Pale

It has been confirmed that only Andre and I will take part in this remedial class, whether it's another class. Andre and I were accompanied by Herman-sensei who was the supervisor of this class. He also reads a book while watching me and Andre.

"Huff..."

Seeing him sighing, I thought that his life as a sensei was pretty tough too. However, he got a student named Fujita, a guy who was quite stupid and stubborn. And because of that, Herman-sensei had to calm the class atmosphere which was quite excited.

"Oh my, when is volume 3 of this novel coming out? Ah, ah~ O writers, do your job properly!"

Oh shit, it turns out I misjudged it, he sighed because he was reading the book which turned out to be a novel.

No, wait! Why is he even reading a novel at a time like this? Why doesn't he work properly too? Why even blame the writer, while he is also not right with his work, watching me and Andre?

"Finally finished."

Andre stretched his body, looking like he had managed to fight the last BOSS, which was himself.

I also finished earlier, but it's just that I deliberately didn't collect this test paper before Andre finished. Because after all, in the corridor it looks so dark. In other words, I was afraid to go home alone and chose to wait for Andre to finish.

"Akio-san, are you done?"

"Yeah, I'm done."

"Yosh, shall we gather now?"

Andre stood up, I stood up too.

Seeing us standing, Herman-sensei turned to us.

"Are you done?"

"Of course. This time, I didn't forget to fill in my name."

"Oh, I see. Good. Please just put the table down!"

We put this paper on the table, but Herman-sensei took something behind it instead.

When he turned around, he handed us the watch.

"This is your watch. Use it as best as you can, and don't let it get damaged."

"Okay, I'll take good care of this watch."

"And remember, what Tobi said earlier, don't think too much about it. Your lives are so important, and you haven't learned much on the battlefield either. So for now, you'd better hide when that creature appears."

Even though Herman-sensei was quite pleased with Fujita's words, he couldn't just harm his students. He didn't want his students who were not ready to strengthen their mentality to just throw their lives away because of what Fujita said.

"Thank you, sensei."

"You may return to your dormitory. Take good care of yourself, okay?"

"Yes. Thank you."

I bowed, thanked him, and took our bags in the back locker.

When Andre and I walked along this corridor, the hairs on my spine went down, signaling the cold air in this corridor.

"Shit..."

"Why?"

Andre was suspicious of me because I hugged myself.

"Nothing."

Although my body trembled a little because of the fear of ghosts, I tried to convince Andre.

I don't mean to be afraid of ghosts, but it's just that I really can't stand the signs that signal the appearance of ghosts. Usually if the hairs on the neck suddenly goosebumps, indicating the appearance of a ghost. I know the myth, it makes me afraid of ghosts. And worse, the moon looks bright, not a single cloud covers the moon.

"I've heard it said that, if there weren't a single cloud covering the moon, werewolves would appear in this cold air."

"Eh? Really?"

Andre made the atmosphere even more gloomy, making the hairs on my neck stand up like a lower bird that stands every time I wake up from sleep.

"That is how it is. But that's just a rumor, which could be true. And besides, werewolves are just a myth, aren't they?"

"Ah, that's right, it's just a myth."

We arrived at the stairs, about to go down the stairs. However, a voice that I didn't want to be sounded so clear to my ears.

"AUUUUUU!!!"

"Eh? What sound is that? Yasir-san?"

I turned to the side, didn't see Andre there, it made me startle and panic even more.

"Yasir-san… where are you? Yasir-san?"

I looked for him by looking around but still couldn't find him.

"Yasir-san?"

GREEKS!

Suddenly the door shifted, I heard the door sound so clear.

"Oi, oi, don't scare me, Yasir-san."

My legs are shaking. My whole body was shaking non-stop. My mind panicked, thinking how scary this corridor was. Trying to stay calm in times like these, was much more difficult than fighting that creature.

As I looked at the sliding door, I realized that a shadow was starting to come out there.

"What's that?"

"AAAAA..."

A voice started coming out of the shadow, making me have to close my eyes and read all the mantas.

"One plus one equals two, two plus two equals four, four plus four equals eight… stay away from me, please! My blood is bitter, as bitter as yours. So don't come near me!"

"Air… I need some fresh air."

"Eh?"

When I opened my eyes, I saw a man in medical clothes crawling on the floor.

"Akio-san, what is it?"

Andre suddenly appeared behind the man. He ran towards me with a dagger and brush in his hand.

"Yasir-san, where have you been?"

"Ah, I took my stuff that was left under the table."

Andre jumped over the man, ignoring the man who was crawling on the floor.

When he arrived in front of me, he turned to the man while opening his mouth.

"Who is that man?"

"I do not know. He suddenly came out of the room. It seems, he is a robot that can crawl."

"Oi, I'm not a robot!"

"Eh? He can hear my words. Very cool."

Andre and I looked at each other, wanting to decide what to do with the man. But after a while, Herman-sensei was seen walking here with our test papers.

"You two aren't home yet?"

"Not yet."

Herman-sensei is getting closer to us. As he walked closer, he subconsciously stepped on something on his foot.

"ARRRRRGGG!!!"

It turned out that what Herman-sensei stepped on was the man's hand.

"Oh, there's someone there apparently."

"Ouch, ouch, ouch. It hurts you know, Herman-sensei."

"Sorry, I didn't see you there, Rian-sensei."

"No, you must be on purpose, right? You already noticed me, but you just kept walking and pretending you didn't see me, right? I know that I know."

"No, really, I didn't see you there."

Seeing Herman-sensei's face which looked like he was pretending to be stupid, I could tell that he was pretending not to notice the man. In other words, he lied.

"Besides, why are you on the floor anyway? You're just blocking the way."

"See, you stepped on me on purpose."

"No, I accidentally didn't see you."

"In fact..."

Herman-sensei looked at me and Andre as the man was about to speak.

"You two just go home, let me take care of this teacher."

"Okay, okay."

Because Herman-sensei told me to, Andre and I decided to go down the stairs and talk about the man.

"You know that man, Akio-san?"

"I don't know. But hearing Herman-sensei call that man 'sensei', likely, the man is also a teacher here. But..."

"But?"

I turned to see Andre's face and opened my mouth.

"Did you hear the wolf's voice earlier?"

"Oh, I did hear that voice. It was quite loud, too."

"Did the wolf's voice come from that man?"

"Who knows. But judging by all the empty classes, it's likely that the voice came from him."

I thought hard about this.

Indeed, all the rooms seemed deserted, there were only me, Andre, Herman-sensei, and that man along this corridor. So, it's possible that the wolf's voice came from the ringtone of the cell phone between us.

"Well, forget it, it's not important."

This school is completely deserted, even when I arrived in front of the school gate I didn't see any signs of human life. And again, every building has also been turned off, there are only 2 rooms that are still lit in the Elite building and the Rookie building, which are probably the rooms for teachers.

"It's very quiet at night, even though there were still a lot of students hanging around here this afternoon."

"Yeah, everyone's back at the dorms. So it's only natural that this place is quiet at night."

I said something stupid. It's a fact that there will be no activity at this school at night. Why do I always say the obvious? I'm stupid.

But that's not what I meant. What I mean is the loneliness of this body. I still feel so lonely in my soul, even to the point where the hair on my neck doesn't go down. This means that my body is still terrified of it when it's clear that it's from that man.

This is a little strange, the cold always surrounds my body so it feels like it's being embraced by the cold night air.

Lonely, so quiet inside my body. But really... what is it? Why is my body suddenly like this?

"Why, Akio-san? Your face looks pale."

Andre realized something as we walked towards the dormitory.

"My face is pale? Really?"

"Yes. Not only your face, but your skin is pale too. Are you cold?"

"Who knows. It's just, suddenly my body dropped like this. It seems I have a fever."

"Oh, I see. We have to hurry to the dorms at this rate."

Andre suddenly stopped while crouching after overtaking me.

"What do you want to do?"

"I'll carry you."

"That's not necessary, I'm still strong enough to walk."

"Come on, hurry up!"

The sound is still the same to me, creepy. And because of his voice, I had to be forced to climb on his back.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

He carried me, even though he was walking so slowly.

"Woah..."

I could only stare at him innocently, knowing that he couldn't hold me. Even so, I didn't want to disappoint him and said that there was no need to carry me.

"I will try! Woah..."

"No, you don't have to scream like that."

Luckily the school was not too far from the dormitory, so I didn't make it difficult for Andre to carry me there.

But... when Andre and I were just after the trip, I saw a little girl and ran away from her mother.

"Mom, hurry up! Then the shop closes. I want to buy a toy airplane."

As the little girl passed Andre, I realized something when I saw her face so clearly.

"That little girl..."

"Why, Akio-san?"

"Wait, don't run around like that, Hinata."

"Hurry up, Mama!"

When the mother passed Andre she smiled kindly when I saw her face.

"They're both right..."

I decided to get off Andre's back and look at them.

"Why did you come down, Akio-san? Are you all right?"

"Yasir, it seems I have other business. You'd better go to the dorm first."

I left Andre just like that, following the little girl and her mother walking.

"Those two… will be killed. I have to do something to prevent that from happening since I'm a Huoltaja. But... what is this feeling? Why am I scared?"