces.

'Are they twins?' Vale couldn't help but comment in his mind after seeing the two first-year students. 

Both of them looked attractive. The male one was handsome and had some air of superiority around him while the dimpled-face female looked innocent and fresh.

Seeing that Vale was observing them, the two decided to introduce themselves.

"I'm Priscilla Hoffman."

"Philip Hoffman. Nice meeting you, Vale…"

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