Chapter 86: Peaceful Moments [2]
"All first years should proceed towards the academy portal. We will be departing for Ashton City," one of the professors coordinating the students announced.
Kai adjusted his overcoat, which he had placed on his bent arm, then turned to Hari. "Are you really planning on keeping what happened in Deerheart’s lab to yourself?"
It wasn’t the first time he had asked her, and like every other time, she smiled awkwardly, waving her hands dismissively. "I told you, don’t worry about it."
Kai already knew Hari had seen something she considered too dangerous to share, because if it wasn’t something beyond him, she wouldn’t have hesitated to tell him.
Even so, he wanted her to trust him — even in matters that were dangerous. ’She’s still treating me like someone she needs to protect.’ Kai clicked his tongue.
There was no reason to keep asking. If she didn’t want to tell him, all he had to do was find out himself.
Deerheart would have been his safest bet for answers, but due to his unofficial rank, he wasn’t able to summon him yet.
Kai sighed. ’No need to overthink it.’ he mused, then gestured to Hari that he was about to leave.
She nodded in response as he left the side of one of the coaster buses the academy had prepared for the journey.
The seven or so massive buses were going to be used not only to enter the enormous transportation portal, but also to travel from Ashton City to the royal capital.
The reason they were taking such a roundabout route was because most of the capital’s portals had been closed off due to the arrival of nobles from England, Germany, and other high-ranking nations in the Deves Continent — which possessed nearly the same military and economic power as the continent Kai resided in, the Empire.