Chapter 53 : Status
Three months had passed since the meeting between Van and Headmistress Valentina.
During these three months, Van and Arthur lived their normal lives as Academy students — waking up early, exercising, attending classes, going home, training, and resting.
The conflict between them and the [Academy Committee] had also slightly eased, but it was clear that the [Academy Committee] was still wary of the two. Over these months, Van and Arthur very rarely encountered members of the [Academy Committee], as if the committee was intentionally avoiding them.
However, Van was certain that the [Academy Committee] was still secretly watching over them.
Van and Arthur’s notoriety had also continued to grow — not in a positive way, but negatively. This was because Arthur, feeling bored, went around challenging upperclassmen to sword duels.
At first, Arthur managed to defeat seniors from the second to fifth years, but he began to show signs of difficulty when facing sixth- and seventh-year seniors.
Eventually, seniors from the second through seventh years gathered together to surround Arthur while he was walking in the garden.
At that time, Arthur was surrounded and in a disadvantageous situation, even at risk of sustaining serious injuries.
Fortunately, Van arrived and easily defeated the seniors.
In truth, Van only intended to grab Arthur and escape so the incident wouldn’t escalate. However, the [System] gave him a mission to teach those seniors who had surrounded Arthur a lesson, and at the same time instill deep fear in the onlookers.
Van wanted to reject the mission, not wanting to cause trouble for himself later, but the [System] was very generous this time — offering a reward of 100 stat points and 40,000 [Mana].
In the end, Van was forced to activate [101 Shadows] and summoned [Itsumade] and [Houki].