The Devil WithInn 148 Raghnall's Punishment 1

His annoyed and blank face heavily contrasted his earlier demeanor as he slowly opened the door.

"Finally, the little troublemaker has arrived."

Professor Gnarly sneered on his seat as he sipped his cup of tea.

Raghnall looked around the dull office and clicked his tongue in annoyance when he saw that Elder Fang was missing.

It seems like this is going to take awhile.

Raghnall ignored Professor Gnarly's offensive tone as he respectfully did his formal greeting.

"Greetings to Professor Gnarly."

But after that, his expression was blank and disinterested.

"Oh, how the times have pa.s.sed, yet nothing much has changed. Still, you always cause a lot of trouble in this academy whenever you visit."

Professor Gnarly snickered as he rose from his seat to go near Raghnall.

Meanwhile, Raghnall held in his blank and disinterested face as he sat by one of the chairs in front of Elder Fang's office, successfully getting away from the professor. But the Professor hasn't given up on rubbing on Raghnall's face the fact that he knew exactly who he was.

"How many years has it been exactly? And what have you been up to lately? Still locking yourself up in the Royal Library?"

Raghnall stared at Professor Gnarly, all pretenses stripped off.

"Look, I'm not here for small talk. Can't we just finish this already? You know who I am and frankly, I don't care. Where's the Grand Elder?"

Professor Gnarly snorted in annoyance as he went back to his previous seat.

"He will be here in a while. Though, I'm quite amused on how he hasn't recognized you at all."

Raghnall eased into his seat as he looked at Professor Gnarly.

"Only a few would recognize me, Professor Shorty. After all, like as you've said, I always lock myself in the Royal Library and have had the habit of using my Father's illusion spells from time to time. Though I'm amazed you immediately recognized me, it holds you no good to rub it in my face."

Professor Gnarly gripped his teacup tightly when he heard the insult but he willed himself to be calm.

The boy is going to be punished so there's no need for him to give that boy the satisfaction of seeing a reaction from him just because of these small insults.

But he did want to show off how he recognized the little runt. After all, knowing the boy's ident.i.ty is like holding that boy's world in the palm of his hand.

In fact, he might get something out of it if he plays his cards right.

"Three things gave you away, actually. The first two were your high tier spells, and the fact that you've casted high tier healing spells one after another. No normal 'commoner' can ever hope to do that even if he trained for decades."

"And the third one would be your name. I've seen your name in the logbooks of the Royal Library back when the Emperor has given me access for a day after I did him a favor. Truthfully, I just thought that it was a fairly common name in Anemoly but when you saved that young girl, it suddenly clicked in my head that it might not be as common as I thought. So, since I figured out your ident.i.ty, it must be a bad thi--"

Raghnall didn't really care if he was found out because he's just in the academy for the sake of his father anyway so he just shrugged nonchalantly.

"So what if you know? It's not going to change anything. Since you do know that it is forbidden to spread my ident.i.ty unless you want to face the anger of my father."

Raghnall smiled mockingly at the smug Professor.

Professor Gnarly was at a loss of what to say because he didn't expect the boy to not care so much about it.

If he were in that boy's shoes, he figured that he'll beg the person who knew his ident.i.ty to keep it a secret. After all, his father has been known to have numerous enemies.

Yet, saying that his father would go after him felt like a lazy threat instead.

A lazy yet somehow effective threat, nevertheless.

"I… did not say anything about spreading it. I'm just simply showing you that it is futile to hide things from someone like me. I have an eye of a hawk!"

Raghnall resisted the urge to roll his eyes as he ignored the old man.

He knew the old man was going to ask for a few favors.

Most of them usually do upon knowing who he is.

In fact, it happens so often that he's grown tired of taking each of them seriously every time. So, he learned to care less about it.

It's not like they're brave enough to spread it anyways.

Professor Gnarly knew he can get nothing out of Raghnall anymore so he just figured to enjoy his tea silently.

Moments after, Grand Elder Fang finally open the doors to his office.

His forehead had numerous beads of sweat and he looked exhausted but he still managed to smile and welcome his friend and Raghnall.

He sat on his seat as he fixed the things on his table. While doing so, he hid his injured hand beneath the desk as he began speaking.

"Apologies, we've had a few discussions regarding the incident of someone being caught pa.s.sing through the walls of the Combat department towards the Magic department so it certainly took up a lot of time."

When Elder Fang finished tidying up, he looked up to see Raghnall and his eyes looked at Professor Gnarly in confusion.

"Is this the boy you told me about?"

Professor Gnarly nodded as he looked at Raghnall haughtily.

Elder Fang looked at Raghnall up and down before exclaiming.

"I recognize this young boy from the entrance exams! The one from Rose cla.s.s, the genius commoner."

Professor Gnarly snorted in response but he kept himself silent after.

"But to think you're sent here for multiple misdemeanors."

Elder Fang sighed in dismay as he tried to search for the note of complaint from Elder Gnarly. And while he was doing so, he decided to voice out his disappointment

"These kids are always wasting their talents with their att.i.tudes and them thinking that they're the best even when they obviously have a lot to learn. A genius yet full of ignorance, I say."

When he finally found the note, he looked over the list.

"Now let's see. Rude behavior towards a teaching staff, disruption of an official exam, and a personal verbal attack towards a teaching staff that shows insubordination."

"Three major offenses, huh. And what do you have to say about this, young man? Have you truly done these offenses?"

Actually, he was supposed to use a lie detection spell for this sort of interrogation but after being cursed with a Magic dispersion seal, he can only hope that the boy is telling the truth.