Rise of the White Devil

As all the students finally started to spar amongst each other, Seraphina and Lucas remained in the open space, standing in front of Elizabeth.

"I told you guys to spar... in what way was that called a spar? Almost every attack from both of you could have actually killed the other,"

she said sharply, lecturing them for the last fifteen minutes about how dangerous their fight was and could have become.

"With all due respect, Teacher Elizabeth... you never stopped us to begin with and only watched us escalate our duel,"

Lucas said, making her lips twitch as she tried to suppress her facial expression.

"That was... that doesn't matter. The point is that the both of you need to control yourselves the next time you spar, understood?"

she said sternly, allowing no refusal. Both nodded their heads, understanding they would just be stuck with the same lecture.

"Good, now that we are done with that..."

As she spoke, Lucas suddenly felt light-headed again as the same drowsiness he felt earlier in class started to envelop him.

'Damn it...'

Gritting his teeth while clenching his hands behind his back, he looked down, hoping to hide the sudden sharp pain coursing through his head.

"Lucas?"

Of course, Seraphina noticed, standing right next to him.

Even Elizabeth instantly realized something was wrong as she stopped talking.

"Student Lucas, is everything alright?"

'Damn it, just what is wrong...'

[Father... I sense the same weird energy on your back from earlier,] Luna said in his mind as she ran to him worriedly.

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"I-I'm fine, just a headache..."

He felt the burning sensation on his back before it disappeared, clutching his forehead with his right hand.

After a few seconds, the pain entirely vanished, making him let out a breath of relief.

Looking back up, he saw that Luna, Seraphina, and Elizabeth were all staring at him with worried eyes.

"Lucas, are you fine now?"

Seraphina asked, gazing at him intently, seeing the pained expression he tried to hide but failed to moments ago.

"Yes, don't worry, I am fine now," he tried to reassure with a small smile, yet of course, no one believed him.

"Student Lucas, what is happening exactly? And tell me without lying this time. I noticed this happened earlier in class as well,"

Elizabeth said with a stern voice, not wanting him to lie to her as she was worried about this weird headache of his.

Sighing, he decided to tell them as he didn't see any harm in it.

"I don't know... it happens randomly. At first, I feel light-headed, then I feel a sudden wave of drowsiness that just gets replaced with a headache... After that, I feel a burning sensation on my back before it all disappears..."

Lucas's voice got lower and lower with each word as he started to piece the puzzle together for why this was happening.

[Luna... you felt a weird sensation on my back, right?]

[Yes, but it goes away after a few seconds as if it got destroyed.]

'The moment I feel the burning sensation on my back, she feels the weird energy in me...'

As he thought, his eyes suddenly widened as he realized the cause of all of this.

'Was it Julius or perhaps Elizabeth? No, I would have known instantly, and the other staff members would as well... then the only one left is...'

"Lucas, we should get you check—"

Before Seraphina could finish speaking, Lucas interrupted, making everyone widen their eyes at his words.

"There is a curse placed on me..."

"What?"

Elizabeth said, bewildered.

A curse placed on someone's body would only be possible if they had an affinity for curses, which is as rare as a sound affinity, and they'd have to be at least a skilled grandmaster.

"Just who would place a curse on you... wait, don't tell me it is..."

As Seraphina spoke, she glanced at Lucas's face, which had grown extremely cold, sending shivers down everyone's spine.

She realized the only time he gave such a reaction was for a certain person, or better said... demon.

"Karciel."

Lucas growled as he spoke the name of the one who placed the curse on him.

'He must have placed it when I was unconscious before he brought me to that torture room. But why didn't it affect me before? No, it must be because I am a half-dragon; my body must have been fighting the effects without me ever noticing, but it has been getting more troublesome to fight it.'

'The weird energy Luna felt and the burning sensation on my back must have been the curse mark appearing and disappearing...'

"Karciel? The count-ranked demon that attacked your estate? But how did he place a curse on you..."

As she spoke, her eyes widened as she saw the worried look Seraphina was giving Lucas, and even Luna was concerned.

Lucas himself was deep in thought with cold eyes, his killing intent leaking out despite his efforts to suppress it.

"The report was false..."

she muttered as she realized the reason for Lucas's intense behavior.

She could see his suppressed killing intent, making shivers run down her spine.

"Lucas, we should go to a healer,"

Seraphina's voice snapped everyone out of their thoughts.

He looked towards her, who was now standing closer to him, and then glanced at Elizabeth, whose face became unreadable as she spoke.

"Student Seraphina is right. We need to bring you to a healer as fast as possible before your situation worsens,"

she said. Lucas merely nodded before Luna jumped on his shoulder, and he and Seraphina started to follow Elizabeth, ignoring the curious gazes of everyone present.

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Lucas was currently inside his new room with Luna sleeping on the bed again.

After following Elizabeth with Seraphina to one of the healers at the academy, they discovered a curse mark on his back that appeared and disappeared intermittently.

Luckily, they could easily remove it since it hadn't merged with him properly, as his body was fighting the curse, surprising both the healer and Elizabeth.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Withstanding a curse placed by a grandmaster was no easy feat.

The curse was intended to drive him insane if it had worked properly.

He was glad that, out of consideration, the healer and Elizabeth didn't ask any questions about Karciel and his connection to him.

After that, he got the rest of the day off.

Elizabeth informed him that he could now stay in the academy dormitory.

Surprisingly, everyone else he knew also stayed in the dormitories, even though they could have just gotten apartments.

He wouldn't be missing anything important today, as their lessons would start properly tomorrow with their curriculum sent to their watches or the app on their phones.

"Now that the curse is finally lifted, I should make up for what I've missed,"

he said as he undressed and put on some comfortable clothes.

He gently placed Luna to the side of the bed, where she was curled up sleeping peacefully, and joined her, lying down.

'I'll deal with everything tomorrow...'

It didn't take long before he finally fell asleep, something he had dearly wished for over the past few days.