The Tales of Draconic Warlock

Chapter 75: My five months in the academy (4)

Sorry for going off-topic.

Where am I?

Ah, yes, the Cosmic Market and technology. Ever since I attended that birthday party of my fiance, I felt something off with her. I felt that she was in love with William, who mixed with her parents well.

I can't do anything just because they appeared close. If I do anything, then it would only backfire on me. To others they appeared as close friends, not crossing the lines but I saw those subtle changes between them. So I asked the photographer to take photos of them and give them to me only.

Of course, he wouldn't do anything like that, until I placed a sack of gold. His views immediately changed and he became busy. He took a lot of photos and videos of those two at the party, without those two noticing anything wrong.

There was definitely something going on between those two. I was sure after I observed those photos and videos.

One of them is a senior at the Royal Academy, while the other joined the academy with me. Though she could only make it to class 1-C, it doesn't mean that there won't be any problems for me.

I don't know what she and William planned but she came to my class and announced about us in the second month after the academy started. This was after the monthly mandatory examination that was done for each class.

Though the examination is only for one class each day, the other classes can watch other class examinations. This was to motivate the students.

For the lower class, it is to say that there are more powerful students than them and they are climbing far and you would be left behind if you don't work hard.

For the higher class students, it is to say that though they are lower class students, they are working hard and would snatch away your place in the class, if you can't keep up with your scores.

In that exam, Class 1-A was the first to be examined and I came out first. Though I haven't leveled up, I am far away from them and my skills were improved a little by the time of the test.

After our class exam was completed, I attended the other class exams, skipping dungeon grinding. I wanted to see how much the students from other classes improved. At that time, Elisha appeared before me and acted as if she was my fiance. That was the first time she did so. Naturally, I am suspicious of the behavior.

She thought she was good at acting. If it was any other, she would have gotten away but she was dealing with me. I already knew that she didn't want to marry me. So I bought mini camera drones from the cosmic market.

No one knows that I brought those drones and they wouldn't be cautious about me while making their little plans. With those, I followed and recorded everything they did, almost everything.

Though she was a bitch, I didn't make those drones follow into her room. They would only monitor her when she came out of the dorm and then follow her. When in the class, they wouldn't be monitoring her either.

The teachers are quite powerful and I am sure that though these drones make sure to not make noise, one can't estimate Tier-5 and above people.

So I don't everything that they did, but I caught a few times that they met in secret. Most of the time they were showing affection to each other but once in a while my topic would come up.

As per the marriage contract, Elisha and I would be married after we graduated from the academy. So if they want to cause damage and destroy the marriage contract, it has to be done before our graduation.

William is a senior, and he would graduate before us. He wouldn't be able to wait for five years. He would want to cancel the contract before he can graduate.

As the death rate in this world is high, most people would marry by the age of twenty-five. Very few would be not married by that age. Even if not married, they would at least have a girlfriend/boyfriend by that time.

This was especially true for the noble-born children.

The noble families are always lesser in number when compared to commoners. So they all try to have power that the commoners can't gain but the Awakening can make commoners much more powerful than nobles.

So in order to make sure that this won't happen, nobles would like to have as many children as possible. This was why the children who failed to awaken were shunned by their families and looked down by them.

A higher number of children means that the chances of awakening increase. To have more children, it would be best to get married early.

It was not just about that but in this world, though the lifespan has increased that doesn't mean everyone would be able to enjoy that. Many would fall before their time. Marrying early means that they can leave someone behind to continue the bloodline.

So for William, it has to happen before he graduates and that would be less than three years. So whatever plan they hatched, the outcome would be within three years, but I think that it would be probably in the secret realm.

They have been meeting each other, but they didn't do much after she showed herself as my fiance months ago. So the best way to annul the marriage contract is by killing me and the secret realm is the best place. I am sure they would trap some idiots from the first year and make them send me through reincarnation.

The problem was that I had no proof of that. All I have is that those two were being a couple behind my back.

Though I know that those two are making plans against me, I can't do anything directly. The simple enough proof is not enough because of William's family. The Rutgurds are very powerful and they have a lot of sway in the kingdom.

The best I can do with the evidence was to annul the marriage contract and make Siren family pay damages. It wouldn't make my problem disappear. It may even cause much bigger problem.

So either I need more than what I have now or I need to deal with him, without leaving any evidence behind that I am the reason for that. These are my only two options as of now.