Rise of the White Devil

Chapter 77 Class S-1

With five minutes left until his class would start, Lucas stood in front of the door.

"Class S-1..." Lucas muttered, reading the plate on the door.

Taking a deep breath and exhaling, he entered the classroom.

The moment he entered, everyone became quiet as all eyes turned to him.

'I really fucking hate this.'

Annoyed yet not showing any emotion on his face, he calmly looked for an open seat.

Luckily, Seraphina was all the way at the back, and the seat on her left next to the window was free as she waved at him.

He could see Amaya seated in front of her with Leonne.

Luna was on top of Seraphina's desk, sleeping peacefully once more...

Scanning a little more, he noticed that Sylviette and Klaus weren't there.

'So they have been placed in another classroom, huh.'

Walking towards her, he took the seat next to her and got comfortable in his chair.

Suddenly, Seraphina shuffled closer to Lucas under everyone's gaze.

"Hey, so what happened with you and Dad?" she asked, whispering as Lucas turned his face towards her.

Her face was uncomfortably close to Lucas, allowing him to see every detail of her blood-red eyes and glistening onyx-black hair.

The strands shimmered like polished stone, contrasting starkly with her delicate, beautiful skin, which looked as pale as freshly fallen snow.

"Lucas?"

Snapping him out of his daze was Seraphina, who was looking at him with worried eyes, seeing him zone out so suddenly.

"Ah, sorry... don't worry, nothing happened between us to make you worry. He just questioned me about a few things, but I handled it."

Lucas said as he turned his face from her, staring down at the empty teacher's desk.

'Just what is wrong with me these days...'

"Really? Dad didn't try to hurt you, right? If he did, just tell me,"

Seraphina asked, surprised yet not fully convinced, making him smile a little, though he still didn't look in her direction.

"He didn't hurt me at all, you don't need to worry. He was just worried about what our sudden relationship was, that is all. He didn't touch a finger on my body."

'Almost did though...'

Saying the last part in his mind, he heard Seraphina release a relieved sigh.

Thinking he finally convinced her, he started relaxing a little more before he felt her intense gaze on him again.

"Hey, Lucas."

"...Yes?"

Lucas asked, confused yet still not looking at her as he felt a little weird still from earlier.

Just for a moment, when he saw her worried face so close to him, he felt like she was... cuter and more beautiful than usual.

"Are you alright? You seem a little out of it today," she asked with a worried tone, noticing him acting strangely.

"Did something happen? Like did 'they' contact you?"

she asked again, a little more quietly, making sure no one could hear them at all.

Finally looking at her and seeing her worried eyes on him, he answered,

"I am fine, don't worry. Just... a little tired, I suppose, since I didn't get any sleep today."

"Huh? But shouldn't yo—"

Before she could finish what she was saying, as she wasn't convinced in the slightest by Lucas's excuse, they suddenly heard the door open, making everyone go quiet and look at who entered.

Seeing Elizabeth enter the classroom, Lucas observed as she calmly and gracefully walked and stood in front of her desk. He could see several boys already starting to drool over her.

Suddenly, a pressure descended on the students as almost everyone watched with bated breath, feeling the mana she was releasing to snap them out of their weird thoughts.

'So, a grandmaster... If I had to guess, Julius seems to be stronger, so perhaps an 8-star level?'

As Lucas thought, she suppressed her mana again, making almost everyone sigh in relief.

"Good morning. As you all might have guessed, I will be the headteacher of this class and responsible for all of you for the next three years unless you get expelled. My name is Elizabeth Thorne."

Hearing what she said, he noticed her warmly glancing subtly at him for a second without anyone noticing except for Seraphina next to Lucas, making her furrow her brows for some reason.

'Why does it feel like she treats me so differently?'

He honestly found it weird how worried she was last night about him, but she shouldn't be anymore, right?

He didn't know why but could tell that she was going to treat him differently than the other students. Enjoy more content from empire

'Is it because of my performance at the exams? It doesn't seem like the reason though...'

At first, he thought it was just because she was a kind teacher who cares about the students of the academy.

Lucas, in fact, still believes that but is at least suspicious since even if she is a kind teacher, there is no need for her to be kinder to him than others unless she has a reason other than being kind.

'Should I ask her lat—'

Before Lucas could finish his thought, while Elizabeth was answering the questions of the eager students who wanted to know more about her, he suddenly felt extremely lightheaded as drowsiness was trying to take over.

Not even a second had gone by, and everything he felt was replaced with a sharp pain piercing throughout his head, making him bite his lip hard to prevent himself from crying out in pain and clutch his head with his left hand while slightly leaning for support on the desk.

He felt cold sweat sticking on his left hand that was placed on his forehead as breathing became more difficult.

Making matters worse, he suddenly became extremely conscious of his body, like breathing and blinking.

'Fuck! It's getting only worse and worse!'

Screaming inside his mind as he clutched his head tighter, the pain finally started to subside a little.

"Lucas? Seriously, what is happening? Are you alright?"

He heard Seraphina whisper worriedly next to him but couldn't answer as he tried to focus on breathing properly.

'Just what is happening to me...?'

As he thought, he could feel a burning sensation in the middle of his back for some reason.

After a few seconds, the burning sensation disappeared, as did the pain, making him breathe a sigh of relief quietly.

Finally glancing to his right at Seraphina, he could see she was looking at him silently in extreme worry, giving him some breathing space.

"Lucas..."

As he was about to respond to her, he heard Elizabeth's voice resounding throughout the room.

"Is something wrong, Student Lucas?"

Looking up, he finally looked towards Elizabeth, who was looking at him with furrowed brows, noticing something odd going on.

Suddenly, everyone was gazing at Lucas, making him feel uncomfortable.

"No, I apologize for disturbing the class, Teacher Elizabeth."

"It's alright, but are you alright? You look pale... Are you sick perhaps?"

Everyone glanced weirdly at Elizabeth upon hearing what she said, since getting sick as a master would be hard, especially for someone as strong as Lucas, but perhaps she was right as everyone saw how pale Lucas looked.

"Ah, no, it is nothing. Just a little tired, I suppose..."

Lucas said shortly as he truly didn't know how to escape this situation and didn't want to reveal what was going on yet until he was sure.

Luckily, she understood his reluctance and decided to let it go for now, but he could see she was looking at him in a way that told him this wasn't over.

'Looks like I will be leaving the academy late today...'

[Father, are you alright? I feel something weird from our connection in your body...]

He heard Luna speak inside his head as she woke up and was still lying down on top of Seraphina's desk looking at him, but he could hear the clear worry in her voice.

[Don't worry, I felt it as well. I'll check what is wrong with me after I am done with everything today.]

As he said, he heard Elizabeth's voice again addressing the entire class.

"Right now, let's head to the training ground where we will spar with each other since there is no better way to know each other than fighting against one another."

Saying that, everyone finally got up excitedly as Luna jumped on top of Lucas's shoulder.

Noticing something interesting, he realized he was the only one with a bond in his class.

'Well, it is rare to get a bond that suits you, I suppose...'

As he thought, he noticed the intense gazes of most girls focused on Luna, sometimes even on him, making him feel uncomfortable.

Trying to ignore them, he looked to his right again where someone else stood with an intense gaze, looking at him full of worry.

Sighing as he understood she wasn't buying any of it and not wanting to hurt her, he spoke.

"I'll tell you what is wrong after school, alright? I promise."

"Fine... but I am sticking close if something happens to you again."

"...Sure."

Saying that, they both started walking out as well, following the rest to the training grounds.

'She always really worries a lot about me... though I guess it doesn't feel bad.'

He thought while ignoring the intense gazes of Luna on his shoulder and Seraphina at his side as both kept looking at him worried.

'This is going to be a long day...'