Chapter 555: Oliver Silvertone

Julius stared up at the man who was still quietly observing him like one would examine a fascinating creature or an unfamiliar pastry. He didn’t know if he liked either comparison, to be honest.

He liked pastries, but that didn’t mean he liked being looked at like he was one.

“Umm. Nice to meet you.” Julius offered.

The man gave him one more thoughtful look and nodded. “Yes, it is nice to meet you. My name is Oliver. When I heard that Cain had taken an apprentice, I was curious about what kind of person they were. It’s not the sort of thing that Cain normally does, despite having a school of his own.”

“What is that supposed to mean?” Cain clenched his chest, sounding offended by the insinuation.

“How many direct disciples have you actually taken?” Oliver pointed out.

Cain grumbled but didn’t answer the question.

“My point exactly.”

Cain shook his head before he addressed Julius. “Anyway, they will help you with your training. And don’t worry, I chose them because on top of being a respectable guild, everyone who is a part of the guild happens to be very durable,” Cain said with a grin.

Julius brightened up and suddenly looked at these people in a different light.

Durable, he said? Julius murmured to himself internally, already wondering just what he could do to test this. If Cain said they were durable, then they were likely very durable. The man had high standards. Additionally, he had already fought Erik the other day, so Julius knew how durable he had been. If that was the norm for this guild, then Julius suspected he would be pleasantly surprised.

Julius bowed to the group of people. “Thank you so much for your future help. Is there anything I can do in exchange for your help?”

Cain answered for him. “I have already promised I would give them some personal lessons and help them with their own abilities when I can. As for Oliver, there isn’t much either of us can do for him. He gets a lot of privileges since he’s the Vice Guildmaster of the Sentinel Guild.”

“He’s the Vice Guildmaster?” Julius repeated, shocked, though, to be fair, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. After all, he suspected that Oliver was already Tier 6, and being in a leadership position was to be expected.

“Yep, and you might even know his cousin. Last I heard, he was a professor or something at Goldencrest,” Cain added.

“Cousin?” Julius turned to look at Oliver with a thoughtful expression. “What’s their name?”

Oliver shrugged. “He’s technically not a professor. Last I heard, he had been promoted to Assistant Director of Enrollment or something. His name is Silas, and apparently, he is pretty talented for a branch family member.”

“Silvertone?” Julius asked, already having an idea who his cousin was.

“Yeah, do you know him?”

“Yeah, I have met him before,” Julius commented with a strained smile.

Oliver tilted his head, noticing Julius’s expression. “Is he still a meddlesome prat?”

Julius shook his head. “No, nothing like that… well, maybe a little bit. But honestly, I don’t know him well enough to really say anything.”

It was true too. Julius had really only interacted with the guy during his entrance exam. The way he had examined Julius’s aura was a little rude, but nothing too bad. He had also stopped the woman from being too rude to Julius, which was nice.

However, Gabriel mentioned that Silas was the one who had changed his proctor. So, in terms of meddlesome, that seemed accurate. With that being said, that decision had been the reason why Gabriel had even met Julius in the first place. So in a way, Julius was thankful for Silas’s intervention. If not for Gabriel, Julius didn’t think he would have had such a good start to his time at Goldencrest.

The irony that another Silvertone was introducing more training partners to Julius was not lost to him.

“Enough talking, let’s get going. We don’t have all day. You can fight against Oliver first; he has offered to be your sparring partner today. It won’t be like this all the time, so you should take advantage of this while you can,” Cain said suddenly.

“Why the rush?” He asked his teacher curiously.

“Nothing, just that they are all busy people and we can’t be wasting their time,” Cain explained unconvincingly.

Julius stared at Cain with skepticism.

“Is that the only reason?”

Cain nodded and itched his ear as he looked away. “Yeah, that and it would be a waste of our time too.”

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Julius frowned. “Are you sure it’s not because you want to see Oliver beat me up?”

Cain shook his head firmly. “No! Of course not.”

Julius sighed and smiled. “Thank god. However, he doesn’t have to hold back too much. I’m guessing you told him about some of my skills?”

Cain winced. “Yeah, I told him about some stuff. I also kind of told him that he shouldn’t be scared of pushing you really hard.”

Julius glared blankly at his traitorous teacher. “So you were hoping for me to get beaten up?”