Meanwhile, Kai and Michelle arrived at the hospital, where Michelle led him to Shirotsuka Sanae's room.

In the room, there was another person talking to her. They recognized who she was.

"Oh, is this the rumored Kai Carter that Michelle has been talking about?" She smirked as she glanced at Kai.

"Nice to meet you, Ma'am," Kai greeted the brown-haired woman. She was Michelle's teacher, so he needed to be polite to her.

"You are visiting Sanae?"

"Yes." They nodded.

"Aren't you happy? Your student is visiting you. If it weren't for him, you would have already died and we wouldn't be able to meet." She glanced at Sanae, who only shrugged her shoulders in response. "Anyway, here she is. Her wounds should be completely healed in two weeks while she should be able to go out after another week.

"Still, to think that Sanae became the classroom teacher of Michelle's childhood friend. Haha… This is funny. I can't imagine. If this were the past, she might say that you just need to blow those magical beasts away and win. But I heard she's changed and become a somewhat unique teacher."

"Oi." Sanae glared at her.

"No no. If it weren't for me, Teacher Sanae wouldn't be hurt in the first place." He shook his head.

"True, but she would have never met me again, and for that, I need to thank you," she bowed her head, thanking him for reuniting her with this best friend of hers.

He put down the basket of fruits that they bought earlier.

"Well, I'm sure Michelle already told you about me, but let me introduce myself formally. Former member of the Snake Elite Corps, Michelle's formal teacher, as well as a teacher in Elite Magical Academy, Mano Yuki. Nice to meet you." She smiled. "It's actually Sacred Elite Magical Academy, but because the name sucks, I only say Elite Magical Academy."

Kai nodded. "Kai Carter. Nice to meet you."

"Anyway, you're going to transfer to the academy, right?"

"Yeah. That's the plan." He glanced at Michelle.

"Yeah. I'll make sure he can start attending school next week." She nodded. "Besides, I'm going to make a group."

"Oh… I see." Mano Yuki was surprised at first, but she soon closed her eyes in understanding. Michelle never had a desire to form a group or join any group because all of them were the same. There was no Kai. But with Kai also attending the school, this girl finally had a desire to form a group and make a home inside the academy.

"That's why I want to ask you to become the instructor for my group, Teacher," Michelle requested.

"I'm completely fine with it… is what I'd like to say, but I'm sorry, I can't. I have another project to complete." She shook her head in regret before glancing at Shirotsuka Sanae. "So why don't you get her to be your instructor instead? She's stronger and more skillful than I am. I can apply her to the academy to be a teacher, but yeah, you'll need to wait for a few weeks for her to join you guys."

"That would be great." Michelle nodded.

"Great? Wait, no!" Sanae wanted to protest, but Yuki immediately shut her up as she glared at them. "You are a hospitalized person, no job whatsoever, and the hospital bill is still on me. I figured out that you don't have that much money anyway, so please give me a reason as to why you don't want to work? Do you want to leech on me?"

"I…" Shirotsuka Sanae was owned by her.

"First of all, I know your lifestyle, and I can confidently say that it's a bad one as you spent most of your money on beers. Seriously? We can live together for a while in my apartment after you get discharged, but you need to get your own later." Yuki sighed.

Kai was amazed. He never thought this teacher was owned by this woman.

"Fine… It seems that I need to go to the front lines again." Sanae sighed as she seemed to be against the idea.

"Don't worry, It's still better than going to the front lines as a soldier. Trust me." Yuki briefly reassured her.

"All right." Sanae nodded in defeat.

"Good. I'll process your admission after this." Yuki nodded, satisfied.

After that, Sanae looked at Kai and Michelle with a complicated expression. Kai thought it was normal since she seemed to be reluctant. He just bowed his head and said, "Pleasure to have you again, Teacher Sanae."

"Yeah. By the way, I heard that each group should have five people. Who are the other three?" she asked. Since she was going to be their group instructor, it'd be best if she knew in advance.

"Tasha and Ayaka. We haven't decided on the last one," Kai answered.

"I see. Two S-rank magicians, one A-rank magician, and one unorthodox magician, this group is pretty absurd when I think about it." She nodded. She knew about Michelle being an S-rank from Yuki.

"You're right. This one is a bit too powerful. Although they don't have a third-year, they're already really powerful considering the two S-rank magicians in the group." Yuki agreed with Sanae's opinion.

"Yeah. But none of us can defeat this guy one-on-one." Michelle pointed at Kai. "His hearing is the most troublesome."

"Ah, I heard the report about it, especially when I was assisting the professor in making that equipment. If I'm not mistaken, he goes by the name of Leo." Yuki said, trying to recall his file.

Kai's expression darkened, and Michelle immediately stepped up. "Teacher, you shouldn't talk about Kai's identity. It's classified information."

"Really? I'm sorry then. I thought since the professor treated it like it wasn't a big deal, it was just casual information. I won't say anything about it again," she immediately apologized.

"Leo?" Sanae was confused, but she refrained from asking, as Michelle just warned them not to talk about it.

"Anyway, you have a one-month break from a mission, but if you're forming a group, you'll need to take a mission, you know." Yuki glanced at Michelle.

"I know. But this time, I'll just have fun." Michelle merely shrugged it off.

"True enough."

"By the way, Kai Carter, there is another thing I need to talk to you about," Sanae said as she opened her communication device. "She said she's your childhood friend and there's only one contact in this communication device. It's the communication device I gave her."

"Childhood friend?" Kai frowned upon hearing this.

"It's Yajima Haruko. Anyway, you can talk to her with this communication device, but not here. I don't know if it's real or if she just wanted to convince me, but I indeed saw a photo of you three in a park."

Kai and Michelle were dumbfounded when they heard that. Kai suddenly asked, "Is the time in the photo around sunset?"

"Yes." Sanae nodded.

Kai's body shook. He never thought she was near this whole time. He never got anything from her after that time, and because she was the one who changed him, her existence was buried deep inside his heart. When he recalled Sakura and Yajima Haruko, the transformation was so far to the point he couldn't recognize her.

"It seems that I'm right. Her family is just locking her up to make sure she doesn't get involved in the mess for the time being, so you shouldn't worry about her too much and just let the storm pass before you meet her. Anyway, if you want to do anything with that communication device, do it somewhere else. And since you've finished your business here, then go."

"Kai…" Michelle shook his hand and said, "It's all right. We can meet her anytime and you can talk to her with this, so we should wait for the storm to pass first, and after that, we can visit her in broad daylight."

Kai clenched his fists and nodded. "You're right. At least, knowing her identity is good enough right now."

"Yes. Come on, let's go out first." Michelle tried to take him away to soothe his chaotic mind. Kai nodded and bid goodbye to Shirotsuka Sanae and Mano Yuki before leaving the room.

"Wait a minute." Kai suddenly stopped and took out his communication device. He then transferred back the money Ayaka gave previously as he didn't have a chance to use it.

It took only an instant for Ayaka to see it and reply.

[I don't need this little money.]

"You're hurting her by giving it back, you know," Michelle whispered.

"I know. Still, what needs to be returned should be returned." Kai sighed.

[I'm thankful as you were willing to help me when I was at my wits' end.] He replied.

A moment later, a reply from Ayaka came, [And if I didn't have you, my family would have already vanished from this world and I wouldn't know a single thing before everything is over!]

[It's fine. Without your family, my family wouldn't have been able to cross all those places and might have ended up dying somewhere in Russia.] Kai replied as he tried to change the topic. [You've been admitted to the magical academy, right? That's good.]

However, even after a while, there was no reply from her. It seemed that she wasn't going to reply. Kai sighed.

"What are you going to do with her now?" Michelle asked with concern.

"I'll just talk to her when school starts." Kai shook his head, helpless with the situation. He thought he shouldn't bother her for a while as her family was busy setting up their company again. "All right, let's get going."

Michelle kept looking at him before sighing as well.

After they finished processing everything, it was the start of their own date. They hadn't met for a few years, so they wanted to enjoy it without disturbance.

First of all, they bought all the necessities Kai needed, such as his clothes. Their date wasn't that eventful as they just spent it strolling around and talking about everything they had experienced in the past years.

Kai slept in Michelle's house that day, and the next day, they visited the school to show him around the school. Of course, this garnered attention from most of the students who saw them. They never thought Michelle would suddenly come to school guiding an unknown man.

The men who saw the scene were jealous, as she was not only one of the strongest people in the school, her appearance and background were also top-notch. Meanwhile, the girls were curious about the identity of the man. Even so, no one dared to stop them or talk to them.

They were stopped by a teacher once, but after telling her the reason as well as the admittance of Kai Carter, Tasha Carter, and Kudo Ayaka, she let them do whatever they wanted within the school rules.

After a while, they left the school and enjoyed their day before Kai went back to his house.

Michelle waved her hands to him from inside the car before going back too. However, when she closed the window, her expression became serious as she needed to do something tonight.

After coming back, she changed into her battle suit and snuck out of the house. She was going to pay a certain someone a little visit, searching for the lonely young girl.

Luckily, the house's security itself wasn't that good, so she easily arrived in a mansion. She looked at the sad-looking brown-haired girl sitting on her bed before coming inside.

"Weak girl."