TF Chapter 11 The Vision, Once Again

I was worked up...that much I could tell from my speedy breaths and quickened heartbeat.

My companions were behind me while I confronted our tutor, Celeste.

"Did you give me up?" I asked my first question even though I already thought otherwise. I had to since human nature was something very hard to predict.

"No no no no...I would never do that!" She shouted, her head moving side to side with such power I wondered whether it would fall off her shoulders.

"Then, how could some idiot on the streets have spoken like that?" I asked, my voice deep and menacing. We had already filled her in on what had transpired as we had been taking our stroll.

"I only report to the council of elders...his last name is Ross, right? His grandfather is on said council."

Her answer caused a realisation to dawn upon me, but it also brought upon a powerful rage. How could a person have such loose lips when they had reached such a level of power? Is he an idiot like his grandson?

My nails dug through my fingers with such power that I would have drawn blood if it hadn't been for the nano suit. Indiginance filled my being. He was already a forger, powerful enough to be included in a council. It wasn't like I could fight him, right?

My current expression caused Celeste some discomfort upon which she raced out with the excuse of getting to the bottom of the matter.

"Don't worry, we will help in any way we can. I am a martial arts expert." So spoke Bora, upon which I turned around and fixed her with a gaze full of hope. An expert!

...but assassins rule the shadows and dark. Underhanded means wouldn't be beneath them. I sank into dispondence once again at that thought.

I stood in place for what appeared to be hours to me, my mind a blank canvas that failed to think of anything important.

I vaguely felt the two pats on my shoulder but they felt as mere echoes due to how dazed I was.

Time passed and Celeste returned, causing me to snap out of it and direct my anger-filled gaze towards her. Since she had left to confront the council, surely there had to have been some good news right?

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"I am very very sorry. Me being your tutor should have made me have your best interests at heart, but I failed." Her head was bowed low to the point that it almost scraped the ground.

I sighed, my anger calming slightly as it hadn't been entirely her fault.

"What am I going to do then? Has there been some protection arranged for me?" I asked with a bit of hope.

"Yes, but also, that guy's grandfather has been kicked off the council." Her tone still carried the signs of apology.

"How am I going to be protected?" That was the main thing I wanted to learn about. So what, if the person had been punished? My secret had already been leaked!

"There will be forgers in the shadows who will be watching your every move. I also suggest that those who want to have a chat with you stay at least 10m away from you unless its these two."

Hmmm...that was most definitely a good suggestion. Though, what made me elated to the point that my rage melted away was the fact that there were going to be forgers watching my every mo-

"-wait! Will they also be allowed to peak at our training in this stone building?" I asked with a bit of fear.

"NO! That will never happen!" Celeste denied with such vehemence that I felt her true feelings seeping within. It seemed that even she would never allow that line to be crossed.

"So, now that you have been reassured, should we get back to the task at hand? I do believe the 24 hours have already elapsed." Bora clapped her hands together, her face a mask of impatience.

"Bora, couldn't you have shut the hell up for five damn minutes?" It was very rare that I cursed at someone, yet this time, due to my elation and a tangle of other emotions, such words left my very lips.

"Mr. Nathaniel, did you just curse at me?" Her eyes narrowed into a dangerous glint that caused me to break out into a sweat. If it had been a few hours ago, I would have dismissed her gaze, but now that I knew that she had mastered martial arts, my mind screamed warnings to me.

"I didn't!" I did the cowardly thing, which was denying everything. But even as I denied them, I couldn't help but feel that my weakness was causing me all this.

I needed to get stronger. This temporary peace was only going to be stemming from relying on others. I had to start relying on myself, my very own power. So, I abandoned the grin and decided that we were going to have another shot at extracting the atom, only that first, I had to find out whether the vision was going to make a return.

Once again we sat down with same formation as before, a bit further from the molten metal as there were expectations that I might black out once again.

Our spiritual senses once again merged and an amalgam was created, causing me to feel the familiar tug on my consciousness. Before I could act elated, I blacked out, reopening my eyes in the very same stone room, except that the others had vanished.

This time, I was calm, having already been in this same situation had caused me to adapt.

"It looks like we were right. 24 hours have to pass before I can return to this place." I mumbled out.

This time, I didn't rush outside like before, instead taking the time to visualise every nook and cranny of the stone room. Previously, I had noticed that the river of molten metal had appeared brighter than in reality, so I decided to try and investigate, even though I had minimal experience with such things.