He shook the dazed instructor's shoulders, forcing him to come to reality. "Captain Myron."
"Captain Neal?" Myron was taken aback to see Neal and hurriedly stood up on his feet, greeting him with a bow. "What brings you here?"
Even though the latter is older and is in the same position, Neal is in the Exalt realm and is considered the strongest captain in Dragon Corps. The only person who can soundly beat him is the commander. Even a peak-rank-7 expert like Hailey can only end up in draw even though Neal is only mid-rank-7.
Myron knows his place well. That's why he gives the same amount of respect to Neal as he gives to the lieutenant commander.
"I'm here to enquire about a new cadet who joined today. His name is Azrael." As soon as Neal spoke Azzy's name, the instructor shivered a little bit and replied, "That boy is a monster. I have lived for nearly a hundred years. However, I have never seen a human who has such terrifying potential. Funny thing is that I'm an entire realm above him but I don't have confidence in beating him even if I go all out.
And there's that girl who not only finished even level-2 training regime on the first try but also defeated me in sword battle within 9 minutes. Who the hell are they?"
Clearly, the instructor looked very frustrated more about his loss in skill battle as he was appointed as the instructor to the cadets because of his mastery over all the ancient weaponry.
Originally, he was supposed to be the instructor for fourth-tier cadets, those who reached the third level but as the previous instructor for the sixth-tier cadets had gone on a mission, Myron took the job for additional pay. Never in the world did he expect to be humiliated by two teenagers in his own game.
Neal patted his colleague's shoulder in pity and said, "Azrael is the true son of heaven. You can't apply common sense to people like him."
While Neal was surprised that Claire got strong enough to beat a master swordsman in swordplay, he didn't pay much attention to her. Perhaps, he would change his mind after getting to know that Claire was a platinum-grade user. But, for now, his attention was only on his junior brother.
As Captain Myron went into a daze once again, Neal left the man alone and returned to his quarters.
Meanwhile, the love birds were on a date, having a good talk after a long time. They were sitting on a mini electric train in an amusement park.
Because of classes from morning 6 to evening 10, Azzy and Claire didn't get to spend much time with each other. The only free time for Class Zero is the break times during classes, 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and during Sunday.
During breaks, Azzy goes to Disciplinary Hall, after 10 p.m., he had to go home and sleep, and on Sundays, they were sent to Arcana world and mentored by their partner for the past few weeks.
So, for Claire, this week is actually a way to spend time comfortably with her boyfriend without being embarrassed by the fact that her friends or schoolmates are looking at them.
It is why she tried her best to complete whatever challenges that she faced at the training ground. Her power of love is so strong that she finished the second trial within two hours when it was the first time she had ever worn 500 kilograms of weight. She even defeated the instructor with her sword skills while depending on her fast recovery; all was to catch up with him so that she won't waste time on useless things like running laps.
"So, um, what am I saying is that I'm going to graduate this year and probably enter Sun Academy for advanced studies. And you decided to work here, instead of venturing into the wild zones, right?" Continuing to hold his arm, he spoke in a sweet tone, "How about staying at our Juan city?"
"Juan?" Azzy looked at her in surprise.
Claire nodded with a smile, "You said Auntie and uncle were shifting to Freyles nation, anyway. What will you do alone at Aclein? After three more years, I'll graduate from the academy. At this time, you just need to try and make a good impression on my mother. Once she agrees to our relationship, all the obstacles will be gone."
Leaning her head to his shoulder, she closed her eyes and went into a fantasy world where she even imagined them as husband and wife, staying together in the palace.
On the other hand, Azzy's expression doesn't look good. He felt like Claire is thinking too much, these days. But, at the same time, he, himself, doesn't have any idea about planning the future.
Till now, all he had planned is to just graduate from the academy, go into hiding until he reaches Exalt realm and return to his future.
But, becoming high profile with Champions League, then, meeting his future self, knowing the identity of his future wife, getting into a relationship with Claire and slowly developing feelings for her, accepting Barton as his Prime Master and receiving the Jewel of life, scouted by WAMO, everything made him scrap his plans.
For now, he was going with the flow, which he was very good at doing, but sooner or later, he needed a certain direction where he wanted to go by his own will. Azzy knew that but was just clueless on what to do.
Looking at the pair, the Reaper chuckled and spoke to himself, "While this kid was clueless on how to build his road of life, there are people who started constructing the roads filled with their own agendas.
His master, Barton Everglade wanted Azzy to graduate from Eternal institutions after finishing advanced studies.
Claire Lefeuvre wanted to live together with Azzy at her home. Nothing else matters for this lassie.
His future self wanted Azrael to be free from my control just like how he did and maintain his timeline intact as it is.
Estella Moon's moves were probably affected by the relationship she had with Azrael during her previous life. In fact, she wasn't even aware of why she transferred to Azrael's school for him. It's not attraction, just a remnant of a relationship.
Leah Pendragon wanted a high potential warrior in her age group like Azrael as her future partner so that the future of Camelot will be secured through their descendants. Honestly, she's perfect for Azrael. But, too bad, Azrael can't escape from his destined true love.
Gideon Crescent probably wanted to follow Azrael and see where the new and unknown path takes him. I guess it landed him at Violet pavilion in the end.
Those pair, Aegis Light and Dr. Mac wanted Azrael on their side to level up the strength of their organization.
Ramiel Crescent wanted to nurture Azzy to see if he can join Zero Squad and become the pillar of the organization in the future. To do that, he even scouted Azrael's friends. His ambitions can't be concealed from anyone.
Azrael's foster mother, Affea Snieca wanted to spend time with her son as much as she can before she leave for her husband's ancestral home.
Azrael's great grandfather, the current clan head, Qridus Garcia wanted to send him back to his original timeline safely. Azrael's future self mentioned that he will convince Qridus but will he listen? I'm not sure. I don't know how did he get into Azrael's dream just like that but I need to be careful in hiding the kid from not only the Death Clan but also the other eight hidden clans.
Anyway, this tells that so many people are currently deciding to draw their own pathway where they want Azrael to walk in that road of life.
Little did they know that beneath all of them, a wide and long road was being constructed by me so that no matter what kind of path the kid will take, in the end, his destination lies at the Abode of Death. In this life, Azrael must replace Thanatos and become the Death God himself."
The Reaper's expression changed to that of coldness all of a sudden as he glared at the barren land.
He hit the ground with the bottom of the death scythe's handle, "To do that, if it is necessary to sacrifice his dear people, it will have to be done. Everything is for the greater good. To set everything into motion, bitter enemies need to enter Azrael's life."
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