Ancient Pasts - Tbate

First School Day

Cathan Leywin Pov

"Do you want to handle him?" I asked Arthur.

"Shouldn't you handle him? You're the one not trying to hide." He waggled his finger with a smirk.

"Oh, come on, you didn't fight with your earth and wind magic during those three years. This fight will give you some experience." I retorted.

"Fine, I'll handle him." Arthur relented with a sigh.

Arthur walked in front of Kathyln. He created a small mana barrier in front of them. He signaled me that he was ready. The moment I deactivated it, the large blast hit Arthur's mana barrier.

Professor Geist Pov

Damn it! I should've stopped after making a fool of the elf. After the layer of ice shards that blocked my view melted, I immediately tried to find the princess. But instead, I found the last member of the four DC officers in my class, Arthur Leywin, in front of Kathlyn, who was still covering her face with her arms in panic.

His eyes. I couldn't help but involuntarily tremble from the baleful glare that pierced through me. It felt even sharper than those ice spears that the princess threw at me.

"I think this little game of yours has gone on long enough, don't you think?" His expression stayed icy, the innocent façade that I now knew he usually kept nowhere in sight as his domineering gaze looked at me without remorse. Was this his true face?

"While I am thankful for your concern over the princess, it was unnecessary, as I had it all under control." No way I'm going to lose face right here, on the first day, in front of all of my students.

"Under control?" Arthur's brow slightly twitched, and I could sense his annoyance. Was I the only one feeling this pressure? That wasn't normal. AA class mana beasts didn't even exude this much pressure.

"Yes. Do you think that I, a professor at this esteemed academy, would put one of my students in harm's way?" I said calmly.

"Then allow my brother to take the place of our associate." The fourth DC officer Cathan spoke up.

Arthur Leywin Pov

"Haha...well, if you insist. I seem to have scared the princess a little too much with my last spell. I should've canceled it earlier if I knew you were going to interrupt. Now, some of my students may misunderstand that I was trying to hurt her."

Even now, this pathetic excuse of an instructor was trying to defend his position. Even an infant could tell from the whispers around the room that some students believed what he was saying.

I turned back to Kathlyn. "Are you okay? Do you think you can make it back to your seat on your own?" I gently stirred her from her stupor.

"Y-Yes... I'm sorry." For the first time, I saw a change in Kathlyn's expression. She looked embarrassed, her porcelain white skin flushing a light red as she turned away to go back to her seat.

"Then please guide me well." I turned back to Professor Geist and drew Dawn's Ballad. The translucent teal blade triggered gasps and mutters of amazement as even Geist looked at my sword, wide-eyed in wanting.

"Quite the nice weapon you got there. Since you are an augmenter, I suppose it would be fair to let you choose which method you would like for me to fight with." He shrugged his shoulders helplessly as he walked towards his sword, which was inside the ground.

"It doesn't matter," I responded. I could see a vein popping in annoyance from our professor as he looked back at me.

"I Insist," he retorted.