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Chapter 36 - Interrogation

In a large office four figures could be seen conversing, the office was adorned with a multitude of different paintings and pictures each seemingly costing more than a house, the office was clean with not even a speck of dust in sight

'Well this is awkward' Bellator thought, as soon as he had gotten better Kevin had dragged him straight to the principal's office without explanation

As soon as he entered the office, Bellator was greeted by Livia and Rectrix, he had a slight idea of why they had dragged him here, and knowing Livia's trait made him even more nervous

Livia stared at him like he was some sort of zoo animal, as a small smirk was on her lips

"Do you know why you're here"Rectrix asked staring at Bellator, he still couldn't believe this was the same student who had damaged his academy's reputation and he didn't quite have a good impression of him

"I've got a slight idea"Bellator responded looking at Livia, the tense atmosphere in the room only increasing his nervousness

"So enlighten me, why do you think you're here"Rectrix asked scrutinising Bellator

"It's an interrogation"Bellator responded his focus being solely on Livia, although she was an otherworldly beauty that wasn't the reason he kept glancing at her

"You seem to be staring at Livia quite a lot"Rectrix observed "Do you perhaps know what her trait is? "

"Yes"Bellator responded knowing he shouldn't lie, the reason Bellator was so nervous was he didn't want them to know about his previous life

Rectrix glanced at Livia who just nodded showing he was telling the truth, Livia trait was a simple one, Lie Detection although it wasn't useful in combat her ability would work well in situations like this one

"How did you know her trait? "Rectrix asked intrigued

"I read it somewhere"Bellator responded, he couldn't exactly say he read it in his previous life and he even knew the principal's trait

Rectrix again looked at Livia who nodded confirming Bellators answer

"Well enough with the small talk"Rectrix said eager to get started "First what is your name"

"Bellator Salvatoris"he responded

"Are you not an Arctic? " Rectrix asked surprised

"No, he is my biological father but by no means are the Arctics my family"Bellator responded

"Hmmm… Surprising"Rectrix responded intrigued

'No wonder his father didn't take him with him, he would never go with him

Nudging her grandfather, Livia reminded him to get on track

"In any sort of way are you involved with demons"Rectrix asked his tone now serious

"No"Bellator responded

Livia also nodded, as the questions continued, Bellators nerves also decreased as the questions asked were mainly about demons but then Rectrix asked a question that made Bellator hesitate

"Did you purposefully kill them"Rectrix asked, by now he believed that Bellator was innocent, he just believed what had occurred was an accident and seeing as how he was not involved with demons was already prepared to stop the interrogation

But seeing how Bellator was hesitating at the question he repeated

"I going to ask you again, did you purposefully cause those deaths"Rectrix repeated

"No"Bellator responded

"He's lying "Livia said staring at Bellator

This not only surprised everyone in the room, but it surprised Bellator too, he had known that he killed them, but he just couldn't accept it, he was a good person he wouldn't deliberately try to end their lives… Or that's what he told himself, but now there was confirmation

'This kid, if all it took for him to murder two people was a simple beating, then I'm not sure how sane he is' Kevin thought listening in

"How did you manage to kill them"Rectrix asked intrigued " no simple awakening would be powerful enough to allow the last ranked student to be able to not only kill a student within the top 50, yet also an A+ ranked teacher"

"I don't know how I done it either"Bellator lied, he couldn't exactly say that he syphoned power from gods

"He's lying"Livia said

"How were you able to kill them? "Rectrix asked his aura pressuring Bellator

"I.. Don't.. Know"Bellator stammered, the weight of Rectrixs aura crushing him

"He's lying"Livia explained

"TELL ME"Rectrix said continuing to slowly increase the pressure

Blood leaked from Bellator's nose as they pressure made him feel weak

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING"Lucius shouted slamming the door in

Trying to ease the pressure from Bellator, Lucius spread his own aura, but it still wasn't nearly as strong as the one from Rectrix so all it done was lessen the impact

Sweat trickled from Bellator's face but he was determined not to answer,so he just gritted his teeth as he took the force

"Hey gramps,Not that I mind but if he dies I don't get paid, so can you calm down"Kevin asked as his own pressure also protecting Bellator

The tension in the room was palpable,As Rectrix kept on trying to force Bellator to answer

"Can you stop now"Livia asked seeing Lucius in the room, "I know he's lying but if you harm him, what do you think his father would do, there would be a war"

Listening to Livia, Rectrix dropped the pressure, "Sorry I got carried away there, I've been a bit stressed dealing with the mess you created, you're free to leave"

Pissed Bellator just grinded his teeth, 'Just you wait old man, I will be sure to pay you back'

Kevin followed after Bellator, since he was now stuck babysitting him

"What do you think you're doing? "Lucius asked glaring at Rectrix

"Relax it was just a test"Rectrix replied nonchalant "The last time he unleashed that strength he was extremely angry, I wanted to check whether he could use that strength freely"

"You should be happy, if he had managed to use that strength again I would have killed him"Rectrix said, the anger that he had displayed disappeared

'That kid is interesting, that much pressure should have knocked him out Rectrix thought

Meanwhile Bellator walked through the hallway, going to his room, but Kevin quickly stopped him as a hand could be felt on his shoulder

"Where are you going? "Kevin asked

"What do you mean where am I going? "Bellator asked confused, the gorilla couldn't be that dumb"I'm obviously going to my room"

"Then you're going in the wrong direction"Kevin responded"You think we would put someone who killed both a student and a teacher in a normal room, we've already taken all your stuff"

"WHAT"Bellator shouted surprised, but being too lazy to respond, Kevin just lifted Bellator's body like a ragdoll as he ran towards his new room

'I fucking hate this gorilla'