****
After spending an hour with the girl, Amon bid her farewell promising to come by again in the evening.
Again, as soon as he left her, he felt a sharp piercing gaze upon his back, as if someone was watching him.
But just like last time, he ignored it and quickly walked some streets.
And as he expected, as soon as he took the same turn as the last time, he felt the stare disappear.
Walking out of the dark parts, Amon quickly changed back to his normal school clothing.
It was 5 AM right now and the City Centre still had some shops opened, HOU included in that.
Because of no rest the previous day and the dungeon incident, he was sleepy as hell.
Walking back to his apartment, he saw many students of all years doing their morning exercise or walk.
Ignoring the stares he was subjected to because of still wearing his school uniform at this time and his unkempt appearance, he focused on his own way.
Arriving in front of his door, he was about to open it when suddenly it was opened by someone from the inside.
There, he saw Alice and Katherine standing in front of him, fully dressed in their academy uniform.
Both were presidents of their committees so they were probably heading out early.
Amon quickly bowed in greeting.
"Hello, sister and senior Alice."
Alice quickly waved her hand in the air.
"Hello Amon, hahaha there's no need to be so formal with me. You can just call me Alice." She chuckled.
But before the former could reply in agreement, his sister quickly asked in a worried tone.
"Where were you the whole day yesterday? You didn't even come back at night, and why are you so dirty?"
Amon coughed and scratched his head.
"Ahh, my friend was fatally injured yesterday in the mana elective so I was in the infirmary the whole night beside him." He lied.
Alice and Katherine's mouths suddenly contorted into an 'o' shape but a flicker of realization quickly passed through the former's eyes.
"Ahhh you mean Prince Michael?" She asked and Amon nodded.
Surprise passed through Katherine's eyes.
"You know Prince Michael?" She asked and he nodded back.
"Yeah, we sit together every day. We are friends." He explained.
The incident of yesterday probably spread out in the whole academy since it was related to Michael, who was a royal prince.
"You were caught in the explosion that happened?" Katherine asked, her eyes scanning his dirty body.
She probably thought that he was and that's why he was dirty right now.
"Yeah, I was but Miss Athena quickly pulled me out so I only got dust and dirt on my clothes, no injuries." He informed.
Katherine quickly sighed in relief.
Suddenly, Amon did a big yawn, indicating to the both how sleepy he was.
Katherine remembered that they were about to leave.
"Ahh yes, we are about to leave for our duties then. You are probably tired from yesterday, so you can go to sleep for some hours." She answered.
His eyebrows shot up in confusion.
"Wait, aren't there classes today for me?" He asked but he suddenly remembered.
And Katherine informed him as well.
"Nope, the electives and classes for the first years are canceled for this week. A meeting was held yesterday and due to such an attack on the prince, the academy has decided to give a break so that the teachers can check all the grounds thoroughly." She explained.
Because of how close the prince had come to death and how the teachers had found no source or cause of the explosion, they had decided to investigate all grounds again to prevent this in the future.
They would never believe that Michael was capable of such a large-scale explosion even if he had lost control over his element.
He just didn't have enough mana. And so the classes and electives had been canceled.
But in turn for this...
Katherine continued.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. But to compensate for this action and event, the academy has decided to move the first years' first FULLDIVE earlier. It will now be held after 2 days."
Yes. The FULLDIVE event would now be held after 2 days.
Before he could think further though, she took his attention.
"Ahh we are both getting late, well see you in the evening. Rest well dear brother." She looked at her watch and waved.
Alice also waved at him.
"See you later Amon. Have a good sleep."
Smiling, he nodded to them both and waved before heading inside.
Instantly, he slumped down on the couch, fully tired.
He didn't even want to make breakfast right now.
[At least change your clothes and take a shower idiot..] Zephyra called in his head.
His mouth twitched.
[Fuck shower, can't you see that I can't even walk to my own bed? That's how tired I am..] He cursed, his eyes drooping further with sleep.
He yawned out loud.
[Nevermind, just go to sleep.] Zephyra concluded in a tone that suggested she wanted to facepalm herself right now.
'Yeah….' He snuggled in his head into the pillow and tried to drift away to sleep.
But before that, he showed his gratefulness to her.
'Thanks for your help in the dungeon.'
Then his eyes closed, not hearing the answer that came after.
[No problem.]
****
[After 10 Hours]
Amon's eyes twitched and slowly opened up, letting the afternoon rays hit right into them.
[Wake up sunshine, its half past three.] Zephyra spoke.
At the mention of the time, his body suddenly jolted up.
'Shit, I need to hurry up.' He remembered what he wanted to do and quickly got out of bed.
'You should have woken me up earlier.' He complained to Zephyra.
[But I didn't want to ruin your deep sleep, you looked cute.] She answered, causing Amon to go completely silent.
Taking a deep sigh, he calmed himself down and quickly took a shower before coming out, wearing some casual clothes.
Making himself some bread and jam sandwiches, he quickly ate them before starting to head out.
But suddenly, his watch made a notification sound.
DING!
Thinking it might be the [Crpytic Glories], he quickly checked the watch but what saw shocked him to the core.
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FULLDIVE MATCH 1 TEAMS:
Amon Ashford
Charlotte Von Sullivan
Klein Sinclaire
VS
Michael Von Lancaster
Alya Von Lancaster
Adam Ravenfield
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'Fuck…..' He cursed again.
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