The Mech Lord

"Hmph! What's with him?! When did he start caring about me so much?!" Amelia grumbled as she made her way back towards the parking lot.

"Amelia?"

The voice attracted her attention, and she raised her head to see a group of students walking right towards her being led by a guy. These people were her group of friends.

"Did you forget something? The Academy gates are towards the opposite ends.." Jason, the person in lead smiled as he pointed towards the other side.

This guy was Jason Young, the son of one of the Chiefs in the Army under Edgar. He was talented among the upcoming generation, and had people expecting a lot from him.

"Did you guys see the message? It seems someone is dead.." A girl in the group smiled as she showed the messaged to everyone.

She was Tristy Florence, the daughter of one of the Major Aristocrats in the Finance ministry. Her family was also know for harboring strong Awakeners.

"Isn't it interesting? Things had been boring all these while.." Jason laughed before looking Amelia, "Don't you think so too?"

Amelia looked at him, and begun to hesitate. She was supposed to be leaving the Academy, but if she did that now, what would her friends think?

Her reputation would definitely take a hit.

She might even be excluded from the group.

Amelia had actually worked a lot to found a place for herself and fit in the class. After all, she never had planned to take the military course and after being suddenly forced into it, she really didn't knew what to do.

In the end, she did what everyone else did. Followed the norm, and acted in a way that made people look up to her. This was how she got till here.

It really was not easy.

"What's wrong?" Jason asked her as his brows tightened a bit. She sure was silent for some reason.

"Umn..yeah.. It will be interesting I think.." Amelia nodded.

"Let's go then…" Tristy grabbed onto Amelia's arm and dragged her along.

"By the way, have you guys seen that cat girl?" A fat guy suddenly among the group suddenly asked with a smile on his face.

"Haven't seen her for two days. Guess you messed a bit too much with her.." Jason said with a laugh as he shook his head.

Amelia's face immediately turned a bit complicated, but Tristy just tugged at her , asking her not to pay attention to them.

As Amelia went towards the gate once again, she was freaking out a bit inside, 'What will I do if he finds out?'

She grinded her teeth before finally coming to a decision, 'Let it be, they should have thought about dangers before forcing me into this.'

…

On the other side, Leo walked into the library with Jack and found Harry waiting there as well.

Jack looked at the two of them as he took his seat on the reception desk.

"Well, now that you two are here, I will finally inform you about something.."

"I don't think I will like to hear it.." Harry looked at him with a complicated look on his face. Last time he told them about Zergs and almost got them in trouble. Luckily, the Dean didn't seem to be a bad guy. He hadn't done anything to them except for asking them to not talk about it.

"You don't need to worry. This time it's something for your benefit.." Jack looked at the two and smiled.

Leo and Harry exchanged a glance. If you ask them if this guy was trustworthy, they sure would tell you no.

"As you guys expected, the incident this time is indeed related to the Zerg which escaped."

The atmosphere immediately became tense with those words. Both Leo and Harry had a serious look on their faces. They knew how terrifying that thing was. It was something which wouldn't die. It was immortal. Even after being cut and stored into jars, it continued to live on.

Only God knew how Leo was able to kill one of them.

"You should be aware of how strong that thing is.." Jack's expression changed as he finally came to the main topic.

"Most of the Instructors in the Academy aren't even aware about who the culprit is and what we are chasing after."

"They most likely think it is a student or some kind of Beast which had gone out of control of its owner."

"The same should be the thoughts of most of the students around right now. But, the truth is somethin you two know. It isn't possible for them to handle this thing. That's why I want you two be alert. You know the real appearance and ability of that thing."

"If you see it, don't engage and try to stop others from doing it as well. Inform me first and foremost.."

"And.."

It seemed there was still more to it.

"What is it?" Leo frowned seeing that Jack's face had turned ugly. He was having a bad feeling about it. Everything that he had told them was already bad enough, could there be anything worse?

"The trace of battle that we found around the student's bodies, shows it was a fight between two humanoid creatures.."

"Then why do you think it's a Zerg?" Leo asked in confusion. Wasn't it possible that it was not a Zerg but some other student.

"The dead body was deprived of energy as if it had been sucked dry of it. People like us don't do that. But, a Zerg who had been weakened after decades of imprisonment sure would.."

"If it was a Zerg, why were there traces of battle between two humanoid races?" Harry asked with a frown.

"..."

Suddenly, realization hit both Leo and Harry and it became clear to them what was going around.

"You don't mean.." Leo's eyes widened, and Harry gulped as well with sweat sliding down the duo's face.

"That thing has most likely gained control of another student. There isn't one victim, but two.." Jack calmly stated the fact.

"Is the person being controlled dead?" Harry asked with a complicated look on his face.

"That is uncertain. We can't tell anything until we catch that thing.." Jack looked at the time and then raised his head to look at the two of them again.

"Anyway, it's time for you two to leave. I have got some work to do." He waved his hand, asking them to leave.

…

"I can't believe that guy is still so casual about it when he is the one to have caused all of this.." Leo muttered with a frown on his face.

[This is how things work here-nya.]

[It's not your every day happy go show here. Besides, he isn't wrong. You guys did break the jars and feed that thing-nya] Aiden replied with a sigh.

"If only I hadn't touched that jar.." Harry muttered with a depressed look on his face. He was feeling guilty about it. To him, it was as if he was the cause of all this incident.

"Don't be like that. If you want to find a reason to blame yourself, I can do the same. I shouldn't have taken you and it wouldn't have ever happened. Also, the Librarian shouldn't have been a jerk for punishing me when I did nothing wrong. So, in the end, it is still his fault."

"So, don't worry.." Leo cheered him up.

…

"It was true in the end.." Rebecca let out a deprecating smile on her face as she looked at Serina.

Yesterday, she had heard from her father how well things went at Silver's house. The two of them were very happy with their relationship, and so was the family. He even went as far as to say that it was a match made in heaven.

"That girl, I can't believe she could lie with such a straight face.." Serina muttered with a frown on her face.

"Don't say anything to her. She actually called me yesterday and explain everything to me. Apparently, Aiden wanted them to keep their relationship a secret. That was the reason that she was lying to us and denying it." Rebecca said with amiable smile on her face.

"You really are too kind, girl." Serina pulled her cheeks with a sigh.

"Stop doing that! I am the Princess." Rebecca hurriedly pulled herself away and turned her head to see if anybody was looking at her.

And, yes, almost 70 percent of the guys had their eyes on her. But, as soon as they saw her looking towards them, they immediately turned their head away.

"Since when did you begin to be so conscious about your identity as a Princess?" Serina asked in surprise.

"Well, someone reminded me about it yesterday." Rebecca replied with a smile, but there was a sadness within it.

Serina immediately seemed to sense what was this about, and refrained herself from asking any further.

There was nothing that she could do about this.

Rebecca had to deal with her position and make her resolve about what kind of Princess she wanted to be.