Chương 34: Leader of the Magic Class

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|| CHAPTER 34 | Leader of the Magic Class ||

"One that stands as a leader, and the others remain a follower.

"For one to bravely holds the responsibility to the lives of their follower, requires great courage and determination. No blessing from the gods or even any high power could rival the gathered bravery of a chosen one.

"The strong ones will have to learn more, and the weak will have to break through the world's curse.

"A curse of the Livings' binding thoughts, one that chained society down and one that shatters people's minds. A curse and a vow of a beast residing in each soul, thinking that power and status are everything. Greed and gluttony, lust, envy, pride, all the sins gathered together.

"That is not what a leader is.

"And magic isn't everything in these worlds."

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Tuesday, 21st of July, Lunar Year of 3020

Hues as blue as the skies clashed with the cloudy ceilings of the world.

Just another day with the warmth of summer felt by dead skins, only to be met with the cold end of the winds.

The globe was turning abnormally, Shizuka guessed.

It was getting colder and colder each day. Sure, Aeorece was one of the coldest places in the Realm of the Livings, but it wasn't this cold years ago. Something changed the laws of nature, she presumed.

Shizuka sighed in disappointment. 'If only summer's still the same as before...'

"Earth to Shizuka, are you there??" Yuzuru obnoxiously yelled into the female's ears, causing her to push him back by reflex. "Oww...!! No need to push me that hard!"

"Then don't yell."

"Oh, try me."

"For gracious Gaia's sake, don't start fighting now, you two," Mizuto calmed his siblings, patting both their backs in an attempt to compose their nerves.

The oldest triplet sighed heavily.

It was a normal sight to see when Shizuka and Yuzuru began arguing. There wasn't a single day that went without them bantering and getting along in the slightest. It was always either Shizuka who started the fight, or just Yuzuru who kept annoying the hell out of his sister.

"He's the one who started it."

"Huh?! You're the one who pushed me!"

"Because you yelled into my ears. My eardrums are ringing."

"Oh, please. I've done worse."

Mizuto grumbled and walked ahead of the two, ignoring their loud argues and slid open the door to their class, only to be greeted by chaos and noisiness.

"Looks like there's no peace for you today, Mizuto," Seiya commented as he came from behind, seemingly just arrived as well.

"Yeah, no joke," the said Ichijou replied tiredly, walking in with slouched shoulders and sitting by his table. He ignored Seiya's amused chuckle and looked around. "I wonder what's happening here?" asked Mizuto to himself as the four teens looked at their class.

"It must be something big if they're this noisy..." Yuzuru commented only to be protested by his sister.

"They're always noisy, you know."

"Fair point."

"Oh, you're here! Good morning!!"

"Good morning~!!" Elloise and Vinnetra greeted the four students as they sat down, greeting them back.

"Do you know what's happening here?" Shizuka interrogated the two boys as they looked back at the crowds of students.

Her arguing session with Yuzuru ended a second ago when they were faced with the rowdiness that beat theirs to shame. Though she admitted, she liked seeing the chaotic side of her class. It kept her company.

"Well, there's someone n––"

"Huaaaa~!! If it isn't my dear Shizuka~!!" a familiar voice cut Vinnetra off as the source of it separated the crowds.

Shivers went down the female Ichijou's spine, causing her to rub her arms in an attempt to comfort herself.

"Oh goodness Gaia, don't tell me it's him––"

"I MISS YOU, MY DEAR SHIZUKAAAAAA!!!" the tall figure hugged her instantly as they fell to the ground. The blue-eyed girl–– thankfully–– didn't hit the ground as the figure's hand prevented them from making contact.

"Gah––!!"

The last she could see before her world spun around was a bundle of gold covering her sight, and the smell of expensive perfume invading her smell.

Oh, she knew who it was very well.

She knew who it was that she feared her guess might be true–– forget it coming true, it was already happening as the male suffocated her with his hug.

"I MISS YOU!! I MISS YOU!! I MISS YOUUUUUUU, MY BELOVED SHIZUKA!!!" the figure repeated loudly and nuzzled his head against her cheeks, making her slightly uncomfortable.

"OI! OI! OI! Get off of her!! Who do you think you are to touch her like that?!" Yuzuru grabbed the figure's collar as he separated them both.

Separating his sibling with the unknown student, Yuzuru kept a good distance between the two before sending a deadly glower towards Shizuka's 'fan.'

If looks could kill, the gold-headed boy would die right then and there.

Mizuto propped Shizuka up carefully and inspected her for any injury, asking, "Shizu, are you okay? He didn't do anything to you, did he?"

"I think so...? I'm fine, I hope..." Shizuka answered Mizuto uncertainly as she checked for any injuries, "Yep, I'm fine."

"My, fine sir. Would you mind if you let me go?" the unknown student dared to ask, sending an oddly charming grin that he thought would work on Yuzuru.

"I need my daily affections from my beloved Shizuka. It's been a few months since I've gotten––"

"Oh, shut up, who are you to ask my sister for hugs?"

The heavy tone Yuzuru used shut the stranger completely, but it didn't scare the latter one bit.

Instead, the male pouted and crossed his arms.

He had golden-blonde hair and similar doe gold eyes. With bangs parted down the middle, they noticed how his skin was a tad bit tan since the rest were covered in their uniform. They also couldn't ignore the sharp ends of his ears, coming from the famous elves.

A big vein popped and Yuzuru attempted to drag the male out from anger.

Key word: attempted.

The furious Ichijou was held back by Seiya, Vinnetra, Arnettia, and Innyse. It's a miracle that only four men were able to hold him down. Shizuka and Mizuto remembered that it used to take ten or more grown men to stop him when he's angry.

And he's definitely enraged at the moment.

"LET ME GO!! LET ME AT HIM! HE DID NOT JUST TOUCH HER!!! YOU DARE TO ASK FOR MORE?!"

Yuzuru was acting like a real wild animal right now as the four struggled to hold him back from beating the new individual. Mizuto and Elloise stood in front of the platinum-blonde-haired girl, with Mizuki hugging her in an attempt to protect her.

"Y-Yuzuru!! Calm down!! We can talk this out, all right?!" Vinnetra struggled to hold the gold-eyed male back as the others were, too. "Who knew you got this much power–– GAH! Compose yourself!!"

"Ichijou Yuzuru, do calm down! We're not to create a racket or the whole class would get in trouble...!!" the usually calm Innyse reprimanded, gritting his teeth when the raging boy was about to drag the four of them with him.

"Who are you?! Why are you here?! Why did you hug my best friend?! How did you know her?! HMM?!" Mizuki interrogated the new male as he grinned sheepishly at the honey-blonde girl's questions.

"I will only answer my dear Shizuka. Also, do take note that I don't take orders from others."

His answer seemed to trigger the Spirit Wielders as a deadly aura surrounded them.

The class could feel immense pressure coming from them as they backed up. They kept going at it until Shizuka, the main problem, spoke up.

"Cyth... Just go back to your seat and don't make trouble for the others..." Shizuka tiredly told the newly known Cyth as he happily skipped back to his desk, sitting with flowery auras around him.

The deadly aura that surrounded them stopped as the whole class turned towards the crystal blue-eyed girl.

She sweated at their stares, "What?"

Ignoring how Vinnetra dropped dead on the ground, breathless after Yuzuru decided to stop his rampage. With Innyse pushing his glasses up and Seiya huffing beside him, the two wondered how Arnettia was still able to stand after withstanding Yuzuru.

"Man... I'm... never going to... huff..." Vinnetra grunted as he stood up, holding his aching back like an old man and spoke between breaths, "... I'm never going to deal with Yuzuru ever again..."

"... Agreed." Seiya and Innyse nodded their heads simultaneously and sighed.

"How in Gaia's name did you––"

"All right, sit down class!! We are about to start!!" Asuma paid no mind to their 'little' argument and ordered them to sit back down.

The deadly aura that surrounded Yuzuru came back once more, causing him to glower at everyone who looked at him. Fortunately, he was behind his precious sister so he's able to keep an eye on her all the time.

"Yuzu-nii, stop with your glares. They're horrifying."

"You can't tell me what to do."

Shizuka remained quiet at his retort and leaned back to her chair, feeling mentally too exhausted to deal with her brother.

Although they fight every now and then, the fact that they work together better than anyone won't change even in a thousand years, maybe centuries.

The blue-eyed female let out a small sigh and relaxed her tense muscles, relaying her hues to pay attention to what her homeroom had to say.

"Now then, you all probably have met him, but there's a new member of our family today!" Asuma cheerily spoke with a wide grin.

"He's not exactly new since he's supposed to be here since the first day, but there's a slight problem regarding his move and his father's work. So, say hello to your new friend!"

The golden-haired elf that created the morning racket stood up with a bright smile plastered on his handsome face.

It did everyone wonders how he was able to grin even after being faced with Yuzuru's wrath.

"Greetings, everyone. My name is Cyth Hellione Ascelleus. Hmm, what else... Ah, yes! My attribute is light and I specialize in almost everything, but particularly support and healing. Happy to be working with you for the next three years~!!"

"Hell nah, I ain't dealing with you for the next three years!!" Yuzuru abruptly stood up from his seat and pointed fingers at the poor elf, shouting incoherent words due to the mixed feelings he felt.

"Oh, come on, I'm sure we'll get along just fine~!!" Cyth laughed Yuzuru's yells away and sent a small wink, causing the latter to shudder.

"Oh, Gaia..."

The young Spirit Wielders, aside from Shizuka, glared at the male as they let out menacing auras.

"Hahaha, let's get to the activities we're gonna do today, shall we?" Asuma wrote words on the blackboard with simple white chalk, while saying the words out loud, "We're going to choose a class representative today~!! Isn't this fun?"

The platinum-blonde-haired girl felt the complete opposite of Asuma's cheerful tone when saying so. She simply did not want all the responsibility of handling these rowdy kids. She'll age sooner than she should.

"Anyone wants to volunteer––?"

Cyth immediately raised his hand, chanting 'me' several times until Asuma told him to stop.

Sweat-dropping, the man opened his arms and spoke, "Well, that's one... Anyone else???"

No one raised their hand as they stared at each other. But little did they know, they were thinking about the same thing

'We can't just let him take control of us that easily!!!' Their faces showed determination, but slowly faded away when they remembered that the golden-blonde-haired boy did not listen to anyone aside from––

"Hmm, no one? Then how about... Shizuka-san?"

Hearing her name called, the said girl looked up from her scribbles and locked her crystal-blue orbs with mossy-green ones, being her homeroom teacher. "Hmm?" hummed her.

"Why don't you volunteer as the class representative as well? You might get some interesting experiences from it."

"Ahh, no thank you. I don't want to––"

"Isseiris want to volunteer as well!!" Yuzuru shouted, cutting off his sister's reply. She deadpanned at him as he said that. The said boy looked at them confused, not knowing what they were talking about.

"Ahh, young Caraell~! Great!! Anyone else?"

"Uh, sir, I don't––"

"No? Okay then, back to the voting~!"

"Sir––"

"You all only get one piece of paper. If you're done, you put it inside that little cube over there and it'll announce the total vote~!!" the Ashitaka gladly explained whilst quickly folding one paper into the good old crane.

The rest of the papers followed his movements as if they were controlled by strings, lessening his work to fold all twenty papers.

The paper cranes he folded came to life and flew to each of the students, including the three 'volunteered' ones. Flapping their wings, the paper cranes reverted to their original unfolded state and lay motionless on the students' tables.

'What did we do to deserve this...' Isseiris and Shizuka both thought at the same time while writing a certain person's name since they didn't want to become the class representatives.

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"All right now, all of you has submitted your votes, right?"

After getting affirmative nods from the students, Asuma twiddled his index finger and tapped it onto the cube he used yesterday.

The papers all got into the cube from a small crevice and neatly stacked themselves above each other within. The little bluish-violet cube shook somewhat, resulting in numbers surrounding it. Once it stopped, three holograms appeared with three profile pictures.

The first one was Cyth's, with the number two beside it.

The next one was Isseiris' profile picture, with the number eight beside it and the number ten beside Shizuka's.

'WhYyYyYyYYYYyYyYyyy?!!!' Shizuka cried comically with streams of tears running down her face, flopping down to her table. Isseiris simply stayed quiet, still staring at the hologram. None could read what he was thinking, but deep down, he was somewhat glad that he wasn't the class leader.

'The plan was a success!!! Now we won't be under that Goldie anymore!!!' the class thought to themselves as they secretly raised their fists.

"Say, Cyth...! I have a favour."

Shizuka suddenly stood up, calling out for the new student as she walked towards him.

The said elf brightened up at the sight of his dear Shizuka, planning to hug her once she arrived at his desk. But what he didn't expect was her slamming her hands on his table while peering close to his face.

Blinking, Cyth couldn't process Shizuka's words.

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"Replace me."

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|| CHAPTER 34 | Leader of the Magic Class - To be continued… ||

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