Eldrea Academia and The One That Stars Chose
Chapter 9: Mysterious Groups and the Academy Part 1

After Yohan's departure. Now in this great room there is only Me, Lord Gareth, and Master who is turning into a bird. Mr. Gareth also explained to me the rules in the academy and the reason why the academy was formed.

He explained it while sitting in front of me. “As you know, this school was built to prepare humanity for what if there are circumstances that could threaten humanity in the future.  With that reason of course everyone who supports the establishment of this school is very happy if there is a talent like you is entering the academy,” he said.

The last thing he mentioned was quite a blow to me. What did he mean to say if there were people who were against the founding of this hero academy?

“What do you mean there are people who oppose this school to stand?”

“Of course, there are many nobles who feel that the human world is safe and does not need other threats such as potential heroes. They don't know that humans can't kill Devils ..”.

Mr. Gareth explains the wars that took place in the past. According to his explanation, every single one of those fighting heroes could never kill a Demon king who invaded the human world.

They could indeed kill low-level demons, but not for powerful figures like the demon king and his six subordinates. The 7 powerful demons that became pillars of the inferno could only be repelled back to hell.

Heroes do not have that much power so they can defeat beings with power that has been blatantly against the god. Given all that, I think it makes sense.

Demons are beings who oppose God, even they fight against God. Although of course they lost because they are not comparable to God. But the fact that their defeat could make the creation of hell is indisputable.

Without them, the system of hell and heaven itself could never be recognized as we are today. Moreover, the hell that humans avoid is actually a home for the demons. They are real examples of true crimes.

But it does not indicate that the heroes are weak, on the contrary, the heroes are very strong because they can match the demons without any divine power at all.

“Why did you tell me about this?” ask Mr. Gareth.

I understand how serious the matter between the demon race and this human is. But I think saying all this to a little kid that no one has even acknowledged is very strange.

“Why should I hide this information against a disciple of one of the heroes?”

I was surprised to hear his reply, did he realize that Master was turning into a bird? who exactly is this person so that it can get all the information like that.

“Hoo, I didn't think you'd notice it.” The teacher who had known the change, finally decided to return to being a human being.

“Sure, Mistress, it's an honor for me to meet the only Circle 10 magician like you.” He bowed, paying respect to Master.

“Good, at least my students will learn from someone useful. But can I consider this action of yours a threat?”

“I'm not that stupid, Madam. I'm sorry for my stupidity just now, I just can't pretend not to know where you are. Especially if you are here, it means you are also looking for the whereabouts of 2 heroes who disappeared?“

“That's right, do you know anything about this?”

“I don't know fully about the reason they just disappeared, but I do have some information for you. I think there is a group that is moving with the aim of supporting the Devils.”

“There is a group like that?”

“True, I do not fully know about this group, you could say this is just my hypothesis. This group moves with great care so it is very difficult to track them.”

Master held onto his chin after hearing the explanation from Master Gareth. “Jka your hypothesis is correct, it means these people have considerable influence in the human world.”

“I also feel that way, so that's why I think you should know this soon.”

The teacher was silent for a moment thinking about the information he had just received. After a while Master then looked towards Master Gareth. “What do Theo and Max know about this?”

Master Gareth shook his head. “It seems they don't know this yet, Madam.”

The ignorance of archduke and king is not without cause. This information is kept secret to them for obvious reasons, even though they are heroes who give peace to the human world.

Their position as nobles will greatly interfere with the smooth investigation of Lord Gareth. The attention that nobles always receive should not be underestimated, it would be better if they did not know at all than to force themselves to behave as if they did not know about this investigation.

Especially the lack of information about this mysterious group is also the consideration of Mr. Gareth to involve the archduke and the king. We still do not know how much power this group has in the human world.

“Good. Who knows this already?” ask Teacher.

“There are only a few people, including me there are 2 more people who know this, Mr. Herald who became a Combat Instructor and Mrs Lina who became a magic instructor in the academy. They are the ones you can trust.”

“So there are 2 others who know this, this way there are only 5 people who know this information, right?”

“That's right, Mistress.”

“Thank you for the information. Now let's go back to talking about, Deron.” said Guru changed the subject.

 The teacher who had been standing up had finally started to sit next to me. But before Mr. Gareth started explaining my enrollment in the academy, I asked him about the respectful attitude he showed Master.

“Why are you so careful about Master, sir? I know he's strong, but it looks like you're no less great,” I ask, Mr. Gareth.

“Mrs Margaret is the only witch who can reach Circle 10. You could say he is the only human who can cross the limits of the ability of the human himself.”

“Is that true?”

“That's true, although Circle 9 and 10 sound like a level difference that is not so far away, but the fact that the difference in ability from 2 levels is very high, is very high, even if there was a fight between 5 Circle 9 witches against 1 Circle 10 witches, I would have guaranteed that the Circle 10 witches would win the fight. In addition I am now only able to reach 8.” circle continued Mr. Gareth.

You could say I was impressed and also scared at the same time now. I was impressed that the person who became my Master was someone who had reached a level where no human could match him.

And afraid, because even though Master is already at such a level. Master remains unable to kill the demon lord and his subordinates. It seemed like only divine power was able to stop those demons, whether willing to be as strong as any human against it.

“I don't think Master can be that strong,” I'm amazed.

“How, I'm great isn't it?” The teacher again bragged.

“Well, maybe as long as you stop being so proud and selfless, I can respect you more, Guru.”

“I behave like this because I deserve it,” replied Master arrogantly.

Right, this is the ugly attitude that always hinders her charm. If only he could be a little modest, I guess he would be able to be a role model for everyone. Meanwhile, Mr. Gareth who listened to the conversation of the two of us could only laugh because of it.

“Sorry to cut off your conversation but it looks like I have to explain immediately about the system at this academy at, Mr. Deron considering we don't have much time before noon,” said Mr. Gareth.

Master and I began to stop the conversation between the two of us and began to allow Mr. Gareth to explain the system within the academy.

Mr. Gareth explained that in this academy there are 4 classes that distinguish each student. Starting from class D to class A. and each student has a deadline of 3 years before class.

If they fail to ascend to the next grade then those students will be expelled by the academy. A fairly fair system considering 3 years is quite a long time.

And if the students go to class exactly every 3 years. Then each student will graduate when they turn 22 years old, considering the average new student who enters this academy is 10 years old.

But other than these 4 classes there was one special class that the academy had. This class is the Royal class, this class of 10 people is a class for future geniuses like Adelyn, the daughter of the archduke.

Graduates from the Royal class will definitely be given a lot of advantages such as noble titles or immunity in a certain level. All these things are of course very tempting, therefore this class is a dream for every student in the academy.

“because Mr. Deron is already at Circle 4. So it is only natural if you enter the Royal class, but because you have just registered at this time, it does not seem fair if you immediately enter the class. So I think it looks like class ‘A’ is the best choice for you, Mr.”

I'm cutting off a proposal from Mr. Gareth. “Sorry, but I don't think I need to enter class A.”.

Mr. Gareth seemed confused to hear my rejection. “Why is that?”

“I have promised on, Master and Mr. Yohan to study sword in this academy.”

“Hoo, so you can use the sword too, Mister?” tanyanya enthusiastic.

“No, on the contrary, he never held a sword at all,” said Guru explaining my situation.

Mr. Gareth started to clean his eyes.. “So you want to register Mr Deron as a martial artist and not a magician?”

“You could say so.” replied Master while nodding.

“If the situation is like that, then I think Class C is a suitable class for Mr. Deron to enter, That class is the point where the students start to practice after learning the basic theory from class D, but even so there are also some students who have obtained the provision of martial arts from their families. I hope you don't mind about this,” said Mr. Gareth explaining the situation.

“I think it's better, I also don't want Deron to be too flashy for now.”

“Alright, if so, I will prepare someone to do a written exam for Mr. Deron. What, sir has learned before?”

“Calm down, even though he looks like a dumb kid, but his brain is not like a kid at his age.”

“Wow, thanks for the amazing explanation, Teacher,” teaseku.

I was indeed upset by Master's reply, but there was at least a good thing that Master could tell me.

Mr. Gareth just chuckled at our conversation. “Hahaha, well let me deliver, Mr. Deron to the exam site. For, Madam herself, you can drink tea here, use my room as you wish.”

“Thank you, I'll do that.”

Mr. Gareth got up from his seat and walked towards the door. He started glancing at me who was still sitting next to Master and gave me a warm smile.

“Let's follow me, Sir,” he said.

I finally followed, Mr. Gareth towards the examination hall which was in the hall near the main building of the academy. As for the Teacher. He was waiting for us in the room, Mr. Gareth while enjoying the cup of tea he prepared using Mr. Gareth's equipment.