CHAPTER_12 Act 2

Then I've been mistaken all along?

"From Ms. Frestia? Why are you saying this now?" I wondered.

"You are correct; I met with Ms. Frestia, and at that time, she gave me details on what to do if you refuse to change your decision, but as she confirmed, you are unwilling to change what you have decided, which is perfect for our plan."

I see. So he's been observing me from the start, huh?

"I never thought she planned all of this," I whisper.

I was buried in thoughts and didn't see that my grip on him was weakening, so he ultimately slipped free from my hands.

As I suspected, he was not weak and was just barely using his strength earlier.

"Mr. Ethan Reginald, why do you think Ms. Frestia did all of this? Just put your best guess."

"Hmm... I wonder..."

If she was a friend of Ms. Hollows, why did she go to such lengths to set her up?

"Doesn't Ms. Frestia have a grudge against Ms. Hollows?" I asked.

"We don't know for sure, but one thing she tells me is that she set this stage for you to accept her offer, since if you do, you'll owe us gratitude for saving your life."

"What is the point of following her?"

"Because that is your only choice."

"I'm fine; I'm sick of this world that I don't enjoy anymore," I immediately decline.

"No, you'll join her eventually."

"..."

"Alright, let me state this even we haven't confirmed this yet. Didn't you want to get rid of the person responsible for Ms. Strose's death--?"

In that instant, that triggered me.

"How?" I said in disbelief.

"That's a secret. Now, do you want to change your mind?"

Ms. Frestia has complete control over me. She was meticulously prepared in this situation.

"You wanted something from me, right? What is it that you are willing to go to such lengths for?" I asked him.

"We have the same goal, Mr. Reginald, to get rid of the old Families and start a new era," he remarked nonchalantly, as if they were determined.

"Perhaps we are the same, however, I want 'all' Families to perish in order for the next generation to have a bright future; I want to eradicate all of them. But that goal is only too far for me because I was fighting alone."

I've never considered doing something like this before. In fact, I'm not sure I'll be able to accomplish it on my own. If it wasn't me who would end this, maybe someone else would. But I'm not going to give up and forgive them easily. I'll make sure they end up faring far worse than I did.

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"Well, if you help us in one thing, we'll let you do what you like after; let's just say this is a temporary alliance between you and Ms. Frestia."

"Then, what was one thing you wanted me to do?" I asked.

But, in the midst of our conversation, two people eventually entered the room.

"This is getting interesting," Mr. Arios commented.

"What's this scene? You're different from what you gives off during school; I guess that's why you're vigilant when around me, isn't Mr. Arios?" Ms. Wyte said, who was sternly looking at Mr. Arios.

"That wasn't on purpose, Ms. Wyte; if you think that way, I assume you're paying close attention to my movements."

"Mr. Seid told me to do so," she replied.

In regards to that, Mr. Seid is on her side.

"I see, that's your new Family, huh? We made a mistake to approach him from the start," Mr. Arios said.

"Care to explain what's this set up?" Ms. Wyte cunningly questioned.

"There's no need to explain all of this because you already knew, and you've been hiding behind that door for far too long," Mr. Arios replied.

"We happened to listen because there were no guards outside; in truth, Mr. Seid was here earlier and did not decide to go in."

To put it simply, they've been listening in on our conversation.

"Anyway," Mr. Seid interrupts, "I had one question: are you people associated with the Independent Families?"

"What do you think?" Mr. Arios vaguely asked.

"I suppose you do, and I assume you know Mr. Gounter?" Mr. Seid said.

"Why are you asking?" he thought.

"This is just speculation, but do you have spies on each Family?" We all looked perplexed when Mr. Seid made that comment. "Is it true?" He asked once again.

"Your thoughts definitely explain why we should be cautious when dealing with the Order Family; in that regard, we don't have nearly enough information about your Family, Mr. Seid."

"A little piece of advice: just be good at gathering information," Mr. Seid answered.

"Since you've seen us lurking around you, I'll take that."

"Is that also true?"

"Well, that's for you to find out."

From the looks of it, Ms. Frestia also started investigating Mr. Seid, which was a little concerning. How could they have approached him in that manner?

"I thought all the students went home?" I said, changing the subject.

"Well, they haven't," said Mr. Arios.

"So you are agreeing with his terms, Mr. President?" Without hesitation, Ms. Wyte asked me.

"Why ask if you knew already?" I responded.

I'm determined to obtain the truth about Ms. Strose's incident, so I'll leave away everything behind. And that is my answer.

"You see, as I said at our first meeting, we have the same goal but different objectives, Mr. President," Mr. Seid remarked, continuing, "but if you pry into my life, there's a chance that we'll be enemies. Though we will, and that day you realize that you should never make a move against us. That same goes for you, Mr. Arios, you better tell Ms. Frestia."

"Woah, that's scary, Mr. Seid," Mr. Arios gasped cynically.

"Anyway," I interjected, "now you do what you want here, Mr. Seid, but after this, I'll return to see if you manage to live a life you've never been used to."

"Never been used to?" Mr. Seid asked.

"Oh, I forgot, you always find a way to easily adapt and go into your hands, just like you did before transferring here, right?"

"Don't bring it up," he said, fiercely gazing at me.

That look will definitely be engraved in my mind.

"All right, then, this is the last time I see you in school. I'll leave it up to you, Mr. Hans Seid and Ms. Zei Wyte."

"..."

Mr. Seid didn't respond, showing that he doesn't care. I looked at Mr. Arios, indicating what we should do now. "We'll go right away," he says.

"Wait, is there any chance we'll meet her?" Ms. Wyte inquires.

No one knows where she is right now, and I'll leave it at that because it's private information.

"We will pay," Mr. Seid declared, causing us to stumble.

Mr. Arios, on the other hand, responded, "You will meet her soon, and I will inform her."

We went past in an instant and then left.

The last thing I saw was them, and that made me think that I shouldn't go back to this school anymore. However...

*Bang*

And then the last thing I heard was a gunshot from a distance.

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