Meanwhile, Emelia after sitting down suddenly fell into contemplation as she thought of various scenarios about Benard and Sophia, wondering where they could be and the same time if they were alright or not, although she was worried about them, at the same her instinct as a girl seemed to also be toying with her mind, so far she had imagined so many things that she felt her head was beginning to hurt just by thinking about them.
She couldn't help but wonder if Sophia had decided to kidnap Bernard for herself, although she didn't know if this was possible or not, but then when she remember that time Sophia had suddenly said something about Bernard needing to marry her, her feminine heart couldn't help but tighten, as she thought about all this, she had even imagined them going on a secret date, being the reason why they hadn't come to the academy.
While she was having all these horrible delusional these thoughts, Ryan instead was thinking the exact opposite of whatever that was running inside her head, he even noticed those strong first years students seem to be looking at them with amusement on their expressions, making his heart turn cold, however, Ryan didn't want to believe it at first, but then he couldn't stop thinking about it, and the more he thought about it the more it became more likely, what if the second years were the one behind Bernard and Sophia suddenly disappearance
It wasn't that he was falsely accusing them, it was just that not only were they capable of doing it, but they had also done it before when they had taken them hostage just to make sure he accepted their proposal or when he was kidnapped by that now rank 8 second year Daniel, at first, he didn't think this was possible judging by how strong Sophia was even if the Daniel could easily defeat her, she would have been able to put up a struggle that would have alerted the academy security guards.
That was until he remembered Daniel had now become a rank 8 symbiote user.
However, at the same time they might also have deceived them into coming to a secret location before attacking them, as Ryan thought about all this the guilt he had been trying to hide for so long began to gradually resurface once again inside his heart and mind, without realizing it he began to blame himself, after all, if he hadn't accepted the very first proposal it was likely Bernard and Sophia wouldn't have disappeared just like that.
He couldn't help but remember the old man Quzin, the voice of the old man had struck a chord inside his head what if the old man could help him find Bernard and Sophia after all the old man was strong right? He had been able to stop the second years before by just showing himself, he hadn't thought of this before but thinking about it, it might just be work, perhaps when class was eventually over or before the class properly began he should sneak out of the classroom and go look for him for help.
Then suddenly, just as he was finalizing his plans to go meet the old man and was about to stand up, that was when he heard the steps of someone stopping in front of him and Emelia's seats, Ryan immediately returned to reality as he wondered who the person might be, as he looked up Ryan could see the cold and emotionless eyes of Sonia glaring at him, then he looked towards Emelia and noticed she had just returned to reality as well and was also looking at Sonia, Emelia and Ryan couldn't help but slightly look at each other with a strange understanding in their eyes.
"Hey, you two, do you know where Bernard and Sophia are today?"Sonia asked.
Ryan and Emelia would have loved to honestly ignore her due to how rude she speaks, which really irritates them but then since she was now part of their team and the fact they would be going together as a team in the exploration, they felt although they didn't like her or her attitude, they should at least reply her.
Another thing was she didn't know what would happen if they didn't reply her it was even likely she might choose to leave their team, which was something they didn't want especially when it was Bernard who had recruited her into the team they didn't want to make Bernard angry when he returned.
"They weren't feeling too well and told us they would be attending class later."Ryan looked at Emelia, before replying back to Sonia, the moment these words left his mouth immediately he broke out in cold sweat because he could see her cold and emotionless eyes staring at him, as if they could see right through his soul, nevertheless, he summoned his courage to stare back at her while beadings of sweat were already gathering at his forehead.
Sonia couldn't help but narrow her eyes, as she noticed that Ryan was sweating like a criminal on the loose, or someone who had been caught red handed doing something bad, although she knew it was normal for Ryan to act a little strange since he was the weakest among the group, but then for some reason he was acting even more strange today.
The reason she didn't worry herself or think about it too much, was simply because today was the day of their exploration and except they wanted to fail and get a bad grade they wouldn't miss today, so she thought as she kept clenching her spear beside her, so far she had been trying to look for a way for Bernard to accept her challenge but then although she hates to admit it, it had always resulted in failure, however, after thinking long and hard she had found a way that she would get Bernard to accept her challenge.
Just then Greg and Sanjay suddenly entered the classroom, as he walked into the class the noisy excited students immediately stopped and sat straight while waiting for him, to announce the news about their exploration, however, what they didn't notice was that Greg was currently wearing a frown on his expression, much bigger than the ones he usually wore on his face which was bland, "Hello, class I am afraid that I have to inform you all that today's exploration has been canceled for now, until further notice."
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