The Demon Queen's Disciple
Chapter 83 - Return to Academy

In the morning, Lucius prepared himself to go to the academy. With those blackened and pretty thick eye bags....

"Help.... Cures.... Damn, useless?" lucius constantly tried to cure his drowsiness.

But no matter what kind of healing magic he used, his drowsiness never disappeared. Existing was actually increased because Lucius continuously drained his Mana which was currently very little.

"Ughs.... Fuckin."

"Kakanda? What was? Why early in the morning.... Eh? Are you getting taller?" michelle asked in surprise after seeing Lucius walking down the stairs of this mansion.

"Huh? What do you mean?" lucius asked with his eyes closed. Even so, Lucius could see where Michelle was thanks to her new vision.

Michelle immediately ran over to her sister. Then put his palm over his head and dragged it to his brother's body.

"I guessed it! I think yesterday I was still my chest-high, but now?" michelle complained that her brother had grown a few centimeters tall.

All thanks to the Awakening that Lucius did last night. It made his body much more perfect than the one before. Of course, adding a little bit of height is the most unsurprising of all those processes.

"Is that so? I didn't realize it. Also, stop calling me that." Lucius replied as he stroked his sister's brown hair.

"But...."

"Just calm. We're not stiff nobles, are we? And also, didn't Carmilla say yesterday that she'd be waiting for you on the 6th floor to return to training?" lucius replied with a friendly smile.

Holding the book thick enough, Michelle immediately replied to her brother's question.

"The teacher asked me to learn the basics of magic once again. So.." Michelle replied with a sad face.

Sure oes. Michelle who had been quite meritorious even in the Riverdalle region with her magic abilities, was asked to learn the basics of that magic once again from the start?

Despite not showing it on her face, Lucius knew that Michelle was a little dissatisfied with the practice.

As he glanced at the book, Lucius recalled his first year at the academy. Where he does not know and understand magic itself.

Therefore, he often stayed up until the morning to explore his knowledge of magic.

"Without a strong foundation, a house as grand as anything will collapse one day. So strengthen your base, Michelle." said Lucius once again, stroking his sister's brown hair to the point of disarray.

"Sister?! Stop that!"

After that, Lucius left his pamphlet to his parents to Michelle. Based on Michelle's explanation, the two had been invited by the higher-ups of the Brown family to discuss business.

Once more....

Lucius returned to the academy after disappearing for several months.

Although this time, he returned as a weak commoner. But even with the weakened condition, Lucius was seen giving a look of a face filled with confidence.

.............

"Excuse me, I'm Lucius. I intend to make a report about myself that disappeared during...."

"Eeeh?! You Lucius?!" asked the clerk in the administrative field of the academy in surprise.

"Someone quickly calls the homeroom F!" continued.

"Please wait a minute?" say the other officer next to him.

Lucius who saw the furore did not care much. If anyone would dare to do anything to her, at least she still had something she could rely on in her left waist.

It was a Mithril sword that began to gather.

Not long after the clerk's shout, it wasn't just old Mr. Anderson who came. But also some other professors from this academy.

Including....

"Professor Levaria?! Why are you here?! This is my protege!" shouted Mr. Anderson who kept trying to hold back the footsteps of the female professor, who was none other than the head of this Damacia Academy.

"Just shut up you're old-fashioned." replied Levaria in a cold tone.

"Haha! Besides what can an old man like you do!" shouted the other professor beside him.

Various jeers were heard directed at Mr. Anderson.

Lucius who saw all of that was completely unable to hold back his emotions. But Lucius was still able to restrain himself from doing anything stupid.

However, his current vision was far more perfect than Carmilla's magic eye, able to see the truth.

'I admit, even if it's rotten you're really strong, Levaria.' Lucius thought as he stared at the head of the academy.

The figure of a woman named Levaria has a visible appearance is still in her early 30s. Even so he had earned the title of professor and became the head of this Academy purely because of his talent.

It's just....

His attitude is not as good as his talent. No matter what it is and how it is, he will achieve it as long as he can make it secure his position in this academy. Or even strengthen its position.

"Lucius" said Professor Levaria in a stern voice.

"Yes?" reply Lucius brief.

"Come with me."

Professor Levaria is seen leading Lucius towards one of the empty classes. Arriving in that class....

"Lucius Nightshade, an ordinary family who obtained the title of Baron due to his achievements. Your family background is pretty good, but none of your ancestors are good at magic. Can you explain how you beat William Goldencrest?" professor Levaria asked while reading a piece of paper in his hand.

He seemed to have been looking forward to this situation. Looking forward to the time when he could ask Lucius everything about the origin of his power.

About 6 months ago, Lucius was a nobody. Even to be relegated to class F because there is not the slightest achievement of him.

Both in terms of academics because they do not take exams, or practice skills are very low.

With such a background, how could the same brat defeat a fifth year B class student?

Lucius seemed to give a sharp look right at the professor's eyes.

'*No Mana changes in his eyes.... In other words, he didn't use magic eyes? Or not have it*a? But the problem was.' Lucius thought in his heart while stalling for time with his nonsense. While his gaze was directed towards the wall at his right. Or rather, up.

"You forced me, huh?"

With Levaria's sentence, Lucius could clearly see the change in Mana in the professor's left eye. Unmistakably, he activated his magic eye to assess Lucius' power directly.

"I told you, I was only lucky because William was exhausted after his service. Plus he's quite emotional about his sister." Lucius replied that trying to cover up the reality of his body.

But for Professor Levaria, he doesn't eat Lucius' shit that easily.

Which human who a few months ago had such a huge and powerful Mana, but now came back with a Mana that was equivalent to an ordinary adult male? Who has never used magic in his life?

In Levaria's mind there was only one possibility. Lucius used high-level disguising magic, which could even hide the Mana contained within his body.

It makes it look weak when in reality it is much stronger. Or maybe.... Hiding the fact that he is not a whole human being.

Because that's it....

'Sreeet!!!'

"You.... Who the hell are you? Your mana is much lower than it was during the match back then! Spies from other kingdoms?! Then what mix is that where are you?! Are you really human?! Otherwise, I will execute you under the orders of the Church!" levaria shouted with a gaze filled with killing intent.

Levaria's left hand was ready to fire a fireball at Lucius. Intend to burn the boy alive.

"Lucius Nightshade's. With all due respect, Professor. I'm not suggesting that." Lucius replied with those sleepy eyes.

"Are you bi...."

Before she could finish her words, Levaria felt something cold on her right waist.

Along with that, also a thin pain.

"I can split your body in two with this before you activate magic." Lucius threatened.

"Well! You think you can...."

All of a sudden, Lucius raised his sword and now aimed it right at Levaria's right arm from below.

"Must be, you're about to use the Trias Shield to protect your lower body right?" ask Lucius. The look in his eyes did not resemble that of a 17-year-old.

More like a war veteran who just returned from the battlefield.

"Lucius. You know I can get you out of this academy right? Do you think about the effect it had on your family who just rose up?" levaria asked with a slightly trembling voice and sweat that began to drench her face.

"No problem. Status can be rebuilt at any time. But what about your life?"

Lucius began to tilt his sword. The blade that had previously pointed at Levaria's right arm, was now pointing right at his chest. In a single pull, Lucius could slash Levaria's heart easily.

And if Levaria intended to use shield magic, Lucius could change the direction of his sword at any time to avoid the shield itself.

Even attack before everything is formed.

"Professor Levaria. I just want to live peacefully in this academy. I'm not a spy or anything you think. Just a boy, who was too in love with magic." Lucius said as he sheathed his sword back.

Levaria also began to step back away from Lucius in fear.

"You mean it?" levaria asked in a trembling voice.

"Of course, I have absolutely no bad intentions for this kingdom. Or at least in the environment around me. If you have any doubts, you can keep an eye on me all the way to my house. I'm sure the heroes of this academy tower won't mind." Lucius replied.

'Deg! The deg!!'

'How is it possible?! The tower was even hundreds of meters away from this class! He also hid his Mana very well! How could she have realized that Miss Alora was there?!' levaria cried in her heart.

Levaria had actually known what had happened to Lucius during his disappearance. All of that is based on the confession of the wizard hero, Alora herself.

What he did was just a short test to see Lucius' reaction. If Lucius were to kill without hesitation, one or two fatalities would be a cheap price to stop future disasters.

Alora, along with the Light Church and the Mana Church suspected Lucius as the one who would bring a new calamity to this continent or even the world.

It was because the prophecy of the Holy Girl, Mary, had never been wrong before.

And the features that Mary mentions of the bearer of the disaster are exactly what they were to Lucius.

Dark black hair like night, half of it is human while the rest is not. Young, but with his natural talent in the field of magic, will bring about destruction in the kingdom, or even this world as an immortal demon.

That was the prophecy of the Holy Girl.

'Like Miss Alora said. Although thin.... I can feel it. The existence of something non-human in his body. Where is hers....'

In Levaria's view, he saw Mana Lucius unlike Mana in general with a bluish color. Lucius' mana does have a bluish base color, but it has a mixture of other colors....

Color dark grey.

Meanwhile in the distance, precisely above the magic tower in this academy, Alora's figure was seen looking at the room where Lucius was.

Watching his Mana from a distance.

"Not wrong anymore. That's not mana belonging to man. And then if it's not your fault.... Do you know the existence of the devil himself? Don't say...."

Alora recalled her encounter with Lucius at the Zephyrith's secret headquarters.

Where Lucius accidentally said the word 'devil' and not a monster to call the figure of Zephyrith itself.

A piece of information that was even kept secret by the Church itself. It is impossible for ordinary people, let alone those outside the Church to know.

In other words....

"Lucius. Most likely, you who have known all that, are associated with the devil in some way, right?" alora said to herself.

He begins to make up his mind to kill the boy, if indeed the situation proves that Lucius is really the figure predicted by Mary as the bearer of disaster in the future.