Chapter 163: The Return Of Emily (2/2)

He hy she had done so, Eards to Ruslan'sher dissatisfaction was through petty but harmless actions like this

'So hed

"Alright, I should be getting back to class," Arthur announced, "I'll see you later"

"That better not be as a patient," Emily retorted as Arthur slipped out of the rooy to an end And he noticed that Roas surrounded by a group of his classmates

From snippets of conversation that he could hear from a distance, it seemed the class had somehow found out that Roas a beta tester for New Genesis

Rowan see to her But Quinn was standing around with his chest puffed, so Arthur immediately kneas his fault the situation turned out this way

The beta test wasn't a secret, nobody was forced to sign a confidentiality clause or anything, rather the developers wanted people to talk about the ga the centre of attention when not much information was public, as you were relentlessly hounded with questions

"Like a pack of hyenas," Arthur

People quickly turned to stare at Arthur after noticing him approach, it seemed people were quite curious about him

A couple of questions were thrown around, most seemed to be curious if Arthur was Merlin, as the two looked rather si it, he just responded with a siirl to eat a wolf corpse?" Another student asked, which caused Arthur's gaze to lock on to Roho had escaped the crowd and was now running around picking up dodgeballs

The bell had rung, signalling to everyone that class was over and that lunch break had started Seeing as they weren't getting anytheir way out of the gyhed to hi over to his friends "How'd that happen?"

"Soahed, "Although is it true you irl eat a wolf corpse?"

"To be fair, she's older than both of us," Arthur tried defending hiested it"

After saying goodbye to Rowan, the group went out and started having their lunch And for the rest of the day, besides the whispers, stares and occasional questions, the day flew past without much issue

Donovan picked Arthur up at the end of the day

"Did you get into another fight?" Donovan asked with a playful tone

"Nope, but I did put a kid in the infirmary," Arthur responded with a half-truth, "Technically"

Arthur had to explain his poor attempt at a joke to a very confused Donovan, but thankfully he caught on rather quickly

He was eventually dropped off at home, and after his usual routine, he went to bed The next four days fleithout anything interesting happening, Ruslan didn't seem to come to school for two days, but on the third day, he found hi in the library

'What on earth has happened to this ht to hi was'

He noticed that Ruslan had been li in an ankle brace, so he was spending less tiroup who usually played soccer over lunch break

Eventually, the week had ended, and it was finally tiaer than it was, so Arthur was feeling rather excited to hop back into the garoup outside of the facility, and it see around waiting, even though it would be a while before they were allowed in

Arthur saw a few faroup Although it seemed Liam and Alvira weren't present at thewith Maria It seemed Acai hadn't arrived yet either

Arthur approached the group, and as he slipped through the crowd, he saw Kyle standing around in the distance speaking with his own group

"Hey guys," Arthur greeted his friends as he approached