The cafeteria.

He wasn't smiling at all, in fact, there was a stern look on his face. According to what Hugo was seeing, he'll be 20 years old sharp or in his early 'Twenties. He uttered to Hugo,

"Seems you looking for something or someone? Who are you looking for?".

Hugo first glanced at the knife he was holding in his hand, why was he holding a knife in his hand? Was it a normal thing to hold a knife and be walking around since he was a Class S student? Or wait, does he wants to attack Hugo with the knife? Hugo took his gaze off the knife, glanced at him, and said,

"No, I'm looking for nothing, and am not looking for anyone either. I'll be going now".

With that, he turned around and began sauntering. He was supposed to discover where the Class S and Class F were situated, but that wouldn't be possible anymore 'cause of that guy, he'll find them later. The stern look on his face shows the guy wasn't much of a cool person, who knows what he had in mind, so it was better for Hugo to leave.

Even while sauntering, Hugo was still cautious, who knows, the guy could just run to him and stab him in the back...he could be a psycho. Why were all these weird thoughts running through his mind? He quickly shook off those thoughts from his mind and continued strolling.

His destination now was Captain Wayne's office, he remembered Captain Wayne telling him to come to his office after he was done bathing and had changed up. It skipped his mind 'cause he was thinking of discovering where the S and F class were situated. He got to the front of Captain Wayne's office, knocked on the door, was permitted to come in, and he went in.

*******

It was evening already, and it was time for everyone in the Lotus sage academy to come eat, the cooks had prepared a delicious delicacy. Hugo and Captain Wayne were still discussing when they heard the announcement that it was time for everyone to head over to the cafeteria. Hugo was excited about what he was hearing, he was hungry, and now, it was time for everyone to eat.

Captain Wayne noticed the excitement on his face and said to him,

"You gonna devour the food, right?".

"Yeah, like a lion, I'm really hungry". Hugo responded.

"You don't know where the cafeteria is located, right?". Captain Wayne inquired of him once again.

"Yeah".

"I'll show you, we'll go together".

The both of them stood up from the floor and walked out of the compartment. They strolled to the staircase and began descending from it. Before they knew it, they were out of the building. They could see people strolling into one of the doors of the third building, no need to climb stairs to get there.

And Hugo didn't need to be told to know that that was the cafeteria, the people strolling into it was enough evidence. He and Captain Wayne began walking towards the door, Hugo was eager to see what the cafeteria looked like. They got to the door and stepped foot into it, and gosh! look at the cafeteria, it was so vast...wide enough to contain everyone in this academy.

He glanced around, it was a new thing for him, but it wasn't a new thing for everyone in this academy...Captain Wayne had even left him to go sit down. Apart from how vast the room was, Hugo loved the way the chairs and tables were arranged. Everything was in order, and the chairs were enough to contain everyone in this academy, no one would stand up to eat.

Many people were already sitting waiting for the food to be served. Though the room wasn't filled up yet, there were still people strolling into the cafeteria and taking their seats. The cooks were doing a great job, cooking for this number of people, it wasn't easy for them at all. And the people going out of this academy everyday to get the foodstuff were doing a great job also.

They make sure to bring different food ingredients everyday, in addition to different foodstuff. And while accomplishing this, they'll have to pass through zombies, do you know how hard that would be? Hugo began strolling to one of the vacant chairs in the cafeteria which had a table in front of it. There were other chairs around the table, but all of them have been occupied by students apart from two chairs.

Hugo got to the chair and sat on it, then he glanced and smiled at the students sitting around the table...the ones that cared to reciprocate his facial greeting smiled back. No one had been served yet, when would they start serving the food? Hungry people were sitting here, and Hugo wasn't left out.

Hugo had already sighted the cooks dishing the food into plates, and he noticed that they were rushing. He could also perceive the nice aroma of what they prepared. He was perceiving stew, that he was sure of, was it stew and potatoes they prepared? They started serving, they were gonna do it in order, from back to front.

Hugo was somehow in front, so he'll have to wait for a while before the food gets to him. A certain person was served, an adult, it was about time to find out what they prepared, he had been facing front for some time now. He glanced back, and his eyes landed on the adult's food that was recently served.

He could see white rice and stew and a big piece of meat on top it, not bad. He wasn't wrong about what he was perceiving, he was sure he was perceiving stew, and there it was on their plates. He waited and waited until his plate of food was served in front of him, and that goes for the other people sitting around the same table as him.

He started digging in immediately, he was f**king hungry. And you know what? The food wasn't bad, in fact, it was delicious. Though they had to prepare food for lots of people, they still found a way to make it delicious...managing ingredients but still preparing superb foods. Hugo ate and ate not even glancing up for a single second, and within some more minutes, he had emptied the plate.

He was surprised when a cup of water was placed in front of him by one of the cooks. Like seriously? They were serving him water too? But why were they doing so just now? Wouldn't it have been better if they had served the food along with water? Well, they must have their reason, all Hugo knew was that they were doing a great job.

After gulping the water down his throat, he stood up from the chair he was sitting on and began walking out of the cafeteria. Most of the people in back had left already, yeah, they were served food on time, so they should leave on time. Hugo sauntered out of the cafeteria, and many people walked out along with him.

Hunger issue had been solved for the meantime, he was satisfied, but we know that the rumbling stomach would soon begin again...hunger is a continuous thing.

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It was complete nighttime already, many people were already in their rooms lying on their beds. But though it was nighttime, some students were still outside training, the determination to become stronger. But as for, Hugo, he was in the room already lying on one of the bunk beds, he was beneath.

The shocking thing was that both males and females were sharing this room, he thought that this room was for the males only...but seems like he was wrong. But there was a certain door in the room, that door was meant for the females only, that's where they'll enter whenever they want to change up. And as for the males, they'll change outside.

And you know the best of all, those guys that were most likely to be in the same group as Hugo were in the room also, they were lying on their beds, but they weren't asleep. Hugo wanted to speak to them, he wanted to get to know them better, he wanted to know their names...but he didn't know how to go about it.

He sat up on the bed, and after about a minute, he mustered up courage, he was gonna go speak with them...there was nothing wrong with that. One of them was sleeping close to him, the bunk bed he was sharing with another student wasn't that far from his, so Hugo was gonna go speak to him first.

He stood up and began sauntering towards him.