June was sitting cross-legged on the floor and she opened her eyes hearing Noah speak.
She snorted and spoke in an irritated voice.
"Then leave, what are you doing here?"
Noah sighed.
'It seems like our relationship regressed to when I first met her.'
"I need to give you something first."
"I don't need it!"
'Why is this so hard…'
Noah sighed again.
"Will you abandon the thought of surpassing me?"
She finally turned her head.
"Why would I do that? You know my plan! I will use-"
"Your family and your relationship with the Royals to gather resources in order to improve your personal power. I know, I can ensure you that it won't be enough."
Noah finished her phrase.
June stood up and shouted angrily at him.
"How can you be so sure? Tell me the truth, why did you become interested in me all of sudden? What were your intentions?"
'She has a point, I indeed approached her out of necessity.'
He sighed for the third time before staring June in her eyes.
"One day, they will find me, I need to move in order to obtain as many benefits as I can before I'm forced to run away again."
June was silenced as soon as Noah began to reveal information about himself.
Noah continued.
"Look, I needed to be sure of your character and I have to admit that among all those that wanted to exploit me, your frankness is a breath of fresh air."
June opened her mouth to speak but Noah raised one hand to stop her.
"I can't have more enemies and I have to be careful of my every move. I lie a lot to cover my tracks and I don't care much about anything except for cultivating, yet you didn't mind it and have accepted me anyway. I thank you for that, I have to say that I honestly like your company."
That was the truth.
After losing his mother and abandoning William, the only people with whom he could stop pretending were Ivor and June. However, Ivor was mainly interested in keeping the Elemental forging method alive while June had no hidden meaning behind her actions.
June blushed lightly and lowered her head, Noah's words resembled a confession of some sort which made her embarrassed.
Noah though had other intentions and stretched his right arm toward her.
"I trust you. If you feel the same, take my hand. You will understand part of my actions like this."
June raised her head and stared at the hand pointed toward her.
She hesitated for a few seconds before resolving her will and stretching her hand to reach Noah's one.
As the two hands touched each other, Noah tightened his grip and spoke in a solemn voice.
"I declare you Eccentric Thunder's heir."
The conditions of his deal were met and the orange rune moved from his torso toward his fingers before entering June's body.
A torrent of information flowed into her sea of consciousness and she released the handshake as she kneeled on the floor to support herself.
"This, this…"
She was speechless as the specifics of the inheritance ground became clear in her mind.
Attached to them, there where the memories of Noah's trial from when he entered the second stage to when he exited after making the deal.
Eccentric Thunder had secretly passed them down to warn his future heir about Noah's personality, he didn't know that those memories had the opposite effect to June.
Noah's strenuous battle that ultimately led to a failure in obtaining the inheritance due to his aptitude only increased her admiration toward the mysterious man in front of her.
"One last thing. If you ever try to use that power to harm me, I will forsake all the good moments that we had together and kill you without hesitation."
Noah gave her one last warning before smiling lightly and leaving the room.
From that moment on, he was no longer a student of the academy!
Chapter end
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