Chapter 266: He Reunited With His Wife… in the Worst Way Possible!

A few minutes earlier...

Arwen looked around with pure disgust.

His expression only darkened further when he noticed few half-elf students among the crowd.

’These filthy humans never learn.’

He quickly looked away from them.

However, the moment he did, something caught his attention.

No—someone.

’Is he... that bastard?’

Arwen’s gaze settled on the man standing at the far end.

The man had shoulder-length black hair and blue eyes.

Arwen stared at his face for a few moments.

It looked almost identical to the face of Luke Voidheart—the Hero of Light and, more importantly, the husband of Elaria Moonleaf.

The moment that thought crossed his mind, Arwen’s expression twisted with disgust and anger.

After all, it wasn’t just Arwen who despised humans.

The entire elven race held deep hatred toward them.

So when the elves had learned that Elaria had married a human—and not just any human, but a supposedly talentless one—Arwen had felt as though the Goddess of Light herself was mocking their entire race.

Only the Royal Elves knew the truth about Elaria.

That she was a half-elf, born from an assault committed by a human.

Yet, to the rest of the elven race, Elaria was still regarded as a pure elf and a member of their royalty.

That was precisely why their hatred toward the current Hero of Light ran even deeper.

"Lirael." Arwen slowly pointed toward Luke while keeping his gaze fixed on him.

At first, Lirael was confused.

Because, Arwen’s face was filled with nothing but anger and disgust, and she had no idea what had done.

However, the moment she turned around and saw Luke, her expression changed as well.

"Is that... the talentless filth whom our princess was forced to marry?"

She asked through gritted teeth, her voice filled with suppressed anger.

Clearly, she didn’t want to make a bad impression of the elves in front of everyone. Otherwise, she would have attacked him already.

Still, she was finding it increasingly difficult to control her emotions.

"Yeah."

Arwen nodded, his own anger barely contained.

He clearly didn’t believe the recent rumors surrounding Luke.

That the supposedly talentless man had somehow become a genius.

After all, even the elves knew of several methods that could rapidly increase someone’s cultivation to the Bronze Knight realm within a few days.

However, every one of those methods came with a price.

They either drained the user’s potential or caused severe adverse effects.

’As for the claim that Luke had killed a Mid-Golden Knight?’

That was even more ridiculous.

Otherwise, the Holy Church would have brought him back already.

A mocking expression appeared on Arwen’s face.

After all, why would the Holy Church spread false information when they possessed such immense power?

But he still needed an excuse.

After all, making a scene in front of A-Rank beings wasn’t a good idea at all.

Then, he suddenly remembered something.

’This meeting is between academies, yet an outsider is standing here.’

Thinking of this, a sly grin appeared on his lips.

So, without wasting any time, he spoke loudly.

"Why is an outsider standing here?"

Arwen’s voice echoed throughout the plaza, immediately attracting everyone’s attention.

"What happened?"

"Who is the outsider?"

Murmurs quickly spread among the students and professor.

Even the principal, vice principal, and other representatives turned toward Arwen with confused expressions.

’What is he up to?’

And the same thought appeared in the minds of almost everyone present.

After all, they knew that Arwen wasn’t someone who usually spoke without a reason.

"This is bad." Seeing this, Isaria immediately felt a bad premonition.

Because earlier, before Arwen shouted, she had noticed his gaze lingering on Luke for a few moments.

Then, she remembered the long-standing history between humans and elves.

’He’s trying to pick a fight with Luke.’

Isaria thought worriedly.

In her haste, she had completely forgotten one important detail—only academy members were supposed to be present here.

After all, this wasn’t a public meeting.

Thinking this, she hurriedly grabbed Luke’s arm.

"Luke, let’s leave before he points toward you."

She tried to pull him away immediately.

Unfortunately, her plan failed the very next moment.

"Don’t think you can run anymore!"

Arwen shouted loudly while pointing directly toward Luke, clearly trying to make everyone believe that the Hero of Light was nothing more than a coward who ran away when confronted.

Instantly, everyone’s gaze turned toward Luke and Isaria.

For a moment, the entire crowd became confused.

"Who?"

Question marks practically appeared above everyone’s heads.

Only Selene, Marius, the Principal, the Vice Principal, and the other representatives sensed something unusual.

But then, Selene’s eyes suddenly widened.

"Luke?" A low whisper escaped her lips, but everyone nearby still heard it.

"Luke?"

"LUKE?! The Hero of Light?!"

The moment his identity was revealed, everyone’s eyes widened in shock.

Never in their wildest dreams had they expected to encounter a real Hero here.

Especially this particular Hero of Light, who had recently become the center of many rumors.

Meanwhile, Roderan Halveth, the principal of Horizon Academy—a man in his sixties with short red hair and orange eyes—exchanged a glance with Drevian Orlath, the vice principal, a man in his fifties with cyan-colored hair and matching cyan eyes.

Both of them immediately understood that the situation had just become far more complicated.

At the same time, the eyes of the other representatives narrowed dangerously.

Except for the humans and Selene, Luke was hardly welcome among other races.

After all, their princess had married a supposedly talentless human.

Who could possibly accept that?

For the elves, it was because of their long and bitter history with humans.

As for the dragons, they respected only strength.

And according to everything they had heard about Luke, he didn’t possess even an ounce of it.

At least, that was what they believed.

The same could be said for the Marinthians.

After all, Naira had already been announced as the future bride of the strongest winner of the Sea Champion.

So the idea of her being given to a supposedly talentless man for free didn’t sit well with them either.

As for the vampires, everyone already knew what Marius was thinking.

If he wasn’t cursing Luke, then he was probably doing it right now.

’Damn you, Luke! You can’t even hide properly!’

Marius stared at Luke with bloodshot eyes, as though Luke had deliberately exposed himself just to cause trouble.

Then there was the Beast Race.

Since Luke hadn’t married their princess, they had no particular reason to hold any hatred toward him.

Thus, they and the other representatives remained where they were, quietly waiting for the show to begin.

After all, the elves had already started something.

They might as well see it through to the end.

Especially since they were currently standing on human territory.

As all these thoughts crossed their minds, Luke calmly removed Isaria’s hands from his arm despite the worry evident in her eyes.

"It’s okay." He smiled reassuringly at her, but unknowingly, he had just made a huge mistake.

After speaking her earlier words, Selene’s mind went blank for a moment.

She no longer cared about the outsider or anything else.

All she could see was Luke—her husband.

The man to whom she had given her first time.

From whom she just separated a month ago.

And now, another woman was holding onto him.

To make matters worse, Luke was gently holding that woman’s hand while saying something that seemed to calm her down.

Of course, that wasn’t what was actually happening.

But that was how Selene saw it.

[Poor Luke...]

The system sighed sympathetically, already imagining Luke getting tied to a chair again.

No...

This time, perhaps a bed would be more appropriate.

And then Selene might try something else—something she had learned during her time at the academy.

[Hmm? Wouldn’t that be interesting?]

The system suddenly paused, and its metaphorical expression became excited.

After all, if things continued like this, Selene might become the first yandere.

[Luke, it’s your fault for not bringing a clone.]

So the system completely sold Luke out.

Not only did it suppress the thought of warning him, but it also suppressed its evil smile as it silently waited for the upcoming chaos.