The parade has already started, with the academy's hymn playing while everyone is marching on a fixed path. townspeople are looking at the parade outside their house, some delinquent students manage to sneak out of the parade and went inside their house the moment they march near it. Of course, they are being praised by the quiet kids, who don't want to get to their bad side.
The elegant grade representative walks looking straight while holding a tarpaulin that contains an introduction of the grade and its quotes. The elementary student council is showing devotion and gives off a noble aura.
Jan Bryan Mclaughlin, Age 11, Male, - President.
Roxanne Leonhart, Age 10, Female - Vice President.
Juliana Smith, Age 11, Female - Secretary.
Elisha Paola Nuñez, Age 11, Female - Treasurer.
Harun Quiton, Age 10, Male - Parliamentarian.
Crezydrick Riviera, Age 10, Male - Historian.
Kaleigh Nardelli, Age 9, Female - Grade 5 Representative.
Apollo Carreon, Age 8, Male - Grade 4 Representative.
Ezekiel Miller, Age 8, Male - Grade 3 Representative.
People keep looking at them as the academy's top-notcher.
Meanwhile, Luccione and his classmate are all over the place. some of them are hitting on the underclassmen and some are with their friends. Luccione and the other loners are the only students following the protocol.
"Hey have you heard the rumor, they say Sir Damos lost all his hair" someone whispers
"Yeah I heard, someone from grade 3 saw Sir Damos without the S.J.C. cap"
Luccione heard the rumors and thinks "what's surprising about that?".
I've seen a lot of bold guys in my past life, almost all of them have a police background.
{NARRATOR} Sometimes, when caught by the police doing Illegal cockfighting gamble, they get arrested. Luccione past life had experienced a lot of running to escape getting caught, to the point that he already knew the faces of some virtuous officers.
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"Still, I wish I could've talked with Roxanne right now," he thinks, he is bored walking alone.
When suddenly, someone from behind him calls his name "brother Luccione?"
he looked back and saw the girl he saved last time. "Hey, you're the girl back then that we save"
"I think your name is Marga?" Luccione reminisce
She bows her head and said "Actually, my name is Margarette. I'm from the Grade 5 class B"
Luccione was surprised to see her at Lamborn Academy and now that he saw her in person without the terrified look, she is actually cute when in her cheerful state.
"I haven't said my thanks last time, so, THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME, BROTHER LUCCIONE!" she shouted as she bows her head.
"It's okay, I heard from Giovanni that you're the one who inform the village about us, in fact, I should be thanking you for saving us," said Luccione as he was showing gratitude.
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they then started walking side by side.
"Marga, why are you staying here? I thought grade 5 students are supposed to be on the back."
Margarette mentions that her classmate also doing the same and going to a different line to talk to friends and partners. and that she did it to talk to Luccione.
"Besides, I can see that you are also a loner" Margarette also noticed him being alone
"I am not a loner, I have a friend" Luccione stated
Margarette was unconvinced "Oh, really now?"
Is she trying to piss me off? if only Roxanne were with me. I could've shown this girl how my childhood friend is the vice president.
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"by the way, back then, during the time we passed out saving you, did those two bullies run off? what happened when we are unconscious?
Margarette reminiscences and took a long time before she says what happened.
Apparently, that time I went and saw Giovanni getting hit, she had already run out of the woods to call for help. Out of nowhere, a light just flashes in the direction, we are in. thinking it was better to leave us and return back after gathering people. the next time they went back, the two bullies had already fled. I and Giovanni were knocked out.
"I see"
"I'm sorry if I wasn't able to help in time" Margarette apologize to him
"No, no, it's fine. As you can see, I made it on day 1 of the sports festival"
"by the way, how about that talking bird, is he okay?"
"hmm? yeah, that bird is exceptional"
Luccione and Margarette started off a conversation for the whole parade before they enter back to the campus. Their conversation gives a background to their opinion and life, at least Luccione wasn't alone during the whole parade.
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Several minutes passed and the parade is already over. Luccione went out to introduce Margarette to his friend Roxanne because Margarette just doesn't believe it.
"Hey, Roxanne!" Luccione shouted
Roxanne looked back smiling until she saw Luccione Holding Margarette's hand while Margarette is almost slipping out from the quick running.
"slow down!" Margarette wanted a timeout but Luccione cannot hear her behind.
(NARRATOR) Luccione was too fast for a female 5th grader to keep up.
Roxanne envision that time she suddenly hold Luccione hand and he started getting dragged along the campus at them, she felt a little jealous.
(NARRATOR) Keep in mind that they are mature people living another life inside the body of a child, and they are not trying to hide it because it is the principle of this magical world. the only difference is that a kid that has not received a blessing always acts like a kid and the kid that received blessings tends to act mature.
But the blessing principle is yet fully explained.
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Margarette was in disbelief that Luccione was actually friends with Roxanne, the student body vice president.
"Luccione, who is your new friend?" Roxanne asked, though, she is hiding her emotion by showing a happy face.
"Her name is Margarette, she is the one I talked about. the girl I saved in the woods" Luccione stated.
hmmm.
"I am happy to see both of you doing fine, consider this event as compensation for staying unharmed, and enjoy the event."
"I know it wasn't much, but as the vice president, I hope both of you have a good time," said Roxanne as she bows at them.
Margarette was amazed at how good and humble she was in person. back then she had the impression that all student council officials are bossy and deceptive. Now, she thinks at least one of them is sincere.
Luccione somehow finds it annoying for her to act like a perfect person that would be friends with anyone.
"Roxanne, why did you say it like that-?" Luccione asked her but Margarette interrupted him finishing his words and kicking his legs.
Ouch...
"Hey, don't act like that to the vice president, she is the image of the academy's noble students. in fact, you just thought she hangs out with you but the truth is, she hangs out with people just like you so you don't feel lonely" Margarette said, she was swayed easily by Roxanne's aura. she is already hugging Roxanne and refuses to let go.
"Earlier you said you hate the student council, what happened to a short amount of time" he thoughts.
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After that Margarette had something to do about the game she entered, now, Roxanne and Luccione manage to talk outside the room where the chess tournament is being held for the assigned players.
"Sorry I won't be able to come with you two, I had to do practice playing with my friends since I am one of the representatives for our section" Roxanne informed Luccione
"too bad" Luccione bows down.
"You should've entered the tournament for chess, I saw you're hiding your chess board behind your door room," she convinced him that he should've entered.
the truth is, I would have entered. I am confident I can land a mate, but I can only play chess when I think of it as a gamble, where I would only bet half of what I have. this is not gambling chess. Either, losing or winning. Both outcomes would only make me stand out in a good way or a bad way.
Luccione then said "not at all. In my mom's, there was no other place to put it in her room, so she put it in mine"
Roxanne was like "that's unfortunate, I won't be able to come with you"
Luccione was sad she won't be able to come and watch other indoor games with them.
Roxanne suggests he and Margarette watch her matches and Luccione agrees. at that time Roxanne has to go and do friendly chess with her friends.
"See ya later, bye," Roxanne says her bye
Okay all I have to do is convince Margarette to watch Roxanne's game
But Margarette said "I would love to but I really don't want to watch the whole game because I want to explore the whole indoor games"
Margarette then suggests checking on the leaderboard every title holding to see if Roxanne manages to reach the finals and then they will watch the finals.
Luccione agreed and says "I know she can win this, I believe"
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An hour passed Roxanne won the first match against the first competitor from grade 6 class C, she was smiling while looking at the spectator's sit, to look for them, but neither Luccione nor Margarette was seen, she was feeling conflicted about the idea that Margarette stole Luccione from her and fact that Luccione is now making friends other than her.
Thinking about it made her almost cry because she had seen Luccione in his lonely past. his inability to talk to his classmates and being timid and low-spirited make him prone to bullying. But the idea that a cute junior would be his second friend made Roxanne conflicted if it is a good or a bad thing.
"Why am I getting sad about it, it's for his own good," Roxanne thought
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Meanwhile, it was still crowded outside, but parents and visitors from outside were now permitted to enter the school grounds. Margarette was too fast for Luccione to keep up with; she appeared to be more excited than Luccione.
She can easily move between crowds due to her slim build.
"Luccion! faster quick!" she exclaimed.
"Hey, don't go too far," Luccione cautioned.
They dashed all the way to the free front row to watch the rearranged bowling match.
Margarette was overjoyed, and she kept telling Luccione trivia about the modified bowling match.
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"Did you know that this game was invented before the world?" Margarette asked.
Luccione was surprised; he had no idea Marga referred to the earth as "before the world."
"Wow, you're pretty knowledgeable about the before world despite not having gotten a blessing yet," Luccione added.
Marga's face became sorrowful as she gazed down.
"To be honest, I don't want to receive a blessing," she says.
"Why not?" Luccione inquired.
"They say blessings can sometimes erase memories, but thinking about it is simply too terrible for me to bear."
When Luccione inquired where she got the information, she told him it came from her mom, a medical specialist.
"Mom also warned me that if something went wrong with my blessing, I should inform her right away."
Luccione didn't know anything about the blessing's other side effects. he said "At first I thought, God's principle of blessings in this world is fascinating. I didn't think there was such a chance that it could erase a memory"
Margarette stand up and she imitated and shouted along with the crowd.
OOOHHHH!!!
Luccione look around to see what happened to the bowling.
the 10-pin ball that was released is rolling across the curve field and went in the opposite direction to the bowling pins. At first, Luccione thought it was impossible to make a straight movement in a field full of slopes and rough surfaces, but then he realizes this wasn't earth.
normally after the swing, the player would just look back or watch what happens but in this game, the guy kept looking at the ball and moving his mouth.
we cannot hear it because he just whispers, but we saw what is happening to the ball every time it changes direction.
apparently, the field area instead of a tight straight line, bowling area has the same length as the basketball field and he must knock out all the 10 bowling pins scattered around the gymnasium.
it's like a start-to-finish puzzle but the person must beat the time of the other player to secure a spot on the leaderboard.
The following are the rules of the modified bowling game.
1. All players should only start swinging the bowling ball to the starting point going to the other side of the field, the game starts after the bowling ball went out to the finish point.
2. The ball must first strike the number 1 bowling pin and then proceed to the next number (ex. 1, 2, 3.....9, 10), up to the 10th bowling pin; hitting the succeeding bowling pin rather than the current may result in disqualification. Disqualification can also occur from rolling out to the line limit.
3. Magic is permitted, however, the player can only change the landscape or add forces to the terrain to change the bowling ball's direction. Keep in mind that changing terrain is a permanent effect that won't change during the game.
4. The bowling ball is half the mass of the original bowling ball, and the player must not use magic to modify the bowling ball itself. The bowling ball is embedded with a magic circle, which alerts the referee if magic is poured directly into the ball. Violation can result in disqualification.
5. Concede defeat or quitting is acceptable only if there is no possible way to escape from closing in, keep in mind that landscape altercation is the easiest way to change the direction of the bowling ball but it has a chance of closing in the bowling ball unable to escape.
6. The game has no time limit, but the first player to hit all ten bowling pins in the correct order wins. The leaderboard will be based on the time it took to complete the game, with the fastest completion being ranked first.
Luccione read the rules and thought "This bowling game was too professional?!"
Margarette then said something and caught Luccione attention.
"This world is amazing,"
"You know, I would rather stay a child than receive a blessing, that way I will keep appreciating this world," she said
I manage to learn something about my new friend at that time.
- End Chapter