Teacher's Regret (5)

Shawn POV

After my turn it was Perseus, and when he walked up to the angel captain and the angel then turn its head up to look at him, and when he spoke, it was visibly shaken.

"You...you're marked." the angel captain said

The officer on duty and Captain Ida who was close by then turned to the angel. I knew it, the things that the angel says have certain meanings, they just choose to not acknowledge it.

"Yeah, I know." Perseus replied "Any way you can remove it?"

"No...those who have been marked can only have it removed by the marker." the angel answered

"I'm surprised you knew."

"Of course, I'm a captain, not a regular foot soldier, I know of marked ones like you."

Captain Ida and the other officers nearby are now chatting among themselves and they looked visibly a bit disturbed, I was close by and was able to overhear them talking among themselves about how the angels never talked to any of them, and even if they do, they usually just talk about atonement for our sins.

I know about him being marked, happened during the time of our brother's death, it was related to that angel general, though I didn't get to know much else about it, I didn't ask much, I don't want him to relive that moment over and over again.

I remember him trying to harm himself, I thought that maybe it was related to being marked, but...I don't think he can revert to that state again, so I don't worry too much. Though, based on that angel's shaken voice, I might have to change my thinking.

After a while, he left and came back and we then head to a hall for our orientation and schedule for the next 3 weeks, a lot of practical training and practical exams, and we are to check our attendance with our student ID card and hand them to the lecturer in charge everyday.

It was mostly normal, the schedule is tight, but it's as expected from the naval base, this naval base, in particular, is one of the ones that are used to intercept stray angels, despite the danger level around this area is 5, it's livable and very risky, its level is 5 only because it has a lot of sorcerers stationed nearby, otherwise, it'll be unlivable.

Everyone is then gathered in the dining hall, and after experiencing my luxury privilege for so long, eating the food provided...well...they taste pretty flavorless and yet so flavorful at the same time, and not in a good way.

I think even the cheapest meals at our cafeteria taste better, but I'm not gonna complain too much, food is food. As we're eating, we're going over the schedule given to us, one of the days, they're gonna get us on a ship and let us get as close to Hokkaido as possible without being attacked by any angels.

It's still a dangerous activity, so you'll have to sign a paper before you can do it, sounds fun though, and if an angel does attack, we get to learn how to fight them with technology and on a boat where we don't have a lot of places to move.

Perseus seems excited to go, so I'm probably gonna sign up too. I looked around and I can see that most of the participants are students of the 4 great academies, I think there are only 2 group military ones, but that aside, it contained mostly participants that are deployed in Japan.

Only a couple of foreign ones and the famous group of the bunch is the French one which Minerva's a part of.

"We better finish quick, once Minerva and her friends get their food, they'll join our table, and I don't want attention." my brother said

"Why? I thought you were over people chatting behind our backs, does it bother you?"

"Yes, it's annoying, they talk like I can't hear em, if I don't rely on my sight, I tend to focus using my ears more, and so I pick up on a lot of stuff, it's not that I feel bad after what they say, it's just annoying and repetitive, ya know what I mean?"

"I don't."

"You're literally from the A class, even second-years are jealous of you, I can't imagine the rumors. Well, this week is the 2nd year A class to study with the prof I think, I wonder what class they're having, hopefully, more fun than ours."

"We don't study for fun."

"I know, but you can't expect us to just do these kinds of stuff every time, even a fight with an angel every now and then will be a bit fun. I enjoy killing those bastards, gives me a sense of thrill."

"Now, I'm concerned."

"Remember my dream? Killing angels is a step for me to move closer to that goal."

Just as he was about to get up and leave, this unfamiliar girl that I don't know stopped him in his track and pull him back to his seat, she raised her hand and I can see Minerva and her small group coming to our direction.

She's this woman with dark brown hair and light green colored eyes, who looks to be about 170cm tall, around our age, probably a year or 2 older if she's with Minerva.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Juliette Blanc, but you can call me Julie." she introduced herself "I'm a 3rd year from Tiger Academy."

"She's an annoying one." Perseus grumbled under his breath

"I only flirted with you to try and see how far I can tease your girlfriend, it worked, she grabbed you and kissed you just to prove it."

We're not using the translation device currently, and her speaking skills sounds a bit French, but the only French accent I know are from stereotypical American movies.

"She's French." my brother confirmed "So why did you not want me to go away again, you could have had an empty clean table."

"This is why I don't want to make friends, you're all very inconvenient."

"Huh, you're funny, I can see why she likes you."

"I want to die."

"The best part of dying is that you can now be reborn."

His expression was priceless at her reply.

"I hate you." he said to her face.