Chapter 169

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Chapter 169

The author wants to say something: Virgil: did something silly (started dancing like a wild person)

"I can!" Virgil looked sad and wrongly accused, "I used to be able to, but then I stopped practicing, and when you stop practicing, you forget gradually. It’s easy to forget when you’re older."

Sylas looked at him with uncertainty.

"You’re too young to understand the feeling of forgetting that belongs to ordinary middle-aged people. But my old friend definitely knows it. We used to learn social dance at school when we were young. She probably forgot all of it by now. You can invite her to dance and see her make a fool of herself."

"Dancing," a word that often appears in novels, usually brings along a series of ambiguous scenes. With bodies close together, limbs intertwining during the movement, breathing close to each other, eyes directly looking at each other and then quickly avoiding each other, it appears romantic and sensual. Sylas’s face turned red as she imagined herself dancing with Xerath.

Even though Virgil knew what the girl was thinking, he didn’t understand why Sylas blushed and looked frightened. He could only touch his nose and ask, "Did you encounter any problems in your practical training?"

"Um…I think the teacher is teaching too slowly, so since it’s a course that teaches people how to use magic in a proper way in battles, I thought you would know more? Even the teacher says so."

"Of course, of course!" Virgil quickly admitted and then said, "Anyway, I won’t leave today. Let me find an opportunity tomorrow to talk to the substitute teachers and see how the practical training has changed from before…"

The door suddenly "bang" open, Luna stood at the door, suddenly widened her eyes, and said to Sylas, "Who is this? Is this your mysterious boyfriend?"

Sylas quickly retorted, "Of course not!"

"Could it be… ‘teacher’?"

Sylas quickly and nervously glanced at Virgil, and denied, "No, no…"

"I can’t believe Sylas would bring a boy here… My name is Luna, have we… have we met somewhere before?"

Sylas remembered that Luna’s comment "have we met somewhere before" was a very clumsy way of starting a conversation, but considering the fact that "Virgil is popular among girls and often approached by people," she thought it was not impossible for Luna to use such a clumsy approach as well.

To her surprise, Virgil also wore a thoughtful expression and slowly said, "I think so too… Have we… have we met somewhere before? Oh my, it doesn’t make sense, how could I forget the name of such a beautiful girl? Hello, I’m Virgil."

"…Virgil! Yes! You’re Virgil!!!"

Virgil clapped his hands, "I told you I’ve definitely seen you before, the last time I saw you, you were only this small! Your father…"

"Ah, ahahaha… Virgil, how do you know Sylas?"

"Hmm?" Virgil was curious and suddenly felt Sylas pinching him. He immediately remembered the secretive work of the reclusive old mage and awkwardly chuckled, saying, "Sylas… um… when I was younger, I was entrusted to rescue her from being kidnapped. I am her savior!"

Sylas nodded busily.

"Kidnapped?"

Virgil said, "Yes! It was so unfortunate. The villains kept her locked in a dungeon, guarded by a terrifying demon beast. When I went, I thought it was just a simple mission, but I ended up burning all the scrolls on me and almost lost my life!"

Luna opened her mouth wide in astonishment and looked at Sylas with wonder.

Virgil had a nostalgic expression and sighed, saying, "It’s because of that, I care so much about Sylas’s growth. Ah, it feels as if she were my own child."

Sylas chuckled awkwardly, saying, "Y-yes, you could say that."

"Farewell for now, my lovely ladies!"

"Oh, oh, Virgil, wait!" Luna chased after him and pulled him to the next floor. The floor where the observatory tower was located was mostly empty, but each floor below had a recessed corridor serving as a common area. That’s just how the castle was designed.

"What’s wrong?"

Luna said sincerely, "I know you are a friend of my dad, and you have many good friends all over the world… But my dad doesn’t want me to bully people in school using his name, so… Can you please not tell Sylas that my dad is a member of the Oversight Committee?"

Virgil burst into laughter, realizing that these two little girls had no idea that they had been mentioned countless times in each other’s guardians’ letters. "Of course, that’s fine. I accept any request, even this small matter."

"Ah, so you want hush money? How much do you want?"

Virgil smirked and said, "Just tell me some things about Sylas in exchange."

"Why? No… I won’t say it. I won’t betray her. Who knows what bad things you’ll do with her information?"

"No, no, you’ve misunderstood the honest Demon Hunter. I’m only collecting information out of professional instinct and won’t use it for anything bad."

"Won’t you tell Sylas’s parents?"

"Absolutely not! I swear I won’t say a word about her school secrets to Sylas’s parents. I understand that some secrets girls can’t share with their parents can fill a whole novel, and I get it, I really do."

Luna was still unsure.

Virgil said, "Um… then I can’t guarantee that I won’t accidentally let slip that ‘Luna’s father is an amazing inspector, a standing committee member of the Oversight Committee,’ oops. Well, men always tend to boast about how great their friends are, and it’s understandable." He lowered his voice and casually leaned towards Luna, "I think if we ask around a bit at school, we’ll get a good idea about what’s going on with Sylas, don’t you think?"

"Alright, alright. Just make sure her parents don’t find out."

"Why are you so cautious? Did Sylas get into trouble?"

Nervously, Luna said, "Um, well, can we find a place to talk?"

Virgil happily agreed, and Luna went back to lie to Sylas, telling her they were going out on a date, while Virgil had already left. Later, Luna followed Virgil to a noisy restaurant.

"I used to come here a lot when I was in school. Tell me, what kind of trouble did Sylas get into? If Uncle Virgil can help, he will! After all, I’m an adult now."

Luna nervously licked her lips and said, "First of all, I can assure you that Sylas didn’t do anything wrong. Everything she did, in my opinion, was ‘justified.’"

"Hehe… justified, okay."

"I know you know that… amazing archmage, the one I really admire!"

"Oh, yes, my old friend, the lonely and great King of Elements, living in the middle of the desert." Virgil began bragging about his old friend.

"Well, Sylas admires her too."

Virgil shrugged, "Of course! Oh, I mean, it’s very normal for a young girl like you to admire her! But doesn’t she live in the middle of the desert? I haven’t seen her in years. Did she come to school?"

"Unfortunately… no… but do you know the annoying ghost Sauran?"

"Yes, I know him. It took me eight tries to pass the rhetoric and logic exam. What about him?"

"Sylas is a die-hard fan of archmage Xerath, but Sauran keeps talking bad things about Xerath. His nephew imitates him and ‘dishonors the archmage’ in front of Sylas. Sylas challenged him to a duel."

"A duel?! At school? Did the other person die?"

Luna looked at him with confusion, "No, no, of course not."

"Don’t worry, then she got punished? Shouldn’t we inform the guardian?"

"No, no, this is a legal duel, the school isn’t going to punish Sylas."

Virgil blew a whistle, "Looks like it’s the ‘Dueling Law’."

"Yes."

"What about Sauran? Did Sylas not teach him a lesson?"

Luna looked at him strangely again, "No, she didn’t, why do you ask?"

Virgil said, "Of course! Sauran always takes the opportunity to say bad things about Xerath… tell me, what have you thought of?"

"Me? I haven’t thought of anything…"

"Oh, don’t lie to Uncle Virgil, your expression gave you away. Come on, tell me, I won’t say it out loud, it won’t bring trouble to Sylas."

"Really?"

"I promise, I swear, okay? If I cause trouble for Sylas and she gets punished by her parents, I will be killed by the wrath of the elements." A very serious oath, but clearly, the Demon Hunter knows that Sylas doesn’t have parents. On the contrary, if Sylas is in danger and he doesn’t tell the King of Elements, then he will truly be killed by the wrath of the elements.

"That’s enough, that’s enough…" But Luna believed it very innocently and continued, "There are strange things happening, but I’m not sure if they are related to Sylas." She described how Sauran openly slandered Xerath in class and strange attacks occurred.

"Unowned attacks?"

"Yes! Spells appear out of thin air. The headmaster came to inspect but couldn’t trace the caster."

"You thought of this when you were talking about Sylas? How does it relate to Sylas?"

"Sylas was very angry, she used many, very impressive words, mostly in ancient language, with four syllables. They sounded very captivating and majestic." Ancient language usually refers to the ancient Saiti language, a language that can accidentally turn into spells, but not all ancient Saiti language phrases are spell incantations.

"But it’s not a spell?"

"No, but she was really angry, wishing she could come down from the desk and fight Sauran. Later, Eilan detained some students who seemed capable of casting those spells, but still couldn’t determine who it was. Sauran made everyone hate each other."