Chapter 74 Darkness Path

Among all the subjects in the first year, this is probably the subject where he can learn about the spell that Maya used to try and inspect his body.

He was suspecting that Maya decided to immediately leave after he canceled her secretive inspection spell with Spell Dispersion. If possible, Vale wanted to know how to find traces of this spell so he can call her out the next time she tried using the same move.

"I'm Lucius Angelart and I'll be your Professor in this subject for this year."

Lucius, a middle-aged man with strange black eyes without pupils and short silky black hair appeared in front of them. He didn't seem to have used the door and they only felt his presence the moment he spoke…

Many of the students were surprised by his presence as they were jolted awake by his deep voice.

"Angelart? The Angelart Family? One of the Founding Members of this Arcane Path?"

"Incredible… I thought they were only teaching the higher years."

"But how did he enter without our notice?"

"A Dark Spell, perhaps?"

The professor didn't mind as he heard his students gasp and whisper. In any case, he was keeping an eye on one of his students.

"There's only one person who managed to see my entry. It's certainly better than Class 3 and 4 who had all missed my presence." Lucius said as everyone was prompted to look at Vale.

'Hmm?'

It was as if they have rehearsed this action so Lucius was amused by their reaction.

Nevertheless, they weren't wrong… The young man they were staring at was indeed the only one who noticed his presence.

It appears that in just two days, everyone has already acknowledged this person as the most impressive among them.

Lucius couldn't help but show a faint smile after realizing this.

"What's your name, young man?" Lucius asked with interest.

"It is Vale Chambers, Professor." Vale replied with a gentle nod.

"Chambers? Are you related to Baronnes Florence Chambers?" He asked immediately after recognizing the name.

Vale was stunned for a moment as he thought that no one knows about the Chambers Family that was in the far countryside. The Chambers Family didn't produce any outstanding people and has only been able to connect to the Dark Arts Faction because they were assisted by the Blackcolt Family or the perpetrator of the Malefic Branch of the Dark Arts.

In short, they shouldn't be popular.

"Yes… She's my mother." Vale can only answer.

'She's supposed to be my adoptive mother based on the records.' Vale added in his mind. He decided not to explain too much about his identity as it would ensure that he wouldn't make mistakes.

"I understand now… Florence has a great talent and you seem to have inherited her genes." Lucius nodded after confirming his suspicion. He seems to have known his 'mother' which is quite nerve-wracking for Vale.

"Very well, our first class would be an informal one. We'll simply do an activity today."

Everyone nodded in understanding as it appears that all the professors have the same thought about the first day of their class, it was to let their students gain interest in the subject they were teaching.

It is well accepted by everyone since the first impression lasts as they say.

Seeing everyone's excited eyes, Professor Lucius Angelart continued.

"I would like to ask if there's anyone here who knows what would happen if any of the practitioners of the Arcane Arts died. You can tell me whatever you know, it doesn't have to be a complete detail."

Someone suddenly raised their hand after hearing this.

"Alright, introduce yourself before telling us your answer…" Lucius said as he pointed at one student.

Surprisingly, it wasn't Neil who had raised their hands.

It was Chad Bulmung instead.

"I'm Chad from Bulmung Family. Professor Angelart, I heard that—"

"Call me Professor Lucius instead. There are three Professors with the Angelart surname here." Lucius interrupted.

"I understand, Professor Lucius. Ahem… I heard that once a practitioner of any of the 12 Arcane Paths died, they have to be quickly frozen, cremated, or sealed depending on the condition. In most cases, they have to be cremated instead since freezing or sealing costs quite a fortune in the long run." Chad answered.

"That's correct. Do you have anything to add?" Professor Lucius asked as he pointed at Jody.

"Yes. I'm Jody Lumbarde. I only want to add that if the corpse didn't receive those treatments within a day, there is a high chance that it'll be possessed by an evil spirit."

The other students nodded at this except for Lisa who was still clueless about this matter.

She looked at everyone in shock similar to how Vale reacted when he first learned of this. She had seen many people being cremated back in the city instead of normal burials. She thought that they were only thinking of saving up space since a jar of ashes is easier to store than a coffin.

However, now that she thinks about it, perhaps, those people are rogue practitioners and have to be cremated.

"That's true… However, I must correct you on one thing…" Professor Lucius said as he noticed that everyone seem to be satisfied with Jody's answer.

"There's more to it?" Jody asked in surprise. She felt that there was no way she would miss such information. After all, her parents should've informed her a long time ago if there is more about it.

"Yes… You mentioned that it will be evil spirits who would be possessing the dead bodies. However, I must clarify that any wandering spirit can possess them and turn them into a creature you don't want to encounter. However, since the chances are small, many people had forgotten about it."

"Ahh? Any spirit? Even those that are harmless?"

"Why are their chances of appearing low? I've only heard about the Evil Creatures, after all."

Felicia and Alvin asked curiously.

"The answer is simple, most of these harmless Spirits would be too late. The Evil Spirit would notice these corpses a lot quicker… Furthermore, even if they successfully transformed the corpses into 'evil' creatures, they would normally target animals, or just prank some people… In any case, our activity for today is related to that… We will meet a human corpse that was possessed by a weak and harmless spirit…"