Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 177

"Do you know what finding ancestral artifacts means?" Selphira asked Ren, her eyes studying him with keen interest.

"That I’ll become noble?" Ren responded casually, as if discussing the weather.

"Not until you reach at least gold rank in school... But it’s more than that, it makes you someone important. Someone who’ll need to know how to play the game."

"I’m not interested in those games..." Ren began.

"Oh, but you’re already playing, and from what I saw, quite well," her smile widened, eyes twinkling with approval. "Each person in that room saw you differently, and yet..." she paused meaningfully, "none could prove anything concrete about what happened."

Lin watched her aunt with relative caution. She was a great ally, but her interests sometimes came at a steep price... For example, the cultivation of her beast would have...

"Nobility isn’t just titles and land rights," Selphira continued, her voice carrying many years of accumulated wisdom. "It’s power. Influence. The ability to make others see you as you want them to see you."

"Like a normal student who just wants to earn many crystals for his poor family?" Ren suggested innocently.

"See, Lin? This is exactly what I’m talking about. The boy already understands the game better than most adult nobles."

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Shortly after Selphira and Ren left the room, the remaining adults regained their composure, but...

Wei practically jumped from his seat, nearly tripping in his haste.

"I... uh... have to go," he muttered while backing toward the door. His eyes carefully avoided making contact with the powerful figures remaining in the room.

"So soon?" Julius smiled, clearly enjoying his discomfort.

"Yes, I have to... buy a rune," Wei swallowed hard while glancing sideways to where Lin had been. If she was a close niece to Matriarch Selphira, perhaps he should make sure that rune was of especially good quality.

Victor let out an amused snort while Wei practically fled from the room.

"I’m leaving too," Zhao stood with a smile that threatened to split his face in two.

"Why is the "cold blooded hunter of Yano" so happy?" Victor asked, though everyone knew the answer.

"Oh, nothing in particular," Zhao tried to maintain composure, but his eyes sparkled like a child in a candy store. "Just... matters to attend to."

"Matters related to a certain potion?" Julius teased.

Zhao’s smile widened even further, if that was possible. "I don’t know what you’re talking about."

Director Ignatius watched the professor practically float toward the exit, a stab of envy piercing him. Everyone present, except him, either was or would be a double tamer. But as a respectable director, he maintained his neutral and elegant expression.

"You can take your time visiting your student relatives," he offered with all the dignity he could muster. "As main benefactors of the academy, you have free access to the facilities. Though it will be a favor since visits aren’t school´s normal policy."

"Normal policy?" Victor laughed. "You mean you can’t deny us entry even if you wanted to."

"Victor," Julius warned, though he was smiling at seeing Ignatius ’elegance’ falter.

Sirius, who had remained silent, headed toward the door with an annoyed expression. It was obvious that Selphira had escaped their previous discussion by coming here.

"Lord Starweaver," the director called. "Don’t you wish to see your daughter?" Read new chapters at freewebnovel

"It’s not necessary," Sirius responded dryly without stopping.

He reached the door and opened it, but stopped. His hand tensed on the handle as he seemed to fight an internal battle.

After what seemed like an eternal moment, he released the door again and turned.

"Where..." he coughed uncomfortably. "Where are they keeping her?"

Julius and Victor exchanged a meaningful look while the director gave Sirius directions... they nodded before turning to the director.

"We’ll go see Larissa too," Julius announced.