If you reveal your secrets to the wind then you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
But what if, someone who has never shared their secrets with anyone still got their secrets revealed.
What will someone do in that situation?
Right now, Dreamer is facing this situation.
After the VIP man told Dreamer that he knows everything, Dreamer was shocked and afraid at the same time.
Dreamer was shocked because the VIP man knew that Dreamer was acting and lying. And Dreamer was afraid because he wasn't sure about how much this VIP man knows about him and whether the VIP man is his enemy or friend.
Nevertheless, Dreamer calmed himself down and managed to talk with the VIP man about this.
"What do you mean!? Great sir!" Dreamer asked in an innocent manner.
"Hahaha. Kid you know, there is something fascinating about every living being but the question is how much they are willing to divulge." The VIP man said with a laugh and continued.
"When I was entering this academy, I heard your conversation with the halfling John at the entrance.
He was stopping you and your friend from entering inside the academy. I ignored you at that time, but when I saw that you had successfully entered inside, you caught my attention." The VIP man said.
"Great sir! I understand. But how is all this connected to me acting or lying?" Dreamer asked respectfully.
"So you want to hear it from me! Fine.
So, after you got my attention I kept looking at you from the back and from time to time. But when the ninth item was going to be shown, I looked for you again but to my surprise you weren't there! So I thought you must have changed seats but all the other seats were full so the only place where you could have gone, was backstage! Am I right?" The VIP man explained and looked at Dreamer to see his expressions.
After hearing the VIP man's explanation Dreamer wasn't sure about how to react but in the end he just smiled.
"Great sir! You are right, I was backstage. But I can assure you that I haven't stolen the sword." Dreamer said to the VIP man while smiling.
"Of Course I was right! But I haven't finished my deduction yet" The VIP man said and continued his explanation.
"So, you were backstage and when the host came with the cart that was carrying the sword you also came back on your seat like nothing happened. And then you know that the sword went missing, Vrama freaked out and killed the host. But I had a feeling that you were the one who played a major role in all this. And instead of saying that you haven't stolen the sword, you should say that you haven't stolen the sword, yet!" The VIP man completely explained his deduction which left Dreamer speechless.
Dreamer was absolutely shocked this time, as he never expected that his plan can be easily seen through by someone but he was sure of one thing that this VIP man is not an enemy because if he was an enemy then he could have easily killed Dreamer on a whim.
So after figuring out that this VIP man is not an enemy, Dreamer decided to talk with the VIP man again in order to know his motives.
"Great sir. You are right! I am here to steal the sword. And I guess you saved me because you want me to do something for you, is that right?" Dreamer revealed his reason for coming here and asked the VIP man about his motives.
"Good! And I don't want anything from you. I just saved you because of your ambitions. What I mean by that is, a boy who is very weak and inexperienced but still dared to come into an academy and steal its possession, which in itself is a commendable task. So all I want you to do is to come to Wager city and meet me. Here! This will help you in finding me." The VIP man revealed his motives and gave Dreamer a coin.
The VIP man was impressed by Dreamer's guts so he didn't want Dreamer to die without showing his full potential.
"Thank you, great sir. I will definitely come." Dreamer replied respectfully.
"Yeah and don't think you are safe, the principal will come for you whether he finds the sword or not and this time I won't save you, you are on your own. And I also want to see whether you really are worth my interest or you are just a brave fool. Till then, take care kid." The VIP man advised Dreamer and started to leave the academy.
"Thank you, great sir. I will definitely come to meet you!" Dreamer said loudly so that the VIP could hear him.
And when the VIP man heard Dreamer he just waved his hand in the air without looking back and fully left the academy.
Dreamer watched the VIP man go and heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Liberi.
'Liberi, let's take the sword and leave this academy. I really want to avoid a fight with Vrama.' Dreamer said to Liberi through his mind.
'Yes, my lord. But where exactly is the sword?' Liberi asked Dreamer through his mind.
They were still talking with each other through their minds because their quest was still not finished and they didn't want to take a risk of someone accidentally hearing them.
'Oh, yeah I haven't told you about the sword right! Well, the sword is on the stage and on that long cart. Infact, it was there the whole time.' Dreamer revealed the location of the sword to Liberi.
And after hearing Dreamer's revelation, Liberi was shocked because he didn't expect the sword would be in front of everyone's eyes and they won't be able to see it.
'My lord, are you…sure!?' Liberi asked. He was so shocked that he was stammering in his speech.
'Of course, I am sure and you don't need to be so surprised. I just used a skill.' Dreamer replied Liberi.
'What more can this skill of yours do, my lord!? By this skill you went backstage, by this skill you pulled such a thing off. What exactly is this skill?' Liberi asked Dreamer a couple of questions in an eager manner which made Dreamer feel surprised because Liberi usually don't show such eagerness, but he didn't dwell too much on such a thing and decided to tell Liberi about this skill.
'Fine, I guess I can tell you now. Listen, I have a skill called…'
[ Created Skill : 1 ]
[ Skill Name : Vanisher (Active) ]
[ Rank : F (upgradeable) ]
[ Host can make himself or any object invisible to the naked eyes for five minutes with this skill. ]
Dreamer explained his newly created skill to Liberi and after hearing about the skill Liberi was dumbfounded. He never believed that such a skill existed.
'My lord, It's an amazing skill. And your mind is much more amazing as you made the principal angry and caused a commotion so that before the five minutes were up people couldn't see the sword. It's really an honour to serve you.' Liberi praised Dreamer as now he finally understood Dreamer's whole plan to steal the sword.
'Yeah, yeah. Now let's move before someone can come and see the sword. Five minutes are almost up!' Dreamer ordered Liberi and they moved towards the stage to take the sword.
After a few seconds they reached the stage and Liberi finally saw his sword as the five minutes were up.
'Liberi, is this the sword you were looking for and was very eager to get!?' Dreamer asked Liberi. Although he already knew that this was Liberi's sword, he just asked for confirmation.
'Yes, my lord. It is indeed my sword.' Liberi confirmed and picked up the sword from the long cart and held it in his right hand.
Liberi was moving his sword in different directions, testing some moves and was grinning ear to ear.
'Hey, this is not the time to do all this. Just keep holding your sword and use Soul Meld skill and then we will leave this academy. Do it!' Dreamer ordered Liberi and after hearing Dreamer's order Liberi stopped his practice and used his Soul Meld skill and went inside Dreamer's soul with his sword.
And after Liberi went inside his soul, Dreamer also decided to leave the academy.
Dreamer started walking towards the exit and eventually, he left the academy but just as he was about to leave the premises of the Duel Fencer Academy, a voice came from behind him and it said,
"I knew it! It really was you, after all."