Chapter Fifty-Two

Arnin stepped out the house, Elidia following him after some hesitation. Lilise didn't come out since she didn't want to come in the way, plus she wanted to familiarize herself with her new abilities.

Elidia stood behind Arnin silently. She didn't know what to say, since she still felt some fear and apprehension towards Arnin. Plus, he was the one who had scarred her princess-like life with blood and cruelty.

"U-umm, t-thanks for helping Lilise breakthrough." Elidia didn't know what to say, so she started with this. Despite his previous actions, she still thankful that he helped Lilise.

"Recently, has your strength grown or become weaker? Are you cultivating faster or slower?" Arnin ignored her gratitude and dived straight into the topic of cultivation. He was unsure as to what was happening to Elidia at the moment. He would find a way to help her if there was a problem, however if there was none, and Elidia was doing better then before, Arnin could just drop the subject and allow Elidia to do whatever she wanted.

Elidia stopped and started to think about what happened after the library scene. Her mindset was slightly different now, and she knew that people in this world could be very cruel. She had also learned that people would not listen to her just because she wanted them to. Her cultivation speed went up, and supposedly her talent was higher now too, which was the main reason why she was so popular in class.

"W-well, my cultivation is higher, and my talent has increased. I cultivate much faster than before." Elidia spoke after some hesitation.

"That's good then. Go back inside. I'm going to go and rest." Arnin nodded his head. He understood the reason. Elidia was trapped in her own fantasy before, which limited her experience, and also prevented her from speeding up her cultivation. Now that she knew how the world worked, her fantasy was crushed, and reality attacked her ruthlessly. Usually, a person would start to face problems with their cultivation when their fantasy was broken, however some people are able to accept it quite quickly. Fortunately for her, Elidia fell in the latter.

She didn't like how really worked, but she couldn't deny that it was how it was.

Arnin began to walk away from Elidia, causing her to be stunned. She was only outside with him for a minute or so, and now he was leaving? She didn't like Arnin, but she knew that everything she was experiencing now was because of him as well. She didn't want to admit it, but she was grateful towards Arnin.

"A-Arnin, t-thank you." She spoke silently. Arni heard her and nodded his head without turning around. Her appreciation didn't really affect him. In his mind, she was just another person who would be in his life for a small period of time, before continuing on her own path.

After a few minutes, Arnin made it to his home. He was extremely tired, and just wanted to sleep. He still needed to decide what he would do tomorrow. He couldn't work on the mark making, since he didn't have a cultivation method yet. He would go on missions when he entered Essence Manifest, since demonic beats would start on that level. Plus, he would be able to get better missions as an Essence Manifest cultivator.

'Maybe I'll head over to alchemy department. I could see what type of pills they have to purchase. Plus, I could also try to get some materials to create my own pills.' Deciding on what he wanted to do, Arnin went into his house. He found Vilis laying in the corner, sleeping. Arnin hadn't fed much to Vilis yet, which was a major problem. He needed to find a way to allow for Vilis eat in his absence.

'Akig will be my priority tomorrow. Who knows what Vilis will do when I am not here?' He went to his small bed and laid down.

Morning arrived and Arnin quickly got changed. He didn't change last night, since he was extremely tired, plus he needed to find a place to wash himself. Arnin walked into a room and found a bucket of clean water. The bathroom in the house was very small, but it was enough for Arnin to clean himself.

Arnin took his clothes off and began to wash himself. Since he had lots of blood and dirt caked on his skin, it took him a long time to finally scrub himself clean.

After his bath, Arnin put on a normal robe and walked out. His Moth uniform was ripped to shreds, so he wasn't able to wear that. Arnin walked outside and surprisingly found Lilise and Elidia standing outside, waiting for him.

"Morning!" Lilise was the first to greet him. Elidia just nodded her head, while Arnin smiled back towards the duo.

"Do you guys know which class chubby boy is in?" Arnin asked the two girls.

"I think Akig is a part of the Blue class." Lilise pondered for a minute before saying. The Butterflies had so many students that they were separated by colors, sex and cultivation realm. For example, Lilise and Elidia were a part of the Orb Birth - Earth, Green female class.

"Alright, lead me to him." Arnin nodded his head. He wanted Akig to start tending to Vilis right away. As for the boy's cultivation, Arnin decided to take care of it himself. He would provide Akig with a good cultivation manual and have him cultivate through that.

"Umm, Arnin, where is your student robe?" Lilise was wondering what happened, so she finally asked.

"Remember how my robe was in tatters yesterday? Well, I can't wear it in that condition, so I'm going to need to get a new one, or I'll have to fix it myself." Arnin shook his head. He had to admit, the robes the academy provided were quite comfortable.

"Why don't you give it to sis? She knows how to sew." Lilise asked Arnin. The latter looked at Elidia in surprise. She was only about seven years old, so being able to sew was very impressive.

"I only know how to do a little. I might ruin your robe, so it's better not to let me do it." Elidia told Arnin after some hesitation. She also didn't forget to give Lilise a glare.

"That's fine, I want to see how good you really are. You can go to my house after class and take the robe." Arnin smiled. He knew that Elidia didn't want to do it, but he didn't care whether she wanted to or not. She would do it.

Elidia grumbled a little before bitterly shaking her head. Although she held grudges against Arnin, she really didn't want him to get mad. If he did, she was scared that he might beat her, or someone else up, like he did with his servant and slave.

The trio walked towards the Butterfly building, and since Arnin wasn't wearing his Moth robe, they weren't getting too much attention. Only a couple of kids walked over and spoke to Elidia before moving away.

Arnin noticed Elidia's popularity and Lilise's dull face, and he couldn't help but shake his head. Lilise was still young and it was natural that she would want friends. Arnin, however, wasn't looking for friends, he more so just wanted slaves and servants.

"How how far is the Blue male class?" Arnin asked.

"We should almost be there." Lilise replied with a still somewhat sullen expression.

The group finally reached a class with large doors. Arnin nodded his head and pulled the door open, walking in with the two girls behind him. When the three entered, many looked over before doing their own thing. People walking in and out of the class was a common sight, so it didn't really catch their attention.

Arnin looked around, trying to find Akig. In the corner of the class, a chubby kid sat with an angered face. There were over five people around him, however it didn't look like these five were on good terms with him.

Seeing this, Arnin smirked a little as his killing intent slowly seeped out. He liked Akig because of the kids straightforward personality. Plus, he was going to be his Beast sitter, so bullying him was the same things as bullying Arnin.

Arnin walked over with a wicked smile. Elidia noticed the smile and froze. "Lilise, come with me for a sec. Let's go and tell our teacher about your breakthrough. She will be very happy." Elidia still didn't want Lilise to know about Arnin's way of dealing with people. She believed that it would be a great blow to Lilise, and she wouldn't let that happen.

"What about Arnin? We can go later." Lilise was confused and decided to reject the idea.

"Lilise, if we don't go now, then all of the other students will speak to her until class starts, then we won't have the chance to tell her. Let's go now. Anyways, Arnin is going to do his own things later." Elidia pulled Lilise forcefully and walked out the class. The latter was bewildered by Elidia's suspicious actions, however she reluctantly agreed.

Arnin noticed Elidia taking Lilise away and shook his head. He knew that Lilise would find out sooner or later, and he didn't care when this would happen.

Akig, whose face was now red, saw Arnin walking over. Simply the sight of Arnin rid him of all his anger.

"Arnin! What are you doing here?" Akig got up and shoved the five boys aside. This annoyed them all, so they followed behind the chubby kid.

"Well, didn't you want to hang out with Vilis? I am here to bring you there." Arnin said with a smile. He saw the group of five following Akig from behind, which bugged him even more,

"Really? That's great, but I have a class right now, and I don't know if I can leave." Akig then said with a saddened face. It was a rule that all Butterfly students needed to attend classes until a certain realm was achieved. If that did not happen, then a punishment would befall them.

"Don't worry, I will talk to your teacher. Plus, I can also help you with your cultivation, so you won't fall behind." Arnin smiled, and then looked at the five people who had finally made it.

Arnin already knew that they were not friendly, so he didn't ask him anything and pushed Akig behind him.

"Akig, let me show you what you must do when others bully you." Arnin didn't ask any questions about the boys. He didn't even check if they were actually bullying him, because from his angle, it looked like they were.

"What do yo--" The boys heard this and became somewhat angry. However, before they could finish, Arnin already launched a fist towards the supposed leader of the five.

That leader flew across the room and landed on a couple of desks. "AH!" The leader's back hit the edge of the desk, causing him to grunt.

Arnin, without waiting for anything else, proceeded to knock the remaining four out cold. He then turned around and walked towards the exit. He didn't do anything major this time since he could get in major trouble by the teachers.

"W-what?" Akig stood in the same spot, shocked. The five boys actually were bullying him, and it made him very mad, but he didn't dare to say anything because their collective might was much higher than his own. Not only that, but each person was also slightly stronger than him, with the leader being much stronger.

"Let's go. Lead me towards your teacher." Arnin said without much of an expression. He was going to get Akig out of the class as quickly as possible, and also get some information on him, such as his abilities with certain elements, and other some other things regarding his cultivation.

"Alright. Most teachers should be in the teacher's lounge, which isn't too far from here." Akig led Arnin towards the said location. He was happy that Arnin beat the five of them up for him and made him feel as though he had found a true friend. Arnin, however didn't think that deeply. He found Akig to be pleasant, but only because of his personality and his crazy interest in beasts. However, the main reason he helped Akig was not because of he liked him, but instead, because Arnin already considered Akig to be his underling, so of course he would protect him.

Soon the two boys reached the front door of the teacher's lounge. This place was much larger than the classrooms they passed on the way. In fact, it was it's own small building.

Knock Knock

Akig went up and knocked on the door. Soon, it opened up without any creaking sounds. In front of them was a beautiful teacher. She had hazel eyes, and long blonde hair. She was stunning, however Arnin wasn't affected too much, especially since this was his second time seeing her. The first time was when she stood on stage and explained the Butterfly group rules. She was the same Green Butterfly teacher that taught Lilise and Elida and was the Butterfly representative during the Academy introduction.

"Oh, are you kids looking for someone?" Her soothing voice was extremely attractive and just her voice could cause the downfall of many kingdoms, let only her looks.

Akig felt that the teacher was very pretty, but that was it. He was still a child, so he didn't really think anything other than that. "We are looking for Teacher Lod." Akig stepped up and spoke. Lod was his teacher and was a very respected teacher overall. He had been in the academy for an unknown amount of time, and people just knew that he was very old.

The stunning teacher nodded her head and walked back into the lounge. A few moments later, an old man walked out. He had a short grey beard, and long black hair, however the black on his head didn't seem natural.

"Akig, right? How may I help you?" Lod had a very warm voice when he spoke. There was no hint of anger or annoyance. Arnin couldn't find any arrogance in his tone either, which made him think that the teacher probably wasn't too bad.

This time, Arnin stepped up and spoke. "Teacher Lod, I would like to pull Akig out of your class." Arnin spoke with some politeness.

The teacher was shocked then his face showed a small bit of displeasure. Having a student pulled out of his class was humiliating for him, however he kept his cool. He knew that there must be a reason, so he couldn't go on a rampage just because of assumptions.

"Why is it that you would like to leave my class? Is there a family problem? Or us there another reason?" Most of the time, students would leave because of personal problems. That was the most common reason since most of the kids in the academy were from good backgrounds and anything could happen back home that would need their attention.

"Nope, I just want him to get out of the class and help me from now on."Arnin spoke casually and honestly, since there wasn't really any reason to lie.

"Kid, what is your name? Why are you trying to take this student away? Don't you think that this would affect his future?" Lod spoke with some annoyance. He was now mad. Although he couldn't really stop students from leaving his class if they told him beforehand, he still would try to persuade them to stay.

"Does it really matter? I told you that he is leaving your class, so the conversation should end now. I hope you can provide me with his information." Arnin was also getting annoyed at the old man. He felt that Lod shouldn't be making such a big deal out of such a small situation. Lod had many students, losing one shouldn't be a problem.

"Of course, it matters! If you take him out of my class and put him in a new one, I wouldn't mind, but you taking him away is going to destroy his future. Is that what you want?" Akig stood in the back silently. He didn't know what to say, so he allowed Arnin to speak. He honestly didn't like his class because of the constant bullying, so if he could leave with Arnin, he would do it.

"Old man, don't be so shameless. You don't really care about his cultivation, you only care about your reputation. Stop trying to glorify yourself." Arnin spoke with a cold expression. If his cultivation was high enough, he would probably kill the teacher on the spot, but he couldn't do that right now.

"Little brat, I am a teacher, your superior. Don't go acting smart." Lod was extremely pissed now. Arnin knew from his reaction that he got it right. The old man really didn't care about Akig's future and was simply worried about his own reputation. Thinking about one's own reputation was not wrong, however when he lied and said it was for his students, rather than admit it was for his reputation was extremely shameless. Lod was saying that he wanted to help Akig, however he really just didn't want his reputation getting sullied.

"Technically, you are not my superior. As a Butterfly teacher, you cannot be considered the superior of a Moth student." Arnin smiled before pulling out his identity card. It showed Arnin's status as a Moth student.

Butterfly teachers were very strong and important to the academy; however, Moth students were even more important. Moth students were the backbone of an academy's future, which was why a Butterfly teacher was considered on the same level as a Moth student.

Lod was shocked that Arnin was a Moth student. Now that he knew he was not Arnin's superior, it meant that he couldn't really do anything to stop Arnin.

"Since you now know, go and fetch me Akig's information. I will be responsible for his cultivation from now on." Arnin spoke with mockery when he saw the expression on Lod's face.

"Even if you are a Moth student, you are not qualified to teach this child. Are you trying to ruin his future?" Lod showed a little more restraint, but he still was angry.

Arnin sighed, before shaking his head. He raised his hand. "If you are hiding, then come out. If you don't, then I will go and torture my slave and servant once again. I might even go and get new ones." Arnin yelled into empty space.

Lod looked around and noticed a faint ripple from behind a pillar. He saw a person walk out and couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

"Arnin, I still wonder, how are you able to notice my presence?" Xillar walked out and shook his head. Arnin always caught him off guard. Lod's body shook and looked at Arnin more deeply. He had a much higher realm than Arnin, even past the Elemental Formation realm, however even he was not able to detect Xillar. How could a child who was yet to enter the Essence Manifest realm detect him?

"It doesn't matter how I know. You should have already heard everything, right? Help me get Akig's information." Arnin didn't ask, but rather he commanded him. This made Xillar feel very bitter, and also shocked Lod. Lod knew that a Moth teacher had an extremely high status, so how could a student show such disrespect? What surprised him even more was that Xillar actually obeyed the command.

Although Xillar was feeling very bitter, he couldn't do anything about it. He needed to make sure that Arnin would not become an enemy of the academy. He had too much talent, and it would be a waste to kill him.

"Teacher Lod, would you mind getting the information of the student?" Xillar felt somewhat embarrassed to ask. Lod's face also began to burn a little since he lost to Arnin.

Lod turned around and walked into the lounge to get the information. Xillar sighed and looked at Arnin. "You should really stop following me, but if you insist, then stop thinking about killing me. It gives away your position." Arnin smiled at Xillar wickedly.

Xillar began to sweat a little and was also extremely frightened. He did express some killing intent; however, it was an extremely small amount. He couldn't understand how Arnin could feel it. Plus, Arnin's smile frightened him even more.

"Haha! What are you talking about?" Xillar nervously laughed, trying to dissolve the awkward situation. Akig stood behind Arnin and didn't understand much of what was going on.

"Pft!" Arnin snorted and continued to wait patiently.

Ten minutes later, Lod came back back with a few papers in his hand. He handed them to Arnin who immediately turned around and walked away.

"You consider yourself a great teacher, but I think you are only mediocre. I will train Akig to the point where none of yours students will be able to match him. He will be so strong that he will enter the Moth group with his skills. I will make him stronger."