Chapter 41: He Started It! (1/2)
At this moment, Reyes's voice suddenly rang out from inside the classroom.
”What are you doing staring in here, Ivan? Did I tell you to stand outside the classroom? Face the other way! You are disturbing this class! Just stand right there and stop looking around!”
Calvin furrowed his eyebrows.
He really disliked this teacher.
”Sir, I'm really curious but I just can't find the answer to my question...”
Calvin stared right at sir Reyes, ”Just what is the reason that a teacher like you became a demon in this mental asylum? Could it be that you've stared too much into the abyss to the extent that the abyss reeled you in, or could it be because you also tormented others like these students?”
”What are you talking about? You're being disrespectful!”
”You saw what happened earlier, sir Reyes. I am certain that you knew who started everything and who was the one being bullied. I wished to properly reason with him, but he didn't listen and did it the second time. What's worse was that in his next attempt, he even purposely stained my uniform...”
”I was willing to forgive him, but when I took my textbook out, my hand slipped and it accidentally fell on his face...”
”I admit that it was my mistake for letting my hand slip earlier, but does that mean that he did nothing wrong to me? He was the one who started it all!”
”But wait!”
”Actually, all of these did not have to happen!”
”You saw who started it, and he seemed to be very obedient to you. If you spoke up earlier, then there's a huge chance that he'd feel remorse and won't do it again to me or to other students...” Calvin took a deep breath to compose himself.
Sir Reyes wanted to speak up, but before he could do so...
He was interrupted by Calvin.
”But you didn't do anything... Maybe because you thought that it was a waste of time, or maybe you thought that it was just a joke between students. Your life is already stressful enough, so why bother yourself with some things that would just waste your time? Or could it be perhaps that you have an ugly fetish for seeing a student being bullied?”
”That's right...”
”Schadenfreude?”
”How presumptuous! You're going too far! You don't know what you're talking about!”
”Sir Reyes, why are you being agitated. I'm not saying anything solid here, I'm just making a hypothesis...” Calvin stared right at Reyes and the latter found that Calvin's eyes seemed to be whirlpools of darkness that he was unable to ignore nor look away from.
Calvin lifted a smile.
He still had a lot to say, but the bell suddenly rang.
The bell sounded strange as if it was an amalgamation of somebody screaming in a shrill voice and the sound of a wind chime combined together.
Calvin furrowed his eyebrows hearing that sound, but right when he recovered from his trance.
He saw sir Reyes rushing out of the classroom.
He took one final glance at Calvin and declared, ”Young man, you went too far today. You must write me an apology letter duly signed by your parents by tomorrow or else, I will have to go to the Disciplinary Committee! Let's see how sir Nick handles you.”
Sir Reyes then swept his gaze at the other students, ”The class is over!”
He then rushed out of the classroom as if someone in the classroom was out there to gobble him up.
Calvin shook his head and let out a sigh.
Taking a glance at the clock, it was recess time. In other words, it was time for the students to eat.
Calvin carried his bag and returned to the classroom.
When he walked towards the front row to get to his seat, the students sitting at the front row obediently placed their desks and chairs aside and a phenomenon similar to how Moses parted the Red Sea occurred at this moment.
Calvin only shook his head and chuckled deep inside. Particularly when he saw how these students ran out of the classroom as if they knew that a slaughter would begin at any moment.
'Am I really that scary?'
'Well, I did slap a student with a book...'
'But he's the one who started it...'