After going through his life's memories back when he temporarily attained the Demigod realm, he also gained enough proficiency regarding the law of neutrality. As a result, he could see things more clearly like from a bystander's point of view.
It is why he could only do nothing but offer his sorrow to Affea's grave.
Wiping off his tear drops at the corner of his eyes, he turned around to walk away. After exiting the mansion, he proceeded to scan the entire city to check a familiar aura so that he can find out something about Claire's whereabouts.
To his surprise, he couldn't sense the aura of his master, Barton, Vice Principal Sahara, or his friends, except for one person.
"Calder? I can sense his aura at… Hmm, it's coming from the academy. Was he an instructor there or something? In any case, he might have some knowledge. Let's start with him and see what I can find."
Azzy took a bus like a civilian and traveled to the academy. However, as he neared the academy, he spotted no familiar buildings inside. There was no administration building, which could be usually seen from the entrance.
Instead, all he could see are various habitats all over the place where kids are sparring with their trainers. Apart from that, there is one five-story building in the place where the auditorium was once located.
"Is that perhaps the new school building?" Azzy wondered at first but then, as his eyes fell on the large characters engraved on the curvy entrance wall, he realized that he was wrong. Forget about the name change, it isn't even an academy anymore.
"Hmm, Aclein training center for Arcana Masters? Just what in the hell happened here?" Azzy couldn't help but go into a daze for a moment as the entire familiar place turned into unfamiliar territory all of a sudden.
For others, 27 years have passed, but for Azzy, it's only been a few weeks since he last saw the academy. So, everything is kinda weird to him.
Azzy entered the place. To not get much attention, he made sure to suppress his soul power, posing as a 3-star Arcana Master.
Since Calder has no memories of him, Azzy didn't want to barge in through force and decided to take the help of someone.
He interrupted a trainer, who is teaching a couple of 8-year-old kids on a rocky habitat. "Excuse me…"
"Yes?" The trainer walked toward him, thinking that it is a new student.
"Hello, my name is Azrael. I'm here for Mr. Calder. Do you know where can I meet him?" Azzy introduced himself and spoke his intentions.
Since Calder's aura was coming from the third floor of the building and this is a training center, Azzy assumed his former teammate is in a higher position.
And the trainer's reply confirmed his assumption. "Mr. Chairman is in his office. Please come with me."
The trainer told the kids to work on their own until he returns while he takes Azzy to the chairman.
"Hi, I'm Bradley, by the way. You can call me Brad." The trainer introduced himself.
"Azrael."
As Azzy shook his hand, Brad enquired about the purpose of Azzy's visit as they walked forward. "I haven't seen you around here. Are you a new member or are you interested in joining the training center?" He asked.
Azzy replied, "I will take the decision once I talk to Mr. Calder."
In order to make sure to get a new member for the training center, Brad continued to engage in the conversation, "So, Azrael, you are a local?"
"You can say so," replied Azzy with a nod.
"And how old are you?" "14"
"If you don't mind answering, may I know what academy were you attending?" "Nah, I was mostly homeschooled."
"Your parents are Arcana Masters?" "Yeah"
Azzy gave short and direct answers as the questions were only basic ones.
"You must have already found it on the internet but let me introduce our training center. Here, we are…"
As Brad, the trainer is explaining the perks of joining the training center as a VIP member and how their training will work, and everything, Azzy quietly listened to him while looking around.
On the way, he saw several habitats where kids from as early as 6 years to even middle-aged people were training under the experts. The trainers are mostly in the 5-star realm such as Brad. However, there are a couple of them in the 6-star realm too.
At a water habitat, which is more like a pool with a few ships and boats, two women were sparring. One is in the 4-star realm (low) and the other is in the 5-star realm (peak).
All of a sudden, a huge volume of water shot up from the pool, blasting away 4-star realm Arcana Master into the sky. Perhaps, the female trainer forgot to hold back her strength. The young woman in her 30s flew as high as 150 meters and started to freefall.
"Kyaaaa"
She screamed out in fear. The female trainer froze on the spot and panicked that she is going to get sacked.
"F***k." Brad cursed out and charged forward to catch her in hurry.
Just as he was about to step inside the pool, he saw energy chains swooshed by like a flash, catching her in the mid-air.
Brad turned around in surprise to see a seal floating before Azzy as the latter motioned his arms. Soon, the woman slowly landed on the ground.
The woman thanked him while the female trainer apologized to her. Brad scolded the female trainer and then apologized to the customer once again.
As the client forgave them, Brad sighed in relief and continued to escort Azzy to the chairman's office. Despite the fact that Azzy had used only a beginner-level sealing technique, the accuracy and the range he displayed earlier had impressed Brad, very much.
As soon as he met Calder, the trainer praised Azzy and stressed that they cannot let such a talented kid go away.
Calder didn't ask his name and just told Brad to send Azzy in.
Brad then got out of the office and informed Azzy, "Mr. Chairman is waiting for you. And I will be there at the rocky habitat nearby the entrance. Once you took the membership, you can meet me. I'll take you on a tour to the inner sectors."
Azzy didn't bother to clear up his misunderstanding and just nodded in response. As Brad started leaving, Azzy walked towards the door, looking at the guy who had grown up into a middle-aged fellow.
"Man, it will be tough to get used to this." Azzy shook off his thoughts and opened the door. "Mr. Calder…"
"Eh?"
Unexpectedly there's a look of shock on Calder's face as he got up from his seat and exclaimed, "Azrael."
This time, Azzy was the one who was surprised. "You remember me, Calder?"
"No way…" Calder started to search the drawers like he is in a hurry.
Soon, he took out a photo frame and stared at Azzy and then at the photo. "It's you. How is that possible? You didn't age at all." He displayed his shock.
"It's a long story," replied Azzy as he took the seat. He almost confirmed that Calder had only recognized him because of the photographic evidence he left behind. To confirm it, he asked, "I guess that you don't have memories of me?"
"Yeah," Calder admitted the truth.
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