POV Veronica.
As I was walking down the hallway, suddenly I heard a voice behind me, I stopped and looked back, there was a man there, if I'm not mistaken his name was Badril, he had a handsome face with those blue eyes, looking straight at me.
"are you talking to me?"
I asked him, but he just stared at my face, and walked closer to me. What is this person doing? I moved aside to make way but he kept approaching me, but what happened next made me stunned.
The incident that I often read about in romance books also happened in front of me, cornering the girl against the wall and slamming her hand against the wall, oh really, I said in an angry tone.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW"
Unexpectedly, this bastard brought his face closer, with that rather handsome smile, when I was about to push him, his soft voice sounded in my ears.
"Veronica, you look so beautiful today!!"
My body froze, my heart was beating erratically, uh what is this, my body is getting a bit hot, when I was about to shout at him, he immediately left without looking back, when I was about to chase after him a familiar voice called me.
"Hey Ver! Did something happen? Your face is a bit red,"
When I turned around, what I saw was a cute little girl, seeing that cute girl, I immediately hugged her, she was my best friend Fanny, even though we had only known each other for a few months, we had become quite close.
"Aah~, let go of me! That big thing is choking me."
Letting go of my hug, I could see her face was flushed and her eyes were glassy, seeing her I smiled, and said.
"Fanny-chan! You look cute today!!"
With a sullen face, Fanny replied.
"I don't want to hear it from you!"
"Oh, then who do you want to hear it from?"
Unconsciously, Fanny's eyes were fixed on someone, seeing his gaze, it was directed at that bastard Badril, thinking about the previous incident, gritting my teeth I wanted to punch that handsome face, returning my focus to Fanny and saying.
"Heh, does Fanny-chan, want to hear those words from Badril!!"
"No, no, don't talk nonsense."
"Really~, then can I have it??"
"NO, YOU CAN'T!"
"He he~~."
Hearing his outburst, I couldn't help but smile, maybe hearing my laugh, he realized what he just said, his cute face blushed as red as a tomato, seeing him, I cursed the lucky bastard.
"Okay, I was just kidding! Let's go to class.?"
Walking forward, Fanny followed from the side, seeing Fanny who wanted to say something, but didn't, I asked.
"What's wrong, just say it?"
"Ver, don't you like Badril??"
Hearing Fanny's words, I was about to answer no, but remembering what happened earlier, I wasn't so sure.
"I don't know, he's handsome, but he's too quiet for my taste."
"Really, is there a guy you like?"
"Not really, I haven't thought about anything like that."
After hearing my words, Fanny's eyes lit up with understanding, then she said in a low voice.
"Don't worry Ver, even though your sexual connotations are different, I will always be your friend!"
Hearing what Fanny said, I really wanted to kick her little butt, stop walking, with an evil smile, I stared at this little girl.
Fanny who saw me smile, her face became nervous, she took a step back.
"Then, Fanny-chan will be my first prey!!"
Without further ado, I tickled her little body, from her armpits to her waist, unable to resist my tickling, Fanny burst out laughing, her face was red, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes.
"Ha Ha~VER! STOP, Ha Ha~ENOUGH, I was just kidding!"
Stop tickling, Fanny was panting, out of breath, after catching her breath, she glared at me and said with a cute pouting expression.
"I don't want to play with you anymore!"
"Okay, okay, sorry, don't be angry, I'll buy you candy later."
We walked again, Fanny ignored me. I kept talking.
"How about candy and chocolate!"
"Hmph!"
"More cake!"
With sparkling eyes, she answered with a smile.
"Agreed!!"
Seeing Fanny's expression, I also smiled, this child really likes sweet food. After walking for a while, I saw the door of my classroom, entering the familiar classroom, many students had already arrived.
Looking around, my eyes fell on the boy Badril, he returned my gaze with a faint smile, I hmphed in my heart, ignoring the stares that I often experienced, I ignored him, and went to my seat.
Fanny, who was sitting next to me, occasionally glanced at the bastard, this girl really, couldn't be helped.
While waiting for class to start, I read a book about magic studies. After a few minutes, the bell rang to start class, not long after, the teacher came in with a neat appearance, a slightly bald head, with a fairly large body, his name is Professor Stuart, the class began.
*****
In one of the academy buildings
In a fairly luxurious room, there were several academy officials who were having a meeting. In the quiet room, it was finally broken by an old man.
"We received a letter from the kingdom today, stating that within the next three months, the academy must send someone to help exterminate the monsters on the outskirts of the forbidden area."
after saying the notification from the kingdom, the old man Rendolph looked around, looking into their eyes he continued to say.
"So I plan to select these students by holding a tournament in the next two months. Are there any questions?"
After a while, one of the middle-aged men raised his hand, Rendolph nodded, giving his consent to ask.
"Sir Principal, did something happen? Isn't the border of the forbidden area already occupied by the Kingdom's army?"
Rendolph, who heard the question, frowned and thought for a moment, in the silent room several people looked at each other, with questioning expressions on their faces, after a few seconds Rendolph answered.
"You must keep what I say after this a secret."
the old man, Rendolph looked around, seeing the nods from everyone, Rendolph also said with a serious expression.
"There is news that the Kingdom's army has been withdrawn to the country's borders, to anticipate the outbreak of war. Currently, the neighboring kingdom of Srijaya and the magical kingdom of Reka are experiencing conflict on the border and war could break out at any time."
Pausing for a moment, and looking at the faces, some with pale expressions and some with blank expressions, Rendolph continued his words.
"So, just in case a conflict breaks out, the war won't reach us."
There was a sigh of relief from some people, after hearing that war would not befall their kingdom.
"Alright, back to the student tournament, are there any suggestions about the event, I was planning to~~."
In the room, the meeting continued, there were several good suggestions, making the tournament plan even more interesting, after several long hours the meeting ended.
Dismissing everyone, and leaving one person in the room, the old man Rendolph spoke to himself.
"Haah, I have a bad feeling about the war that will happen."
Thinking about the cause of the conflict that made the two kingdoms go to war, Rendolph's wrinkled face turned pale, how could it not be, he had heard a prophecy about world chaos, which would kill millions of people.
Rendolph walked out of the room, as he walked many students greeted him, Rendolph responded with a simple nod.
While in the yard, he saw something interesting, there was a boy with blue eyes, black hair and a handsome face, it reminded him of his appearance when he was young.
But what interested Rendolph was not the young man's appearance, but the inexplicable aura on the young man's body, which made the hair on the back of his neck stand up.
Remembering the young man's appearance, Rendolph returned to his office, the young man did not know that he was being noticed by a prominent figure in the Trisakti kingdom, Rendolph was one of the strongest magicians on this continent.