After class, Johan looked out for the Literature Club. It was in the main building but at the absolute end. Almost not finding it, he stumbled upon the girl who told him to come over a while ago.
"Hey. You told me to come to the literature Club, earlier."
She just stared at him uninterested. Next to her was a smaller girl who looked at him with big eyes.
"So, hmm, YOU were called to the Literature Club? Interesting. When was the last time, a GUY was even allowed near that room?"
She looked at him with suspicious eyes.
"What? It's a girl's club? Why did you invite me there then?"
The grumpy looking girl went from contempt to disgust. It was clear that she wasn't particularly fond of men.
"Come with me."
Johan started following her when she started walking downstairs. The other girl followed them, too.
"...stupid ...they come."
She spouted something while clenching her fists.
...
"Ramona, he's here."
She turned around and looked him in the eyes.
"This is the president of the Literature Club. Talk to her with respect. She's-"
"It's alright. Let him in."
"Good afternoon, Ms. President. What did I do to have the honour to be called into the Literature Club?"
"Hmm." She smiled.
"Come, have a seat."
The room was very simple. It had yellow curtains, a desk and a few stools. In fact, it was almost too simple to be called a club at all. Usually there would be couches or a sofa for people to sit on. Maybe a huge wooden table for the members to sit at.
"It's a small room for only reserved students. Not everyone can join the club but that's also the reason why the budget is so low. I hope it's comfortable enough for you."
"Oh, no problem. I don't mind at all."
"Great. Before we start let me introduce myself. I'm Ramona the president of this club. I told Kaira to invite you here."
'Well, I don't know about 'invite'...'
"Hey, I'm Johan von Parseval, a first year student at Euros Academy."
"Welcome, Johan. I don't want to take too much of your time so getting to the point. What happened between you and Reece?"
Her tone changed instantaneously. The expression on her face went from a moderate smile to a criminal investigator.
"What... do you mean?"
"Don't try to do that. The rumours have been spreading throughout school, how a newbie fought against one of the top ranking students of Euros. So stop pretending nothing happened."
Johan's mind was telling him to not further engage. He knew that there was no way he could leak anything or else he would get in trouble.
"Look, first of all these are just rumours and then why do you care?"
Her eyes were fixated at him. She didn't budge one bit.
"Good. You won't talk then I presume?"
Suddenly someone from behind grabbed him and put a towel over his face. He tried to get it off but for some reason his movements slowed down drastically. Then a kick came from the front which he almost didn't evade when his body started to glow up. His eyes became golden and his strength multiplied by quite a bit. Evading the kick, Johan freed himself from the grip and pushed the person away.
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CONTROL YOURSELF. YOU'RE SHOWING THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE.
Johan didn't care. Or rather his mind was clouded by rage. The rumours were giving him a hard time and now was it to release the stress.
He picked one of the chairs up and threw it towards the one who tried to paralyze him. The person couldn't dodge in time and got hit right in the abdomen.
"Aaaarghh!"
"Nooo! Vaiana!"
It was a girl, Johan hit with the chair. She was lying against the wall.
"You... come here!"
Ramona took out a wand and started spelling something. Johan's turned around and dashed towards her, leaving her no time to react.
boom
She got thrown against the wall as well but a spell blocked the impact just in time.
"Wait, we're sorry. It was just to-"
This time he jumped up and almost latched into her when something from the side hit him. Though not actually hurting him, it did push him away from Ramona.
"Haah. Just in time. Come over here quickly, Pira."
A girl with an emo outfit formed a black cube in her hand and threw it again.
THAT'S A DRARKNESS INFESTED FORM OF MAGIC. TRY TO NOT GET HIT AGAIN.
He couldn't hear him. That wasn't necessary either way because Johan took a defensive stance and formed arrows in the air.
swish
It barely failed to hit him, giving him enough time to target Pira with the arrows. She summoned another cube, this time bigger and tried to deflect the arrows.
Meanwhile, Ramona, had her eyes closed and was reciting verses from her wand. In front of her a spiral was forming. It looked like a black hole but the function wasn't the same. It would reflect the Ranker, hypnotizing him.
The fight between the three went on for a minute up until Johan regained some of his consciousness.
"Aggh... What... is going on?"
The girls stopped attacking, while also staying alert at the same time.
"As you can see we're basically destroying the room."
He couldn't recall much. The only thing that was on his mind was the sword in his hand.
"Want to talk?"
"What...?"
"Just as I said. Wanna talk? The fighting is leading nobody anywhere."
SHE'S TALKING MAD SH#T ABOUT YOU. BRO WHAT IS THIS? THAT'S GOTTA BE THE DUMBEST B#TCH I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED. SHE REALLY BELIEVES THAT SHE CAN DO ANYHTING TO YOU.
"...Whatever."
He went ahead and sat down in front of the desk.
"Glad, that you've come to the mental plane again. We were worrying that something might happen."
The emo girl was still in an offensive stance not getting rid of her doubts.
"...Uggh..." Johan felt a little sore in the mouth region. It was like something was there. When he put his finger on his tongue and looked at what came out, it shocked him to his core. It was a black gooey substance which felt like motor oil on his fingers.
"Wha... What's this?"
Ramona put her hand on her mouth. Even Pira was shook by the sight,
cough
cough
RINSE OUT YOUR MOUTH QUICKLY. THIS DARKNESS RESIDUE COMING OUT. I'LL EXPLAIN IT IN A MINUTE.
Since Johan had regained his sanity he understood Bahamut. Standing up from his chair, he apologizes and left the room running.
In the restroom he gurgled out the water he just put into his mouth and saw the rest of the residue come out.
"...What in the world??"
IT SEEMS LIKE THE SOUL OF THE FORMER USER OF THE LIGHT SYSTEM PARTIALLY TOOK OVER AND THAT CLEARED UP SOME OF THE MUCUS FROM THE BODY. ONE THING YOU MUST UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE LIGHT AND DARKNESS ELEMENTS DON'T COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER VERY WELL. THAT'S WHY WHEN ONE TAKES CONTROLL IT REPELLS THE OTHER. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAD SOME DARKNESS ELEMENT INSIDE OF YOU BUT THAT WAS ALSO VERY LOW QUALITY SO IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER ANYWAYS. PROBABLY CAME FROM MY SHADOW AS I ALSO HAD THE DARKNESS ELEMENT INSIDE OF ME.
"..."
Johan didn't know what to answer. His whole body felt a little weird after the mucus came out.
'Videl, make a bath ready for me. I need to rest.'
'Yes, my Lord.'
He went back to the club room and Ramona brought him a cup of tea.
"Here, drink this. It's a special herbal tea which will calm you down."
He hesitantly grabbed the cup and took a sip. Immediately his body experienced a calm.
"Wow, that's good."
"It is. You can get it at the school cafeteria. Usually it's sold out pretty quickly but if you're in time you will get a cup."
"So, what happened just a minute ago?"
She looked at the emo girl and turned back to him again.
"Well, let's put it this way. We had a misunderstanding and things escalated a little bit. No worries though. So, are you gonna join or what?"
"Huh? Join? I mean, what do we do here?"
"We read different literature to assess which ones are the best for lessons and also... I'm kidding! We're actually here to destroy the current power system in this academy. There is a lot that you probably don't know about yet but we'll get there. So, we heard that you got into a fight with Reece Brock. We just want to make sure nothing happened to you."
"I... okay, look. Whatever happened, it wasn't anything crazy. we jus-"
"The way you're saying it makes it even more suspicious. How about this. You tell us what happened that day and we'll tell you about what we know and why we exist in the first place. What do you say?"
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