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Chapter 4 - New Challenges

A student stood before me, his eyes were blue, and his short hair was blonde, he reached out his hand towards me seemingly offering to help. I grabbed his hand, his grip was strong, he pulled me up and began shaking my hand.

"We haven't talked to you yet, Regal."

"Huh?"

"In case you didn't know, my name's Orlin!"

"You said we?"

I looked and a short girl with red hair and crimson eyes stood clinging onto him. He stepped aside revealing a short red headed girl.

"Ah yes I did, this is Lucina."

"N-nice to meet you R-Regal."

"Uhh, sure nice to meet you as well."

(Lucina quickly hid behind Orlin's back, slightly peeking over his shoulder to look.)

"Anyways, what do you want with me?"

"Well, while you were up in front of the class getting your ass beat-"

"Okay we don't need to talk about that."

"Fine, while you were in front of the class during the demonstration, Lucina noticed something about you."

"What?"

(Lucina stepped out from behind Orlin)

"I-I-I…"

Just spit it out already, little kid.

"I-I saw a ghost behind you!"

"Why the hell are you shouting?"

"S-sorry!"

(Orlin stepped in)

"What she meant by that was during the demonstration, she saw a spirit-like figure behind you when you were going to attack."

"O-only f-for a-a s-second!"

Why is this brat so damn loud?

"So you're saying a ghost, spirit, whatever appeared behind me? And right when I was about to attack that blue haired bitch?"

"Yes, when you were about to hit Miss Pastis. It looked like it was going to be a clash between a golden hero and a blue knight, that's how Lucina described it."

"You said Miss Pastis?"

"Yes, she is Claire Pastis, the 10th child of Clain Von Pastis, ruler of the Pastis Empire."

10th child? Damn that guy likes to get busy. He really gave birth to one hell of a bitch though, it's for the better that she's not in line for the throne.

"Why is she in this place?

 "Nobody really knows. Anyways, let's get back to the topic at hand, do you know what that ghost is or why there is one behind you? Coincidentally, Miss Pastis also seems to have a ghost around her, but Lucina says it is constantly around her and doesn't disappear."

"Listen, I have no idea what is going on. I didn't even know ghosts or spirits really existed."

That's a fucking lie. I clearly saw Regal's ghost right before I woke up in his body.

"Really? Huh. Miss Pastis said the same thing when we asked her about it as well."

Why the hell would she know if only that girl can't see those damn things?

"So, why are you guys telling me this?"

"Because it's an unusual sight."

"Unusual?"

"Yes, generally ghosts, or spirits, will only appear around strong people, and one appeared around you, which is very abnormal because, you know, you're weak."

Tell me something new man.

"Lucina felt bad for you, and just wanted to tell you this to maybe try and give you some hope."

Fuck these two man, stop pitying me I dont need that shit.

"Are you guys pitying me right now?"

"Uhh. kind of."

My face started to heat up, I decided to get up and I walked away from the two. Who does this asshole think he is? God damn it, this new life seems like it's going to be a fucking pain.

(Leon headed straight towards the exit of the school and left the building. He walked towards the sidewalk and just stood there.)

Alright where the hell do I live? There don't seem to be any dorms around here… A student suddenly passed in front of my eyes, I looked down at his shirt and the line down the middle was a crimson color, I decided to ask them something.

"Hey, hey you."

"Me?"

"Yeah, I have a quick question I want to ask you."

"Sure."

"Do you know where the student dorms are?"

"Actually I'm headed back to my dorm right now so why don't you come with me."

"Alright!"

Damn I'm lucky, hopefully we live near each other so I don't get lost in some random ass building. 

He started walking ahead of me and I quickly started to follow him.

"So what dorm are you in?"

"If I recall correctly I think I'm in Dorm 36…H."

"Ah, that is in the building next to mine! My dorm is in the G sector so we might see each other often on the way to class."

Kid, I don't really give a shit about you, I'm just using you so I can find where I live alright? I hope we don't see each other again.

"My name's Kale by the way, what's your name?"

"I'm Regal, a first year student."

"Ah that's right you're in dorm H so that means you're in class H. You have that Pastis girl in your class right?"

Holy shit, why is everyone talking about her?

"Yeah, she's in my class."

"I heard that she is really strong! Is that true?"

I would definitely be the one to know since I got used as a damn training dummy by her.

"Yeah she is. Not as strong as me though."

"Wow really?"

"Haha, no, I was joking."

"I know, you look really weak, there's no way someone like you would be stronger than her."

This fucking guy…

"I'm just joking dude calm down, your face was getting a little red there."

"Is everyone at this school an asshole?"

"No, not everyone, it seems like you've come across a lot of bad people, you must really have some bad luck."

Don't I fucking know it.

"Anyways we're almost there."

(The two turned a corner and 8 identical buildings stood out. They were all white with blue accents all around. The two walked to the entrance but were stopped by a guard.)

"Student ID please."

(Kale reached into his back pocket, pulling out his wallet, he opened it and showed the guard his ID.)

"You're good to go kid. And you?"

The guard looked at me, and I began rummaging through my pockets. From my back left pocket I pulled out my wallet, I looked through it and pulled out my ID.

"Alright kid you're good to go as well."

I walked past the guard and Kale was standing there. He guided me towards the right side of the entrance. We approached two buildings at the end of the walkway.

"The one at the end there, that's sector H. Since your dorm number is in the 30s you'll probably find your room on the fifth floor."

"Well, thank you I guess."

"No problem! Good luck surviving."

"Surviving?"