Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 317 - What's Meant to Happen, Will Happen

Freya Academy.

This academy, which had finally secured the top position after going back and forth with Ivecar Academy for first place, was an eco-friendly academy located in the middle of a vast forest.

The most striking features on this academy’s grounds were the main auditorium and smaller lecture halls, built using various architectural styles.

These buildings, constructed for classes, gave the impression that this place was a palace in the forest.

While excellent teachers and students from prestigious families were busy fulfilling their respective roles at Freya Academy,

There was one student moving urgently.

“Hey, what’s wrong? What’s going on?”

“I’m late, really late. This is not the time to be doing this.”

Nathan Whiskers, one of the students recognized for his high grades at Freya Academy, was completely out of his mind.

“Didn’t you come back well-rested from your domain during the break?”

“I did visit the domain. But you wouldn’t understand, Krak. My world has completely fallen apart since that day.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“Everything’s so different from when I left the domain until now. It’s like the sky has fallen and the earth has split!”

Nathan burst out in anger.

“Did he go crazy during the break? What’s wrong with you, really?”

Nathan’s friend, Lucadia Tschernkastel, looked at Nathan with a bewildered expression.

Lucadia was a member of the Tschernkastel family, one of the Twelve Families, and one of the Chancellor’s promising grandsons.

Nathan, who had skill but lacked the backing of a powerful family, hadn’t made many friends at the academy. Lucadia was one of the few friends he had managed to make.

Lucadia grabbed Nathan’s shoulder as he frantically searched for something, his blonde hair flying.

“Stop being so frustrating and just talk. If you can’t calm down, I’ll help you a bit.”

As Lucadia snapped his fingers, Nathan’s body froze in place.

Lucadia also possessed skills as excellent as Nathan’s magical abilities.

“Are you calm now?”

“No, how could I be calm? But I’m a bit more composed. Thanks, Lucadia. But this isn’t the time to be thankful.”

“You’re worked up again.”

But seeming more settled than before, Nathan sat down and began to speak.

“I went home during this break. There was a lot of noise at Freya too. About my brother and our domain.”

“That’s right, and you strongly denied it. You said the last time you saw your brother, you might have to return home during the semester because something bad happened.”

“Yes, so I went home worried, but…”

Nathan carefully explained what had happened during the break. It was the story from his arrival at the Whiskers domain until he met his brother.

Lucadia, who had been listening with a very interested face at first, gradually began to be shocked, and finally couldn’t close his surprised mouth.

Especially when Nathan said he had confirmed that all the rumors were true after meeting his brother, Lucadia’s mouth and eyes opened three times wider.

“W-w-what did you say?”

“It’s exactly as you heard. And I heard on my way here that our family seems to have become one of the Twelve Families.”

“No, how can you say such an important thing so calmly!? A family newly becoming one of the Twelve Families, that’s impossible, isn’t it? It’s the first time in the history of the Twelve Families.”

“I can’t believe it either, it feels like someone else’s story.”

Until recently, the situation wasn’t like this.

Nathan had many worries, and most of them were related to his family.

His sick brother.

His father using all the domain’s resources to treat that brother.

Nathan’s own ambitions.

The family that couldn’t support him.

The situation was gradually worsening in the academy due to lack of support, causing tremendous stress.

But all of those problems were solved.

Very simply.

His sick brother had solved all the problems.

Until just before, he had been stressed, but suddenly the very reasons for stress disappeared.

What Nathan had thought was a huge worry turned out to be really small when he stepped back and looked at it after seeing Ethan.

“And I got a letter today. From my brother.”

Nathan smiled with a face that looked like he might cry.

[Thank you for being considerate until now. You don’t have to worry about anything anymore. If there’s something you want to do, do it to your heart’s content. As much as you’ve held back until now.] – Ethan

“He sent me a ton of money. Now all my worries have disappeared.”

“Congratulations, congratulations, Nathan! Then everything’s solved, right!?”

Lucadia was already crying.

He had watched Nathan’s anguish and worries right beside him.

He had talent, but lacked the support to explode that talent.

But now it’s different.

“But now I have a new worry.”

In fact, this was the main point.

“My brother is at Ivecar for this exchange festival.”

Flinch.

Recalling the training he received from his brother in the domain, goosebumps rose on his back.

“If we stay still like this, Freya will lose by an overwhelming margin.”

“…What?”

“There’s not enough time. From now on, all of Freya needs to become one. The teachers need to stop checking each other too. My brother will definitely unite Ivecar. And he’ll be at the center of it.”

“But your brother, I mean, Teacher Ethan Whiskers… he’s a new teacher, isn’t he?”

“Do you think such a mere position can stop my brother?”

The position of a new teacher won’t be much of a problem for Ethan.

Ethan has a firm goal of making Ivecar Academy win the exchange festival.

If so, he would have already devised the most efficient method and will surely follow that method.

Disciplining the inside to prepare for external enemies and gathering strength together.

Nathan could tell. If it was his brother, he would plan like that and definitely achieve it.

“Look at what my brother has done. That small Whiskers domain has become one of the Twelve Families. The drive, the judgment. It’s all exactly like my brother when he was young.”

Before he got sick.

Despite his very young age, that shining talent had a big impact on Nathan.

Because of that, Nathan’s goal was to shine like Ethan.

“We need to put aside everything unnecessary. Otherwise, we’ll really be humiliated. Everyone says Vogue Academy is much more dangerous, but I disagree.”

“I need to go to Teacher Kai. And to Teacher Draxler too.”

They needed the power of Draxler, Freya’s only master teacher.

***

After finishing training with his favorite students, Ethan immediately headed to his office.

It was to organize his thoughts and refine his plans.

At the same time, it was to review the shortcomings of this class and think about what to focus more on in the next class.

“What’s this?”

Ethan frowned at something placed in front of his office door.

It was like a black stone, but it was too squishy for a stone.

“Black aura.”

There was a slight mix of blue color.

“Is this from the Rosicrucian Order?”

As Ethan reached out his hand, the blue aura climbed up Ethan’s hand and began to draw something.

“This is.”

It was a kind of message.

Shaaaaa-.

The energy spread out like a huge parchment and began to draw letters and pictures on it.

Shashak-.

Ethan’s expression gradually hardened as he saw the letters and pictures drawn by the energy.

“Dawn Council.”

The energy seemed to be drawing the events of that day when the incident occurred.

After drawing for about 10 minutes, the energy sparked and disappeared.

Ethan sat down and rubbed his face.

The Rosicrucian Order was attacked by the Dawn Council.

The culprit was the 3rd Apostle.

“To be precise, it wasn’t an attack, but they were caught.”

The Rosicrucian Order was watching the movements of the Dawn Council according to Ethan’s orders. During that, they found out that the 3rd Apostle was investigating Ethan, and furthermore, they learned that he was trying to kill Ethan.

“I can’t know the exact details, but the fact that the 3rd Apostle moved in person means everything has been exposed.”

From start to finish.

It meant that it was revealed that Ethan had interfered with all the things that the Dawn Council was trying to do.

“They must have found out that I killed the apostles, and that I was the vessel that the Rosicrucian Order was trying to create.”

They must have also figured out that Ethan was the only one among those affected by Extinction who survived as a vessel of the gods.

“The Dawn Council is already denying the methods of the Rosicrucian Order. So they’ll choose to kill me rather than try to use me.”

But if they had made up their minds like that, the 1st Apostle should have come out, not the 3rd Apostle.

‘At least the 2nd Apostle.’

If they had tried to kill Ethan, a higher-ranking apostle would have come, but that wasn’t the case.

No matter how much he thought about it, something seemed strange.

‘They clearly figured everything out. Then killing me should have become the top priority.’

The fact that the 3rd Apostle came meant that he wasn’t the top priority.

‘No.’

He could think differently.

‘They should make me the top priority, but they can’t allocate manpower… that’s also a possibility.’

The inability to allocate manpower means that the Dawn Council has something they need to solve as a top priority right now.

Even if it means putting Ethan’s matter aside.

Ethan once again mulled over the 10-minute content he had just seen.

“Wait a minute. The 3rd Apostle came over? Does ‘came over’ mean they were somewhere other than the Holy Empire?”

There’s only one other place where they might be.

“Demon Empire. If they came from there.”

He thought that all of the top 3 apostles might have been there.

‘If not, I can’t understand this current situation. It’s going beyond my range of prediction. So I can be more certain.’

The top apostles are in the Demon Empire.

If they can’t come over from the Demon Empire and are trying to achieve their top priority goal, there’s only one thing related to that.

‘The Saintess.’

The Saintess who is doing important work in the Demon Empire.

And the top apostles who can’t leave the Demon Empire.

“They didn’t send the 3rd Apostle. They had no choice but to send him.”

Ethan took a deep breath.

‘What was bound to happen has come. But the timing is so ironic.’

He knew that he would have to fight the top apostles someday.

It’s something that naturally happens as you go through the main scenario.

But the timing was quite tricky.

Ivecar Academy was originally an academy destined to fall.

That’s why Ethan chose this place.

‘The beginning of the fall is the field trip.’

Many students and teachers lose their lives due to the attack of the followers of the Moon.

‘I can stop the field trip if I want to. But that alone won’t be enough to break the will of the 3rd Apostle.’

Ivecar Academy is basically a land faithful to defense.

In addition, there’s the Marquis of Rond who protects this land, but it’s not enough to stop the Dawn Council’s attack.

‘They might come in with the intention of taking a big risk and crushing Ivecar.’

They might think it’s a profitable deal if they can definitely kill Ethan in return.

‘If they place that much value on my life, they might.’

“After all, Ivecar is an academy destined to fall.”

Since they have the justification of coming to execute Ethan, Ivecar will inevitably walk the path of downfall in the process.

“Even if I block it perfectly, they can’t help but be anxious. Is it that what’s meant to happen will happen after all…?”

But there was a way.

“If what’s meant to happen is happening. I guess I should do what I need to do.”

Ethan grinned.