Rocky woke up at the university infirmary questioning his whole life.
'Just how many times a week do I have to visit the infirmary? I don't think I've had as many visits to the infirmary in the last 18 years as I have had in this last week' He thought as he struggled to sit and gather his thoughts.
Lying beside him, out cold as well was Sophia, the champion of Poseidon, who just like him had been knocked out cold by principal Liam.
'She's so vulnerable right now…. Should I just kill her here by suffocating her throat?' wondered Rocky, as he contemplated killing Sophia as if he were some deranged murderer.
Of Course he never acted on his intrusive thoughts as it was sidelined almost as fast as it arrived in his head.
" Awake already?" Said a male voice as Rocky turned his head to find the principal squatting on the open infirmary window like he was ready to leap into the room at any moment, but did not.
"Why did you knock me out?" Rocky asked, not impressed at all by the principal's antics, as only now did he jump into the room with a slight *Thud* sound upon impact.
"Oh that..." The principal said as he adjusted his monocle and reached out into his coat pocket to bring out a small comb.
" Do you want an honest answer?" He asked, as he began combing his extremely tangled beard, breaking more strands of hair than those he straightened, as the entire process looked very painful.
"Yes" Rocky said, feeling distracted by the grooming that the principal was doing in his presence.
" Well, the honest answer is, it's because you were getting more attention than me…. And nobody gets more attention than me, this is my stage" He said, as his tone did not even sound a little bit apologetic
" But more importantly, I did it because I don't want to divide the university into factions.
The champion of Gemini alongside the champion of Poseidon is trouble.
I had to warn all the students against treating you two like god incarnates.
I can't have that in this university" Liam said, as Rocky felt as if he could respect that thought.
In the first place he did not want any special treatment anyways as unlike Sophia he did not feel comfortable with the attention.
The spotlight felt suffocating to him, like his every action was always being scrutinized and that psychological pressure did not allow him to relax even for a second.
"Ummpfgh…."
A soft moan entered Rocky's ears, as his eyes shifted towards Sophia who started to regain consciousness as well.
Just like him, she too was dazed and disoriented for a second, before regaining her focus, as she stared at the principal with visible hatred.
" You! Do you know who I am? My grandfather is the God Poseidon! I'm not a lowly human like you…. I'm a demi-human! How dare you lay your hands on me!" Sophia shouted, venting her anger on Liam who let her complete her rant, before moving closer to her and looking straight into her eyes.
"Do you think I should have not touched you just because your grandfather is divine?" He asked Sophia, pausing as if waiting for her to answer.
" Yes ofc-"
*SLAP*
Before Sophia could even complete her sentence, a resounding slap could be heard echoing throughout the room as principal Liam slapped her without a shred of hesitation.
" I don't give a fuck about what you think!" He said, as he answered his own question like a madman.
" HOW DAR-"
*SLAP*
As if doing it once was not enough, the second Sophia opened her mouth again he gave her another tight slap as Rocky could not believe what he was witnessing.
" I'll kill you!" Exclaimed Sophia as she lunged at the principal, however, with a snap of his fingers Liam bound her with his servants.
" Gigolo, Pigolo, bind her" he instructed as two ghosts pinned Sophia down, without any room for her to move.
" This is harassment! This is-"
" Figolo, apply noise cancellation" He said as a third ghost appeared and magically canceled out all sounds coming out of Sophia's mouth without suffocating her for air.
" So yes, where was I?" He asked himself, as he combed his beard for a moment and then looked towards Sophia who has a tear rolling down her right eye.
" So yes, I was about to say, I'm sorry for knocking you out young lady, It was just that you were getting more attention than me and no-one gets more attention than me.
Nothing personal" Liam said, as Rocky felt his right eye flutter looking at this exchange.
Rocky was 99% sure that Sophia was never slapped in her entire life as the tear rolling down her eye was a sign that she was raised in a sheltered environment.
It was not a tear of pain at being slapped, but rather a tear stemming from humiliation that she felt at the hands of a madman that just did not care about her identity.
" As I was just explaining to this fine young man, don't flex your identities around this campus, if you do I'll slap the taste out of your mouths personally.
Be a nice student, learn a few things and do your best to excel.
I'm sure your live's are going to be hard as it is, but there is no reason why your university life should be too….
Also, since I knocked you out for no reason, feel free to approach me in my cabin all semester, I'll accept you as walk-ins as my form of apology" Liam said, as he snapped his fingers once more, to make Gigolo, Pigolo and Figolo disappear.
Free'd and slapped, not a single word came out of Sophia's mouth as she kept staring at the principal in hatred.
Undeterred however, Liam walked back to the window he came in from and jumped out as he felt as if his business there was concluded.
'Yep, he's a madman' thought Rocky, as he got a first-hand understanding of the enigma that their principal was.