"Class 3 B, Class 3 B"
He mumbled repeatedly unable to find the classroom.
After searching for a good while he realised for lack of a better word lost. Kazuki sighed at the fact he was lost, it wasn't his fault, the school is just to damn big and to make matters worse Akeno's 'just right ahead' directions weren't helping at all!
"You lost?" A voice asked, coming from behind him
Kazuki turned around as soon as he heard that. He saw a young man around the same height and age as him with dark blue hair and a scar going across the left side of his head. He was wearing the same uniform
"Yeah…" He confirmed embarrassingly
"Where do you need to go?" The young man asked
"Class 3 B"
"Oh that's up on the second floor,I'm in the same class so just follow me"
The second he heard him say second floor he felt even more irritation then before as Akeno didn't mention anything about it being on the second floor
Kazuki thanked the young man and took him up on his offer, holding back the urge to find Akeno for the trouble she put him through
About a minute of walking had pass until they reached the classroom. He was then again annoyed that it was nearby, but with her directions it would take hours for him to find it
He pushed open the door and entered, the young man still beside him.
Once in, he was met with gazes like earlier. The classroom itself was huge, like everything else with fifty, no, seventy students seated and all of which were looking at him
"That's Kazuki?"
"He's the one who was recommended by the Scarlet Flower??"
"Really? The Scarlet Flower recommended him?"
Murmurs of his name as well as the name "Scarlet Flower" could be heard throughout the classroom. Everyone was reacting as if a star had just walked into the room
Did I do something? Who's the Scarlet Flower?" Kazuki thought to himself, but before he could get an answer to that a woman who seemed to be in her early twenties dressed in a white lab coat walked up to him
"So you're Kazuki? Welcome, I'm the one in charge of the class. My name's Hana, nice to meet you" Extending her hand out, she introduced herself politely
"Ah yes, nice to meet you too" Kazuki responded as he shook her extended hand
With introductions now out of the way, Hana asked Kazuki to take a seat anywhere to which Kazuki thanked her for before taking an empty seat next to the window
The young man who guided him also took a seat that was next to him and introduced himself
"So your the rumored Kazuki huh? The names Jiro!"
"Rumored? What's up with that?" He asked confused at what he meant
"You are the transfer student recommended by The Scarlet Flower aren't you?"
There it is again the Scarlet Flower. Everyone was talking about him and the Scarlet Flower, who is the Scarlet Flower he wondered. It seems that the person beside him knew about it and so Kazuki asked
"Um speaking about that... who's the Scarlet Flower?"
The young man's eyes widened in surprise when he heard that
"You don't know who's the Scarlet Flower?!" He shouted as he stood up from his chair
"Quiet down!"
Hana shouted, causing him to seat back down before whispering
"You really don't know about her?"
"No?"
He was amazed. It was unimaginable to him that someone would not know about the famous Scarlet Flower even more so this was the guy who was recommended by her. Even so he should know about the Ten Best right? He had to confirm it and so he asked him again
"You do know about the Ten Best right?
And to his surprise when the answer to his question was
"No? Mind explaining?"
Jiro laughed a little knowing there is someone still left in the world who didn't know anything about the ten and so he took a deep breath before explaining it to him
"The Ten Best are the best Mages in the Empire. They are the main deterrent factor of the 3 other great power. Each of the ten are ranked based on their abilities and popularity. Here at Rayford Academy we have two of the ten, one of them is Akeno Rayford the only daughter of the Rayford family. Ranked six of the ten and is given the name The Scarlet Flower"
"Huh? The Scarlet Flower that everyone is talking about is Aki?"
"Aki? You mean Akeno right? And yeah, she's insanely popular. You can imagine the reaction everyone had when they heard that someone of her status recommended someone to the academy"
Kazuki felt as though he understood the general geist of things now. The reason he felt stares earlier, was it admiration of Akeno? No… it didn't feel like that it felt more sinister. Having half an answer to his question he felt as though his theory was right. "Did they really come…" The thought alone sent a shiver down his spine
Jiro was confused at Kazuki reaction but didn't mind it and continued his explanation but
"The other is named-"
Before he could finish
*BOOM*
A loud explosion could be heard from the rooftop. The class immediately panicked. Nobody knew what was going on, all they knew was that what's happening wasn't good
Kazuki however seemed to have a good idea of what was going on. His worst fear began to struck his heart "I can't believe it…" he thought
Seconds after the first explosion came another one, this time causing the entire class ceiling to fall down. The students scurried, trying to escape the falling debris caused from it. Some of the students instead of running away prepared to engage when suddenly they heard
"No! Focus on evacuation! This isn't something we can deal with!"
The one who shouted this was Hana, the person in charge of the class. Unlike all the other students, she was the same as Kazuki, she had an idea of what's happening
Without questioning her they obeyed her command focusing on evacuation instead of combat, still without a clue of what was happening
Standing above them all was a cloaked figure wielding a sword on his left hand. It was obvious to everyone that he was the one who caused this to happen
"The Underworld…" Kazuki mumbled, his face all pale
At the moment he said that, the cloaked figure waved his blade forward and uttered only one word
"Explode"
With that action alone, a shockwave of energy shot out of his sword. Everyone understood exactly what it was. What he just did was the same thing that caused the explosions earlier but this time there was nothing in between them and him. There was only one feeling that could run through anyone's mind and body right now, the feeling of
Death
When suddenly right before it made contact a girl brandishing a sword as white as snow jumped forward, and with a single slash froze everything from the falling debris to the attack
Everyone sighed in relief, but as for Kazuki he was stunned "Wait a minute, I know her..." he thought. He knew this girl, it was unmistakable to him. Her well proportioned figure that complements her silky light blue hair. It was the girl he had met the night before!
"Haha speak of the devil" Jiro continued with a smirk "I was just gonna get to her"
"What?"
"...The strongest female, Yuki Shiho. Ranked two and for her unparalleled beauty and abilities they gave her the name, 'The Princess' "