CHP 11: First day of school!

Tim and I made our way from the entrance of the school to the headmaster’s office. Student council members and event staff were busy preparing for the ceremony that was going to happen in an hour’s time. They looked like it was going to finish soon.

“Good morning, Headmaster Egghead,” Tim greeted the headmaster who was a middle-aged plump man with a bald head.

“Ah, Tim. I received the letter from the king, Is this the person who will protect our school from external threats?” Egghead asked

“Yes, this is the rumoured Shadow Rogue. You are not to reveal this information to any school staff or anybody else. He will have to just be a normal student in the school. The Shadow Rogue has accepted this mission of protecting the school. Although he will have a condition to make,” Tim explained.

“And what is the condition, Shadow?” Egghead asked Shadow curiously.

“It’s pretty simple, in order for me to be able to protect the school. I need to be able to skip classes anytime I want. And call me Bob in this school,” Bob revealed his request while revealing his true name at the same time as it was probably weird for a student to be named “Shadow”.

“Hmm, that is no problem for me but you will have to avoid the student council members since I can’t let anybody skip class and tell the whole world about it. If you are caught by the student council members, you will have to deal with them. I am fine with you skipping classes but it’s not possible for me to tell the school council members and teachers about that.” Egghead accepted his request but gave him a warning.

“ Sure, I can do that. We have an agreement then,” Bob replied Egghead (It’s pronounced Eg-Ghead)

“Alright, the opening ceremony will be starting soon. The ceremony is in the school hall. Oh, and you will be in Class 1-C,”

“Now then, time for private me-time,” Headmaster Egghead said silently as he watched the two people leave and going on their separate ways, he then took out some lotion and tissue from under his desk.

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Once I knew what class I was in and which way to go for the opening ceremony, I took my leave and walked towards the school hall. Streams of students can be seen coming from the school gates and were making a beeline to the school hall.

Oh, it looks like the ceremony is already starting. I hurried to the hall and had a look. There were seats for every class and almost all of them were already filled by students. I scanned the area to find my class seating area. “Motherfucker, It’s all the way in the front,” Bob silently cursed.

Well, fuck that. I’m not going to walk all the way to the front, you know how much energy it will take to walk 100 metres? Instead, I hang out at the back of the hall while waiting for the ceremony to start.

After most of the students have arrived, A well-endowed long-haired student makes their way to the stage. She seems to have captured everyone’s attention due to her stunning beauty.

“Good morning everyone, I am Suzuka Kawasuki. Your Student Council President, I welcome you, existing and new students…” The Student President began making her welcome speech.

“Well this is a fucking waste of time,” Bob said as he made his way to exit the hall. Once he left the door, his mood was immediately uplifted after escaping from a waste of time, dumbass speech.

“Now where should I go?” Bob asked himself. Just as he was thinking about it, another student left the school hall. An orange-haired male student with a grumpy face, everything about his appearance just screams ‘delinquent’.

The delinquent saw Bob and immediately his grumpy face changed into surprise, he then approached Bob.

“You sneaked out from that waste of time too huh?” He asked.

“Yeah, I wonder why would anyone would willingly put themselves to that torture,” Bob replied.

“What’s your name? My name’s Alex, nice to meet you,” The Delinquent reached out his hand to shake hands. (Alex the fucking ni****!)

Bob was surprised but accepted his handshake and answered him “Bob, nice to meet you too. Are you also a first-year student?”

Alex nodded at his question. Behind them, Bob heard footsteps.

“HEY! You are not allowed to leave the hall during the opening ceremony!” A strict looking girl wearing an armband that said ‘disciplinary squad’ appeared before them.

Bob and Alex looked at each other and nodded, they both knew what the other was thinking. “Let’s get the fuck out of here!” Alex shouted. Without, needing any explanations. Bob booked it and ran away from the disciplinary squad member.

“Haaahh, looks like we lost her,” Alex sighed in relief and exhaustion at the same time.

“Yeah, this school sucks. Why did they make it mandatory to listen to that wishy-washy overly optimistic opening ceremony speech,” Bob gave his opinion.

Right now, both Alex and Bob were on the roof of the school after escaping from that pesky disciplinary squad member.

“I think the speech is going to end in a few minutes and they will send the students back to their classes. By the way which class are you in?” Alex asked.

“Hm? I’m in Class 1-C, what about you?” Bob replied

Hearing his answer, Alex’s eyes widen in shock. “No way, I’m in the same class too! I guess we are going to have an interesting time in school,”

Bob smiled at his response, “Yes I believe we are going to have a fun time in this school,”

Claps were heard from the school hall, it seems like the opening ceremony has ended. Both Alex and Bob had noticed this and started making their way to the first floor where all the first-year classes are at.

The first-year corridors were already littered with students when they arrived. There, Class 1-C, sign on the wall revealed. Bob and Alex entered the class together and made their way to sit in the furthest seat away from the teacher’s desk. Their thinking was always in sync. As they made their way towards the back, they felt the gazes of their classmates piercing them. Obviously, when an orange-haired delinquent and a stoic, scary looking student enter the class, they were going to attract lots of attention. “Damn, we should have entered from the back,” Alex whispered. Bob could only nod in agreement, not liking the attention he’s receiving one bit.

Whispers from their classmates were heard.

“Didn’t see the two guys during the ceremony and I noticed that there were two seats empty during the opening ceremony,”

“They were probably skipping the ceremony. Sounds like trouble to me,”

“One of them looks like a delinquent and another just looks scary,”

“Yeah, we must have had bad luck being to be in the same class as them,”

Looks like most of them were acquainted with each other during the ceremony. Once Bob and Alex were seated, the gazes that pierced them were removed one by one as they started to chat with each other.

You can see cliques were beginning to form in the class, A blonde-haired cheery, wishy-washy nice guy was surrounded by girls and boys alike. The nerds were at one corner, and there were also a few loners. Bob and Alex were at the back just observing the environment around them.

“Yo, look at the blonde guy. He looks like he’s gonna be the most popular guy in the class,” Alex pointed out to Bob.

“Yeah, that good guy attitude irks me though. It’s not going to be much of a mystery who’s gonna be the class president,” Bob replied.

One of the more prominent figures in the class besides that blonde was a girl with red hair, she looked as though she was a noble and had that condescending look on her face, she was also surrounded with guys and girls alike. The girls mainly to ride on her social standing so that they could also be more popular by hanging out with her. The guys were though for another reason, no matter how shitty her attitude was, nobody could deny that she looked stunning.

“That girl might also be the class president too,” Bob deduced.

“Yeah, judging by how she carries herself, it seems fitting for her to take the role of leading the class,” Alex confirmed.

“Alright, brats! Get back to your seats, homeroom is in session,” A mature lady with a ponytail walked in the class, exuding an aura of authority.

“I am your teacher for this year. My name is Lara Areola and I specialise in wind magic. Starting from the front row on my right, introduce yourself,” Miss Areola commanded.

I immediately zoned out after hearing that introductions were going to be made but I did pay attention to their names and appearance. That blonde typical nice guy was Sobrom a prince from a place I never heard of. The red-head girl was Celeste, daughter of a prominent noble family and a cold-looking Ice princess named Elsa(I’m shit at making names, sorry). After taking note of all the possibly important people in the class, I closed my eyes and hugged the desk with my face.