Rise of the White Devil

"T-teacher Julius!?"

Allen said, flustered, as he jumped back in surprise at hearing his cold voice behind him.

The cold eyes of Julius swept over everyone inside the fast food restaurant before eventually landing on Lucas.

"I thought you were smart enough to know that no fights are allowed in the capital."

Hearing his cold words directed at him, Lucas narrowed his eyes.

"All I did was act in self-defense. I haven't even summoned my sword once. Did you instead want me to get injured or worse because of some spoiled brat?"

Lucas spat venomously at Julius without an ounce of fear, making everyone present dumbfounded except for... Julius.

Instead of getting angry, a small smile appeared on Julius's face.

"You are correct. You are definitely not in the wrong here, student Lucas. Instead..." He looked back towards Allen, who was nervously watching Julius.

"Student Allen, for someone who is in his second year and ranked seventh, we expected more maturity from you, but it looks like that is only a distant dream for us."

"Y-you can't speak to me like that, even if you are a teacher!"

Allen shouted at Julius, and as he did, a tremendous pressure suddenly bore down on him, making him fall to his knees as the ground beneath him cracked.

The spectators broke out in cold sweat, feeling the sudden shift in the air, making it hard to breathe properly.

"Oh yes, I can speak to you like that. I can speak to you however I like."

"You know why? Because of a few simple reasons."

"Because I am more important than you are."

"Because I am stronger than you are."

"Because I am smarter than you are."

'Show off...'

"T-that... khh-y-you will regret this!" Allen said as he tried to keep himself from falling down on his face, enduring the pressure Julius was releasing on him with his mana.

Naturally, Lucas and the others were spared from being sent to the same position as Allen.

"Regret?" Julius merely scoffed at hearing Allen's empty threats.

"Make me. This is all being recorded right now by almost everyone here, right? What are you going to do to me when you can't even stand up properly?"

Hearing his cold voice humiliating him even more, Allen gritted his teeth as he spoke.

"M-messing with me means that you are messing with my f-fat- akh!" Before he could finish, the pressure only increased on him, making him crash face-first into the ground.

"Your father? That is your way of getting out of this mess you created? Running straight to your daddy the moment you get in trouble?"

"If that is what you want, then fine. I will personally greet your father when you call him here, and I will welcome him with open arms!" Julius said, his voice and eyes growing even colder as the others started to tremble hearing his words.

Yet no one fled as they understood that he wouldn't harm them since he was a teacher of Shield.

'To think he would challenge a marquis without care... impressive.'

Walking towards Allen, who was face-down on the ground, Julius stopped in front of him, crouched down, and lifted Allen's bloodied and mangled face by pulling his hair up.

Glaring with chilling intent at Allen, who could barely see properly anymore or speak, he spoke.

"Following a student of Shield Academy, openly starting a fight in the capital against someone who is younger and also a part of the academy, endangering the lives of innocent civilians by carelessly using magic at someone who didn't even try to fight you back after defending himself rightfully!"

Julius spoke, each word tightening his grip on Allen's hair, threatening to pull it out.

"Staining the name of Shield itself!"

"You and your friends will be coming to my office tomorrow at 6 am for the punishment I will bestow."

He stood back up, his right hand still gripping Allen's hair.

Looking towards the manager who had already come out since Lucas defended himself, he addressed him while bowing his head.

"I would like to apologize on behalf of these students for causing the mess inside your restaurant. I will make sure the academy sends you compensation for all the damage and other disruptions they caused."

"A-ah yes, I understand... thank you," the manager said, flustered, before Julius turned towards the spectators who were still recording the entire incident.

"I would also like to apologize to all of you as your lives could have been in danger because of the foolish actions of these students. I hope you can forgive the academy. We will make sure to place stricter rules on the students to prevent this from happening again," he said, addressing the crowd and those who would watch the recordings later when they were posted online.

Done with apologizing to everyone involved, he finally turned towards Lucas.

"Now, Student Lucas, if you- eh?"

For the first time, Julius broke his composure as he became dumbfounded at seeing Lucas...

Who was casually eating his chocolate cake while watching the entire scene unfold before him.

Enjoy new adventures from empire

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Lucas was currently sitting on a chair across from Julius, who was sitting behind his desk, as they were now inside his office.

After the incident, Julius created a few portals, sending the unconscious students and Allen to the infirmary.

Probably.

After that, he and Julius entered another portal created by him, leaving everyone else behind and arriving here inside his office.

"So, what do you want to speak to me about? It must be something important for you to stalk me the entire time,"

Lucas said, fully aware that he was being followed by someone the moment he left the academy.

He just wasn't sure who it was at first until Julius revealed himself.

Being exposed, Julius merely smiled as he interlocked his fingers, putting his elbows on his desk as he leaned forward.

"Can you really blame me? You are perhaps the most interesting student I have seen since I entered the academy. Hell, even when I was a student here, no one was as interesting as you are."

"To have a curse placed on you is basically what got my curiosity the better of me, making me follow you and keeping a closer eye on you," he said casually, as if what he said wouldn't creep most people out.

Lucas, though, merely raised his eyebrows a little at hearing his response.

"So, have you had your fun? Or are you going to keep stalking me forever?"

Hearing Lucas's words, Julius merely chuckled before responding.

"Please, how can I already have had my fun this early? There is so much I have yet to learn and understand about you... there is no way this is over yet."

'Why are all the teachers so weird here... Should I just report him to the police? This is illegal, right? Stalking a minor?'

"So, I take it that Teacher Elizabeth must have told you about me being cursed."

Hearing Lucas, he merely shrugged before responding.

"Yeah, she did, but don't worry. She only told me since we are... kinda close to each other. We have known each other for a long time since I attended the academy as a student after all," he said bitterly, making Lucas's eyes widen at his expression.

"Don't tell me that the both of you..."

"Yeah... we used to date, though she dumped me after a few months for some reason..." Julius said with a bitter expression as he reminisced about the past a little.

"Really... I couldn't guess why she would dump you..." Lucas said sarcastically, making Julius laugh out loud at hearing him.

After that, no one talked for an entire minute, making things awkward between them.

'Seriously, why am I still here... wait, isn't this a golden opportunity?'

As he thought, he decided to break the atmosphere by speaking up again.

"Teacher Julius, you are planning to keep following me, right?" he said, making Julius nod his head casually before responding.

"That is right. I have no plans to stop keeping an eye on you. After all, who knows what interesting thing you might do?"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

'As I thought... I can't let this chance go.'

"Then how about we make a deal?"

"A deal?" he asked, a little confused by what Lucas was saying.

"Yes, a deal. In exchange for you spending more time with me and getting to know me better, you personally teach me space magic."

As he spoke, Julius's eyes widened in surprise before his lips curled up in a smile.

"I didn't think you were this bold, student Lucas, but definitely not something I dislike!"

"Very well. In exchange for getting to understand you better, I will help you improve your space magic by teaching you everything I know!" he said as he extended his hand, which Lucas grasped and shook.

'Looks like I can finally improve on my space affinity.'

Lucas thought as he finally got someone to help him improve his space affinity, which he had been stuck with for a while.

After that, he finally left Julius's office as the lunch break was about to end and he had to head to combat class.

'Who would have thought that those idiots would have their uses after all...'