Eight-Legged Creature

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"You're--!!!"

"MR. CHEL...!"

The principal stood up while the rest of the adults got into a fighting stance. "WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! I AM NOT HERE TO FIGHT!! I HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS--"

"Well, let's hear it then. If it's nothing important, I'm gonna kill you this instant for--"

"Mr Caraell. Let's hear him out first," the principal gently calmed the light-blue-haired male down, wondering how he's related to the ever-so-calm Isseiris.

"Also, lower your volume, sir. We are right in front of you, you don't need to shout," Eito stated normally to the sweating, colourful-clothed man as he took a deep breath.

"IS THIS AL--"

"Nope. Lower it more."

"LIKE THI--"

"Nope."

"Hahaha, let me handle this," a woman with long wavy almond hair and a big body stepped up. She seemed like a dwarf from the features of her body. Her freckles stood out as she quietly cast a spell that nobody could hear.

"Try talking now, Mr Chel~"

"Ah-hem! Is this better?"

"Ah, yes, very much," Eito replied with a straight face and uncovered his ears, along with the others. Ryuusei stifled a laugh at Eito's straightforwardness as they all sat back down.

"Thank you, Ms Bellephoresa. Mr Chel, please continue what you were saying earlier."

"Ah, yes-- ah-hem. The one who taught the students a few days ago was not me. It was another person."

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This left the whole room in a quiet state once more. They're always shocked at a lot of things, huh? "Please explain, Mr Chel," Hallevir suggested calmly, keeping his golden pair of orbs glued on the ginger-haired man.

"I was about to walk to the gym and was late for a few minutes. But then, I ended up in a black space. Long story short, someone transformed into me and took the students. I fought several men in black as they carried some Cuserius Staves."

"Cuserius Staves?! How could they carry such illegal weapons?!" a man with dark skin and brown hair exclaimed as the others also frowned upon this information, possibly Avangenille's father.

"Are you sure they are THE Cuserius Staves? And how can we believe that you're not the one transforming into the teacher right now?" the raven-black-haired man, Vinnetra's father, suspiciously eyed the ginger-haired male.

"I assure you... U-Um..."

"Allegris Haile."

"I assure you, Mr Haile, that I could not use any kind of magic since I am no more than a son of a farmer. My family does not have enough money to let me study magic. I am no more than just their P.E. teacher."

The injured teacher humble words sounded genuine as he bowed his head down, holding the pain he was feeling at the moment.

"... He's not lying," the denim-haired were-wolf said and his eyes stopped glowing. He had been using magic on the ginger-haired man since the very beginning Mr Chel stepped into the room.

Suddenly, all of the injuries on the ginger-haired man healed completely. His clothes also returned to normal. They all looked at the were-wolf, with him shrugging casually.

"Don't thank me. Thank them," he gestured towards the five Head Clans as they still sat quietly without saying anything.

"I believe you are injured badly, Chel-san~?" Ryuusei said kindly as the teacher bowed down immediately.

"A-Ah!! Thank you very much!!"

"E-eh?! Please don't bow down! It's quite alright!" Ryuusei was left flustered at the man's sudden act of gratitude. The other Head Clans smiled slightly at the healed ginger-haired man.

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"So, you're saying he's the real one?" Allegris interrogated once more, earning a nod of confirmation from the were-wolf.

"We now know that Ulosier Chelwosia is now innocent. Therefore, he is not to be fired," Hallevir declared whilst the parents nodded in understanding.

"Haa... Might as well help you find the children, huh? I also want to find my son quickly," a were-rabbit randomly said, capturing the attention of others.

"I shall offer my help as well," an elegant woman with long ivory hair and honeydew eyes said firmly with determination. She put her fair hands onto her left chest.

The other parents said the same thing as they were all now on the same boat. Hallevir thanked them again and again before finally proceeding to devise a plan to rescue the kids, "Well then, shall we get start--"

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"Ah-Ah-Ah~ Not so fast little elf~ We're taking you all hostage now~"

The meeting room collapsed as the adults all escaped outside. As the meeting room was on the third floor, they landed pretty hard onto the ground as some smoothly land on their feet. There weren't any serious injuries since they used magic.

Eito helped the ginger-haired teacher landed safely as he and the others readied themselves. Half of the meeting room was now full of trees and grass, the forest from the Magic Space the children were in.

Men with full black clothing and Cuserius Staves behind them appeared with their faces being covered by masks.

"So you guys are their parents, huh?"

"They've put up quite the fight when we captured them."

"THEY EVEN MANAGED TO BADLY INJURED MOST OF US, FUHAHAHAH!" the fake ginger-haired teacher appeared in front of them as he looked exactly like the real one. They eyed him intensely because of this detail, careful not to let the real one out of their sight.

"I copied you quite well, didn't I, Chelwosia?!"

The real one just grunted in response, not knowing what to reply with. He couldn't use magic and could only fight with his fists. "SHALL WE GET STARTED THEN?! FUHAHAHAHAH!!!"

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"Where are we going exactly...?" Vinnetra asked as he skipped beside the group.

"Anywhere. We need to look for those Antheroses so they can keep their promise and bring all of us back home," Orion replied neutrally and he walked pass through some tall grasses, being careful not to slip due to the slippery mud below them.

"EW! EW! EW!" Shizuka ran beside Isseiris, hiding from something as she took off her loose white shirt.

"What?! What?! Something there?!" Vinnetra exclaimed in panic and swung a large stick around that he found out of nowhere-- all the while still holding onto Orion for dear life.

"A spider just touched me!" she shrieked once more at the memory, holding her white shirt with a disgusted look by the edges with her two fingers.

The three of the boys just dead-panned at the female, "That's it?"

"What do you mean that's it?! This shirt had been contaminated and we need to burn it."

"Please, don't," Isseiris mumbled and held the girl back from burning her white shirt.

"Put on your shirt, will you? You're not gonna last just with that one piece and shorts," Orion muttered the last part while looking away. Slight pink tinted his cheeks as he and the others could see the girl's slim body shape since it is a body-tight black one piece.

"Why are you scared of spiders anyway? You're not scared of my spirit or even those men," Vinnetra questioned out of curiosity, taking the white shirt away from the girl, letting Isseiris clean them and Orion to dry them.

"First up, I'm not scared of spiders, I'm scared of bugs. They're disgusting. Second, they have four times as many legs-- hands? --than ours! And the way they look with their eyes is scary... Brrrrrr." Shizuka shivered when she thought back on what she had said.

The boys sweat-dropped at her as Isseiris hand her shirt back, which she reluctantly took. "Don't worry, they're clean already."

"Are you sure? The germs might stay there..."

"Haha, don't worry. I used my magic to clean them," Isseiris calmly assured and handed the shirt back to the girl.

"Huh..." the girl slowly put her shirt back on-- AFTER she checked every side of her t-shirt. They walked for a while until they realized something.

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"Wait... spider? Magic?"

"Why was there a spider? I thought this place is a Magic Space! There's not supposed to be any living forms here aside from these fake ass trees and plants."

"And how did you two used YOURS? We can't use magic without the Antheroses' help."

"Oh, don't tell me..."

|| To be continued… ||

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