章 17: Chapter 17: Not That Reason
It didn't take long before the news of what happened at the grand arena spread throughout and that meant that it also got to the academy.
Combat classes had to be canceled for the day because a couple of the teachers had their loved ones involved in the incident.
This was especially good for Arsha because he seemed to have spent too much time at the arena and he didn't have to rush to combat class now.
He returned to the academy as fast as possible and made his way to his room to find out that it was empty which was good because he didn't need anyone asking him where he was coming from.
"I would have killed that idiot way faster if I knew he didn't know anything about the money." He muttered as he made his way to his bed on the right side of the room.
He was a bit exhausted after having to go through all that so he proceeded to sit down on the bed before laying down on it.
'That should be enough for the silver version.' He thought with his gaze on the ceiling.
Walking into the hallway with a huge bag was surely going to draw a lot of unnecessary attention to him so he made sure to drop the bag of cash in a safe place where he could access it later for his project.
"It's a good thing combat class got canceled."
He was just about to close his eyes when the door was suddenly pushed open and just as expected, Jayden came strolling into the room.
Well, he was the only one other than Arsha who knew the room's password.
"Oh, Arsha? When did you get back?" He inquired as soon as he spotted his teammate on his bed. "You're a bit later than usual today."
"Well, that's because I decided to spend a bit more time there, today, you can't always keep to the schedule," Arsha responded.
"Oh, I see."
"Special announcement; Arsha Logan and Claudia Hart please report to my office, I repeat, Arsha Logan and Claudia Hart please report to my office." A female voice resounded through the speakers in the room.
"Was that Miss. Claire?" Jayden inquired with a confused expression on his face.
"Did something happen?" Arsha slowly sat up on his bed to ask.
"Um….yeah, she did a personal roll call to see which of us were in the school premises but I didn't think too much of it because she said it was for personal reasons and there's never a roll call after classes." He disclosed.
"Was it a roll call for just the second years or the entire school?"
"I think it was just for us," Jayden responded.
"Oh, I see," Arsha uttered before getting up on his feet.
"Hey, wait, if she's calling you because you were absent during the roll call does that mean that Claudia was also absent?"
"If the reason I'm being summoned is my absence then, yes," Arsha responded before walking past him.
As soon as he gave that response, a suspicious look appeared on Jayden's face.
"Hey, did you two…"
Just before he could finish that question, he heard the door being opened and closed and when he turned back, he found a locked door and Arsha nowhere to be found.
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The male and female dormitories of Aigis Academy were separated by a very tall wall that made it quite impossible to try to peep from one side.
However, the more you discovered the type of abilities the students in the academy the less sense that wall made.
Both dormitories were huge three-story buildings and each floor was large enough to be assigned to one class.
The first years got the first floor, the second years the second floor, and the third years the highest floor.
There was supposed to be an extra building when the academy decided to admit more students than what they usually took in last year but something drastic happened.
Anyway, there were two large gates meant to prevent the students from sneaking in after curfew but that was also useless in a way.
This was one of the times Arsha got to walk out the gate like a normal person, and just as he was closing it, the other gate was pulled open for Claudia to walk out of it.
Her eyes looked a bit drowsy like she was just waking up from a nap.
She made eye contact with him for a moment there before she turned away and began to make her way toward the academic area of the academy which was toward the right.
She walked a little distance before biting her lower lip in annoyance.
"Even if she wanted to summon both of us, she didn't have to use the announcement speakers now everyone's going to think…."
"That we were in something together?"
She quickly shot her gaze to her right at that moment to see Arsha walking alongside her.
"What the…when did you…"
"No, you were just walking really slow. But you know, I'm number two, and you're the weak number three so they might think that she's calling us because of something related to that, not everyone thinks like you, you know." He articulated.
"I didn't ask for your opinion on the matter." She snapped at him. "And stop trying to walk beside me."
She sounded quite irritated as she increased her walking pace to quickly walk further ahead of him.
The sparks of lightning around her body were quite visible now as she walked further away from him.
"Off the charts."
It didn't take her long to get to Miss Claire's office which was the first office on the second floor, a floor she shared with the second years.
On the upper part of the door was a tag with the title 'Vice Principal' imprinted on it.
She stood at the door for a while and when she was finally ready to go in, she let out a deep sigh before opening the door.
"Did that idiot just decide to go do something else?" She muttered before walking into the room.
Miss. Claire seemed to be walking out of the bathroom at that moment but that wasn't what caught her eye and had her head spinning in confusion now.
On the right side of the room was a blue medium sized couch and on that couch was Arsha Logan.
He wasn't just sitting on the couch, he was lying on it with both of his arms crossed under his head.
"How did you get here before me?" She was quite stunned. "And why are you lying down like that in Vice Principal Claire's office?"
"Slow down, which one do you want me to answer first?"
"Both, start with the first one." She replied abruptly.
"Well, just like I told you earlier, your walking is quite slow." He stated, bluntly.
"I walk slowly?"
"And for why I'm like this, well, Miss. Claire told me to make myself at home." He said before turning his gaze to the Vice Principal.
"Miss. Claire?" Claudia called before also turning her gaze to her.
"Yeah, I don't mind." The Vice Principal responded.
Claire was a woman who happened to be in her early twenties, she had a smooth oval face with a small nose, blue eyes, and thin pink lips.
She had long golden hair that she always took good care of to always make sure it was shining.
Despite being that young, she was able to become the Vice Principal of Aigis Academy and that was due to her brilliance, abilities, and the way she carried herself in great pride.
She always gives off a friendly and welcoming aura and that was the reason why Arsha went ahead to make himself at home when she told him to because he could tell that she didn't have any ulterior motives.
"I have to say I'm quite disappointed, Vice Principal," Claudia remarked.
"You mean with yourself?" She retorted.
"What? No, that's not what I meant?"
"Just take a seat, Miss. Hart." She instructed before nodding toward the seat on the other side of her desk.
"And you can stop making yourself at home, Logan."
"Okay," Arsha responded before sitting up on the couch.
She had a serious look on her face now so the students knew that playtime was over.
"Now." She said after clearing her throat. "Let's start with you, Logan, tell me how much you know about beasts from the highest tier to the lowest tier."
At that moment, everything that happened in the arena earlier today came flooding back into his mind.
'I already know she didn't call us here because of the roll call but this wasn't among my list of possible other reasons.'
He was quite confused here but he tried his best not to show it. Claudia on the other hand was just straight-up confused.
"What is going on?"
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