Priscilla smiled after seeing Vale’s reaction.

However, she immediately shook her head as she corrected him.

“No, it’s not about the Sovereign Rank item. It’s probably something above them.”

“Above the Sovereign Rank?”

At this point, Vale was truly stunned as he almost blurted out the Immortal Item… However, he suddenly recalled one of the legends he had read about the Mystical Items.

“Are you referring to the legendary Arcanas?” Vale asked curiously. Although there were records that say that Arcanas exist, no one had really seen them in person.

He couldn’t even imagine what kind of Power you’ll get if you possess one.

Priscilla nodded slightly after hearing Vale’s question.

“This… Isn’t this too dangerous? Why did you tell me about it?” Vale couldn’t help but feel nervous after knowing such a huge secret.

“Don’t worry. I won’t let the others know… In any case, I can’t tell you anything more than that since we’re also unsure if it was really one of the legendary Arcanas. However, if you help me save my brother, I could tell you more about it.” Priscilla said mysteriously.

“Ahem… You want me to save your brother? I think that you’re overestimating me.” Vale couldn’t help but look at Priscilla with a strange gaze after hearing what she had just said.

“I’m not overestimating you. If I’m not mistaken, you have a powerful background supporting you in secret. There was no way your Power Strands, Life Strands, and Spirit Strands would get so incredibly high with your skills and talent alone. I’m not asking you to make a move yourself. If you could ask your supporters to help us, then I’ll tell you more about the Arcana.” Priscilla said seriously as she looked at Vale with determined eyes.

“…”

Vale was a bit stumped after she pointed it out. Indeed, his progress was too incredible. Everyone in the Academy who knew about his progress probably thought the same thing.

Seeing that Vale wasn’t answering, Priscilla believed that she hit the nail and continued.

“You don’t have to keep it secret. Your showing fast progress means that you and your supporters have a goal in mind. If you help me save my brother, I’m sure that the secret of Arcana will be helpful to you.”

Vale wryly smiled as he couldn’t really save Philip since he had to attend classes, and it was just too dangerous, considering that Philip was probably in a fortified prison of the enemy.

After taking a deep breath, Vale answered.

“I’m not really sure why you’re trusting me so much. I may have someone helping me, but it won’t guarantee anything. Furthermore, we barely know anything about our enemies.”

“If you really can’t help us. Then there’s nothing I can do about it.” Priscilla weakly smiled as she leaned on her chair.

Vale went silent for a moment as he considered the things he could do in this situation.

Saving Philip on his own was certainly close to an impossible task… However, perhaps it wouldn’t be so bad if he decided to just help other people to save Philip. With his current set of skills, it doesn’t sound impossible at all.

In the end, Vale believed that this was a worthwhile task. After all, if he gained a clue about the Arcana just by saving a kidnapped person, he’d be willing to save everyone who got kidnapped. If he could extract an Arcana, his sacrifices would be worth it.

“Alright… I’ll try to look into it. Philip is also my friend, so I also wanted him to be saved. Even if I can’t save him personally, I’ll do everything I can to help.” Vale said as his voice was filled with righteousness.

“Thank you, Vale.”

***

After their small conversation, Vale was thinking of returning to his room to practice his Extraction Precision.

However, a stern but pretty lady blocked him in the hallway.

She was Clara Campelle and the Treasurer of the Battle Arena Committee.

“Senior Clara, I thought that you were in the Assembly Hall for the club recruitment?” Vale asked with a smile.

Clara squinted as she looked at Vale’s face for a while.

“Mhmm… You look decent… You have to go there as well. Benedict and Bailey can’t properly recruit first-year students because of their scary looks. You look more pleasing to the eye, so guard the stall with Nadine.”

“Cough… Cough…” Vale didn’t know whether he should be happy for the compliment coming from this pretty senior.

Nevertheless, he still agreed since he was still a member of the Club and he had to participate in such activities. Since he was benefiting from the Archive Room’s recording crystals, he didn’t mind doing some work for the Club.

“I will visit the Assembly Hall now, Senior Clara.”

“Alright… You have to recruit only one student. Once you do that, you no longer have to bother returning to watch the stall.” Clara reminded.

“I see… Did we have a recruit already?” Vale asked curiously.

Clara shook her head at this, implying that there were no successful recruitments.

“There aren’t a lot of students this year. Only 60 first-year students enrolled, so recruiting even one of them is difficult. Haaa~ They should really lower the standards and stop feeding those poor commoners with that deadly Darkness Possession.” Clara complained as she started walking away.

‘No wonder…’

Vale also agreed to her words since the Dark Arts Faction eventually had to change their method. Nevertheless, he also knows the reason why the Darkness Possession was needed. 𝙡𝒃𝙖.𝙘𝒎

Aside from it helping people awaken their talent in Dark Arts, it also ensures that the Dark Arts Faction would not be flooded with undeserving practitioners, and it also ensures the exclusivity of the Dark Arts to the selected Families. 𝒆𝓪.𝙘

Vale heard from Master Heinz that the elders of the Dark Arts Factions were really against the public recruitment that was forced on them by the Association in the Treaty of Keslore.

Anyway, Vale headed to the Assembly Hall and realized that it was so busy. The place had also become a hangout area where all types of students came just to see this year’s cute and fresh first-year students.

‘Ah… I forgot to ask about our stall’s spot…’ Vale thought as he felt dazed seeing so many people.

He was about to use his Phantasm State to search for Nadine and the others when suddenly, he felt a soft and supple body bumping on his back.

𝘪𝑎.𝘤𝑜𝘮