Chapter 53: Captain

It didn't take long for the other 3 to arrive, Elliot and Caleb especially, they looked horrible.

"Professor Green please check on them please" the headmaster ordered

"So I passed your test or whatever right, does it involve him?" I pointed at the guy I met earlier

"Of course, it shows that you paid attention to your surroundings and like a proper captain, you were willing to stray away from the path just to help another even if it means that you would get disqualified" he answered "Even though you would be disqualified in the actual competition since you got out of the path, but this was a test anyway, you passed spectacularly"

"What if no one got him?"

"Then we would do another test until one qualifies" The headmaster replied

"You saving me was enough for you to technically win, but to think that you can still technically be the fastest amazes me, though I'm never going to act as a victim again if you're involved" The guy then took off his ring and grew taller and become a full size adult, about 177cm tall, same black hair and black eyes "That ring allow me to disguise as my younger self, I'm Zachary West, but call me Zach"

I shook his hand

"He is our Alumni" the headmaster explained "He was the vice-captain of the senior team before he graduated"

-He screamed like a girl, can't believe he's an alumni-

-Let's not focus on that right now- Dabria replied

"So, I can tell my family that I'm officially the captain of the junior team right?"

"Of course" he answered

"Is there anything else I should know about before I head back to my room?"

"Right, since I betted on you, Me, professor Williams and professor Steel will receive a lot of money from the other professors who betted against you" he replied "Tell us an equipment you want, we'll purchase it for you, as long as it's not above S-rank"

"I plan on making a new shoe, can I just give you guys a receipt later?"

"Of course, just inform one of us 3 and we'll pay for it" he answered

-You just want one from Eliza- Dabria said

-Hopefully she finds someone otherwise he won't let go of his obsession- Diana added

-Don't worry, like I said last time, if she still doesn't have anyone in 5 years, I'll go for her-

| Fat chance |

-What was that? I think haven't broken the fourth wall in a while-

| Nothing |

-That's what I thought-

-Leave the poor author alone- Ace said

| Ace... |

-We'll just break them all down when he gets his hopes up, that will teach him how true despair feels like- Ace continued

| Nevermind |

I then headed towards the other 3, Elliot and Caleb seems to be in the worst shape

"I must say, that thing you did in the end was great" Elliot complimented "Never in a million years, I'd see anyone do that"

"I thought you'll be more angry"

"You won fair and square, even though I hate to admit it" he replied

"Lucky that I flew instead, you would've gotten me too" Liam said

"A worthy opponent indeed" Caleb said

"Well then see you guys later, I'll go tell my family the good news"

*****

"That's great news!" Mom said

"Oh man, we've raised a genius hahaha" Dad laughed "We're going to go watch you compete even if the trip is long"

"Don't worry, as his family members, we'll get free tickets and free accommodation" John said in the background

"Sorry about the shoes Uncle John"

"No worries, but as for your plan to go fishing somewhere, you better ask Luke, he's way better with this stuff than us" John replied

"Don't forget to tell Olivia"

"I will, the kids will be overjoyed to see you competing against other students"

*****

"How do you even manage to destroy an A-rank equipment?" Eliza asked

"Lots of explosions were used to boost me forward, the shoes handled most of the impact"

"Well I'll try to get lots of expensive materials to make it then since the school is paying, I already figure out what to do, I'll give you the shoes in 2 weeks" Eliza sighs

"Thanks a lot Eliza, I knew I can count on you"

"How many people are you bringing over other than our usual group?" Luke asked

"Well there's Lucas, Cecily, Albert, Aenon, Eleanor and Balor, and my new bodyguard Damon"

"Gotcha, just pass your exam and I'll get the trip organized, but tell them that we'll be renting cabins and not be staying at some fancy inns that they are normally used to" Luke answered

"They already know about that"

*****

I then went inside the close combat class as usual and the whisperings started

"You guys saw the paper they post out this morning?"

"Yeah, he's the first ever first year captain"

"At this rate, he's easily going to get the first rank easily"

"There's my favorite student" Professor Steel shouted

"I thought teachers aren't supposed to have favorites"

"Every teachers have one" he replied "Besides you won me a lot of money"

People were talking about me the whole day, it was very uncomfortable.

"Well you're going to be our captain, congrats" Albert said

"Yeah don't call me that till our competition, oh yeah, Luke is organizing our trip, so as long as we pass our exams, we're good"

"I've never gone for fishing before, it sounds fun" Cecily said

"Well wait till you get to wait just for a fish to take your bait, the wait is boring" Lucas replied

"Why are you guys not bringing any servants with you?"

"My parents doesn't really care about what I do" Lucas replied

"My servants wouldn't even be allowed to come" Cecily answered "My parents don't want me hanging out with commoners, so even I asked, they won't allow anyone to accompany us on this trip"

-Ah those clichés-

"Can we I join you?" Elliot asked

"Of course, where are the other 2?"

"Too lazy to ask" he answered

"Congrats, you're the vice captain for the junior team"

"Well, my parents weren't as overjoyed when they've heard that the captain is a 12 year old"

"I need to impress them during the competition then"

"Good luck with that" he grumbled

*****

3rd person view

"Are you serious?! Their junior team's captain is a first year?!" a guy shouted

"Not just any first year, despite being 12, he has the strength to rival a third year, I was there to observe it, that was a S-rank spell he pulled off" A guy replied

"And he was at the dark orange back then, if he is blue core like us, a spell like that will destroy an army" A female voice said

"Our academy won't lose easily, our students are also good" another female voice said "Artia is a kingdom of trade, they won't beat us easily"

"The headmaster is right, but we shouldn't underestimate them either, they got a list of good representatives this year, their chances at winning is high" a guy added

"Well our academy is hosting this year, we'll have the advantage, let's hope our students will pull through" the headmaster said