When Nicholas woke up , he was no longer in the mountains , the smell of disinfectant intruded his nose , he sat up observing his surroundings, ' An hospital ward ? ' he looked at himself , he was in hospital clothes but he had a pulse connected to him and for a reason , his pulse read that he was very unstable as though there were some strange deadly disease in him and yet he was fine , he touched his face and felt bandages and patches , he touched his forehead which had a huge bandage and he could feel his torso completely in bandage but there was something strange, he felt nothing , no pain , nothing , plus he had no idea of what happened, he recollected the terrifying night and how he fell off the cliff , but yet he felt no pain
' Shouldn't I be in critical condition ? ' he thought
Yet , he felt no pain what so ever , all of a sudden , a man in a white coat alongside a girl that looked around his age
" Doc , what happened ? " Nicholas said
" I found you lying on a valley yesterday night , you were bleeding pretty bad " the girl said
" We administered treatment but surprisingly your wounds seemed to heal on their own , is that your magic ability ? " The doctor asked
Nicholas shook his head " I don't have any magic ability "
The doctor look lost in thought , the girl sensing Nicholas need to leave the hospital quickly said " All that matters is that his fine now so you can discharge him "
" Yes , your clothes are in the locker room , ask a nurse for it " the doctor said
" Wait here and I'll go buy you new clothes " the girl said
Nicholas was a little surprised , why was she helping him ? Did she want to get something from him ? Since Nicholas was young , nobody had ever helped him , people constantly made things worse for him and science he was an orphan , there was no one he could turn to for help obviously leaving him with the mentality that nobody helps you for free , Nicholas waited for an hour , when the girl still did not show up , he made up his mind and went to the locker room ' She probably ran away '
He thought as he put on his bloodstained clothes and left the hospital
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Marion returned only to see the bed were Nicholas was empty , she dropped the clothes and food she brought on the table next to the bed and went to ask the nurse were he was " He left "
" When ? "
" A few minutes ago "
Marion was speechless , could it be he had seen through her
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A fee days later , Nicholas was heading to school that morning , the school was buzzing with excitement , as people where chatting around noisily , Nicholas tried to keep his head low so no one would pay attention to him but fate had other plans
" Yo Nicholas ! How much fun did you have as a level 1 piece of garbage this weekend , I bet you didn't even have enough to get a piece of bread ! " Henry , Nicholas' no 1 bully said , the whole hall broke into laughter and Nicholas' cheeks burned but he kept his head bowed as he opened his locker , Henry was pissed by Nicholas' silence
" Piece of shit ! I'm talking to you ! " He said as he opened his hands and a green beam came out and hit Nicholas who flew back and straight into the near by locker
" Hey ! do you have a permanent mental brain disorder ?! " a voice called from down the hallway
Henry turned to see who spoke , a girl with flowing straight brown hair that seemed to reach her waist , peach eyes and perfect facial features that turned necks
" And who do you think you are ? " Henry asked
" You're boss " Marion retorted
" Hmph ! You must think you're really strong , let me tell you I'm the strongest in this school, I'm and S- rank so think twice ! " Henry boasted
" Oh really ? So is it common for S-ranks to be inflicted with permanent situations of mental illness or is it just you ? " Marion scoffed
Henry was infuriated " Seems like I have to teach you pretty face a lesson in manners ! " And with that , Henry released the same attack he used on Nicholas , but Marion somersaults in the air and came flying at him using her elbow to knock him hard on the face making him fly back
" Are you stupid ?! " Henry screamed , trying to stand while rubbing his swollen cheeck
" Stop telling me your life story " Marion said
" Shut up ! " Henry screamed while creating a huge ball of energy in the air and firing it but Marion extinguished it with a beam that hit him right in the ' Ahem ' , all with one hand causing him to fly back and scream , he quickly stood up clutching ' where the sun doesn't shine ' and screamed " Stupid bitch ! I'll get you ! " before running away
Everyone started laughing while others clapped especially the people he bullied but Nicholas wasn't laughing , he was staring intently at Marion , she smiled at him but he ignored her , closing his locker and walking of to class , what did she want from him ?