7 - Part C:

The Silver Wing Academy makes a stop by at a nearby space station along with the Rising Phoenix Academy in case things get ugly and both schools needed repairs.

I heard gramps went over to the Rising Phoenix Academy in order to give a courtesy speech just like what that jack ass did earlier.

I hope the students over there pissed their pants because of gramps scary general aura.

So anyway, here we are all lined up at the space station's event hall like a bunch of army men.

Adjacent to us is the the students of the Rising Phoenix Academy who's wearing a red combat suit.

It was no joke when that jack ass said that his students are separated by their abilities since their red combat suit has different designs unlike ours which is unified.

Not only that, students who has the same combat suit design are group together unlike us who are group together according to our class and year.

Not to mention that the students from the Rising Phoenix Academy are all tall, bulky and bald including the girls.

They don't even look like the same age as us and they all wear an overly exaggerated serious face like those soldiers in a military movie who's role are background characters.

If it wasn't for that damn courtesy speech, I would have felt sorry for them.

Anyway, gramps and that jack ass are up on the stage together with a man in a business suit who currenlty manage this place and who's also my distant relative.

The reason why I know he's a distant relative, it is because I saw him a couple of times during our reunion party.

Not only that, this space station actually belongs to the Silvertech company and Silvertech only get relatives as head honchos.

I wonder if that man recognizes me?

I doubt he could see me though because of the crowd and all.

So anyway, my distant relative hands them out a tablet each along with a stylus for the contract signing.

I'm not really sure what's that for but I bet it's insurance for the damages since this place will also serve as a battlefield.

After gramps and the jack ass signed the contract, they both return the tablets and stylus to my distant relative.

My distant relative gives them a bow like a butler and leaves the stage.

Gramps and the jack ass stares at each other for a bit like a boxer before a match.

Gramps stares at him with serious look while the jack ass stares at gramps with an arrogant grin which to tends to annoy me.

The jack ass said something like he was provoking gramps before leaving the stage.

I don't know what he said since I'm quite far away from the stage let alone he didn't use a mic but gramps didn't even flinch and remain calm.

Well gramps is a former general of the S.M.F so I guess something like that couldn't make him flip.

After the jack ass left the stage, gramps leaves as well.

After that, the teachers order us to go back to the academy for the strategy meeting.

Infirmary...

Gramps left the strategy meeting to the student council and us first and second years are assign on "support duty" while the higher years are having all the fun to themselves.

Those selfish bunch!

They say support duty but all we're doing is distributing lunch boxes to people on break.

Who eats lunch at the infirmary anyway?

And why would they have to turn this place into a break room?

If it was me who's in charge, I would turn one of the cafeterias into a break room.

I couldn't even bare the smell of this place which make me loose my apettite.

With all the bad stuff that had happened today, at least I was paired up with Clarissa.

We're currently on a first year-second year buddy system since the second year have already experience doing the "support duty" last year while us first year are a bunch of noobs.

Clarissa distributes the lunch boxes with a smile which makes the male receivers all flustered while I help her by carrying the stack of lunch boxes.

Soon after, the stack of lunch boxes I'm carrying are all gone due to the fact that they can't say no to her.

"It looks like we have some spare time."

As I said feeling a bit relieved while sitting on one of the unused bed.

Clarissa answers me cheerfully...

"Yes we do Bat Man."

And sits beside me.

"So what should we do to kill some time?"

As I asked.

"Well we can talk if you want..."

Talk huh...

I tell that I'm okay with talking.

"That's fine with me so what do you want to talk about?"

Clarissa thinks for a bit.

After few seconds, she ask me a question while being all flustered.

"Umm... Bat Man do you have somebody you like..."

Since I don't know what she mean by that, I ask her to clarify.

"What do you mean exactly?"

She starts mumbling.

"Well Bat Man, you spend a lot of time with the Fenrisel princess after school and she's really pretty. Also Aeris who's popular with the boys is in your class as well Bat Man. I also heard that you Bat Man helped Sophie from the occult club on her school wide prank. I also see you Bat Man sometimes together with Ace. Bat Man, you also get paired up with Kana a lot of times in your class."

Okay... Now my head is spinning in circles.

I better tell her to go straight to the point.

"So what do do you mean exactly?"

Clarissa becomes more flustered and ask her question.

"Umm... Among the girls you hang out with... Who do you like..."

I think for a bit to analyze Clarissa's question.

After few seconds... I came up with a conclusion.

"Well if you mean who do I like to hang out with among the girls I know most, I say you Clarissa."

Mainly because she's the most normal one compared to the other girls.

Well Ace is cool but she sometimes likes to "joke around" unexpectedly. Not to mention that if I accidentally touch her, she becomes a whole new different person.

As for Aeris, she's cute but always end up badgering me with questions about Luna.

Well Sophie... I rarely hang out with her so I don't really know and she's also weird.

Kana likes to scam me into buying her stuff or do things unexpectedly like trying to make me into her test subject or something. Another way to describe her is that she's a shady sales person/mad scientist.

And Wren is royal pain in the ass.

Clarissa's face became redder than before after hearing my conclusion.

I could even see steam coming out of her head.

Did I say something wrong?

Oh well!

I better bring her back to reality.

I stood up from the bed, went on front of her, grab her shoulders and shake her lightly while saying...

"Silver Wing to Clarissa... Silver Wing to Clarissa... The aliens are invading..."

No matter how much I shake her or call out to her, it's no use.

So I decided to shake her harder.

"Silver Wing to Clarissa... Silver Wing to Clarissa..."

Bam* Thud*

I don't know what just happened but I felt a strong force from my side that knocked me towards the floor.

The floor strangely smells like vanilla...

Growl*

And now I'm hungry...

"Hmph!"

Step* Step* Step*...

I saw a girl with long red twin tail walk pass me.

Was that Wren?

If so, what the hell!

I slowly got back up and see that Clarissa is still flush red while spacing out.

Also my sides hurts like hell.

Growl*

I really need to get some grub.

So I decided to leave Clarissa alone for now and go towards the other pairs to see if they still have some lunch boxes to spare.

Sadly, none of them have any lunch boxes which makes me quite in a pickle.

So, should I ask Louise to deliver some lunch for me?

Louise should be at gramps office but she'll probably take her long time to go deliver since there's mock war going on and all and the objective of the mock war is "Which side reaches the Commander (the principal) first wins."

You also get a chance to beat the crap out of them.

I doubt any student can beat gramps though and they're asses will get kick instead.

But I seriously want to beat that jack ass who calls himself principal.

So anyway, the best way for me to grab some lunch is either go to the convenience store or a vending machine.

Since I'm already wearing a multi purpose combat suit, I could go out without a care even if someone attacks me.

So I walk towards the exit stealthily and quickly step out of the door before anyone noticing.

As I step out of the door, I talk to myself.

Good thing that there's no one guarding outside.

"Now then, as I recall, the closest vending machine should be at the entrance of the dormitory area."

(Few minutes after Linel left.)

"B-bat Man! Would you like to hang out with me later?"

...

"Bat Man?"