Chapter 82: Just a disciple, or not?

Chapter 82: Just a disciple, or not?

Meanwhile, Evelyn had already returned to the White Lily Palace along with the four array discs containing all the high grade cultivation techniques from the tower of solitude.

At first, she had only intended to beg her to borrow one extra disc, but since Aurora had said 'take what you like', Evelyn decided to be shameless and just grab everything she liked.

The platinum blonde did give her a weird look at that time, but didn't say anything else.

For Evelyn, exchanging a little embarrassment was more than fine to give her friends a better choice for their future.

Vivian was still quite young and ignorant, and didn't know exactly how precious these discs were, but both Amara and Cecilia gaped at her in disbelief as soon as she took out not one, but four cultivation array discs.

"H-How do you have FOUR of them?"

"You really did it?! No wait, you got away with it?!"

Evelyn couldn't help but chuckle. Their reactions were hilarious as expected. She pretended to be nonchalant as she waved her hand. "Don't be so shocked, I only borrowed them."

Looking at the pink haired girl's face, Cecilia couldn't help but squint her eyes. "Since when was that an option? That old guy at the tower is such a stingy bastard, he would even scold you if you're holding it 'wrong'!"

Of course, Evelyn knew that she couldn't keep teasing them forever, so after a while, she still revealed the matter of becoming Aurora's disciple.

While Amara just looked relieved that Evelyn wouldn't get into trouble, and had even managed to stumble across 'great fortune' somehow, Cecilia was even more shocked. "Aurora said that?"

Evelyn nodded. "Mhm"

Cecilia couldn't help but sigh. "Wow That's amazing What are you going to learn from her, though?"

Aurora had only told her to be there in front of the lake tomorrow morning, and not what she actually intended to do. "Uh I don't really know yet? What is she good at?"

Cecilia shrugged. "Who knows?"

The pink haired girl stared at her in disbelief. Given that Cecilia seemed to be 'quite familiar' with Aurora, having gone to pester her all the time in the past, shouldn't she at least know this much? "You can't be serious"

The ash blonde chuckled helplessly. "I mean, maybe the teachers must know, but at least it's not something the students are aware of. Maybe it's been too long since she revealed her abilities in public?"

Evelyn sighed. "I-I guess I'll find out tomorrow?"

Of course, even if she had all these conjectures in her mind, Cecilia didn't dare to say them out loud.

First of all, if no one else realized that Evelyn was Aurora's inheritor, not even Evelyn herself, that was for the best.

Secondly, mentioning such a thing to Evelyn might make it look like she was actually jealous of her friend, and Cecilia couldn't bear to take such a look from her at all.

So the ash blonde could only keep such thoughts in her mind, and follow Evelyn's instructions to set up the spirit stones for the array disc's activation.

Unlike Cecilia, Amara wasn't quite as familiar with Aurora's status and strength, and didn't dwell on the matter any further, simply accepting Evelyn's explanation as they moved on to setting up Evelyn's cultivation array.

Since it was a sensitive process during which physical interruption could cause a great backlash, most people would prefer to lock up their room from the inside and do it alone. If they had someone trustworthy, that person would also be set up in advance to prevent any unwanted interruptions.

Of course, Evelyn, who had the ability to see their affection levels, trusted these girls to protect her to the best of their ability, and never even mentioned being left alone.

Cecilia and Amara, the only ones who understood how much 'trust' was placed in them, couldn't help but feel flattered as they meticulously helped Evelyn set up the array with spirit stones.

The method provided by Aurora was slightly different from the one that the elder in charge of the tower of solitude provided the students with, but that wasn't really much of a surprise.

Once everything was in place, Evelyn took a lotus position in front of the six inch wide stone disc and closed her eyes. "You guys go rest, alright, this might take a while"

Of course, how could they just leave? Even Vivian, the 'baby' who was always put in charge of 'babysitting' the fox and the 'puppy', watched the 'excitement' with eyes wide open.

Unlike Bree and Ruru, who were perhaps the only two in their group with no idea of what was going on, Vivian more or less understood that Evelyn was 'deciding her future' right now.

Although the act of comprehending the cultivation technique from the array was probably as boring to watch as it can get, knowing that it was a life changing moment for Evelyn was enough.

Moreover, Evelyn had only told them that she 'knew' what each of the discs held, but hadn't told them their actual contents.

They didn't dare to ask if she didn't want to tell, since disturbing her 'state of mind' just before her first true cultivation session was simply the worst of ideas.

But that didn't mean they weren't anxious to know what she was actually going to cultivate in the end.

Amara couldn't help but bite her lip. "W-What do you cultivate, Cecilia?"

The ash blonde blinked. Although the question was somewhat private, one's cultivation technique could more or less be guessed based on the skills they displayed, unless it was something obscure and not as well known.

She looked a little sheepish. "Uh, mine is called 'Child of Light'."