Chapter 23

"Where's Trance and Haru?" Hary asked Hiro who's sitting next to Samuel. The male glanced at him before he buried his face in his arms.

"Absent." He said with a gloomy tone. Samuel pats his back while Hary looked at him in confusion so the Spaniard guy copied what Hiro did. "Don't ask me, I don't know too."

"Eh? What happened to your brother? He seems pissed."

"He's never been pissed like that. We will get troubled if we talk to him." Samuel replied before he glances at his brother who's sitting alone on the other side. Silently looking at the front while rocking his chair back and forth. His classmates and even his brother can't withstand his serious and eerie aura of his. Felix stood up from his seat and went outside. He shut the door recklessly, resulting in the wood having a minor crack near its knob. "Hey, where are you going?" Wilson asked him while trying to get his attention as he exits the hallway.

"Hey!" Wilson grabbed his shoulder yet Felix delivered a punch on his jaw, knocking him out. His bracelet glows and sent electric shock on him but it's not a reason for him to lose his consciousness. He removed and throw the bracelet away before it sends him another electronic shock again.

"Lord Valdez, can I ask the reason why you went there?" Felix has seated a black sofa and did stare at the Dean.

When Priam Videlle's students made a commotion, it doesn't matter but seeing the man named Felix Valdez mad is a big matter for him. Who doesn't? If the man that can be blown up the whole school gets pissed everyone will perhaps be praying for their lives right now.

"I want you to excuse me, Trance and Haru from our class from today till the next Friday. Got that? Also, keep your mouth shut about this, Gregory." The dean nod before he poured the wine on the two goblets and hand them on to him. "I'll do that, Lord Valdez."

"What about the tiger that you're trying to tame?" Felix paused on drinking the wine and his lips remained on touching the cold glass as he lifted his gaze on the administrator. He pulled away from the glass from his mouth and mix the wine by whirling the glass gently. "That tiger? I'm taking my bounty back. I'm not done on taming it yet."

"Why? Did your tiger get stolen?" Gregory landed his eyes at the younger's wrist and was astonished when he noticed the absence of the black and metal bracelet that the prison class needs to wear.

"Yeah. They stole my little Tiger from me. Even that little one is with the majestic beast, I can't stay calm. They're taking what's mine, that tiger is mine." Felix placed the goblet on the table and marched toward the door.

"Where are you going, Lord Valdez?"

"It's none of your business now, Gregory," Felix responded before he slammed the door. Gregory did clamp his eyes shut after the door banged that almost make the wood break, thankfully, it doesn't break into two like what he thought.

The guards tried to stop Felix who's unstoppable from walking towards the parking area. "You frick! I told you to stop!" Wilson did scream at him. "What? You want another punch?"

"I want a rematch too!" Felix ignored him and hopped inside of his tesla car. Wilson knocked on his window while maintaining on shouting at the male inside the expensive car. Felix started the engine and drive away from him. "You'll pay for it!" Wilson yelled.

"Pay? I don't have debt on someone else. Even to you." He said as he looked at the side mirror, watching how the figure of the mad guard fade away.

"Excalibur did a great job of pissing me off," Felix mumbled as he buttoned his white polo before wearing his black long coat then fixing the collar and his tie in front of the mirror. He simply slipped his Gloc 22 pistol on his left gun pocket and BUL M-5 on his right gun pocket that attaches to the belt wrapped around his waist. The male put the four magazines that are full of bullets in his coat's pocket before he grabbed his keys and hopped on his car outside.

His phone ring so he instantly pressed the answer button. "You called, Hiro."

["Where did you go? Ojichan wants to talk to you."]

"Tell him that I'll talk to him, I'm on my way to taking back someone." He heard Hiro heave a problematic sigh and swear in Japanese before he ends the call.

"That's it! I'm going there!" Hiro said but he paused when he realized that he cannot. "Why you get yourself caught, Haru?" He mumbled under his breath before he leaned at the wall and glanced at Samuel who's crouching on the other side.

"What caught?" Khiel asked him.

"Caught by Ojichan."

"Excuse me, Sir. You're not allowed to enter this forest due to the government notice. They close this because of countless accidents happened here." The lady said while sweeping the leaves on the forest floor. Her hair is almost gray yet she remained fierce despite how wrinkled her face was.

"Ah, what a handsome young man. I thought that I was just hallucinating." The lady chuckled.

"I see that you're going to see the headmistress, aren't you, young man?"

"Yes. Where is she?" The woman lifted her broom and went instead of the forest before she motioned him to follow her.

"My name is Miriam, I'm the headmistress's assistant. She notified me about you."

"It's been six days since they capture two people. One is a girl and the other one is a boy. I saw the girl walking here earlier with Lawrence. I bet they took off here just to have fresh air." Their eyes set off to the male walking behind the lady as they went inside of the elevator. "Felix Valdez is your name, right? I heard that you and the current heir of the Japanese mafia proposed a gamble on the headmistress." She looked at Felix by his reflection on the elevator door. Felix remained emotionless while starting back at Miriam.

They both stepped out as the elevator door opened. Those people in the hallway never take their gaze away from Felix who's nonchalantly walking behind the lady. The lady knocked differently and confusingly before the door opened.

"Headmistress, the visitor that you're waiting for is finally here," Miriam said before she leaves the room. His gaze never leaves the woman sitting on the velvet swivel chair.

"What makes you come here?" She asked with a sweet smile on her face. "What makes you think that you can take what's mine?"

"What?" Felix arched his brows at her, making the headmistress laugh in complete elegance. Her gentle laugh filled the room while Felix concealed his pissed expression by his smile. "I know that you what I am talking about, Headmistress Victoria." He crossed his feet in a manly way and tapped his fingers maliciously at the armrest of the luxurious sofa. Every moment that his nails hit the wood, it creates an eerie sound beyond the silence and that makes the tension between them heavier.

"You must be referring to those two people that my agents captured that night."

"Your actions show that you didn't care about the mechanics." He shook his head and looked at Victoria. "You said that Excalibur will play its party fairly. I'm disappointed. What will Anubis say about this if he finds out?"

"Devoted to the game mechanics, I see. It is still fair play, Valdez. We have rights to know every piece of your game."

"Correction, it's not only my game and you take the girl without my approval. Did you forget about Anubis? You disappointed him two times in a row now. First, you didn't play well, and second, you forgot him."

"Is that your reason why you showed yourself here? Are you too desperate to fight us?" The male vent out a humorless laugh, nearing sarcastic. Victoria did roll her eyes in a sassy way before leaning her back at the chair. Felix scans the room and showed his small smirk when his gaze landed on her.

Intimidated? No. Victoria is rather pissed at the boy that's probably thirty years younger than being afraid. Both of them pissed at each other. Both hate each other's guts. They'll probably shoot each other now if Felix and the guy with vague character didn't propose a great game or gamble on them. She knew that the two will never let anyone get a hold of their necks. They'll probably be eliminated from each other and take the power from the defeated faction on the very start but they haven't and that's suspicious for her.

"Fight you? On my bucket list but I have no time for that, the game starts anyway. I'm taking my tiger now, where is she?"

"Who?" His smirk grew bigger.

"I want Trance Miyazaki back." Victoria tapped the fountain pen three times on her table before the hole appears on the other side of the room. Kai stepped out with a smile.

"What is it, Aunt?"

"Bring him to the girl. Now."