Chapter 98
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His master really carried a happy glint in his eyes that felt very real, and yet at the same time kind of awkward and shy.
It was strange to think of a grown ass man as – well, he would just come right out and say it – endearing. Yes, that was the word. The way he reacted was quite endearing, if he had anything to say about it, and if that didn't make Alec felt weird just thinking it in his mind, he didn't know what did.
No wonder the other elder seemed like she had a great time messing with him, if his reactions were always like this.
The tense looks on his master's face faded to something more relaxed after their magic sung together, cementing them in something more permanent and real.
It also kind of scared him – having a connection like this to another living, breathing being? Well, besides his bunny and wolf that was – they couldn't talk – at least not in the traditional sense.
He didn't know what to do with the situation that he'd found himself thrust into.
He really should have thought harder about it before agreeing, but at that time, it'd seemed like such an easy shot into completing his mission.
Speaking of which, where was the prompt from the Mainframe anyway?
Nathan looked at the slightly dazed look that his disciple had, despite the smile still remaining on his face.
Perhaps he was feeling a little out of sorts – Nathan had been so giddy about it that he'd unintentionally forgotten that not everyone knew just how much a master-disciple relationship entailed.
Nathan forgot. To him, it was common sense. He'd been born to, grew up and lived in the Heavenly Ascension Sect, which meant that his pool of knowledge was wider than it should have been otherwise. Even when there were new disciples that were added to the array division, he didn't cater to them personally. They were taken care of by the other disciples.
Since taking over as an elder for his master, this was the first time that Nathan was taking in a direct disciple, which had led to his blunder.
He would not be making that mistake again any time soon.
Nathan took a deep breath to calm his giddy anticipation. How humiliating.
"I'm sorry," Nathan blurted out. He had no other idea how to say it other than bluntly. "I forgot to tell you that there's a connection from our magic between a master and disciple."
Alec looked at his master in surprise. That the man had accurately gotten a read on him was surprising enough as it was, but actually apologising for it? Somehow, he didn't expect that.
His master was unabashedly apologetic – not in the traditional sense of the word, where every emotion showed on his face, but his eyes told a different story. Though his face was set in impassivity, the emotions that showed in his eyes held a wealth of emotion.
Alec had a feeling he'd be putting his face-reading skills to work frequently with his master.
The System allowed his smile to take the faint tinges of embarrassment. "This disciple just didn't expect it, that's all."
Nathan nodded; his eyes relieved. "It won't happen again," he said, then continued off from his last train of thought like it hadn't been interrupted. "It's to prevent things like backstabbing. The master is required to provide and teach, and the disciple pledges loyalty in return. Both master and disciple cannot take actions to intentionally harm each other."
What won't happen again?
The additional information was nice to have now – even if it would have been nicer to get it before carrying out the deed, but his master somehow seemed genuinely apologetic about that – enough that Alec didn't feel any negative feelings about it.
When his master seemed to get enough reassurance that he'd managed to convey just how apologetic he felt for forgetting such an important point, he moved to hand Alec the book that he pulled out from inside his robe.
The book was bound simply, but otherwise gave no insights into what was inside.
"This is the registry for the array division. As my direct disciple, you will be in charge of this."
Alec just barely restrained the incredulous look that he wanted to give his master.
They literally met a few minutes ago, master-disciple bond or not. Was he really just going to hand over the division's registry just like that? Alec was suddenly going to be thrust into a position of responsibility upon just entering the sect?
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What was up with this man??
Almost as if he could hear the thoughts running through his mind, the man spoke, distracting him. "You should write your name inside."
Flipping open the book, Alec curiously leafed through the other pages, and the man made no move to stop him. Now, Alec wondered if the man had spoken just to distract him from the heavy responsibility that being handed the register had to be, or if he was just hoping to gloss over the seemingly heavy responsibility that had been thrust upon him.
Alec found a page under his master's name. It was blank, holding only his name. Every other page had other names of the other disciples, presumably. The page with only the words 'Nathan Cain' signed on likely indicated that these were his direct disciples – there were none.
Alec took the pen from his master and jotted his name down directly below 'Nathan Cain', indicating that Alec was the man's direct disciple.
And then, of course, it was just like the Mainframe to infringe when he felt the stirrings of some strange emotion that he couldn't quite place, the voice of the Mainframe came in.
[Mission: Join a sect complete.]
[Mission: Get justice for Henry complete.]
[+500 Points]
[+100 zoints]
[+5z0 zozntz]
[z10z zzzzz]
[zzzz zzzzz]
.
.
.
Alec immediately clutched his head, spinning. The strange dichotomy between the Mainframe's voice and the unsettling static caused his brain to throb and ache.
The voice mixed with static caused a sharp, piercing lance through his brain and ears, so much so that he never realized when his master caught him in his arms, alarmed.
The world tilted alarmingly, and for a brief moment, Alec wondered why the world was spinning – until he realized – oh, it wasn't the world that was tilting, but he himself.
"Alecris, what's wrong?" Nathan asked, seeing the intense look of pain on his disciple's face even as he struggled to maintain his smile. He rather that Alecris didn't force himself to smile when he was so obviously in pain.
"Alecris! Answer me!" Nathan was new to this panic thing. He didn't think he particularly liked it much.
There was a strange buzzing in his ears, and his vision was fading on him, but not before he caught sight of his master's alarmed expression. It looked strange on his face, like someone had painted it there very overtly, causing Alec to unintentionally laugh without a filter there to stop his actions.
The Mainframe's staticky voice continued to echo incessantly in his mind, blocking any sort of rational thought process or action from continuing.
The very foundation of his consciousness was being shaken. It didn't feel unlike someone taking a two-tonne hammer and continuously smashing it into his prone body with faint pauses.
The pain was so devastating that he couldn't muster a single thought – it came in endless waves upon waves. Just before the previous wave ended, the new one came, which meant that for a brief period of time, he felt double the pain.
The worst part was that Alec could briefly feel that the pain was building up for something bigger – like something was breaking and shattering inside him that he was unable to control nor fight off.
Then, like a bolt from the blue, it hit him, and Alec passed out instantly, causing Nathan to panic even more.
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His master really carried a happy glint in his eyes that felt very real, and yet at the same time kind of awkward and shy.
It was strange to think of a grown ass man as – well, he would just come right out and say it – endearing. Yes, that was the word. The way he reacted was quite endearing, if he had anything to say about it, and if that didn't make Alec felt weird just thinking it in his mind, he didn't know what did.
No wonder the other elder seemed like she had a great time messing with him, if his reactions were always like this.
The tense looks on his master's face faded to something more relaxed after their magic sung together, cementing them in something more permanent and real.
It also kind of scared him – having a connection like this to another living, breathing being? Well, besides his bunny and wolf that was – they couldn't talk – at least not in the traditional sense.
He didn't know what to do with the situation that he'd found himself thrust into.
He really should have thought harder about it before agreeing, but at that time, it'd seemed like such an easy shot into completing his mission.
Speaking of which, where was the prompt from the Mainframe anyway?
Nathan looked at the slightly dazed look that his disciple had, despite the smile still remaining on his face.
Perhaps he was feeling a little out of sorts – Nathan had been so giddy about it that he'd unintentionally forgotten that not everyone knew just how much a master-disciple relationship entailed.
Nathan forgot. To him, it was common sense. He'd been born to, grew up and lived in the Heavenly Ascension Sect, which meant that his pool of knowledge was wider than it should have been otherwise. Even when there were new disciples that were added to the array division, he didn't cater to them personally. They were taken care of by the other disciples.
Since taking over as an elder for his master, this was the first time that Nathan was taking in a direct disciple, which had led to his blunder.
He would not be making that mistake again any time soon.
Nathan took a deep breath to calm his giddy anticipation. How humiliating.
"I'm sorry," Nathan blurted out. He had no other idea how to say it other than bluntly. "I forgot to tell you that there's a connection from our magic between a master and disciple."
Alec looked at his master in surprise. That the man had accurately gotten a read on him was surprising enough as it was, but actually apologising for it? Somehow, he didn't expect that.
His master was unabashedly apologetic – not in the traditional sense of the word, where every emotion showed on his face, but his eyes told a different story. Though his face was set in impassivity, the emotions that showed in his eyes held a wealth of emotion.
Alec had a feeling he'd be putting his face-reading skills to work frequently with his master.
The System allowed his smile to take the faint tinges of embarrassment. "This disciple just didn't expect it, that's all."
Nathan nodded; his eyes relieved. "It won't happen again," he said, then continued off from his last train of thought like it hadn't been interrupted. "It's to prevent things like backstabbing. The master is required to provide and teach, and the disciple pledges loyalty in return. Both master and disciple cannot take actions to intentionally harm each other."
What won't happen again?
The additional information was nice to have now – even if it would have been nicer to get it before carrying out the deed, but his master somehow seemed genuinely apologetic about that – enough that Alec didn't feel any negative feelings about it.
When his master seemed to get enough reassurance that he'd managed to convey just how apologetic he felt for forgetting such an important point, he moved to hand Alec the book that he pulled out from inside his robe.
The book was bound simply, but otherwise gave no insights into what was inside.
"This is the registry for the array division. As my direct disciple, you will be in charge of this."
Alec just barely restrained the incredulous look that he wanted to give his master.
They literally met a few minutes ago, master-disciple bond or not. Was he really just going to hand over the division's registry just like that? Alec was suddenly going to be thrust into a position of responsibility upon just entering the sect?
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What was up with this man??
Almost as if he could hear the thoughts running through his mind, the man spoke, distracting him. "You should write your name inside."
Flipping open the book, Alec curiously leafed through the other pages, and the man made no move to stop him. Now, Alec wondered if the man had spoken just to distract him from the heavy responsibility that being handed the register had to be, or if he was just hoping to gloss over the seemingly heavy responsibility that had been thrust upon him.
Alec found a page under his master's name. It was blank, holding only his name. Every other page had other names of the other disciples, presumably. The page with only the words 'Nathan Cain' signed on likely indicated that these were his direct disciples – there were none.
Alec took the pen from his master and jotted his name down directly below 'Nathan Cain', indicating that Alec was the man's direct disciple.
And then, of course, it was just like the Mainframe to infringe when he felt the stirrings of some strange emotion that he couldn't quite place, the voice of the Mainframe came in.
[Mission: Join a sect complete.]
[Mission: Get justice for Henry complete.]
[+500 Points]
[+100 zoints]
[+5z0 zozntz]
[z10z zzzzz]
[zzzz zzzzz]
.
.
.
Alec immediately clutched his head, spinning. The strange dichotomy between the Mainframe's voice and the unsettling static caused his brain to throb and ache.
The voice mixed with static caused a sharp, piercing lance through his brain and ears, so much so that he never realized when his master caught him in his arms, alarmed.
The world tilted alarmingly, and for a brief moment, Alec wondered why the world was spinning – until he realized – oh, it wasn't the world that was tilting, but he himself.
"Alecris, what's wrong?" Nathan asked, seeing the intense look of pain on his disciple's face even as he struggled to maintain his smile. He rather that Alecris didn't force himself to smile when he was so obviously in pain.
"Alecris! Answer me!" Nathan was new to this panic thing. He didn't think he particularly liked it much.
There was a strange buzzing in his ears, and his vision was fading on him, but not before he caught sight of his master's alarmed expression. It looked strange on his face, like someone had painted it there very overtly, causing Alec to unintentionally laugh without a filter there to stop his actions.
The Mainframe's staticky voice continued to echo incessantly in his mind, blocking any sort of rational thought process or action from continuing.
The very foundation of his consciousness was being shaken. It didn't feel unlike someone taking a two-tonne hammer and continuously smashing it into his prone body with faint pauses.
The pain was so devastating that he couldn't muster a single thought – it came in endless waves upon waves. Just before the previous wave ended, the new one came, which meant that for a brief period of time, he felt double the pain.
The worst part was that Alec could briefly feel that the pain was building up for something bigger – like something was breaking and shattering inside him that he was unable to control nor fight off.
Then, like a bolt from the blue, it hit him, and Alec passed out instantly, causing Nathan to panic even more.
His master really carried a happy glint in his eyes that felt very real, and yet at the same time kind of awkward and shy.It was strange to think of a grown ass man as well, he would just come right out and say it endearing. Yes, that was the word. The way he reacted was quite endearing, if he had anything to say about it, and if that didn't make Alec felt weird just thinking it in his mind, he didn't know what did.No wonder the other elder seemed like she had a great time messing with him, if his reactions were always like this.The tense looks on his master's face faded to something more relaxed after their magic sung together, cementing them in something more permanent and real.It also kind of scared him having a connection like this to another living, breathing being? Well, besides his bunny and wolf that was they couldn't talk at least not in the traditional sense.He didn't know what to do with the situation that he'd found himself thrust into.He really should have thought harder about it before agreeing, but at that time, it'd seemed like such an easy shot into completing his mission.Speaking of which, where was the prompt from the Mainframe anyway?Nathan looked at the slightly dazed look that his disciple had, despite the smile still remaining on his face.Perhaps he was feeling a little out of sorts Nathan had been so giddy about it that he'd unintentionally forgotten that not everyone knew just how much a master-disciple relationship entailed.Nathan forgot. To him, it was common sense. He'd been born to, grew up and lived in the Heavenly Ascension Sect, which meant that his pool of knowledge was wider than it should have been otherwise. Even when there were new disciples that were added to the array division, he didn't cater to them personally. They were taken care of by the other disciples.Since taking over as an elder for his master, this was the first time that Nathan was taking in a direct disciple, which had led to his blunder.He would not be making that mistake again any time soon.Nathan took a deep breath to calm his giddy anticipation. How humiliating."I'm sorry," Nathan blurted out. He had no other idea how to say it other than bluntly. "I forgot to tell you that there's a connection from our magic between a master and disciple."Alec looked at his master in surprise. That the man had accurately gotten a read on him was surprising enough as it was, but actually apologising for it? Somehow, he didn't expect that.His master was unabashedly apologetic not in the traditional sense of the word, where every emotion showed on his face, but his eyes told a different story. Though his face was set in impassivity, the emotions that showed in his eyes held a wealth of emotion.Alec had a feeling he'd be putting his face-reading skills to work frequently with his master.The System allowed his smile to take the faint tinges of embarrassment. "This disciple just didn't expect it, that's all."Nathan nodded; his eyes relieved. "It won't happen again," he said, then continued off from his last train of thought like it hadn't been interrupted. "It's to prevent things like backstabbing. The master is required to provide and teach, and the disciple pledges loyalty in return. Both master and disciple cannot take actions to intentionally harm each other."What won't happen again?The additional information was nice to have now even if it would have been nicer to get it before carrying out the deed, but his master somehow seemed genuinely apologetic about that enough that Alec didn't feel any negative feelings about it.When his master seemed to get enough reassurance that he'd managed to convey just how apologetic he felt for forgetting such an important point, he moved to hand Alec the book that he pulled out from inside his robe.The book was bound simply, but otherwise gave no insights into what was inside."This is the registry for the array division. As my direct disciple, you will be in charge of this."Alec just barely restrained the incredulous look that he wanted to give his master.They literally met a few minutes ago, master-disciple bond or not. Was he really just going to hand over the division's registry just like that? Alec was suddenly going to be thrust into a position of responsibility upon just entering the sect? Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting. What was up with this man??Almost as if he could hear the thoughts running through his mind, the man spoke, distracting him. "You should write your name inside."Flipping open the book, Alec curiously leafed through the other pages, and the man made no move to stop him. Now, Alec wondered if the man had spoken just to distract him from the heavy responsibility that being handed the register had to be, or if he was just hoping to gloss over the seemingly heavy responsibility that had been thrust upon him.Alec found a page under his master's name. It was blank, holding only his name. Every other page had other names of the other disciples, presumably. The page with only the words 'Nathan Cain' signed on likely indicated that these were his direct disciples there were none.Alec took the pen from his master and jotted his name down directly below 'Nathan Cain', indicating that Alec was the man's direct disciple.And then, of course, it was just like the Mainframe to infringe when he felt the stirrings of some strange emotion that he couldn't quite place, the voice of the Mainframe came in.Mission: Join a sect complete.Mission: Get justice for Henry complete.+500 Points+100 zoints+5z0 zozntzz10z zzzzzzzzz zzzzz...Alec immediately clutched his head, spinning. The strange dichotomy between the Mainframe's voice and the unsettling static caused his brain to throb and ache.The voice mixed with static caused a sharp, piercing lance through his brain and ears, so much so that he never realized when his master caught him in his arms, alarmed.The world tilted alarmingly, and for a brief moment, Alec wondered why the world was spinning until he realized oh, it wasn't the world that was tilting, but he himself."Alecris, what's wrong?" Nathan asked, seeing the intense look of pain on his disciple's face even as he struggled to maintain his smile. He rather that Alecris didn't force himself to smile when he was so obviously in pain."Alecris! Answer me!" Nathan was new to this panic thing. He didn't think he particularly liked it much.There was a strange buzzing in his ears, and his vision was fading on him, but not before he caught sight of his master's alarmed expression. It looked strange on his face, like someone had painted it there very overtly, causing Alec to unintentionally laugh without a filter there to stop his actions.The Mainframe's staticky voice continued to echo incessantly in his mind, blocking any sort of rational thought process or action from continuing.The very foundation of his consciousness was being shaken. It didn't feel unlike someone taking a two-tonne hammer and continuously smashing it into his prone body with faint pauses.The pain was so devastating that he couldn't muster a single thought it came in endless waves upon waves. Just before the previous wave ended, the new one came, which meant that for a brief period of time, he felt double the pain.The worst part was that Alec could briefly feel that the pain was building up for something bigger like something was breaking and shattering inside him that he was unable to control nor fight off.Then, like a bolt from the blue, it hit him, and Alec passed out instantly, causing Nathan to panic even more.
