Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/ Chapter 9: Soul Institute

"Hey hey! See how great my son turned out? You all didn't believe me before! I knew he wouldn't let me down!" Judith came over and slapped my shoulder, standing proud with her hands on her hips. Seeing how smug she looked made me feel annoyed.

Come on! Is it really worth bragging about having a son who looks way older than you?

"Hah, don't forget Adrian also awakened Battle Qi. And he's young - that's the important part! His future potential is definitely much greater than your old fart of a son!"

Even though I don't have Battle Qi, that doesn't mean I can't win against her. I quickly pushed Adrian forward to strike back at her.

"Feliciana, this isn't very nice..." Adrian looked helpless and quickly tried to explain. "Adonis and I have totally different types of awakenings. There's no way to compare us..."

"No way! You were just telling me I wasn't confident enough. How come you've become so unsure when it comes to yourself?" I wasn't happy to hear that and argued back right away. "That old man may be powerful, but he can only control time and space. Your 'word arrows' have endless possibilities. Given time, you'll definitely surpass him! No, you'll leave him in the dust!"

Mainly because Meredith and the other Sage Council members were still standing nearby, and Adonis had just saved him. Seeing me shamelessly boasting on his behalf like this, Adrian was at a loss for words. He could only sheepishly try to be modest. "Actually, I can only add one word at a time. How many functions can that really have? A lot of times the meaning of a single word is too vague, so it doesn't even have any effect..."

Oh well, it's not my fault anyway. Who told Judith to come over and try to compete with me for no reason? Now she's so upset she's puffing out her cheeks and can't say anything back.

The disastrous event was dealt with surprisingly quickly. Once everything was back to normal, we returned to stay at the Adventurers' Guild inn.

To be honest, the time reversal effect was really impressive. Walking down the hallway of the inn, you could see that everything was exactly the same as before. There wasn't a single crack in any of the walls, and even the clothes that had been left on chairs without being put away were still perfectly in place.

"Are you still planning to go to Soul Institute as originally planned?" Meredith knocked on the door and walked in just as we had finished repacking our things that were left in the room.

"Ah... of course we're going!" I had almost forgotten about that. Mainly because the commotion with Nicola's return this morning was so huge. I didn't expect them to still invite us despite everything that happened. It really made me grateful.

Unfortunately, Nicola still wasn't coming with us. Can't be helped, she had caused way too much trouble earlier! But I still hadn't completely given up on her. I just hoped that after some time alone to cool down, she would slowly figure out her own issues. Then she could come back and properly apologize to Adrian and everyone else. Only then could we go back to getting along well. After all, I really didn't want to see this kind of falling out between classmates happen again.

Four hours later, we finally reached the base of the wizard's tower where Soul Institute was located.

"Wah! That was so tiring! Couldn't you have found a horse cart or something?" Cyra bent down to rub her legs, complaining loudly.

Because of what happened this morning, we decided to keep a low profile and not fly to Soul Institute. But the walk was really far, with all sorts of twists and turns through the city streets. It ended up taking over three hours.

"Didn't you just level up to a six-winged angel? How come you still look so weak? Don't tell me those wings are fake?" I snapped back at her, irritated. Of course, the "weakness" was only relative. With Adrian's and my stamina, we didn't feel tired at all. Actually, anyone at this level would have improved physical abilities even without showing their wings. How could walking a few thousand steps be tiring? We mainly didn't take a horse cart because we wanted to see more of this city we'd never visited before. But it was getting annoying having someone constantly whining about being tired next to us.