The Mech Lord

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Leo and Amelia finished their breakfast, and boarded their vehicel before going out for the Academy.

"You haven't told Vanessa about it, right?" Leo sudeenly asked as he looked at Amelia. He knew the two were very close and shared most of the things with each other.

"No," Amelia shook her head, "Even Dad asked me to not talk about it. So, why would I?"

Edgar was there in the Dean's office too. So, he was in on the decision as well.

Leo nodded at her. It was a good thing if she had taken that to heart.

"How is Runeko?" Amelia whispered.

Leo looked at her a bit in surprise, "Scared of her?"

Amelia didn't reply, but then shook her head.

But, the hesitation was more than enough to tell what was going in her head.

"She is depressed obviously. And, from what I hear, she had been crying nonstop." Leo calmly answered her question.

What else would she do?

With her character, she would feel guilty even for accidentally hurting someone. And, here she had killed a bunch of people.

Yesterday, he heard from Nora that she wanted to quit the Academy and return back home.

'Maybe, I should try to talk her as well..' He muttered inwardly.

[There is no use in that-nya.] Aiden muttered in calm tone.

[When you join the Military, there might come a time when you will see innocent people being sacrificed. And, deaths are even common than common cold in Military. If she really goes ahead and join with her current attitude, all she would do is suffer-nya.]

[It might be better if she quits now honestly. After all, her attitude won't only cause trouble for her, but even the people who will be working with her-nya.]

'She is just a first year, can you stop being so harsh on her?' Leo sighed.

[This is the problem. People who awaken naturally thinks that power and Military is their only route. Something which would make them rich and successful. It might be true, but not completely. There is a lot of other things that they could work on by properly using their abilites-nya]

[So, why come here knowing that this harsh environment isn't something that you can handle-nya?]

….

After reaching Academy, Leo and Amelia went their separate ways.

Leo as usual went towards the Club first. Most of the guys were already present. They were all here to discuss what they were going to do about Runeko's current situation.

She was a clubmate, and also a friend. And, no one like to see their friend depressed.

As soon as Leo entered the room, he was met with an odd silence.

These people had yet to come terms with the things that happened to all of them. They were now in on such a secret that could probably cause chaos if leaked.

"Is it only me or anyone of you felt that you were under surveillance?" Spike suddenly asked with weird look on his face.

His question left everyone's faces ugly.

Actually no one was sure about it. But, Spike had said the same thing in their group earlier, and now everyone was very conscious about it. They all kept having the feeling that someone was looking at them.

"Isn't being alive a good thing? Why talk rubbish? All we need to do is keep our mouth shut.." Yuji calmly replied.

And, the rest nodded as well.

They weren't killed to silence them on the matter. Wasn't that a good thing? Hell, they even got a secure carrier as long as they shut their mouth properly.

"It is better if we do not bring this matter up in the future." Harry who had just arrived shared the same opinion with Yuji as well.

"I think you guys are being a bit too conscious about it." Leo spoke as he looked at everyone. "I mean even if we say about it, its not like we have any evidence to prove it."

He was right all their devices had been seized and it was made sure that they hadn't kept any kind of data with them. So, even if they went out and screamed about it, people would think them as crazy.

And, yet even with that, the higher ups weren't willing to take any kind of risk, and had offered them benefits to keep their mouth shut. It clearly showed how much importance they had put onto this matter.

"Well, one good thing came out of this thing. This guy who had a little trouble regarding his grades now don't even have that." Spike looked a the guy who was sleeping on the couch.

To be honest, Paul wasn't even aware of anything. He had been asleep the entire time. But, because he was in the Club as well, they had unknowingly grouped him in along with them. Hence, he was now on the same boat.

"Will you stop talking about this and suggest what to do with Runeko.." Nora frowned. She had been worried about that girl all along. She could understand what that girl was going through right now.

She had experienced a few things as well, and she knew how hard it was to go through something like this. Doing something which you would have never wanted to do, having your hands stained with blood. That was not a good feeling at all.

"Before we talk anything to her, I think we need to be clear about what we say to her." Leo looked at everyone. He too thought that Aiden's words were not wrong.

"If we are just going to console her without any regards to the direction that we are giving her, it might come to haunt her later on. Deaths are not something new in our profession, and sometimes, innocent might suffer as well. So, we need to make sure that even if it happens someday again, instead of breaking down, she would be able to handle herself."

Everyone looked at Leo, a bit taken back. He hadn't talked like this, more like he didn't have any opportunity to do so.

This made the people once again realized that he wasn't referred to a Military Prodigy for no reason. It was a pity that he had fallen ever since his awakening.

…

The group didn't come to any conclusion as they didn't have much of a time in the morning. Hence, they parted after a small talk.

"It's packed up once again," Harry muttered as he looked around. The hallways which had been empty for a few days were now packed again.

"Hmmn?"

As they headed towards their class, they soon saw a crowd gathering ahead.

'What's going on?' Leo frowned as he could hear some angry voice which most probably belonged to one of his classmates.

The people around were mostly from their class, and as soon as they saw it was Leo and Harry, they parted ways. After all, the two were the direct subordinate of Billy who was supposed to be the Boss of the class.

Leo and Harry obviously weren't prepared to be treated like this. They were suddenly shocked when a path opened up in front of them right towards the center of the commotion and the one behind them closed.

In the center of the commotion stood two groups. One was from their class. It was a bunch bullies and one of the guys even included that person of the Barbarian race, who had tried to force Leo into a fight for points on the first day of their new class.

Opposite to them was another group.

The one leading them was a tall and handsome guy. There was an arrogant and proud look on his face. With him were five other people.

"These people are the ones who started it. They not only came and talked trash about our class but even picked up a fight first." One of the guy immediately pointed at the group while explaining to Leo.

Leo looked at the guy. He really wanted to know why was he being explained to. This had nothing to do with him or at least it should have been. But from the looks of it, it clearly wasn't.

It seemed getting associated with Billy had really changed the way that the class looked at him.

"What? Is he the leader? The person you have to support you?" The guy who seemed to be the leader of the other group smiled, and the the rest of his friends began to laugh as well.

It was clear that he wasn't putting Leo into his eyes.

"Who are you?" Leo asked with a frown.

And, as soon as that question came out, the entire place turned silent.

'What the hell? Is he some sort of famous guy?' Leo was taken back a bit.

[Of course he is…He is the person with the Highest rank skill among all the people who had come from a common background-nya.]

[His name is Quinton Sage-nya.]

Leo finally realized what was going on.

If some guy was well known in your community and then you went ahead to ask them what their name was…what did that show?

You arrogance...and mocking attitude..

"You..." Quinton's eyes flashed with anger.