Meeting with the Principal

"Can we leave already? I dont have enough time to be wasted here. Since you have heard from Augustine about it. You should stay uninvolved with my affairs because I am not the person who you met in the past. This is meant to be a warning. So if you value your life, then stay out of my way from now on," In this way, warning him would be the only way to protect his own life.

Yes, I may be cold-hearted, but I know when to not overstep the boundaries. Respect is given to the people who deserve them. And he is a part of those who deserve to be respected. When we left the rooftop, I spotted a silhouette of someone walking in the hallway on the other side of this building.

"Did you see someone walking in the other building?" I pointed at the hallway, where I saw the silhouette of someone.

"Hmm, it's already past seven in the evening, so there might be no one here except the guard. However, the guard will be on patrol at eight. So it may be just nothing serious," He might not have seen it, but I am sure that someone was there.

"Where does that hallway lead to exactly?" An awful vibe was emitting from that hallway, and somehow I think that if I check that part of the school, I would remember some of my memories.

"I think that hallway leads to the office of the Principal," Precisely, so that's where everything ended my school life in the first place.

Before he could even talk, I sprinted and headed towards that part of the building to confront that wretched old hag who wrecked my dreams. What I saw was right, someone was here, and luckily that person was her. The principal of this school. Right there, I decided to pay her a little visit and maybe give her a scare.

I knocked at the door and seeing her frightened face was oddly satisfying.

"Hey, missed me?" She was shocked to see me standing at the door in the middle of the night.

"Xavier, is that you? Thank goodness you were able to be released from prison," How shameless can this wretched old hag be. As if she hadn't done something that made my life miserable.

"Woah, you're still that brazen old hag. Dont act as if there was nothing that happened in the past. If only you had supported me that day, I would have had the chance to redeem myself. But no, you chose to destroy my dreams because of your greed. Honestly, I could have finished my studies, but you preferred to expel me. Now, there aren't any schools that would want to accept an ex-convict and a dropout," I made her feel the wrath that has been bottled up for six years and the new me.

"Please understand that I did everything for the students and not only for my personal gain," She answered, but it still wasn't satisfying enough.

"So you chose to ruin someone's dream for the students? I thought you were only shameless, but you were worse than I expected. Everyone knew that you didn't care for the students of this school. The only thing that you cared about is maintaining the title of a prestigious school. You saw me as a threat to that title and decided to sell me out. It was all just baseless rumors at that time, but you were so eager to expel me from the school," I bellowed as my wrath slowly increases. And my vision starts to get dark.

"You dont have any rights to live peacefully! You destroyed an innocent student, his last will to live. Now, I'll show you what you believed in that day. I'll slaughter you into pieces, just like the rumors that spread. It's time I end you for all your sufferings," I added. As my vision gets blurry, I couldn't contain the rage I have.

"Please spare me, Xavier. I have a family that is waiting for me at home. Yes, I'll admit that I didn't care whether the rumors were true or not. Because I was scared that everything I have built this far would all crumble because of you. Without this school, I wouldn't be able to support my family. I didn't want things like that to happen, but is it wrong if I desired to protect what I've built?" Although, there's this warm feeling in my heart. I was filled with rage that I couldn't even stop even when I wanted to.

"At this point, I am not the selfish one, but you. You are not the only one who will suffer if I didn't take immediate action. In the past, I chose not to believe in you, but right at this moment, maybe it's time I guide you to the right path. Forgive me for everything I have done, and let me help you," the principal added, asking for forgiveness.

However, my head started to ache so bad that I couldn't stop myself from shouting to try and relieve the pain.

"Xavier, kid. Are you alright?" The principal seemed concerned, but I still couldn't stop yelling because it hurts like hell.

"Dont touch me," Suddenly, I saw a cutter at the principal's table. I dont know what I was doing, but in a blink of an eye, I was holding it already.

Eventhough I couldn't feel my own body as if it has a mind of its own. I knew that I pointed the cutter right at the principal. And as I tried to stab the principal using the weapon in my hand, it was sudden, but I was sure.

Shayna appeared in my mind.

(Xavier, you dont need to do this. You know that she doesn't have anything to do with everything that happened to you. Please stop before you turn out to regret everything you have done)

"Consider yourself lucky, Ms. Jacqueline. I swear to the depths of hell, If I so much to hear that someone will experience the same fate I had to suffer, I will return and personally bring you to the fiery pit. Mark my words, you have been warned," I left the room slowly because my head still hurts.

(Stop appearing out of nowhere, I know that she wasn't involved with everything up until now. However, she knew that expelling me will change my future. Yes, I admit that she doesn't deserve my wrath. But hearing it right from her cleared that all she cared about was the school. I will only tolerate it this time, but the next time something like this happened. It's my judgment that I'll follow)

Leaving the school building, I saw Emmanuel waiting for me at the gate of the school.

"Where have you been? You suddenly left without even saying goodbye. I've been looking all over the campus for you," I dont know if this guy is stupid or he just really wanted to help.

"It's none of your business. You shouldn't have waited for me. I thought I already thanked you enough for the tour. Do you still want anything? If not, then get lost, I have some business to attend to," Although it's kinda cruel, I couldn't care less because my head still hurt because of an unknown reason.

"No, I won't let you go by yourself. Just consider this as a payment for everything I've done in the past," What an annoying punk, this man still insists to assist me. Eventhough I make it clear that I dont want him following me like a dog.

"Can't you just take a hint? I'm clearly telling you to stop bothering me! I can handle myself, so get lost!" I couldn't contain my anger, so I yelled at him, fuming with wrath.

"No, I don't want to leave you all alone knowing what you had to suffer. I may not be as good as Augustine, but I want to be friends with you. You're insisting that you've changed to a cold-blooded murderer, but I know that deep inside, you still have a little fragment of you being a warm and a kind person," The hell does this guy want from me. What would he achieve in keeping in touch with me? I can't comprehend what this guy is thinking.

"Shut up! I don't need your sympathy, and having that kind of mindset will only kill me. I was too weak to even protect myself back when I was that warm and kind person you said. Don't act like you know everything because you were not the one who experienced it all. So don't act like things will be okay if I'll be friends with you because it's not," That got him off guard, and I grabbed the chance to leave him standing in the middle of the sidewalk in front of the school gate.

Anger filled my mind, but maybe what he said was the truth. Because deep inside, I wanted to accept his offer of companionship. I dont know if this is what he meant that a part of the past. However, I won't bother figuring out things like that anymore. Because all I care about is my revenge against my family. That is the only thing that is keeping me alive right now.

I proceeded with what I was doing and left Emmanuel in the dust.