Chapter 279 279 - Martial Arts

Chapter 279 279 - Martial Arts

He knew that they were all looking at him, probably wondering what he would do now that he had a dagger right next to her neck.

'It's weird why aren't they trying to stop me? Is there some sort of protective device around her that can protect her from dying?' Aiden thought as he had noticed that no one had been supervising the sparrings which was honestly quite weird now that he thought about it.

However, Aiden dismissed those thoughts as he felt a presence right behind him, but that presence didn't seem to be a malicious one as she simply observed what Aiden was currently doing.

'Is it Sophia?' Aiden thought.

But, he quickly realized that it wasn't as she would have probably said something by now.

Then, as Aiden kept wondering who was the person that was behind him, he heard his voice which he immediately connected to the director of the Magic Academy.

"Where did you learn to use a dagger so skillfully?"

The director was obviously extremely curious about it since he had felt danger from it.

"My hometown," Aiden replied as he knew that there was no way that the director knew about where he came from.

"What's it called? I probably know of it."

'Um, no, there's no way that you do'

"Emberbane Village, that's where I learned to fight in close range."

The director who heard that didn't seem to mind that he had never heard of such a place, instead, he asked yet another question.

"Um, never heard of it, ah whatever it's not like it matters either way. What is it that you are most confident in, you're magic skills or your skills at close-range combat?"

Aiden who received this question didn't even need to think about it he already had an answer ready for him.

"Close-range, obviously. I only learned how to use magic today, after all."

Aiden had said that last part on purpose as he knew that he would raise his value in the eyes of the director.

Who knows, the director might take him under his wing if he had enough talent.

Nonetheless, what Aiden had said at the end of his sentence hadn't been only for the director, but also for those who were watching him from far away.

He had also made sure to speak loud enough so that they would hear him.

But, what he ignored was that they already knew that he had only recently started learning how to use magic.

"Um, makes sense," the old man in front of Aiden said.

"Oh, and can you release the girl that you are still threatening with your dagger?" The director asked as he noticed that Aiden was still holding his dagger right beside her neck, basically ready to kill her at any time.

'This young man must have been through a lot, it seems that death doesn't even phase him,' the director thought as he noticed that there was no hesitation in his eyes as he held his dagger so close to someone's throat.

'Oh right, she's still there,' Aiden thought as he removed the dagger from her neck and dropped her to the ground.

Then as she slowly started to get up, she started shouting after the director of the Magic Academy as if reprimanding him.

"Why didn't you ask that as soon as you got here, do you know who my father is?"

Aiden who was hearing this tantrum had a smile on his face as he wasn't surprised in the least by what was currently happening.

'She really doesn't learn, does she?'

Aiden had to admit that he was quite disappointed that she was still depending on her background even when she was in such a situation.

Regardless, Aiden was quite interested in how the director would be replying to such a threat.

Aiden wanted to know if the academy had a strong backing as he didn't to ally with an institution that could be controlled from the outside.

"Call him here, you'll see how powerless he is."

'Oh this is my type of answer, tell her how it really is,' Aiden thought as he really liked how the director wasn't faced in the least by that message.

Anna who heard the director's answer knew that he was right as she simply gritted her teeth in response.

"Hmph, whatever just get me back to the waiting room, I don't want to be next to someone as stupid as this man," Anna continued as she pointed at Aiden.

Then, the director did a similar movement to Sophia as Anna was teleported away.

"Alright, now that the nuisance is gone, what do you say that we continue talking just you and I, oh I don't worry I know a spot," the director said as he held his arm forward waiting for Aiden to grab it.

Aiden saw this smile as he knew that this was a very good opportunity, but then just as he was about to grab his arm, a group of people appeared behind him.

"Wait, don't let him take you, have a conversation with all of us before," the group of teachers said.

They knew that if the director were to talk to him completely alone then there would be basically no chance that he would be accepted to be their disciples.

However, when Aiden saw that Sophia made a sign with her head to refuse he continued his earlier movement as he grabbed the arm of the old man behind him, teleporting to who knows where.

They seemed to be in some sort of forest and in front of them, there was a small wooden cabin which seemed big enough for only two people.

"Right, follow me we can talk inside," the director said as he took his sweet time to enter the cabin.

Then, after entering it, he asked Aiden to sit in one of the chairs which were right in front of him.novE/Lb(In

"Here, you can sit."

Right after Aiden sat down, the old man immediately asked a question, "Alright, so do you want to teach me martial arts?"