Lict stood in front of the window pane and gently pressed his hands on the dew drops.
"Litty Litty? Utro! What are you doing?" Melissa said as she back hugged him and crossed her arms against his neck.
"Melissa, am I doing something wrong?" Lict said.
"Huh?" Melissa said.
"Because... Milady seems so sad nowadays.... I can't figure it out. . . I even made her favourite food but.... nothing works" Lict said.
Melissa didn't say anything, she just pressed her face on Lict's back.
"And she even has wounds all over her body. Whenever I ask her, she never tells me what it is... I really want to help her." Lict said.
"I don't know… that's between you and your Demigod." Melissa said.
At school...
"Milord! Even Lict has noticed!! What now??!!" Melissa said.
Akagi sipped his coffee while he sat in the staff room and said "Don't tell him, Melissa."
"WHY? HE IS HER STAR SPIRIT, HE DESERVES TO KNOW!!" Melissa shouted.
"If he finds out that Vierne is being bullied, I don't know whether even the souls of those punks will reach hell." Akagi said.
"*Gulp* You mean… Litty Litty's gonna kill them?" Melissa said.
"I'm sure it'll be something more painful." Akagi said as he kept the cup aside "Now if you excuse me, I have a class." He said and left the staff room.
In the class....
"Okay brats! Now listen! Has anyone here ever done 'Purification'?" Akagi said.
"Aren't priests and monks supposed to do that? The yin and yang thing?" Jade said.
"*Sigh* Who am I even asking?" Akagi said "The Demigod purification has nothing to do with yin and yang. We basically purify nature while we study purification- Clean air and soil or bring elements in their pure forms, only a Demigod has an ability to do that."
As Akagi continued with the lecture while Vierne seemed lost in some other world.
"Milady" Lict whispered.
Vierne looked at him.
"You didn't have that wound on your ankle. How did you get that?" Lict said.
Vierne didn't reply. She just sat and looked at the board.
"Milady... if you won't tell, I can't help you." Lict whispered.
"...I fell." Vierne said.
"But-"
"Please! I'm trying to study here." Vierne said.
"...Yes." Lict said and looked at the board.
During the lunch break....
"Milady, I'm gonna have lunch with you today." Lict said with a smile.
Vierne got up from the seat and moved to another seat.
"Lict? Hi!" Victoria said as she approached Lict.
Lict ignored Victoria and went to Vierne's seat.
"Milady, if I've done something wrong... please tell me. Please don't do this." Lict said.
"You haven't done anything wrong." Vierne said "If someone was wrong, then that was me."
"Why, Milady?" Lict said and sat beside Vierne.
"Lict! Come sit here with me!" Victoria ordered.
"I can't today. But I promise I will, tomorrow." Lict said then he looked at Vierne.
"Un... you should leave, I'm fine really." Vierne said.
"But-" Lict was about to say something when suddenly a bowl of soup landed on him.
"Oops.. Sorry" Hedley said and walked away.
"... I'll be right back. Lemme change this" Lict said as he got up and left.
Vierne was shocked..
'NO WAY... THEY ARE DOING THIS TO LICT? NOW THAT I'M USED TO IT.... ARE YOU GONNA HURT MY LOVED ONES NEXT??' Vierne thought.
Suddenly, she got up and ran outside the cafeteria.
She reached the staff room and knocked the door.
"Come in."
She opened the door and saw Akagi reading a book.
"Oh? Vierne... What a nice day, isn't it?" Akagi said with a smile.
"Un... Mr. Akagi.... I wanna tell you... about something...." Vierne said.
"I'm all ears." Akagi said and plugged in an earphone in his ears.
"Un.... I'm..." Vierne said as she clenched her skirt.
'WHY AM I LIKE THIS??! WHY CAN'T I SAY ANYTHING!! I PROMISED LICT.... I PROMISED THAT I'D PROTECT HIM.. AND.... AND-'
"We do not have the entire day. I have a class after this." Akagi said.
'I HAVE TO DO IT!! I HAVE YOU AFTER ALL! !'
"Un... I- I'm being mistreated by my friends and… and.... they're hurting Lict... please help him!!" Vierne said.
Akagi removed the earphones and got up. He reached Vierne and
*SLAP*
"...Huh?" Vierne said as she looked at Akagi.
"Why didn't you tell me before?" Akagi said.
Vierne puffed up and started crying.
"I'm…I'm sorry... I'm really really sorry..." Vierne said as she kept her hands on her moist eyes.
'So selfless, you come to me after such a long time and still all you talk about is helping Lict? You remind me of someone....' Akagi said as he looked at Vierne with a gentle smile.
"Alright, time to crack some bones." Akagi said as he pressed his knuckles.
"UCHITEL!!" Jenet said as he got inside the staff room.
"Tsk! Ever heard of knocking? And I'm not deaf, by the way" Akagi said as Vierne quickly wiped off her tears.
"Un... sorry sir" Jenet said "But I need my spell binding ring! This is running outta control. I'm getting random spell blasts. No one has become a victim yet but sir-"
"Alright alright, Vierne, hold his hands, I need to check something" Akagi said.
"Yes" Vierne said and held Jenet's hand.
Akagi touched her ring and then touched Jenet's forehead with his other hand.
"I'm transferring some stability of the ring to you. It should do for a day" Akagi said.
While he was on it, suddenly Jenet's eyes started shining.
"OH NO SIR, IT'S COMING!! GET AWAY!!" Jenet shouted.
What?" Akagi said.
*Blast*
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.
.
He slowly opened his eyes and found Lict standing beside him.
"Are you okay? I heard you ran into an accident!! Are you hurt somewhere?" Lict said.
"No... I'm fine"
'What happened to my voice? And why is he here?? Where's Melissa?? And where the f**k am I?' Akagi thought as he got down from the bed.
'Eh? Somehow.... my body's kinda... weird….' He thought.
"Milady, would you like some snacks?" Lict said to Akagi.
"Me?" Akagi said.
'Wait- MILADY?? D- Don't tell me....'
"Un... Lict, could you get me a mirror?" Akagi said.
"Certainly" Lict said and produced a huge mirror with magic.
"Is this alright?" Lict said.
"H- H- HOLY SH*T!!!" Akagi said.
'I'M VIERNE!!' Vierne (Now Akagi) said.
"Is something wrong, Milady?" Lict said.
"Where's Vierne- I mean Akagi!?!" Vierne shouted.
"Un... he's in his room...." Lict said, confused by Vierne's behaviour.
Vierne ran towards Akagi's room and opened the door.
Akagi (Now Vierne) stood in front of Melissa. He looked at Vierne and Vierne looked at Akagi.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Both of them shouted together.
-To be continued