[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-85":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1620095,2087,"Chapter 85. Silver Hair","bear-school-astartes-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>Early the next morning, Lann and Alia checked out of their room at the Silver Swan Tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two Oren coins he paid earlier were enough to cover the extra cost of cleaning the bedding, so he didn’t have to pay any more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the checkout counter, Lann sent Alia to fetch Bopai while he casually mentioned to the bartender calculating the bill,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it just you working here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, sir. Bartending isn’t a busy job, and I also handle accounting, so it’s just me here. I’ve been working here for over ten years now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man, with a towel over his shoulder, was nothing like the \"bartender\" from last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the first time he came to the Silver Swan Tavern, it wasn’t this man he saw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant, from the moment he first stepped into Gos Velen, the \"thing\" that called itself Gant Odim had already been waiting here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...What a headache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being watched by something that could foresee the future and alter reality, Lann didn’t find it a privilege.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since that \"thing\" clearly had a mischievous and playful personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Demon Hunter didn’t chat any further with the bartender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned and left the tavern, took Bopai from the reins Alia held, and walked out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shrunken alchemy pouch swung on the horse’s rump. Lann mounted the horse, pulling Alia to sit behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaning forward on the horseback, he patted Bopai’s nose. It shook its head and snorted a moist, audible breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed it rested well last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir... your hair?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind Lann, Alia softly whispered with slight concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the little girl’s perspective, after one night, the knight she followed had a large area of white hair at the roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though this white resembled molten silver, shining with a lustrous glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not the gray-white of aging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for such a drastic change overnight... could the mysterious alchemy from last night have burned life span?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in Alia’s hometown, tales of magic and alchemy always involved dire costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This naturally made her worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, don’t worry.\" Lann nonchalantly put on his hood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The alchemy last night was a success, and this is one of the signs of success.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, from the rough memories Lann gained, individuals implanted with the same type of genetic seed would display varying degrees of convergence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the gene seed named \"Son of the Emperor\" in his chest had a high probability of turning its host into a silver-haired, handsome man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, it’s just appearance, and in a favorable way that increases charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann quickly accepted this fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all... what man would refuse to become more handsome and strong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sturdy mare gradually increased its pace from a trot to galloping down the deserted morning street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The experience of conversing with that unknown \"thing\" last night seemed incapable of shaking Lann’s resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention an unknown \"thing\", even if the heavens wanted to play him, would you stand still, doing nothing in resistance?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann wasn’t that kind of person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the opponent seemed as unreachable as \"a tiger biting the sky, with no place to start\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would still do his tasks step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he couldn’t interfere with his opponent, he would ensure his own stable progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, need to hone and adapt to his current combat strength, and fulfill the mission with Airetusa Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or just simply vent his revulsion and anger towards slavery and cannibalism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to make a trip to Vizima.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——Then kill the Head Eater and his buyer!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Temerian Capital, Vizima.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a lavish mansion located in the trade district, the Head Eater—Ubank, sat anxiously in a row of seats outside the study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this vast mansion, soldiers clad in military armor would patrol back and forth from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their armor setup was similar to Temerian standard armor, basic composite armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the outer surcoat bore no white lily emblem, but rather plain black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at all entrances and corners of the estate, there were towering warriors covered head to toe in gleaming plate armor, their faces protected by visors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such fully armored warriors, even if beset by many adversaries on the battlefield, would take quite a while of arduous targeting to kill the warrior inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the warriors able to wear such armor and still move freely were likely to swing their weapons, like a large windmill, creating a veritable bloodstorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, one armored soldier was enough to slay five unarmored warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in front of the fully armored warrior, even armored soldiers were the slain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ubank sat there looking around, all he saw was the closed study door and the corridor corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just sitting for this while, seeing the soldiers passing by the corridor corner, it would have been enough to slaughter the meticulously run camp he had in Velen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he clearly knew that this mansion, vast and deep, had many more guards than he could see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even disregarding the power these guards represented, just the sprawling area this mansion occupied in the trade district was enough to illustrate the owner’s distinguished status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vizima was not only the Temerian capital, but also a crossroads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No discussion of the slightly fearsome Old Vizima, due to old matters, nor the worthless haven for paupers and criminals—the Temple District, but solely the crucial trade district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merchants and goods converging from riverways and roads filled this city to the brim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bureaucrats wielding power and desiring safety and convenience filled the gaps in the trade district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rumor has it, Veltrest, during the \"Vampire Bird Incident\", when relocating the palace, was implored by the prosperity of trade and bureaucracy to make concessions in palace area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Ubank was aimlessly thinking, the study door suddenly opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expensive build of the door, despite its thickness and solidity, prevented it from making any noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The male Warlock—Safra, dressed in light leather armor and a mask veiling the lower part of his face, walked out with furrowed brows, seemingly dissatisfied with the recent conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cold gaze above the mask swept over Ubank like a venomous snake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Causing the Skellige Islands’ robust giant to smile sheepishly, resembling a chick, retracting his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your turn, Head Eater, huh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With apparent contempt for this nickname, Safra sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good luck to you, hope the lord listens to your explanation. Due to this mishap, I’ll be busy for a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, the bald, masked Warlock walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ubank stood up with a sycophantic smile, seeing him off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he approached the study door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the door closed tight, Ubank’s obsequious smile towards Safra instantly vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir, he’s gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the study, a well-dressed middle-aged man was fiddling with a small carriage model.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did he look?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very displeased.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon receiving the answer, the middle-aged man nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Safra, as a Warlock, is highly capable and ambitious, but no matter how great the ambition, I can satisfy it. Yet I can’t let him effortlessly fulfill his desires.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Power and wealth... need to go through hardships to become more valuable. When the time comes for me to use him, it’ll be more convenient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you are different, Ubank.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing himself being discussed, the Head Eater humbly lowered his head in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You arrived with nothing, without the skills of a Warlock. That’s why I give when needed, as your needs are urgent. Moreover, both your mind and capabilities often prove worthwhile. But this time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The well-mannered middle-aged man put down the carriage model, raising his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Head Eater, in turn, lowered his head even further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me an explanation, Ubank.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1271,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.941Z",1,"novelbin.me","a6e52b4d6b6ad69431a5830b0b68733e5b9a0e90407c0266783d4bc76d17bb73","bear-school-astartes-chapter-86","bear-school-astartes-chapter-30",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]