The three pirates cursed their luck after lyra left, they had planned the mission to nigh perfection only to be denied by teenagers, they were not always successful in their missions considering the fact that they had to commit small scale robberies to survive but this was the first time they were utterly humiliated.
Some of their precious equipment were already destroyed and couldn't be salvaged anymore, they ran towards their colleague, due to the vines surrounding him they couldn't see how he was faring but from the muffled curses they could hear, it was obvious he was still alive.
They took out a knife and began cutting at the vines, eventually managing to cut open a hole big enough for him to wiggle out from.
The blue haired pirate jumped out of the cocoon he was wrapped in feeling and almost collapsed but was supported by his fellow pirates, he was having mild cerebral hypoxia but after taking a few potion and a few minutes of rest he was back to optimal condition.
''I can't believe we got our asses handed to us by kids, even after days of planning. How could we miss the fact that the owners of the vehicle were elites'' the blue haired pirate grumbled, he was frustrated and had no idea on how to get back their damaged equipment, they had spent tens of gold coins in the mechmagus black market before they could manage to get their hands on the merchandize.
Lyra closed her eyes in a bid to quell her growing anger, the pirates had managed to make them late to the academy and now they would all have to visit the principal and her mother would hear about it, increasing security around them and taking away her freedom.
''lyra! Who were those guys'' Melora asked tugging at lyra's academy uniform, while she was in the vehicle most of the conversations they had with the pirates were muffled so she couldn't pick up on anything.
Lyra opened her eyes to stare at Melora, now she thought about it, having extra security wouldn't be so bad considering the fact that Melora couldn't protect herself, and zephyrus was still not strong enough. The noble families hardly assigned security to themselves or to their children outside their castles because a lot of them were anonymous and they were proud enough to think that even outside the protection of their castles no one would be foolish enough to attack them.
That was till the cult of osthronos came into the picture. Now all noble families and even elites sought protection for both themselves and their children outside the castle, what lyra and renjiro were unaware of was that they were each assigned a security detail, even though devil thorn was dead caelia didn't waste any time in getting a replacement. The men stayed hidden waiting to interfere if things got out of hand, and when lyra was done they called their respective employers to ask if they could dispose of the pirates but got a negative reply.
Melora seeing that lyra's thoughts had wandered again without answering her question, tugged at her shirt again. ''you didn't reply to my questions''
''sorry about that, I was caught up in my thoughts. Those were pirates, they wanted to steal the vehicle and kidnap us for ransom''
''oh I actually thought that they were here to take me back''
''you are under the protection of my family now, if my mother is impressed with you, you might even become a member of our family'' lyra reassured her
Renjiro couldn't be bothered by their discussion he just wanted to shut his eyes and take a nap, when one of those pirates had shot at him, he was so scared he almost peed his pants, this world was becoming more and more chaotic for him with each passing day he wondered what the chances was that a pirate group would ambush their vehicle out of all the vehicles in the whole kingdom and cursed his bad luck.
The vehicle came to a stop in front of the academy gates, a very round man stood in front of the gate with his hand on his waist emphasizing his very large belly, renjiro searched through his memory and discovered the man to be the principal of the academy, this was the first time he had seen the principal since he transmigrated to this world.
The stepped out of the vehicle and bowed to greet the principal who replied them with a grunt. ''the three of you follow me to my office''
Lyra knew this was coming as soon as their vehicle crashed, the academy had a strict punctuality policy that was enforced by the principal, not even the children of nobles were exempt from the policy, they followed the principal to his office and were about following him inside when he halted them.
''please miss lyra come inside, the rest of you wait outside till I call you in'' he instructed and entered into the room shutting the door behind him.
''miss lyra can you give me an account on why you were late today?'' he asked fiddling with one of the pens on his table, while lyra explained to him in detail of their encounter with the pirates. When he was done he dismissed her asking for Melora to be sent in and finally renjiro.
After listening to their statements and seeing that each statement was completely alike he asked them to sit while he contacted their parents to inform them about what had happened, he knew that they would have already gotten wind of what transpired but he had to at least do his job.
Renjiro noticed that the principal's office was a lot larger than professor ophelia's and had little furniture, asides the table and chair, there was nothing else, no shelves no couch, and very few books and the room smelled musky. He wondered what kind of mind the principal was.
''you all can go now. I have spoken to your parents and some guards would be escorting you back home when classes are over'' the principal concluded dismissing them from his office