Why Should I Stop Being a Villain
chapter-358

358 Doubt or...

"Good choice, you stopped there," Elsa said as she patted Kevin's shoulders.

The Medical Staff came as Kevin got off the stage, but he felt ashamed of his loss.

Farnus appeared on the stage as he looked down at Asher.

"Impressive match," Farnus said as a globe appeared on his hand and a golden-colored ring.

"Congratulations on winning," Farnus said while maintaining a smile.

It was a gentle smile that could fool anybody, but Asher wasn't fooled by it.

After all, there was no way Farnus Calmort would let go of someone who knew one of his biggest secrets and even took something from him to keep quiet about it.

Even Asher knew that Farnus would most likely have killed him if not for the fear of breaking the oaths he took.

"Rank 1, Asher Greville. This ring contains all your rewards and the Token to Enter Trials Ground," Farnus announced as his voice echoed in the entire arena.

Although it was not the official ceremony, as it happened at the end of Seventh Day, the rewards were given by the Principal as soon as the match ended.

This time, the rewards included the Token to enter the Trials Ground, which only Second Year Rankers received at the end of their year, and the rest had to gather enough GP to buy the Token for themselves.

And for that, they were given the whole Third and Fourth years to gather the required amount of GP.

Asher took the weird globe in his storage and wore the golden ring.

The staff member took out a cape with a Single Sword drawn, portraying the First Year.

Asher wore the cape as everyone, even the Seat Holders, clapped, but most were in deep thought.

Most of them were thinking of the future when this kind of person was allowed to grow even stronger.

Greville were already an issue, but if someone with Asher's personality was allowed to grow stronger, all of them could imagine what kind of impact it could have on the world.

But the ones celebrating the most were Damian and Lucas.

"We now have the First Winner, but there will be three, and now the rest of the matches will commence," Farnus announced.

Farnus returned to his seat, and Asher was getting off the stage.

At this time, Alfred Raven spoke up.

"I think I will take this time to chat with my Grandson a bit," He said, looking at Farnus,

"I will arrange for it, Zemil will guide," Farnus said, and Zemil appeared as bowed towards the Seat Holder.

At the same time, Asher was informed that Alfred Raven wanted to meet him, so he needed to come to the Private Room.

Alfred couldn't go outside this Arena, but he could meet Asher here and wanted to speak with him after such a long time.

Asher looked at the message as he removed his cape and stored it inside his ring.

At this same in the Faculty Building,

Xander had just watched Asher's match, although he wasn't surprised because he was closely observing Asher to see his progress for a long time.

At first, Asher's decision made Xander think he was insincere towards his talents.

Because Xander had made such a mistake himself, he knew that what lay ahead was nothing but regret.

"But it didn't feel like a duel," Xander muttered.

"I wonder if that boy knows what he is doing," Xander said as he looked at the window.

He knew that Asher was smart, but his methods attracted too much attention and even made people hate him.

He hadn't gone to the Arena to watch the matches at all, as he didn't feel right being present there.

"Well, it isn't my place to interfere in such matters," Xander sighed as he continued to do his work.

But as he was surfing through the files in the Security System, he felt a bit of static coming from the AI system, but it was gone in a moment.

"Is there a problem?" Xander said aloud, but everything was fine when he tried to access the security system.

Xander ignored it as it didn't look like a major issue to him, but someone outside World Academy was very happy.

"Finally!!" Tom said as he pushed his chair away from the chair.

He leaned back and stretched his hand.

His eyes had dark circles, but there was a look of satisfaction on his face. After so many months, he had finally gained access to the Security System of the World Academy.

Although it wasn't the entire system, it was enough for what Asher wanted to get done.

"I should update the mana frequency just in case," Tom went back towards the table as he opened the Artifact Section and accessed it.

"Boss will be in the middle of the tournament. I will update him later, yawn~" Tom said as he felt a bit sleepy.

"I am sure he would want to rest as well. After all, everyone in that tournament will be quite powerful," Tom said as his eyes were getting lazy.

He had been so busy with far too many things that his own rest was not his current priority.

With Dane and Kai still away on their mission, Tom had to take everything related to Zephyr on his shoulders.

"I hope you like our arrangement," Zemil said while bowing his head towards Alfred a bit.

Even though he was also an SS Rank Hunter, the one before him was one of the 21 Seat Holders of the World, and Zemil was careful not to disrespect him.

"Relax, I just want to chat with my Grandson," Alfred said as he entered the room.

The room was covered with sound-preventing runes and various other security runes to make sure nothing said inside leaked outside.

Only Seat Holders were allowed to use such a room to meet someone from World Academy.

After some time, Asher entered the restricted Area as the Staff member guided him, and Zemil stood there.

"It's this room," Zemil said, pointing at it.

Not wasting time, Asher entered the room as he saw an old man wearing a suit sitting on the couch reading a book and sipping on tea.

Seeing Asher enter the room, Alfred closed the book as he looked at him.

"Long time no see," Alfred said with a smile.

"I heard you wanted to talk," Asher asked as he sat on his seat.

"It seems you were not excited to meet me," Alfred said, looking at Asher.

This was the first time since his previous life that Asher was meeting Alfred.

But in this life, it had only been three years since Asher had seen Alfred, so that was the reason why Alfred asked him this question.

"Putting that aside, congratulations on winning," Alfred congratulated him.

"Thanks," Asher replied, but eyes remained the same.

"You must be wondering why I have called you," Alfred said, putting down his cup.

"Are you intentionally trying to stir up trouble?" Alfred asked, looking at Asher.

His smile faded as his face turned serious.

Alfred wasn't someone who overlooked things, even if they were small.

But he knew his Grandson wasn't someone who didn't understand the consequences of his actions.

Others overlooked Asher's action because they were relieved that he was finally focusing on becoming stronger after being unawakened for so long.

For someone who was a Greville, Asher's action didn't seem too far from the reputation the Greville had, but Alfred still asked Asher this question.

'Is it a simple doubt or,' Asher thought while maintaining his indifferent look.

There were only two reasons why Alfred would have asked something like this.

A doubt, or he had caught on to his activities, which Asher had tried to hide very well.