Ch.11

Morning had come. Emi let out a hard yawn, she felt amazing having had the best sleep she had in years. She saw Vice reading a book, than she saw the stacks of books next to him, books she didn't even own.

"Vice, we're did you get all those books from?"

"The library. I snuck in and grabbed books that were needed for me to understand this era."

Emi didn't know whether to laugh or be annoyed. If anyone saw him before she had a chance to properly introduce him they would have freaked out. Emi noticed the book he was now reading was the Manuscript of Beginnings, the Church of Origin's bible.

"Vice. Why do you have that one?" Vice looked at her and than back at the book.

"I needed to know. Why you were afraid of me at first, this book details my story. My sins."

Emi looked sad for him. He must have felt horrible reading the awful things that were written about him.

"And?"

He didn't answer right away but Emi could tell he was troubled.

"I don't remember much of this but I do remember the fighting. Much of my memory seems to recover when I hear something key to my past like I did with the Strayer but not all the details of that." He closed the book, he was done reading all the stories about him now.

"Emi, I feel….shame. Why did I raise my sword to my brothers and sisters."

Emi felt bad for him. He was nothing like the books described, he was misjudged. She wanted to comfort him again but noticed her clock was reading late in the morning.

"What!!!! It's that late already!" She jumped out her bed to hurry and change her clothes. She ran to her mirror to fix her hair, and that was when she noticed her new hair color and red eye. 'What the hell is this? Did this happen during the transfer? I've got no time to wonder I gotta go.'

Brushing it off she tied her hair into a ponytail and covered her eye with an eyepatch from the med kit in her dresser. She hurried to the door, stopping when she heard Vice coming her way.

"No, you stay. I'll get you when the time is right. Just finish your books, please. I'll be back soon Vice."

Vice was silent, Emi waved him goodbye before he sat down again confused. He did what he was told. He continued reading all the books he gathered quietly.

Emi ran as fast as she could without overdoing it till she got a better idea of her physical abilities. Her speed paid off as she made it in time barely. Her hand reached for the door, but then it trembled nervously. The Noble girl who bullied her was still there. Her anxiety came back remembering the treatment she got.

Emi couldn't stay scared forever. She had to go in or be in trouble with her teacher. Emi opened the door for her class, and everyone even the teacher noticed her. Before she was just average looking to them. But now, with the level-up healing her body from the years of abuse and malnutrition, the ebony black hair, and even the eye patch, she was beautiful to them.

"I'm sorry miss but are you a student in my class."

"Yes sir, I'm Emi sir, Emi Rhapsoden," she still felt weird going by Seth's last name. But it was ok, he adopted her to help get Emi into the school, and she didn't mind at all.

The teacher was confused. Emi was completely different than he last saw her. The students, mostly the men were staring with amarous eyes. The Noble girl and her cronies saw her too, confused about how she was there at all.

"I thought you left her in the woods last night. What happened?" One of the cronies asked. The Noble girl was irritated. Her plan not only backfired but Emi came back better looking than before.

"Hey, you listening?" She wasn't all she wanted to do was sit in hate and figure out another way to embarrass Emi. The idea came to her, she remembered something important when Emi went to training class.

"Ahem, excuse me, teacher."

"Yes."

"I know today we were supposed to practice practical spells and tactics but can we do a lite sparring session for it instead."

The class was stunned, that lesson was supposed to be for later when they were more comfortable with using spells and skills.

"Are you sure miss?"

"Why yes. I'm very capable of showing my skills along with my Golem. Oh, can I make a request too? May I spar with Miss Rhapsoden I bet she is capable with beginner-level skills."

Everyone was murmuring to each other in the class. The Noble girl wanted to spar with Emi, who they saw on the first day was very weak in her training classes. The cronies knew now what the plan was. She wasn't going to just humiliate Emi, she wanted to hurt her, make her suffer more than she had already.

'You've got to be kidding me! Wasn't bad enough that she pulled those pranks on me, now she wants a fight. What more does this idiot want!'

Emi's red eye began to glow under the patch. Her teacher noticed but it stopped before he could say anything, believing it to be a hallucination.

"Miss Rhapsoden is this ok with you? Can you handle this assignment?" Emi made a sharp look at him, he twitched for a moment before Emi calmed down to speak normally.

"Yes, teacher. I can handle it, is it ok if I bring something with me too for the lesson."

"What is it?"

"I want to use my Makaizer for the lesson is that ok?"