Inheritor Of Magic: The Magi King



"We should turn in for the evening. If we don't get to sleep soon, the students will be chasing us out before we know it. I'm sure that there aren't many who didn't notice what just happened to the curse energy, and those deep sleepers will notice as soon as they wake up.

Professor Ashcroft will get you all settled into a room in the Staff Quarters, and I'm sure you know how to make your way around from there. I will meet with you after lunch if you are still in the Academy, and then we can talk about the future." Headmistress Peach instructed.

"We need to return to the City first thing in the morning. We spent much longer than expected in the Fae Forest, and though we made significant gains, the Patriarch and the Coven Leader will be expecting us all back in the city as early as possible.

I'm sure they have been notified that we made it this far, so there won't be many excuses to keep delaying." Darrel of the Noxus Elders sighed.

"What about you, Wolfe? Will you be around for the morning?" Peach asked.

"I'm not sure I'll be able to escape so easily. Most of the Witches I helped last time I was here are still students, I assume. Well, maybe not so many of them after the draft and the war, but there will be at least a few who won't let me get away so quickly."

That made Professor Ashcroft chuckle. "Oh yes, they do remember you. Once you left, the secret of how you awakened the regular class witches didn't take long to spread.

Your team was reported killed in action the first week, so it was a bit of a legend and memorial to you. Come to think of it, most of them will still think you're dead.

They don't believe it, but everyone saw the official reports. Only Reiko and Mary came back to Morgana, so the rumours that the rest of you were dead persisted."

"Then it should be a fun surprise for them."

Professor Ashcroft led the security team to the Staff area along with Wolfe, while Headmistress Peach went in the main doors to answer the questions that the witches who were sure to be waiting for her would have.

By the time she was finished, it would be inevitable that Wolfe couldn't get out of there anytime soon, but that was alright. He wasn't in a particular hurry. With the news of all the abductions and the new information about the rebels and the humans in the swamps, he had one more stop to make on his way back anyhow.

If they were holding witches from Sylvan and Morgana prisoner, like some of the ones he had rescued earlier in the winter, then it would be good for everyone if he freed them.

They likely wouldn't have killed them unless it was desperate, but they might be using them as living batteries for dark magic, and that was even worse, from the viewpoint of the captured witches, anyhow.

They snuck up the quiet stairs of the staff quarters, and Wolfe smiled as he realized that they were headed for the same corridor where his very first room in the Academy had been before he had moved in with Cassie and Ella as their Familiar.

Maybe one day he would tell the Professor that the girls had never been in charge of that bond, but knowing her, Ashcroft already knew and wasn't saying anything about it.

Not much got past that old woman, and she had strange responses to him from the start. Even on the first day, when he was under arrest, she encouraged him to help Cassie with the creation of a magic wand and didn't seem to hold any disdain for him as a Magi.

Well, she did arrest him and not let him go, but other than that, she had been quite casual about it all.

"Wolfe, you can have your old room back. It's still vacant. The rest of you will be spread down the hall. Try not to wake the staff up as you get settled in. Most of them have to be at work in four hours." Professor Ashcroft whispered, just loud enough to be heard.

Wolfe gently closed the door behind him and looked around the room. It looked just like he had left it, a simple staff room with a bed, dresser and table. Not shabby but not overly ornate.

He had gotten spoiled, sleeping on a magical bed with a Witch under each arm, and he briefly considered summoning Stephanie to him so he would have someone warm and soft to cuddle for the evening. But she had made her position on field trips that involved work very clear, and if she were here, they would want her to cast all sorts of spells for them.

He dismissed his armour spell, leaving himself in just boxers, and wondered if the room was stocked for a new staff member, as it had been when he arrived.

The clothes had to be picked up from the storage room, but there should be toiletries and shower supplies in the attached bathroom for the morning. If not, he could clean himself with magic, but it just didn't leave that same clean feeling that a good shower did.

He didn't hear the door open while he was leaning into the bathroom, but when he turned around, Wolfe definitely noticed the Witch sneaking into his bed.

He must have forgotten to lock the door when he entered, Wolfe thought, then remembered that these doors were like hotel doors. They were always locked from the outside.

That meant this Witch was one of the cleaners and had a master key to all the dorm rooms.

Now, that was interesting but not completely unexpected. Although they were quiet and careful not to disturb anyone on their way up, there was always someone awake in the Staff areas of the Academy who might have noticed their auras passing by.