Chapter 623: The Interview

Chapter 623: The Interview



Northern, after the man's kind gesture, took light steps forward and sank his butt into the plush brown chair. He was a little tense.

Again in his life, he was in a position where he felt he could not control the outcome of this certain event. The feeling made him nervous and irritated at the same time. He clenched his hands tightly.

"Hay hay, no need for you to be nervous now, boy. This is going to be a walk in the park."

Northern smiled politely and made it clear in a calm and cold tone. "I am not nervous at all, Professor Heim."

The chunky Professor gave Northern a serious and somewhat unreadable expression, then cleared his throat.

A few seconds of silence drifted through the luxurious office, raising the luminescence banner of the bright day star as golden light radiantly permeated the tall windows behind the Professor.

The place was almost blinding, but the rays of light shifted subtly and did not obstruct anything, especially not Northern's vision.

The man's thick and mature voice pierced through the silence with a lace of seriousness that seemed to densify the air.

"So, here it says you have never attended the academy." Professor Heimburger lowered his eyeballs to look at Northern through his glasses.

"Yes,"

"And you want to be an instructor here?"

Northern nodded carefully. "Yes."

The professor went silent, closing his downturned eyes for a moment as he shook his head. He opened his eyes and met Northern's gaze with an intense look of passion.

"Young boy, Rian. You are full of talent. You are an outstanding and marvelous existence. You are what this world would refer to as a prodigy. A Sage at sixteen years old-the world has never seen such a phenomenon. You, boy, are extraordinary!"

Northern squinted his eyes. 'Don't tell me this guy is about to give me unwarranted advice?'

His guess was impeccably correct! Heimburger's voice continued to ring in Northern's ears without pause.

"Now, if you were to take all that talent and put it into learning, can you imagine what you would achieve? You would be the best to ever exist. I know you have responsibilities, you want to get paid and also enjoy the privileges of an instructor, but hay, lad, four years is just a blink away. You'll be done with your section of learning and ready to work!"

Northern's entire disposition suddenly shifted. His expression became grave.

Aside from the obvious change in his eyes, there were some unseen things that could very well be felt by someone of Heimburger's caliber.

After all, he kept his mouth shut suddenly and blinked several times, even trying to withstand the burning glint in Northern's ethereal blue eyes.

"You seem to be mistaken about a few things, Professor."

The professor almost leaped out of his skin at the cold sound of Northern's voice.

me?"

Professor Heimburger nodded with a serious look on his weathered face.

"That is weird... but sure, I guess. What is your condition?" Northern asked, while thinking, 'What matters is that I am able to do the things that I need to do.'

The professor's mood seemed to lift as he exhaled and spoke.

"I will offer you a position of interim assistant instructor, my assistant instructor. You will, however, still have to pick up a course, because the academy rules are the academy rules. You can pick up shorter years' courses. When you are done, you can be promoted to a full

instructor."

Northern was silent for a few seconds, thinking. Then he asked, "Is craftsmanship, particularly blacksmithing, part of these shorter years' courses?"

"Oh, yes, of course. You'll find any kind of craftsmanship in the academy, taught by the very

best of the continents."

"And must I be your assistant instructor?"

Professor Heimburger nodded gravely. "That part is important."

Northern narrowed his eyes at the Professor. 'After showing him a short depth of the void,

what he wants is for me to be his assistant. Now that is suspicious and interesting.'

A corner of his lips curled.

'But it doesn't matter what his agenda is. I can just kill him if it gets in my way. What matters

is I am able to do the things I want to do.'

"One more thing... this is very important."

Professor Heimburger's eyes lit up as Northern's voice rang out.

"Yes, boy?"

"Do I have to report to you every day, from the main campus all the way to this place?"

"Huh? No, no, child. I have an office in the main compound that you will be in charge of. You will only need to come here when I summon you, which will be very few, as we can communicate without having to see each other. Seeing you, in fact, devastates my gentle

soul."

Northern smiled contentedly. "Alright, then. This can work."