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"I WILL KILL YOU!"
The pressure emitted by Ric was far too great to come from a 15-year-old. Even though it was not overwhelming for Chiron, he was so shocked that he was left speechless, all he could do was think; "Wh-what kind of life has he lived for him to exude this much pressure?!"
"RIC! WHERE ARE YOU!" shouted Yota.
Upon hearing Yota, Ric said, "Sir Chiron, let's go! They are searching for us. Oh, and let's forget everything that happened here, okay?" with a smile.
Ric gently placed Chiron down and said, "You can stay here. I will go call them," as he started walking towards the screams. However, Chiron stopped him and said, "Hehe, that was quite the bloodlust you had there. But don't worry! I don't think Rivious is the type to use you or something. He doesn't show any interest towards the succession war or anything. He is an innocent child."
After listening to Chiron, Ric replied, "There is a saying, 'Don't judge a book by its cover.' People are not always what you think they are. If you think I am wrong, then do your own investigation. And what Child are you talking about? If not older, he is atleast the same age as me."
Ric left Chiron and walked towards Yota and the others. Rivious came to pick up Chiron and said, "Uncle Chiron! Are you okay?"
"Y-yes, young master! L-let's go complete the assessment," replied Chiron.
As Ric approached Yota and the others, he could see their worried expressions. They had been searching for him and were relieved to see him safe and sound.
"Ric! There you are! We were so worried," Yota exclaimed, running up to him.
"I'm fine, Yota. No need to worry," Ric reassured him.
The teacher approached them with a concerned look on his face. "Ric, are you alright? What happened?"
Ric briefly explained the situation to the teacher, leaving out the details about Chiron and their conversation.
"I see. I'm glad you're okay, Ric. We were all worried when the mana ball exploded," the teacher said.
"Yeah, it was quite a blast. But don't worry, I'm fine," Ric replied with a smile.
Just then, Chiron and Rivious approached them. Chiron was limping slightly, but he seemed to be in good spirits.
"Uncle Chiron, are you alright?" Rivious asked, his voice filled with concern.
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"I'm fine, Rivious. Just a little banged up, but nothing serious. Thanks to Ric here," Chiron replied, gesturing towards Ric.
Rivious looked at Ric with gratitude in his eyes. "Thank you for saving my uncle. I'm really grateful."
Ric nodded in acknowledgement. "No problem. I'm just glad I could help."
After everything was settled and Chiron was bandaged, Ric went near the purple mana ball. Before he placed his hands on the ball, Chiron cast barrier magic to protect him, just in case. Ric then placed his hands on the ball while Chiron thought, "With the massive mana pool he has, no matter what class he gets, he will reach new heights like no one before! I hope he is a magician. I would love to have someone like him as my disciple."
The ball glowed and revealed Ric's class, but Chiron fell silent and let out a sigh.
"Sir Mage! Why are you sighing? What's the class that Ric got?" asked Yota.
"I mean, well... it's not bad, but why this one?" replied Chiron.
"W-why? What's Ric's class?" asked Yota.
"*Sigh* It's..." Chiron was interrupted by Ric, who said in dissatisfaction, "It's Barriard, right?"
"Huh? How did you know? Can you read Magus?" asked Chiron.
Ric suddenly got flustered as he thought "Dang it! I instinctively said it" but, seeing the curious faces of everyone he had to answer"Nope! I just guessed it" replied Ric.
"If it was guessing, why did you guessed Barriard? Why not any other class?" Chiron asked, his suspicions evident.
"I guessed Barriard because if I got Mage, then a mage like you would be happy. Someone like me, with a massive mana pool, can be an excellent mage. If I got Healer, then you would be satisfied, since the mages amd healers are known as comrades from war" said Ric.
"Well, that's true, but what about Warrior and Alchemist? Why didn't you guessed them?" asked Chiron.
"Well, you are in the Kingdom of Warriors - Alcra. So you wouldn't be insulting the Warrior class, right?" Ric smirked.
"E-ehem! *Cough*" said Chiron.
"Then the Alchemist class... It was obvious since you came 'with' the car and not 'in' the car," replied Ric.
"Oh! Haha! Nice! Nice! Very good, Ric! You are very interesting!" said Chiron.
"Huh? What do you mean by that, Ric? I don't understand," asked Yota.
"Well... *HUP*," Ric jumped down from the stage and said, "Look here, if a man chooses to expend his precious mana to fly, instead of using a car, there are three things that can happen. First, either he doesn't like the person who is sitting inside or he doesn't like the one who made it and third, he doesn't like the car itself. Since Chiron and Rivious have a good relationship, and the car is the latest luxury model you could get. it's obvious that he doesn't like Alchemists. And if my class was Alchemist, he would have been disgusted, since most mages and alchemist don't go well with eachother. This leaves the last class, which is... Barriard!"
After that, Yota approached Ric and whispered "Hey Ric, was all that really the reason you guessed the barriard class?"
"No, you idiot." Ric answered, hastily taking Yota away from the crowd.
"Then how did you know?" Yota's face was full of curiosity, seeing this Ric said "Well, the part about guessing it was partially true. I know a little bit of Magus. I can read it word by word, I am not fluent in it yet. Sigh listen here, Magus is a language that is very precious to magicians. Since, it's hard to learn even for magicians and not many know about it, most of them who learned Magus are prideful. But, if I, an orphan is capable of reading the Magus language, This would hurt their pride very badly. So, do me a favour and keep quiet about this ok?"
Yota nodded in agreement and asked another question "If many people don't know, then how did you find out? And was you saying the name of your class a mistake?" Yota started teasing him "Did the great and intelligent scholar of the orphanage make a M.I.S.T.A.K.E~?"
Ric was annoyed and said, "Tch! Yeah it was a mistake. So what? Even the smartest of humans can sometimes make the dumbest of mistakes. That's what makes us human." Ric then hit Yota in the head and added "That's why I tell you to concentrate in class. The old man talked about Magus way back. At that time I got curious and asked him more. He then gave me a book with basics of reading Magus in it. Well, I only know how to read, Now let's go, that man might not have believed my explanation. I have to distract- I mean, I have something to ask about my class."
Then, Ric and Yota started walking towards the crowd and Ric went ot Chiron to voice his concerns.