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Chapter 5 - School

"sigh... School? Really, why do I have to go to school again..." Kol furrowed his brow at Rom. Rok was smiling wide back at Kol with his teeth white.

"Just enjoy it while you can" Rom chuckled and tapped Kol back a few times. 

"Enjoy? Hah fine but how do I get close to the principal as you said?" Kol thought about how his previous life as a human was filled with work and never got to enjoy life. He always abandoned his friends just to work on a project for a few hours.

When he looked at it again, his friends all left him because Kil was too focused on work. "No use regretting it."

"You can get close to him or you can do it in a fun way" Rom gives Kol a flashy grin and pulls something out of his pocket. "You can infiltrate the principal room and try to find the file I'm searching for. Of course, I'll help you with everything I can"

"Is that fun?" Rom nods to Kol's question and gives Kol a metal stick as long as his hands. The stick was covered in black with strange blue markings on it that looked like an ancient language.

"What is that?" Kol grabs the stick in Rom and the stick feels so light in his hands.

"That's what you will use to shut down any system you come across but you won't use it until next year because right now is not the right time to do it." Rom smiles as he is very proud of the invention he created.

"Then what should I do in the meantime while I wait for the next year?" Kol asks and puts the metal stick inside Kol's pocket.

"You should probably try to get stronger and I think I knew why you got that tentacle stuff because of the voice you talk about... Don't fall for them." Rom's face starts to turn serious.

"I know, I won't but if I tried to listen to it more, I could get-"

"Stop, don't ever listen to it." Before Kol could finish his sentences, Rom gave Kol a warning to not listen to the voice.

"Yeah, I will not listen to it." Rom sighs in relief as he guides Kol to a room with massive of them.

"Since you are a demon now, people won't suspect you. I still did not expect you to turn into a demon" Rom gave a small laugh as he started to click something on a keyboard. A bunch of code started to appear and Rom was completely absorbed in it.

"There, you should appear at the academy. Remember, my name is not Rom but Jack. I'll be disguised as one of the teachers so you see me there" Kol sighs as he then stands in the middle of the circle with Rom.

"Did you make all of this?" Kol asks R as the machine in the room starts moving and the space around both of them starts to warp.

"Yes, this is what I made. An artificial wormhole or teleportation if you want to call it that." Kol was amazed at the technology of this thing. 

Earlier they were at the lab and now they are suddenly in front of a black gate.

"Does the demon realm always this dark? I never saw the sky light up once." Kol asks as he looks at the sky above him. The sky was dark like the night.

"Yeah, it is always dark except for the end of the month. The end of every month will always be bright but we should stop talking to each other now. I'll contact you when the time is right." Rom smiles and walks into the front gate.

Kol nods at him and walks in with Rom. "Where should I go then?"

"The academy just started so you'll know soon." Rom waved at Kol before leaving him. Kol furrowed his brow as he was lost.

Someone pulled his shirt and Kol looked back at that someone. It was someone who chased after Kol days ago but it seemed like she didn't recognize Kol probably because Kol turning into a demon.

"Are you lost? Here, let me show you where to go because we both are a student." Kol shrugs her hands off his shirt and looks at the girl again. Kol was getting ready to strike at her if she ever remembered about him but it seemed like he didn't have to do that.

"Yeah, I'm a bit lost" Both of them then arrive at a place where they should have been. The guard looked at both of them sharply and said with a rough voice. "You're late"

Then a man with a scar going from his right eye down to his neck walks over to both of them with his eyes sharp as a knife.

"Both of you are late and everyone else has done their entrance exam." Kol furrowed his brows as never told anything about this.

Rom then was placed in a training ground and there was the man again with the long scar. "We first start with a hand-to-hand combat."

The Mam gets ready into a position and Kol does the same. Kol saw that the man stayed in his position and Kol rushed for him.

Kol swung his face to the man's face and tried to hit face but the man's hands parried Kol's punch easily. "Sloppy. Have you never learned to fight?." 

Kol was mad and tried to swing his fist at the man's face again and he was married again with a simple swipe of the man's hands.

'Damn guess I have never learned to fight at all' Kol cursed in his mind and he use his leg to kick the man's leg.

The man back with a step and Kol miss his strike. The man then punches Kol in the guts and Kol falls to the floor because of the man's strength.

lol was panting and tried to breathe as he felt like his lungs were not working.

After taking a deep breath, Kol stood up with the man's face expressionless like always "You have the strength and speed but you can use it well." Then someone else comes inside the room with a wand in his hands.

"Ah so are you with hand-to-hand combat, Leon?" The man with the long scar looks back at the man and nods.

"Alright, now time for your mana test." the man with a wand said with his smile wide-reaching his eyes.

He then pulls out a white orb out of his pocket and looks at Kol "Put your hands on this pocket and release your mana into it. Let's see if you are worthy or not and also, all these tests determine your ranking.

Kol put his palm on the white orb and released the chaotic energy. The energy quickly made the ball turn black and the energy slowly leaked to the outside.

"Oh, interesting..." The ball then broke and the energy turned to target Leon but was suddenly stopped in the air.

"I have never seen mana like this but it is so... Chaotic" His wands were glowing with mana because he was keeping the chaotic energy in the air.

"Also, where is the girl before me here?" Kol asked as Leon turned to him.

"Girl? You were to only one that came here late." Kol then heard a voice again and saw the face of the woman that was with him earlier on Leon's face.

'Is this why Rom warned me not to listen to the voice?' Kol quickly thought about a work he had always done. Clicking the keyboard away ing won't of the monitor and before long the voice disappeared along with the faces.

"Sorry, I'm a bit tired so I mix people up a little bit," Kol said as he rubbed his temple with his hands. He sighed and looked at Leon and the man again.

"Oh you can call me Xyrus and also, tomorrow is your first class. You'll be ranked at #799." Xyrus gives Kol a wave and Leon only nods at Kol with his eyes closed. Kol then left to go to his supposed roowherwasss going to live for a long time.

When he entered his room, he saw the box on the floor in front of him. It is written 'A gift from Rom.' written on it.

When Kol opened the box, there was a needle with the same black liquid that Rom had injected inside of Kol's body and note.

-Use this whenever you feel dangerous, although you might suffer a little you'll do just fine 

Kol sighed as he sat on his bed. He looked at the ceiling for a long time with a lot of things on his mind.

His friends all left him and he felt he didn't need any friends. He will do this all alone like he always does.

After a long of time starting at ceiling in his bed, he fell asleep with his eyes closed.