"I am the Princess of the White Elves race." said Laura.
"..?!" Plutia looked at her in confusion and surprise.
"Why is the Princess of the White Elves race doing here?"
"You'll get used to her, she's pretty nice to us." replied Sally.
"Um. I'll try and get used to it here then..." said Plutia softly.
"Well now, since introductions are over let's start class everybody." Mrs. Hummel concluded, beginning the lessons subject.
"We'll begin our introductions to Defense Magic today. This incantation here is what you use when you want to cast a Hardening spell on yourself." told Mrs. Hummel as she pointed at a sentence on the blackboard.
The incantation read, 'I give my prayers to Heaven for a wish, give me the protection I need. Hardening!'
"When chanting the spell, you also want to imagine what the spell looks like and it's integrity like where it'll be directed to and amount of Magic you'll provide it. Otherwise, it'll come out as incomplete and your spell will fail, with the chance of a possible backlash." Mrs. Hummel stated.
"""Ohhhh.""" said the students in unison.
"Teach, do we really have to chant to use the spells?" asked Peter.
"Of course, Peter. Once you master the spell and grasp the workings of it, you'll be able to use spells without incantations like this." Mrs. Hummel claimed as she put her palm towards the window. In front of her palm, sparks of some light gathered at the area until what you could see was a mass of fire accumulating, for the spell 'Fireball'.
"""Ohhh.""" exclaimed the class once again.
"Plutia dear, did you understand what I demonstrated?" asked Mrs. Hummel, waiting for an answer.
"Mhm." Plutia replied as she nodded her head.
"Alright, since you understand how the incantations work, I will write the Fireball's incantation and you will use it. Alright?" Mrs. Hummel said.
"Un, I got it." replied Plutia.
The entire class thought at once, 'Isn't it a bit cruel to make the new student try a spell right away?!'
"Alright. This is the Fireball incantation, now please use the spell." said Mrs. Hummel.
"Yes ma'am." Plutia said.
Plutia took a deep breath and prepared to use the spell.
"I give my prayers to heaven for a wish, give me the power I need to burn the enemies in front of me. Fireball!" Plutia chanted as a fist sized fireball shot out in front of her outstretched hand.
"Impressive Plutia dear, you nailed the spell on your first try. You pass, now it's time for the rest of you to give it a go." Mrs. Hummel said as she looked towards the rest of the students.
"""C-crap. I was too focused on thinking she would fail, but now it's our turn?! I don't even remember how to use the spell!""" the class muttered in unison.
"Alright Nicole you're up fir-"
Boom.
The school began to rattle as people lost their balance, including Plutia due to her weight being as light as a feather, causing her to fall. She was caught by Mrs. Hummel before she was able to hit the ground.
"Are you alright Plutia?" Mrs. Hummel asked, worried for her student's safety.
"Un, what about everyone else?" Plutia asked.
"Don't worry about them, they're all stronger than a frail looking girl like you." Mrs. Noire said grinning.
Plutia thought to herself this moment, 'If people think I'm weak, they must feel like they have to protect me and do everything for my safety? Won't that mean I have less to do?' Her eyes sparkled at the idea but shook her head to get rid of the thought, before quickly asking an important question.
"Um, Mrs. Hummel, what happened?"
"I don't know dear, Headmaster Tokomaru will soon give an announcement through his Echo Magic." replied Mrs. Hummel.
Beep.
""Hello everybody. This is your Headmaster of the Toasty Puff Academy, Tokomaru. I will inform you that Demonic Beings have invaded and broken down the school's first barrier and are now inside the school. Please stay with your teacher as I request for reinforcements. Also, do not refrain from defending yourselves as Demonic Beings don't reason with people." voiced Tokomaru.
...
"Sheesh, if only Plutia didn't have to hide her identity, I'd have her go out and eliminate those Daemons, things would've gone a lot quicker." Tokomaru muttered to himself.
"All we can do now is pray that the teachers and students can stall the Daemons before the Adventures come."
...
"Raaaaaa. Hisss."
"Everyone draw your weapons and prepare to attack!" Shouted Mrs. Hummel.
"Laura, use your bow and Earth Magic to try to bind him! Peter, go and guard your classmates from being harmed, even the odds by using Hardening Magic!" Mrs. Hummel yelled.
"Plutia dear, stay behind me so you won't get hurt. Alright?" Mrs. Hummel stated quickly.
"U-Un." Plutia hastily agreed.
"Nicole, use Fireball on that Demonic Being!" ordered Mrs. Hummel once more.
"Yes Teacher! I give my prayers to heaven for a wish, give me the power I need to burn the enemies in front of me. Fireball!" Clara chanted as she held her staff in her left and pointed the tip towards the Daemon.
The Daemon notices the fireball coming towards him, one twice the size of Plutia's original fireball she made for Mrs. Hummel. He puts his hand out to block the spell.
Fwoosh~!
An arrow embedded itself into its left arm as he hastily pulls back his outstretched arm to pull out the arrow, suddenly forgetting about the fireball coming right towards it.
Boom.
"Gra-aaah?!" The Demonic Being wailed in agony.
"Brian, Robert, go slice it up with your swordz and end its life. Now!" Mrs. Hummel ordered.
""Got it!"" They both in unison pulled out their swords and sliced at the Daemon.
"Gra-aaah?! Hisss..!" The Demonic Being wails grew even in more agony.
"Damn, he's tough.. I don't think we can end him like this." said Brian.
"You got that right. Brian, anything else we can do Mrs. Humm-" Robert cut his sentence short as he looked back with his eyes wide opened.
"Anything wrong? Why'd you stop got sca-" Brian asked as he looked towards the direction Robert was looking, him too gaping with his eyes open wide in shock.
What everyone saw was a human sized Fireball get shot towards the Demonic Being.
"Gra-aaaaah! Gra-aaah! Gra-aahh! Gr..." The Demonic Being finally stopped its agonizing wail as it now was incinerated. Where not even a single skin cell was left remaining.
"Proves you right for trying to attack my students. Especially my precious Plutia-tan. You must've been so scared, weren't you Plutia-tan?" Mrs. Hummel asked.
"No, I wasn't scared." replied Plutia as she shook her head.
"Alright, you don't need to act tough. We all know how scared you were." said Mrs. Hummel, not believing her claims.
Plutia looked at her dumbfounded and thought, 'Does she have some screws loose in her head or something?'
"I wonder how the other classes are doing. I estimate that the Daemon we fought was a High-Ranked Daemon." Mrs. Hummel stated.
Beep.
"Everyone, reinforcements have arrived. A- ranked adventurer Kenny Keaper has also participated and will be helping. Please,be rest assured that you're safe now." said Tokomaru, once again broadcasting his message throughout the school with his Echoes.
...
Two hours after the announcement, Headmaster Tokomaru announced that they have rounded up all the Demonic Beings and were eliminated, no longer posing a threat.
'Wow, I actually did nothing.. Maybe I should continue my school life and not go back to being a Guild's Receptionist as I can probably make a living by asking my classmates.' Plutia thought.
"Why, hello there~.. Ms. Plutia." A male teenagers voice rang beside her ear.
"Hya! W-who are you.. And just w-what was that for." Plutia turned around and looked back asking the man with her face dyed red, slightly startled from the close proximity and hot breath touching her delicate ear.
"I am Kenny Keaper, sent by Branch Manager Sinæb to tell you he will allow you to be in the school and he will be your father paternally. He'll also give you an allowance thanks to him taking into account that he knows you'll probably try to cheat people out of their money." The man said.
"T-that man. How in the pits of Tartarus, did he come up with the idea of being my father..." Plutia muttered.
"Beats me. Ask him yourself." Kenny said as he flicked Plutia's forehead.
Plutia looked at the man with dews on the edge of her eyes, about to drop not from pain, but from the feeling of betrayed. 'I can't believe this man just flicked my forehead. No one has ever dared to do that to me before.' Plutia thought.
Kenny Keaper - A 15 year old male that has black hair and brown colored skin, and a slim build with muscle showing on his arms and legs. For some reason, his clothing always paints him looking like an orange dog that gave him the nickname ' Kenny the Orange Dog Keaper'. He wields two swords on his back as his profession is Offensive Vanguard.
"Well then, have a nice time here Ms. Plutia." said Kenny as he waved his goodbyes and walked away.
"Alright, school's over everybody. I hope you've learned something today when the school was being attacked, and when you fought against the Demonic Being more importantly. Class dismissed."
"""Yes Teacher!""" Everyone said in unison as they were sweating from the fighting against the Demonic Being.
"Hey Plutia, wanna come with us to a haunted house?" asked Nicole as she walked up to Plutia alongside everybody else.
"I-I'm not really good at scary stuff." Plutia quickly tried to decline. Although she was the best Adventurer there was, she still had her fears. Her fears consisted of scary/horror stuff, insects and bugs.
"It'll be fine, we'll all protect you." said Sally as she tried to persuade Plutia.
"B-but.."
"There are no butts or buts, you'll be coming with us otherwise it won't be fun." Nicole rebuked.
"Abababababa.." Plutia cried as she got dragged by Nicole like a kitten towards the haunted house.
"Wuwuwu-!" cried Plutia.
"Please don't bring me in there! I'm scared!"
"Everyone let's go in!" Nicole happily said.
"""Yeah!"""
"Nooo!!! Somebody save me!!!!!" Plutia cried out
Creak.
"It's really broken down..." Brian said.
BOOM!
"The thunder sure does make it creepier. I wonder how Plutia is doing. Plutia?" Robert asked.
Everyone turned to look at the now silent Plutia, who so happened to be getting carried by Nicole.
"Ai. She fainted when the thunder roared. What a child.." said Nicole, slightly trailing off.
"Well that makes her even cuter I guess. Just look how vulnerable she is." Sally giggled.
"Hahaha!" laughed everyone cheerfully.
"Let's go everyone, we still have to explore!" Peter stated.
WOOSH~
The cold chilly wind made everyone go on alert. Robert and Brian both pulled out their swords. Peter went in front of the team with his shield and sword out whilst Sally and Nicole both had their own staff and wand out. Laura had her magic bow out pointed outwards towards their front.
Laura's ears twitched.
"I hear them up ahead, coming towards us in big numbers." Laura stated.
"I give my prayers to heaven, give me the power I need to burn the enemies in front of me. Fireball!" Nicole chanted.
Fwoosh~! BOOM!
Laura's magic arrow, which was imbedded with fire arcane elements, combined with Nicole's fireball, made it into a fire arrow which made it smaller, but stronger and faster.
SHING~
Both Brian and Robert's swords clashed against the dark hidden figures.
""I give my prayers to heaven, give me the power I need to destroy the enemies I fight against. Reinforcement!"" shouted both Brian and Robert.
Swish~
Both of their swords sliced through the hidden figures neck.
"Just who are they?" Robert asked.
"Well, let's find out, shall we?" replied Brian as he went and pulled up the decapitated head to take a look at the figure's face.
"Holy crap. We need to get out of here. Quickly, while we still have Plutia, otherwise she might die out of fright when she wakes up." Brian exclaimed as he threw the decapitated head away from him.
"W-what was it?" Sally asked in a scared tone.
"They were ghouls."
""Aren't they even more scarier than zombies? You're right, we need to get out of here while we can."" Nicole and Robert stated.
"Uun. My ears are picking up more ghouls on the way towards us." Laura stated.
"""Alright, we're getting out of here before Plutia sees any of them!""" Said everyone there.
"Ugh.. Where am I?" Plutia said in a dazed fashion, still unaware of her surroundings.
Everyone looked at her with their eyes wide open in shock.
"Nicole!" Shouted Brian.
"I got it!" Replied Nicole.
"W-wha-.." Plutia tried to say a word in confusion but got knocked unconscious by Nicole's chop to the neck.
"""S-safe!""" Everybody tsukkomi'd.
"Alright, now let's get outta here!" Shouted Brian.
"""Ou!"""
Everybody then ran whilst carrying the knocked out Plutia as they headed towards the the front door.
Creak.
"Who's there?" asked a familiar male voice as he walked into the house.
"Mr. Kenny? What are you doing here?" Asked Peter.
"Oh I just bought this house. Why is Plutia knocked out by the way?" Asked Kenny.
"Um, there are ghouls in this house. So we're going to take our leave... Goodbye Mr. Kenny." Said Nicole.
All of the kids ran out whilst still carrying the knocked out Plutia.
"Huh strange? Why would there be ghouls in this house. They probably saw a ghost or something. Oh well, let's see what this new house is made of! I spent so much money on it just to relax!"
When Kenny stepped inside the house he was then faced with a group of ghouls. At this moment he started to have cold sweat.
"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS!!! DIE YOU MONSTERS!" He shouted as he started slicing the ghouls one by one.
...
Nicole's group was walking away from Kenny's house as they didn't want to be near it.
However, at this moment Nicole realized that they didn't know where Plutia lived. They also didn't have a place for Plutia to sleep either.
Peter who seemed to have found out what Nicole was thinking spoke up.
"You guys wanna come to my house until Plutia wakes up? My house is really big and can probably fit all of us in one room." Asked Peter.
"I'm fine with it." replied Sally.
"So am I."
"Me too."
Everyone else readily agreed and followed Peter to his mansion.
"Holy hell, I didn't know your house would be that big. You rich people sure have it nice. I have to live in a room I rented in one of the inns." Robert said, in a slight bit of awe and jealousy.
All of them walked inside the mansion and into once of the many rooms, placing Plutia on one of the beds. A room Peter had prepared for her.
"Son, who are these people?" a voice that sounded very gruff and hoarse sounded from the opened door with an old man's voice.
The old man walked inside the room and looked at everyone with measuring gazes, since they weren't wearing their school uniform which aroused suspicion. He then looked at Plutia who was on the bed.
"Who in the hell is she!? Where'd you kidnap this one from!" The old man proclaimed with his eyes wide open in shock, what he saw was the cutest girl he ever laid eyes on.
"No, no Grandpa. These are my classmates and the one in the bed is a transfer that just arrived today." Peter replied in haste.
"Oh? Is that so? Well, hello there, classmates of my son. Nice to meet you all. My name is Ben Hugge. I hope you can take care of my son well. And please tell me this, why is she unconscious on your bed Peter?" Asked Ben.
When everyone heard this they all looked at Peter with eyes hinting him to answer. When Peter noticed what happened, his back was covered in cold sweat and thought, ' These traitors... If my Gramps found out that we actually dragged her to a haunted house with ghouls, he'll surely kill me.' He shivered when he realized why and thought up a lie.
"Uh.. She's unconscious because when we were walking around a corner someone scared her and her heart couldn't handle it, so she fainted." Peter resolved himself and told a lie.
'
Well, she does look quite weak. So he's probably is telling me the truth. I don't see any bruises or anything indicating she's in pain so I'll let it go.' Ben thought and at the same time as he thought, Plutia slowly opened up her eyes.
"Ugh.... Where am I? Huh? Everyone, what's going on?" Plutia asked and looked at the unfamiliar old man.
"Oh, you just fainted Plutia. We're in Peters family mansion right now. The old man here is Peter's Grandpa." Nicole replied in haste thinking,' Hopefully she doesn't realize what I've done to her.'
"Oh, umm.. Thank you for taking care of me then." Plutia replied slowly and gently.
"You welco-" said Ben before someone interrupted him with a yell.
"Matriarch Ben! There's trouble! The trio from the Baron Rank is here to cause trouble again!" shouted a man in guards gear.
"What did you say! Gather up the guards! We're going to confront them outside!" shouted Ben.
'Wait.. A trio from the Baron Rank which causes trouble... Why is this so familiar to me?" Plutia pondered.
"Sorry everyone, to have you be in a situation like this. The troublemakers Roji, Louis, and Dean with the Baron Rank always try to cause trouble with us, to try to increase in rank with their numbers." Peter said.
"It's fine since you let us stay here, we might as well do what we can to help. Right guys?" Brian said.
"Yeah, that's right! We'll help anyone that helped us!" Nicole added.
Everyone nodded showing their excitement from battling in their eyes.
"Thank you everyone." Peter said, tearing slightly from the their generosity.
"What about you Plutia? I think you should stay here to be safe 'our Little Princess'." Joked Robert.
'Wait... Dean, Louis, and Roji. Aren't those three the troublemakers that tried to pick a fight with me in the Guild and said they'd get their revenge on me?' Plutia remembered.
"No, I'll go with you. I think they have some debts they want to repay me anyway." Plutia said as she pushed herself off the bed.