Unfamiliar People 2

After I finished doing my thing, I quickly went back to the classroom to see if the class was over.

"Hmm...." Staring at the empty classroom, I shook my head and turned around to leave. Without further ado, I went towards my next class, which I'm sure I was late.

Several minutes had passed since I started walking. I finally reached the classroom, and abruptly stopped myself from entering after noticing the two girls, with the principal, talking about something inside.

I took a peek inside, and hide my presence using my dark magic to listen to what they were saying.

"Okay, class. These two will be your temporary teachers for two months since your professor, Cossette, had left a mission and won't be able to teach you," Eva announced, taking a side glance at the two beside her.

As if she understood her gesture, the older girl began her introduction, "Good evening, everyone. I am Mila sol Crossmare; and as for the girl beside me, she is my sister, Charlotte sol Crossmare." With a smile, she continued, "My little sister over here is not really fond of talking, and she will just be my assistant. Nonetheless, if any of you have questions, don't be afraid to ask me."

I stood at the door, staring at them silently. Next, I decided to ask Deus for some questions before deciding to go inside.

𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭? I asked, impatiently waiting for his reply. If I were to be caught by these two, I'm pretty sure that I'll end up standing out even more.

I just found out last month that there were already an uproar involving my name.

Like, about me dating Alicia, a jerk, pervert (don't know who started this), playboy (I'm only twelve, WTF!?), spoiled brat, and many kinds of bad rumors that I didn't know why or when it started in the first place.

Although I often get out of the academy, whenever I went back to my room, new rumours about me would stirred up almost every day!!

It feels like someone was trying to mess with my reputation without me knowing the reason why.

I just took some fresh air in the forest which was owned by the principal, and even though I got her permission, some kids would try to fuck with me by setting up some traps in my usual sleeping spot, since I can't get enough sleep in my room except for nighttime because of the loud banging around the walls.

For god's sake, I just want to rest. Why do some people like to ruin my day? Don't they know I'm a Count's son? Just because I'm not doing anything to them. I just want to live in peace, and they're already courting death, damnit!

The only likeable people around me is Arthur, the heroines (except for Lumine and the other two I haven't talked as of now), and the commoners.

After pondering for a second, I realized something.

𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘬, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘐? 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦.

Clicking my tongue, I bit the tip of my thumb. "Enough of that. If I'm not wrong, the main event of the novel should be starting right after the festival finished, and I still have three days left before the end of the timer," I murmured to myself under my breath. "Although the pieces has been set, there's still a possibility that my plan will fail. I still have more things prepare, I see... And, I should probably consider clearing these rumors to clear my name."

After a brief minute of thinking, I shook my head to remove these unnecessary thoughts escalating in my mind.

"Anyways, I've been outside for awhile now. I should go inside without anyone noticing." Saying this to myself, I used one of the skill in my dark magic, and let myself get swallowed by darkness before disappearing on spot.

[Darkness Maneuver]

I just learned this skill two months ago by accident when I tried to avoid meeting up with Cossette. This skill let me go inside my shadow secretly, while also concealing my presence from people.

I went inside without anyone noticing, and went to my seat, which was supposed to be beside Arthur.

𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺? 𝘛𝘩𝘴𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭...

Usually, Arthur never had missed any class in the academy. Except for the time they planned to break Leigh out of the duke's mansion, Arthur never missed any attendance until he graduated the academy.

He is pretty much the real definition of a good student if it wasn't for the fact that he always scores' low on quizzes and exams, which was exactly the exact opposite of me.

He was the kind of guy who got an A+ in everything involving his physical body, but excluding the magic test which was B-, and he was just awful in any written exam.

On physical test, Arthur, however, exceeded mine including sword art, but only excluding magic.

I was far superior than him when using magic. Though, if it weren't for my dark magic, I wouldn't be able to beat him no matter what unless I was luck enough, that was quite unlikely because of his protagonist's halo and plot armor.

When I finally reached my seat, I slowly got out from the shadow under the table, and sat down without anyone noticing.

Or so I thought...

Even though the principal wasn't particularly focused on my direction, I noticed that even before I came out under the table, she would often darted a glance at my direction.

Without saying anything, when she saw that I was now sitting on my seat-ignoring her, I took a side glance and saw her lips twitched.

It wasn't just her actually, the girls' in front of the students, too, checked my seat's direction after sensing my presence.

They took a quick look at me, and the girl named Mila squinted her eyes. Without removing their attention to me, Mila nudged in my direction with her head and Eva's head turned to gaze at my direction.

"Who's he?" Mila whispered on Eva's ear. With her eyes still gazing upon me, Eva didn't answer and merely let out a sigh.

As Mila continued her whisper, I briefly turned my head to their direction. That was then, I noticed the little sister, Charlotte, somewhat had a glint of surprise-or more like realization, flashed in her eyes.

Seeing her like this, I couldn't help but facepalm inwardly.

There's no need for me to say this, but...

𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘢, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦-𝘺𝘰𝘶.

[...𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵...] Deus spoke with a tone of realization. I don't know why, but he was more speechless than me.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩--?

Right where I was about to curse Deus internally, I saw Charlotte moving towards my direction.

𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. I thought as I stared at her walking towards me, with a bored expression.

Soon enough, Charlotte finally reached my seat.

Slamming her hands to my table, she closed her head between us and whispered something to my ear. Some of the boys' students who saw her doing this, grinded their teeth.

"Can I ask you something once your classes is done... Please," Her voice was soothing and gentle. But, does she really have to slam my table when she was just asking for a request?

Nevertheless, since I knew that my words are not enough to refute, I just nodded in affirmation, accepting her request.

"Thanks..."

Thus, she left... quickly.

Seriously? After gathering the students attention, and angering some of the guys in my class just for that request? Can she not just ask me after this class' hour is done?

𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵, "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘝𝘰𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺...

[𝘖𝘩, 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭.]

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘶𝘭𝘵!!

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After all the classes are over, Athan didn't show up at the desired meeting place. Because of this, some new profound problem made it's way towards him.

"Just you wait."

Angered, Charlotte made her way towards the boy's dormitory, heading towards Athan's room.