When Zen was about to head out and go to the Pontiac Academy, he suddenly remembered something: 'Ah wait... Didn't one of the professors die during the beast outbreak? They should be recruiting new professors to teach in the academy.'
Thinking of this, he exited his ship and went to look for Ian. He did not have Ian's contact number, so he had to go to the trouble of looking for him.
Ian actually agreed to join the organization that his young master was planning to create. He had watched and seen everything Zen had done up to this point during the short period of time he was together with him.
He was indeed flabbergasted at everything, and so he believed that Zen would eventually become someone the world would fear in the future. He decided that it was worth following him.
What Zen planned to do by looking for Ian was have him become a professor in the academy; that way, he would have someone he could use during his time there. This would make it much more convenient for him to do things in the academy with a backing.
He was confident that Ian would be qualified enough to become a professor and that it would be quite easy at that. He once saw how many students there were who came to attend the academy this time.
Apart from one of the professors dying, they should also be looking for more, as the current number of professors for the first years would not be simply enough to teach five thousand students.
Zen finally found Ian, who was currently ordering around the rest of the troops that were left behind to handle the matters of the Land of Dragons, and so he approached him. "Ian!" he called out to him.
Hearing someone call out to him, Ian glanced in the direction where the voice came from. "Uh... young master, what are you doing back here again?" Ian's eyes narrowed, feeling confused, as he thought Zen had already left and headed to the academy.
"I have something to discuss with you regarding the academy."
'The academy?' Ian became even more confused, because what does the academy have to do with him? "Young master, what do you mean?"
"Actually, I need you to enter as a professor in the academy. Since you are a smart man, you should know what I am thinking, right?" Zen said this with a grin on his face.
Ian ruminated on what Zen just said and immediately came to understand what he wanted to do, and so he responded with a smile, "Hmm, alright, but young master, I may need to get back to the branch I manage first and get everything sorted out."
"That's fine with me; follow me, and I'll help you with all that boring stuff. My ship could get us back to the family's territory in a short time."
"Let me contact Marie first and tell her you'll be going."
Ian nodded and waited for him.
Zen took out his phone and called Marie. After a short while, the call connected.
After the call was connected, Marie asked, "Did you forget something, young master?"
"No, I called because I came back to get Ian with me; he will be going with me somewhere. So I am leaving all the matters in your hands here."
After she heard his words, she was rendered speechless. 'What? I have to handle all the things here by myself?' But these were Zen's orders, so she could not really refuse or disobey.
"Certainly! I'll handle it to the best of my ability." She responded like she was looking forward to it, and the call ended. Marie sighed and mumbled, "I guess I'll be here for a while."
Back to Ian and Zen: Zen led him back to where his ship was, and soon they both entered. Once they were inside, Zian could not help but be surprised by how highly advanced the ship was compared to the other ships he had seen in his lifetime. This was the first time he had seen such a ship!
He wondered how Zen was able to acquire a ship of this caliber. Of course, this was a one of a kind ship; it was a reward from the destiny system after all.
Zen then instructed Helix to head back to the Raverdieu territory first, and he entered the coordinates of where the Raverdieu family branch that Ian manages is located.
The ship rose to the air and flew at a speed of Mach one hundred. The distance between the Land of Dragons and the Astre continent was quite short, so they should be able to arrive at their destination quickly.
After an hour or so had passed, they finally arrived in a city called Krita, where the brand was located. The ship stayed stationary in the sky, and Ian jumped out of the ship and slowly levitated down, landing gently on the ground.
Zen then scanned the vecinity and found an area where he could land his ship and decided to wait for Ian there. While he waited for him, he also went ahead and learned everything that he needed to know for the written test. With his photographic memory, it was quite easy for him.
Ian entered the branch family residence, and the guards all saw him, to which they then all respectfully greeted him.
"You all go inform all the elders to gather at the main hall as I have some to tell them." Ian instructed as soon as he finished speaking, he went inside the main hall and waited for the elders.
Once they were all gathered there, Ian explained the situation. At first, the elders were a bit reluctant, but in the end, under Ian's persuasion, they all agreed, and he also thought that they should be able to handle the branch family matters without him.
As soon as that was finished, he went back to where Zen was and got back inside the ship. Zen saw him and said, "Everything done?"
"Yes, young master."
"All right, we'll be going to the Pontiac Academy now."
After they arrived at the academy, Ian went to the dean's office to meet Hermione. As for Zen, he asked one of the guards in the docking area where the test was being held, and after finding out where it was, he started heading there.
The area was quite clear at the moment, and no students could be seen around as classes were taking place and the tests were also taking place, so after he arrived, there were none of those annoying commotions.
If there were people around, an uproar would probably start up again with his arrival at the academy.