Raphael's POV
Leaving the Academy building, Raphael finds himself back in the packed yard.
'Did you find something in the Principal's head? ' Vega's voice echoes in his mind, while he looks around.
The smell of the air, the rustling of the leaves in the wind... Raphael can clearly feel that something isn't quite right.
As if he is being watched.
Not by the girls though, he knows about them from the start, but by someone else.
'If knowing that yesterday was the end of a holiday week, today is Monday, and that the next holidays are not gonna come sooner than in the next two months is somehow important, then yes, I found something...' Raphael comments as his eyes suddenly spot Rose, waving at him to come to her.
Surrounded by a bunch of her female friends, she is smiling like a princess as she gets up from the bench she is sitting on and starts running at him.
'I need to play this safe now... One bad move, and everything ruins...'
Deciding to go, Raphael begins to walk toward her, his senses, spreading as if an echolocation, are scanning the surroundings.
Meanwhile, Vega starts showing his results.
'Well, I can't say I have something better, but I have downloaded a new feature from the Academy servers... Uploading it right now by the way...'
'It's called Scanner, and whenever you meet someone, important notes, information, and other useful intel we know will show on your screen.'
'Sounds useful for something named so casually...' Raphael says as Rose, who is already in front of him, jumps into Air and Raphael catches her with a charming smile while still being aware of the hidden party watching his every move.
'Right? I feel the same way, though it still has some room for improvement...' Vega replies as Raphael does the only thing he feels right about.
He starts French kissing Rose...
'Hah, looks like you are distracted again... I'll leave you to it and when you have time, we can chat...' Vega sighs, making Raphael unconsciously smile between the kissing.
'Thanks, Vega, you are a true friend...' Raphael says with an inner smile as Vega shuts him up.
'Yeah, yeah, whatever... Just don't forget to breathe~'
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A few minutes later...
Sitting behind a table surrounded by two benches facing each other, while still being watched by Amy and Jess through the entrance door, and also by the unknown individuals, Raphael is studying the timetable he received from the Principal while enjoying Rose's caresses on his head.
Rose on the other hand is chatting with her friends who for some reason can't stop eyeing Raphael's face from time to time.
Seeing it, Rose feels proud of herself for managing to catch a big fish like Raphael.
At least, that's what she's thinking.
"Need help with something girls? " He asks with an inner smile while not taking his eyes away from the timetable. Raphael felt the seductive gazes on his face, so he decided to ask the girls rather than be silent.
After all, almost all of them look tasty, and if he's not going to do the first step, they will probably lose interest because of Rose being so touchy with him.
But if they see even the smallest crack between Raphael's and Rose's nonexistent relationship, they will try to pull him away by seducing him for themselves, just out of their pure lust and desires to own him, due to the Academy not having many dating choices.
If the Academy had more guys like him or David, smart and attractive at the same time, he would have a hard time doing something without a possible conflict with their male friends or boyfriends.
He also needs to act casual, as if nothing is happening, even when by the time he walked to the bench, he already saw that the hidden party is actually a bunch of levitating mages surrounding the entire Academy's space while watching over the students.
"No, we were just admiring what an eye candy our Rose managed to seduce... I envy her a little for being your girlfriend..."
A random girl from the group with a nice ass, red checked skirt, white academy blouse with G-cups...
Stylishly ripped stockings and blue hair tied into two braids that are resting on her enormously developed chest speak with a wink and seductive smile as she sits at the table...
Right in front of Raphael so she can show him her figure, mainly her left smooth and juicy thigh which right now, is right under Raphael's hands that hold the timetable.
Being pulled from the train of his thoughts by that statement, Raphael smiles internally.
"Just a little? " He asks as he wields his gaze from the timetable and looks at the girl with a knowing smile.
His eyes begin to glow pink as hearts start to form in the girl's eyes due to Raphael using his perception skills, but not to control her mind, rather forcing her to admit the real truth.
"Damn, I must admit... My interest flew through the roof when I saw those eyes..." The girl corrects herself with a gulp as her name shows in Raphael's point of view.
'And the Scanner is online... So Sarah, huh... Nice name~... What do we have here, the mage of the fifth rank and student of the third grade, 23 years old, 150cm, proficiency in raw strength and material arts...' Raphael reads.
'Due to not being able to unlock her magical talent at the age of 6, she began to train her body and skills to the point of becoming one of the best fighters of Nebelver's Academy~'
'But don't let those titles fool you, she has a kind heart, and due to her boyfriend being a virgin with the decease of instant nosebleed whenever he sees something intimate happening, she is also very hungry for a male's touch~'
Knowing now what he can probably expect from this girl, Raphael asks again.
"So, just eyes? " As the light in his lizard-like eyes starts to intensify.
"Damn you... I wasn't this honest in my entire life, but fine, your entire face, haha~" Sarah corrects herself again while Raphael places another question, all this time trying to hold eye contact with her while lightly touching her thigh, sending a dose of goosebumps across her gorgeous body.
"Just my face? " He asks as he stands up and leans closer to the girl while letting Rose's hand fall from his head on the bench.
Their gazes are fixed on each other as a connection, a sexual connection starts to form between them.
But the same connection also starts to form something, something different as the surroundings begin to glitch, and with the help of the hand of fate, coming from afar, Raphael can also somehow hear David's painful screams.
Even when no one else can...
Sarah's full lips begin to tremble from the sudden feelings and tension she's receiving while Raphael's left hand starts to travel across Sarah's thighs, up to her hips and waist.
In the illusion formed by Raphael which no one else than Sarah can see, Raphael leans to Sarah's ear, whispering.
"Surender to the feelings Sarah~ You know you are already mine~ You came for this, and I'll happily give it to you, just... be... mine~"
"As you wish, my love~" Sarah replies as if a robot, but not due to Raphael using his magic.
It's more due to forcing her to say only the truth, and because he knows what she wants, he is basically pressing all the right buttons.
It's as if you had the right combination to the safe, and you are just spinning the wheel on the right numbers.
After she says those words, her eyes glow as if hypnotized, and the illusion is broken...
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Rose's POV
"Huh? " Rose, too interested in the topic with her best friend suddenly feels her hand land on the bench as all the girls shift their gazes at Raphael and Sarah.
Their eyes are wide open, their mouths partially open as well, some of them even start to bite their lower lips and one even touches her neck as if she's dying from thirst.
Frozen because she hears sounds she loves so much, Rose turns slowly to her left as well.
Seeing Raphael enjoying making out with Sarah through French kissing, seeing their tongues playing, and intervening with each other.
Seeing them exchanging each other's salivas, seeing Raphael holding Sarah's waist with his left hand while his right hand gently holds Sarah's left cheek.
And seeing Sarah's hands travel all across Raphael's fine body, a body she wants only for herself, veins start to form on Rose's head.
"R-R-Raphael? Hehe... What are you doing babe? " Rose asks with complex feelings piercing through her heart as drops of sweat fall down her forehead and her crazed eyes fix on Raphael's and Sarah's suddenly partying lips.
"What? I'm getting to know your friends, what else~" Raphael replies while looking at Rose who's in pure shock.
He then shifts his face to Sarah and asks.
"You liked it? " As Sarah leans close and speaks, her lips are gently brushing against Raphael's while she's talking.
"Yes, can I have more? My boyfriend is such a loser in kissing and all that intimate stuff... And I'm horny as f&ck~ I don't wanna be a virgin forever! "
"...Sarah? " Listening to all of Sarah's words, Rose feels like a wife being cheated on by her husband.
"Huh? You have a boyfriend? Here at the Academy? Dang it... Too bad then... Guess I'll leave you to him then-" Raphael speaks, slowly pulling away from Sarah, letting go of her waist, which makes Rose feel kind of less bad when Sarah immediately interrupts him.
"NO! You are not going anywhere! " She shouts as the girls around, still shocked from what happened, just as Rose, starts to whisper between themselves.
"Is she going to do that? "
"You mean that? I would do it as well if I had a boyfriend like her..."
"Well, you are right... Wait, you have a boyfriend like her! "
Meanwhile, Sarah already started to pull out her phone from between her G-cups and jumps down from the table when she reaches it.
Walking then away, she starts calling her boyfriend.
Alone, Raphael is about to sit when he notices all the flaming gazes on him, mainly the one which belongs to a girl who stands opposite Rose.
The flame in those eyes is not as hot as in the gazes of other girls, yet if you give it time, a little more patience, slight care, and a few pick-up lines mixed with some gentle touches, it will explode to heaven.
The gaze belongs to Rose's best friend... Monika, the Academy president.
'Damn, her dad must own a bakery...' Raphael thinks as he starts eyeing Monika's figure.
Due to being the first day after the holidays, she still wears her basic clothes.
'E-girl with a fat ass, ripped jeans, stripped T with big breasts. Pink hair, fishnet, and it's all black. Converse-styled shoes and a... A cute backpack... That's somethin' I can't let go! '
'Combined with a black choker, nosering, and silver long chain reaching down, right between her soft sisters... Damn, I wanna see what she's hidin' in there~'
Deciding to check her out while waiting at Sarah, Raphael starts walking around the table making Rose think he is probably about to return to her, that he had enough of Sarah, but when he reaches Monika and stops, his actions make Rose almost stop breathing.
'He's not gonna do that... Please, babe, not her! PLEASE! ' She thinks with her heart beating fast.
Turning to his right, Raphael asks: "Didn't we meet already, baby girl? "
"Huh? We? ...Uhhh... Eh... No... I-I think... Haha, probably no..." Monika replies with a small dose of shyness.
"I see... Nice to meet ya then... I'm Raphael..." He says and extends his hand to the girl.
"Hehe, I'm... I'm Monika~" She takes his hand and is about to give him a handshake when Raphael suddenly wields her hand and places a kiss on it, making her blush.
All of a sudden, the girls seeing that, even Monika herself, feel their nosebleeds coming.
But Monika somehow managed to hide it, placing her other hand at her nose.
But those behind Raphael weren't that quick.
"Oh, my bad. Did I interrupt your talk or somethin'? " Raphael asks as if everything is normal but Monika shakes her head while still holding her nose, as all the girls do.
"No, no, you alright... I was about to go anyway..." Monika replies as the upcoming blood flow stops and she just uses a tissue to clear it casually while Raphael's gaze shifts at Rose and then back at Monika.
"Where... If it's not a secret? " Raphael asks, looking deeply into Monika's eyes as his magic starts to activate again.
'I can't let ya slip away... I just can't help~ I want HER! Fuck the mages, I need HER! ' He thinks in the meantime.
"Oh, not at all, just to a local coffee shop... They have the best deserts you know~" Monika replies with a slight laugh as her boobs giggle...
"Mind if I join you? " Raphael's eyes fall down as he smiles and returns his attention back to Monika's face.
"Uh... I don't know..." Monika suddenly starts to back off, her eyes trying to shift elsewhere but due to Raphael's magic, they can't.
"Come on, I'm new here... Some guidance will be greatly appreciated~" Raphael says as he eyes Monika's figure up and down again while still holding her hand... when suddenly...
"Babe? What are you doing? " Sarah suddenly launches herself on Raphael's back as she asks while pressing her soft mountains against his spine.
"What? Looking for some new friends... I'm trying to convince Monika that we three can go out together~" Raphael replies as his eyes remain fixed on Monika's while he wears a kind of pervy smile.
"Am I not enough? " Sarah suddenly asks as she gets between Raphael and Monika, separating their hands as Monika unconsciously sighs and crosses her arms right under her big chest as if mad for being pushed away.
"You are in a relationship..." Raphael replies as Sarah smiles at the answer.
"Just like you and Monika~ Oh, and to correct you babe, I'm not anymore... So you are the only cheater here~" Sarah smiles widely at Raphael as she leans closer, pressing her chest against his while looking up.
She is quite short actually, her blue head reaching only to Raphael's chin.
"What are you talkin' about? " Raphael narrows his eyes as he watches the blue-haired, E-girl-looking Sarah pressing against him.
"That I'm free, single, on the market, available~. I decided to leave Deril. He was not meant for me anyway..." She explains but Raphael's face remains the same.
"Your boyfriend? Why? Because of someone like me? " He asks.
"Do you really need to know? Hah, yes, because of someone like you 'cause you are the right one for me~ Manly, confident, handsome, tasty, experienced, who would let someone as you leave~" Sarah explains in more detail as Rose finally picks some courage, and joins the conversation...
"Yeah, that's right... Meaning Sarah that you should back off from him... Monika you too, he's dangerous for your kind heart~"
"Hah, you are saying this only because you are not enough for him, while we are~... Well I mean I am~" Sarah replies as Rose's anger grows while Monika feels some jealousy but remains calm due to still loving her boyfriend.
"Really? What a virgin like you can give him. Unlike you, I am experienced~" Rose adds.
When Sarah turns her face at Rose and is about to say something, followed by confused Monika who feels the tension and wants to stop the argument, they are both interrupted by Raphael.
"Why are you so angry? I don't feel uncomfortable with her being around, I'm not your boyfriend, so she can do this~. Also, being a virgin is actually better than being railed by lots of dudes."
"And by what you said, I assume you just stated that you swapped your purity for experiences... Which is kind of lame deal if you ask me..."
"Eh? " Rose's eyes narrow but she can't argue with that... After all, he's basically right.
While on one side, having experiences is better for the fun, being pure means more...
And when the other girls hear the truth, whispers begin to spread again-
"He's single? "
"They are not together? Does that mean I have a chance? "
"Sarah? Pfff, I'll be his girlfriend in no time~" -but all stop when Raphael adds...
"And 'cause Sarah is single now, like me... I can do this as well~" Raphael grabs Sarah tightly around her neck, making her turn her face from Rose to him with wide eyes as he presses his lips to hers, making Sarah melt in his arms.
Immediately, the girls watching this receive another dose of nosebleeds while Rose is about to argue when suddenly:
"A DEAD BODY! A DEAD BODY WAS FOUND ON THE THIRD FLOOR'S HALLWAY!" A male student runs out of the Academy building while screaming at the top of his lungs, pulling everyone's attention to himself.
'Heh, guess they found my present~' Raphael jokes inside his head as he parts his lips from Sarah's and forms a serious expression on his face.
Letting go of Sarah and running slightly toward the boy, he asks as if normal, worried student.
"What did you say? " He asks as the boy replies.
"The dead body of my roommate was found- Wait... Do I know you? ... No, I don't think so... I don't know you. Who the hell are you? " The student starts to back away as Raphael explains while the female crew arrives.
"A new transfer student, but that's not important now. So it was your friend? "
"I don't know you, I'm not telling you anything! " The boy starts to argue as Raphael acts as if he's losing patience.
"What the? Are you an idiot? We all might be in serious danger if the killer is still running around, and you are withholding information just because you never saw me? What about the others?! "
"Huh, you call me an idiot you assh-Huah?! " The boy starts shouting but stops when he is suddenly grabbed by his neck from behind, by no one else than Sarah.
"Continue insulting my new boyfriend and I'll rip your lungs out of your body~" Sarah joins the conversation while she seems to enjoy holding the student by his neck.
"Wait, a new boyfriend? Sarah, he's the reason you threw me away like trash?! Because of HIM?! " The boy asks as Sarah sighs but anger can be seen in her eyes.
"Explain Deril! What happened? " She shouts at him but at that moment, the Principal's voice begins to echo around from the speakers on the Academy building's facade.
"Attention, attention my dear students, I have two news..." The voice echoes loudly, spreading around the packed yard.
"First, a sad one is that until sunset, you are all released from the Academy's space because of a murder that happened on the property of our Academy."
Hearing this, the students start to panic as the Principal's voice spreads again.
"Please, calm down... We are investigating what happened and only after the period, you can return to your Dorms so as to not destroy the crime scene."
"Teaching will start tomorrow because of the complications with the local police who will arrive soon."
"I can see Deril already started explaining everything in more detail, that's good, you should listen to his deeper explanation."
"Now, if you need anything from your dorm rooms before you leave the property of Academy, now's the time to ask for it and the teachers you trust will bring it to you outside..."
"..."
"Nothing? No one wants anything? I see, very well then, now's the second news..."
"Please, let me introduce you all, our new transfer student who came from the town of Boroa..."
"His name is Castiel Raphael Gremory, a mage of the seventh rank with proficiency in shadow arts, animalism, and shape-shifting."
Hearing the words, all the students' gazes shift at Raphael at the same time, but he ignores them.
Instead, he acts as if his black, leather jacket is dirty or something, trying to brush away the nonexistent stain.
"Maybe you have already met him, maybe not, but from tomorrow morning, he will be one of our students... Please, welcome him kindly. Tomorrow, I'll make a better introduction, but now I'm too busy... The reasons are well-known..."
"So, behave kindly toward the new member of our ranks, and prey for our fallen one. Trust our local police... They will find the one responsible for this..."
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