They suddenly became very close. It could be seen from how casually they spoke, as if they had been friends for a long time. However, the big, burly teenager immediately became aware of Hastora's presence.
"Yo! Sorry, I forgot you were here," said the burly teenager, whose name was Toru. "What's your name, buddy?"
"Hastora Vallois," he replied, still lying on the bed.
"What!" they shouted in unison after hearing his name. "H—Hastora Vallois?" asked Arnold.
"Yes," he replied briefly.
They quickly walked towards Hastora. Their faces were full of curiosity.
"Hey, are you really Hastora Vallois?" asked Toru curiously.
"Yes," he replied briefly.
They cheered with joy after hearing Hastora's name. The three of them jumped up and down excitedly. Their faces were full of happiness because they were in the same room as the top scorer of the entrance exam.
"YAHAHA! We're in the same room as the top scorer! WOO!" Arnold shouted excitedly.
Hastora became increasingly uncomfortable with the three of them. It was because they were so noisy. Hastora sighed, he got out of bed and walked towards the door. However, Hastora's attempt to escape was immediately stopped by the three of them.
"Where are you going, top scorer!" shouted the young green-haired teenager. "Don't try to run away, sit here with us."
The three of them pulled Hastora back to his bed. Hastora, who couldn't do anything, just resigned himself to being pulled by them.
"Come on, sit here," said Arnold with a wide smile.
Hastora sat down on his bed. He just sat there silently, maintaining his usual flat and cold expression. He didn't know what to say in this situation.
"Alright, let's get to the point," said Toru. "How do you get the top score? What's the secret? Is there a special trick?"
"There's nothing special, it's just a matter of strength," replied Hastora. This answer was based on his own thinking.
They looked at him with confused faces. They didn't understand what Hastora meant. They suddenly prostrated themselves before Hastora.
"Oh, top scorer! Please teach us to be strong!" shouted the green-haired teenager. "It's okay if you don't want to teach us directly. But, you can just show us your actions, we will learn from every action of yours."
Hastora felt a little interested in the three of them. He thought that the three of them could be useful pawns. He planned to use them to his own advantage at this academy.
"Alright," replied Hastora. "But, I'm just showing you my actions, you learn the meaning of my actions if you think it's important."
"Wow! Thank you for your kindness!" shouted the three of them respectfully.
Hastora sighed. "Okay, I'm going out now," he said as he walked out of the room.
"Wait!" shouted the three of them. "Let us follow you. We need to follow you so we can see the meaning of your actions."
Hastora didn't really want those words to come out of their mouths. He just wanted to walk around the academy alone and didn't want to be bothered by anyone else. However, Hastora had no other choice.
"Suit yourselves," said Hastora, closing his eyes. "But, don't be noisy when you walk outside with me."
"Okay!" they replied excitedly.
The four of them left the room and walked around the academy. There were a lot of students there. The atmosphere was very noisy, Hastora wanted to go to a quieter place to find peace.
They went to the back of the training ground. The atmosphere there was very quiet, perfect for Hastora who likes to find peace.
"Why are we here?" asked Arnold curiously.
"I told you not to be noisy," replied Hastora as he sat down. "If you want to be strong, just follow and understand my every action."
Hearing that, they sat down with Hastora behind the training ground. Occasionally they looked at Hastora who was sitting down, he seemed to be closing his eyes. Seeing that, the three of them also closed their eyes.
Hastora was trying to maximize this calm atmosphere. He closed his eyes while meditating. At this moment, nothing could disturb him from this atmosphere. Even Toru's slightly leaking voice was not heard by Hastora.
They considered this as training to train their minds and thoughts to remain calm in battle. The three of them, who had initially stopped, continued again, following Hastora's actions at this time.
"Why do you like things like this so much?" asked Zarafel curiously.
"There's nothing wrong with it, is there?" replied Hastora. "I'm just training my emotions, mind, and thoughts."
Zarafel immediately understood Hastora's words. After that, he just kept quiet and didn't ask anything else because it would disturb Hastora. While they were relaxing, Charlotte and her friends passed by, they seemed to want to go to the training ground. Hastora didn't realize they were there because he was at the peak of calmness. So were his friends.
Gisella, who was heading to the training ground, seemed to see Hastora and his friends relaxing behind the training ground. She immediately ran towards them.
"Gisella, where are you going?" asked Geriya curiously.
"Of course to their place, hehehe," replied Gisella, laughing mischievously.
Even though their voices were very loud, Hastora and his friends didn't hear them. At this moment, their minds were empty. They were also not thinking about anything, they were just maximizing this calm atmosphere.
"Hastora!" shouted Gisella. "Your girlfriend is here!"
They were all shocked except Hastora because of Gisella's shout. Hastora still didn't hear the sounds around him. At this moment, he was not thinking or listening to anything. Charlotte and her friends ran towards Gisella.
"Gisella, don't bother other people," said Charlotte, a little annoyed.
Hastora's friends were startled to see Charlotte there. How could they not? A princess came to approach them? Of course they were a little surprised to see her.
Charlotte saw Hastora meditating with his friends. Charlotte was a little confused about what Hastora was doing, so she asked her roommates.
"What is Hastora doing?" asked Charlotte curiously.
"Eh?" her friends were shocked. "Princess knows Hastora?"
"Of course," she replied.
"What's your relationship?" they asked curiously.
"Eh? Emm... that..." said Charlotte, a little nervous. She felt nervous with their question. "We've just known each other since we were kids."
"Charlotte is dating Hastora, you know," said Gisella with a mischievous smile.
"What!" shouted the three of them, they were shocked to hear it. "No wonder the princess and Hastora formed a team together during the academy entrance exam that day."
Hearing Gisella's words, Charlotte just kept quiet and didn't say anything. Apparently, she was happy if they thought Hastora was her boyfriend. Charlotte just kept quiet with a blushing face.
Hastora had just come out of his calm world. He got up from his seat, then he stretched his body. Hastora turned around and walked away from them all. Apparently Hastora already knew they were all here, so he pretended not to know and went away from there.
However, Geriya pulled Hastora. He wouldn't let Hastora leave just like that.
"Where are you going, huh?" asked Geriya with a slightly annoyed tone. Apparently, Geriya was still annoyed with Hastora.
"Oh? Apparently the 'plank'," said Hastora with his usual flat and cold expression. "So, what do you need from me? If you don't have anything, let me go, I want to sleep."
"P—plank?" said Geriya with a lot of annoyance. "And, what do you mean!, sleep? It's still daytime, you idiot. And stop calling me a plank! I'm not flat, I just haven't grown yet!"
"A plank is still a plank," said Hastora. He didn't say that to tease him, but he said it according to the facts he saw.
"You! You're so!" shouted Geriya angrily. He pulled Hastora's uniform collar.
"I don't want to hurt women," said Hastora coldly, but a dangerous warning could be heard. "So, let me go, what I said earlier is a fact. I have no intention of teasing you."
Geriya became even more annoyed hearing Hastora's words. He gritted his teeth and looked at Hastora with eyes full of annoyance. He raised his arm and was about to slap Hastora.
Of course Hastora wouldn't let Geriya slap him like that. Hastora transformed his entire body into a shadow and was moved to another place. Geriya, who saw it, was immediately surprised by the magic that Geriya used.
Geriya was about to attack Hastora again, but Charlotte wouldn't let him. Charlotte stood in front of Hastora with the intention of protecting him from Geriya's attack. Geriya, who saw it, quickly gave up his intention to attack Hastora. He knew that Charlotte wouldn't let him attack Hastora.
"Are you okay, Hastora?" asked Charlotte, holding Hastora's cheeks.
His friends, who saw it, tried to hold back their laughter as much as possible. They found it funny to see Hastora whose cheeks were being held by Charlotte. Hastora realized that they were laughing, he looked at them while emitting a strong killing aura. They immediately stopped laughing.
"I'm fine," replied Hastora without showing any change in expression. "So, please let me go."
Charlotte realized that her actions were a bit excessive to show them all. However, she deliberately did that so that her friends and Hastora's roommates who were watching thought they were romantic. Charlotte released her hands from Hastora's cheeks and smiled thinly.
"Good, then," said Charlotte.
"Hohoho, very romantic, I'm jealous," said Gisella, with a slightly mischievous tone.
"Ara Ara... is that true?" asked Charlotte with a soft voice while holding her right cheek.
"It's true," replied Gisella. "Hey hey Hastora, don't you want me to hold your cheek?"
"No," replied Hastora coldly.
"Eh? But, why is Charlotte allowed?" asked Gisella with a slightly teasing tone.
Hastora just kept quiet and didn't answer Gisella's question. He ignored her and walked back to his room.
"Wait for us, Hastora," his friends called out as they ran towards him.
Of course Gisella wouldn't let Hastora leave just like that. She ran towards him and hugged him from behind. Hastora was a little surprised by Gisella who suddenly hugged him from behind.
"Where are you going?" asked Gisella. "Do you think I'll let you go just like that?"
"Let me go," said Hastora.
"What if I don't want to?" asked Gisella with a mischievous smile.
"Don't blame me if Charlotte gets really angry," said Hastora, trying to let Charlotte know the situation now.
Gisella looked towards Charlotte. It could be seen that Charlotte was just looking at Gisella who was hugging Hastora with an empty stare while emitting a strong killing aura, it made Gisella shiver. She quickly released her hug from Hastora and walked back, pretending not to know. Even though Gisella had released her hug. Charlotte was still looking at Hastora with an empty stare.
"Go quickly Hastora," said Zarafel. "I'm getting chills looking at Charlotte right now."
Hastora followed Zarafel's words. He immediately left, he felt that if he stayed there, Charlotte would do something unexpected.
"Hastora wait for us!" his friends shouted as they ran towards him.
The four of them ran away from Charlotte's group, and went back to their room.
"I didn't know you were dating Princess Charlotte, Hastora," said Toru with a slightly frightened face.
"Forget it," said Hastora. "Don't say that again."
"Eh? Why?" asked Toru curiously.
"If you say that, you could die," said Hastora in a calm voice, but it sounded cold.
Toru swallowed. "Okay, I won't talk about this again," he said. "But, I'm a little scared looking at Princess Charlotte's attitude just now."
"That's why I told you to forget it, you could die," said Hastora.
The three of them, who heard that, immediately understood the meaning of Hastora's words. The three of them would never say again that Hastora and Charlotte were dating for their own safety.
"Good pawns, they understand quickly too," said Zarafel.
"Right?" said Hastora as he walked back to his room.