Hearing such an arrogant word from Elaine, Alvin gasped. Alvin looked at Elaine then looked at Mr Kael.
Elaine was staring at Mr Kael, who was looking at her with a relaxed face.
"Did your father, Ethereal Ascendant of Tides tell you that calmness is the key to controlling the spell." Mr Kael asked.
In the cloud world, every 10 levels got their own name.
Level 1-10: Apprentice
Level 11-20: Adept
Level 21-30: Magus
Level 31-40: Sorcerer
Level 41-50: Warlock
Level 51-60: Archmage
Level 61-70: Grandmaster
Level 71-80: Sage
Level 81-90: Mystic Lord
Level 91-100: Ethereal Ascendant
Now, Alvin was at the rank of Cloud Magus.
"You know who my father is? How do you know that?" Elaine asked, surprise. She never told anyone her identity, not even Szyi. Yet, somehow Mr Kael knew about it.
Actually, Elaine ran away from her home because she wanted to explore the world. So, she came to this academy by herself, not telling her father at all.
The reason she chose Eldrich academy was because it was a new academy that not many people know.
If she entered a well known academy like Arcanum Secondary Cloud academy, she would be found by her father easily.
Listening to their conversation, Alvin's eyes widened. He guessed that Elaine came from a good background, but he didn't know that it was much better than a good background. Her father was the Ethereal Ascendant of Tide.
Charles swallowed before exchanging a glance with Alvin. Charles thought that Elaine was just an ordinary girl from a normal family. All the while he had been teasing and joking with Elaine. He wasn't sure what would happen if her father knew about it.
"I met the Ethereal Ascendant of Tides in an event. I have seen how he used this cloud spell. The cloud control method you used was the same as him. So, I guess you are his daughter."
"Hmm. I learned the cloud control and cloud spell from my father. No one can say that it is not good." Elaine said arrogantly.
"Even if your father is here, I would say the same thing to you. This is not the best that you can be. The way Ethereal Ascendant of Tides used it was imaginative and unpredictable." Mr Kael explained.
"I don't care. " Elaine turned her face aside and said.
Hearing that, Alvin looked at Elaine and starled for a moment
Charles frowned.
"huh." Elaine slammed her leg on the floor then left.
Seeing that, Charles's frown deepened.
Mr Kael sighed. His face turned solemn. He didn't expect Elaine to have such a high ego, but when he really thought about it, it wasn't surprise that Elaine had high ego. After all, who get to have a father who was a Ethereal Ascendant.
"Charles, you go find Elaine. Bring her back" Mr Kael said.
Charles raised his head, looked at Mr Kael and then nodded. Then, Charles went to find Elaine.
At first, Alvin didn't understand why Mr Kael wanted to find Elaine back. She was rude to him. Then, Alvin suddenly understood when he saw the signboard of the academy motto, 'fight as a team'.
"Alright, we will start the training now. First, run 10 rounds around the company." Mr Kael gave his instruction.
...
Outside of the Eldrich Academy.
A shoe was stepped on the muddy ground, making a foot print on the ground. It seemed like there was rain last night.
Charles was brisk walking, looking for Elaine.
In front of him was the foot print of Elaine. He had been following the foot print for a while. Judging from the foot print, Charles suspected that Elaine went to the town area. This made sense to him. After all, where else could a little girl go.
Soon, he reached the town area, but he lost track of where Elaine was gone.
It was a busy town.There was impossible to tell from the foot print anymore as there were too many foot prints on the floor.
Having no clue of where Elaine went, Charles was glancing around, seeing if Elaine was nearby.
Then, he went to a stall where he talked with a hawker.
"Hi, did you see a little girl walk by? She has big eyes and a pretty face. About this tall" Charles asked.
"Nope." the hawker shook his head.
"Alright, thanks" Charles sighed.
Just as Charles almost lost hope in finding Elaine, Charles heard a voice called out at him.
"Hey, you looking for a pretty girl? The one wearing a black robes?"
Hearing that, Charles turned around. He saw a boy talking to him. This boy had a big eyes and fair skins. The boy was wearing a beanie and a clothes with a lot of patches on it.
Charles guessed that this boy was a begger on the street.
"Yes, you have seen that girl?" Charles said, surprise.
"Ya, a little girl in black robes, wearing blue colored shoes." the beggar said with a firm voice.
At first, Charles was doubting whether this beggar really know where is Elaine.
When the beggar mentioned about the blue shoes, Charles believed that the beggar really know about Elaine.
"Yes, it is her. Can tell where she is?"Charles said politely.
"Sure, but i want to eat the best food in town and I don't have any money. You treat me with good food, I help you to find her." the beggar suggested. He was looking at Charles with a shrewd eyes, grinning.
Charles hesitated for a moment. Then, he nodded.
"Ok, deal." Charles said.
Charles wasn't very rich. In fact, in his family, there was no one supporting him financially.
He earned all his money through selling cloud monster's skin, fur and claw.
Although he wasn't rich, he was still willing to pay to find Elaine.
Hearing that, the beggar's eyes lit up, grinning ear to ear.
Not sure why, Charles found the gaze familiar as if he had seen it somewhere.
"Let's go" the beggar said.