I Became The Mafia Boss Inside The Novel

113  A Game of Hide and Seek (1)

"But under one condition,"

Elias eyes narrowed as his frown deepened. But inwardly, he sighed in relief as the built up anxiety in him slowly dwindled away.

I'm not getting kicked out, thankfully...

In truth, he was expecting something like this to happen beforehand. His escape from Tartarus was a huge matter concerning the whole continent.

It would be odd if the Arcane Academy didn't know about it.

Feeling better, Elias nodded slowly, admitting to it. It was not like he could lie and fool academy anyway.

By the moment he was invited here to talk, the academy was mostly 99.9% sure that he was Elias Vito Castellano.

"Before we continue, do you have any chairs?"

"Interesting."

Seeing his casual admission, Professor Felix couldn't help hut raise his lips in an amused smirk.

Snap!

He snapped his fingers, creating a chair out of nothing. The chair was made from pure white cloud.

With its soft, cloudly looking appearance — it was definitely a comfortable chair to sit on, but...

Elias looked at it with questioning eyes. He won't fall if he sat here, right?

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but look at Felix. But the obnoxious man had a smug smile that only reinforced his suspiciouns.

Elias looked over the surroundings and saw no chairs. Without any choice, he just went ahead and sat on the cloudly chair.

Soft, comfortable....

But at that moment, he felt like the chair was about to collapse and break apart from his body.

Elias immediately manipulated mana and used [Release] to the cloudy chair, stabilizing it and reinforcing it.

Professor Felix's eyes widened in surprise, a wide grin showing on his face filled with elation and joy.

"You have good mana control. Even I didn't have such control when I was at your age, is that a talent or a technique?"

"Both."

Elias noncommittally replied, reclining his back against the cloudy chair. He crossed his legs and lowered his head slightly, staring at Felix.

A calm, serene atmosphere rose between them.

"The academy doesn't mind of your origins or background. It's not like you're a full blown criminal anyway. We already investigated your past... and we know what happened to your family,"

Professor Felix spoke, looking at Elias calmly. But he was bound to be disappointed if he was expecting something a reaction. Seeing no reaction, he continued.

"I won't get into the nitty and gritty details and I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate it either. Let's get straight to the point, you remember the demon?"

"Garuda, the Baron of Pride?"

Elias lifted his brows. Felix nodded snd continued.

"That's right. I'll be honest with you: that baron demon was not the first one to invade the academy, there were others before him too."

"That means...?"

"Normally, it wouldn't be too strange... but this time, the demon who invaded is stronger than any of the previous cases. A rank stronger. And he was inside the inner circle to boot."

Felix frowned, adapting a solemn tone.

Elias nodded. That was true — Garuda was a Baron of Pride, in other words a Rank C ranker in human civilization.

If it wasn't for Rain and Lance's help, Elias would've likely took a longer time in defeating Garuda, or perhaps even lost.

Despite being at the top among his rank, Elias was still a D Rank — no matter even if he was a genius or not.

Garuda outclasses him by atleast one rank and hundreds of years more experience. Elias would be in a disadvantage in a fair fight between them.

But of course, results were not so easily predetermined...

Elias still had trumpcards.

Professor Felix sighed and suddenly spoke.

"The academy's coordinates are a secret. It's located somewhere deep in the aeus world, so finding it is like finding a needle in the haystack. There's no way for someone to invade here unless they went inside from the outer circle or the island examination."

"...But Garuda was in the inner circle already, wasn't he?"

"That's correct, that's what makes it all the more troublesome. The other demons that came before him were quite weak and only roamed the island or outer circle from outside, that's why we didnt pay any heed to it."

Felix paused, his lips pursing.

"...But Garuda appeared within the inner circle at his own. The inner circle is different from the outer circle. It's an exclusive dimension of the academy with confidential coordinates, like this place. It's impossible for someone to enter or appear dimensions randomly."

"Furthermore, I was watching the whole examination, so I definitely would've noticed it if Garuda entered through the entrance of the island or outer circle. However...."

Felix shook his head with a heavy frown.

"I saw the baron demon come out from a different portal. That can only mean one thing, the coordinates of the imner circle dimension were exposed."

Elias frowned, lowering his head in thought. He didn't speak as if he was thinking deeply about the situation.

But inwardly... his heart was rapidly racing as he remembered something from the that he initially forgot.

Oh no...

Professor Felix took a deep breath, raising his head. He looked at Elias calmly and spoke solemnly.

"Whatever we talked about in this room, stays in this room, Corleone. I hope you remember that."

"Of course."

Elias nodded solemnly.

"Alright, let's talk about the condition now for us to keep you in the academy."

Felix eyes sharply narrowed. He snapped his fingers and caused a wooden table to appear in front of them.

"We're not going to be harsh on our demands. In truth, we would prefer to not choose a student for this kind of mission. But we have no choice."

"Mission...? What are you talking about...?"

Elias heart skipped a beat. Shit... It really was happening. If it wasn't obvious before, then it was plainly obvious now.

"The condition for you to stay in this academy..."

Felix gently looked at Elias with a smile.

"...Find the traitor or the one supplying the information to the demons."

"We have a reason to believe that a traitor lurks in the academy."

im so sick and tired haha, just unlucky in life in general. thanks for reading :))

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