Restless

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"Huh? Just like that? Why isn't Mr James punishing him? Is it favouritism?"

" I am sure it's favouritism! How can a teacher do that? "

"Hmmm? Didn't Jim hand over a token? Maybe that token was why Mr James didn't punish that nerd!"

"That's right! I also saw him giving Mr James the token."

"You fool! We all saw him bribing the teacher with a mere token! "

"No! I think that token holds some value or there is something of power behind that token or else Mr James wouldn't be acting this way."

"Forget it. What can we do about it? He is a teacher and we are students. Moreover he is far stronger than us."

"Do you think a revered person like Mr James will do that? Why are you all acting like Mr James was never a good person! "

The crowd burst into an uproar when Mr James let Jim leave without any punishment after what he did. Many thought Mr James was trying to play favourites however some also thought the token Jim gave to Mr James must have held a significant value or else with Mr James temper, Jim would have been suspended already.

"Cough! Cough! Okay, follow me back to the Assembly room." , Mr James coughed loudly and said. He had heard what his students were saying however, he didn't explain himself nor did he tell them why he let Jim leave.

'Hmph, why is it that good things are now coming to that nerd. First it was Jasmine and now it's Mr James. Jim Hale, you wait! I will make sure you regret playing around with me! I will crush you!', Grey thought as a flash of coldness flashed through his eyes.

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"Hey big brother! You are so cool. You were able to get away from punishment with the crime you committed! Hehehe", Jones smiled and said shamelessly..

" I didn't commit any crime! Someone.. Ah! Forget it", Jim said in a helpless manner.

"Okay! It's time for you to go home and practice the basic spells you have picked! Remember to be here three months later!", Mr James said in a loud voice. They were already in the assembly hall.

" Hmm I guess its time for me to go home!", Jim said to Jones.

"Don't be in such a hurry, come on we have three whole months to learn this spell. Come on let's go home together.", Jones said with a pleading face.

" Okay, lets go!", Jim said to Jones in a helpless manner.

Jim and jones stayed at the same nieghborhood. That was where they became friends. Even though didn't like to walk home with someone, Jones totally liked it.

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"Hey Jim, I do some morning exercises to keep my body in shape can you join me tomorrow?" , Jones said to Jim as they walked on the route to their houses.

"Oh, I also do some morning exercises. So I will join you don't worry." , Jim said with a slight smile on his face.

"Huh? You also do morning exercises? Tell me what do you do?" , Jones asked with his face filled with curiosity.

"Run!" , Jim said only one word.

"Oh so you run. Hmmm, how many kilometers do you cover up everyday? I cover around fifty kilometers!" , Jones said in a prideful tone.

"Oh? I run around the whole city!" ,Jim replied.

"Emm, what did you say? I must have heard you wrong!" , Jones said with a confused face.

"I said I run around the whole city at dawn!" , Jim said.

"What the f*ck. Man, can you stop lying for once and tell the truth, I can only ran for about twenty kilometers with my normal strength before I get tired. For the rest of the distance, I have to use mana to keep up. And you are telling me you run around the whole city everyday at dawn. That's about two hundred kilometers. Come on, can't you tell your bestie the truth?" , Jones said with disbelief.

"Oh? It's true. When did I start to tell lies. We can see if I am speaking the truth or not when we run tomorrow." ,Jim said.

"Ok ,we'll see!" , Jones said in a confident manner.

After walking for a while, they met a T- junction,

"Anyway, I have reached my house. I will see you at dawn tomorrow. Meet me here before the sun rise." Jones said to Jim before taking the path on the left.

"Okay, see you tomorrow!" Jim said.

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In a far away palace which was thousands of kilometers away from Lightsway city, Five old men who were sitting around a large round table seemed to be arguing about something. Something that could probably change ones destiny.

"No! We have to protect the Eastern Region! Even though, we, the Burben family is doing our best, it's not enough to keep us safe! We want reinforcement! Else one of our Cities will crumble to dust.", An old man with white hair who had a very powerful aura surrounding him stood up in anger and said.

" It's not going to work! Forget it! You want us to send our troops to your Region, you must be mad! Do you think we are free just because the demon beast aren't launching attacks at us. Hmph, with me here, it's not going to work!", another old man stood up and pointed at the previous old man whiles snarling at him in anger.

"Burben! This is going too far! You know we can't afford to send you our troops however, you are still requesting it.", another old man said.

"Isn't it now that we must be together, I think we should help Burben out. It's better that way!", another old man said.

" Silence! I have agreed on what to do! Burben, we are all at war! We can't afford to send our armies to a single region! The demon beast are becoming more restless! You have to learn to manage your Army we'll to cover all grounds. I officially end this meeting here!", an old man with a more powerful aura-even stronger than the four other old men combined said in a cold tone. After he said that, he walked out of the room.

"Hmph!", the old man who wanted reinforcement - Burben, coldly snorted and got out of the room.