Chapter 45: I’ll come back tomorrow to beat you up (2/2)
“I have no idea either, I don’t think other academies have this kind of rules.” Moss said, a little depressed, a little ashamed as well, “Maybe it has something to do with Holy Dawn Academy being sponsored by clan Lannister. Many students graduating from Holy Dawn Academy will join clan Lannister’s western army or their arcane teams, that’s why they’re particularly strict in their management, a little like an army.”
“…”
Moss helplessly watched the many golden roofs inside Divine Shield Academy, then looked at the two Divine Shield students on duty at the gates who were watching them as if they were thieves. He said, “We might as well go back then. We don’t even know what people from team Divine Shield look like, so even if we stood watch here, we wouldn’t know it even if their team members walked right under our noses. There’s also no way to watch their training.”
“No!” Ayrin was still full of a zest that didn’t concede defeat no matter what. “I’ll stroll along the walls and see if there’s a place where we can flip inside. If that’s really not possible, I’ll see if there’s a place we can dig a hole into!”
“Faint!” Moss looked at Ayrin. “Worthy of someone hanging out with the Impulsive Freshman.”
…
“Holy Dawn Academy? Trash like Holy Dawn Academy… We never even regarded Holy Dawn Academy as an opponent.”
Just when Moss was following admiringly behind Aryin and circling around Divine Shield Academy, they suddenly halted in place.
This voice came from a shop not far away beside them.
This was a little shop specializing in barbecues. They also sold a few cards with pictures and explanations about various kinds of monsters and rares beasts inside.
“Who’s so arrogant? Could it be a member of team Divine Shield?”
Ayrin walked straight toward that shop, his face awe-inspiring like a tiger. Moss followed right behind him.
“Hah, two pandas, they even look a little like the pandamen monsters on the picture cards.” Inside, a shop owner over thirty years old was amused at his first sight of Ayrin’s and Moss’ appearances. “Joking joking… You two want to buy something?”
“We don’t need anything.” Moss felt that Ayrin became a little impulsive as well after staying too long with Belo. Also, felt that Ayrin was sometimes smart, and sometimes so slow it was hard to imagine. Hence he hurried a little anxiously to the front and said, “We’re Divine Shield Academy’s freshmen, we’re very concerned about our team’s matches. We heard people discuss this match, that’s why we came in.”
Moss then turned toward the several people sitting there and chatting. “Could you seniors precisely be our school’s team? Would it be possible to give us an autograph?”
The people sitting there all wore Divine Shield Academy uniform, their yellow the color of autumn leaves, ironed straight just like army uniforms. A white-faced boy among them lifted his head when he heard Moss’ words. He wore glasses just like Belo, but his hair stood up even straighter on his head than Huston’s. “Freshmen will be freshmen, they don’t understand anything. How could it be so easy to meet our Divine Shield Academy’s team, would they be sitting here at a time like this?”
“So you’re not?” Moss said without batting an eye, “But just now I heard you say… you never regarded Holy Dawn Academy as an opponent. Isn’t there an Amazing Girl Chris in Holy Dawn Academy, I heard she beat the entire Southern Monsoon team just by herself.”
“How can a trash team like team Southern Monsoon compare to our Divine Shield Academy?” This glasses man with erect hair said with contempt, “This Crazy Girl, she only has a little fame in a place like Holy Dawn Academy. If she were in our Divine Shield Academy, hmph hmph, maybe even our lot will be able to sort her out. Who knows, maybe I’d find her too ugly even if she tried to be our girlfriend. To be our opponent, I’m dying, it’s too funny. After that, there’s only Iron Forest Academy’s Ferguillo left…”
Moss knew things were going south as soon as he heard the sound of heavy breathing behind him. Indeed, before he had time to even turn around, he heard Ayrin’s voice say, “Did you stand upside down for too long during your training today?”
“Hm? I didn’t, what are you trying to say?” The glasses man with erect hair was a little confused for a while, blanking out a little.
“You stood upside down for too long, even your poop’s coming out of your mouth, that’s why your words stink so much,” Ayrin said, looking at him.
“…” Moss was suddenly at a loss for words. Ayrin had always seemed like a good child before, as if nothing could make him angry. He didn’t expect Ayrin to actually insult someone, and even insult him so strongly at that.
“What did you say!”
Glassman and the others beside him finally came back to their senses. They all stood up amidst crashing chairs.
“You need to apologize for what you said about Chris just now,” Ayrin said.
“Are you from Holy Dawn Academy or someone of our Divine Shield Academy?” Glasses let out a nasty laugh. “What happens if I don’t apologize?”
“I am from Holy Dawn Academy! If you don’t apologize, then I’ll beat you up until you apologize!”
“Students from Holy Dawn Academy? Even Holy Dawn Academy people dare make a racket here? Either you get lost right now, or else I’ll beat you up, make you kneel down and lick my feet!” Glasses and the others from Divine Shield Academy beside him all watched Ayrin like fiends and devils. What made them immediately stunned though was, Ayrin had already run outside the door like a drift of smoke, before this sentence even ended.
“I can’t fight anymore today, too tired. I’ll come back tomorrow to beat you up!”
“…”
By the time these Divine Shield Academy people came back to their senses, Moss had already followed behind Ayrin and ran away until not even their shadows could be seen anymore.
“Haha!”
The glasses boy was the first one to let his laughter out loud, unable to hold it in. He laughed until his belly actually hurt. “He actually directly fled in fear just like that? Run if you have to run, he still had to ‘I’ll come tomorrow to beat you up,’ it’s really too funny. I’ve never seen something so funny.”