Azrael Herrington had been continuously distracted in his classes to a large extent. Every time he looks to the side, he would see the old man in white staring back at him.
He initially thought it was a joke or illusion that he created in his mind, but as the passing of time continued, he was starting to notice that this was real.
He did his best to concentrate and not look in that direction. The bell went off and it was finally a free period. He continued to write his notes when a notification popped up on his phone.
This same notification popped up on other phones around the class and even across the entire school.
Before he could hit play on the video notification, someone had started to play it.
On the screen, a person whose face was covered came out in the video and started speaking. His voice was changed by a computer program so it sounded different from what a normal human voice would sound like, it sounded computerized.
~"You are all aware of the presence of a new student in Class 3, let me tell you something about him that you do not know..."
"First, his name is Azrael Herrington, the son of Ford Herrington, a wealthy business owner who owns the entire Herrington estate in the north. He also owns a string of businesses including the importation and exportation of raw materials and other goods."
"A state was even named after him, I'm sure most of you are aware of the Herrington state in the north. He used to attend Herrington international school before he transferred to Tiowa comprehensive high school, and from Tiowa, he moved here"
"You may wonder, why would he move here if he was going to such highly rated schools with such high prestige? Well you see, he was wanted in Herrington state for something the internet won't reveal, but it was actually because he slapped a teacher."
"What he did in the next school was even worse. and was also redacted, He killed a student, and because he has rich parents, they believe they could get away with it. I advise you to stay away from him or kick him out of this school before he kills again..."
"If you don't believe me, watch.." After the masked individual had spoken, another video was brought to the center screen where it did show Azrael Herrington fighting against another student with his fist.
The opponent kicks Azrael and sends him flying till he landed further back. The opponent was carrying a knife and was going to stab Azrael. Azrael was barely able to stand as he watched this student coming at him again.
In a fit of desperation, panic, and uncertainty, he rushes at the student with all his might punching and kicking with everything he's got.
At the time, they both happened to be on the open balcony of the third floor of a school building. The student was pushed off the edge of the balcony, where he fell from the 3rd floor straight to the ground.
By the time he landed, the knife had gone through his gut and protruded out of his lower back.
The video ends and all eyes turned toward Azrael Herrington. Azrael was still in shock by such a revelation.
How could he explain himself at this point? The video had been tampered with and that wasn't exactly what happened.
He was also unfairly punished at his other school due to the actions of someone who manipulated the video without checking through what exactly happened.
Azrael could feel his panic attacks returning. His head had started to heat up as the students also began gossiping.
"How can such a handsome boy be a killer?"
"To think that I almost wanted to ask him out, would I have ended up dead too?"
"He looks so innocent, who would have thought that he'd be a murderer?"
Just as they were discussing the bell went off again and Miss Alex Bayly came in just in time for her class.
"Everyone keep quiet, or the next person who talks would be sent out..." She was uncaring and indifferent to whatever may be triggering their noise.
Everyone settled down, but they started to shift their chairs and tables far away from Azrael Herrington.
Initially, Alex Bayly was writing on the whiteboard without bothering about anything else, but as she continued, she started to hear the sounds of tables and chairs being moved.
These dragging sounds continued as she kept writing.
Unable to bear the dragging and pushing noises anymore, she turned to check why the students were doing that, only for her to see a wide berth created around Azrael Herrington.
"What is the meaning of this? What is all this?" Alex Bayly asked fiercely as she looked across the faces of her students.
"Ma'am, He is a murderer..." A student said and before Alex Bayly could say anymore, he had gone close to her and played the video that was circulating for her to see.
Alex Bayly was part of the few who didn't receive the notification, this included the Principal and some key figures in the school.
Alex Bayly looked at the video and then she looked back at Azrael, unsure what to think. Although the video was compelling evidence of he being a murderer, her instincts told her not to trust the video.
Alex who was previously holding on to his head in pain had recovered when he felt the presence of Alex Bayly. Like a calming balm, she brought with her a soothing effect.
He had his head on his table unbothered about who shifted away from him or not.
On the other hand, Alex Bayly was still unsure what to think. She couldn't punish him for something she wasn't sure of.
If he truly was an offender, then the police won't just leave him alone. But then, there is also the case of him being the child of a blue blood, a hegemon like Ford Herrington, an entire state was even named after him, why wouldn't he be able to get away with murder? she thought.
Unsure which way to divert her thought, she decided to let all that go for now and teach. "Today we will be dealing with Preposition"
"By now you should know what a preposition is. I've given you the notes and asked you to read them over during the last class. So who could define what Preposition is?"
Alex Bayly was looking from student to student but none of them wanted to speak. "You guys didn't read huh?! If no one responds in the next 2 minutes, I will give you all a -10 mark assessment for this class"
Alex Bayly threatened.
Immediately, they started to spy on their books to check the notes from the last class. They discovered she gave Preposition to them as a read-on assignment with very little detail on the subject matter.
When everyone was panicking and trying their hardest not to lose 10 marks, Azrael Herrington suddenly raised his hands to speak.
Alex Bayly nodded for him to continue.
"A preposition could be defined or described as a word or a group of words that is placed or used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase, this is used to show the direction, time, place, location, and spatial relationships or to introduce an object."
"For instance, the word 'In' is a preposition, an example is, 'the ball was placed in the bowl,' here we could see the position of the ball, and the word 'in' is used before the noun 'bowl', It also shows the relationship between the noun- 'ball' and the other noun 'bowl'."
"Other examples of prepositions are 'at,' 'on,' 'of,' and 'to'. Azrael Herrington completed his words and sat down slowly.
Alex Bayly couldn't deny his brilliance. She was tempted to ask, why would such a brilliant student be expelled from two high prestige schools, and why he would be involved in a murder case? but instead of asking, she simply turned and continued to teach.⚜