"Master's Suspension?!"

Sigmund heard the faint sobs of his Master before he entered the room, and as soon as he saw her crying holding her broken weapon, he clenched his fist in anger.

"Who would've done such a cruel thing?" Ivory's tears fell on her cheeks. "Why does something bad always happen to me?"

"Hey," Sigmund uttered, not knowing how to console her. "I'll get to the bottom of this. For tomorrow, you should report this to the principal."

"Sigmund…" she continued crying, "Thank you…"

"Hush, stop it. You're ugly now, but do you want to be uglier? Don't cry!" he reached out to her face and wiped her tears with his fingers. "I will make sure that the culprit pays for this."

Early the next day, Ivory went to the Principal's office to report about what happened to her weapon. "I'm sorry about this. This happened because I forgot such an important thing…"

"Do not blame yourself too much on this matter. Destroying other students' weapons is punishable by suspension, community service, or errands from Educators. I also want to know who did this to you."

Ivory nodded, "Sigmund is looking into it."

"I see. His heightened hearing may be convenient at a time like this. If only he could do something with his short temper, you'd be a perfect Master and Servant pair."

"Principal!" one of Ivory's classmates barged in. "We need your help!"

"What happened?"

The student glanced at Ivory and looked at her with disdain, "This girl's Servant is causing a ruckus in the classroom!"

In a panic, Ivory and Principal Arthurdane ran as fast as they could. When they reached the classroom, they caught Sigmund in the act of him smashing the wooden swords of three Masters using his razor wind as his crimson-red eyes glowed in anger!

Even confused, Lucius and Arcea still tried to reason out to him as well, but Sigmund did not mind them.

The Servants of the three students, who were all under Beast Class, were then awakened in their true forms when their Masters cried. But even before they could charge at Sigmund, the Principal cast a powerful barrier, making the three stumble and come back to their small, animal sizes.

"Sigmund, calm down," the principal muttered. As he stood beside him, "You'll get found out if this gets out of the academy. Do you want this to reach the Castle and say goodbye to our planned investigation? Think before you act."

Sigmund's eyes stopped glowing and nodded at him. He turned his head to his Master who seemed very worried after seeing the broken chairs and window frames.

"What's your problem, country bumpkin?!" Amy, with short bluish-gray medium-length hair, faced Ivory, "Why did you order your Servant to destroy our weapons? Have you gone insane?!"

"I didn't-"

"Well, Servants only follow what their Masters want!" Brinna, with oranged fringed bob, exclaimed. "Does it make sense that he will do this on his own? You'll have no excuse!"

Ivory didn't tell them that Sigmund had been acting independently even after the Contract Ritual. She glanced at the Principal, who only shook his head. He might be thinking of the same thing.

"Principal, we want her to be punished for this!" Cassie, with brown long wavy hair, cried out as she raised her broken sword, "Please teach her a lesson for this mess!"

The class adviser, Titus, fumed in anger when he saw the classroom in a mess. He had asked one of his students about what happened and wished they would have let him expel Ivory. He thought of her as a troublesome student who was always bringing in bad luck not only to his class but to the whole academy.

Titus went to the principal and supported the three, "I think Miss Sprucemint had gone too far. We should expel her or if you won't permit it, suspension is also a choice."

Principal Arthurdane wiped the sweat on his forehead. What could have happened that made Sigmund rage like this? What should he do as the principal? There were too many witnesses that morning and if he let the situation pass, they might say that he's taking sides.

"Miss Sprucemint and your Servant, come with me to my office," the Principal said. "I want to talk to you about your punishment."

In the Principal's office, Sigmund told them about what happened.

"I heard them whisper about what they did to her magic staff. They also said a lot of unpleasant words about her, which were all stupid lies! Those brats… they were jealous of her for being a magic-type."

Ivory was saddened about this. It was unfortunate that they had no evidence that they were the ones who broke her staff. Her short-tempered Servant was only looking out for her, and she appreciated his effort. "Sigmund… Thank you." It was all she could say to make him feel that she trusted him.

Principal Arthurdane sighed, "I need to suspend you for a week at most."

"What? Principal… It's too long!" Ivory tears started to form in her eyes. "Must you really suspend me?"

"I need to punish you somehow. Although I believe Sigmund's reason because he's a Vampire with heightened hearing. There's no evidence yet, so I can't punish those three right now."

KNOCK! KNOCK!

Sudden knocks interrupted their discussion.

"Come in, please."

Educator Alphonse opened the door. "Sorry, do you have a meeting with the students?"

"No, it's alright. What can I do for you, Educator Alphonse?" replied the principal.

He went inside and closed it, "I would like to request for student assistance."

"For what?"

"There's no one to guard the relic in the Iceburgh family residence in my hometown because we have a clan meeting to attend, and it's urgent."

"All third year students have been deployed," the principal responded after reading a scroll from his desk. "I'm afraid I don't have anyone to give you at the moment."

"Oh, is that so?" the Educator sighed, "I guess I will not attend again this year for that very important meeting."

"I'm sorry. If only I could assign you some students-" the Principal then glanced at Ivory and Sigmund, who were quietly listening to their conversation. "Actually, you can attend your clan meeting. Take these two to Hunter Town!"