"I thank you for that. I heard that you were in the same class as Lykan where the attack happened, can I ask a few questions?" Leonel, the Emperor of the Lunar Dragons asked.
This kind of stunned me a bit. While I was not surprised that he would question me about what happened it his son, I didn't expect for him to ask as soon as he met me. Well this is the perfect time for him to get answers from me as very soon he might be willing to interrogate everyone in the class, of course, he will have to pay a heavy price and will be under heavy supervision I'm sure he's willing to accept that.
"Sure I don't mind." I calmly said, "But I should warn you that I didn't see the battle between them at all. After we were done choosing our codexs after awakening our emblems, I left." I said with an innocent smile on my face.
Why would I snitch on myself? Of course, I'm not going to help you, especially your son who planned to kill me. Although that plan was doomed for failure the fact that he even had the nerve to plan that was grounds for death. Be grateful that all I did was turn him into beef jerky and not kill him, he is still useful after all.
Before Leonel could wake up from his stupor I turned to the Nurse and Head of the Medical Department, Nurse Helena. As I looked at her a frown formed on my face as she gave me a condescending sneer, it was as if she was saying 'you're not slick I know what you did. It took me a few seconds to figure things out and I just smiled and shook my head. I then put an end to that worthless front by sending her a mental transmission.
'I know Ms.Su told you that I was the one who did it. You can drop all plans of blackmail or thinking of holding this over my head.'
Helena's eyes and mouth went wide open in shock by my very calm response. Well, Ms.Su didn't tell me at all, it was just that based on the context of the situation there couldn't be any other reason why she was looking at me like that. With Ms.Su being the one who told her and not someone else, I was sure no one would snitch, not even Zantar and if it does come to that I can just throw Duan Ru Feng under the bus and say it was a planned scheme by me and him. He was the one who convinced Lykan to challenge me after all so if anything it's most likely the case that Ru Feng has already told the whole class not to snitch.
'How did you know?' she responded in shock and I didn't blame her, from what I can tell Helena and Ms.Su were friends, not to the level of the relationship Ms.Su had with Irani and Mizuki but it was for sure to the point where she would let Helena in on things such as this.
I smiled as she was still in shock at the bomb I just dropped on her head and responded 'She told me of course. I honestly have no idea where you were going to go with this as it would only make things messy and make it a bigger situation than it already is. Ms.Su was sent to that class to keep an eye on me and the rest of the seven by the principal herself so of course, would protect us and keep it under wraps as it is in her best interest.'
I'm honestly not sure if Ms.Su will even tell that she told Helena the next time we meet, not that it matters now. As for me telling her that she was sent to teach the Circle's class by the principal to protect the seven and that covering up me putting Lykan in a coma was in her best interest, that was all cap. Ms.Su was only there for me and that was only because she was interested in how I was able to gain Mizuki and Irani's attention, if it wasn't for her hands being tied she would have been in the bed along with the two of them last night, well now her hands are no longer tied so I don't mind having an Illicit relationship with my teacher.
As for me saying that Ms.Su was sent by Irani was for Helena not to get a funny idea of trying to confirm the info, although she might do it since Irani is right next to me. I couldn't call her by her name or else I would be under a fucking microscope. I hope rumors don't spread, Irani while slick about it has been eying me like meat, this might be the first time I'm happy about not being alone in the room with a woman since if no one was here...I'm not even going to get into it.
"Well I should go, I only came here to give you my prayers and support. I wish you the best emperor." I said as I turned to look at Irani and give her a smile "Principal."
"Hakari" she addressed in an aloof way as if she didn't know me, putting a smile on my face. She knows how to handle herself, well it's not as if I had any doubt.
I said a few more words and then left the infirmary, after taking a few more detours and turns I found myself in front of a wall. There was nothing on this wall and I was in the middle of a long-ass hallway that people on this floor use to get to their dorms, since most of these people were in class this was the perfect time to come here. Circulating my arcana to my right finger I started drawing runes on the wall, it wasn't exactly on the wall but a few centimeters below it. After drawing the runes the wall opened and what was revealed was a dark staircase that was lit by dim energy crystals.
I walked past the wall and heard it close behind me, cutting off the light from the outside and leaving me only with the worthless lighting from the energy crystals. The dim lighting didn't bother me in the slightest, due to my race I could see clear as day in this secret passage. I just hope he is here, he did send me a message saying he was here, I just hope he went to the right place, I'm tryna look for this grown-ass man and I know he doesn't want that to happen either, he knows me and Treysin will never let it go.
After spending a few minutes walking down the stairs, I was greeted to a large room with a table in the center and at the table was a man in a dark hoodie, who seemed to wait for a while.
"Hakari." said a voice that I knew all too well.
"Everen." I smiled as I walked towards the table, but I didn't take a seat, I wasn't going to be here for long as this mett up is going to be quick.
"Is it done?" I asked as now with the things going on, the answer he gives me now holds more importance than ever.
"It's done. Duan Ru Feng's main whore is dead. We made it look like it was Zantar, video and all, we even made a mess of the room." Everen confirmed giving me a huge relief, with this done, I can be sure now that when the academy becomes a warzone I will be safe, the only thing that is bothering me is the damn prince.
"Hakari are you sure this is the right move? Duan Ru Feng could be a good ally?" Everen asked and I sighed as what he said was the truth. Ru Feng could be an amazing ally, the problem is he just lets jealously get to his head, as long as I am referred to as the top talent of the clan he will always be against me.
"Yeah, while it might have been extra at that point in time, things are different now. Ru Feng tried to put me in hot water with the Lunar Clan by fooling Lykan into challenging me but little did he know is that he actually helped me. With Lykan incapacitated, that delays him from making any moves, and by the time he waked up and finds out that his plans were exposed it will be too late. I just saw his father, and told him that I'm looking for the culprit as well." I relayed
Duan Ru Feng is very intelligent, one of the few people I could say could give me a run for my money, I almost fell for his scheme as well. It was very cunning, making me think that he was just doing it to see my strength when in reality he was putting me in hot water with the Lunar Clan so that when he joins a faction he could use their support to get rid of me. Smart move, but once again it was doomed for failure.
"You're shameless as fuck, you know that?" Everen snarked
"Yeah, but all great men are shameless so I don't see what the problem is," I answered. "But that doesn't matter, with Leonel coming here the rest of the sponsors will not be far behind so we have to move fast. Which one of you will be attending the meeting?" I asked
"Well it was going to be Treysin, but since you are not creating a faction and Bashar wants nothing to do with politics, we might send Kirean, you know how much he wants Mizuki." Everen said.
Laughing as I recalled the time I spent with the Empress last night I could help but imagine the meeting that would take place with the sponsors and elites of the Federation by the end of the week. I hope Mizuki doesn't give any hints about our relationship, it would make things awkward.
"Doesn't matter, send Treysin since I need him, things in the academy might get more serious than we ever thought possible," I said as I turned around and walked back to the stairs
"What is it Hakari? You're never in this tone unless things are getting very serious, did you discover something?" Everen asked and I could only inwardly ask GOD why he gave him those damn eyes.
I sighed and turned to look at him and I asked "Do you know anything about the Dark Phoenix prince?"
Everen shook his head and said "Not really, never paid attention to him, why do you ask?"
"The guy might be from the Nines."
Everen's face went ashen white as he asked in fear "He's from the Nines?"
"Probably, I'm not sure. He's either a lone demon or devil trying to gain power or--"
"He's a disciple of someone from the Nine's and acting upon his will. If that is the case we have to wonder if it is a prince, king, or just a random." Everen finished off and I nodded in agreement.
"Now you understand why I need Treysin. If it is a random then we have nothing to worry about, but if it is a prince or king then we will be in serious trouble." I pointed out
Everen nodded and said "I'll let Treysin know, be careful Hakari you're not strong enough to deal with Demons or Devils, much less a Fallen." he warned as he dissappeared from sight.
I sighed as I turned around and continued walking from the stairs only for a smile to form on my face, "Another player has joined and it's someone from the Nine Hells huh? Things are getting interesting, I wonder what they are looking for here."