Well, it turns out I got a dorm to stay in and this dorm was huge. Almost as if I am staying in some kind of seven star hotel. Damn, it is beautiful. My room number is 1209. Which means my room is on the 12th floor. Saturday was a boring day. I didn't have classes so I decided to stay in my room. All I was waiting for was Sunday. That is when, everything would be decided and our futures as the knight were in our hands. I have gathered the 4 students that the headmaster asked me to gather but one of them...Well, let's just say that she has a 50 to 50 percent of chance to show up and not.
So that leaves me with at least 3 students, which are Jacob, Ashley and recently I spoke with Erica. She without any hesitation decided to join my plan. I didn't question her or anything like that because all I care about is to be a knight and I always worked hard to be a knight. So, I would understand these people who never could be knights but...If this works out...Everyone will have a shot at being a knight.
Well, the day past by and in no time, Sunday had arrived. Just like we planned I arrived outside the headmasters office first. "Why am I not surprised that I am the first one to arrive here?" I question to myself. I look to my right and see Ilora standing right over there. "Hey, you came." I say to Ilora. "No, I was just passing by. So, I decided to stop by as you did say you were going to be arriving at the headmaster's office at 9." Ilora says to me. That's a lame lie though.
"Hey! Henry! You are here already." Jacob says as he and Ashley arrive together. "Sorry we are late." Ashley says to me. "Hey, hey, it's not a big deal." I say to Ashley. "Dude, you gotta give me your phone number and your room number because I was trying to find you yesterday but I couldn't." Jacob says to me. "Ah yeah, I didn't come out of my room." I say to Jacob. "Dude come on, are you some kind of introvert?" Jacob asks me. "Doesn't matter, give me your phone number and your room number." Jacob says to me. "Sure." I say. I give him my phone number. Ashley took my number too it seems. I think so both are calm because they haven't noticed Ilora yet or else they would have been screaming by now.
"And well my room number is 1209." I say and suddenly I hear a surprised 'huh?' from behind me. "HUH?!!!!!!" Both Ashley and Jacob come to their senses. "WHEN DID SHE GET HERE?! NO! WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE?!" Jacob asks me pointing his finger at Ilora and screaming. Just like I thought both Ashley and Jacob had no idea about Ilora being here. Why am I not surprised?
"Why do you think? She is one of the 4 members that's going to meet the headmaster with us." I say. "Hey, I never agreed to that." Ilora whispers in my ears. "Agree or not, you arrived here on my saying and that's why you have to come with us. Whether you like it or dislike it. It doesn't matter to me." I say to Ilora looking right into her eyes. She looks away from me to her right. "Yo, everyone. Nice to see you all agreed to come here. It's a surprise that even Ilora came here." Erica arrives and chuckles with her final statement. Ilora gives Erica an angry look. This look was different that the look she always has on her face.
"Alright, now that everyone is here, let's go." I say to everyone. Everyone except Ilora nods. I open the door to the headmaster's office. The headmaster seems to be talking with Mr. Daniel. The timing for my class teacher and headmaster talking at the same time we arrive wouldn't have been any more perfect then now. "Oh, it's you new kid." Mr. Daniel greets me with a smile. "I guess you have completed the challenge I gave you." The headmaster says to me. "Yes indeed, I have brought 4 students to this meeting like you challenged." I say respond to the headmaster's comment.
"So who are those students?" The headmaster asks me. Ashley, Erica and Jacob come into the the headmaster's office. I look back and see Ilora stand still and not walk into the office. "So, should I assume that Ilora Kaori is the 4th student?" The headmaster asks me. "Yes sir." I stand firm and say. "So, why isn't she walking into my office? This is a private conversation we need to have. So the doors need to be close." The headmaster says to me. His eyes are completely different from before. They are...Completely empty...No feelings whatsoever. Wasn't he smiling just a minute ago? Does he hate Ilora just as she hates him? Tsch! This situation is bad. The most probable thing Ilora will do in such a situation is...
"As you wish headmaster, I shall leave." Ilora says. "Didn't I tell you even talking to her is a bad idea?" Jacob asks me. "No one's going anywhere!" That's the Mr. Daniel's voice. "Teacher?" Ashley looks completely puzzled at what had just happened. Ilora looks at Mr. Daniel with an angry eye. "You aren't going to abandon your one hope of becoming a knight are you?" Mr. Daniel...His straight on point. "You know, out of all the students in squad Rizing, you are the one who is the most capable of being a knight." Mr. Daniel says to Ilora. "You aren't going throw that chance away and be called some kind of trash mercenary like me, are you?" Mr. Daniel is a mercenary? That's the first time I have heard about it...
"So what if I want will be called a trash mercenary? What's it to you?" Ilora asks Mr. Daniel. "HEY! HOW CAN YOU TALK LIKE THAT TO BIG BRO CASTER?!" Jacob lashes out on Ilora. He was about to start using his spell. I put a hand in front of him. "What are you doing Henry?" Jacob asks me. "Let the teach handle this." I reply to Jacob. "Thank you new kid. I was about to stop him anyways." Mr. Daniel says to me.
"You want to be a mercenary huh? Let me tell you the life of a mercenary. They are treated like homeless beggars looking for a home, like horses who are attached to the horse-cart. They are treated like people who are even lower then shit itself. Our lives are fucked up. You want to be a part of that life. Don't make a joke! You wouldn't even survive a single day if you live a life of a mercenary because you will never be able to handle the torture and trauma a mercenary goes through. You have a chance to live a better life and a chance to be protector of the people, praised by the people. You better not let that go or else you will regret it forever. That's all I will say, if you still want to go you can go forth and be a mercenary but.....DON'T YOU EVER DRAG THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING YOU DOWN!!!!! That...Is worse that a sin..." Mr. Daniel...He was a completely different person right now than the time I first met him. "Big bro Caster..." Jacob looks surprised and touched by Mr. Daniel's words.
"What are you going to do Ilora? Stay or leave?" Erica asks Ilora. "I will stay for now but if anyone tries anything absurd I will leave immediately." Ilora replies. Her eyes intensely give an angry glare towards the headmaster. I guess by absurd she means the headmaster.
"If all is settled than we can talk about this after Ms. Kaori arrives in this room." The headmaster says to us. Ilora walks into the room. "Hey great speech there big bro Caster." I heard that whisper by Jacob to Mr. Daniel. Jacob smiles. "My pleasure." He whispers.
"Let me get straight to the point. Now this might seem like a mercenary mission to you people but if you get this done mission done then I promise you all. I will personally put out a request to the council to give you all the rights to be a knight. Is that clear?" The headmaster questions us. "YES SIR!" Everyone except Ilora screams out. It's a surprise that Ilora didn't say anything. I thought she would have rampaged when the headmaster spoke about this mission being mercenary-like.
"What's the mission though, headmaster?" Ashley asks the headmaster. "Well, you see...The mission is comes directly from the council themselves." The headmaster replies. "WHAT?!" Everyone looks shocked and begin to sweat. Even Ilora seems to be a little shocked by the headmaster's statement. "Why is everyone so shocked? The council are the one's who gives us mission, right?" I ask. "Yes, you are correct boy but this mission doesn't come from a mission board...It comes from the 7 most powerful people of the council or also whom we call the heads of the council." Mr. Daniel explains to me. I guess everyone would be shocked if the most powerful mages of the world gave them this contract.
"Now the mission." The headmaster says as he holds a card in front of our eyes. "The council wants us Rodeo academy to send out capable teachers to take down a group of escaped prisoners. As of right now, it's said that there are 5 escaped criminals and they all are hiding in an abandoned factory at Modrid. Unfortunately, the council has a very important matter to attend to themselves so they left this mission to us as our academy is quite well trusted between the world and also I have few friends there. Also, the criminals, they all are quite powerful." The headmaster keeps the card down. "So, I guess you understand the mission. Bring the criminals back to the custody." The headmaster explains.
The headmaster puts 5 pictures in front of us. All of the people in the picture seem to be in a jail costume. The picture at the most left is of a man with weird tattoos on his face and long hair. The picture next to it is of a beautiful woman, most probably in her late 20's. She has blue eyes and long chocolate coloured hair. Then there is a guy at the left. He is completely bald but quite huge and buffy. Not to mention, he also has a very angry expression. Then to next to him is a girl...She almost looks like a doll with short black hair and red eyes. But her face...It's like she's a doll....And the guy in the middle. His quite pale and his smiling in that picture. Not to mention, his eyes are really intimidating and his got long nails. Wonder why his grown his nails that big..."These are your targets." The headmaster says to us.
"1st years don't get such a mission but you all have to take down the criminals or die or you could just runaway from your dreams. So what will you chose? Run, fight and die or do you plan on surviving and taking down the criminals?" Mr. Daniel smiles and asks us.
Jacob wanted to say something but I interrupt him. "I will fight and I will survive because...I want to be the greatest knight in the world country...No...I want to be the greatest knight in the whole world and if this is just a small step to it." I say. "I hope you survive to see another day."
"Alright then, the leader of the racket is Janis Martin." The headmaster points at the woman with long chocolate coloured hair. "She is the brain of this whole escape operation and quite an intelligent person but...The hardest time you will have fighting someone isn't her...It's Groando De Guru." The headmaster points at the big guy. "This man...He is quite a powerful foe. He was capable of taking down 12 knights and 1 great knight." The headmaster says. "12 knights and a great knight? So what kind of rank is that?" Jacob asks. "Basically, he took down a B-rank knight and an A-rank knight." Ilora says. "That's...Crazy..." Ashley says in a slow tone. "So you know already what type of threats your dealing with." The headmaster says to us. "Yes." We all say.
"Does anyone have any questions regarding this mission?" I look towards everyone. Everyone seems determined and...Ilora seems to be giving her angry 'I don't care' type of expression. "No sir!" I say. "We are ready for the mission." I continue. "Good, then go and get them everyone!" The headmaster says to us.