Chapter 153: Feelings

"So you joined an organization that refused to even tell you their goals?" Professor Emma asked "You joined with no purpose in mind?"

"That summarized it up, yeah"

"What were you thinking?!"

"I got taught by Andrius Thames, anyone would've accepted that deal...you guys wouldn't apparently"

"Perseus, why don't you just leave them and we'll forget about everything, we'll pull away the bounty on you, we'll make your life easier again"

"It's already too late ever since that trial happened, headmaster. A part of me right now still wants to kill him but I can't, he still have some uses. Even if he doesn't, a certain someone won't allow it to happen either"

"Who wouldn't allow it?" the headmaster asked

"Oz Magus"

"You're the one who sent that anonymous letter to Castor?!" Eleanor exclaimed

"Yep, don't worry, Oz gave me his permission to give away his name. But I'm sure you realized by now, he's also one of us."

The food then arrived and we started to dig in.

"I'm so baffled right now" Professor Steel rubbed his forehead "First you, then Andrius and now Oz the phoenix"

"It's actually first, Andrius then Oz and finally me"

"Us too" Damon chuckled "We were even more surprised when Andrius showed his true identity, but he doesn't go by that name anymore, most of the seekers, usually call him boss or young master, or like us, we call him by his name, he doesn't really mind either way"

"Such a powerful figure being a terrorist, never in all my years would I even think of the possibility of this being true" the headmaster sigh "Are you really sure that it isn't some imposter?"

"Nope, it's him. But I wouldn't go into more detail"

"It was observed that the nobles that prosecuted you are all dead" The head master said "Not just that, but some of our military leaders as well, I have some doubts, but claw marks and spatial magic, and some of their injuries indicated that they were toyed with, I assumed it was Ace who did it?"

"No wonder you're the headmaster, you're so smart" Ace complimented

"Well I plan on retiring soon enough" he replied "But how do those black core mage obey you? I know you hold a high position, but won't they look down on you for being in the purple core?"

"They did, I just had to beat them up, they're also not the only ones, I got several white core mages as well, and many others, I used those 3 to help gather more under me, I need more underlings if I want to rival the other 12"

"That means when those fought before, they were hiding their true strength." Professor Steel commented

"They were hiding a lot more than you think, I'll tell you that much"

"Look Perseus, just come back to us" Eleanor pleaded "I can persuade my father to drop the bounty on you, you can leave that life behind"

"Nope, he started this, he's the last guy I want to plead for help. And not like it matters, even from the waiters, I can see their faces, bounty or not, I won't be welcome back, , I wasn't a citizen and now I'm a terrorist, Artia will not welcome me. Neelofar treats me well since the red sword does not have plans to make them hostile, and that's why I'll be staying there."

"What about your parents?" Eleanor asked "What do they think of this?"

"I have a talk with them already, as what what we talked about, I'll be keeping it a secret and they will too, so don't try to get it out of them"

"Which means you convinced them to let you stay in the organization" Professor Emma commented "Your family is weird"

"Hey we're not weird, if anything, you're weird for falling in love with your own student who's roughly half your age"

"It was your fault for using charm on me"

"No, I used it on the wyverns, you were the one who insisted to come along for the ride"

"That is weird" the headmaster chuckled

"I'm not going to get fired, am I?" She asked

"Well I'll let you off for now" the headmaster replied "But please do not make a move on him, citizen or not, he's still not of legal age, which is 17 in most nations and 18 in some, I will have to call the authorities if I hear it happens"

"I can't believe that you have a crush on him" Eleanor grumbled

"Oh yeah, it's not like I'm the only one, you do too" Professor Emma retorted

-Eleanor what now?-

-You didn't realize?- Diana asked -She wanted to do another subject and specifically chose beast taming class to be in the same class as you, I thought you knew-

-Oh crap, I didn't realize-

-I didn't either- Ace nodded

-Boys- Diana rolled her eyes

-See those books does not help in real life situation now, does it?- Dabria mocked

-And those books were right more than wrong, so I stand by my novels-

-Unlike Cordelia who is straight forward with her feelings, Eleanor is the type to hide it, and since you weren't as cautious around her, you didn't focus on her, you didn't realize her feelings despite it being obvious- Damon suggested

-Well did you realize it?-

-Obviously not, I'm in the same boat as you- Damon answered

-What's the phrase again, author?-

| The pot calling the kettle black? |

-Yeah, take that Damon-

"I can't believe you expose me like that, you're like a child" Eleanor insulted her

"Both of you calm down, we'll talk about your weird love thing later" Professor Steel sighs "Mother and father are going to be so disappointed in you once they know that the boy is the reason you rejected those promising lads"

"Well they're already disappointed in you for having a child before marriage" Professor Emma grumbled

"Everyone silence please" the headmaster requested and they obeyed "Let's get right back to our topic"

"Well I do think that professor Emma is kinda cute"

A cup in Professor Steel's hand then broke due to sheer force.

"Waiter, I think we will need a new cup, several of them please, and put them on my nephew's tab" the headmaster said "Bring some alcohol too"