After the instructor vanished, the students began leaving the classroom one after the other or in pairs. Before leaving, Rose stared at as if she had sothing to say, but ultimately left without approaching .
Dion and I were amongst the last who stood up to leave the class. As we walked through the hallways, Dion paused. "When are you leaving?" he asked.
"I’m leaving today itself, why do you ask?" "Nothing." Dion said, but it seed like he had more to say. After a short contemplative pause, Dion furrowed his brow and inquired, "By the way, where are you going to go now?"
With the students being allowed to go ho starting from today, Dion was probably worried about where I’d go to since I had been exiled from the empire.
Heaving a sigh, I parted my lips to answer the brown haired playboy. "Well, I was thinking about heading back to the capital."
"The Darkfell capital?" Dion looked at for a few seconds before speaking bluntly, "But weren’t you banished from there?"
"So what if I was banished?" I retorted in a sowhat offended tone. "I’m going back to the empire, let’s see who’s going to stop ."
"Fine fine, no one’s going to stop you. Infact if anyone does, just kick their asses." Dion grinned.
Aftr this little exchange, I decided it was finally ti. I was about to leave the Astral Mystic Institute.
It felt kind of strange. It’s been... What, two or three months since I transmigrated? And it already felt like I’d been in this institute for a lifeti.
Well, it wasn’t like I was leaving for the first ti. I left the institute many tis before, especially when I took missions. But that and this were two different things. This ti, I was leaving for a long ti – roughly around three weeks.
The first ti I witnessed this institute out of the pages of the novel in reality was the day I was struck with a feeling very similar to deja vu. And now, when I was about to leave, I was feeling that very sa sense of deja vu again.
’Haa! Wait, what am I getting emotional for?!’ "Get it together," I slapped my cheeks and let out a hard breath. "You’re a grown-up, damnit."
Yes, I shouldn’t forget that despite the fact that I was in a teenager’s body, and my two personalities were starting already beyond blurred, I was still a grown-up.
Maybe it was also the reason I never indulged in Dion’s fantasies in girls. I sowhat felt that they were children. It was kind of ironic really, even back on earth I was sowhat of a man child, and now I was actually in a teenager’s body.
And speaking of Dion...
"Bro what’s wrong with you?"
"What?"
"You just slapped your cheeks and muttered sothing about being a grown up." Dion said.
"...So where are you going now?" I changed the topic.
"Are you trying to change the topic?" he asked skeptically.
’Jeez, he caught on.’ I froze. Just from looking at Dion, one would think this guy is smart, he did have those looks, but the mont he opened his mouth, one would realize how dumb he was.
But that was rely a facade... I think. Dion was way more perceptive and cunning than anyone gave him credit for. Still, I regained composite and answered.
"No, of course not." I denied such being the case. "Yeah, why would you that." he accepted with a grin, and maybe I was wrong, and he was that much of a fool. Welp, in either case, he didn’t seem like a threat to , and he was perhaps the only real friend I had made since coming into this world.
"I’ll be going back to the Williams estate, get so new girls, and maybe ask my father to train for a while."
I nodded. "Yeah, that’s kind of... Wait for a damn second... Did you say training?! Who the hell are you and what have you done to my friend!"
I let out a dramatic gasp and Dion shot a deadpan glare in return. "You’re acting like I never train."
"You do?" I raised an eyebrow. To be honest I had never seen Dion train, safe for during combat classes.
"I do!" Dion exclaid. "I’m just not a training maniac like you! I train modestly... Like an hour or two a day, that’s it."
"I’m not a training maniac!" I frowned.
"Right," Dion sarcastically scoffed. "Every ti I ask you to accompany or hang out, you are either training or recovering from your training, and you have multiple bodies!"
...Well, damn. Maybe I really was a training maniac. Well, it’s not my fault! I lose the flow of ti when I’m training!
Clearing my throat, I was about to retort but before I could do that, we reached the entrance to the mission hall, and the mont we stepped in, we saw a couple of students standing just before the door.
Right in front of us were, Alistair, Elsa, Delilah, and surprisingly, Anastasia.
Weird, I was under the assumption that these guys wouldn’t see eye to eye especially with the way Anastasia brutalized Elsa before the entire institute.
But then a second cross examination at their dynamics made chuckle. ’Oh, now I see it.’ I mused.
Elsa wasn’t particularly looking pleased with Anastasia’s presence, but was masking it well enough that only soone with as great experience as yours truly would grasp that fact.
Well, honestly if soone humiliated before the entire institute, we’d be neck deep in verbal exchanges right now, if I couldn’t beat them that was.
Alistair in the other hand, was animatedly communicating with Delilah and Anastasia. ’Simp.’ I simply shook my head. Or was it masochist? Anastasia literally beat his ass and now he was blushing furiously before her.
Nay, I could never stoop to such level.
Now I understand all the more why the white haired bitch was furious.
Anastasia was the first to notice us. She smiled at us and we both walked over to the group. The atmosphere in the mission hall was buzzing more than ever with an exciting energy. It was a given, after all, most students were excited at the prospects of going ho.
Alistair frowned, before ultimately giving us a short nod. The bitch also greeted us with short nod and shot a furtive glance at for whatever reason I couldn’t be bothered to figure out.
Delilah... rely averted her gaze in an attempt to ignore my presence.
Nah, I was lying, I knew why, they hated my guts hehe. Especially when Elsa knew I was the one who asked Anastasia to beat her up. In fact, even as she nodded, I saw the heated glare radiating pure hatred in her eyes, directed at .
Noticing the subtle tension in the air, Anastasia let out a soft giggle and looked around and asked, "So, where are you guys headed?"
Alistair was quick to answer.
"I asked Elsa to co with to the Drake estate."
"I’m going ho." Delilah offered shortly.
"I’m also going ho." Dion bead.
I refrained from comnting on where I was going for obvious reasons, but I also noticed another detail. Anastasia who poised the question didn’t answer too, but I guessed she was just going ho.
Soon, the traffic at the teleportation matrix was gone, and we were free to step into it.
And right, did I forget to ntion that the matrixes were only taking us to the edge of the Astral Mystic island, where we originally entered the institute from?
Yeah, for so ungodly reason such was the case. Instead of the matrixes to just transport us to our destination just like during missions, they just transport us to the edge of the island, where we’d have to take airships to our final destinations.
As soon as we stepped into the teleportation matrix, a bright flash of light enveloped us, and next thing I knew, the fresh cold air of the sea was hitting . We were back to the edge of the Astral Mystic island.
Just like before, nurous airships hovered opposite the island, but they weren’t nearly as much as before.
In fact, I even spotted a certain airship with the insignia of a black rose and a sword on a silver platter.
"Alright," I turned to Dion. "This is where we part."
"Are you leaving right now?" he asked curious.
"Yes, I am leaving imdiately." I said before I turned to Anastasia. "See you, insufferable witch." I smiled before turning away.
However, the mont I took a single step forward, a voice i recognized quite well bood.
"I’m afraid I can’t let you leave, your highness."
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