Affinity: Chaos

Chapter 26: Tricked

Grey stared in the direction of the voice was coming from and saw it was the Head instructor of the Wind Hall.

Blake turned around to meet the icy gaze of the lady. He instinctively took a step back.

“You should know we don’t give special treatments to any of our students” said the woman in an icy voice.

“Instructor Lynn, I’m not giving him any special treatment. You know clearly that my Hall has the least number of students. So I try to help them as much as I can” Blake explained briefly.

“It changes nothing, all new students are required to have the same starting point” Lynn snorted coldly. She was quite surprised by Blake’s behavior. He usually doesn’t act like this towards a new student.

“Well, he will also be given an ultimatum if he accepts to take this technique” Blake said seriously.

“Ultimatum?” Lynn asked.

Grey raised his brow when he heard this. He didn’t want to any special treatment from the Academy. Well, a special treatment would be nice but having an ultimatum attached to it isn’t. He waited to listen closely to the ultimatum.

“Yes. Since he will get to use a better technique, the time required for him to break through is shorter also” replied Blake.

“How long precisely?” Lynn asked

“10 days” Blake responded

When Lynn heard this, she was surprised. Something like this haven’t happened in the Academy before, so it was quite surprising. She felt something was fishy about all this.

“Since this ultimatum is attached to it. I will let it slide” Lynn gave in while giving Blake an understanding look. She knew this wasn’t Blake’s idea, it must have been from the higher ups in the Academy.

She turned to glance at Grey, “Well, do you agree this?”

Grey didn’t really expect all this. He would be given a better technique but the deadline would be shortened. “I’ll accept it” Grey said after thinking for some time. The first reason he accepted this was due to the fact that he loves challenges and this will stimulate him to word harder. The second reason was that he was already behind his peers due to his delay, so he wanted to do everything he could to advance at a quicker pace.

“Okay, since it’s settled, you can head over to my office. I will be there shortly” Blake stated, clearly approving of Grey’s decision to accept this challenge.

Grey asked Blake for directions to his office before leaving.

After Grey left, Lynn looked at Blake, “I know this wasn’t your idea. Although you have the lowest number of students, you have never given any of them such treatments”

“I received this letter yesterday. It was from Chris” Blake handed a letter over to her.

“Chris” Lynn took the letter with a suspicious look before going through it. Her face changed a couple of times before returning it to Blake.

“Although he goes out for the test, he doesn’t concern himself with the affairs of the Academy for a long time now. Why is he suddenly interested in this boy?” Lynn asked.

“He was the one who brought him over to the Academy. He was also present when he failed to awaken his element during his first test. So I think he developed an interest for him” Blake explained.

“But this is clearly the same cultivation technique as the one the other kids are going to pick up from the library” Lynn furrowed her brows. The technique the letter stated to give to Grey was exactly the same as the one the other kids would get.

“Yes it is. Chris said I should tell Grey this technique is better than the one the kids would take at the library” Blake replied with mixed feelings. He didn’t want to trick a new student, but he couldn’t say no to what Chris ordered.

“This will be difficult for him, but not impossible” Lynn was visibly shocked. Blue talents wouldn’t have an issue breaking through within 10 days. Since Grey was a Dual Elementalists it was also possible. Since they didn’t want to put too much pressure on the kids, they usually gave all of them the same time without differentiating the ones with higher talents.

“I have no idea why he said this, but that was what he told me to do” Blake gave a wry smile. Chris has always had an odd personality, so they didn’t know what he was up to.

“Since it was his idea, we’ll wait and see what happens” Lynn said before leaving.

Grey headed to the Lightning department and quickly found Blake’s office according to the description he was given. When he got there, he waited patiently for Blake.

Blake arrived quickly. The both went in and Blake sat down at his chair. The office was well organized and a bookshelf could be seen at the side. There was a seat at the center of the room.

“Sit down”

Grey sat while still surveying the office.

“This is the technique, you have one day to memorize the patterns. After that, you must return it to me since you are not supposed to hold on to such a precious technique for longer periods” Blake handed over a scroll to Grey.

The scroll had the detailed description of how Grey was to cultivate. Grey looked at it before keeping it.

“You can leave now. Return to scroll back by tomorrow and ensure you break through if you want to continue being a student here” Blake said with an encouraging smile.

“Okay Sir” Grey left the office and headed back home to study the scroll perfectly to ensure there wouldn’t be any mistakes while he was cultivating.

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