Chapter 34: Magic Class (2/2)

A few minutes later, once they have stepped on the stone-paved path and were walking around the academic grounds aimlessly, John stopped them and said, ”I didn't get to say this before as I was lost in the heat of the moment, but now that we're in a safe place, I would like to thank you both for helping me out. No one in my entire life stood up for me, not even my mother, so thank you for taking my side.”

Elliot, who too was bullied every day in school, knew full about what John might have gone through and so he placed his hand on his shoulder, comforting him by saying,

”There's no need to worry about that. I stood up for you for personal reasons and just cause I wanted to.”

John didn't know why but warmness filled his heart and tears started appearing in his eyes. It's been too long since he has been treated like a human being. He was just useless and treated as trash in the eyes of others as he was a Hollow. But now, for the first time in his life, he was being treated friendly by others.

”Don't tell me you're about to cry like a sissy!” Theo's eyebrows arched as he stared at John.

”Bullshit! It's just that dust got in my eyes,” John said, wiping the tears in his eyes like a man.

Elliot crackled a laugh, moving his face away from John.

”Where to now?” John asked after a moment.

”The class teaching magic is about to begin,” Theo replied, telling them that the class the three of them wanted to attend is going to begin soon.

”Let's get to that place and secure our seats before it gets too crowded,” Elliot said as he started sprinting towards the main building of the academy. Theo and John chased after him but found it too hard to catch up to him.

”He's faster than me?” Theo thought, surprised that Elliot has gotten faster than himself in merely a few days. A smile etched on his face as he teleported beside Elliot, leaving John to eat the dust.

”Guys, wait for me!” John said, crying his lungs out.

”Try to catch up, haha.” Elliot's voice sounded in his ears, telling him to increase his speed.

”Hey, you guys going too fast!” John said as he watched them getting further away from himself.

”The last one to get to the class pays for everyone's meal tonight!” Theo's exclaimed, teleporting ahead of Elliot and John.

John, who was at the very back, knew that he would end up buying them dinner tonight.

By the time Elliot, Theo, and John entered the classroom and took a seat next to each other on one of the many chairs arranged in rows, the classroom was already half-filled with magicians of the magical realm evolutionary stage. Most of them have awakened, but some of them haven't awakened.

They had similarities and differences.

However, one thing was for sure.

They were all here because magic fascinated them as much as evolution!