Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Central Region, Central Academic City, Morningstar University District, Morningstar University Campus
"Mr. Wyatt, I didn’t mean to startle you guys. It’s just that I didn’t want to keep you waiting while I paused my ongoing experiment and rushed to greet you. If you are uncomfortable with me communicating through the array, feel free to explore our campus or wait at my office," the gentle and familiar voice explained in response to my warning.
"First of all, who are you? Why does your voice sound familiar and affectionate? Have we met somewhere or is it the array?" I asked in bafflement, wondering if the staff of Morningstar University had forgotten the basic manners of introducing oneself when they first meet.
"You said you wanted to meet the dean, right? Well, here I’m Dr. Samael Faust, the dean of Morningstar University. And no, we haven’t met before. The array is interpreting my thoughts into the voice that you hear. To make it sound human-like, it has been optimized to sound familiar and affectionate to the listener. That is all there is to it," Dean Faust patiently answered his young and capable guest while simultaneously working on his experiment.
Dean Faust didn’t bother with assigning other faculty or a student council member to entertain his young guest. He instead gave his guest a free pass to explore the entire Morningstar University campus, surprising his young guest.
"You should know why I’m here, right?" I asked Dean Faust, wondering if he hadn’t heard about my ultimatum to Morningstar University because he was too busy with his experiment. No, if he were that busy, he wouldn’t be talking to me right now.
"Yes, I am," Dean Faust acknowledged and went silent, without bothering to go into details or talk about his decision.
"You guys aren’t going to repent unless I force you to, don’t you?" I thundered as the combination of celestial force and the celestial force I borrowed from the card celestial descended on the entire Morningstar Campus. Instantly making every soul on the campus aware of my arrival. I was patient and even forgiving, seeing the campus atmosphere they had managed to foster, but there was a limit to my generosity. "Bring me to Ahalya Johnson right away, or I will go find her?"
"Mr. Wyatt, let me make it clear to you. We are not holding Pristine Princess hostage or keeping her away from her mother on purpose. She entered our university’s time vestige a week ago on her own violation, for the sake of her doctoral project based on time-rule. Please get your facts straight before you issue a public statement targeting someone, be it an individual or organization.
Because of your ill-informed decision to suspend the VR-universe services in Morningstar District. A lot of students and faculty members face serious inconvenience in their projects, research, and experiments. Most of them had to commute to other districts in the central academic region so as not to delay their work.
I hope you will be more careful and considerate before coming to such a drastic decision in the future. VR-universe is your creation, but now it is a crucial part of every card apprentice. I advise you to shape up or hire someone who will be a better fit for this responsibility," Dean Faust informed and then sternly lectured his young guest that the consequences of his actions and decision were no longer limited to him but the entire card apprentice community.
VR-universe was an uncharted new world with a treasure trove of unknown knowledge and mysteries just waiting there for card apprentices to explore and uncover. Most of the students and faculty who thought they were stuck or were at the end of their potential saw a new hope for their growth in the VR-universe. Updates are released by 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝙣𝙚𝙩
VR-universe had already become a crucial part of Morningstar University and other top universities. The amount of capital and manpower they had invested in it in just a month was unprecedented in the history of the top ten universities. It was believed that this investment would only continue to grow at a rapid pace as the top ten universities had plans to integrate VR-universe into their syllabus by next academic year.
Actually, they would have already added it to the ongoing academic year on a trial basis if not for them being on the fence about the VR-Universe being a monopoly of a teenager. And with his sanction against the Morningstar University, the said teenager only proved to the top ten universities that their concerns weren’t unfounded.
The top ten universities were now considering if they should slow down their investment into the VR-universe, as no one wanted their money and hard work to dangle on the whims of an arrogant and narcissistic teenager.
"Don’t test me, Dean Faust. Believe it or not, I will extend the ban indefinitely," I warned Dean Faust from trying to play his tricks with me. He subtly hinted that I should give up my control over the VR-universe because I am incapable. These old foxes from the top ten universities wanted to force me to share my control over VR-universe with them using the public opinion. Now that I have finally presented myself to them, Dean Faust couldn’t help but take a shot.
I was aware of the attraction and importance of the VR-universe to the entire card apprentice community. That was why I dared to be so blunt when dealing with these foxes that wanted to steal from my plate.
The top ten universities’ investments in the VR-universe and their plans about integrating it with their syllabi weren’t news to me. Not only were their plans for the VR-universe a lot similar to mine, but they also implemented them faster than me while competing amongst themselves.
However, they couldn’t openly and grandly go about it because the VR-universe was controlled by me and feared my retaliation for trying to mine knowledge and data from the VR-universe at such a large scale and fast pace. What they dreaded came true when I sanctioned a ban on Morningstar University.
This was one of the reasons why I chose the Pristine Princess incident to announce my becoming the city lord of the Southern Academic city and my future plans for the VR-universe.