Returner's Revenge

Heroes of Old

The misunderstanding between Kris and the others were cleared and Xia ask if she can also join them next time. “I don’t really see anything wrong with that. The training area is just open for everyone.” Kris says to Xia but then he realize something. “You know what, I think that’s a good idea. Why don’t we bring the other four here. Those two are already strong on their own and I doubt they would want to train with a loser like me.” Xia tilts her head and then remembers what Kris said about the annual competition, her eyes glitter with excitement.

She then started chuckling like a witch and gives him a thumbs up, “Yeah, I think that is a great idea. They will not be able to refuse. With me supporting you, they will totally want to join us.” Flora and the others were looking at them while the two make weird glances like they understand each other.

“So you really are planning to make a group. But I guess that’s not a bad thing. The equipment here are too many to use anyway so majority of this place is just collecting dust.” Flora blows the dust from one of the equipment and ask when they will ask the others. “I think tomorrow would be a good time. They are too down right now. Lets have them regain their confidence first.” Xia thinks so as well after seeing their disappointing matches. “Oh, by the way Kris. We tried investigating in your past because of that ‘thing’ you know but we found nothing. Is it okay if we try asking Johannes?”

“What is she talking about Kris?”

“Well, if Johannes is willing to answer your questions then there is no need to ask permission to me.” He responded with a smile on his face, certain that Johannes will not easily give them an answer. “If I don’t know what you two are talking about then I will not give any proper answer.” Just as Kris thought, Johannes will say something along that line.

“I don’t think we should tell him Kris so you better give him the context of what we are talking about. Otherwise, this will be chaotic.” Kris understood what she meant and whispers something in Johannes’ ears. [What is he telling him? He better not say anything ridiculous or anything funny.] Flora thinks to herself. “So that’s how it is. Well, just ask me what you want to know. We are not keeping it a secret so I can tell you about it if you want.”

[His tone changed, did Kris actually told him? Well, I guess that’s a good thing for us.] Flora smiles. “Calm down, there are other things that we want to ask and we are not in a hurry so calm down for now.” Flora glance at Kris who doesn’t seem to have said anything funny to Johannes but her guts is telling her that something is wrong based on how enthusiastic Johannes is after Kris whispered to his ears.

To celebrate a new member of the physical training group, the old members pinch in a small amount and eat out for dinner to the place where they usually eat.

“Hmmm, so other students have taken interest in him huh? That is to be expected right? Getting the privilege to have a match with a teacher is something that have never happened before. I can understand them as much as you do. But why are you smiling like that?” the headmaster ask Mephisto as he sits comfortable on the bench. “Well, his ideals are almost the same no, its identical to ‘his’ ideals. Its nostalgic how he said it. Even his expression, its like I am looking at ‘his’ younger version.”

The headmaster turns his gaze at the window and then turns to Mephisto. “How many years has it been since ‘he’ died? I can no longer remember.”

“Its his 300th death anniversary this year. It feels like it everything happened only yesterday.  And 100th anniversary of when his descendants established the academy to honor his memory. Every single day that pass, I feel like I am also losing my will to live. After living in this world for almost 500 years, I have found my second purpose to live. First is because of “him” and now because of that child.” Mephisto’s eyes turned red and then shifted to black.

“Do you not feel ‘his’ presence in that boy? I can sense a fragment of ‘his’ touch on that boy, though it is faint, it is still there. The fragment of our creator, he took a lot of shapes and identities but even with the ever changing identity, I can still sense him.”

“Yes, that might explain why he has some knowledge of f*******n spells. But I have yet to grasp the meaning of those who have different color. Even with these eyes, I can’t understand a thing. No matter how long and close I look at the lights, more questions emerge than answers. Only he will be able to answer my questions but we can’t just ask him directly. We need to properly ask him if he knows about ‘him’. Only then that we can get some answers.” Mephisto gives his approval and agreement to what the headmaster said.

“So what do you plan to do?  If left alone, the organization will just try to have their hands on him even more if they get to know that he has ‘his’ essence.” the headmaster turns to Mephisto who seem to have already made up his mind. “I have already decided to look out for him. I have leads on who are the pillars of the organization. They may still be young but if left alone. They will surely destroy the world.” It turns out that both Mephisto and the headmaster are both immortal like beings that have lived for a long time even before the academy is established.

The next day, Kris entered their room and saw that Xia have already told their classmates without waiting for him. “We are ready Kris.” Xia says with a proud tone. [This woman. She did not even wait for me to arrive before saying anything  to them. Wait what if she said something wrong? No, that’s impossible, Xia is a reliable woman in my past life.] Kris wish the best even though he did not know what happened and kept a positive view on the situation.

“What did you tell them? I hope you did not say anything funny Xia.” Kris whispers to her silently after taking her away from them. “No, I did not say anything funny at all. Not even a joke. I just told them that we are going to train and dominate the annual competition and prove that we can be better than them.”

Xia doesn’t seem to be lying in Kris’ eyes and then let out a sigh. “If you say so. But is it enough to persuade them? “ Xia nod her head and added. “The words that I told you just now are the same and exact words that I told them. Maybe they are just pissed that they lost their matches and chances of advancement yesterday.” Her protest sounds credible enough so he cut her some slack. “If its all good then I don’t have any problem. But please, next time wait for me before you do something that we planned?”

Xia scratch her head and smiles. “I just got excited of what we are about to do that I can’t help myself and tell them about your plan.” Kris stares blankly at her after hearing her grand reason for doing everything before he arrived and can’t help but blame himself for not remembering that Xia is that kind of person.

“If you have already heard everything from Xia then I guess I don’t have to say it again. We are going to start our training after classes. Return to your rooms and bring some clothes that you can get sweat with after the class. Our venue will be the physical training area, don’t worry, you will not be the inly ones there. Xia and I have already acquainted with some higher class students.” One of the students that lost easily to the other students from another low class raise his hand.

“Will this training help us get stronger?” Kris pointed at him and answered. “My help will be limited but it will be enough to show those who looked down on you that you are far stronger than what you used to be. That is our goal in this year’s annual competition after all. Gain recognition, that lower class students are not necessarily the weakest.”

Another hand is raised but it is not from the four students that but from the other two who are sitting behind them. [Jhonas?] “You claim as if its that easy to gain strength. It doesn’t work like magic you know? So what are you planning to have these guys do?” Jhonas is not the usual person to talk whenever they have a discussion so it is a shock to everyone that he initiated. “That is a good question. But I’m afraid I have already told everyone about that.” Jhonas’ face briefly turns serious and then laughs. “Hahaha! I thought you were joking but it seems like you are serious. Well, you don’t mind if I observe right? There is not much to do anyway so I’ll just observe. Utilizing our physical strength in a match is not a bad idea but some people might find it unreasonable.” He says as he clap his hands.

CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP! CLAP!

“What about you? Aren’t you going to do join them? “he ask the one beside him, the student that fought after he left the center of the arena. The young woman just stare at him blankly. “Do what you want. Just don’t bother me.”

“Cold!” is what everybody else thought when they heard her response.