章 24: Eventful Day
[Called Answer...Redirecting]
Appearing before the eyes of everyone in the room, was the headmaster, that seemed to be smiling at the sudden call. However, the moment he looked at the surrounding, his expression turned sour, noticing the many children on the ground.
[What is going on, Jack?]
"Hmm, can I ask you a question?"
Noticing the old man, heavy tone, Jack decided to not poke the bear for much longer.
[Go ahead.]
Playing along as he knew, Jack wouldn't have done this without any reason, the headmaster allowed this sort of show to continue.
"Are the same teachers going to teach us all for our remaining five years?"
Turning to look at the red-haired teacher, the headmaster's eyes turned sour.
[...Yes, any issues?]
"You see, I don't think I can deal with being together with this red-headed woman, so I might be planning on dropping out."
It was a childish statement, and everyone in the room felt the same, however, for some reason it felt different as the headmaster continued to stare at the teacher in anger.
[I will take care of it.]
And in that instant, four maids surrounded the teacher, without even having opened the door, taking her away by force as she tried to resist.
"THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, WHAT DID I DO WRONG..."
The room turned into a tense atmosphere, as the teacher was finally escorted out of the training room. And the previous girls that had been proudly standing behind the teacher, were now on their knees.
[What happened?]
"Just some bullying and unsupervised actions, as she tried to suck up to the S rankers."
[I see]
[Ending the Call...]
Turning to look at the eyes of the surprised students staring at him like he was a maniac, Jack decided to leave a statement before leaving.
"Don't break the school rules, if you don't want to have your limbs broken."
*
After leaving the training room, Jack received a message saying that today's classes had been dismissed. He also received a private text from the headmaster, asking to meet. Not minding having a meeting with the old man, Jack accepted the invitation.
Only to find that exact familiar old face, sitting on his bed with a smile.
"What do you want old man?"
Letting out a sigh, as he approached Jack, the headmaster put his hands on his shoulders.
"Don't do that again you brat, losing an S-rank talent is bad but losing the favor of the teacher is the worst end for me"
"Last time"
"Thank you"
Disappearing like the wind, the man vanished like a coin on a magician's hand, leaving no trail behind.
'He must have been stressed out.'
And almost as if it was becoming a common trend, Jack's attempts to rest were interrupted by the knocking on his door. Opening it in a sour mood, Jack found a familiar face.
"Come back in 10 minutes, Lei"
Doing as she was told, Lei silently left, and Jack who was sweaty after the fight decided to take a shower, while Lei patiently waited outside of his door. Once done, Jack opened the door, only to find that Lei was still there without having moved a single inch, letting her come inside, she silently took a sit on his bed.
"What is it?"
"I want you to train me"
Not stuttering a single time, and looking at Jack straight in the eyes, she showed an unmatched conviction for improvement, reminding Jack of Zain who used to do his best to train in his early days.
"Fine, but don't start calling me any names, later on"
Confused but excited at Jack's agreeing to her request, Lei clenched her little fist in joy.
Patting the young girl on the head due to his reflexes, Jack remembered the moments he had before his death, even wondering how a year had already passed since his reincarnation.
Lei was extremely confused as Jack petted her head, finding it both embarrassing and humiliating.
"By the way, did you hear what happened in the gym room?"
"Uh, um"
Nodding her head, Jack found it strange that she had suddenly appeared in his room after rejecting any attempts to get help before.
"I don't want to get help from others...I want to try standing up on my own, in the future."
Continuing to pat her head, Jack decided to turn this moment into a lecture as any old person would do.
"Getting help from others is not a bad thing...It's only when you lack companionship, that you realize that others weren't there to deal with your problems, but to help you deal with your problem."
Of course, the advice sounded stupid, and Lei couldn't help but frown in confusion. Trying to move on from the embarrassing moment, Jack guided Lei towards his personal training that even he had yet to seen.
Leaving him impressed at the sheer size, of the place. Not only was it filled with multiple machines but also weapons that were all free to take.
Grabbing onto a spear that was just laying around Jack traced his hand through its edge, only to find it to be extremely sharp.
ignoring this, however, Jack got a hold of another spear and two shields.
Handing a pair of the weapons to Lei, who couldn't even hold them, Jack decided to change his training, instead putting Lei onto the treadmill for her to get some physical training instead.
"Why do...Why do I need to run if I'm just going to use some summons?"
Questioning the seemingly unfitting training, Lei nevertheless continued running.
After that, she quickly ran out of breath only having ran for five minutes at a relatively slow speed.
"How can a necromancer direct its skeletons to use a weapon if they themselves don't know how to use them?"
"Ah...With learning the techniques?"
"Well, yeah but it's better to have experience."
Jack had noticed this already but Lei's stuttering had suddenly stopped. So he couldn't help but ask, "It seems you are not stuttering anymore, did something change?"
"Uh...Well, I guess I'm not feeling pressured anymore, I guess?"
"Pressured?"
"Yes, when I first got dragged here by Arthur, I didn't know if I could fit in with everyone that was an A rank and an S rank. It got even worst after asking you that question. However, now I don't really see the need to feel so pressured with Mentor by my side."
"Mentor?"
"Yes, since I will be your disciple from now."
***
After the training was over, Jack sent Lei away. And returned to his bed so he could finally rest. For him, who had already used his abilities once already, the world around him started to get wobbly.
Finally falling asleep after a long day of unnecessary eventful activities of the day.
Waking up the next morning to the sound of someone knocking repetitively on his door, Jack opened it to find Arthur who had already gotten into his uniform. Checking the time, Jack saw that it was 5 am in the morning.
Deciding to close his door, Arthur stopped it with his feet.
"Wait...Don't you want to come train with us?"
"It's five in the morning, you are lucky you aren't getting punched in the face, Arthur"
"Well, it's because you don't read our texts, so it's hard for us to inform you of anything. We already know you are training Lei, she also getting ready right now."
Letting out a sigh before anything, Jack closed his door and quickly got ready to leave, meeting up with Arthur and Lei, who were waiting outside his dorm room.
"Good morning, mentor"
"Good morning, Lei"
Making their way to the first floor, while walking through the empty building, Jack couldn't help but think, that maybe he shouldn't have accepted Olivia's request of becoming friends with the S rankers.
Regretting his mistakes, they quickly made their way all the way over to the indoor gym, meeting up with the other four.
"F*ck you, Tarik"
"What did I do?"
"Just f*ck you"
Walking past Tarik, Jack went to grab the axe at the back of the room, Tarik who was extremely bewildered, turned to Arthur in shock at what had just transpired, "He doesn't seem like a morning person."
Not far behind him, Lei followed Jack like a little duck. A little duck that just got handed 2 spears, 2 shields, and a crossbow with at least 50 arrows.
Unlike last time, however, this time Lei summoned her two skeletons, and Jack began to do some testing to see if he could help Lei utilize her abilities to the maximum.
Reminding him of his training with the demonic humans, he had already taken a similar approach. Nevertheless, that whole morning was spent experimenting with Lei's abilities.
The skeletons could fight on their own without needing Lei to think of their every move, however, when asking Arthur about their technique and skills - he grimaced. So the understanding of the summoner had a great effect on the techniques used by the skeletons.
Also since they weren't considered to be alive, Lei could keep them inside of her dimensional pocket, allowing her to save some magic. Apart from summoning, the only other reason she would need to use magic was for regeneration after they are broken down, which happened way too often.
Other than that, it seemed that Lei would slowly start growing her arsenal later on, as for now, it was the period for training.
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