"So what you are saying is, you awakened your power and changed the form of that dark cube or whatever like a wall to block off the monsters while you escaped away. Is that it?"
"Oh, you missed the point when Bran used his Lightning attribute to create a mana barrier to protect me, you less—I mean, sir!"
This guy, even though he is our mentor, he asks a lot of questions just to clarify we are alive somehow. It's really getting on my nerves but "sighs" I'm Lucas now, and I'm a regular student who will rise up from Zero to Her—no, I will reach the peak, I dare say.
"Well, I will report the incidents to academy higher officials and somehow help you two to escape from the interrogations you would go through. You both are well; that's enough for me!" Master Gladius said with a relieved sigh.
"Imbeciles. How dare they interrogate me, the King!" I spoke to myself with a low sound.
"Huh?"
Both Bran and Master Gladius seem to have noticed that. "I mean, hahah. Thank you for saving us master! haha!"
"You sure you are doing alright?" Master Gladius asked with a doubtful expression.
"Yes. If I say so myself, I'm doing great, sir!"
Damn this irregular way of speaking.
"Humph. if you say so, kid. Well, Bran, Lucas, get rest for today and forget everything happened. You both should learn from this defeat and train harder. I will train you even harder from tomorrow; you do know the exams are nearing right?" Master Gladius asked with a smile.
The exams huh. Lucas and Bran didn't move up in class just because Lucas wasn't able to develop his power and rank as a warrior. Bran was frustrated, but he smiled and encouraged Lucas even when they fail every time, to help him get better in the next exams. Quite the sad story if I say so myself. Well, this time it would be different, as the students would be facing me, the lord of destruction.
Just as I was thinking in confidence, "Man, this time we would win everyone and move up to the higher classes. Okay?" Bran asked with a cheerful smile as he handed out his hand.
You bet we will. "That's for sure!" I replied giving him...what is that?
"Huh? You have to punch it? This is called a fist bump? Did you hit your head or something?" He asked with a sigh.
So, we have to ensure our comradeship with a fist bump, eh? It is easy, but of I punch him, he would fly through walls though. Well, let's just use a little power.
Just as I punched his clenched fists towards me, just like me, "Woah! You got stronger too?" Bran moved back a bit with my punch and smiled.
A fist bump. Nice.
After that, me and Bran bid farewell to our mentor as we left the room and walked towards our dorms.
Outside, the trees arched over the marble walks, spitting out little showers of autumn-colored leaves. The students were all chattering excitedly amongst themselves.
Seems like the further we go in, the more students I see. Oh, well, this is a school after all.
Walking farther to the dorm grounds, I noticed a few female students pass by me and Bran, making a double-take and giggling with their friends.
"How dare they?" would be my first reaction, but the guy who was walking beside me, my brother and friend, Bran Trident, was a popular student from the memories I have.
Bran is a handsome young man. He has good height with broad shoulders, a head of blue hair unrolling behind him, falling down nearly to his waist with no curls. Of course every girl keeps an eye out for him. A perfect noble heir to the Trident household.
Well, he is a guy who is perfect to be called as strong, however, he lacks experience and strength to back up his reputation as a warrior.
Still, I wonder how to train this scrawny body of mine to a well-developed physic. "Sighs" Let's just hope I get some rest for now, After all, so many things have happened to me today.
The underclassmen dorms were simple, to say the least. It was clean and well-kept but lackluster in terms of furniture or decorations. It was a warm beige-colored interior with stairs that went all the way up to the top floor, where each floor contained a narrow hallway lined with rooms.
There were two male dorms and two female dorms within the academy. The two sets of dorms were separated by underclassmen and upperclassmen. Underclassmen were students that were still taking their general education classes.
These students were then moved into the upperclassmen dorms after they'd finished their education courses as they reach the Rank of Master and had formally decided what they are going to be doing from now.
"If I remember correctly, me and Bran were in room no.123!" I thought to myself as me and Bran were already in front of our room.
"Lets go in!"
Bran kept his palm on the magical artifact kept in the middle of the door, like a lock, as he willed his mana inside the artifact. The lock was turned off, Bran pushed opened the doors, for us to go inside.
As soon as Bran got in, he threw away his clothes and ran towards the bathroom to take a bath. He was covered in blood while we were in the dungeon and his armor was broken with the monster's attacks while protecting my body. However, I cleaned him and myself with my mana, to avoid getting attention while walking in the city and the Academy. This idiot didn't even notice that and just walked like a moron.
After Bran went inside the bathroom and locked himself from inside, I slowly walked inside the room, noticing the room's structures.
The room wasn't so grand or fit to have my presence, but it had a very comfy feel.
I wonder why.