Chapter 128: Chapter 127: Apologies
" Crazy! Very crazy!! The vice principal’s disciple must have gone naughty in his head, how dare he dare to threaten the principal with so much bloodlust."
Helena Corbin, an instructor kept walking to and fro as she expressed her feeling of despair.
"... But that bloodlust was no joke, it shouldn’t be coming from a kid like him, I felt my body shrink at its might" Instructor Aiden added.
"... His glare was not that of a kid" Instructor Mídal spoke softly as he tapped the table.
The three instructors were waiting for the head instructor to be able to assert the weight of the situation on the ground, but they couldn’t keep quiet about it.
"Mídal..." Helena stopped walking and stared strongly at him
"... With that look I know you are about to say something stupid again"
"Do you think you can take him on?"
"I don’t know woman"
"That’s weird..." Instructor Aiden added, "... You used to be so certain because of your calculations, you even measured the odds of a fight between you and the vice-principal, within us the instructors, after Sir Korral everyone knows it’s you"
"You don’t have to spell those things out..." Midal stood up and walk towards the wall, staring at an old painting of a blue-skinned god with a spear in his hand standing on a horned, black and burning humanoid with large wings, one of the hands was tearing off the horned humanoid’s wing and the other was about to Stab the humanoid with the spear. "I know what I said and I know it well... I couldn’t calculate the odds, I couldn’t dare to look at his face, they were full of so much fear"
"Even you say that too Midal" Instructor Korral entered.
The three of them bowed slightly at his arrival.
"Things are gonna get rough from now on. Ahh, the vice-principal might be in more trouble than I imagined, the principal is a silent person, he’s had to predict but what is he supposed to think when the vice-principal’s student is harbouring murderous thought towards him."
"But, is it safe to just say that. What if he just wanted to be cocky"
"It is all the same thing. The principal is over 200 years old, do you think he would accommodate cockiness"
The four of them was silent for a bit. Then Korral continued,
"Anyways you guys begin to start choosing a side, besides the academy will soon be coming to an end..."
"I’m not gonna side with an Easterner," Helena said.
"Same here" Aiden too.
Midal kept silent, the rest of them continued to look at him expecting an answer from him.
"What? I just like to go with the flow."
"You guys should go take care of things on the outside"
"Yes sir"
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"Did you see that?"
"I almost thought I was going to die"
"But why did he have to do that just after he had made a good speech, what did he meant by know your place"
All the students wouldn’t keep quiet about how the principal threatened them with his killing intent.
Meanwhile, the real deals knew what to talk about.
Neza stormed into his party house and punch a hole into the wall, Mahuizoh was worried for him.
"Brother what happened"
"Mahuizoh"
"Yes, brother?"
"You are in the same rank with Duke Erin’s son right?"
"Yes brother"
"Kill him before we come back, You can’t do it alone, get help from Kai, Sir Colvin and Deffer."
"I can -" She shrank back at his murderous glare, it was like he was slicing her neck, she coughed and dropped to the floor.
"I’m pissed enough Mahuizoh, just do as I say" Neza walked out.
*cough*
*cough*
Mahuizoh’s gaze was intense and demonic at first then she spread her lips and let out a devilish grin.
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Nozick walked right in front of Rein who was walking to his party house.
"You have changed"
"So have you"
"Tch.." Nozick’s bald head was shining in the bright sunlight. After he collapsed his hair was gone before he woke up."I know but you changed more, you got taller and stronger"
"It’s natural"
"How was it?"
"How was what?"
"... Facing a dragon"
"It was..." Rein’s expression came down a bit as he tried to remember his experience with Zaldres. "... Terrifying"
"Hahaha... Don’t worry, you don’t need to feel down about it, those guys are way out of our league. It’s natural"
Rein smiled.
"But then you are special, to be able to face a dragon and still be alive you are probably one of the few people that have"
"Thank you,u Nozick, but I have to get going if you don’t mind"
"Of course" Nozick stretched out his hand for a shake.
Rein received the handshake and smiled as he said, "the new hairstyle fits you perfectly"
"you brat are you making jest of me right now"
Rein threw him a bye as he focused on his way. As he went on girls kept popping through the walls, some even took the courage to present him a flower which he accepted with a smile, the former him would have trembled with timidity and shyness of talking to a girl but the him now was more mature than before. Reinard having gone through series of near-death experiences was growing. But there might just be one thing he needs back, he had been feeling empty since he woke up.
He reached the party house everyone was seated and awaiting his presence, today was the day he was going to explain everything, he knew he had no way to get out of this.
’Is it possible to get help from Ariel, considering that she’s now sharper since the upgrade?.’
{𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜}
"Why are you so fluent, it’s more like I’m talking to a human than a system"
{𝙐𝙥𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙨}
{𝙈𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮; 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝘼𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙞𝙨, 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞 𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢}
"So you are like an AI now?"
{𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨}
{𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙄’𝙢 𝙖 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙪𝙨}
{𝙄 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙨}
"Stronger than the former system?"
{𝙒𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧}
"Well then can you tell me, my chances of getting out of this situation with my party"
{𝙝𝙢𝙢𝙢𝙢}
"Are you seriously pretending to be thinking... Does a system think?"
{𝘼 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠}
{𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨}
{𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙}
{𝙈𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝}
"Isn’t that like... Lying?"
{𝙉𝙤, 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝}
’I see...’
Rein reached them, they were immediately stunned by the intensity of the awareness of his presence. Rein now had a strong presence that could not be neglected. He sat down on the master couch of course.
"Okay, I will answer you guys question?"
Jon was the first person to ask, "Who are you?"
"I’m Reinard Wimberley, son of Duke Erin Wimberley"
"No... Who are you right now?"
"I’m not the same old Rein, I know a lot has changed Jon..."
"Then tell us. Tell us the lot that happened, don’t we deserve to know why you suddenly changed, perhaps you -"
"It’s enough Jon, I’ll tell you"
’that came easy’ Jon thought.
All of them already thought it would be hard, they feared Rein might want to disperse the party if they kept pestering him, but they were not going to let go. Rein was being too secretive. Their standpoint and he was to be their leader, it had to be corrected or the party they envisioned won’t be what they will be building.
Sigrid was the most surprised, "You mean you’ll tell us?"
"Yes, I will" Rein answered.
"..." Jon looked at Rein with the -then start kinda look.
"Firstly, I’m Duke Erin’s adopted son. I come from very far away and I and my people had this little problem with the gods, they saw us as a play tool and toyed with us however they want just to enjoy their leisure time. However I discovered this and revolted, hence almost costing me my life, I was reduced to nothing and then they came again, the gods... "
"During the fight with the union leaders?" Zolin asked.
"Yes, I almost died but luck was on my side, the luck that helped me I will wait till you guys see it for yourself. But at the end of the day, I’m getting my strength back, I may be different now but I’m still the same Reinard, I will be good after overcoming this new state of mind"
"No wonder, those black eyes on the ship that day was not an eye of a spoilt rich kid. I knew you had more to you. Now I’m really glad I decided to stick with you"
*sobs*
*sobs*
Everyone looked towards the direction where the sound was coming from.
"... Master has gone through a lot alone" Braschiold ran to Reim’s feet. "Master is the best, I will forever stay and protect you,u my master"
The look on everyone’s faces was like they were disgusted but the smile that followed showed that they understood Braschiold’s feeling and can relate.
’Damm emotional... How did he get to like me this much’
Rein raised Braschiold by the shoulders.
"I understand how you feel Braschiold and I apologize to everyone how stupid I have been since these days" Rein bowed and faced Sigrid personally.
"I’m sorry Sigrid"
"Aaah... You didn’t have to" Sigrid’s shoulder trembled and she threw her face sideways to hide her blush, perhaps she too was affected by Rein’s beauty.
