August Reign was the main bully that would make it his priority to harass Belle no matter where she was or what she was doing.
His father Gerus was the captain as well as the single strongest free knight in the free knights association in viken city, Because of that even the school could do little to stop August.
He immediately began to rant on and on about how he was better than Belle or about how useless she was, but Belle was more preoccupied with the amount of people scurrying around the school in a rush looking agitated or scared.
Deciding that she didn't have time for August today, Belle pushed his arm of of her shoulder and walked off before he could pull her back not bothering to give him a last glance as he shouted her name furiously.
by the she walked into her class and sat at her desk with August and his posy were a little ways behind her.
"Astreya." August called out to Belle as he walked in furious. "Who the hell do you think you are to ignore me."
"According to you Belle Astreya but I don't think that's what you meant." Belle said with sarcastically as she pulled out her books. "And honestly am surprised that you even know my name."
Immediately Belle said this August lost his shit and started violently cursing at Belle while his friends held him back and the class looked on in silence.
Internally Belle was screaming at herself to stop taunting him but as she looked at August's forehead veins bulging she couldn't stop herself rom saying more.
Fortunately their teacher miss Argen's arrival cut their confrontation short as she ordered everyone to their seats. A frustrated August begrudgingly did as he was told, sitting down just as the teacher began to announce something to the class.
"As of yesterday the kingdom of Paldea sent an envoy to declared war on the rest of Arthis." The miss Argen began to say as some students let out gasps of shock and surprise.
Question after question flew at her, but she ignored them and continued speaking. "Following that classes will hence forth be suspended and all students will be required to participate in military training. The military training will begin in one month, until then you are free to do whatever you want."
The moment she was done with her announcement Miss Argen left for the next class, probably to deliver the same news to them as well.
Might as well head home then Belle thought to herself as she stood up from her seat, but Augusts blocked her way.
"Am not done with you yet." he shouted as the class scurried out leaving only Belle and two of August's friends who immediately grabbed both of Belle arms restraining her. "I thought we taught you a god enough lesson yesterday but I guess we were wrong considering how rude you were to us this morning."
Belle opened her mouth to talk but was immediately silenced with a punch to her gut that dropped her to her knees.
"Maybe if you apologize to me now ill let you leave." August said as he stepped on Belle's head forcing it to the ground with a thud. "But if not we have the whole day since classes are cancelled." He raised his foot planning to step on her head again but was suddenly distracted by a glimmer in the corner of his eye.
"What's this." He asked Belle as he gestured to her white gloves. "Hand them to..." August had started saying when a torrent of black flames shot out from Belle sending everyone back with a shockwave that shattered the windows.
"How?" August whimpered as he tore of a piece of burning cloth from his sleeve. "Your supposed to be magicless." This time he shouted with all the strength he could muster.
Belle looked at him like you would a cockroach beneath your heel before uttering one word. "pathetic."
"how dare!" August shouted again as he conjured a spear and charged at Belle. "I'll end you!"
Belle caught the spear with the open palm of her right hand, melting it all the way to August's hand before blowing him away with a fire blast from her left, sending him crashing into a wall.
August slumped to the floor unconscious leaving Belle alone to asses the situation she had put herself in. Although the black flames had been weaker than they were in her dreams they were still quite powerful. leading to most of the furniture in the class being burned up.
Just as she was pondering what to next a huge uniformed man with greying blond hair and green eyes suddenly appeared next to august, his huge arms clasped tightly around him as he began to talk.
"Did you do this." He asked in a commanding and raspy voice.
"I was just.." Belle began to answer before the mans voice bellowed out again.
"Did you do this."
"Yes." She said her voice trembling.
Once he got his answer he set August down gently and walked ever so slowly towards Belle. As he approached all sound seemed to fade to nothingness until belle could hear clearly the sound of her heart beating and even that seemed to disappear the closer he got until complete and utter silence.
No heartbeat, no birds chirping nothing. Even as Belle opened her mouth to talk nothing could be heard then out of the abyss of silence his voice boomed again,
"why."
"He. I. I was just." Belle stammered as she tried to explain to no avail, the words simply couldn't leave her mouth in a complete sentence.
"That's enough Mr. Reign" Belle heard misses Argen say from the doorway, beside her August and his two friends were covered in a thin sheet of mana and floating. "lets first take care of the injured students."
While august was taken to the infirmary Belle was lead to the principals office where she sat alone and waited for what felt like hours. Soon enough the door behind her opened as the principle walked in laughing followed by Gerus, August's father.
"Mr. Gerus am really sorry about hurting August but I had no choice." Belle blurted out, the fear from class still fresh in her mind."
The principal and Gerus both looked at each other in surprise before erupting in another bout of laughter.
"you were right Modi I might have spoked her a little too much back there." Gerus said between laughs.
"Belle." Principal Modi called. " This is Gregor, Augusts uncle and Gerus's twin older brother."