Chapter 83: The Academy’s Number One

Chapter 83: Chapter 83: The Academy’s Number One

A week after the red gate incident, Aeon had returned to his normal routine at the academy. Naturally, everyone was fully aware of what had happened to him.

The genius who had cleared an SSS-rank gate all by himself while only at the D+ cultivation rank was someone no one could stop talking about, making him the hottest topic in the academy.

At this exact moment, every single person at the academy was keenly aware of his existence, whether they were newly arrived freshmen, first-year students, or final-year seniors.

And today was the day Aeon was scheduled to finally get back to his regular classes.

As he appeared just outside the classroom doorway, Aeon gracefully stepped inside.

"Aeon~."

As soon as he entered the room, he caught the distinct sound of Seraphina’s seductive voice as she playfully called out to him.

Aeon looked straight in the direction of the voice and saw Seraphina sitting in the exact row they sat in every single day as she waved her hand toward him.

Aeon headed over there calmly to take the seat right after hers on the window side.

For the past month, Sophia and Seraphina had been constantly fighting over the right to sit next to him, each of them desperately trying and wanting to sit closest to him.

Aeon secretly liked their harmless little squabbles and did not make any real effort to stop them, instead ironically enjoying the moment.

Once, he had lightheartedly suggested that he should just sit right between them, but he was immediately silenced by their combined deadly glares.

The exact moment Seraphina loudly announced his name, the rest of the students inside the room instantly shifted their gaze toward his direction, firmly locking their eyes on him.

Almost only eight of them were currently inside the classroom, including Seraphina herself.

And every single one of them instantly remembered Aeon’s incredible incident back at the red gate.

Varkun stared at Aeon with an intense battle intent, barely holding himself back from marching straight over to Aeon to demand an official battle match.

On the other hand, Lunaria looked directly at him with deep curiosity, mentally reminding herself to find out a lot more information about Aeon.

But among them, there was one person who was looking at Aeon with pure disdain, her chin lifted high up with arrogance as she immediately turned her head away from him with a sharp huff.

Aeon already clearly felt that specific person’s negative emotions and arrogant thoughts directed towards him, and he calmly looked over in her direction.

It was Velzaria Morningstar.

’That little prideful devil. Just see how I am going to teach her a proper lesson.’

Aeon thought to himself right after overhearing her inner thoughts toward him, while already silently planning dark ways to completely break her overwhelming pride.

The two of them had never actually spoken, but she already hated him down to the core, simply because he was ranked first and had stolen all the spotlight because of the spectacular incident at the red gate.

Choosing not to focus on Velzaria, Aeon settled into his seat and then calmly greeted Seraphina with a genuine smile.

"Hello, Sera."

For the past month, Aeon had gotten to know Seraphina more and more closely.

Even though he had strictly decided not to read or listen to her specific thoughts and memories regarding the future, he was still completely captivated by her open and cheerful personality.

Why didn’t Aeon just read her memories or listen to her thoughts right away?

Simply put, he did not want to know the future beforehand. At least, not just yet. What really is the point of living a life that is completely devoid of surprises?

Even though he possessed a Time ability as well as the profound Time Law, he did not even try to pry or look ahead into the future.

"Good morning, hubby~"

Seraphina greeted him seductively as she leaned in much closer to him.

Aeon was neither surprised nor offended by her casually calling him hubby.

It certainly wasn’t the first time she had done it anyway. It was just the natural way she was—completely unrestrained and happy all the time.

This was also precisely why Aeon found himself feeling genuinely attracted to her. Who would honestly refuse a seductive girl who kept her eyes only on you?

’Certainly not me,’ Aeon jokingly thought to himself as he looked back at Seraphina.

Seraphina started to slide even closer to him until she was right next to him, her warm breath softly brushing against his skin.

"I have something important to tell you. In exactly two and a half months, there will be a massive incident that will happen. I truly hope you don’t miss it, hubby~"

Seraphina whispered directly into his ear discreetly as she finished the very last part of her sentence sultrily.

Aeon had already clearly told her before that he would not pry into the future, and she genuinely respected his personal decision, but this did not mean she couldn’t share some major events with him indirectly.

’Hmm! A massive incident, huh? I guess it must be truly worthy of attention for you to even tell me about it so indirectly and discreetly.’

Aeon said, communicating back to her smoothly through telepathy.

Seraphina nodded her head slightly and still continued to remain close to his ear as she whispered back to him once again.

"Yes, very important. So, where exactly is my reward for bringing you the good news? I really like that special reward you gave to me in the future~."

Aeon instantly blushed a deep red at the last part of her words as he awkwardly cleared his throat.

"Cough, cough! Ahem."

But right before he could formulate an answer, Sophia completely saved the day as she suddenly appeared at the seat right next to Seraphina, instantly yanking her backward away from Aeon and pulling her firmly into her own seat.

She glared directly at Seraphina with deadly, piercing eyes while mentally killing her multiple times in her thoughts, also deeply regretting the fact that she had not arrived earlier.

Without lingering any further on Seraphina, she quickly turned towards Aeon, her entire expression changing a full 180 degrees as she greeted him with a bright, cheerful smile.

"Good morning, Aeon. I have missed you so much for the past week."

Aeon returned the greeting very happily, feeling a sense of relief seeing her face to face after a whole week apart.

"Good morning, Sofi. I missed you too."

Immediately, all three of them started talking and actively exchanging words.

Even Sophia had noticeably softened up towards Seraphina after seeing her consistently cheerful personality.

But this definitely did not mean she would let her guard down against her when it came to being around Aeon.

It was not long before the rest of the students began to arrive, and shortly afterward, Professor Nathaniel arrived right on cue and immediately started the class for today.

"Good morning, students," Professor Nathaniel greeted them warmly as he placed his tablet down on the main table.

He then looked directly toward Aeon as a proud smile immediately appeared across his face.

"Ah, Aeon. It is genuinely good to see you back again. I hope you are doing well."

Aeon smiled back and returned the greeting politely as he respectfully answered the man.

"Yes, Professor. I am doing very well," Aeon replied as he nodded at Professor Nathaniel.

Nathaniel returned the nod and immediately focused his complete attention back on the student body.

"Well then, today we will talk about..."

Immediately after that, Professor Nathaniel officially started the class as he dove deeper into the detailed history of their galaxy.

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After three long hours, the class finally came to an end as those who wanted to eat headed directly towards the campus cafeteria.

Aeon and Elysaria headed off together towards the cafeteria while the remaining members of their group went to attend to their own private business.

Eating food and buying anything they wanted—whether it was physical items, cultivation techniques, or anything else—cost them their hard-earned Academy points, and they needed to perform different tasks to earn them.

And the most common ways to earn those points were entering dangerous gates or heading over to the grand arena to fight against other Academy students to win Academy points.

Or, if you were exceptionally good at specialized professions such as Alchemy or Blacksmithing, like Aeon was, it could easily help them earn massive Academy points.

Left with only Elysaria and Aeon walking together, they soon arrived near the cafeteria area. Along the entire way, everyone stared directly at Aeon, mostly murmuring quietly to each other as they talked about the miraculous incident involving the red gate.

"Hey, look, that is Aeon. Even after a whole month, he is still the hottest topic that everyone talks about," a male student whispered quietly to his friend the moment he saw Aeon passing by.

The other student quickly looked up from his food as he stared directly at Aeon. "Yeah. I know. I am honestly still so confused about how he even survived."

The student replied while still stuffing food inside his mouth, accidentally causing it to spill all over his friend’s face.

The students all shared the exact same question.

How did Aeon survive? But they also constantly made up their own random assumptions, guessing exactly how he single-handedly cleared an SSS-rank gate.

Elysaria walked closely by his side as she glanced up at his towering frame from head to toe, squinting her eyes with deep curiosity.

"Is it just me, or did you actually get taller?"

Aeon lowered his head slightly as he looked her directly in the eyes, smiling gently at Elysaria as an answer to her question.

"Hmm! Yeah. I found out about it when I went back home the day I was released from the hospital. It must be the effect of the enlightenment I had."

Elysaria did not doubt his words at all, but on the contrary, she was deeply amazed by the incredible effects of achieving enlightenment.

As they were walking across the main corridors leading into the cafeteria, a large group of students suddenly blocked their path entirely.

Aeon looked at them, focusing specifically on the student standing right at the front of the group, which typically indicated their leader.

The leading student was a six-foot tall male with dark crimson hair and blood-red eyes. His skin was incredibly pale and he possessed long, pointed ears—the classic physical features of a vampire.

Behind him stood various students of different racial backgrounds.

They were all radiating distinct, powerful auras, with the strongest among the lackeys being a solid C- rank, while their leader stood proudly at a powerful B+ rank.

The leader them looked at Aeon, his chin raised as he radiated an aura of arrogance.

’More like an aura of courting death.’ Aeon joked inwardly, already knowing what this guy wanted.

The Vampire met Aeon’s gaze and asked arrogantly, "Are you Aeon?"

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