Benjamin woke up surprisingly refreshed today after the events of last night. Just to make sure, he summoned another knife into his hands just to confirm it wasn't a bizarre mom-induced hallucination again.
Nope... It's real.
He's contracted to a heroic spirit, and a serial killer to boot. Benjamin still don't really know what to feel about that as he prepares himself for school.
Oh wait, this was his life now was it?
"Well now, this is going to be interesting" Benjamin said to himself, stepping into his shoes before heading out the door to school.
Like always, there's no problem as he navigates his way through the busy early morning streets of Itsumo and soon, Benjamin finds himself once more at his desk boredly tapping his way through the early morning period.
No one comes to greet him of course, and he idly wonder the thought of ditching school now that his mother was out of town. It wouldn't even be hard at all to just straight up walk out of class and not come back.
Back during the early days of his curse, he had once spent an entire school day painting the school in colors completely offensive to the eye.
As the bell rang signaling for class to begin, the rest of the classes excitement buzzed down as snippets of words like "Transfer student" and "foreign" reached his ears.
Great, Benjamin know what this means.
As the teacher walks in with two girls, a blond babe with a quite black haired girl to contrast herself, he idly spot a blue haired boy began to choke on whatever he had for breakfast.
What was his name? Leonardo Yuusha? He came from Britain a few years ago didn't he?
"Good morning class. Today we have two new transfer students joining us." The teacher explains as they write their names on the board. "Please make sure to treat them with respect and help them get used to the school as a class. Now girls, please introduce yourself to everyone."
"Greetings everyone. My name is Claire Rose Blanche." The blond one greets herself with a flick of her hair and a slight curtsy. "I hope we get along as classmates until the end of the school year."
And the male population rejoiced…
Bah, Benjamin bet half of them can't even say their name right.
"Hello, my name is Patricia Schwartz. It is a pleasure to meet you." The black haired one introduced herself coldly, only to get much the same reaction as Claire.
Now you're one that choked a little. Patricia? Benjamin definitely remembered hearing that name last night as he frantically ran away from the crime scene. Either she's the same person or it's a coincidence bigger than the moon.
"Now that the two of you have introduce yourselves, please take the empty seats next to Yusha." The teacher replied, gesturing to the empty places with her hand.
Huh, he didn't even notice that.
"Hello again Yusha." Benjamin's ears perk up when he heard Claire whisper to Leo as she took a seat next to the boy.
"What you two are doing in here?!" Said boy in question responds with all the subtlety of a sledge hammer.
"We'll explain later." Patricia responded coldly, ending that piece of conversation.
So, they've met before huh? His finely hone senses begin to tingle as Benjamin's eyes narrow in on them.
Soon enough, lunch break rolls around and he know what he's going to do.