The week passed like a blur. Zaroth would get up, attend the classes, spending more focus on Elysia's lectures as there was going to be a supposedly hard test. After that, he spent an hour training with Midnight amidst the darkness, and then managed to crawl back to his bed as exhaustion had overwhelmed him, and go to sleep.
With a grunt, he woke up. Opening his eyes, he saw that he could see, so he concluded that it was soon going to be time for him to go to the academy.
Shifting his gaze, he glanced to his side. There, Luna was sleeping—not because of anything that had happened the night before, but because she had mentioned enjoying lying on his bed, so he hadn't objected.
"Now that I think about it, this is the first time I have seen her sleeping," he gulped audibly. The way her hair was laid down on the bed made his blood run hotter. Zaroth would have already made his move a long time ago if his strength didn't limit him.
He didn't want to be late today as the test was scheduled today, so shaking his head off the impure thought, he stood up and went to take a shower.
This was one of the activities that he enjoyed the most—the way the hot water washed the stress off his body felt so good that he usually showered two times a day, once in the morning and once at night.
This, of course, was wasteful as a person didn't need to shower so often, but he didn't care for that.
He simply desired to shower more often, so who was going to stop him?
After he dried himself, he saw that Luna was still asleep. "I guess I can make breakfast…"
Truthfully, he had been spoiled by Luna too much as she had been cooking breakfast for some time now, so it was his turn.
Today he was making fried eggs with cheese.
While he was cooking, he couldn't help but throw a few glances at Luna. "Does she even need to sleep?" he muttered under his breath. Not that he was complaining, she was cute when she was like that, so he didn't wake her up.
After some time, the food began to give off a nice aroma, and it seemed that Luna smelled it as she began turning in the bed. Soon after, she opened her eyes, massaging her tired eyes, she shifted her gaze to Zaroth.
"You've cooked breakfast?" she asked, her voice carrying a hint of tiredness.
"Well, yeah, you overslept," he replied.
Hearing his words, Luna raised an eyebrow. "Zaroth, this is not possible."
He chuckled, "Come on now! Just admit that you overslept!" He tried to tease her.
"What is the time?" she asked.
"Well, of course, it is—" Zaroth began to speak but stopped mid-sentence as he was looking at the time,
3:00.
'Huh? No, that isn't possible. I mean, it is so clear it must be the middle of the day, not the night!' he thought.
"And also… why are you cooking in the darkness?" Luna added.
"Darkness?" he repeated her words as his mind raced. The surroundings were so clear…
He shifted his gaze to the gems on the ceiling, the ones that, if turned on, would emit light.
They were turned off.
Moving his eyes to his palm, he clenched it into a fist. It was 3:00, the gems on the ceiling were off, and yet he…
Was able to see his palm? Not only that, but he had managed to take a shower and make breakfast without a problem?
His eyes widened as a menacing smile appeared on his face.
"Is this… Darkgaze? I have learned it?"
He took a deep breath, trying to calm down his beating heart. It seemed that he had learned one of the two skills that he was learning with Midnight. How was this possible, he asked himself? Wasn't he supposed to learn it in the middle of combat? Or was this meant for the Darkveil, while Darkgaze could be learned in everyday life without the constant danger of pain?
"It seems… that I have good news to tell Midnight later."
Sadly, it was in the middle of the night, and he had a test today, so he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep even if he tried. So, he began to review the material that he knew was going to be on the test.
He wasn't going to fail again, he would ace it the first time.
*****
The moment Zaroth entered the room, he saw that many students had different expressions. Some looked confident, while others looked worried.
Not paying them any attention, he went to the front and sat with his friends.
They all looked relaxed, so Zaroth could tell that they had studied as well. Well, relaxed was too strong of a word when it came to Zack, because after the sixth round, the man looked like there was something bothering him, but he was reluctant to share, so they didn't bring up the issue.
The front doors burst open, and Elysia entered, carrying a stack of papers.
"Attention." She didn't need to speak loudly as everybody was solely focused on her words. That was how much presence she had.
"The test will now begin… should someone be caught cheating, expulsion is in order according to the rules."
Zaroth didn't plan to cheat, as he felt confident enough in his knowledge.
Elysia snapped with her fingers, and the next second there was a test in front of every student in the room.
"The test will be until the end of the lecture," she spoke as she observed the faces of the students until she stopped at one with white hair and green cat-like eyes. Find your next read on My Virtual Library Empire
Zaroth.
Her eyes, that usually didn't show any kind of emotion, moved, showing clear surprise for a second, though no one noticed, as everybody was focused on their test.
Elysia's reaction was because she had seen many demons in her life, so she knew how to recognize them at first glance… and at this moment, she saw that Zaroth had somehow become a part demon.
Or more exactly, a vampire.
Meanwhile, oblivious to the fact that Elysia was staring at him, Zaroth began to answer the questions on the test, one by one.