Chapter 113: One Wish Within Her Power!

"A Golden Tree that caused all the monsters to go crazy?"

Professor Lyra raised her eyebrow slightly after hearing Soren.

"Yeah, all the draconic monsters inside were crazy for that Golden Fruit and were competing without a care. Even the two boss monsters were fighting together when I was there."

Soren lightly and selectively explained what happened inside the C-rank dungeon.

Except for his weird class evolution, he explained the state inside vividly, showing how he and Elise survived.

Most of it, he directly attributed to his luck, which wasn’t wrong.

He also didn’t tell her about the Golden Fruit he got as a reward, since he had a hunch it was a very rare treasure, nor about his deed of killing a monster double his level.

He wasn’t stupid enough to spill his secrets just to get a few reactions.

"Hmm... I understand. I will bring this topic to the Principal and let you know if I can find anything about such a weird tree."

Professor Lyra, of course, could feel Soren wasn’t telling her everything. For once, he didn’t explain how his level increased so much all of a sudden.

But since Soren didn’t want to tell her, she didn’t force it. Rather, she turned to him and apologized,

"As for the incident today, I sincerely apologize. I really didn’t expect someone would use such a rare treasure to target you."

Lyra showed an awkward smile, unbefitting of a professor. To be honest, she still hadn’t figured out who was behind it.

Fortunately, from what she observed, it seemed the person was testing Soren rather than trying to kill him. But that didn’t lessen her guilt.

"As an apology, I will grant you any one wish you want as long as it is within my range. Take your time and think about it."

In the end, she tried to make it up to Soren. To be honest, it was a huge concession from her, as Soren could ask for anything.

Even for Lyra, she would suffer a huge loss by giving such promises.

"Anything I wish?"

Sure enough, after hearing her offer, Soren’s eyes went wide. Not only him, but even Elara and Aurelia looked at her in shock.

Only...

’Why is he staring at my breast all of a sudden?’

Professor Lyra saw Soren suddenly staring at her cleavage the moment he heard her promise. Although he quickly looked away, he was too close for her to miss his gaze.

’This guy...’

For a moment, even Lyra felt a bit ashamed. It was obvious what Soren was thinking after hearing her offer.

Although she hadn’t eaten pork, she had seen pigs run.

"Cough... I mean, as long as it is reasonable, I can fulfill one of your wishes."

In the end, Lyra couldn’t help but cough in embarrassment and put some restrictions on her offer.

This guy even went after the daughter of an Archmage. She didn’t want to try her luck.

"Eh? Oh..."

Sure enough, she saw Soren visibly deflate instantly once he heard her, making her roll her eyes speechlessly.

Was he really thinking something nefarious about his professor right now?

Lyra strongly wanted to teach him a lesson right then.

"Okay, that’s all for now. We are already near the camp. For a few days, don’t leave alone and only go into the forest when a Professor is leading you."

She quickly gave him and Aurelia a directive before turning to silent Elara, who was hugging her sleeping sister.

"Elara, you come with me to meet Professor Lyssandra. Although Elise seems fine to me, just in case..."

It was a C-rank dungeon with high-level Draconic monsters after all. Maybe there was some mental damage that even she couldn’t detect.

It was better to be safe than sorry.

"Okay... thank you, Professor."

Elara immediately nodded before looking at Soren,

"Let’s talk later."

After saying that, she, along with her sister, disappeared from their position with Professor Lyra’s teleportation.

Suddenly, Soren found himself all alone with Aurelia, who was still in his arms, her head lowered.

All this time, she didn’t speak a bit, quietly listening and hiding her face from everyone. It was clear that she was shy after what had happened earlier.

"Hey, Aurelia... you can lift your head up now. We are all alone."

Soren smirked while lightly tapping her butt, making her jolt in surprise.

"D-Don’t touch there..."

Aurelia immediately distanced herself while looking at him with a glare, her face flushed.

"Haha... okay, I won’t touch. Happy?"

Although Aurelia tried enacting her prideful nature to intimidate Soren, she had already lost that while crying in his arms before.

So, all she got was his faint teasing smirk and those eyes looking at her tenderly.

"S-Soren, I was just emotional before. Don’t think too much about what happened today."

At last, she couldn’t help but give him a warning with a pout, as she was really a newbie when it came to feelings.

"Yeah, yeah... Miss Aurelia, I thought nothing of the incident before. Now... can we enter the camp? I don’t think you want people to see us together all alone."

Soren spoke with a faint smile and signalled her towards the camp, while he himself began to walk.

To be honest, although he seemed fine outside, Soren was feeling extremely tired.

Especially, his body was so numb with pain everywhere once he released his Class Ascension state.

It seemed that using the mana core to extend duration put too much strain on his body.

’Maybe, I really should increase my Strength and Endurance stats these days.’

While Soren walked slowly towards the camp, musing, Aurelia looked at his back silently for a while before quickly catching up.

Truth be told, she felt a bit bad that Soren so easily said he thought nothing of the incident before.

For a moment, she couldn’t help but bite her red lip in grievance before starting a talk with Soren, unaware that she was craving his attention more and more.

"Hey, I told you not to call me Miss before."

"Hmm? Oh, sorry, I will call you Aurelia then...?"

"Umm... by the way, did you say that dungeon was a C-rank?"

"Yeah..."

"Then... wasn’t it dangerous? Are you really... alright?"

Apparently, Soren couldn’t hide his fatigue from Aurelia’s worried eyes.

"Yeah, don’t worry. I just need to rest, and I will be as fine as I could be."

"Real? That was a C-rank dungeon, and I have seen you fight before. How can you..."

Although Aurelia was mostly silent while he was narrating to Professor Lyra, she was still very curious about how he could not even be slightly injured.

Instead, he seemed even stronger and more charming than before...?

What was his secret?

"What? Do you want me to get heavily injured or what?"

Seeing her getting suspicious, Soren rolled his eyes and joked.

By this time, they had already arrived near their camp, and from how empty they looked, it seemed nobody had returned yet.

"N-No... that’s not what I meant. In fact, I am glad that you are alright. If something happened to you, I mightn’t be able to forgive myself for life."