"Look… Everyone look!"
"Is that the student they've been trying to find?"
"How old is he? Why does he look so small?"
"I heard he killed his own father."
"Really!? We had someone like that in the Academy!?"
"I think I know who he is! He was the freshman who gathered all the attention of various guilds on his first day!"
"What? The speedy boy?"
The students all poked their heads outside the windows as they watched Van being dragged by the people from the Explorer Association. Most of them were still unaware of why the whole Academy was placed in lockdown. And so, as they saw a student all tied up and gagged, some of them were shocked beyond belief.
Their whispers and murmurs were the only things that you could hear. The enclosed barrier did not help, as it helped echo and amplify the sound of their words.
