Raff's eyes turned to Hayato who was running towards him. "What do you mean, huh? Don't be naive! She's clearly trying to attack the ordinary residents who are in the group, I'm sure she scared the night wolf monster group into attacking the carriage group."

Hayato drank the potion in his hand to treat the wounds on his body as he ran towards Raff. "He's my teacher! We planned all this! Please listen to me first!" Hayato said.

"Your teacher? You planned all this? What does that mean? Are you controlled by her, huh?" asked Raff confused.

"My teacher's ability is telepathy, she can connect her mind with the minds of people who have met her, I told her about our meeting in Rhymus City and explained that you came from the Acedia Era, that's why my master suggested to lure you to show your abilities in front of her," Hayato explained.

"The monster was indeed feared by my master in order to distract the adventurers, and it was also so that I could lead you to her without involving other adventurers. But the monster can definitely be defeated by the adventurers, they won't be able to hurt the townspeople. Master has calculated the strength of the adventurers and the monster to avoid any casualties," Hayato continued.

The lightning that covered Raff's hand instantly disappeared after hearing Hayato's explanation. While Hayato drank the potion to the still helplessly lying masked wizard, all the wounds on the masked wizard's body slowly healed. A few times, she coughed and vomited blood from her mouth, but after that, she seemed to be able to get up and sit on the ground, gasping for breath.

"No wonder you kept your distance from me, apparently he also gave you information about my skill," Raff said while looking at the grinning Hayato.

"Yes, I apologize in advance. But I was curious when I heard Hayato's explanation, that's why I wanted to know your abilities," the masked wizard said while bowing apologetically.

"You should have just said that you wanted to spar with me, if Hayato had been a little late, your life would have been lost," Raff said as he turned his gaze to the east. "It looks like some adventurers from the group are coming here," Raff said.

"Then I'll say goodbye first, you should hurry back before you meet them. I'll explain everything later in Ruttera Capital," said the masked wizard as she quickly floated away.

"Hey," Raff shouted, trying to stop the masked wizard, but she was already far away. "You'll have to explain everything later, Hayato!" grumbled Raff as he punched Hayato's shoulder.

"Ouch! Yes, I will explain," Hayato replied, grimacing in pain.

The two of them immediately ran to take a rather long way to avoid meeting the adventurers, Raff using his sensory abilities to keep his distance from the adventurers until they finally reached the carriage again.

The adventurers, who were heading into the forest, also returned shortly thereafter. Duke Lorbein's carriage party resumed its journey after a long pause, and some of the corpses of the successfully slain nightwolf monsters were also taken to be sold in the capital city of Ruttera.

Time passed by until this morning, when the group of carriages driven by Raff and Hayato finally arrived in the royal capital of Ruttera. The area is almost ten times the size of Rhymus City, and the fortress that borders the city is towering and heavily guarded by royal soldiers.

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Mount Ruttera stood tall in the middle of the city. In the middle of the mountain was a magnificent palace whose glory could be seen from afar outside the fortress. The area outside the fortress is occupied by small villages, farmlands, gardens and livestock owned by the residents.

A river from a spring on Mount Ruttera seemed to flow from inside the city to the villages outside the capital fortress, and Raff was amazed because inside the fortress there seemed to be many tall, towering buildings, a sight he had never seen in the Acedia era.

There were four entrances to the capital, all of which were heavily guarded. Fifty soldiers could be seen guarding each gate with full weapons. Dozens of other soldiers could be seen patrolling the roof of the fortress.

Duke Lorbein's carriage began to enter the northern city gate, stopping only when they reached the market north of the capital. Raff looked surprised to see several dwarves and demi-humans wandering around the market in the typical garb of an adventurer.

"Dwarves? Demi-humans? Wasn't their kingdom destroyed by Xavier?" Raff muttered as he looked at the people passing through the market.

"You, two thousand years have passed since Xavier's death. Surely the surviving dwarves and demi-humans have reproduced. Even today, there is a great empire of dwarves and demi-humans in this world," Hayato explained.

"No way. Don't tell me that the elven race and the dragon race still exist in this world," Raff said while looking at Hayato.

"In fact, there are two great kingdoms of the elves and one great kingdom of the dragon race in this world. You could say that they are the strongest kingdoms today," Hayato said.

"It is hard to believe. Even though the elven race and the dragon race are the races that Xavier hates the most, they used to be slaughtered and tried to be exterminated completely. I didn't expect there to be survivors," Raff muttered.

"Never mind, we can talk later when it is safer. We will go to my inn alone now, my master has prepared an inn for us in the capital city of Ruttera," Hayato said as he hurried to his feet.

"I didn't have time to ask at the time, but what exactly is your teacher's name?" asked Raff.

"Her name is Nia, one of the teachers at the Elexia Academy," Hayato replied.

They stopped their steps after arriving at the intended inn. Several adventurers were having breakfast in the tavern attached to the inn. They were none other than the adventurers who were staying there.

"Tch, she's such a cheapskate. It turned out to be just a cheap inn he set up," Hayato grumbled after arriving at the room. There was only a chair and a bed without any other furniture. The two of them had to share this room before taking the test at the academy.

"I want to take a walk outside first," Raff said after looking at the contents of his room.

"Eh? You don't want to listen to my explanation of the events on the journey?", Hayato asked in surprise.

"Hehehe... I've never seen pure elves before, maybe this is the first time I see them," Raff replied with a smile.

"Are they really that thin?" asked Hayato with a shocked look on his face.

"Yes. The elf, dragon, and dwarf races are the races that Xavier targets the most. They are considered to be very dangerous to him, especially the elven race, that's why the three races are being hunted down and their races will be wiped out from this world if they don't submit to Xavier," Raff explained.

"Then no one submits to him until they are exterminated?" asked Hayato.

"There are many who choose to submit. But those who submit to Xavier will turn into demons until the appearance and pure blood of the race is tainted, except for the human race. That's why I'm curious about the form of pure elves who don't become demons," Raff explained enthusiastically.

"As you wish," Hayato said. At that moment, Raff left the inn, while Hayato just lay down on the bed.

"Master believes that he is a disciple of one of the Neutron members, which makes sense. After all, there is no story that talks about their disciples, let alone that he can defeat master. It's beyond reason because the mana difference between them is so great," Hayato thought while staring at the ceiling of the room.

"The history of Neutron is limited, as master and her friends concluded. History will probably repeat itself, they all started two hundred years ago. The whole history of the Avaritia Era and the Acedia Era will be completely erased to start the ambition of the person behind it all," Hayato thought.

"It is really annoying, the rute I have to take in this story is too difficult. Even now, I haven't met my future wife in this world, although usually the main character has met his future wife in the first episodes," Hayato grumbled while closing his eyes.

Continued...