The survivors of the dungeon exploration team. Kaelen and his remaining classmates had come back and we're standing in front of Queen Elizabeth who just stared at them calmly.
Anelle sat at the side along with the five people who had trained them.
"Who can tell me how there are only fifteen of you?" Elizabeth asked.
"Reporting to your majesty, we found a rank 3 beast on the seventh floor" an adventurer spoke up which made Elizabeth frown along with the other five.
"Even if b was a rank 3 beast, you should have retreated..." Elizabeth said.
"But we couldn't lose the chance to go past our limits" Kaelen decided to speak up.
"Oh, and breakihg past your limits and having your comrades die, really?" This time, Anelle spoke up which caused the classmates to look at her.
"They died because they were weak and never listened, I had a plan but they never listened and gave in to their fear" Kaelen retorted.
"A plan, plans are useless against absolute... I see" Anelle was about to reprimand before she saw the sword strapped on his back.That's where he gets his confidence from. Cocky bastard.
She noticed Kaelen smirking at her.
"Outside that, who slew the beast?" Elizabeth asked and the students aside from Kaelen looked at the girl who stood apart from them as she leaned on a pillar and expression serene.
"Oh, that's expected of someone trained by a dragon" Elizabeth praised to which Sheila just nodded and Nyxara grinned with pride.
"If she had that kind of power, why didn't she use it from the beginning?" Someone amongst the student decided speak up.
They wanted to use this opportunity to demean Sheila.
"Hmm...I wonder why...Sheila can you tell us why?" Elizabeth asked.
Sheila looked at the Queen who had a serene smile on her lips, she looked at her classmates with some of them grinning and gloating at her, some were blatantly glaring at her.
"I didnt want to" Sheila said
"I'm not here to babysit people who think this is all a game, if they die, just like he said, they are weak"
"I didn't use the skill also because my mama points were not enough during that period"
"That doesn't serve as an excuse, we all were given mana potions, you could have taken one and replenished your mana!" Someone screamed at her. It was Lexus, his eyes were blazing flames as he glared at her.
Sheila looked at him, "Why should I?"
Her reply caused everyone to gasp. Kaelen stared at her with a frozen, she was never like this, he didn't know when she changed.
"You-"
"That's enough!" Elizabeth called which brought decorum to the room.
"We would have a burial of the dead, that should remind you the fact that you could die here...you all spoke about obtaining power to resurrect your world.
That won't be possible if you die, so take our world seriously and do not treat it like a game"
Elizabeth stood up, "I won't apologize for your loss as it was due to your incompetence, but I would issue you a warning..."
"...we summoned you, yes, but that doesn't mean we do not have strengths of our own, so don't think this world is on your shoulders, I'm sure now, most of you understand the fact that you all are not fit for combat, some could go with support and others with defence"
Elizabeth walked to the side and left the hall.
Anelle stood up, "Take this opportunity to think about the path you want to take with your gift. I'm sure you all are about to reach level 60, which would be when you'll have to choose a class then complet a class origin test...
Remember use this opportunity to think. May the goddess be with you. You're dismissed"
The students walked away as Sheila remained leaning on the pillar.
The adventurer's were being handed pouches and sent out.
As soon as they had gone, Sheila stopped leaning and walked towards Anelle.
"Miss Sheila, how may I help you?"
"I want you to help me check on someone for me...can you do that?" Sheila asked, her voice had twinge of nervousness in it.
"I already told you he is alive, Sheila, why disturb the saintess" Nyxara walked towards them.
The other four trainers had walked out of the hall.
Anelle just shook her head, "It's nothing..." She looked towards Sheila, " what's his name?"
"Aisaac Sinclaire" Sheila responded.
Anelle's smile stiffened for a while before she looked properly at her and asked, "who is he to you?"
Sheila had noticed the saintess' change but that didn't bother her as she replied, "he is my friend"
"Friend, huh?" Anelle muttered.
"What do you want to know?"
"If he is alive, would he attend the academy recruitment ceremony?" Sheila answered.
"Oh, he would...he had a fortuitous encounter and besides he is already rank 1" Anelle responded, her voice levelled.
Nyxara who watched them, had a mysterious smile on her face. She looked at Anelle and her smile turned into a grin. A saintess' fated one. She was becoming curious about him.
"Wait, did you say rank 1?" She asked Anelle who nodded.
"But it has just been two weeks since they were summoned"
"That's why I said he had a fortuitous encounter" Anelle answered, annoyance creeping in her tone but her expression remained serene.
Anelle turned towards Sheila, "let's speak in the garden, about this Aisaac Sinclaire, as the saintess, it's my duty to know about every otherworlder"
She turned to Nyxara, "I'll be borrowing your student"
Anelle turned and walked out, Sheila bowed to the dragon and followed after her.
Nyxara watched this with a twitch of her lips, Anelle had just blatantly covered her curiosity of her fated one with a lie.
"Just who the hell are you, Aisaac Sinclaire?"
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*GGGRRRROOLLWWWL*
A beast roar rang through before there was a crash.
A 5 ft boar was on the floor, it had fire for tusk which were burning out. Standing in front of it, was Aisaac. His clothes were cleaning except for the soot on his shoulder which he dusted away.
"Nyct, come and have a fill " he called out as a black cat appeared on his shoulder as it jumped down and walked towards the beast corpse.
Aisaac looked at his level that had not even increased, he was still level 62.
" Guess, it would be a while before I level up, *sigh*"
He closed his status and looked towards Nyct who was almost finished.
"Watching this and I'm still surprised by her appetite"
[Nyct]
Race: Netherkin
Rank: 1
Level: 10
Aisaac had found her gender but he had been scratched in the face that day.
Just as Nyct finished eating, he frowned as he heard footsteps approaching his area.
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