Miss Kuro as always was giving important lectures and information to the class, such as the requirements to graduate from Lunar Academy. The way a Commander passes is much different than a normal school, the only way to graduate is to build up a team of Valkyrie and win 3 battles. Until you win 3 battles in an official school dueling match then you will stay in this school forever. The only way a Valkyrie can graduate is by getting recruited by a Commander and having him pass the 3 official school battles. In these fights they are not going up against their peers, they are going to fight school staff members, in order for them to prove they are good Commanders they must fight strong opponents. Every Commander and Valkyrie in the school is either a 1st Bronze or 1st Division Recruit. After they graduate they will be promoted to 2nd Bronze and 2nd Division Recruit, then the real ranking placements begin right after they leave the school.
It is all about preparing them for the real world, because the world out there isn't so kind and forgiving as living in the academy. They still have no clue why men are made Commanders if the mortality rate is so high when they leave, do the Goddesses want them die? No one has a clue or even understand what is on their mind. Most men don't question it since they get to have a lot of girls and enjoy a great life with them. Mason on the other hand, questions everything and is never gonna let his guard down.
Mash talks to Mason on his progress with the training and hopes after they graduate— they can still be friends and one day once they both have a strong team, have a mock battle to see how they both have progressed. He liked the sound of that idea so he made a promise to Mash he would get stronger and make sure he doesn't lose that battle when it arrives, Mash also made that same promise with Mason.
Kai wanted to talk to Mason about something but wanted to wait until it was dark and everyone was asleep, he asked Mason to come to his dorm once the sun was gone. In the meantime Mason, Penny and Tony went to the Dojo again today to train with Chad, Nirvana wasn't gonna give the girls any slack either and wants them in tiptop shape, especially since their Commander has no Mana, they are gonna need to learn how to fight without using their abilities, powers or magic.
Meanwhile at Headmaster Draven's Office.
"So this is it?" said a woman in a turncoat and fedora.
"Yes see the burnt markings here I-"
"Shush. I am thinking."
The woman looks carefully at the pictures, analyzing the small details in each one, then she reads all the files and reports that were given to the Headmaster by witnesses of the crime. She pulls out a smoking pipe and with a small amount of concentrated magic she burns the end of her pipe. Inhaling a good amount, she continues to look through the data and then exhales, making a heart shape symbol with the smoke.
"Well Micah what do you think?" said Draven.
"You can call me crazy with a capital C but what I am looking at here is the work of the Ghost." said Micah.
"Your joking right?"
"Do you think I am the type to joke Draven?"
"But that is just impossible. He is dead, we saw him die, everyone did!"
"I didn't say it was The Ghost, all I said was, this looks like his work."
"Are you trying to say this is some kind of copycat killer? Some crazy person is going around pretending to be The Ghost or some person who has some kind of agenda is trying to prove something to us."
"I don't know yet, but this case has gotten a whole lot interesting after seeing these pictures. I was expecting some kind of nut job going around killing Commanders, but it looks like we got something bigger than that Draven."
"I am gonna need to inform the Goddess of this then— she needs to know."
"No Draven, not yet, we need to make absolutely sure this is exactly what we think it is, who knows this much just be some crazy person after all and we might be overthinking it. Either way I need to talk to your students."
"Alright, who do you need to talk to?"
"Whoever was walking about during the time of the murder, and whoever was close to the area where the Commander was killed."
"Shall I call them here for questioning then?"
"No. Just give me their names and where I can find each one, I want to personally meet them myself, going face to face will help me get answers much easier, than having them be couped up in here."
"Okay then Micah, good luck."
"Send me the names and pictures and I will find them myself." Micah takes off her fedora revealing black hair in a bun style and black fox ears. "After all, I am good at tracking my prey."