Chương 94: DAY IN A LIFE OF..

***On Planet Gieă, In the Outskirts of the Continent 'Eclipse of the Oceans', Chingford's Academy's Mana Chambers..

The sun is its the last stages of setting but the sky isn't giving room for a beautiful sunset as grey clouds refused to turn orange.

It's already late evening and through out the daytime, Navi has stuck with his new routine of randomness. Navi had taken a cold bath in the late hours of the morning while sticking with the crowd as best as he can. He is trying to reduce or rather stall being assaulted as much as he can. After bath, he found his way through the campus and he took two meditation classes in a row.

It took Navi a bit of effort to act like he's emotionally disturbed as just yesterday evening, Navi has gotten confirmation that the death duel against Marien Lee is indeed going to hold with the timeline being just four Days from today.

It's no longer surprising about how fast news spreads in the Academy grounds and Navi is mentally prepared as he encounters a new shift in the type of stares he has been receiving since the early morning.

There are stares of 'You got what's coming at you', stares of hypocritical sympathy, stares of disgust as well as other sour stares that Navi cannot bother with reading into.

Navi can't be much bothered with the other disciples nor their stares but still he finds himself facing a new problem. Yesterday afternoon, it all might have been a massive web of coincidences but today absolutely confirms it,.. He is being spied on!.

The Who behind it? - is a tangled string of mystery for now as Navi is not completely sure that the suspicious guy at the bathroom yesterday is his new 'stalker'. Being extremely vigilant, Navi has marked up to eight suspicious faces over the course of today's activities.

It is completely impossible for all his mental suspects to be his spies so this makes the bathroom guy even more elusive.

Thinking about the Who is still an infinite spiral of guesses so Navi has put some thought into the Why?. The first possible reasons he has thought of is of course,.. Marien Lee.

The unknown spy is most-likely to work for or is Marien Lee who wants to check how he(Navi) is coping with the 'pressure'. If this is the case then Navi is much at ease because he's pretty confident in his act of being disturbed.

Taking two meditation classes in a row would tell that he is trying to settle his mind from 'stress' and taking a session in the mana-chambers(Where he currently is) would tell Marien that Navi is in a 'hurry' to gain more strenght.

Stepping out of the open doors of the Mana Chambers halls, Navi gives his spy situation a little more thought. Another possible reason as to why he's being spied on can be that a set of self-righteous hypocrites are trying to make a move on him.

This other reason would be a little troublesome to deal with because he would be forced to defend himself from them. Weather or not these possible meddlesome idiots succeeds or fails in whatever they are planning, more attention would be put on Navi due to the ploy.

The second last thing Navi needs right now is more attention and last thin he needs is a scheme that could possible injure him just days before his death duel.

Thinking about all of this, Navi gives out an over-exaggerated sigh before he begins to walk away from the meditation halls but then, a third possible reason as to why he's being spied on pops in his mind.

Didn't he find out that Troy(His dead ex-roommate) might have a sister?, What if she's behind the spying?.

Navi brows couldn't help but lightly furrow as he thinks about this last possibility. He has done a bit more research about this mystery half-sister and all he has gotten is feedbacks of nothing.

If the 'half-sister' is behind this then Navi has absolutely no idea as to who his new stalker/enemy is and what she could possibly be capable of.

Still walking, Navi snaps out of his train of thoughts with no pause in his steps. There is no use worrying about the unknown, the most he can do is prepare for the worse and hope for the best.

With his mind cleared of unnecessary worries, Navi continues trailing his way through the Academy's grounds. The feeling of being spied on remains for a while as he walks but all of a sudden, it fades away.

Not amused by the sudden exit of the spy, Navi continues his 'weary' stroll. It takes him another fifteen minutes but soon, he finds himself walking up small flights of stairs, opening a wooden door and stepping into his shared dorm-room.

Maybe it's because it's late evening or just another coincidence but for some reason, after entering into the square space Navi did not find his dorm-room empty.

One of his room-mates is currently sitting on his bunk-bed while hungrily sipping on a Nutrient pack in sweat-soaked disciples robes.

Navi stops his steps and gives his room-mate a lazy glance. It's Dennis(Dean), the new brown-haired bubbly room-mate that has taken over Troy's bunk-bed.

Dennis glances up at Navi and seeing who it is, his pupils trembles as he lightly chokes on the Nutrient drinks he's sipping on.

*CHOKE*.. ¥COUGH¥.. ¿COUGH¿... •COUGH•..

Watching with indifference, Navi sees as Dean stumbles through choking for a few seconds before wiping his lips with the sleeves of his sweaty robes.

With his cold-orange irises showing utter indifference, Navi lightly tilts his head with his gaze still on Dennis. For a second, Navi had put Dennis amongst his list of suspects for spying but seeing as the golden-brown haired kid stumbles through choking, Navi begins to seriously downplays the possibility.

Dennis looks around and about while trying not to look directly in the direction of Navi. He has obviously heard that Navi has brutally unalived the previous owner of his bunk but for countless rumoured reasons with each one more terrifying that the last.

Some people say it was because of a robbery attempt while some spin tales of Navi kidnapping Troy then beating him to death with a hammer!. Judging by the new layer of cold sweat on Troy's forehead, the poor guy has definitely fought lots of mental battles regarding living in the same room as Navi.

Dean and Navi are living under the same roof yet they have only crossed paths twice -Once when Dennis moved in and second at the Cafeteria that same morning-. Thinking of it now, as room-mates who live a squared space, one person must have been trying really hard to avoid the other for them to have only met(awake) twice.

Dean swallows as he feels Navi's gaze still on him but he soon gets to breath slight relieve.

Losing interest, Navi finally takes his gaze off the flustered kid as he moves towards his cabinet. Half-kneeling in front of the tall wooden cabinet, Navi begins the familiar process of unlocking it.

*Rustle*..

*ROOM-DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES*- As Dean exits the room while Navi tinkers with his cabinet.

Completely uncaring about Dennis, Navi finally unlocks his cabinet and with a customary sweep through with his eyes, he confirms the no-one has messed with his stuff while he was away.

Reaching into his Cabinet, Navi calmly pulls out a big book before shutting the Cabinet door close. He climbs up his bunk's ladder then sits on his bed with his back against the wall and his ankles crossed in a semi-meditation position.

Placing the huge book on top of his laps, Navi reads its title internally..

'A SIMPLE GUIDE THROUGH THE FORBIDDEN FORESTS OUTER PARTS: BOOK 1..'.

It had cost Navi up to seven bronze pints to get a copy of just the part one of this book!. Normally, Navi would definitely be opposed to giving out such a ridiculous sum of money for a bunch of paperwork but considering the non-material worth of the knowledge in this book, he has considered it to be very much worth its price.

With his free time being used for one thing or another, Navi has left this book in his cabinet for way too long though considering that he has nothing to do with himself till late night, Navi finally decides to read through the big book's contents for the first time.

...

A couple of hours pass by in a blur with Navi's gaze still on his book. Night has come knocking and although Navi doesn't know the exact time, he can guess that there's at most two more hours till midnight.

Navi is not one to hang his head low to read and so the most he feels after keeping the same posture for hours is a faint numbness from his bent kness.

The insides of the dorm-room is already dark and Navi has long lost enough lightings to keep up with reading. Finally turning his gaze off the book on his laps, Navi looks outside trough the only window present in the squared room.

He couldn't quite see the moon from his current angle but looking at countless twinkling stars, Navi can easily tell that it is a bright night outside. Moon light leaks in through the small window post but instead of dispersing, the light is cast on the ground in the shape of an uneven rectangle.

With the light cast on the ground, the bunk-beds dark and empty and Navi occupying a top-bunk while resting with an unmoving posture, the atmosphere in the squared room looks quite comical and eerie though Navi obviously doesn't mind the mood.

*CREAK*.. *ROOM-DOOR OPENS..*.

Navi slowly turn his gaze to the opening door only to meet the eyes of one of his room-mates. Even in the darkness, Navi can fully trace out the other guy's unique features which consists of a nasty beard, beady eyes and a mesomorph physique. Like a certain someone he had killed, the guy has a bit of dwarf in him but looking at his 6-ft-4 build, one can tell what ever bloodline of dwarf in him has been awfully.. awfully diluted.

Cool breeze blows through the gap of the opened door with the air tickles Navi's pores as he unmovingly stares at his room-mates(Kenzo). Unfazed, Navi and Kenzo keeps up with the silent stare contest for a few more seconds then Kenzo slowly and confidently steps into the room before firmly closing the door behind him.