Flora hurriedly stepped out of the room and saw Azzy sleeping on the couch. She didn't bother to wake him up and quietly slipped out before rushing toward the stairs.
She thought she was safe as no one spotted her. But, she didn't know that a certain vice principal was spying on Azzy's room for a while and he has certain plans to cause trouble to Azzy so that the latter will be busy solving them for a while.
It doesn't matter to Aaron whether Azzy has any relation to WAMO or not. He just needs time to focus on his goal. And he cannot do that with a troublesome expert staying nearby.
Azzy was also unaware of the scheme thought by his neighbor and he just continued with his daily routine as usual.
Around 9:45 in the morning, the vice principal called for a staff meeting.
Azzy also made his way to the secondary staff room, located within the teachers' dorm.
When he reached there, he saw a few staff members sitting down but what was surprising is that none of them looked like they readied up. All of them were still in pajamas, casual wear, or shorts and t-shirts. Azzy was the only one wearing a suit.
As if that wasn't embarrassing enough, the vice principal, who was already present in the room, pointed it out while giving his morning greetings.
Feeling extremely embarrassed, Azzy took a seat at one of the edges of the table and sat down.
One after another, the rest of the teachers arrived one by one. However, they were avoiding seating beside Azzy for some reason. Maybe, it is because of his performance earlier day and they feared him. Or maybe, it is something else.
Even Flora acted the same, although for different reasons. The teachers were murmuring among themselves about common topics and the silent Azzy felt isolated all of a sudden. He couldn't help but remember his first day of high school.
Back then, Azzy wasn't mature and hence, he didn't feel the need to take initiative. But, now is different.
After contemplating much, just as Azzy decides to talk with Aaron who was standing nearby him, Snivy enters the room. Her expression doesn't look good. The place becomes silent and several of them paid attention to her.
She took a glimpse at the entire room and walked toward Azzy. Without speaking anything, she sat beside him and stared at the surprised vice principal, greeting him with a nod.
After a while, as everyone arrived without failure, the blindfolded man spoke as the host, "Let me start the meeting with two announcements."
Pointing his finger at Snivy, he said, "As you all know, Teacher Snivy lost the challenge and hence, she'll no longer continue as the combat instructor for Class 10-B. Teacher Gary will be taking her job."
Everyone took a glance at Snivy, who appeared to be unfazed by the announcement as it no longer bothered her. She simply nodded.
Aaron then continued, "Secondly, after this semester, I'm going to resign from my post due to personal reasons. Luckily, I have also found my replacement. He will be joining us and working as my assistant in order to learn my work before taking my place. So, make yourselves familiar with him."
Azzy narrowed his eyes for a moment as he heard the second announcement. He was almost sure that the new person should be Aaron's colleague. "He probably made this move because of yesterday's match. Or maybe, it is because he suspects me as the same person who attacked him in the past timeline," thought Azzy, guessing it perfectly.
Meanwhile, Aaron continued, "Well, that's that. Now, let's discuss things about rules. Ms. Flora." He looked at her and said, "This morning, around 4, you were spotted coming out of Mr. Gary's room. I hope you remember that there's a policy in the academy that teachers are prohibited from having a relationship." Aaron then turned his head to look at Azzy, throwing the room into commotion.
In an instant, Flora rose to her feet and Azzy's gaze turned sharp as they stared at Aaron.
"It's not what you…" Flora attempted to defend herself to clear the misunderstandings but Aaron interrupted her on purpose with a statement, "I know that it is the business of two adults and I have no right to judge you two but I still think that you should be careful, that's all. Now, please sit down. We have several things to talk about."
Flora looked at Azzy, hoping for him to talk back to the vice principal as a concerned party but Azzy was silent, making her only more frustrated. Some of the teachers started murmuring about it.
As she sat grudgingly down, Aaron inwardly celebrated his successful move and went on to discuss different topics regarding the annual tournament, the next trip to wild zone, a few students of interest who needed to be sent for the upcoming tri-academy exchange event, etc...
Once the meeting is over, Flora planned to talk with Azzy but she was dragged by a couple of her colleagues, who started bombarding her with questions. While she tried her best to clear the misunderstandings, Azzy disappeared from her sight.
He and Snivy walked together to the stairs before climbing up to the terrace without any conversation. Only then Azzy opened his mouth, "What is it that you want to talk about?"
During the meeting, Snivy whispered to him that she wants to talk with him in private. He obliged her request, considering their past relationship.
He was even preparing to give her position back if she asks him but the woman didn't have such thoughts. Conjuring a noise-canceling barrier around them, she then said, "In our yesterday's battle, I felt two of your attacks are quite similar but couldn't put my finger on it. I met Mia and also Calder. Interestingly, they don't know anyone named Gary but Mia seemed to be familiar with one of those two skills you have displayed.
The laughing skull of darkness. It is a skill card created by our high school classmate named Azrael. At first, I thought it was just some coincidence that you ended up having that skill card but then as I showed your photograph to her, she revealed the truth.
We are probably not close, considering the fact that I don't remember you and how we were only friends for a few months. In the past 30 years, I became friends with hundreds of people and teamed up with dozens of them. Hence, I'm not here for some reunion and act like we were close friends or anything.
I just want to know why you are using a false identity and faking your background to enter this school. You defeated me with ease. Someone like you wouldn't need to resort to doing such a thing.
I don't know the reason but if you need my cooperation for your act, I need the truth. Even a partial one should be fine. Otherwise, you should either leave or look for ways to silence me."
Azzy, was at once, surprised by Snivy's words. The surprise should be an understatement. It was a shock.
But then, as he digested her words, he realized that she was also right. In her eyes, they were almost strangers considering the fact that they didn't have communication for 30 long years.
It's just that he time-traveled for 27 years and his memories of 15-16 months of high school life were quite fresh. They were quite important to him too.
For a moment, he was even worried about the moment he and Claire get reunited.
Calming down his emotions, he replied, "Fine, I'll tell you."
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