Chapter 16: The Summit Of Eden Formation

The golden arched gate that welcomed all students and guests of the prestigious number one Martial school in El-Eden, shone with grandeur in the eyes of Serah and Zushi.

Six students stood valiantly guard behind the gate. Five of the six exuded the aura of Core Breakers and one of a Mist Master. All six were in their mid twenties.

Glancing past the bars of the gate at the six in gold and white uniforms, Zushi and Serah chocked from reverence despite their lack of major interest in Martial cultivation.

There were two reasons why in front of Zax, Zushi and Serah were easygoing and in front of the six they suddenly became so humble. One reason was their good relationship with Zax, which could also explain why they are mellow in the company of Anet. The second reason was Zax's lack of mist cultivation. Unless a cultivator uses a Soul Sense to inspect Zax's body with Zax's permission, it would be impossible to grasp his mind blowing Martial accomplishments.

Conversely, the six students not only proudly exhibited their cultivation level; the aspect they cultivated was mist energy, which was the easiest to roughly measure when a low level cultivator faced an expert.

Unlike Serah and Zushi, Zax, obviously, was perfectly indifferent to the six students. He was wearing the dark shades Eden Formation uniforms he received in his last stay in Eden Formation. His mother washed the uniforms early in the morning for him, while he fed and took Liz for a walk in her stroller around the block.

"Good morning, senior!" The six students did not recognize Zax, but they sure knew what the hues of his uniforms signified.

'Advanced grade student!'

They simultaneously thought as they hastily opened the school's gate, not even daring to question the weaklings, Serah and Zushi, upon seeing that they are actually following him and laughing together.

"Anet should be waiting for us in the faculty building. I talked to her last night about us three coming and said that she will try to help with principal Ram". Serah as the three entered the faculty two storey building.

"Students Zax", approximately five seconds from the moment they crossed the wide threshold, an aged voiced cordially welcomed Zax.

"Vice principal Mizuri", Zax clearly remembered his last encounter with school vice principal and was about to utter an apology when his eyes laid on the figure beside the old man. "Anet".

Her appearance did not catch him by surprise, but the moment the when their gazes were about to interlace, she averted her face to Serah and Zushi and avoided him.

'Did my savagery repulse her that much?' Zax mood turned gloomy, but he obstructed from showing on his face. 'I'll not force her to accept me'.

He decided to put aside whatever feelings he had for Anet, if there was not a chance for them being mutual. He was content with the two of them preserving their friendship, if that was the most of what Anet wanted.

"Junior greets vice principal Ram".

"Junior greets vice principal Ram".

Zushi and Serah called out all most at the same time.

"Junior greets vice principal Ram". Zax realized a moment after hearing the two, that if he wanted to apologize for his previous behavior toward vice principal Mizuri, he had to first respectfully, with accordance to his position in the school, to greet him.

A gratified expression softened the vice principal Mizuri's wrinkles. "Elder accept juniors' greeting and welcome guests and student to our school". He said warmly.

"Vice principal Mizuri", Zax stepped forward, slightly bowing. "For my rude-"

"No need, student Zax". Vice principal Mizuri raised a hand and stopped Zax, causing him to lift his head. "Let's forget about the past and concentrate on the future, my boy. If I understand correctly, apart from visiting your friend, you also came here today to make a request from principal Ram".

Vice principal Mizuri was an old man, but still far from learning obstinacy and vindictiveness, most of all, against a junior. From the day he realized his mistakes from the words and treatments he used to deal with what led to Zax's outburst, he already forgot about his humiliation of that day. Moreover, after Zax, a much stronger cultivator, greeted him unpretentiously and displayed the intentions to express regret for his past conducts, vice principal Mizuri saw him in completely new light.

"Vice principal Ram, we did come here to trouble school principal Ram, but we will be glad with whoever that can hear us out". Zushi politely replied.

'A sharp tongue in such a young age... ' Vice principal Mizuri could easily see through Zushi's craftiness and was amused by it. Shaking his head, he said. "Seeing the principal Ram indeed will be impossible for juniors".

He deliberately made it sound that for students, much less juniors that do not even belong to the school, it would be too audacious to seek an audience with Don. And with additional frown he made all three feel as if they should have started small because now no one with see them.

"Principal Ram is currently off school's grounds". He stopped playing around and with a smirk confessed the actual reason they could not see Don. "Fortunately, student Anet spoke already and convinced her Mor. Since both students Anet Lensi and Zax Zel are meritorious Advanced grade students, principal Ram asked me to make arrangements for juniors' request".

As vice principal Mizuri explained, a smiled appeared on Anet's face and she nodded in confirmation.

As for how hard it was for Anet to make this request of Don ... Well, although when she approached her, Anet doubted her chances to persuade her Mor to deal with couple of schools just so she and her friends could have a get together without interference from prior obligations, the instant Don understood what her Tal wanted and that it would be helpful as an incentive for having Zax stay for a few days on school's grounds, which in turn will strengthen his familiarity with it, she unhesitatingly approved and discussed it with vice principal Mizuri before leaving.