The Ancient Genes

Trinity Academy…

<<Are you coming or not?>> Lear messaged Max.

<<Nope, but have fun. I am sure it will be a day you will never forget in your entire life, Mr. Prince>> Max replied.

Lear shook his head as he closed the chat.

"I will go around and see if I can find the rest of the guys," Eren waved his hand, and then left, leaving Axel and Lear behind.

"Well, I will roam around I guess." Axel looked at Lear with a smirk, "I don't want to disturb someone's good time after all."

He then looked in a certain direction, and then shook his head with a sigh, "I will never understand the 3D world."

Lear looked at the guy speechlessly as he turned his head in the same direction as well.

She was here.

Lora seemed to have felt that gaze as well, and turned her head to see Lear standing there.

They stared at each other for a few seconds, before Rias tugged onto Lora's arm and pulled her along. It seemed she had failed to notice Lear standing there.

…

Axel went on his way. He was just planning to talk with a few people he wanted, and do some possible trade on information with other Academies.

But, he underestimated his popularity. A lot of people actually came forward to talk to him. They had seen his skill, and for a formation master, he was definitely one of a kind in the entire world.

Not to mention, his products like the weapons, Invisible cloak, the Enhancing Headphone aid etc. had really caught people's attention.

He was actually more lucrative in the eyes of people around. After all, a good Formation Master could actually provide a stable source for income with his craft.

Axel could clearly see money shining in the greedy people's eyes, and politely declined any kind of invitation from them.

"Aren't you becoming famous?"

Axel's face immediately turned ugly, he didn't even need to turn around to look at person. He already knew who it was.

"What do you want?" He turned around with a sigh, and Erina was standing there in a a pretty black A-line dress with floral patterns on it.

Erina's face twitched a bit seeing that Axel didn't even react. There was barely any change in his expression, and it remained the same. It was as if he was staring at some trash.

This really hit her confidence for a second there, but then she realized that he was just an unfeeling b*stard. After all, she had been tortured all those days by him. What was she even expecting from the psychopath?

"Where is Wilson?" Erina looked at him before turning his head around. She had tried to look for him, but hadn't found the guy around.

"He isn't coming now." Axel shook his head, as he walked towards the table beside and took a seat.

But, the next moment, Erina followed behind him as well and sat right in front of him. This immediately made Axel frown. "What now?"

"What do you mean?" Erina asked in his return, a bit confused.

"You perfectly know what I mean." Axel gave her a look. He didn't think that they were close enough to share a table, "Why seat with me?"

"You have a problem with it?" Erina frowned.

"Obviously, I have. Why wouldn't I?" Axel replied in disbelief. Hell, he had every possible problem with these two Scarlet siblings. He would probably be killing them in some alternate universe right now. And, thinking that gave him some kind of satisfaction that he couldn't speak of.

"I see…" Axel suddenly noticed something, and snorted at her. She really thought she could outsmart him and make use of him. "Do you think I am your puppet?"

"What do you mean?" Erina feigned ignorance. But, Axel wasn't buying it.

There were quite a lot of people staring at them. Especially the Younger ones, and quite a few of them were glaring at Axel in envy.

"You think I am your shield? How about I walk out of here right now?" Axel let out a smirk on his face as he immediately got up to leave.

"Wait." Erina grabbed his hand. This was really frustrating. Usually she used other people to act as her guard, but now she didn't want to talk to other people.

She felt embarrassed and angry looking at all the memes and stuff flying around on the internet with her and Axel. This made people give her an odd look, and some even asked her about it. She just couldn't bear it.

These things really ticked her off. And, she didn't know if she could hold onto her anger if someone said something to piss her off. She was a Scarlet after all. Hence it entirely made sense for her to have a trigger in her just like Wilson.

So, she was looking for Wilson in order to avoid people, especially the ones who wanted to hit on her. But, she couldn't find him. She had seen Lear, but it was probably best to leave him out for today.

In the end, she bumped into this guy.

"What do you want?" She asked while glaring at him. If it wasn't for the fact that two of her most trusted and high level team members were absent, she really wouldn't have to depend on this jerk for help.

Zeld was out with the injuries, he still hadn't recovered. On the other hand, Terence, another one of Ocien's strong player, was busy planning for the next contest.

"Oh..that is interesting…" Axel smiled as he sat back.

"So, what are you willing to offer?" Axle crossed his legs with a smile, "Just to let you know, you are the four-...third most hated person in my least."

There was a slight pause in Axel's voice, and he immediately closed his eyes before sighing. It seemed there was something which was bugging him there.

"What's wrong? You not sure about my rank?" Erina looked at him with an odd look on her face. She seemed to have felt an odd fluctuation of expression on his face. It was clear that he had remembered something there.

"Anyway, you get the point right. If you want me to help someone like you, you need to put something of that worth on the table."

Erina's face turned dark, "You know what, you are the first on my most hated list."

"That's my honor.." Axel gave her a gentleman's bow with a bright smile on his face.