45 Deans 2 (1/2)
Frae frowned. 'Since when did Ci-ci have a fifth student? Who is this person?'
Of course, this supposed 'Five' character was Ci-ci, but he didn't look back toward Frae. It was almost as though they were strangers.
Regardless of what it was that Ci-ci promised to Frae, to him, the most important thing was the Grandbell family's legacy. In that vein, he kept many things to himself. To this day, Frae was unaware of where he lived despite Milana knowing. However, even more important than that, no one knew of the last gift his mother left for him, and as such, no one was aware of the fact he had the ability to change his appearance.
Ci-ci couldn't say that he didn't trust Frae. In fact, he did trust her and didn't believe that she'd ever do anything to harm him. However, the people he trusted most in the world were either dead, or suffering from severe brain damage. The last person, the person he trusted unconditionally and the very most, was himself and himself alone.
”Who the hell are you?! How dare you come here?!” The Dean of the English department recollected himself first, embarrassed by his lack of initial response.
”Are you losing hearing in your old age? I told you, I'm Five.”
The Deans looked at this young man carefully. It wasn't as though they could boast about knowing every student of Grandbell, that was impossible. However, each and every one of Ci-ci's students were famous beyond belief. Even the weirdest of them all, Alex, was a leading member of the Junior Dream Initiative, a group next in line to lead the coming generations of space missions.
It was simply impossible for a student of Ci-ci's to be unknown. It was too… Odd.
No matter how they felt about Ci-ci, they'd be fools to believe that any of his students could be mediocre to the point of being unknown, even by them.
It obviously didn't help that this young man's appearance was not only overly casual, but almost excessively normal.
He wasn't too ugly, nor was he too handsome. He wore a plain white T-Shirt with grey brandless sweatpants. To make matters worse, he actually strolled into their board meeting wearing flip flops!
To meet them, such esteemed members of the number one university of their continent, such pre-eminent members of the education field, in such attire… How could they not feel disrespected?
Suddenly, the young man said something that infuriated them all the more.
”I'm flattered, truly flattered. You think so highly of my teacher that it's inconceivable to you that I'm unknown? This is truly an honor.” The plain young man grinned, bowing for added effect.
Frae's frown deepened.
One might wonder how she didn't know about Ci-ci's face changing ability. After all, she was the only one who knew about Ci-ci's fake lawyer's license.
However, there were many important points here. For one, Frae didn't know exactly who the license was for. While, she knew that Ci-ci used her credentials as her father's secretary to forge a license, the circumstances around it were a blur to her.
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The Grandbell school system was designed specifically so that manipulations were impossible. After decades of school related scandals, the West Continent Government put in place numerous provisions that ensured absolute anonymity between students, their professors, and even heads of the universities and the government itself.
These laws, dubbed as the ”Fair Schooling Act”, were put in place by President Kenyatta to appeal to the middle class and lower-class individuals to secure his third term in office. In direct consequence of them, rich families could no longer ”buy” the education of their children.
One such provision of this law forced students to become nothing more than a code built alpha-numerically. Therefore, the name ”Lucius Grant” never appeared in the school directory, neither was there a photo.
When a student went to take a test or any form of assessment, everything was handled by a computer that only recognized the specific DNA sequence of the student.