The Mech Lord

Leo looked at Rebecca with pity before turning around to leave.

Rebecca had her head down, and Leo couldn\'t see her expression at all. But, it wasn\'t hard to imagine what she was feeling at all.

"Y-You still haven\'t answered my question though...You still haven\'t told me whether you like me or not.."

Leo stopped once again, and stood there in silence. It was because Aiden wasn\'t replying. He seemed to have gone silent as well.

\'Do you need some help?\'

[Shut up! I am not weak-nya.]

Aiden then proceeded to speak his final words through Leo\'s mouth, "No, I don\'t like you. I have always like Christina."

\'Huh?\' Leo suddenly froze when he realized what he just said. \'Bro! Don\'t get other people in this! This is not your life alone now!!\'

[Shut up and do as I say-nya.]

[This is my life to begin with-nya!]

\'Didn\'t you say that we were in this together earlier? And, that you shouldn\'t be selfish?\' Leo retorted in anger.

"Drip!"

The sound attracted Leo\'s attention, and he immediately froze. He couldn\'t help but gulp as he turned his head towards Rebecca and sure enough.

A drop of tear had slid down her eyes. And, it was audible with a pin drop silence around.

"Huh?" Rebecca rubbed her face in surprise, and then shifted her gaze to Leo. There was nothing but pity in his eyes. It was a gaze she was unfamiliar with.

"I am leaving.." She knew that she couldn\'t hold it back any longer, and immediately walked out of the place with hurried steps.

Leo looked down at the floor and could clearly see the trail of drops of tears.

"You really didn\'t need to do this…" He couldn\'t help but mutter with a sigh. But, Aiden didn\'t reply.

These were some things that Leo would not be able to understand in the short run. He was not born a Glorian after all.

Leo slowly proceeded on his way out as well. And, he couldn\'t help but give Jack a glance in the process. But, he was just sitting there quietly busy in his own world.

But as Leo took a step out of the library, Jack\'s voice rang in his ears, "Young one\'s shouldn\'t think too much kid.."

Leo immediately stopped and as he was about to turn around to look, the door behind had already closed. He looked at it for a moment, but then decided not to go in as he was already late for the class.

\'What should we do now?\' Leo asked with a frown, \'You went ahead and made me say stuff like that...but what about this matchmaking thing?\'

[...]

\'Answer me! Don\'t go silent like that!\' Leo retorted in anger.

[We will see it when time comes-nya.]

\'You kidding me?\'

[No, but the Emperor sure is. I can\'t believe that b*stard went ahead and tried to match me with another girl. That b*stard was feeling insecure about his daughter falling too deeply for me-nya] Aiden was grinding his little canines in anger. It was a bit infuriating, but it wasn\'t like he couldn\'t understand the man\'s worries. But, still he was a jerk for doing what he did.

\'Is that guy really the Emperor? Doesn\'t he have anything better to do?\' Leo couldn\'t help but feel speechless at his actions.

…

\'Phew!\'

\'Safe!\'

Leo breathed in relief when he saw that the teacher hadn\'t arrived. The person seemed to be running late, it surely wasn\'t a good conduct of a teacher. But, Leo couldn\'t wish for anything better.

As soon as Leo entered the class, he was taken back a bit by the bustling around.

"What the hell are you doing, bro?!"

"Did you watch the show yesterday night?"

"Damn! Meevi looked really sexy in the concert!"

"You wanna fight, b*tch?!"

Well, it was a bit too rowdy.

The class sure was different to the previous one that Leo was attending. It was now that he understood what it meant when Spike said that they had grouped together all the garbage around.

"Here!"

Leo could clearly see a giant guy shaking his hand from the back in excitement. There was no way that Leo could miss Biggie.

In the end, he just proceeded towards the back. But, a few of the students had come out of their seats forming groups around tables and it blocked the passage to the back.

"Excuse me.." Leo tapped the guy\'s shoulder who was blocking his path.

"Huh?" The guy turned around, looking at Leo. He was a head taller than him. And, a bit buffed up as well.

"Umn, can you move aside, I need to pass." Leo politely asked.

"What if I don\'t?"

And...the guy was unreasonable.

[Why do I see that coming-nya?]

\'Does he have a screw loose?\' Leo looked at the guy in surprise. He couldn\'t understand what was wrong with him. Did he ask for too much?

[This is normal tactics for point hunting-nya.] Aiden, the professional, point loser spoke up.

[He is just trying to irritate you to fight it out with him. He is after your points-nya]

Well, Leo sure had a lot of points left this month. And, he had been missing classes so people couldn\'t find him as well. So, it was no wonder if people picked a fight with him for no reason as well. After all, unlike before, Leo wasn\'t accepting challenges.

\'Scan him Arthur..\' Leo commanded.

[Scanning...]

Name: [???]

Lv 8: [Awake]

Cyan Rank Skill: [Strengthening]

Race: [Barbarian]

Comprehensive Body Assessment: [F]

[Stats]

Strength:81

Agility: 55

Stamina: 61

[You can defeat him-nya]

The guy\'s states were very uneven. And, it was clearly reflected through his Body Assessment.

"What in hell are you looking at kiddo?"

"Thud!"

The guy suddenly pushed Leo back and his eyes widened a bit. Leo sure didn\'t like this. He was after all a civilized guy.

"Wooh!!"

"Woah!"

The people around immediately broke in cheers like a group of hoodlums.

"What? Are you afraid of something?" The guy further asked with a smirk on his face. Suddenly, he felt a shadow lurking over him, and frowned before turning around when his eyes immediately constricted. And, he couldn\'t help but gulp looking at the towering figure with rippling muscles standing in front of him.

"Do you have a problem with my friend?" Biggie asked as he stared at the guy.

"Umn.." The Barbarian guy turned his head to look at Leo and then at Biggie. He then slowly lowered his head with sweat dripping down his forehead and just shook his head.

Leo was really surprised.

Was it this simple?

[That guy sure has his use-nya.] Aiden laughed inwardly. He was well aware of these low dwelling creatures. They just fed on the weak and avoided the strong. It was their feature.

Leo gave that guy a look, and then passed on to follow after Biggie.

People around couldn\'t help but boo a bit before losing their interest as well.

"You sure had a bad start of the day…" Harry smiled at Leo while shaking his head.

"Don\'t worry, leave everything to the Biggie to deal with. Then there would be no one disturbing our sleep in the class.."

"Yawnnnnn!!!"

The three of them looked at Paul almost at the brink of falling asleep. His head literally was about to fall onto the desk.

"Didn\'t he mean study in the class instead of sleep?" Harry asked while staring at the sleepy guy.

"I sure hope he did…" Leo replied in a similar tone.

At this moment, the door to the classroom opened once again. And, this time. It was indeed the teacher.

The lady teacher in the white dress walked up to the podium with a smile on her face.

"Good morning, Students!\'\'

Leo suddenly frowned, feeling the voice to be a bit familiar, and he turned his head to look at the podium. The next moment, his eyes widened in surprise.

It was a familiar face.

"Well then Students. I will be your Homeroom Instructor, Vanessa Regallia."

Vanessa smiled as she scanned the classroom before her eyes finally landed on Leo. And, her lips further curled up as she stared at him with a smug look on her face.

[What the hell-nya?] Aiden surely was shocked as well. [Even if it\'s logistics, she surely got a job without much experience. Did she bribe her way in-nya?]

\'Who knows?\' Leo sighed; his face was sour. . And, would remain the same for the entire day. That is if nothing else happened.

He looked at Vanessa and shook his head. He had felt something was odd in the morning and now he understood what it was.

The Class continued and Aiden admitted that she wasn\'t a bad teacher. But, she surely was lacking support from the class. Half of the guys were just staring at her mesmerized by her beauty, while another quarter were just busy with their own stuff. While the remainder had dozed off.

Leo suddenly began to lose interest as he didn\'t understood half the thing, and his head began to turn around.

"You..." Vanessa\'s voice suddenly rang around, and he turned to look at her.

"Yes you.." Vanessa suddenly pointed at Leo. And, he forced a smile on his face before getting up.

"Where is your attention at? Explain to me what I was talking about...in detail?" Vanessa asked him and Leo\'s face twitched a bit.

He was still paying attention to the class in comparison to the people that were dozing off around.

Did this lady have some personal vendetta against him?

\'What in hell did you do to her?\' He couldn\'t help but ask Aiden internally.

[Let me remember it-nya..] Even Aiden was now feeling that he must have done something wrong for her to be targeting him like this.