Favor (2)

Shawn POV

The Wing Cutters...the guild of our older brother, I suggested Perseus take a leave of absence tomorrow for his own good, some of the guild members initially blamed him for Ezra's death, one who's harsher than others.

Perseus doesn't necessarily have a great experience with them, so I don't think he'll want to come and study under them tomorrow. And he's considering it, he took it personally, and it hurt him.

I remember seeing him cry while blaming himself for many days, and while Dad was watching over Mom, I was watching over him, it was quite a time, and after that, only a few of their members came up to occasionally check up on us, well they're busy and they've lost a few of their members in the past, they can't watch over all of us.

Their leader, Sterling is quite friendly though, he has come and visited us many times in the past, and he was one of the people who helped us get back on our feet. Though due to the increase of angels, he has not visited us in a few years, though he does give Dad occasional check-up calls.

After classes ended, Perseus approached Mr. Arthur asking whether he can be absent tomorrow, but Mr. Arthur asked him why, and the answer of not getting along with their members barely worked, he said that wizards shouldn't hold onto the past and instead of running away from our problems, we should face it.

That was his advice, but Perseus doesn't seem enthusiastic about it, it's not a valid reason for absence, so if he doesn't show up, it'll be an unexcused absence. He then asked if there was a way where he can do an alternate activity to make up for it since he already is ahead of everyone else in the class.

And since Perseus was so insistent on not wanting to show up tomorrow, Mr. Arthur backed off and just gave him extra assignments for him to do in the library tomorrow in the afternoon, and he's to join lectures in the morning in one of the B classes.

Perseus then thanked the principal and we headed home for today, but as we got to our room, I see 3 girls waiting outside, our classmates. Perseus then facepalmed and tried to turn away but Diana dashed towards him and grab him by the collar.

"Do you mind if we intrude for a bit?" Kiera asked, "We also paid for the snacks and drinks."

She then showed her shopping bag and Alaine also showed her bag, I don't know what they want, but I just let them in where Kiera then briefed me on what they discussed with Perseus the night before, something about a forbidden grimoire and how they want to search for it.

And even though they never had any plans to get me involved since the lesser the harder it is to not get caught, they are now doing it in the hopes of my brother joining too so he doesn't let me do things alone as he should be concerned about my safety.

"That actually sounds quite exciting."

"Are you fucking serious?!" Perseus retorted

"Ah ah, language." Diana chided him "I'm a part of the student council now, so be careful, using respectful speech is a part of our rules."

"Oh shut up."

"Well, I mean, we don't really have to open it when we find it, we can just leave it where we find it without doing anything else." I suggested, "It's somewhat safe and we can still confirm its existence."

"Yeah, we promise to not recite any spell on that book, we'll just read the cover if that's fine." Alaine added "You help us, and we won't annoy you any further, if things aren't to your liking, you can report us to the teachers."

"Oh, so I can just go tell them now?" Perseus asked with a slightly serious and complaining tone

Perseus POV

I'm partially glad that they're stubborn enough to still try and want to do this thing, this means that I at least got more help to do this thing, I just need some evidence to know whether it exists or it, and once I get that, I'll give him a call and I'll owe the MSS nothing.

I'll finally be free from them, though I should be careful of my surroundings a bit, that principal seems to be not as transparent as I thought, is he investigating to see if I'm a part of the MSS?

Well, with a group of people, I should be set, their brains should be helpful, I'll probably use Ezra to get some help as well, I'll start tonight and see how it goes.

Shawn POV

I couldn't believe my luck. My brother finally had become part of a social group.

And after hearing that story, I couldn't be any more excited and determined to confirm the existence of this forbidden grimoire hidden somewhere on the school grounds. The prospect of unraveling its mysteries and its untold powers sent a surge of excitement through me.

Though it's understandable that we shouldn't open it up, we could be tempted. Consuming the soul... doesn't sound good.

I can probably get some help and advice from Sterling tomorrow, he knows of Perseus doing his walks, after all, he's the man who's tutoring Perseus behind everyone's back.

"Do we even have any leads?" Perseus asked

"No." Diana shook her head "The story is the only one we got."

I then turn to Kiera.

"By the way, I saw you arguing with Ollie in the mall, is he giving you a hard time?"

"oh, you saw that, huh?" her face then turned sour "He was stubborn and a bit prideful, it's not like I'd mind being on a team, but I listened to his plans, and he was building a team surrounding his talents.

"Not that it's bad, the way he planned it was to make him earn a high score while the other 2 are overshadowed in the process, but I don't want that, I worked hard to be in this position, I can't allow myself to be overshadowed, I want to place high in the class rankings, I don't want to be replaced."