Nyx arrived inside the vice principal's office. After taking her seat, Miss Camila gestured for the red-haired boy to also take a seat.
"After some investigation, the academy has decided to pardon you," Miss Camila said. "And for taking out the pawn of the villains in the academy, we would also reward you."
'Taking out Villain's pawn?' Nyx thought to himself. Since he lacked any knowledge about Momo's letter, Nyx was left in doubt, but still, he was smart enough to go with the flow.
"But before that, I have something to say to you," Camila spoke in a cold tone as she stared into Nyx's eyes, but the red-haired boy held her gaze unfazed, something that baffled the vice principal a bit.
'Even pro Heroes and Villains couldn't stand my gaze, but this boy…Am I truly making the right decision?'
Coming out of her thoughts, Miss Camila said, "The next time you take actions without permission from the academy, I promise you I won't take it lightly with you. You can leave; someone will get back to you concerning your reward."
After a head nod, Nyx left with a smile on his face. On his way, he couldn't help but think. 'Not only did I murder their students, I'm even getting a reward, how amazing.'
Nyx thought about Momo and smiled even more. 'I don't know who you are or your end goal for helping me, but I'll make sure to use you as a shield until I can stand on my own feet.'
Back at the office, Miss Camila was going through a series of reports concerning the deaths of the students.
'How much would it take to keep these parents quiet from taking action against our academy?' She thought. 'But the Brolly clan, can we even appease them?'
Unlike the Brolly clan, the vice principal knew she could easily pay off the families of deceased students, which were about seven in total, to keep their mouths shut.
But the same couldn't be said for the Brolly clan because they were very rich. It would be very difficult to use money to appease their anger at losing a wielder of powerful ability.
'According to my information though, the patriarch isn't particularly fond of Yiran, so what if we use him to replace his brother Yolan who is said to possess a green talent?'
In her thoughts, someone walked in, and it was Emerald. Seeing her, Miss Camila flashed a rare smile that only a few people had seen in their life as she got up and started arranging her desk.
"Why are you happy?" Emerald asked, a bit confused at her friend's behavior. Shouldn't she be worried about repercussions from the Brolly clan and the media for a villain infiltrating their prestigious Academy?
"Emerald, I think I've found a way to settle this mess," Miss Camila said. "Let's pay a visit to the Brolly clan."
Nyx was currently walking back to his dorm building, the Yellow House dormitory. There was no academic activity for today; instead, there was a large gathering in one of the halls, and in this hall, a teacher was currently addressing the students.
Listening to the content of the teacher's speech, Nyx discovered that the academy was trying to twist what had happened, saying that the one who had killed the students was an accomplice of Marcus, who was a Villain disguised as a student.
He even stated that Nyx, who had left the school in shock for killing a second-year student, was a Hero because he killed Marcus, who was an accomplice of the villainous students.
The only students that knew about the death of the yellow house students were a few students in the Red House dormitory, and they had known because of their members in the student council who held high positions. The student council made sure to keep tabs on everything that was going on around the academy.
But even they were wise enough to keep it a secret, knowing that it would only spoil the reputation of the academy.
One other person who knew what happened was Apollo; he was also in the crowd listening to the bullshit the teacher was spouting, his mind racing with a whirlwind of thoughts.
'Is killing them the necessary way to take revenge?' Apollo thought as he remembered the moment when Nyx had killed Apollo and those pair of dangerous red eyes staring at him in the darkness.
'I've gone through worse bullying compared to that in my life, but I still didn't ever think of killing them.'
'I'm really making the right decision by accepting someone like him as my mentor?' Apollo thought. 'Just what did you go through in your life for you to be such a cold-blooded murderer?'
In his thoughts, Apollo came into his dormitory building. No matter what, he'll keep what Nyx did a secret. Apollo knew what he was doing was unethical and could get him in trouble, he chose to set his morals aside for Nyx because subconsciously he saw the red-haired boy as a friend.
'He's the first friend I've got in my life, I can't snitch on him. Besides, aren't friends supposed to be partners in crime?" Apollo thought. 'Now I just pray they release him, but will they?'
At that moment, Apollo opened the door to his dorm room; however, what he saw made him shut the door close again.
'How is this possible?' Apollo thought in surprise and opened the door. This time he realized his eyes weren't deceiving him. Seated on his bed was none other than the red-haired boy.
"N-Nyx is that you?" Apollo thought, still finding it difficult to believe that the person he was just thinking about was sitting right there.
For a moment, he even entertained the thought of fleeing, thinking that Nyx was a serial killer and had returned to finish him off because he'd seen his face, but after thinking back to the night when Nyx had left him, Apollo's quick breathing and heart became at peace.
"It's truly me, and I'm not here to hurt you. I've been released by the academy…you see," Nyx said after seeing through Apollo's thought process. "If you don't mind, can we have a little conversation?"