I Refused To Be Reincarnated

With the dean\'s permission, they rarely attended classes except for history and geography, two subjects Julius enjoyed. He even managed to convince his big brother to listen to them. Well, he succeeded on the first day, but his brother slept through the following lessons.

Thus, they only heard rumors about an adept taking on Vikram\'s alchemy class after his friend\'s father concluded his mandatory lessons.

With Adam\'s silent agreement, they departed and arrived at the cafeteria ten minutes later.

The delicious smell of food assaulted their noses as they entered. Students excitedly debated their classes, club activities, or love interests loudly around delicacy-filled plates.

In a corner, he spotted a group of beautiful young ladies discussing spiritedly and a fit boy looking at his food as if it were his only friend in this place. Upon seeing Arun\'s dejected expression, the duo laughed, planning to surprise and uplift his mood.

Stealthily, they approached their group of friends. However, their conversation caused them to pale and almost swallow the wrong way.

"Are you sure Julius didn\'t tell you when he\'ll return?" Louise asked, her eyes locked on Arun\'s figure as she hid her blushing cheeks. After awakening in Vikram\'s mansion, she found herself unable to align over two sentences when the boy was present, adding to her despair. She couldn\'t understand why he never told her what he thought about her, even after she admitted she admired him.

Just remembering how he defeated the armored lizard and poisonous snake alone made her heart pound faster.

"You ask me this question every two minutes! Leave a man to eat in peace, please," answered the boy, pulling at his hair in frustration, which caused Asha to burst into laughter.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"You saw how dedicated to training he is. Give him time to grow, or tell him directly," she advised, a sly smile tugging at her lips. Getting Julius to marry one of her sisters had been her initial plan anyway, so she was more than excited about their potential relationship.

Meanwhile, Morgane glared at Louise\'s blushing face. She joined the group last with Nova and didn\'t understand its dynamic fully. However, Louise\'s interest in Julius bothered her a little.

Subtly, the person concerned took a few steps back. "Let\'s leave, big bro!" He whispered, panic veiling his features. Without waiting, he raced out of the cafeteria, showed his student card to the mage guarding the college\'s entrance, and spent some money to buy food in the boisterous city before returning.

On his way, he worriedly asked his big brother what he should do. However, Adam shrugged and made a snipping motion with his fingers before answering, "You aren\'t even thirteen yet. Act as if you didn\'t hear her and focus on improving. Remember! No girls before eighteen!"

However, inwardly, he was fuming as they navigated the campus to their classroom. \'She is seventeen! Why is she even interested in a boy? Is she crazy?\' he thought, gritting his teeth before adding, \'I\'ll protect your dignity until you are old enough to choose by yourself!\' More than a promise, it was a self-assigned mission he would accomplish at the cost of his life!

Finally, they reached the corridor they would have class in. Other diligent students awaited before the door, eager to learn new things. Soon, a tall blond man greeted them one by one with a smile and opened the door. With a gesture, he welcomed the students inside. However, his piercing blue eyes linger on Julius as his smile broadened.

After he sat, Arun and the rest of the group entered the class and noticed him. A radiant smile blossomed on the boy\'s face as he raced to his desk, attracting everyone\'s attention. "Don\'t leave me alone with them again, or you\'ll only find a headless corpse after my head bursts under their constant blabbering!" he exclaimed reproachfully. He didn\'t call Asha with the nickname "devil" for pleasure.

She truly was one! She would organize man-hunting parties to find him if he didn\'t stick with them. And when he did, she would speak about things he had no interest in! He truly felt like an inmate when Julius wasn\'t around.

Upon hearing him, Adam burst into laughter before saying, "They dared to take advantage of my disciple in my absence. Let\'s go on an adventure, just the three of us."

"Really? I\'m all fired up now!" Replied Arun, wisps of red mana subtly exuding from his eyes.

Meanwhile, the girls snorted in displeasure. "We\'re not staying behind! We\'re coming too!" Asha exclaimed, unwilling to see her fiancé gone.

However, Adam snickered as if he were their age and retorted, taking revenge for Arun, "You are too weak to follow us. You would have already been acolytes if you trained instead of bothering my diligent disciple. Instead, you are still mediocre novices." His harsh words reflected his pride in the boy\'s progress and annoyance at their laziness.

Not only did Arun train his mana control most of the day silently, but he also found a method to gather mana faster. He knew Vikram made him drink the Elixir he traded four months ago. However, Arun discovered something that allowed him to increase his mana flow further, making him the youngest apprentice in known history. Well, after him, of course, since he decided to become the best mage.

Before the girls could retort, the teacher\'s loud voice echoed in the classroom. "Everyone sit. I see unfamiliar faces today, so let me reintroduce myself," he said, gazing straight into Julius\' eyes. "I\'m Alexander Harrington, and I\'ll teach you alchemy for the rest of the year," he added, raising his brow after noticing Adam\'s floating figure.

Meanwhile, the girls clicked their tongues in annoyance, casting reproachful glances at the ghost before sitting. Even if Adam\'s words were right, they were too harsh and lacked subtlety, irritating them.

"Humph. Let\'s take revenge," Whispered Asha, determined to prove the boys wrong. "We\'ll all become apprentices by the end of the year and show them how strong we are!" She added, uncaring about Alexander\'s lesson.

Louise and Morgane nodded in agreement, eager to prove they were more than extras. As their eyes burned with passion, a sudden bucket of cold water coming from the person they expected the least caused them to bite their lips.

"I\'m already in the third tier. Can I skip the training and go on an adventure with them?" Asked Nova, her innocent voice filling the classroom and making Adam laugh. After all, she enjoyed exploring much more than staying with kids.

"Sure, come with us!" He said, gazing smugly at the three girls. \'Serves you right for trying to taint Julius!\' He thought as Nova went to sit next to them, leaving the fuming girls behind.

"Traitor!" the girls yelled under Alexander\'s bewildered gaze.

"Ahem. Silence, or you\'ll stay after class to clean the cauldrons manually," he said, his eyes narrowing threateningly as his habits as an experienced general resurfaced briefly. After noticing their trembling hands, he continued his lesson on handling tier-one materials.