Gabriel regained control of the body, only to turn to Eileen. He could see her frozen in place as if she still couldn't come to believe what had just happened.
"You killed my brother..." She muttered as a year trickled down her cheeks. "Over something so small... You killed him!"
She treated Gabriel like a friend, and he did this to her...? Over something so small? He took her last family member, leaving her without family as well! He made her all alone in this world without even thinking twice.
The wall of vines that she had used to block her brother started going crazy.
"I-"
Gabriel reached out his hand, attempting to say something, but before he could, a vine hit him from the back, sending him flying.
His body flew into the distance, crashing into the castle wall.
"Wait!" He yelled, sitting up. His eyes opened wide as he woke from his dreams, realizing that he was still in his room.
"Arghhhh!" He yelled at the top of his lungs to let out all his frustration. All these dreams! In the last three days, he was never allowed to sleep peacefully. All his dreams ended up being bizarre.
He glared at the black ring on his finger. "What are you trying to tell me?! Is that really a memory? At least tell me what that was! Don't make me play a guessing game anymore!"
He was mostly sure that what he was seeing recently were memories since they were all related to Karyk, his family, his empire, and the people he used to know.
However, there was also a small chance that it had nothing to do with his ring, and it was just a fragment of his mind's imagination since he was so intrigued by Karyk! But still, three dreams in three days! It was too much to be a coincidence!
He once again dropped to his bed. He had slept, yet he felt tired. These dreams made him even more tired than his sleep could replenish him.
What was worse was that he could never know for sure just what these dreams were, which frustrated him the most.
"If it's a dream, then it's nonsense, but if it's a memory, it means Karyk killed Eileen's brother. That could explain why Eileen would be against him. Maybe that's also what led to the fight between Eileen and Karyk. But Karyk shouldn't be able to use water. How did that city get buried underwater?"
"Could it be that this incident was what made all the gods turn against Karyk? Was this why they wiped all history that belonged to Karyk, even his statues? This seems too simple. He was quite strong. I'm sure the Goddess of Nature can't kill him. He was the God of Death and Afterlife after all."
"He was also the strongest god, according to Lambard. Just for Eileen's brother, the other gods shouldn't go against him. But still, this seems like an important piece in Karyk's history."
"He really had some anger issues, but then again, he was forced to absorb the soul of his family... The pain and torment of all that... If I was in his place, I can't even imagine. I would've gone crazy."
"It's all past though. All the Gods and Goddesses are dead. Even Demigods don't exist." He got off the bed and stood on the ground, stretching his arms. There was nothing for him to worry about.
He walked to the glass door and looked out the balcony to see what the situation outside was.
He couldn't see much of the Academy through his balcony, but things seemed relatively peaceful for now. It was as if the Academy had come to terms with the commotion of last night.
He wondered if Elora was still at the academy or if she had left. He couldn't see any Head Priests of Light from here either.
Tuck Tuck~
Gabriel observed the academy through the glass when he heard a knock on the door.
He walked to the mirror to return to his Illusion of the student he was pretending to be. He observed his room one last time before walking to the door.
He opened the door.
He could see Gerrick standing outside the door. He pushed Gabriel aside and entered the room.
"Did you need something?" Gabriel asked, watching Gerrick move to the window. He observed the window, which was still sealed like it was supposed to be.
"Yeah. The tests of the Crown have been canceled."
"Really? Why?" Gabriel asked, acting surprised. "Did they finally find the real killer?"
"Possibly. You don't know anything, do you? Then again, you were sealed in the room, so you didn't hear the conversation outside." Gerrick unlocked the glass door that led to the balcony, unsealing it.
"What happened?" Gabriel asked again.
"There has been a theft. A dark mage managed to infiltrate the academy and stole everything from the Museum. He even stole the Crown of Elisus, so it's literally impossible to make anyone go through the Test of the Crown. Only the artifacts that weren't in the museum are safe."
He kept the lock in his pocket and started leaving.
"In any case, there is no need for the test. The Academy believes that the killer was that dark mage as well who ran away. He had some enmity with Hawrin's family, so probably he took the opportunity to kill him when he was here. That's why you and Caen are free. You can go out now. Also, there won't be any classes today."
After providing basic information to Gabriel, Garrick left since he also needed to unseal Caen's room as well.
"That's convenient. So Caen doesn't need to lose his talent either. But what about Elora? Is she still in the Academy? If she is, that would be troublesome for me leaving the dorms. I need to find out."
He closed the door behind him and left the room as well, leaving the Dorms.
No matter where he went, he overheard students talk about what happened last night. It was the topic of conversation everywhere since it wasn't often that something like this happened.
Through these conversations, he also managed to find out that the Church of Water and the Church of Light also had their envoys present here last night. Both sides left after making sure that the Dark Mage wasn't at the academy anymore.
That news was the best news for Gabriel. So he could actually roam freely.
He stepped out of the Dorms. Now that he wasn't in a race against time to finish his task, he could finally relax and see the rest of the academy.
He was especially curious about the Tower of Challenges which ranked all the Mages in the history of the Academy. He really wanted to try that, especially now that he was a mid-tier mage, which was generally most of the fourth-year students.
