Helena went outside as she saw Arman, who was standing with Zemil.
"Lady Helena, the Principal has invited you for tea," Arman politely said, and Helena nodded.
All of them disappeared from their spots instantly, and she appeared right outside the Faculty Block.
Zemil was being extra careful because they were in the inner sector. He and all of his team were focused on making sure no students came near Helena's vicinity, especially the ones from the Elite families.
"We will take the special route," Arman said, looking at Zemil, who nodded back at him.
Arman guided Helena to the special entry reserved for only some people whom Farnus allowed. It was a direct entry to the topmost floor of the Faculty Building, which was dedicated for Farnus himself.
"I will go back from here," Arman said as he opened the special lift covered with security runes.
Helena stepped inside, and she went up to the topmost floor.
The lift opened, revealing Demarcus, sitting with Farnus, waiting for Helena.
"Welcome, Lady Helena," Farnus stood up to greet Helena.
Despite being the strongest human in the world, Farnus knew how much power Helena held. Everyone in the Elite family knew about the amount of information the Raven Family possessed. Most of the Raven Family descendants had been adept in the Black Element, so this work had become their legacy.
But the Raven Family had always remained neutral, so no Elite family wanted their existence to be gone. However, it was after Helena took over as the Family Head and changed the neutrality as she allowed Sylvie's marriage to Arthur.
There was a lot of backlash, but nobody acted because it was too late. Black Element was considered one of the hardest to master, but Helena had reached the realm between SS and SSS Rank due to her sheer mastery of this element.
What the Raven family lacked was the existence of an SSS Rank Hunter, but Helena was able to fill that spot partially. However, it was apparent that many people hated the alliance of the Greville and Raven families.
"I am happy you agreed to give this special lecture," Farnus said.
Helena sat on the couch and picked up the tea before her.
"It was not much; I was rather free today, so the stars aligned perfectly," she replied as she stirred the tea.
"So, how are my grandchildren doing in the Academy?" she asked.
"Well, Asher Greville's talent has shocked many," Farnus said as he picked up the tea.
"What do you think about that, Vice Principal Xander?" Farnus asked.
"I think his talent surpasses Ivar's by a lot, but he is different from Ivar," Xander replied honestly.
"Well, I think Ivar's humble nature was his only flaw," Farnus said while Helena listened.
For them, Ivar was the only person in the Greville family who behaved differently from all of them. And his nature was what led to his demise, but nobody could deny that his talent surpassed everyone present.
"Well, there are Ivar's kids as well," Helena said.
Farnus was observing Helena's words.
"I still don't think they can surpass Asher's talents," Xander replied.
He had never seen anybody like Asher. It was obvious that he didn't know that apart from his immense talent, Asher already had the knowledge that others his age lacked.
"It's a pity that he is not into spear arts," Farnus spoke.
Helena looked at Farnus.
"Are you still looking for your successor?" Helena asked, and by the look on her face, it didn't seem like she knew anything regarding Farnus Calmort's secret.
"I am getting old, so it's time to think of the future," Farnus laughed a bit.
"I heard you were interested in Kevin Whiteheart?" Helena asked as she wanted to know more about Farnus's next move.
"Well, he is still in consideration, but I will not give up my mantle this easily," Farnus laughed.
"If those kids want my legacy, they would need to prove that they are worth it," he said, but his senses focused on Helena's reaction.
'Does she really not know about it?' Farnus started to doubt his conclusions.
But apart from Helena, he didn't know how this information would get leaked.
"Well, I have an interesting suggestion," Helena said as she put down her tea.
"I know that there are Dungeon Rank restrictions on First Year students," Helena said.
"Why not remove it for Asher and make it similar to the Second Year students?" she suggested.
"It's a waste for him to be a D Rank Hunter and hunt in, at most, D Rank Dungeons," she said.
"Many of the students have reached E Rank, and they will soon reach D Rank too,"
From her words, it seemed that Asher had kept his word about the C Rank dungeon to himself, or she would not have been talking like that.
"I think he should practice against D Rank monsters," she said.
"I will think about it," Farnus neither agreed nor denied Helena's request.
Their talk went on for a few more minutes, and most of their discussion was about the next High Council Meeting that happened every two years. It was scheduled to occur after the end-term tournament of the World Academy.
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Asher, who went to the Ranker's Dorm, texted Amelia about Helena's visit. After that, he would no longer meet Helena anytime soon because being around her was too risky. This time, Helena was too focused on Asher's talent that she didn't notice the personality changes he was trying to suppress.
But he wanted to avoid such meetings after interacting with Nathan, who found out something was weird when he saw Asher.
He entered his training room and looked at the new spell he had gained.
[Shadow Control]
Rank D - Control the darkness to shape it into desired shapes
It was still Rank D, and from Asher's understanding of the Black Element, it would take some time to increase its rank to make something out of it.
"Shadow Control," Asher muttered as his shadow stretched.
A rope-like structure started forming from his shadow. Asher could feel that the mana consumption was high, but it was manageable due to the Mana Flow skill.
Asher focused on controlling the rope as it shifted from side to side.
It was a great skill for D Rank Monsters, but against someone above that, it would be hard to bind someone or hurt them with this skill. So it was still not good enough, but he could see the potential in the spell, which could be honed even further.
Asher received a notification. He touched his ID Bracelet to see what it was.
<Space Element Theory has been canceled for this week and will be replaced with Runic Theory Class>
Asher looked at the notification, which worked in his favor, as he wanted to leave early next week. However, he had an idea that the class would be delayed.
Not many people taught Space Element, and even in the World Academy, only a theory about it was discussed.
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Helena was waiting for Amelia, who appeared together with Damian. She was sitting in a cafe in the Outer Sector. Although Xander offered her to sit on one of the topmost floors of the Faculty Council, she refused.
"Grandma!!" Amelia said as she entered.
Helena smiled while Damian waited outside, as he always avoided Helena.
It was due to the small prank that Helena tried to do on him that made him avoid Helena.
'My thoughts will remain with me,' Damian would not take any chances by letting Helena read his memories.
It was due to the joke that Amelia made once in the past when Helena was present.
"Grandma, why don't you check if he really thinks of me as a friend," Amelia asked Helena.
"Should I?" Helena smiled, looking at Damian.
"Nooooo!!" Damian shouted as he ran out of the room.
It was a funny scene for the adults in the room, but Amelia didn't like it, and she ran after him to drag him back to her grandmother.
But Damian went directly to Asher's room to hide, so she couldn't find Damian. Amelia had even forgotten the incident, as it was a few years ago. However, Damian still remembered, so he stood outside and waited for them to finish their conversation.
Farnus, who was still observing Helena, was in doubt about the person behind Asher.
'Who is behind him?' He questioned himself again.
Talking with Helena made it clear that she didn't know about it. But, knowing Helena Raven's personality, she would have taken this chance to increase her influence through Farnus.
But Farnus could never guess about Asher's regression. It was simply unfathomable for him.
Because the one who gave the information to Asher was none other than the person Farnus had given his armor.
And that person was meeting with Leonard Tarvian right now.
