Screams of terror surrounded Maximilian Hamington, but he didn't mind; he had to make this pretentious b*tch cease to exist.
He had to kill her.
"H...he...hel..." the b*tch tried to say, unsuccessfully.
Her face was all red for the suffocation Maximilian was submitting her to. He had her against the floor, strangling her to death.
What had started as an 'inoffensive' duel ended up in him full-on trying to murder her, in front of his teachers and classmates. It was that b*tch's fault for provoking him, telling him during the duel that she'll force him to be her husband if she had to, and to stop 'flaunting himself to other witches like a common wh*re'.
How dare she!? He wasn't a f*cking wh*re, much less a cheap one!
He was a f*cking independent man, and no one was going to force him to marry anyone; f*ck those delusional witches!
The teachers and some of his classmates (Emilio among them), after the initial shock passed, went to tear him away from the poor girl.
"She's not worth this, stop!" Emilio shouted at him "she's not worth going to jail for!"
Maximilian gave in reluctantly, and the bunch of classmates took him away. The unlucky girl was panting desperately and was taken by the teachers quickly to somewhere else, probably to the infirmary.
"Wow, Maximilian! Next time try to kill that b*tch privately" one of his male classmates complained.
Yeah, his fault.
Later that day, Maximilian told Jesse what happened but he already knew from other classmates: it was just a matter of time before his friend exploded. This week has been stressful for him; starting from the exams (which were a pain in the ass on their own), having to tutor his idiot of a brother, an increasing number of undesirable witches challenging him to duels just to make him submit, and the icing on the cake was the recent engagement of David.
The most annoying, pompous warlock in existence: David.
That same David got engaged and, as soon as he got his ring, went flaunting it around like a stupid trophy. Deep inside Maximilian was offended that meathead got engaged before him (the f*ck!?); he was the real wh*re, he probably sold his body to catch some horny witch.
Of course, his murder attempt wasn't forgotten. He was taken to the Principal Odermatt's office, who informed him that (luckily) the girl decided not to press charges against him, but his actions will have disciplinary consequences anyways.
"You're a really handsome and disciplined warlock. And a really strong, brilliant one for a man" the witch complimented "I also know it's not in your nature to be the more mature gender, so I'll be a little lenient with you..."
I should've tried to kill you instead, Maximilian thought.
"So first, you'll apologize to the girl and publicly give a speech to your fellow students explaining why what you did was wrong..."
He'd rather put his hands on a burning stove.
"And you'll have to attend a course about coping with emotions and stress for the next two months, which means you'll spend one month of vacation here"
'Coping with emotions' my ass.
But he had no choice. Luckily, his most trusted (and only) friend helped him prepare his farce of apology, and it went like this:
'Dear fellow classmate, who has blessed all of us men with your knowledge and support throughout these past couple of years: I want to apologize today for my unreasonable behavior the other day, as now I understand you did what you did with the best of intentions; and in regards to that, I'll have to make clear I want in my future marriage the next little things: first, at least ten biological kids which I expect you to give birth to naturally, as I dream of having a big, traditional family; second, I want to raise them in a humble, American farm, far away from the city noises and contamination so they grow healthy and I want you to help me maintain it by ourselves because I don't want strange people in our future home, so it will be necessary for both of us to study agriculture and live off of it, and make investments on livestock from now on'
Only the 'ten children' part was enough to scare her off.
Jesse Theodore was a classy guy, and as such, also helped his friend with his public speech, which went like this:
"To all my fellow students, teachers and administrative body: a few days ago, a classmate of mine and me had a strong argument, and I unfortunately didn't react the best way..."
When was 'trying to murder someone' a good reaction? Emilio thought.
"... I visited her to apologize personally, and she's recovering very well, but that still doesn't excuse my behavior. We guys tend to be hormonal and act on impulse, it's just biology, we have those 'days of the month' that makes us more emotional and feeling attacked at any little comment thrown at us..."
Most of the male students couldn't help but muffle their laughs at his words. Meanwhile, older men tended to look at each other confused, wondering what the hell were those 'days of the month'. On the other hand, most female students caught on his joke and were astonished at his daring. Principal Odermatt suspected he was making fun of women, but Maximilian had assured her he was serious, so she couldn't do anything.
" ... I felt attacked and defended myself. It was wrong, so I'll take drastic measures to prevent it from happening again, starting from abstaining myself from fighting when I'm in those days. Thank you so much for your time, and I encourage you to behave better than I did. Men, please don't fight on your days either".
The bravest students applauded and hollered, and Jesse gave his friend a couple of thumbs up for his excellent speech.