"Hey! What the hell happened last night?" Ghanjar's voice was the first thing Seth heard as he woke up from the rays of sunlight bathing his eyes.
Then Ghanjar's face entered his view as he saw the big head of his roommate. Ghanjar's mouth opened to ask again. "I said what happened last night?"
"What happened?" Seth asked as he also wasn't aware of what had happened.
"Seth, you ended up falling asleep not long after you went into meditation." Taro explained.
"You didn't even spend five minutes." Rizar said, pointing his comb at Seth.
"Haha… The fatigue kicked in. I think." Seth answered dryly, a yawn escaping his mouth after his last word.
"You should get prepared. You'd probably be having a summon soon since the principal is back." Rizar who was the farthest away from Seth stated, staring outside the window.
Seth didn't argue as he knew he would certainly be called upon soon. Wasting no time, he rose to his face as he headed into the bathroom to wash up, his body feeling light as opposed to the previous night even though the old man's bread had helped heal him.
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Principal Salmit sat on his favorite chair for the past five years. The chair was currently getting older in his office.
The room was lit by the morning sun as the principal didn't seem to bother with his surroundings, his eyes fixed on the mountain of files on his table.
'How the hell do these never end?' Principal Salmit asked himself. 'I've only been gone for three days! What the hell?'
"I should get an assistant whose job would be approving these. It'll take a while to get accustomed to the job but they'll do great once they get it and I'll have a lot of free time to myself." The day was just beginning but the principal was already halfway through getting an assistant.
He sighed as he came back from his thoughts. He rang the bell close to him, summoning a messenger from outside.
"Yes, principal." The messenger entered a few minutes later.
"Summon that bag of diverse problems." The principal ordered.
The bag of problems he was referring to was Seth and somehow, the messenger understood the message being passed to him.
"Understood." The messenger replied before taking his leave.
Ten minutes later, the messenger arrived inside Seth's dorm, making his way to the floor where Seth resided.
Knock. Knock.
They heard a knock on the door and everyone immediately turned to the bathroom door where Seth just walked out.
"I told you." Rizar smirked, continuing to comb his hair while his eyes remained fixed on Seth who only had a white towel wrapped around his waist.
Seth walked to the door and swung it open for everyone to see who was at the door. "Yes?"
It was a pretty lady almost a head shorter than Seth.
A shocked gasp escaped her soft pink lips as her pink eyes moved around, tracing the lines along Seth's torso.
"Yes?" Seth asked again to make sure she heard him.
She did hear him this time as she snapped out of the trance.
"My apologies." She said hurriedly.
"I'm here searching for Seth Samiel on behalf of the principal." She immediately went on to state her reason for being there.
"Oh, for me. I'll be ready in a minute." Seth went on to close the door as he couldn't leave with her only wearing a towel.
"She's pretty." Ghanjar voiced out.
"Indeed." Rizar seconded.
"She's over twenty." Seth interrupted their line of thoughts.
He didn't delay as he hurriedly put on a pair of trousers and a long-sleeved shirt he buttoned, leaving the topmost button open.
"I'll be back." He informed them before walking toward the door again. He opened it and met the lady still standing in front of the door.
"Let's head out." Seth smiled as he walked out, closing the door behind him.
They both headed back to the Principal's office where Seth could meet the old man.
"So, how come you're the one here?" Seth asked, trying to start a conversation with this lady that seemed too shy to converse with him.
"It just so happened to be my turn. There's a list we follow for every summon the principal makes." The lady answered rather calmly even though she seemed calm.
"Oh. Sounds nice." Seth murmured and went silent afterward.
He'd rather remain quiet than continue the conversation.
It took ten minutes to return to the principal's office as only Seth made his way into the office while the lady left at the entrance. Seth didn't know where she was heading to but he also had no reason to ask.
"It's good to have you back, Principal Salmit." Seth's voice was heard even before his figure could be seen.
The old man let out a brief chuckle before replying. "It's not so great to be back actually. My time away was way better."
Seth faked a startled gasp as he exclaimed. "That's not true!"
"Is it?"
The principal nodded. "Oh, yes it is. I was free from a box of trouble known as Seth. Why the hell did I even have you join the institute this early?"
"That's not my fault in any way. I wasn't happy with that decision either." Seth raised both hands as if to surrender.
"How was the trip by the way?" Seth asked, changing the topic before it went too far.
"Have a seat first. We have a lot to talk about." Principal Salmit gestured for Seth to get seated which he did.
"It went well. The Reaper will be under strict punishment and surveillance as his crimes warrant such and even more. He could've been given the death penalty but for some reason, he was only sentenced to life imprisonment in solitude."
"I feel like they've got other plans for him." Seth interrupted the principal who didn't mind at all.
"That's what I feel too but since I couldn't get any proof, I let it go." Principal Salmit dropped his pen and folded both arms in front of himself, his eyes now focused on Seth.
"How did you come to such a conclusion?" He asked.
"I just guessed. Turns out it was also on your mind. I mean, he was one of the best in this field of job." Seth answered, picking dirt from his nose with his left hand.
"How'd the bounty go though?" Seth asked and the answer he got in response made him smile.
"It went well. In fact, the bounty was higher than we anticipated. A million and three hundred thousand gold coins."
His smile deepened at the end but the next words stole the whole smile away.
"That reminds me, what's all this rumor about you spending four thousand gold coins on food?"