Divine Luck: SSS-Rank Battle Maid Harem-Chapter 409: Plans

Zach woke up the next morning and was still tired. But while he was tired, and his body felt heavy, he wasn’t sleepy. So he rose and took a stroll around the Academy right before sunset, letting the cool air flow through his lungs and maybe energize him.

It didn’t work, but he at least met up with Nessa who was also out and about. Zach talked to her until the others also woke up and joined them. He found out that they had also earned the same title as him.

It didn’t feel as special anymore, but it was right that they had it. Then, they talked about what they were going to do after stopping by the capital and receiving their reward.

Julius was the first to announce his plans, possibly because he was the only one with them.

He was going to follow Zoe back to the Underworld. He didn’t need underworld energy to live, but it made living a lot easier and more comfortable for him in his current state. His Mannequin would also continue growing stronger by living in the Underworld.

After all the time he had spent there, Julius could also see himself living there long-term. He would be working for and with Zoe and the other underworlders to make the Underworld a better place than it had been during Ugor’s time. It wasn’t going to be a paradise, but it would work with the Empire to trade and offer help and such.

Underworld energy was useful for many things, and the fact that they had an underground network over large parts of the Empire could be useful for trade routes that would otherwise be obstructed by mountains, weather, bandits, monsters, or natural disasters.

Julius could return home, but he had already been stricken off the family register since they thought he was dead. Zach’s attempts at keeping the belief in his survival alive hadn’t worked that well outside the Academy. He could go home, but he couldn’t inherit, not that he wanted to, and if he did go home, he wouldn’t be able to stay for long.

He was the son of a baron. He could either inherit or go start a family of his own somewhere else. Julius didn’t have any plans on starting a family anytime soon, but he was finding his own path in the world, and that path started in the Underworld.

The others were initially shocked when they heard, but they didn’t try to dissuade Julius after hearing his reasoning. If he felt at home in the Underworld, who were they to tell him it was a bad idea just because they couldn’t imagine living in the darkness?

Afterward, the others started discussing about their plans. The second thing to come up after taking a vacation at Violina’s or Zach’s homes was the planned trip to the northern Labyrinth of Vidur.

They had agreed to go there together after their fourth year. But they had planned that for when they finished the fourth year after nine months of school, not nine days later, most of which was spent waiting for Zach to wake up.

There was some interest. Zach wanted to go. The others also wanted to go. There was no reason not to. It was a shame that Julius wouldn’t follow since he would return to the Underworld after he and Zoe settled their business in the Empire.

They decided to continue north after the capital unless something happened that drove them to reconsider.

After a while, the principal popped up behind them and asked them if they were ready.

Before they could answer, a shadow covered them moments before the dragon from last year slammed down into the ground in front of them, unleashing a powerful wave of wind that swept over the Academy grounds.

Reluctantly and while glaring at most of the students, the dragon lowered its neck to the ground. The principal led his students and Zoe up onto the dragon’s back.

Yanael helped Zach since he struggled with jumping the height to the neck from the ground. He didn’t even try since he didn’t want to embarrass himself in front of the others, but he knew it would be difficult for him in his current state. The top of the scaly neck was only slightly above the top of his head.

It was an unimaginable height to jump with ease just more than three years ago. But now, Zach was filled with shame that he couldn’t do it.

The others, who weren’t aware of Zach’s weakened state, just saw it as him showing off his closeness with such a beautiful familiar. But if that was enough to drive anyone other than Anerias jealous, they would have long since stopped being friends with Zach.

The only ones who looked at Zach without rolling their eyes were the principal and Zoe. Zoe had seen him struggle yesterday. The principal was perceptive enough to notice Zach’s condition.

The insides of Zach’s body were a complete mess, and it wasn’t something even his world essence energy and Alzara’s potions could do anything about in short order. Zach had a long path of recovery ahead of him. The backlash of overusing something as powerful and domineering as world essence energy wouldn’t be washed away with a good night’s rest and some vitamins.

The principal’s eyes narrowed as he wondered if he had a suitable graduation gift he could try and charm Zach with. If it was good enough, he might just be able to persuade Zach into becoming his disciple and inheriting the Academy. He just had to convince Zach that he would get a bunch of good stuff as soon as he agreed.

The problem was that Zach was too used to good stuff. He wouldn’t be that easily persuaded, even by something good enough to deal with the consequences of overexerting himself.

But at the same time, the principal didn’t want to give him something too good since Zach might accept the gift but not the request to become his disciple.

It was rough.

In the end, the principal decided to squeeze the Emperor for something truly valuable. Zach had done the Empire and the Imperial Family a huge favor, after all. He should be rewarded with something amazing.

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