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After Rein and Eon left the council office, the president and vice president breathed a sigh of relief. This was really their first time meeting a couple like them.
"She is gorgeous. Especially her eyes. They are… I want to worship them."
"Woah, woah, woah. Cradle? That's too pure. You don't say stuff like that."
The vice president was sitting there, stretching on the chair, smiling like she had found something precious in her life.
But in the eyes of her friend that knew her well, this was some absurd stuff she would only say after getting stoned.
"She is special, Zod…"
She was smiling warmly, looking at the ceiling, thinking about a few things, some appropriate, some too unsafe to mention here. But, there was also hesitation and anger deep in her eyes.
"You can't have her, Cred. She already belongs to someone."
Even the president had a bitter expression as he could tell from her strange behavior that this girl, Reinelle, had something special about her, and his friend wasn't just attracted by that 'something special'.
His dear smart friend had been with many partners throughout her life, but not once had she been this much charmed by anyone.
Charm didn't work against her anyway, so it was even more absurd how she was this infatuated with someone.
He can tell she wanted more than just some nightly pleasure from her. She felt a kind of attraction towards her that he understood very well. And this was the very reason he knew it would be difficult for him to prevent her from doing something foolish.
And, he knew the boy that had come up with the idea of creating a miraculous elixir possessed enough power to kill her.
And he would kill her without hesitation. He was the kind that wouldn't hesitate to take out anomalies from his path if they crossed the great line, the kind that he himself was part of.
No, probably, that 'boy' was an even more dangerous kind than that.
But it was also true that he was good enough to find and erase any factor that might become a hindrance to him in the future. That was the reason he presented his idea to him, gave him a hint that he already knew a lot more about his kid than himself, and even left his familiar to befriend his innocent little one.
He knew he was smart. Smart enough to even over-smart people like him and the headmaster. And that made him dangerous.
He was an opportunity and a precious treasure that had crossed his path, but at the same time, he was a blade that possessed enough powers to hinder his own plans and hurt people that he cherished.
He had to be cautious when he was with him, take as much as he could from him, give him what little he needed from him, and be careful not to get too attached to him.
And to do that, he had to look after his friend and prevent this new affection she had towards that person to turn into something… dangerous.
"Haaaa… anyway, let's see what this little bribe from one of the youngest geniuses of the current era is."
He changed the topic and attracted her attention to the two boxes they had left for the two of them.
And now that the two of them were gone, the vice president truly was curious to see what that bastard left her as a 'bribe'.
He was lucky enough to have a special partner like her. He was a bastard. She didn't like him. But his status, wisdom, and strength were naturally undeniable.
So she was just as curious as him as she looked at this costly-looking box before her.
"Oh?"
"What the…"
But when the two of them opened the boxes, the contents of the box surprised them both. Actually, they weren't something they were expecting but, it was certainly something they liked seeing in these attractive-looking boxes.
"I've heard he is a chef recognized by her majesty Madeleine. Some wild rumors even claim that he has been invited to personal dinners with Emperor August on many occasions and that he has some specialties that they like dearly.
He is the person that invented world-famous delicacies and is the owner of a leading food brand anyway so… this sure is the most special gift we can receive from him."
He smiled as he looked at the food inside this box. And from the looks of it, there seemed to be a little bowl of soup, some cooked rice, a unique wrap with chicken and vegetable filling, and then lastly there was a little container with something cool inside it, probably ice cream from what he can tell.
This sure was unexpected but, after hearing about the lunch meeting of eight house captains a while back, he also wanted to try his special food that apparently had the power to charm people.
And after eating that meal full of flavors and spices that he would experience for the first time, he was surely going to get charmed.
"Hmmm?" And the same would be true for the vice president but, her box contained something more than attractive-looking food.
"A letter?"
"Seems like it."
There was a letter inside it with 'please read in private' written outside it.
She would love the food even if she didn't want to. She will curse at him while eating it all but, she would eat it, even with tears.
And she would shout curses when she read this letter. Curses of normal nature, as well as curses of thanks towards that lucky bastard…
*
That was them, but after Eon and Rein parted ways and left for their house gathering halls, the scene both of them witnessed was more complicated than they had previously thought it would be.
And they were also not late, so the things happening there didn't make any sense to them.
In Rein's house room, there were a bunch of people surrounding her vice-captain and even though she had ordered them to go to the arena, all of them were still there for some reason.
And they were surrounding her vice-captain Nebula, asking her questions with high voices, shouting at her, and cussing for some unknown reason.
And, what surprised her, even more, was the fact that many of them were young nobles of reputable families from all around the world… bastards.
"What's going on here?" She asked while addressing the crowd and looking at Nebula's expression that wanted nothing more than to sentence them to divine punishment.
But she was holding back quite well, so they were still not hurt yet.
"Captain. Finally, you are here." And as soon as she saw Rein, she used a unique movement skill, vanished from the encirclement of the crowd, and appeared before Rein.
"I delivered your message but they all still complained and stayed here instead of going to the arena. The others here waited for me to see what was going on so it isn't their fault but, this bunch, with that person as the central figure, seems to have a lot of problems with you and what you have told me to tell everyone."
Nebula was in a better state than before and the little hint of anger she had before was gone now that Rein was here. She knew now that she was here, the little matters would be resolved instantly.
And Rein looked at her with a proud gaze, even patted her head for the good work before walking towards the bunch that was causing all the commotion in her house's gathering hall.
"Second son of the Gate ducal family, Brandon. What problem do you have to cause all this commotion, man?" She asked, an annoyed expression on her face as she looked at the young bastards that didn't know their place.
"You must be our dear captain Uriel~. We heard that you would give authority similar to the house captain if we so much as even touch your hair. And you would even leave the academy if we wanted?
How could we do that to our great captain without whom this house would be nothing but an empty shell~?
You are an important part of this whole academy now, lady captain. And as a proud member of the noble society, how can I let someone who has no experience with leading people be in charge of such an important task?
Don't get me wrong captain, but I worry about our house and cherish the opportunity to study in this prestigious place that I have received.
I just wish the good of our house so, if under the same conditions you had presented before, if you are willing to listen to everything we say for the rest of our time in this academy and lead the others with our experienced guidance, we would surely do whatever you ask of us at our lose too."
He was speaking of leading people before someone that has single-handedly led armies to victories when he wasn't even born, as well as single-handedly obliterated armies with fine generals and military tacticians when his father was only learning how to wield his spear he was so famous for.
His foolish and absurd words were cute to Rein, and there was a smirk on her face right now… it was obvious what was going to happen to this dumb little bunch.
And, an exactly similar situation was playing out in Eon's house gathering room.
Some students were surrounding Zoe and asking her inappropriate questions like who she was, where she came from, who her parents were, and why was she now part of the Heliox house.
They didn't care that she might be uncomfortable with those questions and many other students present in the hall could tell she didn't like what they were doing.
But, she was still smiling at them without answering anything. She just smiled, and she only answered if the question was proper, appropriate, and answerable.
Others knew that she wasn't feeling too good about this so they even wanted to step up and help but, some were scared of the students from the upper class in the crowd that was harassing her while the others that had enough courage stepped forward to try and help, but were denied their true noble help as she shook her head at them with a smile.
Her smile told them she was fine and she can handle them for a bit longer, and if she herself didn't want to receive their help, they couldn't do anything even if they wanted to.
And, most of the students in this house already liked her and her gentle character so it was even more bitter for them that they were just watching her getting bullied by those bad people like that.
But then, everyone surrounding her suddenly felt a soul-chilling pressure and got stunned in their place as the others watched their vice-captain Lucifer walk into the room with an attractive-looking rapier in his hand.
He looked serious as he looked at the things happening here, and the not-so-well expression of their captain.
This was the first time he was seeing his little sister in that tough of a spot and things here were even more difficult as the things attacking her were questions and not blades or spells.
He didn't like the look she had and the feeling she was lightly trying to suppress, and the ones that caused her to be like that, these all inconsiderate bastards, were the house members that he had to turn into usable subjects at all costs so, this was a very bad first impression of theirs.
He didn't mean to at first but he had to show all of them a little difference in strength if he wanted to take over the full control from this point forward.
So he did just that, stopped others with a little pressure and walked before Zoe with the rapier in his hand burning blue with his unique, disguised Aura.
-Tap.
And when he was there, looking at his fellow housemates, the others that had a suddenly relieved expression and a few that were looking at the current situation curiously, he addressed every one of them after thrusting his sword into the ground.
"I'm disappointed everyone."
There was a bad expression on his ever-calm and normal face, and when the ones that bullied her, their captain, with all their questions saw it, the strange pressure they were already feeling, seemed to be intensified by another level…
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