Otherworld Adventure

After Teacher Gal'ania left, the class was sent into another round of heated discussion. This time they were wondering who Lucia's mother actually was.

Just the mere mention of her name could cause the teacher to actually bow down and apologize to Lucia.

The class was curious and the same went for Lucia's close friends. Velicia actually came over from the front of the class where she was sitting with her other friends just to find out more from the person herself.

"Neh, Lucia! Who is your mother actually?" Velicia asked with eyes sparkling with intense curiosity.

Eli remained silent, but she had her attention on them. Fina was actually just about to ask the same question except Velicia beat her to it.

Ainz went ahead to Cecil and asked him instead. From the beginning to the end he saw that Cecil wasn't at all startled to see someone act respectful just at the mere mention of Lucia's mother's name, so he figured that Cecil knew something.

Why didn't he ask Lucia? It was simple really. With how Lucia treated him, she would probably just brush him off to the side.

"Hey, Cecil, do you know who Lucia's mother actually is?"

"...she's my mother I guess..."

"WHAT?!" Ainz replied stupefied.

"WHAAAATTTT!!!!?????" The 3 girls who were just about to listen to Lucia's explanation similarly turned to Cecil and exclaimed in surprise.

The class who was in heated discussion turned their eyes towards their group. Although they didn't hear what Cecil said, they had their full attention on them since they figured that Lucia had spilled the beans on her mother's identity.

"C-Cecil... didn't you say that your parent's had already–"

Fina asked hesitantly. She didn't want to reopen any of Cecil's scars, but if what Cecil said was true... then wouldn't that mean it was Lucia's mom who actually...

Cecil looked up and shrugged, "Well, she is y'know..."

"Cel~ that's pretty misleading if you put it that way~" Lucia interjected.

"?"

Cecil only tilted his head in confusion at Lucia words, this caused her to sigh and explain.

"My mother and father took in Cecil as their son after he came to live with us in the village. So it's not what you guys are thinking~"

"Oh, so it's like that!"

Her words gave her friends some understanding, they then turned to Cecil and saw that the boy only shrugged and turned his head back to the manual he was reading.

Seeming to have gained some sort of revelation, Ainz turned towards Lucia and asked something really insensible.

"So Cecil's like... your foster brother?"

The word 'brother' made the air around their group drop a couple of levels. Eli was startled and Fina shivered. The two began glaring at Ainz, but the boy only turned a teasing smile towards Lucia.

Lucia turned a meaningful smile towards Ainz and said, "Ahaha, nope. He's just my childhood friend..."

"But–"

"He's just my childhood friend." Lucia emphasized with a chilly smile which immediately stopped Ainz from opening his mouth.

Ainz quickly turned towards Cecil as if to escape. He bent down and whispered.

"Cecil, you still didn't answer my question," Ainz looked up and made sure that Lucia and the rest didn't hear him.

Cecil didn't get why he was whispering, but he replied in a whisper as well.

"Well... during my time with Lucia's family, mother was the person who taught us about magic..."

"...that's it?"

"Yeah! Haha!" Cecil laughed and turned his attention back to his book.

Ainz saw this and could only helplessly let out a breath. Asking Cecil anything that was unrelated to training was the same as asking a rock where the direction of the mountain was.

Ainz could only walk back to his seat and pretend to rest his head. His full attention was directed to the girls who were sitting just across from him.

"...Ainz you could just listen in if you wan–" Lucia said teasingly.

At her words, Ainz immediately stood up from his seat and with a speed that looked like he teleported arrived right next to Fina.

"WAH!" Fina exclaimed in surprise and started smacking Ainz with the text book she was holding.

Lucia snickered seeing Ainz make a fool of himself.

"Ouch. Okay, now ta–ouch–lk," Ainz demanded.

"Jeez, you're a boy, but you sure like to gossip!" Velicia teased.

"Hah! I care not of your words! Now... talk!"

"Shut it Ainz. Another word and you can go back to your seat." Eli said coldly.

"...yes, ma'am."

Lucia was looking at Ainz with an amused expression, she turned her gaze and glanced at the class, everyone had their attention on her.

"Well...my mom is Cecil's and my master... I guess... she taught us all we know about mana and spells. She's also a researcher, but most of her research is alien to me... Cecil would know more since he's been helping my mother with her research before we left the village."

Lucia paused and continued, "Other than that... she's just my mother~"

"Gah!"

Ainz fell from his seat and the rest of her friends only looked back at Lucia with a little frustration.

"Hey, come on. You could at least tell us who your mother actually is!" Ainz desperately asked, "She must be some sort of important person judging from Teacher Gal'ania's reaction!"

Lucia only shrugged in response, "I don't know~ to me, my mother's just my mother! There's nothing special about her except that she's given birth to a genius like me~ Nahahaha~"

Lucia laughed it off and just as she was about to continue with her inscriptions, a black gate opened in the front of the classroom.

"WAH!" From the gate, out stumbled Gal'ania. After her was the headmaster, Elufied Crescentia.

"Ahaha, please excuse my intrusion everyone~" The headmaster leisurely greeted the class. This caused the class to burst into an uproar.

"The headmaster actually came!"

"That means!"

"The research materials from Lucia!'

Lucia just looked up at the headmaster and resumed her inscriptions once again. She couldn't careless really. It was only just a small portion of her mother's research results, it was nothing special.

The headmaster took a while to observe the board, during this time Gal'ania tried to calm down the class.

The headmaster finished reading and recording the materials on the board. He then turned around and addressed the class.

"Well, this seems to be a very important piece of information~ so please do keep things under wraps for a while okay~"

He smiled gently at the class and turned to look at Lucia who was busy with her scrolls before calling out to her.

"Lucia!"

"...Yes?" Lucia raised her head and responded. She just finished inscribing her last formation.

"Could you please come with me?"

"..."

"Haha~ don't worry I won't bite."

Lucia turned her eyes towards the boy next to her. Cecil saw her and just shrugged, he made it clear to her that she should decide for herself whether to go or not.

Lucia thought for a moment before nodding her head and standing up.

"Okay..."

She waved her hand and the magic quill, pen, ink, and scrolls disappeared into her spatial ring. She tapped the scrolls on her desk and they quickly rolled themselves up and she strapped them onto her belt.

The headmaster raised an eyebrow seeing her actions, he smiled gently before waving his hand and opening a spatial gate. He glanced backward and saw that Lucia was already standing behind him. Then he turned and gave a slight nod to Gal'ania before walking into the gate.

Lucia turned around and took a quick glance at Cecil before she followed the headmaster into the gate. She felt her body being swallowed by an unknown force and she felt lightheaded.

Back in the classroom, not long after Lucia walked into the gate, it blinked out of existence.

"Will Lucia be okay?" Fina asked worriedly.

"Don't worry so much, the headmaster probably just wants to ask her about her mother. I mean look, Cecil doesn't look worried at all." Ainz replied while giving a glance at the calmly reading Cecil.

"...okay."

"Does this mean class is over?" Velicia asked while taking a seat beside Eli.

Ainz went to sit next to Cecil, he only took out his MID and took a look at the time.

"Yup, we're done. HEY TEACH!"

"Y-yes?"

"We're done now right? I guess it's time to go to our next class?"

"Oh!" Gal'ania took a glance at the time on her MID and nodded her head.

"Class is dismissed. Please go to your next class and tell the instructor that Lucia has permission to be absent."

"Okay! Thanks instructor!" Ainz replied.

After Gal'ania walked out of the classroom, everyone packed up their things and walked out.

"Let's go Cecil! We can't be late for our next class." Fina urged hastily seeing Cecil still focused on his book.

"Okay."

"Next is practical combat class so you'll have to put away that book Cecil." Eli informed. She was waiting at the entrance of the class for her friends.

Cecil shrugged and kept his things. He stood up and walked out of the class with his friends, heading towards the academy's training grounds.