Only Wisdom Awakened-Chapter 170: Help

"Come here Ember, you got your skin all dirty with their blood."

Hans used a little {breeze} coupled with a bit of water to clean Ember, and they then continued with the gate raid.

In the few following battles, she didn’t even need to ambush the monsters, as her agility allowed her to close onto the opponents swiftly without much danger.

Two hours and a half later, the little white devil’s fangs sank into the boss monster’ neck, concluding the gate raid.

Hans passed by all their previous hunting spots to collect the corpses with telekinesis before heading towards the exit.

Just an E-rank gate didn’t bring much income, especially compared to what he was about to receive by selling the tortoises’ bodies, but leaving the monsters there seemed like a waste of Ember’s efforts, so he decided to bring them all.

Also, since they had been hunted by his little friend without much resistance the bodies were almost completely untouched, making them the perfect source for materials like hide and claws or fangs.

They would sell for a little bit more because of their perfect condition.

’I’ll just keep the money and buy something for Ember, what would she even need?

Maybe I should take something like a vivarium for her to feel more comfortable at home.

What if she doesn’t like it tough?…

Ugh, whatever, I’ll leave the vivarium open so she can come out if she doesn’t like it.’

While he was thinking about all these relatively important questions, he crossed the gate.

Waiting for him outside, contrary to what he thought, wasn’t only the transportation team he had asked for, but also some reporters.

"He came out!"

Yelled one.

"Oh, Mr. Hans please look this way"

"Mr. Hans, could you answer a few questions?"

"Mr. Hans, why have you come to such a low-level gate?"

"Mr. Hans, why is it that you remained in Greenland more than the other members?"

"Mr. Hans, any comments about how you bypassed those yetis?"

"Mr. Hans"

"Mr. Hans"

"Mr-

’So loud’

Thought Hans, annoyed by the excessive amount of people talking to him.

He would’ve liked to shout and ask everyone to stay quiet, but it would have probably created a misunderstanding about his character.

That actually made him reflect on something… people didn’t know his personality, they had seen him fight countless times, but he had rarely talked while being registered.

But these thoughts didn’t last long, since, on the verge of eruption because of all the noise, he threw the monster carcasses inside the truck with his {telekinesis} before flying up in the air and leaving the place without looking back.

In the meantime, Ember, who was hidden under his shirt, peeked at the ground beneath them from just below Hans’s chin.

After a couple of minutes, they landed back on the Academy’s ground, and she slithered down Hans’s leg.

"I’m sorry we couldn’t stay there any more than we did, I would’ve let you raid another gate but with all those people around us it wouldn’t have been that much fun for the both of us I guess."

Even if they had to terminate their trip earlier than planned, Ember didn’t seem to be sad, instead, she was pretty enthusiastic after spending so much time hunting with Hans.

"Haha…"

Seeing her emotions thanks to his mystic insight, Hans couldn’t help but feel happy.

"If you like it that much I’ll take you out again as soon as I can"

Hans then headed toward the dean’s office, since he had something to ask her.

During these few hours he had spent with Ember, he couldn’t help but notice how good she was at doing some specific things.

That is when the memory of something his father told him various times while he was little came back to his mind.

…

"Dad! Dad! I was playing but the ball fell into the lake, please help me get it back."

"Huh? Little rascal, how would I do that?"

"Huh? You-you can’t?"

Asked the kid saddened.

"No, I can’t, maybe you should try asking someone else."

"B-but who?"

Without replying, his dad pointed at a fisherman who was quietly waiting on his little boat for something to hook up his baits.

"W-what, no! I am not going to ask him"

"Why not?"

"Because I don’t know him"

"And so?"

"I, I don’t want to do it, can you do it for me?"

"This… alright, I’ll show you how to do it, but next time you will have to do it yourself, dad won’t always be here to help you"

After saying that, the man got up and walked to the shore, where he raised his hand and began waving it to catch the attention of the fisherman.

"Excuse me, sir!"

Seeing the man pointing himself, he continued:

"Yes, you sir, could you lend me a hand?

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My son’s ball fell in the lake, would you be kind enough to help us get it back?"

Without any hesitation, the other replied:

"Of course, no problem, I ain’t got anything on my bait today anyway, so I’m just wasting my time"

"Thank you so much!"

A few seconds later, the man’s little boat reached the ball, and he fished it up.

"Here you go!"

He said while throwing it towards the man on the shore.

Hans’s dad caught it, and then gave it to him, who was waiting just behind.

"Here, come on, thank the man, you would’ve lost the ball today if it wasn’t for him"

After a bit of hesitation, the little Hans yelled:

"Thank you for the help!"

"Hahaha, no problem, call me if it happens again"

"You see Hans, no one can do everything by themselves, there are many people who can do different things if you cannot do something by yourself, like taking the ball back for example, ask someone who can do it, it will always be easier that way instead of trying to get it back on your own."

"There is no shame in asking others for help, after all, someone’s strength is also deemed by how many people he has around"

…

Those words were right.

His situation at the time however was…

’The only one who can help me right now is Ava, I’ll ask her if she can find out what I need to know’

If even that won’t work, I might have to go to the night market when I have enough money’

With that in mind, Hans knocked on the dean’s door.

"Who is it"

"It’s me"

Replied Hans.

"Oh! Come in"

The young man entered the room, and since he didn’t want to leave Ember home alone, she was also there beside him.

Her first reaction when seeing the dean was a threatening hiss.

"So this is your little pet, I heard about it from Lily but I had never seen it.

It really is a beast…

You might have to teach it some manners though…"

As a childish reply to the hiss, the dean released her aura, making Ember fall back instinctively.

Hans waved his hand, creating a protective shield around Ember to ensure she wouldn’t get intimidated.

"Cut this out I came here to ask something and you threatened my little friend?

Also, it’s not ’it’ she has a name, and she’s called Ember."

"Alright alright… so serious.."

Ava released her aura pressure, and Hans did the same with his barrier.

"What have you come here for?"

"I need you to help me find something"

"Uh?"

"Were you there?

Four years ago in Manhattan"

Hearing this the dean was quite shocked, what a subject to bring up out of nowhere.

"No, I wasn’t there, but someone I knew was"

"You… knew"

"Yes, she died there, unfortunately"

"I am sorry to hear that"

"It’s okay, a lot of time has passed, and I managed to get over it.

What do you ask this for?"

"I need someone to help me track it down"

"What… are you talking about, am I hearing things right?

You want to track it down? You can’t be referring to.."

"That’s right, I want to know where the abyssal snake is"

"What for?"

"I’m going to kill it"

A few seconds passed, and the dean’s face lost all expression.

"Slap"

"Get your head together Hans, you cannot beat that monster, even if I have seen what you can do, I know that you are not there yet.

Do you think everyone’s not talking about this matter anymore just because they can’t find it?!

Do you think they gave up the Atlantic trading routes because they couldn’t deploy some high-ranking hunters?!

It’s not because of that! understood?!

No one, and I mean, no one, is able to touch that monster, if your stupid actions provoke another attack it may be the end for our nation!

Do you understand what I’m trying to say? I will not help you with this even if you bring me here a truck filled with diamonds.

Go back, I don’t want to hear any more of this bullshit, and if you’re so curious, return to the night market."

"Tch, I am the first when it comes to acknowledging your power, even if the other members of the association think you are too immature to hold such a position.

But then you come out with something like this…

can someone like you even teach something to anyone? You should reflect upon your ego before you say something like that ever again.