The other students that were in the cafeteria have at this point started to funnel out into the garden to see the scene. Carie, Lera and Boz come out along with the initial first few students. “Oh my God, Jian!” Carie screams in both concern and worry.
She, along with all the other students in the area, see Jian laying on the ground with a hunting knife stuck in his shoulder. His head is resting in Quib's lap, and he seems to be going into a state of shock. Next to him lies the dead body of a Sigil head, his body surrounded in a pool of blood and five bullet wounds clearly seen through his back.
Before any of Jian's friends can rush to his side, a female voice can be heard from the crowd saying “Wait, who's that!?” while pointing up towards the roof of the school offices. On top of the building is Raphael Danteo, who is holding a UAM-44 precision assault rifle in his hands. Almost as soon as Carie and the investigation group look towards his location, he throws down his rifle and leaps off of the building, making the group of students think he is jumping to his death.
But he lands on the ground feet first, seemingly taking no injury from the fall. Although all of the students are already looking towards him with fear, one of them screams out “Monster!?”, making all of the students rush back into the school building.
Although they are paid well, most of the teachers and faculty at Unimori are cowards when put in this situation. A security guard, however, has the strength of will to rush out of the building and stand in Raphael's way. He pulls out a steel baton and goes into a combat stance in front of Raphael and screams back to Carie's group for one of them to call an ambulance.
Despite the fact that there is a guard standing in his way, Raphael shows no signs of slowing down. Instead, he starts talking to him in a low voice as he continues to walk forward. “Listen, I just saved that boy's life! If I hadn't shot that Sigil head, then he would have torn that teenager apart. Now get out of my way! He needs to be healed!”
“Hell no! Let the ambulance take care of the kid! He's already in shock! What else can you do for him that they can't!?” the faculty member screams at Raphael, not realizing what Raphael can do.
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Raphael, while moving forward towards Jian and the security guard, does not speak another word, but instead simply glares at the man, hoping that his force of will is enough to push the man away.
The security guard looks into Raphael's eyes and sees a shine in his eyes, almost like his eyes are glowing a deep gold, a color that shakes him to his core. With fear in his voice, he yelps and moves back into the building, saying that he isn't paid enough to deal with this.
Raphael walks over to Jian, who is now starting to convulse. He holds Jian still and examines his wound for a few seconds before he can make a full analysis of the injury.
“Alright, I see where he's been hit. The blade is right next to a blood artery, but that shouldn't be much of a problem. Quib, keep him still while I pull the knife out...”
Quib gives Raphael a quick nod and pulls Jian by his shoulder and arm up to her chest. After which, she holds him in a bear hug until Raphael can finish with his healing spell.
While Quib holds Jian in her arms, Raphael motions his hand in front of his mouth and whispers a few mystical words. Once he has finished chanting, a cloudy, white aura appears in his palm.
In one quick motion, Raphael grabs the knife that is embedded in Jian's shoulder and pulls it out, quick and clean. Unfortunately, he does nick Jian's artery, making a stream of his blood launch out of the wound.
Not much blood is released, however, because his other hand is right on his injury a millisecond later. Raphael focuses his mind and closes his eyes, keeping his concentration stuck on Jian's shoulder. He stays in this position for about a minute, with Jian going out of his state of shock about halfway through that minute.
He removes his hand from Jian's wound, his injury now completely healed without leaving even the smallest suggestion of a scar. Jian soon after falls into a deep sleep, the entire event too much to deal with. Raphael gets up to his feet and looks at Quib. He says to her in a whispered tone “Next time, carry a weapon....” before rushing across the garden and leaping three stories in the air to the top of the school offices. He grabs his UAM-44 rifle and disappears out of sight.
Quib scoops up Jian in her arms and walks over to Carie and her friends. She puts Jian in Boz's arms and says “Bring him back to his dorm room, I need to go gather some weapons, just to be safe.”
Boz gives Quib a stern nod and walks back into the cafeteria with Jian in his arms. Lera follows close by him, not willing to leave Boz's side at the moment. Carie, however stays where she is, staring at the Sigil head that is laying dead on the ground. “Magic...? What the hell am I going to find out next? That this Raphael character is from outer space!? Damn, this just gets weirder and weirder....”