Ch. 8 - Joseph in Trouble

The giant man continued, oblivious to his students' mental states.

"You see lads, every once in a while, some dimwit deciders to irk my pets. What happens afterward varies from the moron losing a finger or getting torn to pieces. Every time it happens, I must go through an arduous legal process and more bureaucratic crap. I'll let you know it's a really boring and annoying situation to be in. That's why I came up with the ingenious idea that if you mess with animals, it's your fault, not mine. Don't worry. The principal already knows and has already approved my ingenious idea." (Tamer Joseph)

After saying so, Professor Joseph handed all the students packets of paper several centimeters thick. Each page had a spot for you to write your signature.

At first, I tried to read all the terms of the agreement before signing them. However, I gave up doing that shortly after starting as the contract was written in such a convoluted way that only a professional in law would be able to decipher its true meaning. I reluctantly signed away on the many pages of agreements without knowing what I was agreeing to.

By the time I finished signing all the papers, we only had a little less than half the class time remaining before class ended; that shows how many agreements I was forced to sign by the professor.

Professor Joseph, whose height dwarfed all those around him, cheerfully collected the thick packets of agreements while whistling some unknown rhyme.

"Ha ha ha ha. Now I don't have to worry about the school sticking their nose up my ass if any of ya get hurt! Ha ha ha ha!" (Professor Joseph)

"Joseph! Explain yourself! Don't think you can weasel yourself out of this one!" (???)

"No… Who ratted me out!? I swear if it were any one of ye, I'll twirl your head off!" (Tamer Joseph)

Professor Joseph quickly organized his clothing and adjusted his hair to look a little more presentable before facing the entrance to the classroom.

In came Mrs. Kimberly. "Joseph! Explain why I hear students talking about a giant alligator wandering around the school campus!" (Mrs. Kimberly)

"I don't know what you're talking about Mrs. Kimberly." (Tamer Joseph)

"Don't bullshit with me Joseph. I know that it was one of your pets. Have you ever considered the possibility of a student getting hurt!" (Mrs. Kimberly)

"You accuse my pets of being violent? Alexia has the purest soul I have seen. She wouldn't even hurt a mouse much less a student. (Tamer Joseph)

"Alexia? As in that gator that mauled a student a few years ago, causing them to be in the infirmary for a little over a month?" (Mrs. Kimberly)

"Shit..." Professor Joseph cussed in a low voice.

"JOSEPH! You will accompany me right now to the headmaster's office!" (Mrs. Kimberly)

"What about the students? I can't just leave them, right? Think about the poor sods." (Tamer Joseph)

"When did you care about your students so much. Class dismissed. Students, you have my permission to do anything you want until the start of the next period. Now excuse me and this idiotic half-giant." (Mrs. Kimberly)

After saying so, Mrs. Kimberly stormed out of the classroom, followed by a defeated Joseph.

"Wow... What a turn of events isn't its lads." (Ronald)

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"Any ideas what we should do?" (Ronald)

"No. I got nothing." (Azrail)

"Want to head to the library?" (Valde)

"Go to the library and do what?" (Ronald)

"To read, of course, what else would one do in the library." (Valde)

"Rejected. No way I'll do something so boring." (Ronald)

"Well, do you have anything better in mind than?" (Valde)

"How about we check out the creatures in the pins?" (Ronald)

"Seriously? That's your idea. Didn't the professor just talk about the dangers of interacting with the creatures unsupervised." (Valde)

"So? Not like I'm going to get hurt or anything. They're in pins, remember?" (Ronald)

"Now I understand why they had us all sign those agreements. It's because of morons like you." (Valde)

"No need to be so harsh Valde. What do you think Azrail? Do you want to check out the magical creatures?" (Ronald)

"Don't listen to this moron Azrail. He's just asking for trouble. Let him do it on his own. I, for one, will not participate in this retarded endeavor." (Valde)

"Hmmm.... I think I'm going to go with Ronald." (Azrail)

"My god. Ronald, is your stupidity infectious?" (Valde)

"Ignore this boring elf. Let's go check out the creatures Azrail." (Ronald)

Ronald starting walking towards one of the pins in the corner of the barn. I followed behind him, and so did Valde.

"Hey, what are you doing here Valde? (Ronald)

"Since the both of you are going, I must go. Just in case something happens, you know." (Valde)