A few passed since I had met with the parents of some of my students. However, it was now resolved. Well, not really. I just ignored their complaints and flew over the gate of the Royal Academy. After all, I truly hadn’t lied. The more time I spent, the more their children were in danger.
However, it seemed that they didn’t quite grasp this concept because of their panic.
But hey, I can’t be blamed for that one.
They just need to trust me to protect their students.
Nevertheless, I was now within the Academy Grounds, and I was heading right to Ava’s office.
However, when I arrived there, she wasn’t there.
‘She must be in class, fuck. This is going to be impossible.’
By chance, as I headed out of her office, the director’s secretary was standing right there, looking at me with a confused gaze.
“M-Mister Stuart?! Why are you here? Shouldn’t you be accompanying your students to the Snowy Mountains?”
“Tsk, enough with the questions. Tell me where Ava is right now. I need to give her something.”
The secretary clearly wanted answers to her questions, but after a few seconds, she just abandoned the project. She knew there was no way I would answer them, not right now, at least.
“Follow me. I’ll show you the way.”
I followed the director’s secretary, and we quickly arrived at the place where Ava was currently teaching students.
She looked the same as usual. She had a lab coat on, and her hair was disheveled.
I didn’t waste the slightest second as I just opened the door wide open without even knocking, grabbing the attention of everyone in the class.
“C-Caedrel?! What are you doing here again?”
“Can you come with me for a moment? I need to talk to you about something.”
She looked toward her class. “Ugh…can’t this wait?”
“No. I need to get back to the rest of my students as fast as possible. They are still within the Royal Forest as we speak.”
A look of emergency appeared in her eyes instantly as she ran out of her class directly toward me.
“We’re taking a break until I’m back!”
I smirked as I saw her reaction. Ava truly was a good and loving mother. In fact, she was one of the nicest people I had met ever since I had gotten transmigrated into this world.
Anyway, we quickly got back to her office as the secretary was still following us around like a dog.
“You can’t hear or see what I will take with Ava, sorry.”
I closed the door to Ava’s office right to her nose and turned around with a smile as Ava attacked me with questions.
“Why are you back so early? Did something happen to Olivia? Did they get hurt?”
“Calm down,” I said as I placed my hands around her shoulders, giving her some of my warmth. “I can’t spend too much time here. But to make things short, everything is fine. However, I made a discovery, and I need your help with it.”
“M-My help?” She blushed as she didn’t know where to look anymore. “D-Does…that means that you trust me?”
“I guess so,” I muttered with a shrug.
Nevertheless, when I saw that she was all right. I didn’t waste any more time, so I immediately rummaged through my bag and took out the black heart.
Ava eyed me weirdly as she looked at the heart in the palm of my hand.
“And what is that heart supposed to be?” She asked.
“The heart of a goblin that we just killed in the Royal Forest.”
She frowned even more this time around. “That’s the heart of a goblin?”
There was this tinge of disbelief in her voice as she muttered those words.
“But why is it so big, and why is it so…dark? Did something go wrong in the Royal Forest?”
“No, everything was fine. Everyone survived without many injuries. However, that goblin wasn’t a normal one, obviously. It was demonized.”
“Demo, what?” Ava answered. “You mean…it’s like that Cyclops you brought to your student on the first day?”
“Yes. I’m about to tell you something. But you can’t tell anyone, even the director or anyone you know, okay?”
She nodded fervently. She had waited for this moment for a very long time. I was finally about to trust her enough to reveal some information about what was happening behind the scenes.
“Alright. However, if you think this is too much for you, you don’t have to do it. Especially with everything that happened with your past husband…”
“Don’t worry about that stuff! It’s been a long time, I’m fine now!”
She seemed excited to know more about what I was doing, so I just smiled at her reaction.
“Alright, then, I think that there is either a teacher or a student within the Royal Academy who is working with demons to create creatures like this.”
Ava didn’t say anything just yet. Seemingly thinking about her answer.
“Demons? But didn’t we defeat them, though?”
“We didn’t. A lot of them have infiltrated our society, and it has been going on for many years without anyone realizing it. Anyway, that’s one of the reasons I’m going to the Snowy Mountains. I have some hints about it over there. However, don’t go around asking questions; it could put you in danger. What I’m here to ask you is to analyze this heart and figure out how they manage to do such a thing to a goblin.”
I shook my head.
“You weren’t there, but that demonized goblin was even stronger than a Cyclops. Imagine if they could create thousands of them. We would be bound to lose.”
Ava nodded. “Okay, leave it to me. I’ll also try to figure out who is working with the demons while you’re gone. Here is my phone number so that we can contact each other.”
I nodded as I grabbed her phone number, calling her right away so that she would also be able to contact me.
“Call me once you find something interesting about it. Well, I have to go back to the students I left in the Royal Forest. Good luck with this research!” I exclaimed as I patted her head a little, making her blush.
“Stay safe out there…” Ava muttered under her breath as I continued to walk away from her.
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