9 THRONES

CHAPTER 16: GRADUATING

Myro who was about to leave stopped his steps, he looked at Vann's father strangely "Are you crazy? If Vann doesn't get any special treatment at the academy, he's definitely getting a lot of pressure from his talent! It did not rule out the possibility that Vann would surrender or suffer heavy injuries due to the attacks of others, however people without talent must be treated badly in the academy! Unless they have supporters, I definitely won't give such special treatment to your son even if, do you still not mind?".

"Because I knew at the beginning of the academy, people with high talent would get king-like treatment whereas those with lace talent definitely did not have a good path", said Vann's father staring hard at Myro "Vann might give up or get hurt from the pressure, but I don't mind! If Vann could not get past this obstacle at the beginning of the academy, how could he continue to the next stage? You know, Vann led to become the throne holder who was the strongest cultivator! Therefore, he should be able to get past this initial obstacle! If Vann fails, the sign is that he is not suitable to be a cultivator".

Myro looked at Vann's father carefully, a smile appearing on his face "You are still so stubborn to your son as before, do you still hate cultivators? Alright, I agreed to help Vann join the academy! But as I said before, Vann will not get any special treatment. I'll get Vann accepted by luck, not by my help, do you still agree?".

"Thank you, then I'll go!", said Vann's father who walked away from this place.

Myro's wife approached him while asking doubtfully "Myro, is it okay to do so? After all the pressure in the academy against an untalented child was very bad, even they were not treated as disciples. I heard most of the untalented people eventually gave up after 5 years in the academy, is it okay to let your friend's child go through the same thing?".

"Don't worry, Rein!", said Myro holding the woman's head gently "In the end that person still doesn't let his child become a cultivator, this is a test for his son! I'm sure the man still hopes that his son will give up after all the pressure. I'm just doing my job, whether that kid named Vann can become a great cultivator or not, it depends on the pressure and his own hard work!".

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Vann had just returned home during the day, he walked straight to the dining room when returning to the villa.

After all, it was lunch time, and Vann could continue to practice swinging his sword when he finished eating.

Arriving at the dining room, Vann finds a letter on the dining table.

At first Vann did not care about the letter, he just thought it was most likely for his father.

But when he saw the writing on the front of the letter, Vann's eyes froze as it was a letter to him that came from the academy of low-level cultivators, the Wood Sword Academy.

The academy was divided into low-level for beginners, intermediate-level for those who had already reached intermediate-level cultivators then high-level for cultivators who were already extremely strong.

Everyone who had just passed the cultivator test, they must have joined a low-level academy.

Therefore, Vann was very surprised to find a lace level academy sending him a letter.

Opening the letter with trembling hands, Vann only found a sentence on the letter.

"Participant Vann was declared a graduate, he was accepted into the Wood Sword Academy!".

Vann immediately jumped up and shouted loudly "I'm welcome!".

Screaming happily for a moment, Vann suddenly stopped.

He realized something strange, Vann had no talent at all and he had not done any tests except the test that existed almost 6 months ago, why he could suddenly pass.

Vann looked at his father and realized something "Dad, don't-don't-you-"..

Vann's father waved his hand as he went to his room again "You must have given up after feeling the difficulty in the academy, I will wait for you back when you have given up".

Vann bowed to his father without hesitation "Dad, thank you!".

Without hesitation, Vann returned to his room to prepare all the items he had brought.

According to the bottom of this letter, he will be brought to the academy by someone tomorrow morning so Vann must get ready before that person comes. If Vann is late, he will be declared a failure that makes Vann try to prepare as soon as possible.

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Vann's father sat in a chair in his room, but today he does not do his job as an Itubers because he has other things to do.

"Are you there?" said Vann's father.

The room was still very quiet, after all there was no one but Vann's father in the room.

But something shocking happened, the shadow of Vann's father quivered and the figure of a young woman wearing black clothes and covering her entire body except for eyes appearing beside Vann's father, he knelt "Master, Lord, do you have a job?".

Vann's father looked at the woman slightly and sighed "You've been following me for over 15 years, your loyalty all along is also not to be doubted. So I give you a chance to choose, you can be free now as my tribute to your loyalty. You no longer need to hide in the shadows, you can show yourself to the world and stand on the ranks of the great cultivators of the world. I'm sure you can get all the wealth and power when you don't have to follow me anymore".

The woman simply said no matter, as if power and wealth could not attract her "Master, what other choice?".

"Stop being loyal to me" said Vann's father "From today on you will follow my son and be loyal to him, you must take care of him even if it means losing your life. Isn't the answer to this choice very clear? Choice 1, you can gain freedom, wealth, power and become famous. As for option 2, you will only lose your freedom and there is a chance that you will sacrifice your life for someone else. No matter who it is, they definitely know the 1st most profitable option".

The woman looked at Vann's father "Thank you for the master who has been looking after me all this time, without the help of master then I cannot be what I am now! With this, I renounce my loyalty to master, I choose the 2nd option! Most of the people must have chosen the 1st option, but I have been trained since childhood to become the master's weapon behind the shadows! No, I think you've trained me a long time ago to be of use to your son, so you never let me fight. Therefore, this time I will do my duty which should be to protect the young master".

Vann's father saw the woman guilty "It seems you already knew that I trained you from the beginning to become my son's sword, sorry and thank you for doing the job I expected you to do".

"Master doesn't need to feel guilty, this is what I have to do because master has taken care of me, without master then I must have died long ago! From today on, I am the shadow of the young master and will always look after him!", said the woman, then her figure disappeared again as if it had never been here.

Upon seeing the woman's departure guiltily, Vann's father shook his head and threw away the guilt.

If it was for his son Vann, he wouldn't mind doing anything as long as Vann could survive, even if it meant having to sacrifice his own life one day.