The Mech Lord

"I heard you were going to have a fight?"

Leo looked at Billy and gave him a nod.

"Well, meet me after school hours. I will lend you a hand and be your sparring partner," He said with a smile.

Both Leo and Harry's face twitched a bit. That sure had come out of nowhere.

"You are going to be a leading figure in the class. We can't have you losing to the peeps from other classes. Besides, I have bet on you heavily. And, I don't like taking losses." His lips curled up into a smile, but it definitely looked like a Demonic grin to Harry.

They finally knew the person who had dared to bet on Leo.

It was him.

At this moment, Vanessa entered the class.

The students slowly returned to their seats.

Vanessa scanned the classroom and felt a bit relieved. It was good that many students were absent. She didn't want them to come and put themselves in danger.

'He is here..' Her eyes fell on Leo and she sighed inwardly.

"You guys have most definitely heard about what had happened in the Academy. But, I would still like to remind you guys about a few things. The Academy currently is not safe. So, refrain from moving alone. Move in groups of two to three. Stay alert all the time."

"And, don't try to be a hero. If something happens, call for help."

Vanessa had a serious look on her face as she conveyed her message to the students around.

After that, she began her classes as usual. The few students quietly listened to them and like that the period passed. It was the same for the next two periods. The Instructors came, and shared their pieces of advice to them on how to react and keep themselves safe in case something went wrong.

"I feel like it's more of a practical class about how to deal with an enemy than our normal subjects." Harry muttered as the group got out and headed towards the Club. It was breaktime, and the club was their usual place to chill.

"You guys are here?" Spike was in the hallway of the club when they entered the old building. It seemed that he was heading towards the club as well.

"Aren't your classes cancelled?" Leo asked in surprise. He sure had heard that these guys had their classes cancelled. After all, only Military Department students had their classes being continued.

And, this guy was going to become a Scholar in Literature for everyone's knowledge.

"Yeah, my classes are cancelled. But, I live in a dorm. It's way scarier for me to stay there. The security isn't even tight at the Dorms in comparison to this place." Spike replied with a sigh.

"Aren't the Dorms at one end of the campus? What are you afraid of?" Harry asked with a smile.

"So, what? It's still on the campus. Even though it's a bit far, the killer can surely come there if he wants to." Spike retorted with a frown.

"Still, I bet the guy wouldn't even see you. You just need to buy a shoe, and hide inside it if things go wrong. I bet no one has enough time to flip a shoes and see if someone is hiding in there." Harry said with a laugh. But, Leo was honestly impressed with the idea.

"You racist jerk!! You dare to discriminate!! I will kill you!!" The little guy didn't seem to take the joke well. And, he immediately went towards Harry with a flying kick.

This time, Leo step aside instead of intervening. He had already once experienced the terror of Martial Arts.

"Calm down, I was just joking.." Harry immediately backed off as he swiped his hand, and Spike froze in mid air.

Even though it was hard to notice it with naked eye, Leo knew there were tiny metal strings in the air holding the little guy.

"You are discriminating against me!! I want justice!! Besides, you can't deny me my freedom of movement!! Let me go!!"

"I don't think it works that way.." Harry sighed looking at the little guy. He just didn't wanna get hit.

A little later, Spike finally calmed down.

"Let me go, I won't do anything.." He said with a serious look on his face.

Harry stared at the little fellow, and finally let go of him.

Spike fell from the air, and as soon as his feet touched the ground, he reacted in a lightning fast manner.

"One Step kick! Hayaa!!"

One couldn't even see his movement clearly. It was as if he was close to touching the ground, and the next moment, he was already in front of Harry's face.

But, his figure suddenly seemed to crash into an invisible net, and before anyone knew, he was once again stuck in mid air hanging upside down while struggling to get out of there.

"This guy will never change.." Harry shook his head with a sigh. He then grabbed the invisible net, and just carried the protesting Spike in it as they walked all the way toward their club.

"It's good to see that everyone is here." Yuji's voice rang in their ears as soon as they entered the room.

"He is here as well?" Leo asked in surprise as he looked at the guy in the corner who was inside a sleeping bag with a sleeping mask on as well.

It was Paul.

"He said going back home would be tiresome and would waste his sleeping time.." Yuji forced a smile on his face.

"So, is he not planning to return home at all then?" Spike asked with a snort as he landed on the ground.

As for Harry, he seemed to have disappeared in the shadows once again.

"I heard everyone is here.." Nora's voice sounded in the hall as she walked into the room from her own experiment room wearing that gas mask.

"Close that door first! You will kill all of us!" Yuji urged her.

"Oops!" Nora immediately closed the door with a silly smile on her face as everyone broke out in cold sweat.

"Hmmn?" Nora's brows scrunched when she looked around, "Where is Runeko?"

She heard that everyone was here. But, a person sure was missing.

Yuji frowned as well.

That girl hadn't come straight for a few days now. This had never occurred before. And, her replies were becoming very vague as well.

"Is she in some kind of trouble?" Biggie asked, speaking the question that everyone had in mind.

"I think we should check on her.." Nora suggested as she looked at everyone. She was starting to get a bit worried honestly. It was obvious to everyone how bad the environment could be in the Military Department and on top of that Runeko had a meek personality.

It wasn't wrong for them to think that something must have happened to her.

"The person who is free should go to her Dorm and check. While someone else can go ask around her class and find if something had happened with her recently." Yuji looked at everyone.

"I am free! I will check the dorm with this guy.." Spike leapt into the air and after doing a double flip, he landed onto Paul's head waking the sleepy guy up.

"Well, that's good. Now who will check in the class.." He looked around, and suddenly everyone's gaze turned towards Leo.

"Huh? What are you guys looking at me for?" He asked with a dark face. Let's be honest, going to the class of the junior year wasn't a pleasant experience. Rumors were too easy to spread, like you were bullying them, or dating a younger girl etc.. and it would be even worse if a kid younger than you disrespected you.

"You have your sister in the same class. It will be a piece of cake for you," Yuji said with a smile and others nodded as well.

"And there is nothing odd about you going to look for your sister. Besides, I am sure she should be aware about the situation of her classmate."

"She hasn't actually come to the Academy today. I asked her to leave due to the incident in the morning." Leo forced a smile on his face. "Still, I can give her a call."

"That's weird. I think I saw her somewhere." Nora replied with an odd look on her face.

A frown immediately appeared on Leo's face.

[That girl…nya..] Aiden's grim voice rang in Leo's mind. He was pissed, definitely pissed.

'Calm down, she just said she thinks. She might have seen something wrong, we never know.' Leo tried to calm the guy who seemed to be ready to maw her own sister.

[Nope, I know that girl. This is just like her-nya.] Aiden replied in a grim tone.

But, Leo for some reason didn't feel that Amelia was like this. He thought she was just a good girl, a bit rebellious. It was true that she could be troublesome sometimes, but she didn't seem to be the type to not understand the situation around.

[Let's go and see-nya.]