Chapter 236 Amaya Stormswill   - The Savant Sage

[Hela says her father is very happy with your performance.]

[He's preparing a quest for you, if you finish it perfectly, you can get his blessing.]

Rio read the notifications from Hela and couldn't help but shake his head. At times like these he wondered if being Hela's avatar was really a right choice or not. She's basically live broadcasting him to her freeloader dad.

'And that Loki, he's just a little trickster, yet his tantrums are even more than many primordials.' Rio thought as he smiled and closed the system.

'Just cause I liked his marvel counterpart in the movies, doesn't mean I won't kill you, if you pull some shit.' Rio thought, as he remembered about his earth life.

"It's been so long since I watched a movie, I should go to a dungeon of some modern world." Rio muttered to himself, while going to the training grounds. magic

[You can't enter a dungeon, just cause you felt like watching a movie.] System spoke up after hearing this host's idiotic thoughts.

"Oh you were unmuted, thanks for reminding me." Rio said in a surprising tone and then muted it.

Rio was walking alone, when he heard a commotion inside a classroom and stopped to listen.

"What did I tell you, you don't take me seriously, do you?" Rio saw Lincoln pinching Damon's face and pressing it on the table. "It's almost been a month, but you can't even do a simple thing like this."

Lincoln said, as he started twisting Damon's hand.

"I_ I talked to the warden. Please. He said he'll talk to the management. Just give me some time. Ahhhh " Damon started speaking while pleading, but in between his words, Lincoln grabbed one of his fingers and twisted it.

"I don't care what you do. But if I see you in my room tomorrow morning, I'll throw your sorry ass outside the window." Lincoln said and threw him away.

[Nyx asks you to help him.]

[She says he has potential to be one of her follower's chosen.] Rio read the notifications of Nyx about Damon and ignored them. It wasn't the right time yet. And personally, he didn't want to save these idiots, and act like the protagonist to get their support and loyalty.

This guy's been getting bullied and pitted against, for the past one month. Yet he did nothing in return. He never fought back, never even argued or complained, or tried anything to save himself - he's just been counting days and praying that tomorrow would be better.

Rio had no need for pathetic ants like these, even if they had the potential to kill an elephant one day.

If he had to babysit and groom them all this time , create troubles and make enemies because of them - he might as well just die already.

Rio looked at Lincoln leaving and then decided to ignore everything and just go for his training. When he started moving, he saw Damon coming out of the class and looking around. Their eyes met for a second and then Damon looked away in fear. Rio didn't bother with him and left him there.

lightsΝοvel.cοm [Hela smiles at you, saying she's proud of you.] Rio heard Hela's voice in his head and smiled. He wasn't sure if she was happy since he refused to save that guy, or she was gloating since I ignored the task given by Nyx.

In the training grounds professor Thaddeus was continuing teaching the students of class A-1 & A-2 before them. Today was yet another combined class for every first year student.

There was no fixed routine for these changes, as professors decided these things among themselves. Sometimes when they didn't have much time, they'd combine all classes and finish their lecture at once, instead of teaching them all separately. Or when they needed to demonstrate something practically or just compare all classes and their performances.

Rio walked forward and stood at the back of his class group. He looked at the side and saw Amaya staring at him.

Amaya Stormswill, a heroine blessed with a mind dangerous enough to be listed among one of the smartest characters of the entire original .

If Rio had to name the few characters he took very seriously, and always on guard against, Amaya Stormswill , will always be one on that list.

She's from another noble family, her father is the Count ranked noble Eirwyn Stormswill. Stormswill family and Morbil family rule over the city of Morwill together.

(2 count ranked families look after a city, each gets half of it to rule and reign.)

In the , she was known by the title of 'The Savant Sage'. . (Savant means an expert and sage means someone very knowledgeable.) Her title means someone who's very talented and is an expert in the field of knowledge and wisdom.

Amaya got this title, despite being a mortal in a world where gods, demons and all kinds of creations exist. It goes to show how sharp her brain and thinking has to be to achieve that level in just the next few years. And not just useless knowledge, how acute her judgment would have to be, for even those much older and wiser men to agree to her title.

This is why Rio ignored her till now. He had met her a few times in some noble parties and royal celebrations, but he didn't want to be too close with this girl, lest she picks up on something and learns of his secrets. He didn't even have the system protection all those years, and he couldn't just have his family go to war with the Stormswill family, by killing her. So he tried to keep their contact to the minimum.

But now she was here, in the academy, in the same class as him, and standing on the side, staring at him.

"You're late again, Heir Blake. It's not good for our class's reputation if you're always coming late." Rio heard her voice, and for a second he had the thought of falling into an illusion where everything disappeared and only this soothing voice remained. 'What a dangerous girl.' Rio thought as he snapped himself back and stared at her.

Amaya had dark green hair, and bright red eyes. Her hair tied in a top bun, while the rest flew over her shoulders from both sides. She was wearing a green top and red trouser type pants. Since the class today was a long training session on an off day, students were free to wear whatever they wanted. For safety reasons many were still in the academy tracksuits. But those who had clothes with better quality lying around, they were dressed in them.

Obviously Amaya's Count or his Duke ranked families didn't lack anything.

Rio looked at Amaya's eyes and saw them changing their shades, from the bright red to light green color.

"It's not good to use your skills on others without their permission, miss Stormswill." Rio said to her.

"Oh please, call me Amaya. We're friends after all." Amaya said as she smiled, her beautiful face beaming with joy that seemed to hold the attention of everyone who looked at her and have them lost. "As for my skill, all of Schilla knows, I can't control them. Innate skills are such a pain. Don't you think so?"

"I wouldn't know, haven't awakened mine yet." Rio said with a smile, meeting her gaze, and seeing the transformation of colors of her pupils. "And we aren't friends, just acquaintances."

"Is that so? Pity, I'm sure you would've awakened something scary." Amaya said, placing her head on her hands and sitting in a relaxed posture.

"It still won't be something as good as yours, miss Amaya. After all, your abilities are practically broken." Rio said, as he started to use the blessing of Aphrodite, which just had the side effect of turning the user into a narcissist.

"But I can't control them." Amaya said, as she felt the slight resistance, as she looked at Rio.

"You have enough time to learn them." Rio said, shrugging his shoulders, and lying his face on the table, preparing to sleep.

"Do I?" Amaya asked as she tapped her fingers on the table and looked at Rio with a subtle smile. "A priest, who came to my house said I won't have long to live. So maybe my skils would be wasted."

Rio furrowed his brows hearing that and looked at her a little confused, but then he shook his head and said "Who knows what's in store for us, Miss Amaya. Maybe that priest was just a lackey of some low level God, vying to get more followers or swindle some money."

"Hmm you're right. He was someone from the church of Apollo, so maybe he did lie to get something from me." Amaya said, as she looked at Rio, her eyes turning into a shade of red again as she finished speaking.

But Rio didn't say anything in return and turned to look at the professor who was done setting up the array on the stage where some new test would happen.

'My skill failed.' Amaya said to herself as she looked at Rio but got nothing on him. 'Interesting, very very interesting. What are you hiding my sweet little devil. And how long can you hide it.' Amaya thought as a genuine smile came to her face for the first time.

'Did you block it?' Rio asked in his heart.

[Yupp. But you sure this is okay, it'll only hook her more on you? Her curiosity is a dangerous thing.] System said.

'Let's just give her a chance, to see if my plan works or not. If it doesn't, we'll just let fate play it's course, and let her die in Amy's hands.'

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A/N - So why'd you think Amelia killed Amaya for?

Was it because there are too many characters with names starting from 'A' and she didn't like it.