Aoyuki, who is still in front of the screen panel, let out a breath and he held his knees as he began to pant as if he was out of breath
He slowly walked to the benches and sat down. He then reached for the handkerchief on his right pocket and wiped the sweat on his forehead
"What a scary yet mysterious monster"
Aoyuki said as he tries to catch his breath
All this time, Aoyuki was holding his breath because of Philip. Apparently, Philip was emanating some kind of aura that was staring at him as if it will kill him
It was not killing intent since he saw Philip's expression and it seems that he doesn't notice it or know about it. It was more like Philip was expressionless or didn't care anything around him
*Jingle*
"Was that the one you're talking about, Kaichou?"
A female voice was heard from his right as a girl appeared standing on the backrest of the bench with her arms crossed and glaring at the platform
She has long black ponytail tied in a red and red-white ribbon with two small golden jingle bells. A Sarashi cloth is wrapped around her small chest to her midriff and black strap runs across from her right shoulder connected to her belt on her left waist. She wears a thick red ribbon as her belt and a stone Kusazuri, with golden runes written around it, on top of a red cloth wrapped around her waist like a dress that reaches down to her ankle being split in the middle. She also wears a wooden Geta on her feet
She has red small pieces of Sode on her upper arms and stone arm bracer gauntlets, that has written gold runes, on her forearms
Her eyes is of a deep sparkling blue in color and she wears gold meteor shower earrings
Two swords, particularly an Odachi and a Tachi, are strapped on her right waist. Three swords, particularly a Nodachi, a Wakizashi, and a Tanto, are strapped on her left waist. On her left ankle is a strapped Hamidashi and on her right ankle is a strapped Aikuchi
Floating behind her, close to her back, is a red Katana that emanates a red killing aura. This Katana is named as Muramasame
"Yes, Akayuki, he was the transfer student that I accidentally heard about from the secret meeting in the faculty"
Aoyuki replied towards the Student Council Vice President
"What do you think?"
"Hmmm..."
There was a long pause before Akayuki replied
"I'm not too sure... He's a dangerous man but he seems harmless once you see him with your own eyes. Yet, there's something very off about him..."
"How is he dangerous?"
Aoyuki's eyes dilated into vertical slits once more and glared at Akayuki
Seeing this, Akayuki's body cringed as he felt needles pointing on her body. She didn't mind it and replied
"My avatar was shaking when I saw him and he could not function correctly. His form was being deformed as if a mysterious force was affecting him or he is cowering in fear, which I have never seen him do before"
"I see... Seems like we need to keep an eye on him. Go on and tell the others, I need to go back to the Student Council Room"
"Yes, Kaichou"
Akayuki jumped up and disappeared as white smoke swirled from where she was standing. A pink petal was also left behind
Aoyuki saw this petal and grabbed it and placed it in his pocket
"That Akayuki, always leaving an ingredient of disaster..."
Aoyuki shook his head in disappointment and walked towards the Floor Transporter. He then transferred to the [Trifecta Organization] floor as a flash of light covered the entire lobby and the platform dimmed
~~~
As Philip appeared in the [Headmaster's Office] floor, he was met with a small room with no hallways or corridors leading to another location. He is now currently at the peak of the Core Academy, under the giant floating blue orb
He saw an ordinary door chiseled to become pleasing to the eyes and a label above it says
"Headmaster's Office"
Two statues, or more accurately, armor that are displayed on an armor stand. Philip went closer and examined the armor and he was surprised at the results
He saw that the armor are made of a Titanium alloy with an unknown material that makes this armor extremely durable, extremely flexible, and lightweight. He was impressed
He then ignored the armor stands and knocked on the door three times before twisting the knob and opening the door
As he opened the door, he first saw two couches that are facing each other and a large oak tea table or coffee table in between with a fresh tea set on it. He then saw potted plants on each corner of the room and a door to right leading to somewhere
The office table is located at the center wall of of the room with two adjacent windows on each side. The office table is very clean and tidy with little objects on top of it like a pen holder, Newton's Cradle, Swinging Sticks Kientic Sculpture, a fancy lamp, and a name plate showing the name of the Headmaster
The room also has a yellow ambient room lighting, which is turned on right now, and a modern high tech PC to the side of the office table and a printer
Above this all, he sees Yuze sitting on the right couch and sipping tea from her cup with her eyes closed in a sitting position that is elegant
Her short black hair accentuated with blue streaks and strands became more noticable and her blue sailor uniform matched her body. Philip was in a trance until he felt a stinging pain on the back right of his brain and he was awoken
"Uhm, excuse me? Headmaster's Office?"
Philip spoke and peeked his head before entering to avoid being rude
Yuze then opened here expressionless eyes and her deep dark blue eyes became more noticable. He looked towards Philip and nodded, giving the sign to come in. She then resumed sipping tea with her eyes closed
Philip came inside and walked slowly as if he did not want to leave soil and dirty marks on the shiny floor and to not break the silence, except for the Newton's Cradle
Before Philip could do anything more, Yuze spoke and ushered him to sit
"Please sit on the couch, preferably across from me"
"Okay, thank you"
Philip didn't mind the second part of the sentence and hurriedly sat on the couch. As he sat down, his eyes went wide and he was surprised at how soft and fluffy the couch to his butt. A sensation spread through his body as he felt good sitting on this couch
"Would you like tea, perhaps?"
Yuze offered Philip the tea that she was drinking, to which he politely agreed to
Yuze then elegantly and expertly poured out tea from the teapot to his teacup. She was slightly smiling from this action of pouring tea
Philip noticed this and pointed it out
"You like making tea, serving it, and pouring it, don't you?"
Yuze was surprised from Philip's observation and she continued to pour tea
"I do"
Which made Philip surprised since she was quiet and emotionless ever since he met her
After she poured the tea, she was incredibly shocked at what she saw in Philip's teacup
She saw four tea stalks standing upright in the tea and are arranged symmetrically. The tea stalks then moved around in the teacup in a circular manner until all of them combined due to surface tension, showing a thick tea stalk standing upright
Ignore one tea stalk standing upright, this tea has four stalks, which has been unprecedented
Yuze was shaking and looked at Philip with furrowed eyebrows. Philip noticed this and questioned Yuze
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing"
Yuze quickly avoided Philip's gaze and gently placed the teapot down and sat back on the couch. She then resumed sipping tea with eyes closed as her hands are shaking slightly. Her right eye peeks towards Philip as she tries to observe him
Philip then grabbed the tea and crudely drank from it. He didn't know how elegantly drink tea, but he has a habit of lifting his pinkie finger when he's drinking from small cups such as this tea cup
As Philip drank from it, he went wide-eyed and drank all of it. No one knows if he also drank the tea stalks. He then complimented Yuze,
"Is this your brew?! It's delicious! I've never tasted something like it before! What ingredient did you use?"
Yuze blushed as he was complimenting her work and she answer her question with a low voice,
"From Silky Gaia Leaves"
"Silky Gaia Leaves"
"They are leaves that only grow in this academy because of Mana"
"Mana??!"
"The Headmaster will explain"
"I see... By the way, I never got to know you name. I'm Philip as you have heard, may I know yours?"
"Yuze"
"Yuze, huh... Pretty name!"
Yuze's face went red which is a first time for her and she didn't know what to do. She hid her face with the teacup and said
"Thank you"
Philip saw her reaction and did not react. He was not a dense person and he can feel the emotion of others as long as he can see them. He just did not know what to do, he just thought of it as cute since an expressionless person showed an expression, a big one at that
Silence then devoured the room as Yuze kept sipping her tea slowly as well as covering her flushed face
On the other hand, Philip's eyes are hovering slowly around the room as an invisible wall of nothingness began to cover his eyes and he began to daydream, until his eyes hovered over to his left side
He saw a silhouette and he took him a few seconds to react. The invisible wall of nothingness quickly disappeared and his brain began to process the silhouette and his head subconsciously turned towards it
He saw the Headmaster sitting behind the office table with his head resting on his hands like he's in love or something
"What the?! How long were you there?!"
Philip was half surprise and half annoyed at the Headmaster as he was not saying anything
"Since Yuze started pouring the tea"
It seems that the Headmaster was there since the beginning
"What?! Why didn't you say anything?!"
Philip was pretty annoyed yet there are conflicting emotions
"I mean... I didn't want to interrupt, you know..."
The Headmaster jokingly said towards the two
Philip rolled his eyes while Yuze just kept sipping her tea, she knew that the Headmaster was there halfway
"Alright, enough joking around. I'm pretty sure you have a lot of questions. I'll answer them the best that I can!"
The Headmaster bevame serious cut right to the chase and let Philip ask questions first
Philip also became serious as he began to ask questions
"Any questions?"
"I'll answer it the best that I can"
"..."
"..."
"Has magic been found in the world?"