On the day of the exchange...
Beep... beep... beep... Thomas woke up and turned off the alarm clock, looking at the time he realized it was 04:00, got up, walked to the bathroom and did his basic needs. After exiting the bathroom, he got ready and left the room.
Walking towards the training arena, he mused:
'I've been training with Elizabeth for almost 1 month, I've improved a lot compared to the old days, despite Elizabeth being a little cruel, she's a great training partner.'
Entering the training room, he noticed Elizabeth yawning as she spoke:
"You are late."
Thomas overheard and hurriedly replied:
"But I'm only 2 minutes late!"
Elizabeth smiled and said:
"Okay, okay, let's start soon, the exchange is at 12:00, I don't want to be late."
She drew a wooden sword and gestured for Thomas to attack. Thomas realizing he had already started, immediately pounced on her.
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11:00...
Thomas was on the floor breathing heavily when Elizabeth said to him:
"You close the distance securely but lack the speed to keep up with my movements, you try to work on counterattacks but that doesn't work on people like me, you never seem to get tired which is good in a battle that could go on for a long time you would probably win, but no one will want to prolong the fight, but... You've improved a lot since our first fight, congratulations."
Thomas heard these words and said in a happy tone:
"Yes, my hard work paid off!"
Elizabeth stared at Thomas for a few moments and threw a towel over his head, and said as she left the training area:
"Go shower, we'll leave in an hour, see you later."
Thomas would sit up and remove the towel from his head as he spoke:
"Damn it, she always throws the towel in my face!"
He took a deep breath and got up, saw the arena with few students training. As it was the day of the exchange, many packed for the trip.
Thomas suddenly felt an evil presence behind him, but when he turned around, he saw nothing, he thought it was just his imagination, because, how could such a presence be here in the academy, without anyone noticing?. He decided to ignore that and go back to his dorm.
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Somewhere in the academy, a student who looked to be 16 years old, lay dead with her throat cut, a man in a school uniform, with black eyes and red pupils, holding a bowl full of blood, while talking about Latin:
"Mandatum hoc e terra ad inferos transmitto."
Suddenly the blood formed a devilish face, and the mysterious man began to say:
"Preparations for our father's plan are in place, lilith."
The devilish face that bore the name of Lilith said:
"Great job, leviathan, but I hope you don't fail to execute the plan!"
Leviathan got scared and said in a desperate tone:
"Don't worry Lilith, I won't fail!"
Lilith heard her subordinate's response and spoke to him:
"I guess it's good, today will be the day we release the darkness..."
Suddenly the communication was disconnected, the devilish face was no longer present inside the bowl, and the leviathan said with a sigh:
"I must finalize this plan at all costs..."
He turned around looking at the dead girl on the floor and said:
"I managed to fuck that bitch at least before I killed her, virgins are always the best hehehe"
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12:00...
Inside what looked like a courtyard, all the 1st graders were gathered in rows, each row representing a class, A-1, A-2, and A-3. There were a total of 90 students in the courtyard, some didn't show up...
Jade and two other teachers were in charge of taking the students to the other academy.
(The academy Thomas was in was on an artificial island, the other level 2 academy was in the United States, in Washington.)
Thomas who was with Brian, Amanda Annabelle questioned in a worried tone:
"Where is Elizabeth? I don't see her"
Amanda heard this and said pointing to some direction:
"Your girlfriend? Isn't that the one over there?"
Thomas blushed and replied trying to justify himself:
"She's not my girlfriend!!!"
Amanda would smile and start yelling in Elizabeth's direction:
"Thomas' girlfriend!!! He's looking for you!!!"
Thomas was starting to tell Brian in a hurried tone:
"Brian help me!"
Brian laughed at the situation and ordered Amanda to stop, although she pouted, she obeyed, Annabelle who looked at the whole situation, did not like it.
After Amanda called out to Elizabeth, she walked to Thomas's side and said in a relaxed tone:
"Hey"
Thomas, who was still blushing, was startled by Elizabeth's presence and stammered:
"Hi-hi"
Elizabeth didn't care about Thomas' state and asked him:
"Do you know how we got to Washington?"
Brian, who chimed in, responded to her:
"Let's use the portal, it's just being loaded at the moment, but it should be ready by now."
Amanda heard this and said in an expectant tone:
"It's the first time I'm going to use a portal, they always say it's like going to another world!"
Annabelle, spoke to Amanda warning her:
"The portals make you sick the first time, don't you want to take some anti-sickness medicine?"
Amanda answered him confidently:
"No, I want to see and feel everything the portal does when we enter!"
Annabelle smiled and told her:
"Don't say I didn't warn you."
Suddenly everyone's attention was drawn to a big blue light, all the students were surprised, a big blue portal was in front of them. Jade smiled upon seeing the students' reaction and told them:
"The portal is ready, let's start with the A-1 class, then A-2 and A-3."
Thomas saw that everyone in his class was starting to move towards the portal and he followed, as he walked towards the portal he heard Elizabeth talking to him in a calm tone:
"Are you prepared?"
Thomas looked her in the eyes, looked at the portal in front of him and answered in a confident tone:
"Yea!"