Ryan was standing in front of Brandon listening to the information Brandon had to offer.

Branson has given Ryan a little information about the portals. That there are nine tiers of portal out of which people have seen only seven tiers of portals. Nobody has ever seen anybody using the 8th and the 9th portal.

Although there are rumors about the Royals being able to use the eighth and ninth tier.. nobody has ever witnessed it. Branson further told Ryan that the Blue portal is a sixth-tier portal.

"But boy... Would not you be getting this information in your third year? Why are you asking me?"

"Oh. Yes, sir. They say that they teach about portals in the third year but that just got me even more curious about portals. I want to know more about them as early as possible."

"Hm. fair enough. I will tell you. First of all, the color of the portal tells what tier it is. As you see, yellow is the fourth tier, blue is the sixth tier. And likewise." Ryan nodded.

"Our technology is trying to make attempts at making portal devices which will act as a portal without anybody using it as their Trait." Brandon continued. "Now portals are not just limited for the defense of our Academy or for going from this place to another..." Brandon paused.

'It will not be okay to tell him about those things yet.. he's two years younger for that information. I will just stick to the basics.' Brandon changed his mind.

"They are also used for attacking our enemies. Although everyone has got their hands on this defensive shield we can enter the enemies' base."

"What? H- how is that possible?"

"Hm? Oh, the higher tier is, the stronger the portal is." Brandon took a pause before explaining it further, "Of course, low-level portals like yellow would not be able to penetrate through this shield but.. high-level portals can penetrate through our defense system."

"Pe- penetrate in the sense?"

"Even if we have the defense shield activated, if someone uses a high-level trait, they will be able to come inside our Academy through a portal...." Brandon stopped when he saw the worried expression on Ryan's face, "Boy? Why do you look so pale? Are you cold?"

Ryan did not come back to his senses. Every dream he had till now has come true. Every future he saw has come true. Ryan again saw the flashbacks of his dream where a blue portal was opened.

"Boy? What's wrong? Shall I call Doctor Newton?" Brandon asked.

"S- sir..." Ryan started without looking at him, "What.. color portal can enter through the defense shield?" He asked hesitantly.

"What? Is that Ryan?" On the other side of the building, behind Ryan, Doc was on her way to the infirmary to close it and go to her room.

But when she was close enough, he saw someone with grey hair and a broad back she realized in an instant that it was Ryan.

"What is he doing there? Is he waiting for me?" She was happy to see him after the long day of work. She wanted to run up to him and hug him from behind.

But when she came closer to him, when he was clearly visible, someone else was also visible. After seeing the mountain-like figure in front of Ryan, it made her gasp.

"G- General?" Doc quickly took cover behind a wall. 'Why am I hiding?'

"Hm. which portal would be able to penetrate our defense system, did I hear you right?" Brandon asked confirming what he heard from Ryan's mutter, "Well. Only a sixth-tier portal would be able to penetrate our system."

Ryan felt his heart racing faster. His ears were burning because of the fear.

"Oh my god, did Ryan get himself involved with the General head? Shit. what is he doing?" Doc decided to go around the way behind General to see what was happening.

"A sixth-tier?" Ryan repeated.

"Yeah. a sixth-tier. In other words, a blue portal." Brandon confirmed and Ryan felt the weight on his shoulders.

'Damn. they are here for me again.'

Of course, that was the only possible theory he could come up with. The military would not send spies to their own Academy.

'The blue portal in my dream... They are here. I need to do something,'

"Ryan? You are not okay at all. You wait here, I will call the doctor."

From behind Brandon, Doc saw Ryan's pale face. His sad and scared facial expressions. His fingers tangled with each other in fear.

'I have to do something.' With that thought, Doc took a step.

"Ryan?" She called. Brandon turned around to see Doc walking towards him, "General Brandon? W- what's wrong? Did Ryan do anything to you?" she asked.

"Oh, doctor? Thank god. Take this child away," Brandon ordered. But Doc got it another way.

"W- why sir? Did he mess up? I- I will look after it. Did he do any wrong to mess up with you?"

"Tch. No, doctor. He saved me instead. Now go and take him to the infirmary. He's pale. I think he's sick, he has caught a cold."

That made Doc feel relieved.

Ryan raised his head right after hearing Doc's voice. He felt reassured. Everything will be all right now that she's here.

"Doc..." he said as he walked towards Doc.

"General, I will take him."

"He's in your care now, doctor Newton."

With that, Doc took Ryan away with her. Brandon turned around back with relief on his face.

'He's not one of us. I was not able to smell it from him.' Brandon thought as he started walking. He took a glance on his left, from where the werewolf had attacked.

'Who was it?' he asked himself, 'Was it stray? Or did someone send it in here?' Brandon took a last look at Ryan, 'Who is he, who dared to go against it? He must not know it.'

Brandon did it deliberately. When the werewolf was about to attack him, he deliberately did nothing. When the werewolf would attack him, his plan was to dodge it and knock it out in a single chop.

'Of course, I would not kill a werewolf and start another Race war...' Brandon walked away with a grin.

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