After a few days they finally arrived at the Academy of Lupial a Academy that made only for those who had talent... And fortune.
"Don't mess around or you wanna go back to the estate and train with Alden for another 3 year." Lucas warned before going inside the Academy since he had things to take care of because he's an teacher.
"I ain't gonna fail nothing." Rein growl at Lucas warning.
"I'm not that much of failure to fail something this easy." Sein cross his arm.
"I can't wait! I heard Lucas and Dad once a genius in their Academy year! I would not stain the Aragon family name so i'll try my best to be like the too!" Amelia eyes sparkle at the thought of being a genius just like those before her.
"Welp. Guess i'm not failing too." Cassiel smirk as he laugh along with them three.
Their presence brought a lot of watching eyes to themselves. People around them was whispering among themselves on how that Cassiel, Rein and Sein are an adopted child of the Aragon.
Amelia who notice this gave them a glare by the corner of her eyes. Her siren eyes piercing right through them like a spear sending shiver down their neck. They immediately walk away from there afraid on what will happen on them or their family if they dare to cross line with the Aragon.
Amelia looked back at them with a huff just to see their blank face "What's wrong?" Her face turned back to normal.
"Wow. I thought you were Azrael for a second."
"Someone finally using their family feature."
"That was tuff not gonna lie."
They three say at the same time. Amelia was a little embarrassed by it so she use her hand to cover her face as they three continue to tease her about it.
A loud sound came from the sky catch everyone attention including the four of the Aragon "Attention everyone. The first exam will start now which is Maze Of Lost." The Grand Magician Elina say from the air.
"Where the hell is she standing on???" Rein point at Elina as if to show Sein what she's seeing.
"I don't know. Probably air or the oxygen." Sein shrugged it off.
Cassiel cross his arm and sighed at the two of them "How long had you been? Obviously she using a magic. She's an Grand Magician it only make sense that way." Cassiel sounded he was done with them.
Amelia shake her head with a small smile in her face. Suddenly they were teleported into a forest "Ah!" She yelped. Landing on her back Amelia look around to notice that she wasn't with the others "Eh? Rein! Sein! Cassiel! Where are you?!" She stand up even though her knee were injured.
From the shadow behind a tree someone was watching Amelia. The person in the shadow approach her from behind that makes feel goosebumps by them.
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"BLOODY HELL." Rein scream as she fell at the top of Cassiel and Sein "Bro i legit become a British for a second because of that." She rub her head.
"Get off me you brainless." Sein kicked both Cassiel and Rein from himself.
Cassiel stand up "Chill out man. No need to kicked me that hard." He grumble under his breath.
Rein grab Sein by his collar forcefully for kicking her "THAT HURT YOU SHI-" She was soon interrupted by Cassiel.
"Where's Amelia...?"
The two stop what their doing and slowly looked around the dark forest and just now realized that Amelia wasn't around.
They three look at each other in a complete silence before panicking.
"SHE WAS WITH US JUST A MINUTE AGO I SWEAR." Rein yell out from panic.
"Why does she had to be the one that was teleported not with us?! It would be more less concerning if it was Sein or something!" Cassiel hold his head from stress he felt at the moment.
"Lucas gonna be pissed if he knew this... Man. I'm not getting that allowance for real." Sein lay at the ground with an open arm accepting his fate.
"Chat. How cooked are we from scale 1 to 10?" Rein say to the thin air... Is she schizophrenia...? We'll never know.
ROWR! ROWR!
The loud noise catch them three off guard. They quickly get into their fight stance to prepare themselves for what will happen next. From the tree show a bundle of orcs with their weapon.
'Shit. There's monster here too... Amelia... Don't do anything stupid...' Cassiel clench tighten around his sword handle.
The orcs look at them hungrily before start to charge at them three.
"Ugh! This thing stink!" Rein almost lost her grip from her bow because of the orcs scent. she hold her breath as she draw her arrow and helped Cassiel and Sein from behind.
After some time they all fall into their knees from exhaustion. Blood dripple from their hand and weapon to the ground.
"I feel very disgusted to the point i think i need to bathe in holy water." Sein said looking like he gonna throw up any second.
Cassiel cross his arm with a annoyed look on his face "It's orc of course they stink. You think a monster like them ever taken a day to actually take a shower if there's they probably shower with sweat and blood."
"Bro let's get the hell out here. The smell is making me throwback to ww1 and i didn't even born that time so this stench make me a time traveler." Rein without waiting from them already walking away from there leaving the body of orcs behind them.
After walking for what feels like an eternity but was actually 30 minutes they finally... Get lost.
Sein turn over to Rein with a blank expression "I blame myself for trusting you." His tone were disappointed.
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!" She defend herself even though she knew it's useless.
"We've been walking for hours and yet no sign of Amelia. What if..." Cassiel face darkened at the thought of Amelia dead from the monster.
"You're overthinking things again crybaby." Rein put her right arm around Cassiel shoulder her finger poking his cheek.
"What that brainless say is right. You're an overthinking crybaby." Sein joked. He ruffle Cassiel hair into more mess.
"You don't understand. What if sh-" Cassiel soon get himself a smack from both the siblings "What's that for?!?" He yelp. He rub where they smack him.
"Ophelia isn't here to help with your overthinking so suck it up lil bro." Rein push away herself from Cassiel and begin to walk again.
"Pause. Suck what now?" Sein raised an eyebrow at Rein word earlier.
Just like always they both had their arguments again for the third time for the day. Cassiel walked behind them feeling tired by them but it couldn't be deny how lonely he will feel without them.
"Help!!" A loud scream from the depth of the maze catch their attention immediately.
Cassiel easily figure out that it was Amelia voice and rush inside the maze again with Sein and Rein followed him from behind because he's the only one with sense of direction unlike two of them.
They finally arrived at where Amelia was but was dumbfounded by what they see. In the ground there were a person bleeding fighting against the masked people again but this time there are only 9 of them unlike the previous time when there were 15 people.
Amelia turn over to the three of them with tears streaming down her cheek seeing Amelia like that the three of them had an adrenaline rush inside their skull "Help..." She mutter barely above a whisper.
Despite the tiredness they felt from fighting the orcs earlier they three pull out their weapon and start to fight again. This time more aggressive.
Even if they are talented it doesn't meant that they could win against them. When with the orcs they were winning because the orcs were reckless but it's different now. They're fighting against a person, someone that know how to fight better then them.
"Akh!"
One of them go behind Rein and kick her sending her to fly to a wall leaving trail of blood in it.
"Rein!" Sein attention split to Rein for a second making his opponent had a chance to also knock him out like Rein.
Cassiel fall into his knee. His breathing was heavy due to how tired he was from the fight with the orcs "Ah... Fuc..." He fall to the ground before he could finish.
Amelia watch one by one of her friends getting knocked out in front of her own eyes. She was shaking from fear "No... No... This could't be..."
One of the masked people approach Amelia to take her away which is they real intention. Amelia look up to see them, their hand reached to her but before it could touch Amelia their hand get cut by a what seem to be string.
The person look at it's hand that now in ground before screaming in pain. Blood gushing out of it to Amelia face leaving her in terror and fear. Her hands go to her face to wipe away the blood on it.
Soon enough Amelia ears filled with scream of pain. She looked up just to see all of them sliced into pieces slowly by an invisible string. Every each of their head fall into the ground some even getting sliced like meat revealing it's brain.
Amelia puke at the bloody scene before her "Ugh..." She leaned against a wall and cried with dead body all over her she can't even see which one her friends and which one aren't because of everything that was covered with blood.
"Amelia! Cassiel! Rein! Sein!" A deep cold voice could be heard not so far from where Amelia was.
Amelia know the owner of the voice which is none other than her brother. She used all of her left energy to call Lucas "I'M HERE!!!" She yelled out from top of her lung so that Lucas could heard her.
Lucas rushed to where Amelia was just to see blood everywhere. He see everyone on the ground unconscious except for Amelia at the corner crying. His first thought immediately to cover Amelia eyes and comfort her because he knew how hard it was.
He hug her tightly in his arms and whisper to her "I'm here now... Don't worry..."
Amelia cry in his embrace quietly traumatized by what just happen. Tears were streaming down her cheek staining Lucas cloth but he pay no mind to it as his crying sister was far more important than any material in the world.
"Lucas... Them... They lost because of me... If only i was stronge-" She got cut by Lucas gentle voice.
"No Lia. It's not your fault it was their mission to keep you safe not to accompany you only." He assure her by patting her back 'How in the world did this happen... I need to had a talk with her later.'
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Outside in the academy principal office there was Lucas standing the opposite of the principal with his hand behind him he ask "I demand a explanation for this. How does they manage to sneak inside where the exam took place. Had the Academy become more incompetent."
The principal turn her chair to meet eye with Lucas. She had a red long messy but was beautiful hair, her sharp purple eye that could cut through anyone heart the very moment someone dare to look into it. Her lips slowly turned into a smile.
"Aren't you being moody today. Like father like son i guess." She ignore Lucas question and try to change the conversation "Talking about it. How you're dad? Still heartbroken?" She joke but only met with a uncomfortable silence from Lucas.
Lucas sigh at the principal not taking the situation serious "Answer my question... How does Sinner Of Heaven get inside the Academy? Do you understand how dangerous this is Emery. My sister had become a victim to it and i'll be doomed if i let it happen again."
Emery shrugged off her shoulder and lean against the chair "... I'm working on it right now Lucas. Do you think i could see the future or something? I'm not an crystal bearer... Always so serious, why don't you at least took a little of your mom personality."
"Ma'am this is a serious matter so of course i will be serious of this. This had nothing to do with my personality." Lucas say in a matter-of-fact tone.
Emery just sat there looking at Lucas with a blank face.
"Fine, fine. I will look into this don't worry. That aside you should be checking your young siblings now that they're awake."
Just as Emery say what she say suddenly the door opened revealing a what seems to be a doctor.
"Sir Lucas? I'm sorry for barging in but the patients that you sent earlier was awake now and they're looking for you." The doctor say warily.
Lucas gave a final look to Emery before leaving the room with the doctor.
"He's so serious sometimes... that's to be expected from a broken boy like him..." Something rushed down to Emery memories that makes her face darkened.
{{END OF CHAPTER 8}}