Volume 2 Chapter 21
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Helplessly being dragged by a cute young woman, Curt could not say no as he found himself on the second floor of the school cafeteria.
Unlike most school cafeterias, Esper College has two floors. The first floor is where most students would spend their meal vouchers for a standard meal in school. The second floor is different; this is where those who can afford to spend money. One could buy restaurant food or any special meal using one's own money.
Most influential and rich students would spend their meals in this place. As the second floor also has private booths and could serve 7-course meals or buffet according to their customer's preference. So many rich and those that could afford would prefer having their meals in this place.
Right at this moment, Curt and Wendy are inside a private booth that Wendy has reserved.
She smiled happily as she looks at the menu that the waiter gave them.
After ordering Wendy showed a happy smile towards Curt who feels a bit uncomfortable and awkward. He did not know why he did not say no to the young woman when she drags him, so now he feels awkward and did not know what to say.
If his other memory would act right at this moment, that other guy would just shake the hand of the woman and then would say, 'Get out of my sight woman. Though art not my equal…' But how could he say such words to this woman who just wanted to treat him to lunch because of her gratefulness.
"You seem flustered. Don't worry I won't bite." Wendy said.
Although she is a bit shy, the man she just invited to lunch is someone she did not expect. When she decided to invite him, last time, their hands' touch and she saw some images in her mind which made her a bit confused.
Then after mulling over it in her mind she suddenly saw something similar.
Then she recalled the shop and those weird objects they are selling. Then she realized that the one who helped her is also the one who might have created those weird things.
She did not know if those are true or not so she decided to drag him making more skin contact so that she could see more images.
And true to conjecture, her theories were affirmed. However, she suddenly feels that after seeing those images, she could not read anything anymore.
Unknown to her, Curt has already realized that a stand of LEP energy is entering his body. And so he immediately blocks it at that time and stops her ability from activating and entering his body.
However what she has learned is already enough for her to be happy as she discovers that not only did he help save her, but he also provided her a way to defend herself.
The smiling Wendy almost made Curt blush as he did not know what to say or do. He did not want to be rude, so he just gave her a polite smile.
But this simple act from Curt made Wendy feel relieved.
"Ahem… junior… I will call you junior from now on, okay?" Wendy said with a smile.
"Medicine and the occult, what weird ability you have. Anyway, this would be our secret, right?" Wendy said with a wink.
Curt just laughed as he could not deny this fact. He knew that she may have probed a bit from him, so he did not say anything.
"You seem to have the ability to read minds…" Curt said but then stops in the middle and shakes his head.
"No, I think it's not mind reading. Your ability is something different; I think it is recalling the past. You can see the past of anything that you touch and wish to see, right?" Curt said in a low voice.
Wendy was a bit taken aback, but she just showed a sheepish smile on her face.
"Sorry… I…"
"No, it's okay. However, you should be careful in using such skills. Many would not look kindly on such a thing." Curt warned in a low voice.
She nodded in silence. The two then talked for a while and waved goodbye after having a nice lunch. Curt wanted to pay, but Wendy insisted.
As soon as she handed her card, a person suddenly appears and enter the door of the private room. The person looks messy and his body reeks of alcohol. He staggeringly enters the room while glaring at the two people who are standing about to leave the room.
"You… you slut! This is all your fault!" the young man shouted while pointing his finger at Wendy.
The young man is Gary Guiller, and from the looks of it, he seems to have been released from prison. This incident made Wendy feel a bit scared. She knew that his family has a bit of money, but she did not expect him to appear in school and in that state.
How could the guards and the student disciplinary committee let him enter and even able to enter the canteen?
With worry in her eyes, Wendy subconsciously takes a step back and hid behind Curt. Her action truly infuriated Gary. How could he accept the girl that he is eyeing being with another man?
"You bitch! I will kill this guy and bang you here in this f*cking room!" Gary Guiller growled as his hand suddenly glowed.
Activation of esper power is prohibited in school, except for some areas in school; no one is permitted to use their powers.
But from the way everything looks, it seems that the young man in front of Curt seems to not care. As Gary attack, Curt did not bother to even use his LEP energy. His hand grabs one of Wendy's hands, while his right hand suddenly moves to hit an acupoint on Gary's shoulder.
With one finger, he is able to stop the man, and the energy in his hand that was glowing suddenly dispersed. The move was simple but it renders Gary dumbfounded. But before he could react, a hand grabs his wrist and with a twist, his body twisted in the air and landed heavily on the ground.
Bam!
A loud sound was heard and the people from the other rooms were startled. Then suddenly a group of people enters the booth.
When Curt shifted his gaze to those people, he immediately recognized one of them. It was the teacher that seems to have bad blood with him ever since the first day of class.
He did not know how he offended this teacher, but from that sinister smirk on his face, he knew that this fellow is not going to do anything good.
Although he appreciates being in this school, he still did not want anyone stepping over his head. His passive true self might be able to accept this, but his other memory would not lower himself to this kind of treatment.
He is a powerful immortal and a respected one. If he lowers himself to being pushed and bullied by just these lightweights how could he face his own pride?
But of course Curt still needs to choose his next action right at this moment, and what would happen these people provoking him would only rely on their next move.
As the teacher and those with him that looks like from the disciplinary committee of the school enter the booth, they glare at Curt who is standing in front of Wendy.
"You scoundrel! How dare you hurt a student of the school?! You are lawless, we have to punish you!" shouted one of the disciplinary committee.
This made all those who heard what's happening inside the booth show disdain at the person who the disciplinary committee wanted to reprimand. It was his fault for violating the school rules.
Suddenly after that shout, a strong barrier was put up to keep anyone from hearing what would happen next. It was a really good plan by those from the disciplinary committee. This way they would be justified in beating the culprit as they could say that he resisted and wanted to use his esper power. Hence they can do anything they wanted to Curt right at this moment.
One of them suddenly shifted his eyes on the beautiful young woman behind Curt. Although Wendy is hiding, her delicate figure and beautiful face could truly make one be attracted towards her.
Suddenly a hand patted that person's shoulder.
"This is a school…" the teacher said with a knowing look in his eyes.
Seeing the silent command, that person from the disciplinary committee frowns. But still looks at Wendy while licking his lips.
As the group drew closer towards Curt, they suddenly drew out some metal baton.
"This is a school, if I shout you will be in trouble…" Wendy suddenly said with a shaking voice.
She did not want Curt to be hurt, and she seems to have realized now that this is all her fault. She could see that these people are with the now unconscious Gary who is lying on the floor face down.
In fact, Gary is unable to move due to what Curt had done.
As someone who has another memory in his mind, upon dodging the attack and suddenly countering, his mind was immediately filled with the structure of the human bones. For him to disable the person, he dislocated some of Gary's bones swiftly by just using his finger and this made the guy fainted in pain.
Right now while facing the group of people, Curt actually did not panic, but he also did not want to show his true ability. So right at this moment, he wanted to just dodge.
However, another problem arose the barrier.
How could he and Wendy go out from the booth the barrier in place? This is truly a great problem as he needs to find and knock out the person using the barrier. Out of the seven people inside the room, one of them is the esper who is supporting the barrier.
As his gaze sweep the seven people, his eyes landed on a small looking man in his 30's.
With a smirk on his face, Curt's head was immediately filled with his next move.