Chapter 9 - Theresa Rosewater

Cyrus walked to his allocated dorm room. This was the first time he’s been here and he wanted to see what was inside his possessions from his home that he brought with him.

Since he woke up in the shared carriage with Andrew, to the flight over to the Abominable Abyss Academy, he has never checked what was inside his chest of possessions.

Did he have gold? Any personal effects? As he was about to enter his room somebody approached him.

“Hi. Are you new?” asked a pretty girl who apparently was living in the room opposite the corridor.

“No, I’ve been here for 6 months. But only now have I wanted to retrieve some of my possessions” he answered.

“Oh, I didn’t know anyone lived here. I assumed you must have been killed or something. Many of the acolytes get maimed or killed in experiments you know” she said.

Cyrus nodded “My name is Cyrus Van Dume. And you are?” he asked.

“Oh! I’m Theresa Rosewater. Pleased to meet you. Who are you studying under? I am studying under Professor Durnham the potions master” she said with a smile.

“I’m under uh… Mistress Miranda. I think she’s the Vice Principal here” he answered.

“Miranda Malthorn? THE Miranda Malthorn? She has an acolyte?” Theresa said in shock.

"Yes. Why?" Cyrus laughed as he asked.

“I keep hearing rumors of bones keep being brought out of her area, we all assumed that if she ever had any acolytes, they would already be dead” she said.

“No. Its just the secret experiments we do.” He answered.

“Oh… do you want to go for lunch?” she asked, immediately changing the topic.

“Sure, let me quickly check my room for a minute” he said as he opened the door.

Inside the room were a neat bed, a table and chair, and his chest. He opened it to find some old clothes and a sword. Luckily inside his spare boots, he found a small bag of gold. It was supposed to be his pocket money for his school year, so it was a pretty decent amount of gold as befitting a son of a Baron.

He pocketed the bag of gold and left the room to meet up with Theresa.

They headed down to the canteen and for the first time, Cyrus tasted the food here. It was quite delicious since he hasn’t tasted food for so long.

While enjoying Theresa’s company, he saw Jamie and Melissa and waved them over.

“Greetings senior. Hi Cyrus. I am surprised you are still alive, since we haven’t seen you for half a year” said Melissa timidly.

“I’ve been busy. Where is Jason?” he asked as he didn’t see him around.

“Jason…. Jason died several months ago. He was used as a experiment to imbue super strength, but he simply exploded after his muscles grew too big” Jamie explained.

“Oh, what a pity” sighed Cyrus.

“Since you are Vice-Principal Miranda’s acolyte, do you know what happened to James?” asked Jamie.

“James died several months ago. Also in an experiment” said Cyrus. He didn’t explain that he was used as part of Miranda’s food, and was absorbed months ago.

“Anyway, we’ll leave you two be. I hope to see you around” said Melissa as she and Jamie left.

“Are those friends of yours?” asked Theresa

“I'm not sure we can be considered friends, but we came together to the academy at the same time” explained Cyrus casually. Theresa nodded.

“So what are you doing now? Do you want to go on a mission with me?” Theresa asked.

“What kind of mission?” asked Cyrus

“Let’s look for one to level up and get experience!” she said with an eager smile.

Cyrus thought about it and nodded. He hasn’t been out of the Academy and only strayed between Miranda’s domicile and the nearby Academy Library for the whole time he has been here. It should be fun.

“Ok. What do I do?” he asked

Theresa rolled her eyes. “What has Vice-Principal Malthorn been teaching you these last few months? Follow me” she said dragging him along.

Theresa was a beautiful girl, and pulling Cyrus around brought jealous glances as they went to the guild area to get a mission.

“Most of these are the simple and safe missions” Theresa pointed on the wall. Most of them were killing simple level 1 pests like wild boars or blood wasps. There are some for level 2 wererats too.

“Up to you. Its my first time, so I rely on your choice” smiled Cyrus.

“Since I am a level 6 acolyte, I’ll take care of you. Lets do this one, a level 5 mission to weed out ironwood vines” she smiled as she registered the mission.

“Oh, isn’t it Acolyte Rosewater. And who is this? Level 2 Acolyte Van Dume is it? What kind of name is that? Lets put you in as Acolyte Doom. Sounds cooler” said the long haired teacher behind the counter recording missions.

“That’s fine with me” said Cyrus. He didn’t care either way, as his soul and personality was Loki’s, not Cyrus’.

“Theresa! What a coincidence! Are you doing the same mission as me? Why if  didn’t know better, I would think you were stalking me” boomed a male voice from behind.

“Dalmier! Who wants to follow you? I am here with Acolyte Doom” Theresa said as she hugged Cyrus’ arm, her soft boobs mashed wonderfully against his triceps.

Dalmier looked at him with disdain. “A level 2 trash acolyte is doing a level 5 mission? Going to need the protection of a girl, aren’t you” he laughed.

Cyrus shrugged and led Theresa away, her body still clinging to him and whispering happily to each other.

Dalmier looked at them in a huff and registered the same mission. He was a level 9 acolyte and has had his eyes on Theresa for some time now. He was going to graduate not long now, and in his field of research, to fully get the benefits of his studies he would need a human cauldron. And he had selected Theresa Rosewater.

Dalmier was the star student of the potion making department and joined at the same time as Theresa. In order to graduate and become a level 1 Mage in potion making, he researched making a human cauldron. .

A human cauldron was a forbidden process using the body of a talented acolyte to form a cauldron. Theresa’s head would be cut off and her internal organs would be hollowed out from the hole in the neck, leaving a cavity that acts like a cauldron.

The reason he chose Theresa was because he was sexually attracted to her and she was still a virgin. To keep the cauldron going, he would need to fuck the body’s vagina to generate sacred fire in the body, after which the pills and potions will be produced in the body cavity.

This banned magical cauldron is able to produce untold difficult potions and pills that would be near impossible to do on a regular basis.

His teacher Professor Durnham had agreed to share Theresa’s body. The cauldron would be shared with the potion making department, promoting Dalmier to a Professor once he reached level 1 as a mage.

Cyrus left Theresa at her room and agreed to meet up the next day for the mission. She gave him a longing look, but as they barely knew each other, Cyrus decided not to get too involved yet.