Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 295

Chapter 295: Peace before the coming Storm. (Volume-3 Ends)
Capital City,

Ivan’s higher Arcane University.

Principal’s office.

“He will be here soon…”

Thomas looked at that time as he leaned his back against the couch.

“Hmm, yeah, the tea you made is quite good by the way…”

Reynald sipped the tea while sitting beside him.

“Er… is it really necessary to sit right beside me? Can’t you sit somewhere else?”

Thomas was annoyed that Reynald sat down right beside him while the other couch was entirely empty.

He doesn’t like someone stronger than himself being so close to him, as that makes him feel cautious.

“Oh, come on, I left the other couch empty just so that Jareth can come and take a brief rest you know… he’s been to such a dangerous place after all…”

Jareth barely spent a week inside the wailing hills area, and after coming out, he sent a message back that he will be making the return trip soon.

Even though he came back early, he had without a doubt entered a forbidden area filled with many uncontrollable phenomena; he would likely be tired from such a trip.

“Ugh, don’t make excuses. With that guy’s level of strength, I wonder if anyone can even make him feel exhausted at all. he came back without a single injury from the Abyss Altar Area you know…”

Thomas shook his head at Reynald’s words.

*Shing!*

Just when Reynald was about to make some other excuses, the automatic door of the principal room opened and Jareth walked inside.

The moment he entered the room, the atmosphere in the room tensed up instantly, the light flickered several times, and the air vibrated on its own as the flow of mana was disturbed by Jareth’s presence.

Not only Thomas, but even Reynald felt suppressed by that presence, and they both were shocked to the core.

Jareth didn’t care about their shocked expressions and walked over to the couch.

He snatched the tea from Reynald’s hands and gulped it down.

“Phew~ That was one exhausting trip. I don’t think I will be going on such an expedition any time soon…”

Reynald frowned a bit and asked in doubtful voice,

“Last time I saw you… I don’t think you were strong… how come your aura has become so much stronger all of a sudden, almost as if you have surpassed the grade-1 realm itself…”

“I don’t think that old coot had such a powerful aura either…”

Reynald hadn’t sensed this kind of powerful aura ever before; not even the previous principal, who had lived for over a century, had this powerful of an aura.

“It’s nothing; I just managed to break through my bottleneck by sheer chance… Also, I am still just a grade-1 mage; I can’t break through the next realm either…”

“Likely only Mark can do that…”

Jareth shook his head and denied immediately.

“Hoh, so you did sense the specialness of my son heh…”

Jareth’s eyes narrowed at those words as he replied in a calm tone,

“Indeed…. But don’t be mistaken, he’s my student before he’s your son.”

Thomas could almost see sparks colliding between Jareth and Reynald when the topic of Mark was mentioned.

Reynald was proud of his son and refused to let anyone else take him. Jareth, on the other hand, was very aware of Mark’s potential, and thus he trained him personally; he wouldn’t let Reynald have Mark either.

After knowing the real truth of this world, Jareth has finally understood one thing: Mark is special.

Jareth has become a torchbearer of ‘Hope,’ and Mark is that ‘Hope.’

All those extinct races, all of their destiny, and all of their hopes culminated into one, and all of that manifested into the form of a talented child who can one day create a new future for this planet.

As long as Jareth manages to open the portal and succeeds in bringing Mark with him, he will be able to bring the combined destiny of all the races outside the sea of miasma.

This way, new and more possibilities will open up for a better future.

…

“Ahem! Come on, you two! Stop being so childish; Mark is a kid with his own independent mind; he will choose whoever he likes more…”

“Stop mentioning this topic now… Let’s get back to the main topic…”

Hearing Thomas, Jareth stopped staring daggers into Reynald’s face and leaned his back against the couch as he relaxed and spoke calmly.

“Truthfully speaking, there’s not much to report. I didn’t find a single member of the false dome cult in the wailing hills area even after I searched through the entire area for them…”

“The entire area is almost comparable to hell on earth; it’s near impossible for weaker members of the cult to survive in that kind of place…”

At Jareth’s words, Reynald narrowed his eyes and asked,

“Does that mean that some higher-up of the cult, or perhaps their leader, might have entered the wailing hills?”

To that question, Jareth didn’t give a straightforward answer.

“As I said, I couldn’t find any of them, but I did find a bit of traces that might be related to them… also, I have already dealt with the entire tribe of the wyverns living there so we don’t have to worry about them for now…”

Thomas was shocked by Jareth’s words.

“You slaughtered all of the miasma-infected wyverns on your own!? You have become really strong; that’s impressive!”

Jareth waved his hand at those words and replied calmly,

“Don’t be happy so soon; like I said, I have a feeling that the false dome cult is definitely brewing up something big… we need our armies ready for any possible situations that may arise…”

Jareth was going to get busy with his device, and he might not be able to take care of other matters for a while; that’s why he was subtly hinting that Reynald should put the military on alert.

Also, once Jareth completes his device, he will take Mark and leave. If Reynald is gone to the frontlines at that time, it would be easier to simply kidnap the little guy and disappear without a trace.

Moreover, with his warning, the nation might take the threat seriously and deploy some troops to protect the borders.

That way, even if the false dome does not do anything, the troops might be more prepared for a possible apocalypse that will come soon.

After reading all the memories of the other races, Jareth now knows that it’s impossible to hide from the sea of miasma, and Zion’s plan will fail miserably and might even cause tremendous suffering.

Now that he knows this, he does not have to engage with Zion in a battle of ideologies.

Originally, he was not sure if Zion’s ideology was worthy or worthless, but now he knows that it’s completely dog sh*t and will only bring them damnation.

“Sigh, those sick freaks, they are always causing trouble for me… okay, I will talk with the government and arrange the military…”

Reynald took Jareth’s warning seriously and decided to involve the military.

“I still have a lot of things to do… I learned a lot of things in this trip and I need to digest all my new skills. you two take care of the rest; I am leaving…”

After chatting for a bit more with the two, Jareth got up to take his leave.

He did not want to waste even a single day and was dying to start working on his device as soon as possible; thus, he took his leave early.

While walking through the corridors of the building, Jareth looked at the peaceful scenery outside and sighed to himself.

‘The time of the final decision is getting close… I hope to live in this peace for bit more before I make my decision… but I have no time, sigh…’

Without wasting anymore time, Jareth took his car and headed home right after.