Absolute Soul
17. The Volksky Family Residence

"I'm sorry!" Salvia lowered her head as deeply as possible apologizing to Haikal who was currently in confusion.

Haikal himself had prepared himself to be beaten to death by this silver-haired girl, considering that when the date yesterday Salvia ran away leaving him alone despite not knowing where his mistake lay.

But what happened was far different from his shadow, of course he did not understand what was really going on between Salvia and himself. Haikal scratched his cheek awkwardly, "Salvia, why are you apologizing?"

"That's. I left you suddenly yesterday." Salvia raised her head slightly intending to look at Haikal, but her eyes did not dare to look at the young man's face. Haikal was more confused when he saw Salvia's reaction.

In the end Haikal sighed then sat on the floor leaning his back against a wall, making Salvia turn in confusion, "Sit down here first and explain what exactly makes you apologize in detail." Haikal patted the floor on his right.

"But-but...." Salvia was slightly misbehaved by Haikal's treatment, but she could not resist feeling guilty. He could only agree with Haikal's words and sit next to the young man.

Fresh wind blew slowly from the south, hitting the two who were sitting together. Haikal was seen enjoying the wind, while Salvia still misbehaved himself.

As Salvia steadied her heart and looked at Haikal wanting to speak, all the sounds she wanted to let out were choked in her throat. His gaze was glued to the face of Haikal who seemed to enjoy this gentle breeze.

He wondered what Haikal was really doing with this wind, but he did not want to disturb Haikal. Salvia closed her eyes just as Haikal did, and tried to enjoy the wind that hit her.

In the early seconds Salvia did not feel anything special, but a few moments later her body felt very light and her head was like floating in the air. Every wind that came felt like it was stalking his body.

"Hows it? Are you calm now?" Without opening his eyes, Haikal asked the question.

"Yes, I guess," answered Salvia turning her gaze to Haikal. His head was already colder thanks to the refreshing sensation of the wind, "I want to apologize about yesterday."

This time Salvia looked at Haikal with more confident eyes, making the black-haired young man display a small smile, "Well what exactly?"

"I left you alone without a word, but I was the one who asked you out." Salvia's cheeks flushed red when she said that. Maybe he's calmer now, but the shame remains.

Salvia became more wrong to see Haikal did not respond for a while, but when the shame was to the limit, Haikal patted his head.

"Well, for a first date from someone who doesn't really know the outside world, I think I can understand what you're trying to say." Haikal rubbed Salvia's hair while throwing a smile, but Salvia could tell that smile was not the real smile.

He could see that Haikal's smile contained a deep sadness. Salvia wanted to ask, but her throat forbade her from speaking anything about it. Finally, he just held onto the curiosity.

"Alright, I think it's time we go back to class, don't you? I don't want to miss Gunawan's lesson." Haikal stood up while stretching his body slightly, making Salvia wake up from her daydream and come to her feet.

The two then walked towards the classroom together without a word.

***

"Is this the residence of the Volksky family?" Haikal involuntarily muttered to himself so as to witness the splendor of the mansion which was the residence of the Volksky family.

Currently Haikal is in front of the gate of the residence with Heru beside him, "I have visited the residence of the Galvoria family, but not this big," said Heru who was stunned.

The Volksky family was actually one of the 13 most influential noble families in all of Wulodhasia, it was only natural that their residence was so large. Both Haikal and Heru knew about this, only that their land area was far beyond their shadow.

"Haikal, how much do you think the whole family estate is worth?" asked Heru could not help his curiosity, "I guess there's no less than 10 billion Bold, right?"

"The land area itself was more than 50 hectares when I read in the article. I think it was more than that." Haikal was still amazed by the wealth of the Volksky family, feeling himself unworthy to step on the road or grass along this land.

Haikal and Heru looked into each other's eyes and slapped each other's cheeks making the butler glare violently, "It's not a dream" they said, holding each other's cheeks together.

The butler himself was still a little surprised to see the sight of each other slapping just now.

"Yes, we are both Haikal and Heru. We invited Salvia here to practice." Haikal took over the conversation with the butler, awakening the butler from his daydream, "Well, let's take the car to reach the main residence."

The gate opened, Haikal and Heru followed the butler into the car. It took a few minutes for the car to stop at the giant residence of the Volksky family.

Both of them got off when the car stopped. Haikal and Heru were still not healed from their shock at the luxury of this residence, yet they had already been attacked again by a group of maids and butlers who greeted them at the main door.

They hit each other's stomachs with a certain amount of energy, "Yes, this is not a dream..," they said together while grimacing with the pain. The waiters and butlers who were there reacted just like the butler who brought them here from the gate.

Haikal and Heru were then directed by a servant to a field where Salvia and her father were training. The father and son pair could be seen training remotely, only that most people would not believe their eyesight.

"Hey, isn't Salvia the Job Wizard's Blazer? Why even practice empty-handed combat?" Although this was a little contrary to his common sense as a candidate for Blazer, Heru was still sane and asked that.

On the other hand Haikal just shrugged, he now already understood what the physical training mentioned by Salvia a few days ago was.

Salvia's training with her father was not only a matter of physical, but also the expenditure of soul energy effectively and efficiently. As a Blazer candidate, Haikal and Heru could feel the pressure of the soul energy released by Salvia as well as her father.

"The training far exceeds my shadow" Haikal said inwardly with a wry smile on his lips. Although his training could not be compared to Salvia, facing a Veindal Volksky in a one-on-one fight was simply incredible for students like him. Not to mention Veindal did not look to budge in the match practice.

"Alright, today's training we'll suffice to get here first. Your friends have come." Veindal then ended his training with Salvia, leaving the silver-haired girl sitting exhausted on the ground.

His sweat splashed here and there made him unable to reply to his father's words, but he could see the presence of Haikal and Heru who stood not far from the edge of the field.

Ignoring his daughter who was still drenched in helpless sweat, Veindal stepped closer to Haikal and Heru, leaving both of them feeling tense, "You must be Salvia's teammates in the Welcome Tournament later." Veindal greeted the two with her trademark smile as the headmaster.

"Y-yes, my name is Heru Hartanto, class 1-A! My job is an empty-handed type Warrior!" Heru immediately bowed his body stiffly before Veindal.

"Oh, Job Warrior is empty handed? Would you like to join my training later?" Veindal's eyes look sparkling knowing Job's empty hand Heru.

"Definitely! If there is a chance!" Heru answered without hesitation. There was no way he could miss training with a great Blazer like Veindal.

This is his chance to again surpass Haikal in their next match practice.

When Veindal turned his gaze to Haikal, for some reason the look of his eyes became colder, like wanting to crush Haikal to his bones. Indeed Veindal did not exert the slightest bit of soul energy, but Haikal could still feel the cold through that gaze.

"My name is Haikal Alendra, My job is a warrior armed with a sword. But for some reason, I haven't been able to awaken the Soul Arc yet" Haikal explained trying as calmly as possible to face Veindal who somehow seemed to dislike him.

"I know about you. My daughter used to talk about a man who hasn't awakened her Soul Arc." Veindal's tone became deeper than when he spoke to Heru, leading Haikal to gulp.

After looking at Haikal for a while, Veindal finally let go of his intimidation gaze and raised his voice once again, this time while turning back to step back onto the field, "Haikal, let's practice a match with me, right now."

It took a while for Haikal and Heru to reflect on Veindal's words. Heru who had realized Veindal's words immediately grabbed Haikal's shoulder, "I don't know what you're doing to make the principal angry, but may your spirit be received by His side."

"Friends of shucks!" Haikal could only shout inwardly with a bitter expression, he did not expect Heru's revenge to be this fast.