I headed out of the door, my mind was more or less engrossed in recalling what just happened, I was so grateful for this new life of mine, I'm able to enjoy the company of people I cherished and held closer to my heart again .
I used Paradox with Godspeed to get to the infirmary and saw that in front of the room, rows of people were waiting outside, I couldn't help but be surprised at the scene, I then stopped using Paradox as I saw both Shizuno and Moroha standing in front of the door, the latter seemed to be quite worried .
Shizuno seeing me appearing suddenly, wasn't much surprised but more nervous, I was able to tell that she was worried for Satsuki, otherwise she wouldn't have asked me to come and help .
She took my arm and just as I was about to ask why they were standing like this outside and not inside the room with her, Shizuno had me standing in front of the room doors and she slightly opened the door .
Don't ... .
The voice he warned her against doing so was none other than Moroha, but he was still too late, the moment Shizuno opened the door slightly, a burst of weird green energy appeared suddenly aiming for her, I was able to react faster than Haimura who was trying to use his sword to offset it, using Paradox, I saw that Paradox had almost no effect at the speeding burst of energy .
I couldn't help but use Fixed Point, only then did the green energy had some reaction, it didn't stop in tracks, but instead changed its target from Shizuno to me, I was a bit perplexed by this sudden change happening, but I welcomed it nonetheless, I might still be able to evade using Godspeed or Diamond Skin Link, so Shizuno will be safe.
The time began to flow again and that burst of energy crashed into me, I heard Shizuno yelped out of concern and both she and Haimura were telling me to watch out, even with the both of them clutching their heads because of headaches, I was able to tell that the other guy Moroha seemed to be suffering from an intense one .
Seeing Shizuno worried face, I couldn't help but want to tease her a little, the moment that burst of energy, entered my body I fell down and acted as if I was short of breath, she seeing this widened her eyes in shock and hurriedly held my hand and began asking for someone to come and help, the other guy was fighting his own headache, so he wasn't able to do much .
But the other students all looked at one another and not a single one of them know of what to do or who to call, she began to actually sobb and I was beginning to think that I might have not considered the situation she was already in, so I was about to call this prank off, she was beginning to despair due to not even a single person seemed to be able to do anything, she was too currently unable to think of anything to do .
I heard a few whispers about Tanaka-sensei being called before what happened took place by the chairman, that chairman seemed to be quite busy with summoning people to his office today .
The girl kept squeezing my hand and I opening my eyes suddenly came to startle her, she looked at me with tears in her eyes then without wasting a single second and with an impulsive action and expression that I would have never guessed that she was able to make, she suddenly hugged me tightly and didn't say a word .
Seeing her like this, I couldn't help but pat her on the back and telling her truthfully about what really happened, was indeed an idea that came to mind, but I then discarded away after thinking throughly about the consequences that may happen if I were to confess that I was cracking a joke, after she continued to do this for over a minute, she broke the hug and said :
You are really okay, right ? .
I nodded my head and that was indeed the case, the burst of green energy weirdly enough was nothing but a Time attributed Mana, that can appear like this due to several sort of things, the moment that burst struck my body, it was directly absorbed by me and helped in increasing my already massive Mana pool a bit more .
Seeing that I was fine and even stood up directly while helping her up as well, she cleared the tears in her eyes and nodded her head at me and regained a bit of her composure, her face was still carrying a hint of worrying about Satsuki .
" So what happened with Satsuki, exactly ? .
Well, it happened after you have left, she kept looking at the tunnel from time to time, then after Tanaka-sensei went to meet Nii-san, Renjuu-san suddenly collapsed on the training grounds shocking all of us, Moroha carried her to the infirmary, but what made the other here standing like this was due to the fact that before she lose conscious, some of them began to spread the rumors about her shining in a gold light .
Moroha said that it might be just her Prana, but instead of clearing things up, he complicated things even more, due to him mentioning that her Prana had a color and him being able to see it .
He didn't care in arguing with those guys who were doubtful of him, so he held the girl and directly went to the infirmary, after I told him that the beds in the infirmary are enhanced to help with healing, but the guys that we're still wanting to confirm what they saw followed right after him, that was what led to them being here .
" What about the green energy just now ?.
We don't know how it came to appear, all Haimura said that it was not there at first, but just after a few seconds from him putting her on the bed, it appeared and him feeling a threat on life and seeing that the energy didn't seem to be harmful to the girl, he retreated and decided to wait for her to wake up .
I called you due to feeling that you might want to know and of course wanted to ask you for Moroha's sake to lend a helping hand, if you are able to, I felt that the green energy was similar to the color of your Mana and the spells you used before, you really are okay after getting struck by that burst of green energy ? .
" I wouldn't have been hit, if someone hadn't pulled me over to stand in front of the door, but answering your question, I'm indeed fine, so don't worry about it .
I should have been the one that might have gotten hit just now, you again did something to prevent that, didn't you ?.
" Don't worry I had no intention to do something suicidal, I had full confidence in my ability to survive this, not to mention that it wouldn't have looked good if I were to let my younger sister get injured on my watch, would it ?.
She didn't reply to me, but the reply I got was from the audience that were currently watching us, they all gaped at me saying those words, I forget completely about their existence, so I talked with Shizuno casually, but it seemed that my words shocked all of them, after they all sucked a breath of air, they began throwing questions and gossiping with one another, seeing that things were getting out of hand, I said :
" All of you need to get out of here .
It seemed my words displeased some of the guys in the audience, I saw a frown appeard on their faces while the girls were more considerate and most of them nodded their heads at my words, one of the guys stepped forward and directly declared his dissatisfaction with the words that came of my mouth, he said :
We are here to check whether that girl was really a frea.... .
Without waiting for him to complete his sentence, using Paradox and Herculean Strength, I took hold of that guy neck and headed to the door leading to inside the infirmary, all the people around me seemed to be in slow motion, but I did notice that Haimura Moroha seemed to be able to supervise me with his eyes, the others were unable to react until I stood in front of the said door with that guy now being held by me from the back of his head .
" Still want to check whether she was what now, tell me, I will grant your wish right here and now, tell me, shall I open the door for you then, here .
I heard the gasping sounds from the other classmates, but no one was able to utter a word, even with me leaning closer to opening the door through the handle, the only one who was able to utter a sound, was the guy that was beginning to whimper in my hand, he was saying with a crying voice :
Let me go, let me go, I swear I will leave this place, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please don't open that door, please don't open that door, I will leave, I will leave .
I snorted and let him go afraid that out of fear he might piss himself or something, the moment I released him from my grasp, he directly gathered himself up and stormed out of the place, I looked at the shocked faces of my other classmates and saw that those guys were looking at me as well with fearful expressions, I said only one word with an unquestionable tone :
" Leave .
They were startled at first, but soon like a flock of birds, they began all to get out of the place, almost as if they were running from a Metaphysical or something, seeing this unfolding, I sighed inwardly and thought that I can now most likely say goodbye to wanting to make new friends or getting along with these guys, just now I snapped and I don't feel about doing this in the slightest .
Even though I was a bit disappointed, after a few seconds I completely discarded them out of my mind and instead asked Moroha's permission to enter the room, he was now completely back to normal, so I wanted to ask for his permission first before I enter the room, he tried to warn me against going inside at first but then Shizuno interfered to stop him and said :
Don't worry, Ryuu-san will be fine .
" Still don't like to call me Nii-san, huh ? .
She gave me a silent glare and I swallowed the rest of the words, I was about to say and instead looked at the pained with worries face of Moroha Haimura, seeing him nodding after a few seconds, he then advised me to be careful, I nodded at him and asked both of them to move away from the door .
It seemed that the energy will come to me the moment it become aware of my presence, so they shouldn't be in much danger, but out of consideration to their safety, I still asked them to go as far as they could from the door .
They complied and I got a good luck from Shizuno together with what I could be imagining, but it seemed the for a second there she actually stuck her tongue out at me, I opened the room and directly stepped in and I closed it again in a hurry, once I was inside, I saw that inside the room, green miasma like clouds were forming everywhere, obscuring my vision completely, but what mad things even weirder, was the fact that I'm literally able to feel my body connecting with this miasma and absorbing it and enjoying it like as if it was the most magnificent meal.
I felt both my heart and mind become at ease after I sensed this, for whatever reason my body was reacting as such, I was much glad that this energy seemed harmless, no only that but like before, the Mana in my body kept getting refined more and more and increase in the same fashion as well .
I headed deeper in the room and even though the vision in the room was obscured, I who was very familiar with the infirmary and its interior, made my way successfully to the beds and began checking them one after the other, the first 3 beds I checked was empty, the last one should have been the last one .
I saw Satsuki sleeping still on the bed completely still, that I beginning to think that she was in a coma or something, even though her state was weird, but this didn't surprise me, what surprised me was the fact that she was the one responsible for releasing this much Time attributed Mana, but if I remembered correctly, the girl in front of me was a Shirogane, so how could it be possible for her to release that much Mana .
Seeing her like this, I couldn't help but frown and I felt that my heartbeats were stronger and faster than before, I felt as if mind was suddenly being turned off, what's worse was the fact that I felt that this wasn't the first time something like this happened, but whatever that was affecting me like this, I currently have no room in my mind to think about, I got hold of the girl in front of hand and began to use Healing Reverse .
The moment our hand touched, I felt her hand clutched mine tightly, then her eyes seemed to flutter a bit as if she was about to wake up at any second now, I held her hand in mind and saw that at my action, the miasma in the room began to be sucked in my body, as if they were summoned .
I felt that my Mana reserves began to expand massively, my body seemed to be affected somehow as well, I felt as if some changes were beginning to happen in my body, but with those changes, a bad premonition that I haven't even had the chance to forget appeard once more .
My mind was jolted awake by this feeling appearing, what made me perplexed that it was even stronger than ever, this was no longer a premonition, that was beginning to become a warning signal, something bad was about to happen, to me, to someone I know, to the whole world that was completely unclear to me, what was clear, was the fact that a crisis might befell us soon .
That was the only thing I understood, as I was thinking like this, the girl on the bed, finally opened her eyes and looked at me with a happy smile and said :
Lucius .