Chapter 448

Chapter 448: House hunting.

The school gave the students until the end of the semester for them to permanently vacate the school. This was to make sure they didn’t feel pressured about their future plans because this was the most important part of their life.

As for Blake, he had no plans of waiting that long because not only did he not have time, but he also was now sure of the next step of his life.

There were only a few things left for Blake to do and after that, he would be out of the school for good.

“Good day professor Hoffenheim.” Blake greeted as he entered the professor’s lab.

“You came at the right moment because I was just a few minutes away from starting another experiment that would make me unavailable for at least a week.” Hoffenheim said as he dropped vials of potions before turning to Blake with a beaming smile on his face.

“Congratulations! I heard that you won the regional competition.” Hoffenheim said as he took a seat.

“You didn’t come to the capital to spectate the competition just like other professors?” Blake couldn’t help but ask.

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“Yeah, I was busy with research that was a complete failure. Besides what is the need of spectating the competition when I already know that you would win, especially with both of them.” Hoffenheim said referring to Ebony and Ivory.

“About them.” Blake brought Ebony and Ivory out of his dimensional pocket before making them transform to their Haiti and Skoll forms.

Once both wolves were no longer in their sword form they both rushed Hoffenheim and began licking him.

Hoffenheim was the only person Blake had shown Ebony and Ivory. In the past 2 years, Blake and the professor had grown quite close, so he had been keeping him updated on the sword.

‘They never act this way with someone else, only him.’ Blake thought.

(AN: Yes, Blake has no idea that Hoffenheim is Zultra. I made a mistake that has long been corrected.)

“Wow! They are stronger than I thought they would be.” Hoffenheim said after finally making Ebony and Ivory to calm down.

‘How is their first phase stronger than I can remember? After this, I would report it to dad.’ Zultra thought.

“I bet this isn’t the only reason you came to me.” Hoffenheim said as he continuously stroked the smooth fur of the wolves.

“Yeah, I wanted to ask you about me joining the ash corps as a captain of a special ops unit?” Blake asked.

“Let’s see...” Hoffenheim said in a pondering tone.

“I don’t have any experience concerning the ash corps because I rejected all their offers to join them, but I think the most important thing is knowing what you want.”

“Unlike me, that is only interested in my research, you are a born leader and high achiever. The ash corps would be a perfect stepping stone for anything you want to achieve.” Professor Hoffenheim explained.

“What of the aspect of freedom?” Blake asked.

“If you are not into research like me, then it is worth it, especially when considering the benefits you would get from the ash corps.” Hoffenheim answered.

“Thanks for the advice.” Blake said.

They chatted a little bit more about Hoffenheim’s research before Blake moved to his next stop.

‘Where the hell am I meant to find instructor Zirrack?’ Blake thought after knocking on the combat instructor’s office door and receiving no answer.

‘I will check up on him later today, after getting some things done.’ Blake turned to leave, but that was when Zirrack appeared in front of him.

“Let me guess you are here to thank me for me being hard on you guys?” Zirrack asked.

“Yeah, but I also wanted to ask for your advice.” Blake said not surprised by Zirrack’s words.

“From everything I have seen so far, you are very ambitious or have a particular goal you want to achieve.”

“So my advice is that if it has something to do with fame and power, you should join the ash corps. If not continue your life as an adventurer.” Zirrack said.

“As for thanking me for training you all, you are welcome. I don’t get thanked that much.”

“Lastly, I have to say that I am proud of you and wish you the best in whatever choice you take.” Zirrack said before vanishing.

‘Since that is done, time for the most important thing of the day.’

Blake returned to his room before taking out his communication amulet and calling prince Bryon.

“How may I be of help, Blake?” Prince Bryon cut to the chase.

“I have decided to join the ash corps, and I wanted to know if there should be anything I should know?” Blake asked.

“That’s great news! Commander Darius would be explaining the details to you right after this call.”

“As for your second question. You would receive a certain level of protection to both danger and politics of the nobles to a certain extent just like Rayzer had promised.”

“Also, promotions and rewards are mostly based on achievements. So if you keep up like you usually do then you have no problem rising in rank.” Prince Bryon explained.

After a few more questions, the call was over and almost instantly Blake received another call.

“Commander Darius speaking. First off I would like to congratulate you on your victory in the regional competition and I will also like to personally thank you for making the region proud.” The heart-shaped-face, ever-smiling commander said.

“Now over to the serious stuff. In a week you will be assigned to a team as their captain, but before then you have to undergo self-training and learn about the rules of the ash corps.”

“Also, as a captain, you are entitled to a house that would be fully covered by the empire.” Commander Darius explained.

“I don’t need a house so can I get it in a different form?” Blake asked with a sheepish smile on his face.

“No.” Darius chuckled at Blake’s shamelessness.

‘At least I tried.’ Blake shook his head in disappointment causing the system to want to hide even farther in Blake’s mind.

Normally, he would have complained about Blake’s shamelessness but after close to 3 years of complaining, he knew it was useless. It even felt that the more he complained the worse he got.

“Everything you would need will be sent to your current address. So if that’s all the questions this call is over.”

Commander Darius cut off the communication link when he saw that Blake had nothing else to say.

“I am really that special?” Blake couldn’t help but ask because he had never heard a recruit speaking to both the councilor and the commander on the same day through a communication amulet.

“The last problem now is accommodation.” Blake began to think of a way to get around it.

He couldn’t stay in the academy for obvious reasons. His only option now was to move into the city.

He didn’t accept the ash corps’ offer because although it granted a certain level of protection, it would be highly monitored. Also, the location of the house would be randomly selected same as other little things like furnishing.

This meant he would go house hunting on his own, but that came with the problem of making a decision.

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He had 2 options; the first was to stay in the center region alongside other nobles and noble families, while the second option was to stay in the middle region.

The first option came with the problem of security and being monitored. Although the central region had an almost zero percent crime rate, Blake didn’t feel safe because he would be surrounded by nobles who hated him.

So he wouldn’t be surprised if one of them were to send their demigods or angels to attack him, then blame it on something else.

As for the middle region, the security wasn’t something Blake couldn’t handle, but the problem was things like privacy, noise and other small things.

[A little noise and problems from gangs around are better than demigods or angels coming for you.] The system said.

“Yup.” Blake couldn’t agree more.

“The last problem now is getting a house agent for a tour.” Blake opened his communication amulet and called Susan.

He could have asked Luciano or even Camilla but he wanted to keep his future address a secret just for security purposes.

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