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"Are we on the track?" Hector asked, finally after they were done assessing their surroundings.

Devon nodded, "It\'s surprising that Professor Jullie suggested the rotation of mentorship for Alex, but I guess things are in order as of now."

Devon sounded like he was suspicious of Alex when Hawk pointed out the fact that a bookworm suddenly gained the strength to put up a challenge against a five-star mage warrior.

Although the man was actually a little bit intrigued with the sudden development, there was another reason why he supported Jullie when she suggested letting Alex get trained by every instructor.

"But it\'s strange, the whole situation lines up but we don\'t have a single clue where we are heading to." Hector sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

He doesn\'t like it when he gets half-informed about something. And specifically when the matter is severe enough to make even the King nervous.

The proposal of selecting five members from the academy was something the King commanded; however, it wasn\'t the Majesty who requested it originally. Rather Adolf was just the middleman who directed the words of someone whom no one can disobey or ignore.

And based on their words, Alex has the potential to be one of the five members, if only he gets guided accordingly.

Regularly, Hector writes about Alex to that person, reporting his achievements and development, since the Headmaster was asked to.

Recently, when Hector had been absent from the academy and neglected his duty, most of the time, he was involved in meetings with these few people who knew about the whole situation with the five champions.

"Why this favoritism towards Alex? Do you have any idea?" Devon asked. Although he has seen the boy in action and knows that he is a capable warrior, he still can\'t discern the reason for him to be favored by that person?

That raises quite a few questions.

Hector remained silent before suggesting, "Is it really something related to that Soulless summoning?" Looking at Devon, he asked, "Did you find anything suspicious in him?"

Devon shook his head, "His soul energy seemed pitiful." Heaving a sigh, he added, "Those cases of infected ones showed a significant boost of Soul Energy and abnormal behaviour around others."

Devon has performed quite a few experiments on those infected beings who somehow absorb the unrefined soul energy of the Soulless. And Alex showed none of those symptoms.

"Maybe he has gained control over it?" Hector suggested. It wasn\'t like he had some grudge against that boy; however, as a headmaster, he had to think about other students\' safety as well.

"It\'s unprecedented, no one has gained control over that evil energy. And even if we consider that Alex is the first case, we can learn many things from him."

Hector grimly said, "You know I am risking a lot just because \'she\' said that Alex is one of the potential contenders, right?"

Devon solemnly nodded, "I know. Her words and decisions have always been irrefutable. And those times when we went against her, only disaster befell."

Hector massaged the midpoint of his forehead as he said, "I hope none of this champion selection and obsession with Alex affects them. Alex might be under the radar of suspicion, but until not proven, he is my precious student whom I want to protect."

Devon smiled, "But can you protect Alex if she suddenly decides to break the chains of her duty and come to get him?"

Hector didn\'t respond to that. He couldn\'t lie, and saying the truth would hurt his principles.

Things were surely going to be hectic.

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After resting for a bit, Alex went to the common hall to have dinner.

After Devon told him that he would be paid a free extra meal every day and a hundred gold coins for each day of intensive training, Alex agreed. He needed both of them.

"Two sets of meat and rice meal." Showing the emblem given by Devon with a smirk, Alex asked the chef.

The older one was amused, "I see, Sir Devon actually had given this emblem to someone to use."

Alex raised his brows, "Was it issued to him originally?"

"Yes, when he invented the spice-grinding artefact and gifted me one for free, I gave him this as a token of gratitude. And now it seems he gave it to you."

Alex grinned; nice, he can now have an extra free meal every day.

"What\'s with that smile? It seems you just tricked someone into buying something cheap at a high price." The red-haired axe-user suddenly stood beside Alex and asked with a disgusted look.

Alex ignored her, and after taking his food, he walked away.

Valarie stared at him with that same expression until the end before she also took her food, a bigger portion than anyone else, before following Alex.

Valarie took four seats away from Alex and just as she put down her tray, she spotted a group of three advancing towards them.

Valarie was about to raise her hand and call out to them, but before she could, Edric, Amanda, and Celestria walked toward Alex and sat around him.

Embarrassment appeared on her face as she weakly dropped her hand to the side.

\'Yeah…not like we should eat together every day….\' Although she tried to convince herself, being ignored by others made her feel sad.

However, just as she was about to pick up her spoon, someone tapped on her shoulder.

Glancing at the person, she found the familiar face of Edric looking at her with a smile on his face, "Why are you sitting alone? Are you upset with me?"

Valarie was flustered finding his face so close and his hot breath hitting her face.

She hurriedly got up and said, "Not like we should be eating together every day! We are not a family after all…." Her voice became quiet near the end.

Edric\'s smile never faltered as he asked, "Aren\'t friends also a part of one\'s family?"

She wasn\'t able to refute that, even though she parted and closed her mouth twice.

Finally, she picked up the tray of food and joined the others.

"Had enough of your lone wolf drama?" Amanda\'s question was met with a sneer.

Celestria chuckled, "Valarie, I heard you fought with someone during training?"

As the other three began to converse, Edric also joined them. And what others failed to notice was the thankful nod, Edric directed toward Alex for making him realize Valarie\'s presence.

As the four continued to eat, suddenly Celestria asked, "Alex…umm…what did you do today during training?"

She didn\'t have anything in mind to ask in front of others, so she went with the most generic question to start a conversation with him.

Hearing about \'training\' and \'today\' Amanda\'s eyes turned sharp as she picked a fork and threatened Alex, "Don\'t you dare make me imagine something so horrible again."

Alex ignored her threats and while focusing on her meal he said, "Say that to Professor Devon tomorrow so he doesn\'t ask me to teach you again."

Celestria\'s smile faltered as she asked, "Alex…taught you something, Amanda?"

Amanda nodded, "He just made me angry so my sword can gain sharpness."

With her eyes turned crescent, the Princess asked, "Strange, you never taught me something before, Alex?"

Alex heaved a sigh, "Look, I don\'t like tutoring others. I just said those things since Devon asked me to. And if you don\'t like it Amanda-"

"Can\'t you teach me through some different method?" Amanda interjected.

Edric added, "If it had been short ranged weapons, then I would have helped her. But when it comes to swords, you are the boss."

"Heh~" Valarie smirked, "So the nerd is a veteran now, huh?"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Alex rolled his eyes, and lifted his empty trays before getting up.

Leaving the others behind, Alex walked away.

Celestria had more things to ask but stopping Alex now would surely annoy him.

Watching his back, Edric couldn\'t help but mutter, "His new personality makes us look like children, and Alex being the only adult among us."

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