Chapitre 22: Chapter 22: Departure and chatty Chloe?
The next morning....
"Oh, so you want to check out the area around the school and it will take up most of the day so want this little girl Hope to carry your supplies for you since the rest of you will be fighting?". Mr Swindon asked for confirmation while looking at Muku.
"Yes". Muku only said one word, clearly not willing to talk too much.
"O-oh, If that's your choice, go ahead". Mr Swindon replied with a smile, clearly happy that it wasn't him that was chosen for such a dangerous task. Even the others from his group were showing relieved expressions. They all still hadn't realised their precarious situation after all. And for some reason they really assumed Muku's group was willing to support them while they laze around for no reason. They were about as delusional as one could be in that moment.
Hope looked at her group with teary eyes because of their parting. After all they had created some form of bond after surviving the beast attack together. But they, thinking that she wanted them to say something to stop her from going onto such a task all looked away in embarrassment.
Seeing this Muku and his group could barely hold back their laughter. Hope though couldn't help but be saddened by their reaction after realising it, the little uncertainty she had about leaving them quickly shattered. She was now completely sure that she had made the right decision. And so, she carried one bag on her back containing some canned food while holding two others with some water and such. Though Jade, Layla's and Chloe were also carrying one bag on their backs.
"Once a person becomes an Evolver they need to consume a lot more food" Muku said without being asked.
He had noticed that Mr Swindon's group were wondering why they would need so many supplies for just a day long outing. And like the idiots they were they easily believed him, well not like they could do anything to stop him from taking as much as he wanted anyway.
"Okay, now we're off. See you later Mr Swindon and group." Muku said as he and his group that now had an extra member left. Mr Swindon and his group happily waved him off.
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Minutes later, just outside the school gate....
"Hmm, so this is where they came out from huh, it looks quite mystical when you're so close to it. Not to mention the mana. It would have been a great place to practice your skills and quickly recover your mana if you there wasn't a chance of a beast coming out suddenly and killing you off.". Muku said while looking at the portal. I was circular, green in color, with a radius of about a metre and a half. Mana slowly sleeping out of it.
"Hmm, it seems to be slowly changing colour though". Layla who was taking an ever closer look at it than the rest said. And as she said, its outer perimeter were really turning sky blue.
"Oh hey, you're right...and am I the only one who feels like not being around when it does turn blue?". Jade said as she also looked at it closely.
"Is that so, well lets get outer here then". Muku said and he and his group quickly left. He and the other girls had long noticed that Jade had better senses than all of them so they tended to go by what she said. If course nobody admitted this to her or she would have gotten cocky and wouldn't let them hear the end of it. Later on in the future they found out that they had made the right decision to leave the school when they did because when a green portal completely turns blue, Rank Two beasts start coming out. And they were all Rank Ones without any beasts to kill to gain strength close by, so they would have been slaughtered without resistance like how an unranked beast can't resist a Rank One.
"Anyway, Hope give us our bags now" Muku suddenly said as they walked in the direction of the city. The school was a few kilometres in outskirts of it.
"Wh-what?, don't worry sir I can carry them, you will need to fight beasts after all. This is my job". Hope said while grabbing the bags in her hands tightly while looking at Muku with fear. She was thinking he had changed his mind and was going to leave her after all.
"Little girl, what are you thinking about?. I already promised you that we will take you with us and get you stronger right?. So why would I randomly ditch you now. Anyway, everyone was supposed to carry a bag each, I just didn't want it to be so obvious that you weren't really our porter. Besides, you're an unranked little girl with no mana meaning after a while the load will be too much for you which will slow the rest of the group down." Muku flicked her forehead as he spoke warranting a "yelp" from her and he quickly snatched the bags she was holding, giving Emily hers and carrying his.
'Bu...". Hope wanted to say something but was interrupted.
"Just give up, once our teacher decides on something there's no changing his mind." Emily was the one who interrupted her and said with a smile on her face.
"I-if you say so". Hope could only relent seeing how Muku was already walking forward ignoring her and the rest of the girls didn't seem to have a problem with what he was doing either. She was speechless but at the same time a warm feeling went through her heart, she was happy to have joined such a nice group.
"Focus, who knows if we will suddenly be attacked out here. You must always be ready to react"
As Hope was walking absent mindedly, Chloe tapped her shoulder and gave her some advice with a friendly smile on her face. The reason Chloe did this was because this timid little underclassmen reminded her of herself.
"Y-yeah, thank you senior" Hope said timidly.
"No problem, oh and I'm Chloe, senior year...you should be Hope if I remember correctly right?". Chloe continued to make conversation with her. Which suprised the rest. But realising that the two seemed to have somewhat similar personalities, they understood.
"Yeah, I'm Hope, third year. Nice to meet you senior". Hope was a lot less nervous seeing that the group didn't see her as a outsider.
"Likewise, oh and I'm sure you already know of our teacher Sir Muku....but I guess yiu know him as Sir Chisen. He prefers his students call him by his name though, his reason was that calling him by surname made him feel old. That blonde haired girl is Emily, the green haired one is Jade and the brunette is Layla, they are all nice people. I'm sure we will all get along." Chloe continued the introductions, hearing their names, Emily smiled at Hope in acknowledgement, Layla nodded while Jade made a v sign with a grin on her face. Teacher Muku had only waved back without looking behind him and kept on walking forward.
"Oh ho, who knew our little Chloe would be such a chatterbox?" Jade teased, to which Chloe's face reddened in embarrassment.
"I hadn't gotten used to you all yet okay". Chloe defended herself, not wanting to be embarrassed in front of her junior.
And like that their banter continued as they walked forward. This made Hope feel a lot more welcomed into the group and she also got to understand them all a bit more. Of course other than Hope, the rest were still ready to take action at an moment if an attack happened.
As for why they were walking you might ask?. If a Rank One beast suddenly attacked you, would you rather be in a car constrained or outside?. Not to mention that a car's noise as you drove would basically be asking for trouble. Besides, other than Hope, the rest of them were a lot stronger than normal people with a lot more stamina too, they might not be as strong as Jade or Muku but they weren't weak either.
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