I was in need of releasing my anger one way or another, so even though there was no one that i could release it on, i used it to convey a massage, a threatening massage towards the person intended through one of his lackeys, the guy i gave the responsibility of delivering the massage was quivering, but involuntarily kept nodding at my words .
I then began to walk towards the still a little bit cautious Tanaka-sensei, i was now in a sore mood yes, but i already lost much of the rage i had before and regained enough clarity to comprehend that i did something wrong .
I was surprised at first to see that he flinched every time i took a step forward, but after realizing this, i didn't take any more steps to not agitating him anymore than he most likely was .
Then i bowed directly and apologized for two things, being late for the class and also the fact that i caused ruckus for the teacher and disturb most of the people in the class .
He looked at me with a weird look in his eyes barley noticable behind his glasses frames, some of my classmates were also doing something similar, but i wasn't aware of that .
After a few seconds of awkwardness passed, he fixed his glasses with his hand and told me in bit tired voice that he didn't expect that i will be coming to the school today, this time i was the one surprised and at loss of words, wondering what could he possibly mean by that .
He then told me that this morning he received a notice from the school that i had an excuse of absence, so me appearing here was both surprising and a bit of shock to him, i looked at him and he looked at me as we both were wondering about the exact same thing, just what exactly was going on here, i was at least glad that it won't be on my record, but i couldn't help but wonder about what was the reason behind the school actions .
The teacher after confirming that i had somewhat had calmed down began to take a few steps towards me, after he got to a safe distance and making sure that no other students would be able to hear us, he took in a whispering like voice that i found myself able to hear quite clearly, he said :
Just who exactly were you in your past life, that raw killing intent is unprecedented to me in both of this life and my past one as well, even most of the Metaphysicals that i had engaged in combat when i was on the battlefield never released this much bloodlust, the moment you stepped in the training grounds, i wasn't even able to see who were you clearly from the thick blood aura that was surrounding you .
I thought you were a Metaphysical or a Demon of some kind, so i directly attacked wanted to secure the first move advantage and already readied myself for the worst, i even thought of escaping on my own for second and go call for reinforcement, but i had my pride as a teacher, so i wasn't going to just leave and abandoned my students in danger .
I only got to know that it was you after you passed by me, only then did my tensed heart finally calmed down a little, who exactly are you a reincarnation of, even now after you seemed to have calmed down a little, you are still releasing so much killing intent that will even cause those who got close to you like this to feel nauseous .
I really would appreciate if you able to dissipate it already, these guys might not be able to see what i see, but they will continue to feel that something is terribly wrong .
I was unaware of the last words he said, i was engrossed in recalling another piece of memory, one that was so deep in my mind that i felt like i'm sinking in quicksand just to recall it, it was as if it was banished from my mind on purpose .
( Recalling Of Memories )
In this piece of memory, i stood in front of the old man from before, a man that i was now aware of his high position in the kingdom, the man who supposedly was my mentor, he was the the Sage of magic and the Minister of ministers and the King's advisor, he was now patting my shoulder with a wide grin on his face, he kept saying Good, Good, Good .
I was aware that he was complimenting me on once again adding another triumph to my record of victories, i was aware due to the fact that i was already dyed red, body and armor, my sword only the handle with left of it, this was the dry blood of the enemies that i killed on the battlefield, which one that wasn't important .
What was important was the fact that the old man that seemed to be almost at the death door handed me another book, spell book .
Then he continued to say :
You accepting this book mean that you are no longer Lucius the orphan that no one will even try to take the trouble of looking at, you accepting this book, means that from now on, you are nothing but a disposable sword to kingdom, do you have an opinion on that .
Before i know the answer that the me in my previous life gave, the vision i was having ended .
( End Of The Recalling ) .
Lucius, that was my name in my past life, the teacher question about who am i, was what triggered this memories recalling, i was wondering how could it be possible for me to use the power inherited from my past self, yet be still ignorant about even my name in that past life, now this was finally resolved, my name was Lucius .
Connecting this with the numerous battles i kept on dreaming about before, i had no ounce of doubt on me that i accepted the book and the proposition made by my mentor, but what really made me a bit dissatisfied was the fact that other than knowing my name in my previous life, i didn't get the chance to read or know what kind of spell was inside that book, it was most likely another Time related spell book, what a pity .
My killing intent vanished the moment that the vision i was having ended and my mind returned back to reality, much to the teacher's joy .
I once again apologized for my abrupted actions, even though he seemed to be still holding a grudge about the the way i totally ignored him before, he still nodded his head at me and said jokingly that a little bit of action from time to time was very welcomed and appreciated, but showing killing intent is off limits .
Then he began to ask the students to regather and regroup, after listening to what he said about my killing intent and bloodlust i was becoming even more curious than ever about who or what exactly was i like in my past life, i also wondered about how my killing intent looked like to him, i also couldn't help but wonder about what would he would have felt if i exploded with a killing intent like the one i had kept in yesterday, i really hope for these flashes of memories to occur more frequently, i really wanted to know about the feats and the life of Lucius .
I was also seeing that sensei of mine in a new shade of light, that guy was willing to risk his life for the sake of buying his students some time to get out of here and call for help, i don't think any of my previous teachers would be willing to do the same, if they were in his place, maybe they would be willing to save the smart kids in class, but i don't see them risking their lives for it, this was all a hypothetical situation that i couldn't help but think about in my mind .
I was interrupted just when i was about to draw a conclusion of how ridiculous my thoughts were, after all not any school that i had attended before anything like this new school of mine .
I was so in thought that i didn't even sense the quiet girl that approached me silently from the back, Shizuno suddenly patted me on the shoulder and i almost activated Paradox in response, but after seeing that no malicious intent seemed to originate from that touch, i negated the writing in the last seconds and turned to see the blank expression like girl looking at me with a curious gaze, then she asked what did i just recall with the same nonchalant attitude of hers .
I first asked about how was she able to guess that i recalled something, then out of nowhere i saw her trying to lift her dimples up with her fingers, forcing herself to look like she was smiling while saying playfully, at least that what she was trying to act like :
Call it a half- younger sister's instinct .
Then her face converted back to normal in a way that left me quite speechless, i began to wonder if the sci-fi books i read about aliens waking among us were actually correct, if it was true then my bet would be on Shizuno .
I saw her face suddenly turned into a frown as she said in a bit angry tone :
You are thinking of something rude .
Was she an alien and a psychic, wow, or maybe just a psychic, her voice held a hint of anger to it just now, this may debunk my theory about her being an alien, wait a minute, she might not be an alien now, but she might have been one before, in her past life she was most likely an alien, then her being a psychic was most likely related to her race, yes now everything might make sense that way, why it was getting cold all of a sudden .
Ryuu-san .
I heard her call me by name and looked up to see that she already made some distance between us, but that wasn't what surprised me, i was surprised at finding the reason for why i was beginning to feel chilly, Shizuno had already finished writing all the glyphs needed to use her Dark Art, from the looks of it the target of this Dark Art was none other than me .
It's rude to ignore people talking to you, Ryuu-san, but it is even more rude to be speaking your weird thoughts about other people out loud, White Breath .
I almost facepalmed myself at her words, but i didn't waste my time trying to find a way to explain what had just happened, so i began to inscribe the glyphs of Paradox too, but even though i was now able to inscribe the glyphs of my spell insanely fast compared to yesterday, the reason for that was completely unknown to me, but i attributed it to the fact that i kept using it a lot in a short period of time, so i must have become more proficient with casting it .
I was almost close to reach the same level of instantly casting it like how i was able to in my last couple of visions, but no matter how instantly fast i was with casting, i will still be a bit short of contending against a spell that had already completed like the one inches away from me .
As i was writing the last syllable of my spell, a small white cyclone appeared in front of Shizuno, then a breath of snow-white like air came out of the cyclone and washed over me, at first i felt that it was nothing but a breeze, but then i felt like my whole body was thrown naked into an icy mountain .
It was so cold that i began crackling, but other than the chills that ran through someone spine, the spell didn't do anything else, it was either due to her taking a pity on me or that was all the spell had to offer, either way i was glad .
I said sorry as she was about to write the same dark art again and she finally stopped trying to turn me into a snowman .
I began to try and warm myself up, luckily the battle suit seemed to have get my body covered in term of keeping it warm, but my hands was a different thing completely, i began to blow into my hands hurriedly trying to warm them back up .
She seemed to be content with what just happened as i saw her mouth curved into a faint smile and i felt like teasing her about it so i said :
" I guess you don't need to lift your dimples to force yourself to smile anymore, you only needed someone that you can freeze up to death, isn't that right, younger sister, i'm at least glad that you picked me .
I saw that the faint smile turned into a deep frown, then the hand that stopped writing just seconds ago, resume writing from where it paused before, syllables began to dance in front of her again, but this time things were different, i had already finished writing and casted Paradox the whole field around us was covered with wall like sigils, she looked at the green see through walls of light with a bit of amazement, but she didn't hesitate even a second to lunch her attack .
Just like before a cyclone appeared then the white breath of air soon followed right after aiming at me and i dealt with it the same way i dealt with Kamekichi-senpai's attacks yesterday, i snapped my finger once, then weird thing began to happen, the cyclone vanished then appeared and was almost coming at me faster than before, i snapped my fingers once more and it completely vanished this time, i thought to myself Paradox was indeed a befitting name .
This accident made me understand another loophole in my Spell, the effect of Paradox that reversed time by 10 seconds could be outsmarted if the opponent prepared for it by casting his Spells 10 seconds ahead of time, i guess that was the reason for naming it as such, what made all this points noticable to me with none other than the fact that i or me in the past life was the one who created it, also the counterattack of the opponent will be rendered useless if i were to reverse time by another 10 seconds, but it could indeed give him some space to think of a way to maneuver .
But me knowing it was one thing, telling others about it was a complete different thing, but i guess the spell did its intended job in the end, just looking at the bewilderment deep in Shizuno's eyes i can see that she was beginning to doubt life .
I used the other effect to appear in front of her in a ghostly manner, then i flicked her forehead gently and said negating the activation of my spell :
" I was indeed deserving of the first time, but the second, i think it's one hundred percent unnecessary, won't you think ? .
She was currently massaging her forehead, but other than a nod, she didn't say a single word, i was about to say that should smile more, but i suddenly saw her raising the hand that i flicked her with and she did something out of my wildest expectations .
SHE ACTUALLY BIT ME .