Chapter 35: Early Arrival And Friends (1/2)

“What happened, Jacob? Come on,” Maya says while turning back to look at me.

I ignore her and just keep staring at the school gate.

An Elf!? Here!? Now!?

What the fuck!?

I mean, I know about the student exchange program and all, but for Elves to come here this early? I thought it would take at least a few weeks before they show up.

“Are you alright?” Maya asks, a bit concerned now.

“Why is there an Elf!?” I ask.

Maya’s body jumps up a little from my loud question.

“Don’t scare me like that! Wait… you saw an Elf? We were informed that they had arrived at our school yesterday, but I don’t think any student has seen them yet…” Maya says.

“You know about the Elves already?” I ask in even greater hock.

“Yeah, even Layla know, but as you were sick the whole day yesterday, we decided to not disturb you,” Maya answers.

“Damn… Anyway, so?”

“So what?”

“So, tell me why are Elves here already?” I ask, exasperated.

“Oh, not only the Elves but people from many other races are here as well. Though for now, only the teachers have come to see through the accommodation facilities. The students will come here in a few days,” Maya answers.

“Other races as well? But I thought these people would be arriving weeks later?” I ask in confusion.

“Oh, I forgot you don’t know about that as well…” Maya says while sighing.

What the fuck?

“Okay, how many things I don’t know about?” I ask in disbelief.

“You were sick, okay? We couldn’t disturb when you are getting rest. You know how important you are to m—”

Cough

“A-A-Anyway, you remember the p-pink lightening which surrounding the WST like a barrier?” Maya quickly asks, trying to ride over what she accidentally slipped out.

“Yeah, what about it?”

“Well, the color of the lightning was changed to black the day before yesterday,” Maya tells me.

A sudden and strong fear grips me.

“R-Really? I-Is the lightening black now?” I ask stutteringly.

“No actually, it turned back to pink after an hour or something. But I saw in today’s news that it happened earlier today as well. It turned to black and then pink again after some time,” Maya says.

“…”

Fuck…

I cannot even give any more pathetic reason to convince myself that this phenomenon with WST is unrelated to my broken system anymore…

“Well, as you said, the Student Exchange Program should have started later this month, but many people are guessing that due to this black lightning phenomenon, the leaders pulled all their resources and powers to do this as fast as possible. I even heard the teachers are transported to the school using magic,” Maya continues.

M-Magic?

Shit! I am feeling a bit scared now, to be honest.

I really don’t want to acknowledge but things might turn out really bad for me if the WST is somehow affected by my system.

I know I thought that these magicians might help me, but what would they do to me if my system couldn’t be repaired?

“Anyway, let’s get inside fast or they won’t let us enter!” Maya says urgently while grabbing my arm and pulling me forward.

Getting inside the school premises, I see no sign of the elf woman from before. She must have entered the building already.

But still…

“Why is no one outside?” I ask in confusion.

There are no students around the entrance of the school building or on the grounds. It is quite unusual as the classes should not have started yet.

“Oh… well, make the things you don’t know three, will you?” Maya says with a nervous laugh.

I just glare at her.

“Okay, okay. I forgot this one. Today is actually our half day. We were informed that the teachers from the other races will be introduced to us and there is also going to be an important announcement today,” Maya tells me.

“Wait, we won’t have classes?” I ask.

“Nope. And you can see, no one is here because they are all probably in the auditorium already,” Maya informs me.

Woah, this is actually good news. I don’t like to study much!

Though, to be honest, I do like to attend a few classes for a certain reason… Fufufu.

“You look creepy laughing like that… Anyway, let’s go,” Maya says before moving sideways and dragging me towards the auditorium.