Chapter 381: Ria Ross (2/2)
”What are we going to do then? Doesn't it mean that Kai can't do anything during this mission?” Ayaka asked. ”Won't this be bad because it will make Kai look bad?”
”True enough.” Michelle nodded in agreement.
”Not necessarily so…” Ria mysteriously smiled as if she had a plan to deal with the situation.
Suddenly, Kai called his teacher, stopping all talks in the room. ”Teacher.”
They turned to Kai with a serious expression as if he grasped something from reading the documents.
”What is it?” Ria's expression also turned serious.
”I have several questions, but I think the one question that I want to ask the most is… The little stunt you did earlier…Is that a part of your plan?”
Ria smirked when she heard that question. Kai seemed to have understood what she planned to do.
”As I said, I came to help you. If you think that I am doing random things by calling the media over here, standing in front of the school gate, delivering the speech about your achievement, and announcing your promotion, then do you think I am fit to be your teacher?”
”I see.” Kai let out a long sigh. ”You are serious about this?”
”Of course. You seem to have understood my real intention.” She made a sinister smile. ”No wonder you are my student.”
”Hmph. No wonder people don't like to mess with you. You always did something like this!” Kai shook his head helplessly.
The group glanced at them back and forth, hoping for an explanation.
Kai sighed and put the document on the table before pointing his finger to two clauses.
They gathered and looked closely at the things he pointed at.
”Kai Carter may bring his friends or even groups from the school to help him during this mission to compensate for all the terms above.”
”Kai Carter has the right for an army of thirty-five thousand soldiers and the right to be an independent army. He may move freely in the battlefield with that army as long as he makes sure that everything is under control.”
They took a closer look at the two clauses but still couldn't understand the meaning. They asked Kai for an explanation.
Kai let out a long sigh while Ria was making a big smile.
…
Four hours later, all students in the academy had gathered in the gym where Ria Ross would be delivering her speech.
The student council and a few volunteers must have seen hell because Ria's unnotified speech forced them to prepare everything as soon as possible.
The work that usually required a few days was done in a few hours.
The light in the gym went out before the president appeared in the middle of the stage, with one light illuminating her.
”I am sure that all of you here have heard about what will come for this sudden event. Even we, the student council, don't know anything about this, so we are just as confused as you. Still, I believe no one in this base doesn't know her name.
”She has shaken this base from the very bottom because she has shown that ranking won't determine your achievement. She is also my role model other than my grandfather, who taught me everything.
”She, who is an A Rank Magician, manages to climb the rank to the very top and defeat all S Rank Magicians in the country. At the same time, she is the first to kill an S Rank Magical Beast without being an S Rank Magician.
”She has indeed shown the world that we shouldn't give up and can become whoever we want to be. I believe I shouldn't talk for too long, and let's invite one of our alumnus, General Ria Ross, to take the stage.” She delivered her brief speech, asking Ria Ross to come to the stage.
Applause filled the gym as they looked at the stage with great expectation, wanting to see the woman who changed the US Base as a whole.
Ria Ross slowly walked toward the podium, shook the student council president's hand, and smiled at the audience.
The uproar became a frenzy. The students were in euphoria.
However, Ria Ross only closed her eyes, faced the students, and opened her eyes again. There was this weird feeling when one looked at her. It was a kind of a unique aura that only she possessed.
That aura mysteriously shut them up until not even a single sound could be heard in the gym. It was indeed amazing to see a frenzy turned into complete silence with just a blink of an eye.
Ria Ross then opened her mouth.
”Thank you for the warm welcome. I am… Ria Ross.”