We all turned towards the voice that I had cry out. A look if triumph crept up my face as Diamonda's face began to blanche at the same time.
Standing in front of us, with possibly the cutest forced brave face I had ever seen on someone, was that dweller kid with the wooly hair and little sheep horns.
[Huh. Karma is real...if I ever find her again, I owe her a tenner].
"Headmistress", the dweller boy squeeked out in an attempt to sound like righteous fury, "this noble girl here and her goons tried to take away my drajule from me by force. That's why the hunter girl intervened".
"Hmmm. And the duel? Who initiated it and who cheated"?
"The noble girl did headmaster, but the cheating... I'm sorry but after the duel initiated, I went to go find my group", he said before his voice going quiet. The headmaster gave the boy a long hard look before finally clicking her tongue and turning towards Diamonda and I.
"Now normally, I'd provide a suitable punishment for the eight of you for unsanctioned dueling and aggression, but since today is the first day... I'll let you off the hook. Don't let it happen again"!
With those words, the owl-like headmistress turned away from us and walked towards the main building that loomed over the courtyard, the Bosstrich following behind her. It wasn't until she had walked away from the battlefield that our majimonsters turned back into aether and returned to their respective drajules.
Diamonda gave us a sharp look before letting out a derisive snort. She and her cronies then walked away from us and into the crowd. I was mildly tempted to use of the gestures Voxea taught me when we fought the Grim Shrieker, but I was soon stopped by Savina grabbing my shoulder.
"Hey Sil-Sil, your parents told you about the academy right? Who was that lady"?
"The headmistress? If I remember correctly she was called...Maltera"?
"Malrena", Albina interjected.
"As in the Sky Empress?", Bori asked.
"Yeah, that was it. They told me she's a master of bird majimonsters and that she's been in charge of the academy ever since its founding. Her perceptive ability is so strong, that and I quote, 'she doesn't have eyes on the back of her head, she has them all over whatever room she walks into'...or so my parents said".
[On a secondary note, she scares me and reminds me of my old tutors].
"Aia. If that's what the headmaster is like, I shudder to see how the teachers are", Albina joked.
"Yup".
"Ummm, excuse me"?
The four of us turned towards the newcomer.
"Oh you're that fluffy dweller kid", I said aloud.
"Y-yes! My name's Albert, thank you for getting me out of that situation earlier miss!", he said politely and with a sudden bow. His sheepy appearance, short stature and slightly high pitched voice made the whole affair look absolutely adorable.
"No problem kiddo. It was the right thing to do".
"Umm miss..."
"Silvia. Silvia Rosewood".
"Miss Rosewood, why are you patting my head"?
I snapped back into attention and realized I had unconsciously began to head pat the dweller boy's sheep wool-like head.
"Gya!", I shouted as I yanked back my hand.
"I'm so sorry! It's just you're head looked so fluffy and soft and-"
"It's fine. It actually felt kinda nice...", he said while pawing at the spot where I had initially rubbed. Evidently, I couldn't help but side glance that Savina and Albina looked a little jealous from me patting his head, their hands mildly twitching.
[I'm sure you'll all have plenty of opportunities to pet the fluffy sheep boy's hair while attending school...and maybe more with others], Voxea teased. It was good thing only I could hear her in this state, or the others would've started blushing.