Chapter 46: Not Quite As Planned (1/2)
The face of the dual-wielding boy visibly paled as he froze at the unmistakable voice I turned to see that the whole student council alking towards us through a gap created by the students
Taking calm but hurried strides in the front was Tess, her doll-like face expressionless Behind her, I spotted Lilia, who gave me a worried look
My attacker i and gave a respectful boards the on, Arthur?" Jarrod is the one that spoke up,everyone in the crowd raise an eyebrow in surprise
"Looks like the scholar Mage knows someone fro so cocky just now"
"Pfft Did you see hi to stop the attack with his bare hands?"
I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the whispers from the crowd Even for preteen children, I had expected theree since they were all fro o take a look at that dwarf student lying over there—Boznean, I think that was his naroaning while clutching his sto to distill the situation "Hi, Lilia Sorry, we ended up getting caught up in this little scuffle after the duel between theht wave at her as he started talking while directing his words at Tess, her face still shrouded in a mask of apathy
"Still, this student was about to attack you when a duel wasn't even issued This is a serious offense" Lilia stepped up, her gaze a bit sterner as she pulled out a s down
While Lilia, Jarrod, and Elijah were talking about what exactly happened, Tessia's piercing eyes drilled intoHonestly, even with extended life experience, I have no confidence in what to do when it came to these situations
Did she want me to treat her respectfully as the student council president? Did she want me to treat her as a childhood friend? Did she want to keep our past relationshi+p a secret as a whole?
'It's Mama!' Sylvie 'kyu'd' on top of o to her
Meanwhile, the croas getting et a better look at Tess, hoping to engrain her iing
"You I believed I asked you a question Do you dare?" She took a step forward, her eyes boring down on the second-year student I was thinking that the student was technically a level higher than Tess, but when I took a look at the ribbon that was tied neatly underneath her collar, it had two stripes as well
"N-No Of course I would never dare break the rules like that I simply wanted to scare the boy—I had planned to stop beforerashly, I apologize," he said, shooting lare as he bowed to Tess
"Leave" Her eyes continued to look down at hiood distance away before he turned around and ran out of sight, a few of the boys in the crowd following after him; most likely the ones that fanned the flame in this whole scuffle
"And you! Why are you starting a fight with a senior on the first day of school? You should know your place! No matter hody he may have been, he is still your senior and he didn't break the rules when dueling with the other student Furthere student Did you not pay attention to my speech about discrimination between the two sects of students here? Yet, you still chose to interfere,these types of problehtly as her stern gaze bore down on er or embarrassment—which of the two, I couldn't tell
"What?" My gaze narrowed as I asked, unsure if I heard her correctly
I took a step forward this time, and I could see Elijah's eyes widen in horror as he realized I was going to go past the point of no return
"Correctme based on a presu upon this situation Are you really lecturing ht now?" I took another step forward and I could see Tess's once haughty face beginning to crumble
"He was about to seriously injure or even kill that dwarf lying there right now, after the duel systeant brat, you would've had to deal with a ht between two students," I continued,out louder than I had wanted to
"I apologize for the trouble I've caused, Student Council President," I said icily, stunning everyone, including Tess
As soon as I turned around, a hard luuilt I had just mocked the students for their iotten that Tess was just a thirteen-year-old girl, yet I had expected her to act in a way that even I couldn't
Elijah followed closely behind as I kept walking,back around
What a lovely reunion
"Hold it, first year" Clive Graves ran towardsme by the arm as he tried to spin me back around "Were you raised in a cave? Are these theup? Do you even knoho she is?"
Holding firm, I stopped and looked at hilance that I would've never gotten along with him, but his words somehow had the power to irk me more than most fools Was I raised in a cave? Was he seriously deprecatingin my voice startled even Elijah as he instinctively took a step back Clive iuarded hilance at Tess and realized she'd fallen down, more from surprise than out of fear There was a brief moment where I asked myself if I should help her back up, but as a crowd quickly formed around her to h and continued asps and startled murmurs resounded behind us
"President Tessia, please get back up! Are you okay?"
"Who the hell was that? I think Treasurer Jarrod called hiht?"
"Oh man, he is so screwed He just told off the student council president of the academy"
Elijah took a few hurried steps to catch up toby ht? Man, you sure love attracting trouble, don't you? First the dungeon and now this?" He shook his head but continued to follow me as he reassured me nonverbally that he'd remain by my side
I almost chuckled at the fact that no one knew uilt twisted my insides Maybe I was bit too harsh on her—no I was definitely too harsh on her She's still just a little girl! I shouldn't have lost uilt consuhts, I slapped my cheeks and decided to let nature take its course—because that was always the best course of action to take in a relationshi+p
School should at least be this exciting, right? I comforted myself I wasn't really rown thin at that moment I knew I should reconcile with her before it beca to be an issue
Elijah and I hadwithout further trouble There were two male dorms and two female dorms within the academy The two set of dorms were separated by underclassmen and upperclass their general education classes These students were then moved into the upperclasseneral education courses and had for to be
The underclassmen dorms were simple, to say the least It was clean and well-kept but lackluster in tere-colored interior with stairs that went all the way up to the top floor, where each floor contained a narrow hallway lined with rooms