[BL] Challenge: 100 Baby in Fantasy World-Chapter 266: Vice Headmaster (2)

Agus suddenly stood up. The three young men before him looked up in confusion.

Was their discussion over? Was he telling them to leave?

Instead, Agus said, "Take me into your space."

’Now?’ Gara blinked in surprise. Honestly, he hadn’t expected the reclusive vampire to be this eager or to spare more of his time.

Still, Gara didn’t refuse. He nodded once, and in the next moment, the five of them entered his dimensional pocket.

Their positions stayed the same, but the scenery around them shifted completely. Agus’s expression changed just as drastically.

"What— what just happened?" His voice rose slightly.

"This is inside my dimensional space, Sir," Gara replied, wondering why the vice headmaster suddenly sounded so alarmed.

"We... just moved here?" Agus’s brows furrowed, but he quickly reined in his reaction, his face returning to calm neutrality.

Gara nodded. "This house is part of my Talent. Everything here —up to the outer fence— is within my space."

Agus clearly tried to keep his composure, but Gara noticed the twitch in the man’s eyes and lips. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Gara gestured for Fian to inform the people inside the house about their guest, then continued leading Agus toward the watchtower.

As they climbed the stairs, Agus kept silent, resisting the urge to interrupt. Everything Gara was describing sounded too good to be true.

But when he finally saw it —the grand mansion, the wide territory, the farmland and springs, and the mist shimmering beyond the wall— he couldn’t help but speak.

"That’s... real mist!" His hand shot forward, pointing toward it.

His expression wasn’t one of excitement or fear, but trembling awe. Not because he had discovered something new, but because, for the first time, he saw a glimmer of hope.

Then he turned to Gara, that same look of hope now directed straight at the boy as if this human child was the answer, the one hope left for the continent.

Even though he wanted to rush closer to the wall that separated them from the mist, he held back and continued to follow Gara quietly, listening to his explanation about the land beyond the mansion.

"With an area this large, it could become a village," Agus remarked. "You might even establish a new territory here, a barony under your rule."

He said it on a whim, but the words hit Gara harder than expected.

’Raising my child in my own land, surrounded by people I can trust... it doesn’t sound like a bad idea, but...’

Gara chose not to respond.

They kept walking for a long while, long enough for Gara, Madha, and Fian to slip their hands into their pockets against the cold.

Eventually, they reached the manor gate, the outermost one, which the three of them had only seen from afar the day before.

The wall wasn’t very high. Looking up, they could clearly see the mist beyond it.

Agus didn’t stop. Gara had already told him there was a long road beyond the gate leading to somewhere unknown, so he pushed the gate open without hesitation.

His mouth fell open as thick mist parted before them, revealing a long road stretching endlessly ahead.

They followed the path, with Madha explaining what he and Fian had seen during their previous exploration.

Before they knew it, the sky turned red, and the temperature dropped sharply.

Madha glanced toward Gara and saw his fiancée’s body trembling slightly from the cold.

"Sir, we should probably head back," Madha reminded him. "Our clothes aren’t made for this kind of cold."

Agus blinked. He’d forgotten that these boys were born and raised in Swargaloka Province where the air was always warm and gentle. Unlike him, they weren’t used to the chill.

"You’re right. Let’s go back," he said, resisting the urge to scold himself for being careless. An elder should know better.

Truthfully, he’d just been in a rush. His mind was already racing ahead, wondering how to expand non-mist territory faster, without waiting for the next mist monster assault.

He turned toward Gara, whose lips had already turned a pale shade of blue, and felt a flicker of guilt.

But before he could say anything—

—they were suddenly back in the room.

"We... came back instantly?" Agus asked, startled.

Gara gave a small nod and a faint smile, too cold to speak much.

Once again, Agus found himself struck by the enormity of Gara’s ability.

"No one has ever possessed a Talent like yours, Gara," he said quietly. "Since the first creatures of this continent began recording history, no one has even come close."

Gara’s chest tightened. Panic flickered beneath his calm expression. ’If only he knew... this wasn’t even a Talent. It’s an item the System gave me.’

"What’s even more incredible," Agus continued, "is how fast you’ve improved. You’ve advanced your Talent in such a short time."

"Sir." Gara met his gaze squarely. "I believe many people could improve their Talents just as quickly if knowledge and information were shared equally. If there weren’t such a massive gap. If certain groups didn’t hoard knowledge for themselves."

Agus’s brows drew together. But after a moment, he sighed. "Knowledge isn’t hoarded, Gara. It’s given— to the right people. To those who can handle it responsibly. That’s to prevent misuse."

"And who decides who the ’right people’ are?" Gara pressed. "What exactly does ’misuse’ mean?"

For once, Agus had no immediate answer. His lips curved into something between admiration and caution. "Now I understand why your growth is so fast. You think differently from most people."

Then his tone turned grave. "But you shouldn’t question a system that has stood for thousands of years, Gara. I’m not trying to scare you but there are truths the younger generation won’t easily grasp. The same truths your parents struggled with."

"My parents?" Gara frowned.

"They went against the laws set by our ancestors," Agus said softly. "Not just through their marriage, but through the ideas they stood for. Ideas that neither humans nor druids could accept."

"That’s why the human side didn’t help them... when the druids hunted them down?" Gara asked, voice low.

Agus didn’t answer. He didn’t need to.

Gara already knew the truth.

His parents’ ideas could have saved this world from destruction. But instead, they were destroyed first.

By the very beings who lived upon it.

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