Wicked

After storing my weapons and mask inside my mark.

From the distance, I could hear sirens,

Helicopters flew by occasionally and many people were walking towards the market.

Eager to see what was going on.

After walking for a bit, I finally reached the same gate from earlier.

It was grand and it occasionally opened every time they let a car in.

I instinctively knew what the range of my newly found skill is.

And as soon as it opened.

I cast it inwardly.

*SWOOSH*

In an instant, I was at the other side of the gate.

As I look back, for a split second I could see an afterimage of me where I activated my skill.

Huh, the maximum range was a mile.

I was dying to go home so I activated it once again.

*SWOOSH*

I kept teleporting around to get to my dorm faster.

No one seemed to notice me.

But as I activate my skill for the 6th time.

[<Mirage> cannot be used after 24 hours]

It seems I can only use it 5x a day.

But still, it was a useful skill.

With that, I was forced to walk.

My body and mind were exhausted screaming at me to rest.

*****

"Have you heard? There was a slave market on the noble estate!"

"For real?"

"Yeah, they said the entire employees and customers were murdered,"

"Holy"

The entire classroom was full of murmurs.

Everyone was gossiping about the scandal.

"Apparently, one person killed them all,"

"And, get this, with a gun!"

"What!?, someone still actually uses that clunk of metal?"

I then see Gwen stare at them with a piercing gaze and they instantly shut their mouths.

But Reynold nudged her to stop.

Wyatt, Mark, and Kyle soon entered the classroom.

"Yo, Troi, early as usual again huh?" Mark instantly greeted me.

"Sup, man, you look kind of tired?"

"Yeah, bro, my entire family is panicking right now,"

"Why?"

"Our estates are dropping in value because of the scandal,"

"Sorr-"

I was about to apologize to him but I was able to hold my mouth.

"Oh, Ms. Rebecca is here, talk to you later,"

"Yeah," I nod at him.

"Alright, quiet down class, I know you want to keep gossiping but do that later,"

"For now, focus on the lesson,"

I absently look at the whiteboard again, as my mind sinks into boredom.

After the class ended, Mark invited me to grab lunch with them.

Which I accepted,

As we eat in the cafeteria, I occasionally gaze at Wyatt.

There were moments when his silver eyes went dull but only for a split second.

But other than that he acted normally,

I could not find a semblance of evil in him.

I know from the novel that he would orchestrate his horrible deed by luring Xayah out to the greenhouse of the academy.

He would do that by pretending a teacher was calling her there.

Seeing Xayah had no reason to not trust him,

She made her way toward the greenhouse.

Wyatt would then follow her from behind after bribing all of the janitors and staff who were managing the building to leave the area.

His excuse?

To enjoy the silence of the trees.

Knowing Wyatt does not have a single stain on his name and he also came from a powerful family.

They agreed,

From that he stalked Xayah from behind, then he would enact his plan.

She screamed as Wyatt tore her uniform,

Wyatt didn't care and like a beast was drooling over her body.

But little did he know that Xayah also called Reynold to accompany her outside the greenhouse.

As he heard the screams inside, he rushed in beating Wyatt mercilessly to the ground.

From then on he would be expelled, and never mentioned again in the novel.

But why would he do such a thing?

Is it just because the author wrote him to do that?

Or is there more?

I quietly ate my lunch as I shake it off my mind.

After saying goodbye to them, I made my way back to the dorms.

As I go through the student's lounge.

"You don't belong here,"

I look to the side and see the same first-years from before,

Now they were bluntly harassing the poor heroine, Millia, as she read a book on the bench, there were tears forming in her eyes.

It left a sour taste in my mouth,

I know firsthand, the feeling of being bullied, just because you're different.

I glance away and kept walking.

Reynold would come one of these days anyways to save her from it.

So it is not my problem to solve.

But then I was stopped in my tracks as a thought entered my head.

Isn't this a tragic event for her?

I activated my skill.

My existence became faint.

As I look from afar, I summoned Cotton, from out of my shadow.

And ordered him to do something cynical,

I watched him fly from the ground.

As he flapped his wings from high above.

He then let out a white fluid.

It fell quickly from the sky.

And soon,

"You're kind don't belong here, you don't belong here, you should pack up and lea-"

It landed directly on one of the girl's heads.

"EWWWWWWWWWW,"

Cotton didn't stop his barrage of poop.

One by one the girls that were bullying Millia were showered, with his number two.

They soon ran quickly, the onslaught of sh*t followed them until they got inside the bathroom.

I was laughing as I watch from the side.

After getting back my composure, I looked at Millia.

She was gazing at the sky, her brown eyes dead set upon Cotton.

I then opened my system.

But to my disappointment, the mission was not cleared.

After letting out a sigh, I made my way back to my dorm.

The halls inside echoed no sounds.