Chapter 9: Jade
After he dressed up, he walked to the table. His classes were supposed to be written down in the school handbook, which was one of the massive books on his desk.
It was that big because it also doubled as a book of rules and regulations, something he planned to read and get full knowledge on.
If you wanted to know how to do things the best way, it's by learning the rules and bending them to fit your needs.
He opened the book and flipped to the page holding his classes and their times. He only had four classes today: Magic Theory, Magical Dueling, Spell Casting and Incantations, and finally, Runes Casting class.
As first-years, they had a lot of classes, and even though this was the second semester, they still had a lot to cover.
Raze read through and memorized what he had for today, and the location of the classes. He closed the book, took out his journal and pen, and left his room. He locked the door and walked down the hallway toward the stairs, glancing at the room of the boy he framed.
He was already going down the stairs when the dorm bells rang, a heavy, loud sound that reverberated all around the dorm building and kept going for five minutes.
The bell normally rang every day, thirty minutes before the first class. It gave students enough time to get ready, but not enough time to really wake up, so they dragged themselves to do what they had to.
As soon as the bell rang, Raze started hearing the sounds of movement in all the rooms as he left, everyone scurrying to get ready.
He headed out of the dorm room and walked straight for the academic building where all the classes were normally held.
Though at the back of his mind, he knew it was very unlikely that the first class would hold. Most of it would be eaten by announcements for sure; it was the same when the protagonist had gone to class after he killed Raze.
The headmaster of the academy spoke to everyone, telling them about making the right decisions in their life to avoid making the mistakes that Raze made.
"I guess this time I'll not be the one used as an example," he said.
The path from the dorm building led him to a paved road that led to the academic building at the center of the academy compound. He could see other students walking toward the building as well, though most of them were not first-years, as those ones were still struggling to get up.
He saw second-years and third-years mostly, no fourth-years, as they were hard to come by. Their lives were not that of a student, and they had real-world issues to deal with.
The second-years had black on their suits rather than purple, and the third-years had pure white suits. It was used to easily know what year a person was without even asking.
Raze walked quietly. He made it to the stairs that led to the building; it was really wide, and a lot of people could go in while walking side by side. He got up the stairs and entered the building.
"Today is the first day of me being the student I should really be. Sorry, Raze, but your life has taken a change," he said. He put one hand in his pockets, the other hand holding his journal.
He walked a bit and then took a left turn. His class was in the West Wing of the academy, as were most of the first-years' classes, and they were on the ground floor.
He walked through the corridors where there was barely anyone. He got to the class and pushed the door open, walking inside.
He didn't expect anyone to be inside, but to his surprise, a girl was seated there, and so was the teacher.
The teacher was a man in his mid-twenties. He had a short buzz cut type of hair and wore a longer version of the students' suit, but in black with gold accents. It was considered the standard teacher uniform in the academy.
The girl, on the other hand, had her head down, so Raze could not see her face, but she had black hair with a streak of white on one side.
Immediately, Raze saw the streak of hair, he realized who that was. She was Jade, the person who was the second-best student after him during the first semester.
She had no real impact in the story until the third year, where she became close to the protagonist. In the story, she suffered from severe abandonment issues, but she hid it very well. The protagonist found out, or maybe he didn't find out and just wanted to be her friend, and so she became extremely dependent on him. There was also the fact that she was a genius.
She did anything for the protagonist; she would even wipe away a village of kids for him. Looking at her now, Raze wondered what it would be like if he actually got to be the one she depended on.
It wouldn't be easy, sure, but if he managed to pull it off, he would have someone that could do his dirty work. He would also deprive the protagonist of someone in the future. It was a win-win.
The protagonist wasn't really that big of a deal, but he was still an asshole that Raze would love to punish, make suffer for as long as possible, and then kill him in the end.
Raze walked into the classroom. The teacher looked up at Raze, and Raze greeted, "Good morning, sir." The teacher looked shocked that Raze greeted him, but he took the greeting and replied with a simple nod.
Raze walked past the teacher's table and entered the class, picking his seat right next to Jade.
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