Reborn As The Villain

Chapter 87 - 76 Part 2

Chapter 87: Chapter 76 Part 2Adrianna just entered the teacher's building. Her destination was the Director's office which was located on the highest floor. There were six floors in the teachers office building. Adrianna—being a 7th star elite—along with a few others had offices directly below the Director's floor.

By the way, the Director of the academy owned an entire floor.

Adrianna spotted many of her colleagues who were standing in the hallway. All of them were obviously here after hearing that the Chairman—who was also the Archmage—was here.

Most of them were low-rank who were here to greet the Director. Only those 6th star and up could enter the office at this moment since there was a meeting going on. Adrianna was the last one who had to show up.

Adrianna was called by an Owl Messenger. It was sitting on her shoulder currently.

"Did lady Freya say why she came here specifically?"

'I was under the impression that she is currently away on business.'

The owl shook its head, "I was only told to inform all of you to come up. Whatever it is, is far above my pay-grade, coo."

Adrianna went up to the reception desk. But before she could ask if the top-floor was available to enter, the receptionist spoke after glancing at the owl on her shoulder, "The Chairman is expecting you, Mrs. Berkley."

'So the entire tower knows.'

Freya wouldn't announce her return so openly. She would always slip into the tower and teleport out. That was because she didn't like people fussing over her coming to the tower.

Her current duties were watching over Diacree. No, her main goal was protecting everyone against the Dragon Lords.

The dragon lords occupied mostly every major region on the continent. Six of their locations were known by Freya and the elite mages. The common people only know of three of them. Although they were mighty beings who were monarchs of their races and were symbols of peace, they were still a threat to everyone.

The Province of the Zrek region was being protected by two Dragon Lords which were an unusual combination. Every monster with Lord in their name didn't like sharing a region with others. The Archmage—as well as the Tower mages—suspected that they might be up to something.

That was mostly why Freya was so busy these days besides her office work which she tended to skip. A lot.

"Miss Adrianna!" a voice called out to Adrianna. It was one of her assistants.

"I just heard that lady Freya in back in the empire. Is something going on?"

Adrianna ignored the girl who was jumping around her in burning curiosity.

"Will she finally give a private lesson to the junior mages of the Tower? Or maybe she created a new spell that the Tower has to incorporate into the textbooks?"

Adrianna sighed as she stopped, "Look, I don't know why the Director came today. Even if I did know then I wouldn't tell you since it's classified."

The girl pouted, "...Humph."

"Listen, Lauran came with me today. I want you to go find her and lead her up to my office on the third floor. I'll brief her on everything that she has to know. It's still three hours before the opening ceremony."

The time was currently 7am so there was a lot of time left for her to explore the campus but Adrianna wanted to go over a few things with Lauran before that.

"Can you do that, Sally?"

"Of course! I can finally get a junior that I can boss around like professor bosses me!"

"Haa... Just go."

"Yees~!" Sally saluted before bolting down the hallway and descending the stairs.

Adrianna stepped onto the platform that was hovering on the ground. The elevator only needed to be infused with mana before it could take off.

It floated at astonishing speeds after she infused mana into the platform.

Adrianna suddenly felt a piece of paper in her robe's pocket.

"What's this?" she unfolded it.

"Ah..."

· Bring A Child to Work Month!

· All professors or any other employees may bring their children to work for the month of the academy's opening. This event will help children be aware of what they can expect from the academy at an early age.

· Children may also be part of the lessons if they want to learn.

'So it's this. I almost forgot about it. It's a shame Jack doesn't want to join the academy.'

Jack had already expressed to his father many times that he wanted to become a soldier. That was way before Luke was made heir.

Of course, Jack being ten years old complicated things since it would've taken ten years for him to be eligible to inherit the household if he ever was to become the duke.

Marcus was already 58 years old so his time as the duke was slowly ticking. His initial plan was to give Arnold the household before he turned 20 years old which was two years away. Marcus originally wanted to retire when he came 60 but some factors almost hindered that.

Jack was his first option but—as mentioned before—he wasn't interested nor suitable for the position.

Then there was Melina who was the same age. She was... well, special.

But that didn't mean that autistic people couldn't lead households. There had been many before her who could do that. But what prevented them from choosing Melina was their own selfish desire to protect her.

She was weak-willed and didn't know how the world worked. It was too much for such a frail girl so—as over-protective parents as they were—they didn't involve her in politics at all.

'Then it's decided. I'm bringing my baby next week. Ah, I should apologize to her tutor for interrupting Melina's curriculum.'

Melina wasn't very good with socializing or being around people that much so Adrianna hired a tutor for all Melina's interests and subjects necessary for school.

They tried putting her in a school before but the children found her repetitive behaviours, verbal ticks, random shaking, slow brain and such annoying. Even loud noises made Melina scream repeatedly which caused others to isolate her.

Melina would come to her mother crying about how the kids bullied her.

Looking back, Adrianna realised that her decision to keep Melina out of school had backfired slightly.

Melina didn't even have friends.

'I hope she can make a lot of friends at the event. If she sees that there were some people who could learn to accept her then she might have a normal life without my intervention.' Adrianna finally arrived at the topmost floor.

The 10th floor.

She was greeted with silence since this floor was reserved for the Director alone. But as she neared the office she could make our various voices.

She arrived in front of the door but her view changed suddenly when she was about to knock.

"Eh?"

'What kind of rapid teleportation was that?'

Adrianna noticed that she was standing inside a rather spacious office with windows all around. She could see the entire empire from where she stood.

"Everyone is here. Good."

She looked towards that voice and noticed that ten other elite mages were standing inside the office.

Of course, this included Melissa.

Adrianna frowned gravely but didn't say anything.

"Lady Freya, it has been a long time," Adrianna bowed deeply in greeting.

"Mmm... All of you may sit."

They did as she said and sat at the long table which had over twenty chairs. Adrianna made sure to not sit too close to Melissa because she had a feeling that Melissa would try to talk to her.

"We are delighted to have you here, lady Freya," Melissa was the first to speak, "I and my colleagues hope to build a strong bond with you through magic. Not only your magical potential but also your beauty far exceeds each and every one of us."

Freya smiled wryly at the sudden praise. Her face was like "What the hell do you want if you're kissing my ass?".

"I'm not here to dilly-dally, Melissa, was it?"

"Yes, lady Freya."

"We can discuss whatever's on your mind when I'm done with what I came here to do."

"Ah, was it that obvious that I want to talk about something? But thank you very much."

Freya turned to the rest of them, "I won't waste any one of your time since the opening ceremony has to begin in just under three hours," she continued, "There are rumours of a demon lord having entered our realm," Freya's words made Adrianna's—and probably everyone else's—hair stand on end.

"D-Demon lord? A lord from the Demon King's army?" one of the elite mages asked.

"I trust all of you. That is why I am telling you this—yes, there is a rumour of a demon lord being sighted. Where, I don't know yet. That's why I came to the empire personally."

The Archmage couldn't be stationed at one place unless it was important for her to be there. The acting director of the board would stand in for her while she was gone.

Of course, being the chairman of all Magic Towers on the continent, she couldn't just remain at one place at a time. That was why it was so rare to see her here.

The last time Adrianna saw her was four years ago. That was exactly when she became an Elite Mage enlisted to the Magic Tower.

"If I may ask," Freya looked at Adrianna who lifted up her hand. She nodded to give permission for her to speak, "Do the Great Nobles know as well?"

"...Most likely not. I think Jurnick is keeping them in the dark because he knows that the four of them would get riled up and insist on

Adrianna began descending the stairs after finishing that fleeting thought. Her assistant followed after her.