Supreme Magus novel Chapter 323

Vastor and Rudd were deemed too old for the role, plus their love for ancient magical bloodlines was well known. It made them even more undesirable than they already were, even as simple Professors.

Their ties with many of the families implicated with the scandal made their positions precarious at best.

Manohar was considered a visionary in the healing hearts, a true genius, or, to put it in less kind words, a complete nutjob. He was fickle and unreliable, not to mention his biography was full of social blunders to the point of being universally considered an etiquette book about how not to behave.

He resented the Crown judgment, but only until his first visit to Marth’s new office. Just seeing how busy his schedule was and the amount of paperwork being Headmaster involved, Manohar was tempted to taking another "vacation."

The Crown had no time to waste with him, so the literally chained Manohar to the academy, just to stay safe.

Professor Wanemyre was among the mentally and physically scarred. Regrowing her arm was easy, but the memories of all Nalear had made her do almost destroyed her. She was forced to take a sabbatical, receiving the best care and counseling the Griffon Kingdom could offer.

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Lith moved with his whole family to the Ernas Household again. Even Rena and her husband were forced to relocate. Lith wouldn’t let his sister and niece be further than his arm’s reach.

Yurial’s loss wasn’t devastating for him as losing Protector was. They had known each other for barely a year and their relationship had been shallow until the fourth year’s second exam.

Still, Yurial was the first man Lith was almost ready to call a friend, someone he went through thick and thin together. Lith wasn’t responsible in any way for his death and not being present when it happened made it easier for him to feel detached.

At least until Archmage Deirus went to visit him. Lith’s first impulse was to kick the man in the groin and beat him to death. An impulse he quickly suppressed. Velan Deirus was guilty of being an uncaring father, but nothing more.

Lith knew that just like after Protector’s disappearance, his first instinct was to find someone to put the blame on. The visit was very brief. Lith could control his violent impulses, but his eyes were filled with scorn and reproach.

Archmage Deirus couldn’t stand those eyes. They were identical to those that pierced his soul every time he was in front of a mirror. He remained only the time necessary to give Lith a small package.

It was full of notebooks filled with Yurial’s handwriting. They contained all the knowledge he had acquired about the impossible arrays, the results of his experiments, and his suggestions about how to further the research.

Deirus knew who to give them because on the first page of each of them was written in big letters: "For Lith". He had found them once he opened his son’s dimensional amulet after recovering his body.

Velan had also found Yurial’s diaries, discovering how painful his existence had been, how neglected he had felt. How despite having found a better family within the academy walls rather than inside his own Household, Yurial was still ready to perform his duty.

Yurial’s love for his father and his people was greater than everything life had put him through. Velan Deirus cried a lot reading his son’s most private thoughts, finding himself more monstrous than any of those involved in Yurial’s death.