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There's A Mage Teacher On The Floor
Rollanda calmly kneeled down to take a quick look at Wick's condition.
Everyone seemed worried, or at least feigned it considerably well, but Rollanda would have none of that.
He took Wick's arm to check for a pulse, and then went on to open each of his eyes to confirm he wasn't dead or about to kick the bucket.
He was burning, but not physically. It was mana. Not a problem.
"You should know I can. However, this is not something that really merits my attention. Any one Doctor class magician can handle this." She answered Alistair.
She closed both eyes, before calling for someone to come aid her.
Afterwards, a blonde girl hurried into the room with a stretcher.
She was a well known novice nurse that went by the name Hanako. Japanese chick, who often told others to call her 'Hanako-chan', so everyone either called her that or 'My Sweet Angel In White'.
Her talent and ever-ready attitude when it came to her work as a nurse made her a favorite to be the successor of Rollanda as Liseranna's head nurse, and that's not mentioning her wide smile that often soothed the heart of her patients.
Many also think her the best candidate to become a man's wife in Liseranna at current, though she is quick to crush those hopes when she tells others that she has no interest in dating anyone until she meets the man of her dreams and gets married.
After professor Wick is secured on the stretcher, Hanako carries him off alongside a Kubinashi that is probably her familiar.
"Do not worry, Hanako will take care of it. It is nothing more than a curse. If I had to classify it, yes... it would probably be a medium rate course. Pesky and difficult to get rid of, but nothing Hanako can't treat in a short while." Rollanda explained as she stood back up.
"Poor, poor Wick. That is what he gets for messing around with things he shouldn't." A sinister smirk appeared on the headmaster's face. "But nevermind that, let's get on with the juicy details. Sadly, since Professor Wick won't be available for a while, his students shall be moved to a different teacher. Shame, that." He shook his head.
"In any case, let's get down to business, shall we? The reason I called you here is to meet your teachers. But really, look at them. They are as boring as they come. The hottie over there isn't too bad for the boys, I'm sure, but her classes are the most grim, so I don't really recommend them. There's also Alistair over here, but, well, what can I say about him without showing that I am madly in love with him? Teehee." The headmaster jokingly hit his head.
Lin was completely unamused by this, and Charlotte really had no idea of what was going on.
"Well then, get to meet them, talk to them, ask them out on a date, whatever. The real reason we are all here is to tell you this! The Magus Games are starting the next week! Ohmigosh, this is so exciting!"
The whispering did not make itself wait at the mention of the games.
"The Magus Games, huh? I'd definitely love to get some of that action." Lin smirked. "How we gonna go about it, though?"
"Magus games? Belly, you know what that is about?"
"Don't look at me. I'm as out of the loop as you on this one. Never been to one of these shits before."
"And this time, there are lotsa stuff to get you into the game! For once, the more you participate on events, the more credits you will receive! If you are good at what you do, you might even skip a class or two!"
More than one raised their eyebrows at this announcement.
"You should also get yourself some friends, because some of the events will be made as a group. If you don't have one, you'll be put into one, so that the loners don't feel left out." He continued. "And the most extreme thing about this all! I will give great power and the number one spot to the single person that manages to get me the Heir of Baphel!"
At the mention of this, the room instantly froze.
Lin got nervous for one of the few times of his life. His fingers twitched and his jaw trembled as he tried to say something.
Out of surprise, Belphegor took over Charlotte's body before shouting, "WHAT THE FUCKING HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM, OLD MAN?! Revealing the heir of Baphel? Here? Are you out of your fucking mind?!"
With a sinmple glare of the headmaster's still closed eyes, the spirit gulped and disappeared back into the depths of his host's mind.
"Unlike what some of you would think, the Heir Of Baphel is definitely not the woman with heterochromia standing beside me." His smile returned to his face and he continued talking. "I know who the Heir is, and I won't ask for the unreasonable, so I'll give you a slight hint."
He then pointed at the students that were still at a lack of words, which was most of the crowd.
"T-T-The heir....?!" Lin stuttered, finally letting the knot in his throat disappear.
"They are in this room. As you may have noticed, this is not the whole of the school. A single classroom could not hold all of the students. The ones here are a selected few, among which there is the Heir. Good for you. Your search has been reduced to a few five hundred." He said with yet another malicious smirk.
"You devil..." Rollanda whispered under her breath.
"So! Get to know each other! Talk with one another! Get to know your teachers! And then bring me the one with the Eye and you will be richly rewarded."
After that, he pulled out a single sheath from behind him, put it over him and then disappeared, but the echo of his voice lingered in the room.
"Good bye boys! And good hunting!"
The headmaster disappeared, but Lin still could not believe his ears.
The Eye Of Baphel? In the same room as him?
How could it be that he overlooked such a thing.
"H-Heir of Baphel, I order you in the name of the Xiao Long to appear before me at once!" He shouted, making more than one set of eyes turn to him.
He did not like his family, but he would use the name if it was a means to an end.
"Your voice's trembling! I bet YOU are the Heir!" Answered another voice.
"You just want to make us go for the wrong guy, right?! Well, that won't save your ass!" Yet another one joined the fray.
"And how do we know it is not you? You only want to blame someone else!" It was a woman this time.
At this point, the whole room exploded in fighting and arguments. Some people were even readying their magicks to fight it out.
Juliann's first day was going anything but well, and, of course, the one most confused about all of this was Charlotte.
"Hey, Belly, what are they arguing about?"
"Nothing ya need to bother your little mind with, kid. Go find a comfy spot before you get caught up in this shit."
"Well... that cunning devil got away with it." Rollanda turned to the other teachers. "I'll let you to it. I've some things to attend to. Urgent things, actually. Do your best while you calm them down."
With that, Rollanda turned on her heel and left the room without another word.
Now, what they were to do? And how would the students react to these shocking news?