The problem that I had seen happen did not get any better at all, during the short time that I had left, I had tried to return to the arena and earn points, but I had exceeded the limit of challenge for the week.
This limit was created to make a good system otherwise the strongest people would have "infinity" of points by bullying weeker player again and again.
Organiser : "I am sorry but you seem to have done your maximum quantity of challenge for the week"
Darthos : "But their is the end of the exams soon and I dont have enough points"
Organiser : "I am sorry I can't do anything "
Darthos : "is their some other ways to get points ?"
Organiser : "In the amount of time remaining, no"
So I was at the end of the year without any possibility of being able to stay the year after, I really couldn't do much about it, it seems like Eugeon was right when he said I was gonna regret it.
But did I really need to stay in this place, all the theoretical classes don't interest me, the practical classes don't really bring me much so I am just pretty much losing all the time in the day where I could be doing other stuff.
I had originally come to gather information about the hero, but no one really knows him directly and he is in a class where I don't have access anyway, basically the advanced class.
Darthos : "so what am I gonna even do"
Examiner : "You are gonna be screwed"
Darthos : "Yeah I guess"
Examiner : "You can ask your teachers to give you recommendations"
Darthos: "Will you..."
Examiner: "me maybe, the othets I don't know"
I am sure that the teachers would never give me it, I am never in any of their classes if its not mandatory and even when it is I am not really active, always reading a book or something else.
The only thing I got from he academy where the informations in the books and some useful informations about the military or other things.
If I left the academy, I'm not sure that in the end I would lose that much there, anyway, I'm not sure that I would have much to gain by staying there now.
Eudeon : "You didn't manage to get enough points, what are you going to do ? »
Darthos : "Yeah you were right, maybe I will just go do something else"
Eudeon : "You are gonna do what"
Darthos: "I think I'm going to join the tower of magicians and sell weapons"
The only way to sell magic weapons outside the magician's tower was anyway that the black market, it could be very interesting to go there but I really don't know what awaits in this place so I will evade it for now.
Well, there's no choice, since the magicians' tower is quite dangerous if someone guesses my identity, Egon already had doubts about me just then, if he examined me every day I clearly don't give much doubt he us gonna discover everything he's not supposed to know.
It was at that moment that I decided to go for a walk on the black market, so I took the roads of the capital for the first time without having to be worried about possibly being killed, well that's what I thought.
--- At the same time (soldier of the royal army POV)
The days where peaceful, nothing much happens at the capital, some could say that this is hands down the most easy job in the world but in fact it's not really.
It's just that ordinary crimes don't happen and unordinary crimes are not in our era of action, it's either the lord of the capital who has to do something or a special order of the king.
Soldier: "Captain? why did you stop? »
Captain: "That kid who just passed us has a very strange aura"
Soldier: "He just looks like a student to me"
Captain: "The strange mana that I felt at the academy probably came from him, well that's not important"
The captain had then assumed that this weird intuition that he had, the one that came to him from a hundred demonic monsters, was probably due to an external factor (someone who lives near a dungeon, for example).
--- Lucian's POV
As for me, I continued on my way, once I arrived at the black market I then saw the person I wanted to avoid, the hero, his aura of light and his natural charisma make him easily recognizable even incognito.
What was he doing here then, I then saw him going around the different "sellers" to see what they were selling, was he looking for a particular object? I couldn't guess what was going on with him, that someone who is supposed to be the "people's hero" finds himself in this place is strange.
But it's not my problem, he shouldn't be able to recognise me if I use some mana to cover myself up, which is what I did, I then also did a quick inspection of what they were selling.
Salesman: "Young man I think I have something for you"
Lucian : "Hmmm"
Salesman: "Look at all those interesting things I have for you"
Lucian : "Oh that's some nice stuff"
Oh he was right, interesting indeed, he had magical objects, things completely forbidden, in addition he had some that the magic tower does not even have, would this man be a mage? Or did he get it from someone else.
In any case, apart from the magic weapons, that he probably stole, the rest were sold as decorative objects even though in them were some mana stones, so very inexpensive (uh not expensive for what it is, not cheap in absolute).
It seems that since only thugs walk around this place, the number of people able to evaluate the quality of an object is low, to find some of what I could need that cheap was really a good thing for me.
Darthos: "I'll take everything that's on the right from you"
Salesman: "Don't you want a magic object? »
Darthos : "They are not what interest me"
He seemed to sell mostly his magic items, I'm not interested in that, no his items, which he treats as simple decorations was much better, there was a significant trace of dark mana in it.
Apart from this seller unfortunately all the other objects were either uninteresting or too expensive, so I decided to go back on my way.
Salesman: "Why are you attacking me? »
Hero: "You dare to attack a young lady like that, who do you think you are"
Some people : "What is happening"
Other person : "Idk but it seems that one of the salesman was doing something bad"
Many people believe in the hero, nothing more normal, he is the one who in the minds of humans will save them from the demon king, which is true.
He wasn't just doing that, since I've been watching him, he's undoubtedly reduced the corruption in the academy by a lot, he has also helped a lot of students even without realizing it.
Hero : "You ask for forgiveness before I punish you myself"
Salesman : "Dream on little boy"
Hero : "You are gonna regret it"
Right now, nobody could see his identity so although everyone from poor to rich knew him it didn't matter right now as it was seen as a disagreement between the two.
Maybe he hasn't been able to prove himself so much yet, but can we blame him, he's just a teenager (the mc is also one so that's kinda funny), we can't always count on him.
For example, he had just rescued a woman who was being attacked by one of the subordinates of a merchant that's already a proof of his courage compared to all others who just looked at it without saying anything.
-----5 minutes before---
Woman (I don't want to find her a name): "Please, I beg you, lower your price a little, if you don't I could never save my daughter"
This woman was begging on her knees, being close to giving all her money for medicinal herbs, probably to save her daughter from a serious illness.
She didn't look very rich, what she needed was actually not that rare but was still almost exclusively kept by the nobles for care. (let me say that she knows the place because she was clearly "trapped" by a guy who is looking to see her...)
Given her social rank, she also clearly could not afford to call on a priest, being services at very high prices.
Salesman: "I would like to give you a price if you do me a little favor"
Someone : "Huh that's just awfull"
Someone else : "Don't get caught up in that"
This mischievous, disgusting look, watching her, certainly not in the eyes, already imagining this woman willing to do everything for her daughter.
No luck for him, he had come across more fierce than he imagined, so he took a masterful right punch to the face, making him very furious.
Salesman: "How dare you, I'm going to teach you politeness myself, you won't have to come crying afterwards"
Woman : "Oh no, please now"
Salesman : "Guys take her arms"
The sidekick then began to hit the woman without anyone doing anything, rather normal, the people here were all very unsavory, well that was without the hero interfering.
Hero : "Hey what is going on here"
Salesman : "It's not your problem to act on"
Hero : "I am not going to let you do whatever"
He surely did not intend to leave it at that, with one hand he then made a warrior of light appear, something that only the great magicians can do "the elementary incarnation".
With a blow of the sword he eradicated any enemy getting in his way, the other sellers and their acolytes not wanting to let themselves be fooled joined the party.
In then 10 seconds, the warrior that the hero had just summoned had eliminated all these idiots, bad thing for me it alerted the guards (who don't know the place because it is "hidden" in a building by mana).
Hero: "You're clearly not going to get away with this, it's finally time to close this market of misfortune"
Salesman : "Not you again, just go away"
Hero : "Dream on"
It was very easy and quick for all the power of the hero to get rid of those little things in his way ans the others were not a trouble either, so he just won without much trouble.
---Back to the present
The problem of the black market had never been solved because it also unconsciously benefited the power in place, so the nobles let them do it in return for money and information about customers, so it seemed like a normal trade in the eyes of people.
Some people : "Thanks to that young men it seems the guard are gonna come here"
Some other : "Dream on it's not gonna change what happens here"
The hero didn't have the slightest idea about this, maybe blinded by some idealism, that's when the guards stopped the sellers and others, I took advantage of all the commotion to steal the interesting stuff (and the money) and quickly get out of here.
Lucian : "I was lucky that the Knight of light didn't spot me"
Lucian : "Let's just not get too cocky and get out of here"
I don't know if he would have really attacked me but if in doubt it is better to remain cautious even more with my demonic mana, I knew it could get hard.
In any case, the hero had made me earn a lot of things today, he brings me something potentially to kill him, interesting, it was kinda ironic as I almost had to thank him for that.
He had done more than that, taking my things to leave the academy, I saw that my name had not been removed from the list of students as I thought, but then what was it to pass?
Examiner: "Hmm Darthos you want to know why your name is still there, well, how to say? Someone did plead for you"
Darthos: "You, mr. examiner?"
Examiner: "Not only me, but also the hero"
I was kinda surprised that the hero had gone that far from me, I don't know why he did it but it sure made something great for me, I could learn more thing to kill him, ironic isn't it.
---- Narrator's pov
The examiner knew a lot about Darthos (the old Darthos) and knew that Darthos didn't appreciate that the hero was recognized so easily and that he envied his luck, maybe that's why he was trying to surpass him.
But the examiner had not dreamed that one day Darthos would be able to realize how illusory this goal was and that he was moving forward on a better voice. He had far too much potential for him to be lost in an unrealizable dream.
Maybe the fact that the hero "saves" him by allowing him to continue his studies would finally make him come to his senses and that he could put his talent somewhere else.
Examiner: "Darthos, I know you don't carry the hero in your heart, but you're wasting your time"
Darthos: "I wouldn't give up"
Examiner: "If you are so determined then let me help you"
The examiner had guessed how stubborn Darthos (Lucian here) was, but he still wanted to continue training him, he would give him such a complicated training that he will give up and then maybe Darthos will realize that he is wrong to attack the "people's hero".
And for Lucian it was also a good thing as he had now an unexpected help that would surely make a great difference in his training and his chance of killing the hero.
Next chap: "A world of corruption"