Chapter 230 - A Barren Floor

Bandis and Zor, without wasting any time, started cleaning the room.

There were six beds arranged right next to each other. Of course, the beds were dirty as well.

The room actually comprised of a single washroom and bathroom combined, a dressing room, and a hall which was supposedly the bedroom.

All of this was being cleaned by them. Of course, Rex wanted to join as well, but they didn't let him do any cleaning stuff.

But yes, he did use magic to clear stuff and form more space. The things of the remaining roommates were also dirty, so Rex thought about cleaning them.

He basically used high-level magic to just clean the dirt off of them without actually touching them – Blackhole.

Blackhole was a strong spell that could suck anything inside it. Rex used his powers to make a mini black hole, so small that all it would do was suck in the dirt without affecting anything else.

After ten minutes, the room was literally shinning. It was so clean right now that the previous state couldn't even be imagined.

Rex smiled as he looked at everything that had been cleaned. Yes, the bedsheets that had turned brownish and black had returned to their previous color – white.

Not even a speck of dust was left now. The only thing that was left to be done was to fill the room with a sweet fragrance.

Bandis and Zor immediately vanished from the place and brought some flowers. After placing them and arranging them beautifully near the window, balcony, and near the beds as well, the room was soon filled with fragrance.

Now they could finally relax since their master would not have any other problems.

Rex sat quietly as he wondered about what Bandis was trying to say earlier.

He then directly asked, "Bandis, what were you trying to say earlier?"

Zor was standing there and enjoying the fragrance. The moment he heard Rex ask this question, he was startled.

All of a sudden he turned back and stared at Bandis.

Bandis too looked at Zor as if he expected him to turn back and look at him.

Rex knew that something was wrong, but what exactly was that? He had to find out.

He then said, "Look, if it is something related to my health or myself, then I deserve to know."

Rex knew that something was up for Zor to try and cover it up again and again.

Bandis again looked at Zor and then turned towards Rex.

He then said, "Master, sorry for hiding this from you…"

Zor clenched his fists as Bandis started to say.

"The thing is…"

And just as he was starting, someone knocked at the door.

*knock knock*

Yes, someone suddenly came and knocked at the door. Rex immediately looked at both of them and said, "Use stealth!"

They did just as they were told right after which, he walked ahead and opened the door. There were three hooks or locks by which the door was locked from the inside.

After unlocking the door, he opened it to find a boy wearing a checked brown shirt in front of him. His black hairs were messy.

He wore spectacles with a round frame and had a piece of paper in his hand.

"Are you Rex?", he asked.

"Yes, I am. How may I help you?", Rex asked politely.

The person scratched his head and then said, "You need to come to the receptionist ward to get some books and materials."

Actually, if he were in the dorm of the princes and nobles, then the materials would have been delivered to him.

However, since he resides in one of the lowest dorms possible, he had to come and pick by himself.

"Ah alright.", he right away locked the door with the keys and walked behind the person to the material room.

"Phew, we were saved…"

"Thank God…", Zor said after Rex left.

"But Zormugand, I don't understand…"

"Why don't you want master to know about it?", Bandis asked.

"If master knows about it, then don't you think he would have a solution or can prevent or heal it?", Bandis asked.

"Well, if he was the past master that we knew, then I think he could.", Zor said.

"Huh? What do you mean?", Bandis asked.

"Don't you remember?"

"Master had tons of friends in the past."

"Everyone throughout the world knew him…", Zor said.

"What has that got to do with this?", Bandis just got even more confused.

"Sigh, what a fool…", Zor literally banged his own head.

"Oh come on! Tell me.", he said.

"Listen, the disease that master has caught is pretty serious."

"I think, when we met, it was less or probably just inactive."

"Because at that time, even with my Dragon Eyes, I couldn't spot the disease."

"But ever since master auctioned that Dragon heart, the illness keeps getting worse."

"Trust me, I secretly went to the libraries of many countries, but even now, I am unable to find a cure.", Zor said.

"…"

What he said was completely unbelievable.

It was as if he was saying that Rex was terminally ill yet fine.

"No wait, so when you were disappearing and bringing those tons of books, you were actually stealing them from different kingdoms?", Bandis asked with a surprised expression.

Zor looked the other way and said, "Ahem, that is a different matter…"

"…"

"Anyway, we need to get in touch with the witches and the demons. I think they would have a cure for his problem.", Zor said.

Bandis could no longer control and just ended up shouting, "Just tell master the damn problem!"

*slap*

And the next thing that he got was a slap from Zor for shouting.

"Shut up and just do what I am saying…", he said right after which both of them teleported and left the place.

Meanwhile, Rex continued the walk with the mysterious boy who had come to ask him to get the materials.

He finally arrived at the material room after passing the reception.

"Here.", there was already a person sitting there who handed Rex a ring just as he entered.

'A low-level spatial ring?'

'I think this costs about 10 gold coins…', Rex wondered.

"This is the ring provided by the academy."

"Once you start earning, don't forget to pay for this. It will be written in your tab.", right after telling this, the person immediately made a note of his name and the amount.

He then asked for Rex's signature.

'Hmm…'

'Interesting…'

Rex wanted to analyze the paper that was being used. That's because it looked so much like the Carbon paper used on Earth to copy the details. Of course, this was green in color in contrast to the usual blue carbon paper on Earth.

He took the pen and signed as per the man's orders.

'Yes, the functions of this paper are just like the Carbon paper…'

'But, instead of being built from various inks and stuff…'

'Magic has been used as its basis.', Rex immediately concluded.

The man then signed as well and kept the book in the locker. He then said, "Now you can leave."

The other boy, who was standing there, handed the slip just as Rex went out of the room.

'I see, probably he was the one who asked the boy to call me…'

Nevertheless, Rex left the building and walked back to the Dorms.

After returning, he found that there was no sign of Zor and Bandis and instead, some traces of teleportation magic was detected.

'Sigh, they escaped without even telling me about it…'

'I think it was super important, but why was Zor trying to cover it up?', Rex was doubtful.

In any case, Rex then looked at the ring after closing the door. He was curious to see what materials he got.

Even before wearing the ring, he pulled out all the materials there.

'I see…'

'Some magic textbooks…'

'Some writing kit…'

'A timetable of the classes…'

'Ah, I have to attend Class 1S…'

'Nice.'

After that, he took a look at the textbooks. He put everything back inside the ring and went through the different textbooks only to end up memorizing all of them.

It was a piece of cake for him after all, he was already infinitely strong.

Also, it was nothing new. His masters had pounded ten times more knowledge into him. He worked hard to memorize all of them sometimes in a single day or in a single hour.

So he was quite efficient.

Though, it did take him about four hours to do so.

He then thought about walking and taking some fresh air on the balcony when he found some of the students walking down.

They were mostly boys who lived in other rooms.

'Weird…'

'Why didn't I see any boy on the fifth floor?', he spread his mana sense only to find out that the fifth floor was completely empty.

Yes, other rooms were being used to store some different materials while the room in which Rex currently was – 4444 – was the only room where the lowest of the lowest ranking boys stayed.

"Ha…"

"…"