It took a full two hours for Zephyrion to reach home, although he threatened the two Gavric and Rylan, he knew there was nothing he would do if they were determined to follow him.
To be careful though, Zephyrion didn't immediately go home but roam the city and use the dark alleyways as his advantage to lose whoever would be following him. This was why he took this long to get home.
"Urrmmm." Zephyrion sighed and crashed into the sofa the moment the living room came into view, "it seems this sofa will be my sleeping bed from now on, huh."
Zephyrion mused as he was exhausted and lazy to carry himself into the bedroom. "Right! The punishment for the colosseum fight quest."
"Status screen"
[Congratulations to the host for completing the main quest.]
[The host has received 500 experience points.]
[Congratulations to the host for leveling up to level 4.]
[°Race: Human°]
[°User: Yashin°]
[°Age: 19°]
[°Martial Art Stage: Early outer stage°]
[°Magic Mastery: Early attunment stage°]
[°Coins: None°]
[°Experience points: 100/500°]
[°Physical attributes: 10 points°]
[°Level: 4°]
[°HP: 100/100°]
[°Strength: 10/100°]
[°Agility: 5/100°]
[°Stamina: 8/100°]
[°Defense: 8/100°]
[°Mana: 7/100°]
[°Charm: 10/100°]
[°Shop: Accessible at Level 10°]
[°Daily Quest: Serializing°]
[°Main Quest: Serializing]
"Huh, ten new attributes point and the limit for experience points has increased as well?" Zephyrion noticed this and also some changes in his stats' growth."
"Show me the punishment for the previous main quest."
[Main quest: Win at least one fight in this small colosseum before leaving.]
[Status: Completed]
[Reward: 500 experience points]
[Punishment: Nothing]
"What do you mean, nothing?"
[Yes host, the punishment is nothing. That means you can either choose to complete the quest or not.
The room suddenly fell silent, deadly silent. And then, "good, good, good, good, good!" Zephyrion shouted 'good' five times in a row, but if anyone see his face at the moment, it was enough to kill the person 100 times over.
BANG!
Zephyrion didn't know when he raised his hand and smashed the glass table in front of him. "You f*cking system. If the punishment is nothing, then why did you hide it!?
[Hehe, you can't blame me, host. I'm just a system, the quest is programmed and issued randomly]
"Haa..haa..haa." Zephyrion took deep breaths and forced himself to calm down, he would swear he heard the system laughter but that didn't matter for now.
It was just that this same quest had caused so much trouble for him already. If not for it, he would never have met lady Evadne and also used his earth magic that make the announcer became suspicious of him.
Although the quest promote Zephyrion to level 4, this wasn't the way Zephyrion prefer to grow stronger by attracting stronger experts at this stage of his pitiful strength.
After several efforts of futile attempt to calm down, Zephyrion decided to sleep, "maybe this will help take out my anger right?" He thought.
But that night prove to be a sleepless night for Zephyrion as it was not before a few hours before dawn that he managed to get a good sleep.
[Hehe, anger, anger, I love it. Even the grim reaper was annoyed to death not to talk about you. I will make you angry, can you do anything to me? Hehehe]
~~~~~
Bang!... Bang!.. Bang!
When the next morning arrived, Zephyrion was still sleeping when a sudden knock at the door jolted him awake.
"Errhh, who could be knocking on the door so early in the morning? Yashin wasn't the type to engage with anyone, let alone have friends, right?" Zephyrion thought with curiosity as he made his way to the door.
As soon as the door swung open, a stunning woman in her thirties entered his field of vision. Her eyes resembled deep emeralds, radiating warmth and curiosity. Chestnut locks of hair flow down her back.
"So pretty!" Zephyrion thought, scanning the pretty lady's bulging breast.
"Hello Mr Yashin."
Zephyrion came out of his stupor. "Oh, what can I do for you?"
"I'm here with a special delivery for you," the pretty lady with a warm smile. "You likely already know about your exceptional performance on last month's high school exam, right? Since you've chosen Arcane Martial Academy for your further education, we're excited to welcome you as a student in our academy."
Without giving Zephyrion any chance to reply, she continued. "And please, don't let the fact that I'm delivering this letter in person flatter and excite you too much. I'm just a regular staff member at the academy, quite low on the status pole, just an ordinary person."
Zephyrion was speechless. This lady was just talking and talking without giving him any chance to put a word in. "Excited?" he thought, "I didn't even realize Yashin had taken any exam last month until it was mentioned on the news."
Breaking the flow of her words, he finally managed to interject with a curious smile, "By the way, could you tell me more about this Arcane Martial Academy? What's it all about?"
The lady's eyes widened in surprise. "You can't be serious about that question," she responded, her tone now filled with pride. "The Arcane Martial Academy is renowned as the second most powerful academy in the entire Solara Kingdom. It's practically a household name, boy." I will count it as a joke for asking me about it earlier.
With an air of importance, she continued, "You'll need to submit your admission letter to the academy by the twenty-fifth of this month, or you won't get another opportunity. And here," she said, producing an elegant, expensive-looking envelope, "is your admission letter."
A wry smile tugged at Zephyrion's lips as he accepted the envelope from the lady. While he truly had never heard of this academy before, he refrained from voicing his confusion, not wanting to come across as suspicious. "By the way, I don't know your name."
The enchanting lady strolled away, her response trailing after her. "No worries. You'll know it once you step inside the academy. And don't forget, a tiny drop of your blood on whatever you find inside the envelope."
Moving quite the distance, she suddenly halted in her tracks, turning to glance back at Zephyrion with a mysterious expression.
"One piece of advice, Yashin," she began with a sly grin. "If you've got the money, stock up on healing pills. Trust me, you're going to need them when you enter the academy."
"Why would I need healing pills?" Zephyrion couldn't help but blurt out, but the lady didn't turn back to respond. He watched her graceful figure as she swayed her hips from side to side, his mind wandering to other thoughts.
"When was the last time I was with a woman, hmm? If I recall correctly, it should be the day before I embarked on that mission with Varian."
Deep in thought, Zephyrion closed the door behind him and made his way to his bedroom.
With curiosity building, he carefully unsealed the expensive envelope. Inside, he discovered a gleaming gold medal adorned with what he assumed was the academy's emblem.
Zephyrion took a deep breath and pricked his fingertip, coaxing a drop of blood. Gently, he allowed the blood to contact the medal's surface.
Instantly, the medal ignited with a brief, enchanting glow. "Fascinating. Now I'm intrigued by this academy," he mused with a smile.
He returned the medal to its resting place within the envelope, then whimsically tossed it into a distant corner. If the school hadn't sent someone to deliver his admission letter, it would have faded from his memory, along with its resumption date.
Approaching the computer screen and turning it on, Zephyrion's fingers danced across the keyboard and typed on the search bar- "Arcane Martial Academy."