"What do you want?"
It was none other than Sprite standing there as beautiful as ever with her tall slim figure and her smooth dark skin like emerald, together with her long sword on her waist and a pair of daggers.
Infact the scene was breathtaking.
Fejiro shook his head clear of all unnecessary thoughts as he repeated his question since he didn't get an answer earlier.
"What do you want?"
"Do not tell me you want to fight now?"
Fejiro was not particularly in the mood for fighting as he had just got out of the hospital and he had a lot of things to think about. Plus his mother would be worried sick since he hasn't been home for days.
But for some reason there was a deathly silence on her side. And the fact was made worse since she was staring at Fejiro.
When she had heard of Fejiro discharging today, she raced off to intercept him planning to question him about the huge surge of power days before and maybe even challenge him to a rematch, but low and behold she never expected what she saw now.
Back then there was quite the distance between them and the red aura that enveloped him reduced it further the visibility, but now with all that out of the way she could see clearly how much more handsome he had become.
From his smooth face and sharp jawline to his well toned and slightly bulging muscles which were now visible from his clothes which had grown too small to house them, she could not help but think;
'Handsome'
"Hey, are you alright?"
Fejiro's worried question broke her out from her thoughts which had almost strayed too far.
"Hmm.... I just wanted to check up on you", Sprite said slightly blushing.
"Really? I didn't know you cared about me or have you accepted me as your boyfriend" Fejiro said refusing to believe her and decided to tease her for it.
Sprite realizing her mistake blushed further and yelled "Shut up you pervert, what do you know. I am still going to get you back for what you did"
"Fine but if you come after me be prepared to receive a similar punishment, I might even make it a little 'worse'. So don't come if you can't beat me"
He placed emphasis on the word 'worse' and it seemed to have the desired effect as her face immediately flushed red like an apple and she backed off before running off, but not before having the last say.
"Pervert.... I will get you for this" She said before storming off with her head lowered trying to hide her red face.
'What is wrong with me? And what is this weird feeling inside my chest?" She thought before shaking her head and disappearing round the corner.
Fejiro watched her vanishing figure before leaving himself. Only God knows how worried his mother was since he hasn't been around for days.
As he hurried off in the direction of the academy's gate, he felt a gaze fall on his back but as he turned around he could see no one.
He ignored this feeling before turning around and left through the gate.
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On a higher floor of the academy's building a woman stared at Fejiro's departing figure with a complicated look.
It was Mrs. Ani.
She was in an office with some desks and chairs. This was obviously the teacher's lounge.
Along with her was another teacher, Mr. Raphael.
"What do you think of him?" Mrs. Ani asked.
"Who are you talking about?" Raphael replied but he had a feeling of who she was talking about.
"That low level brat from last year."
"Well you can't say he is low level anymore." Raphael said in matter of fact tone.
"What do you mean?"
"Didn't you feel it? That sudden surge in strength. I wouldn't be surprised if his power level was greater than rank 4."
"But he was only able to make a crack on the stone but he couldn't break it. Something like that shouldn't have been possible."
"I know...." Raphael said as he contemplated what he heard from Fejiro when he woke up.
While he was deep in his thoughts, Ani was having thoughts of her own.
"A power boost like that shouldn't have been possible, and from a crack no less. What kind of energy stone was that. If I can get my hands on it I might be able to increase my power and rank in the Royal Knights and finally get out of this worthless school. I must get it at all costs, and besides there is no way a weakling like him can shatter it."
She could not help but think as her mind started having evil thoughts and as such an wicked grin appeared on her face but she quickly hid it since she was not alone in the room.
Raphael noticing her odd behavior wondered if something was wrong with her head.
"What a strange woman." He couldn't help but think.
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Walking out of the gates, Fejiro quickly moved towards the city gates. He walked for a while before seeing the library to his right. It was large and had many floors and towers. He then glanced at the energy stone around his neck and made a mental note to research on it later.
He then proceeded forward through the market and left through the gate of the city.
Walking down the narrow path home, he was able to observe the changes in his body. Although his new slightly muscular build was the most obvious, he also felt lighter even though he had clearly added weight. He could also feel a higher amount of energy within himself greater than he had felt before and it was also much different from how it was originally. This could be explained by the fact that once one breaks an energy stone , he own energy not only grows but also changes permanently and gains the characteristics of the stone.
As he was in the middle of his thoughts arrived home.