Curse The Mainframe - Chapter 437

Alec could feel his teacher’s good mood as she taught him patiently, which made the System surprised.

After all, with how strong Marsiel appeared to be, she should not be lacking in students, and she would be able to find students with a flip of her hand. What was harder was meeting her standards.

Of course, what Alec didn’t know was that she had been trapped in this ‘ruin’ for a long time, and she was only able to find students from those who entered the ruins.

Was it hard to find a student?

Not hard.

But picking one out of all these people who randomly entered the ruins? Most of them were old, or their potential had already been squeezed out.

Finding a student in these circ.u.mstances? How could it be easy?

It was hard!

It was tough!

So many of these people already had more than a dozen teachers, and they were already set in their ways.

Not only did they have to make it past all the assassination-type monsters and creatures, they had to accurately pass her pagoda, as well as decipher everything within a set amount of time.

If any of these conditions could not be met, then the only thing that happened was that they were kicked out of her home.

There were many things that she could do, but she refused to compromise on her standards! If they couldn’t do it, then they were useless!

Alec’s doubts must have shown on his face, because Marisel stopped after imparting what she wanted to him. There as a comfortable look on her face, as if she had finally found a method to vent after being trapped for all those years.

“Are you interested in why I only have you as a single student?” she asked. She was in a lovely mood. Right now, she would even be willing to accept a random student as her disciple since her first disciple slot had already been filled up. And one that was so full of potential, no less.

Alec nodded without hesitation, and the dragon demoness laughed.

“Hmph, my student is really bold,” she said, but there wasn’t a trace of dislike on her face. Instead, she appeared naturally delighted. “Well, it’s not too hard to tell you. I was confined here by an unknown entity, and I couldn’t escape.”

Alec was surprised, but he didn’t show it on his face. He could tell… his teacher was strong. She was even stronger than his father. “You didn’t manage to find out who it was?”

Marsiel shook her head. “Naturally, I tried to find out who was the one who was moving against me, but it was like nothing was there. Not a single scrap of information was left behind. The most frightening thing was that there were hordes of people who were sent to fight against me, each only a bit weaker than me.”

As she spoke, there was a deep, hidden anger and resentment that surfaced in her eyes, but she quickly put it away.

After all, it had been so many years since she was first stuck in this place that she got a student – someone that she could talk with.

Naturally, Marsiel was delighted from the bottom of her heart.

The most important thing was that such a disciple was to her liking. He wasn’t rash, nor was he impolite, and he knew how to work hard.

To Marisel, this was like a pie falling out of the sky. Even if he could not learn anything, he could learn it slowly. One day, she would manage to get out of here and be free.

“Well, I’ve tried to get out of here, but it can only be broken from outside.”

Alec concealed the sudden understanding in his eyes. No wonder this dragon demoness accepted him so easily. He was still a little doubtful of her intentions before this, but he understood now.

It was probably a mix of loneliness as well as hope that she could get out if she taught her student everything that she knew.

While his doubts about her reasons cleared up, he still didn’t know what she would do when she got out. Why was she trapped here in the first place?

Marisel saw through everything, and she grew more satisfied with her little student. Not trusting her blindly was the right choice. Marisel was a demoness for a reason. Before she had been trapped here, her word could not be trusted at all.

Lying, scamming, cheating, seducing… she did everything. Since the time she was a little character, all the way to the top of the food chain, that was her bread and butter.

She’d been a proud and aloof dragon once, but she fell to the depths of hell and was reborn as a new being.

But time alone had changed her.

What was it worth? What was pride worth? What was deceiving people worth?

It was all useless in the face of loneliness.

Time had ground away all her rough edges, leaving her shiny and smooth, and even the slightest touch could cause pain.

She was all alone here with no one else for company. The only thing she could do was train bitterly and sleep.

There was no entertainment here. Everything that she found fun before was reflected on by herself, and she grew ever so jaded.

By the time she was about to give up on herself, this little disciple of hers came…

And she suddenly realized that she didn’t want to do anything else. She just wanted to travel the world, living free and unfettered without anyone or anything holding her back and chaining her down.

She didn’t think much of the humans out there, but as long as they didn’t go against her, she would never touch them. To her, they were disposable. Even being trapped here for a long time had never changed that belief of hers. But with one glance at her little disciple, she knew that he would rather go against her if she ever said it out loud.

That was fine.

It was delightful, even, knowing that he held a strong belief and stayed true to himself.

If one could continue to follow their heart, then the road of cultivation would never be too long.

Marsiel pricked her ring finger and solemnly drew out a blood oath, which formed in mid-air beautifully. It was like the work of finest art, so beautiful that it took your breath away.

“I know you won’t be rest assured, so here’s my oath. I, Marsiel Bloodbringer, swear that I will not make a move on any humans so long as they leave me alone. I will treat my student, Alec Neil, as my family and shall not hurt him in any way, shape or form. In return, my student has to do his best to get me out from this ruin.”

Alec looked at her deeply.

To be honest, he really wasn’t as good a person as Marsiel thought that he was. He just wanted to make sure that the people whom he held close to him would not be harmed by his newest teacher.

Alec followed suit and pricked his finger. The blood flew out and joined the blood oath that was already hanging in the air.

“I, Alec Neil, swear that as long as my teacher upholds her oath, I will treat her as my family, and will do my utmost best to ensure that she leaves this place unscathed.”

The blood oath transformed in a swirl before shooting back to both parties, burrowing into their bodies.

Alec could faintly feel the presence of the oath that had been taken by them.

If any of them broke this oath, then it would not cause death but instead inflict grievous pain constantly at every moment of the day. It was a pain that would never disappear for the rest of your life.

Marsiel beamed at him, all her previous depression flying away. She was incomparably excited.

“Come, come, come,” she said, tugging Alec.

The two of them approached a door on the side that was hidden underneath a portrait. Alec raised a brow.

Inside was like…

Heaven.

That was the only way that Alec could put it.

He was dazzled by the number of books and numerous sealing and array manuscripts inside.

Alec walked forward like he was possessed, and Marsiel laughed at the side, her eyes bright.

It wasn’t this often she managed to find someone who was so besotted by her art, and it seemed like her student was the same type of person as her.

It made her incomparably delighted, and she knew that she had not chosen the wrong student.

She started introducing various manuscripts to him one by one. “Look, look. This is your teacher’s hard work over all these years. I wrote all these books. They’re one of a kind, and you won’t find them anywhere else!”

“Look, look, look! This one! This ink! I made it myself. Using this ink lets to imbue more magic into the array!”

“Look, look…”