A/N.: I didn't thought that I would receive reviews and more than one follower who favorized my story so quickly and specially with so many views in such a less amount of time! I guess that it really depends on the anime/manga's popularity. Though I apologize for the quite cliché idea for the precedent chapter. I have always wondered that Sera looked like a mix of Sistine's appearance and Rumia's personality. By the way all the characters presented here are real! Check on wikia if you aren't sure!
"Sensei... would he come today, I wonder...?" Sistine, the heir of the Fibel family, wondered aloud as she gazed at the Melgalius Sky Castle that was visible from the window she was watching at. Her thoughts were rewinded back to a few days ago, after the end of the fight against Jatice, Glenn collapsed due to fatigue, his wounds and mana exhaustion like she did a while before he did. Celica did told them that his condition went better and that he should be healthy enough to come back and teach them again... but it look like that he won't do so today. She start to miss the quality of their lessons, not that the replacement teacher was not skilled enough, just that all of them wanted to hear Glenn's classes again.
"Fufu!" Near the platinum-haired girl was her golden-haired childhood friend and adopted sister, Rumia Tingel―or more precisely, the former princess of Alzano Empire but it was kept secret from their classmates and only a few rare persons knew of that fact. If Sistine was a grumpy kitten, then Rumia could be considered as a kind puppy.
"What is it, Rumia?" Sistine was curious about Rumia's sudden giggle, recently, even the usual joyful Rumia was slightly depressed since she didn't met with Glenn, whom she always favorized since their first meeting, for quite a while.
Rumia then turned her kind gaze to her best friend, "It's just―I was remembering of the past; before, Sisti always hated Sensei, right? But now you are getting along so well." Rumia was happy that her two favorites persons are getting along better than their first meeting.
Upon hearing her words, Sistine's face lits up red and steam was blowing off from her head, "Wha―No! Th–this is wrong! Me and Sensei aren't at all―"
"Yes, yes~ But Sisti is sure not honest, isn't she~?"
"What's with you! Geez!" Recently Rumia liked to tease about her and Glenn more and more often. True to her words, during their first meeting, Glenn and Sistine didn't get along well at all. It was the contrary for Rumia who got along with him rather quickly due to the two's compatible personalities. But after many confrontations against each other, the two came to an understanding and after many battles lived through together, the two gained a trusting relationship for each other's magical capacities. Though there is no need to say that he is still spoiling Rumia far more than her... not that she mind particularly this favoritism or anything!
Then a short blue-haired girl with her long messy hair tied into a ponytail walked to them while munching a strawberry tart, the recent transfer student and Rumia's bodyguard, Riel Rayford. "Glenn didn't come for days... though Celica said that he was alright... I'm worried." The girl was emotionless most of the time didn't talked much usually but her shared past with Glenn show how much she care for him, during the day of her transfer, she indirectly created a huge ruckus and misunderstanding while trying to definite her exact relationship with him.
"That's right... it isn't the same without him." Now all the school (some people excluded) were now used to Glenn's presence around them, though they hated his arrogant attitude, they must say that it felt quite empty without that accompagnied with his extraordinary and understandable lessons.
'What if he won't ever come back to teach us?' Sistine couldn't help but not deny the flinck of worry that had awakened inside of her mind. All the others felt the same here, what if the teacher who guided them up until now wouldn't ever come back? What if his injuries were so grave that it may handicaped him forever? What if they never got to see him once again? Although there were times he was annoying and noisy, he was without doubt the best teacher they ever had, one who would care about their well-beings more than anyone, ready to throw away his pride as a mage to save them from danger anytime. When they were prone to such thoughts, the door suddenly opened―and a familiar man walked inside. All the students held their breathes in shock...
"Huh? What with this huge silence, you brats, aren't you guys happy to see me or something?" And the usual annoying comment of Glenn Radars, with a familiar teaching book in his hand. Though he looked still a little weak, he came back! He truly came back! The students ignored his annoyed comment as a enormous feeling of relief spread through their chests and they couldn't hide their smiles any longer. They didn't minded like they usually did when he was late, even if he was the most bastardly instructor of all times... they were just relieved of his safety, and happy over the fact he came back for them. That he didn't used the excuse of his wounds to run away from his teaching duty while he had the chance to do so.
Rumia was about to burst in tears of relief and Riel couldn't wipe off the relieved smile off on her face, Sistine was the same, after all those three were the students with who he interacted the most and all the three possessed a special bond with him, though one of the trio will deny it of all her will, and no need to say who. Sistine was about to stand up and say something to him, not wanting him to notice her emotions that she couldn't control anymore, and wanted to scorn him for being late like she always did in order to start things right again after his long time of absence...
"...Eh?" ―Only to find herself unable to do so as she noticed a young woman slightly older than her and around the same age as Glenn... who looked strangely similar to her in terms of appearance.
[A little while earlier, in Alzano Imperial Magic Academy]
"So Glenn? Care to explain me why you took her here?" Celica's dark smile was frightening Glenn to sweats. Both of them were in the corridor while Sera was in the headmaster's room and waiting for them to finish their talk. No need to say that Celica was so shocked that her eyes may pop out of its sockets when she witnessed Glenn's action which was to take Sera(?) to the school with him―and without informing her the least of all this!
Glenn could only avert his gaze but couldn't do it for long as Celica pulled hard on his ear like a mother disciplining her child who did a bad action, "OwowOW! I got it, I'll tell you so let it go!"
Celica finally accept to do so and wait for his answer while Glenn could only rubs gently his bruised ear in order to soothe the pain. He told her everything that happened after the call of this morning to now, hearing that, Celica could only sighs in response. Of course Glenn couldn't let this 'Sera' alone, due to her unknown origin but he couldn't not go to teach his class after such a long time of absence without raising unnecessary suspicions so in the end this was the best solution of both problems. "I made her believe that she is under some kind of time travel since she doesn't remember her death, and also asked her to keep quiet about it."
"Yeah, this was a good decision in your stupid choice since we don't know since where she came from."
"Oi... This is not now that you'll tell me that Sera actually survived all this, right?" Glenn knew that such a possibility itself was impossible, Sera was dead, DEAD. He once held her cold corpse in his arms and even witnessed her burial along with some fallen comrades of the past. For Sera to be still alive and unchanged, such an idea was impossible, but even if he knew that―even if his mind knew that, his heart couldn't shake off the hope for such a possibility―for Sera to be by his side once again...
"Glenn." He looked up when Celica called him, only to meet her hard gaze on him, such a look was only mean for when she was going to talk about a serious metter, but also a warning on the fact that this was not the time to joke anymore. He gulped nervously at the next words that were going to come out of her mouth―
"I know that you were close to Sera in the past, but don't get swallowed by this nostalgia. We don't know if this 'Sera' is a trap of the Researchers of Divine Wisdom, no matter how much she look like the real thing, the possibility that she is a fake can't be shaken."
'Fake', the words reasoned hard in Glenn's mind as a painful feeling now came taking place in his heart. Even though he knew of such a possibility, it was one that he instinctively refused to acknowledge, each time the thought crossed his mind, he felt a enormous pain following it. It just hurt... to think that the Sera in front of him was a fake. Yet her appearance, her mannerisms, the memories they shared... everything seemed so real―to think that it could be all an illusion, if that possibility was true, then would he be able to support it?
"Aah..." He answered with a nod, Celia looked at her adoptive son with a sad look, one that he didn't got to notice. She knew that what she just said was horribly cruel, no matter how much he was aware of it, meeting a person that you thought had lost forever once again could only make you happy, if she was at Glenn's place then she would feel the same. She also knew that Glenn too, knew of the possibility of a trap meant for him, but couldn't shake off his once lost feelings that were no surfacing back. However if that Sera in question was a letal trap meant for Glenn―then she wouldn't hesitate to strike her down, even if Glenn were to hate her for this.
"...Glenn." She called out to him and she saw the desperate expression that he tried his best to hide, which was meaningless for her even if it could work for the others, as she was the one who raised him since his childhood. She felt her heart aches at the sight and wanted to rush at him and hug him in comfort but managed to hld herself back as she said those next words: "I... will investigate on her, until I got the answers out, don't left her alone even once."
"...Got it." He nodded, he knew that she didn't meant it like when he was acting as Rumia's bodyguard, it was a warning to keep close to her and observe any of her actions, if she was doing something suspicious or not, if it could endanger him or his students.
'To think that one day I would think of Sera as an enemy...' He almost wanted to laugh at such a thought. The past him would never even think to have such a thought in mind―but the current him... in order to protect his students, he wouldn't even hesitate to...
"Mm? Glenn-kun?" Sera was surprised to see Glenn opened the door he was behind with Celica, she didn't excepted to see such a dark expression on his face―one just like the times when they were on mission, an expression ready to do anything in order to accomplish his mission. Upon seeing it, without even noticing, she stood up and walked towards him worriedly, "Glenn-kun... are you alright?"
"...Yeah." Glenn winced a little at the sight in front of him, that nostalgic expression full of worry towards him, it seemed so real and to think it could be fake... Celica looked at him worriedly from behind before he finally made his mind up, after taking a deep breath he put the book on his shoulder and gave his signature grin, "Then shall we go, Sera? I'll introduce you to my students." He was hiding his true emotions behind a mask, a skill inherited during his time as a mage killer. With that no one would know how he really feel currently, with that he could lie to himself and keep his internal pain under control, with that he wouldn't had to face the guilts of the past that keep on haunting him.
"Yeah!" Thankfully, Sera didn't noticed anything and smiled before following him.
Celica already got the permission from Headmaster Rick so it would be alright. But there was actually one last problems; though no one here should be aware of it, how would Sistine who he told about Sera react upon seeing someone who is supposed to be dead walking the corridors with him? Without forgetting Riel who should know about Sera... Just like he did with Celica, it definitively won't be easy to explain it to them...
[Back to the present, in Glenn's classroom]
"And so, for the fact to have a observation of how my current work is going on, please welcome my former colleague for this single day." Glenn finished, without any motivation or sincerity, as he explained the strange developement of his today's classes to his students who were still dumbfounded by the surprise presence in this class before he gestured to Sera who was near him and smiling all to all, "Alright, introduce yourself." He did the same for when Riel was introduced to them as a transfer student. Of course the fact that both of them were once part of the Imperial Army was kept as confidential in the introduction so the students surely thought that Glenn had a work similar to magic research in his past, taking count of his immense knowledge about it.
However Sera was far much more smiling than how Riel was emotionless and smiled before bowing her head slightly, "My name is Sera Silvers, I was Glenn-kun's former colleague in his previous work and I came here to observe how he is doing on recently, I would also listen to his classes together with you so please take care of me."
All the students were now whispering to themselves about the young woman that were just introduced to them and there ws no doubt that all of them noticed the physical similarities between her and one of their honor student in the class. Sistine in question, stood up from her seat in surprise, as she was shocked to see the person in front of her, ignoring the worry that Rumia was showing towards her due to her sudden action. Okay, she was surprised about how much they looks physically alike despite a few differences in color, but it wasn't the point here...
"Long, long ago, there was a stupid brat. This stupid brat admired the 'mages of justice' and studied as hard as he could, eventually becoming a mage in the Imperial Army. However, this stupid brat was dismayed by the limits of magic and his bloody reality. He came to hate the magic he once loved. Still, the stupid brat never gave up on his own dream, because he had a friend who supported that dream of his. However, on a certain mission, that stupid brat foolishly let that girl die. The stupid brat grew fed up with everything, gave up being a mage, and became an unemployed shut-in. And all's well that ends well."
That's what Glenn told her before his duel with Leos Kleitos―or rather, Jatice in disguise. When she wanted to speak with him in order to clarify a previous argument between the two, she overheard him saying Sera's name aloud and asked who she was to him, which is the explanation he gave to her. Thanks to that, she knew about the reason behind Glenn's hatred for magic that she couldn't comprehend during their first meeting. Though she was really curious about the nature of their relationship once she registred the fact that Sera was a woman once she overheard her name whispered by Glenn with a softness she never knew he could say, and much to her own confusion was a little jealous about it that she had yet admitted, those feelings were soon washed away by a wave of sadness and pity for Glenn once she heard of the loss. But such things didn't matter at such a moment, only one thought was in her mind―
'Why... why is someone supposed to be dead, is standing here alive?' If someone looked correctly, Riel's eyes too widened upon the sight as she might have met Sera at least once in the past due to their common past work but Sistine was the only one among Glenn's students who knew about Sera, not even Rumia who is closer to Glenn to herself, wasn't aware of it.
Sistine's gaze and Glenn's met discreetly and he silenced all the questions she wanted to ask with a single glare that almost made her flinch, it was similar to the one he had when he slaughtered all the Angel Dust addicts when he saved her from being married to Leos against her wishes. It only held one meaning; Don't say anything.
When Sera looked up to Sistine's standing form with wide eyes before a smile formed on her lips, she must be surprised to see someone who looked so much to herself without being related by blood. This made Sistine realize what kind of situation they were; that it was neither the time or the moments to ask what she wanted to, in front of all the students who don't know about the woman who's supposed to be dead, so she smiled nervously as nothing happened as she tried to convince the people around her: "I–I am sorry, it is the first time that I have met someone who looks so much like me physically and that I don't remember being related to, so―"
"Don't worry, White Cat, it is understandable. Just sit down already so we can start today's classes, I already missed all the morning's ones so we shouldn't waste any more time unless you want to be late compared to the other classes." Glenn added, returning to his usual self before putting the books on the teacher desk in front of him. Sistine, her, quickly sat down, being embarrassed by all the attention given to her by her classmates, who took the lie and returned to their own occupations.
Sera widened her eyes at Sistine's nickname since Glenn often called her in a similar manner, but she didn't had the time to think further about it as Glenn gestured her an empty seat at the back of the classroom. "Sera, you'll be sitting there since there is no other free seats, is that fine with you?"
"Ah, yeah." And she walked towards that seat and sat down, it was by most of the coincidence, that the empty seat and table behind Sistine's. Is that fate or just on a whim? Whetever it was, the said White Cat frozed unknowingly once she had been aware of that fact.
"Sisti, are you alright?" Rumia whispered to her friend, being worried for her strange attitude.
Sistine just smiled like she always did and waved her hands in denial in order to calm her best friend's worries, "Un, I'm alright, don't worry about it Rumia."
"Is that so?" Rumia nodded and returned to Glenn's lectures while Sistine sighed in relief before secretly glancing at Sera, who was absorbed by Glenn's lessons, before she sighed to herself and not in relief this time. Everything didn't went unnoticed by Rumia, who despite knowing that something is wrong, did nothing to discover the truth behind it as she was aware that it was not her right to do so―at least for now, that is. It was the first time that Sistine didn't listened to the classes correctly of all her life.
"Now everyone, it is the questioning time for Sera Silvers-san! Are you guys all ready?!"
"YEAH!"
"Hehe~ Please go easy on me." It was finally the lunch break for everyone in the class, but they were more curious about their today's guest than to go eat their lunch. They even asked (forced) their homeroom teacher, Glenn, to give them his consent. Much to their surprise, he seems to not want to participate at their little game. So the students gathered around Sera's seat and started to ask her many questions which she answered with a lot of patience.
Sistine took this chance when everyone else was occupied by the thought of knowing Sera better, to ask Glenn about what she wanted to ask since the beginning of the classes, with that in mind, she approached him. "Glenn-sensei?"
The man who was slightly older than herself raised his head to look back at her, "White Cat." He must left out some time in order to answer the questions in her mind, otherwise there was no way that THE Glenn Radars known for his big appetite would miss his lunch with his current salalry. It was now the only chance to do so, that's why―
"About that woman person―Sera-san..." She whispered to him so others wouldn't hear, well they weren't at all since they were more interested to the newcomer, but it's better to be prudent to the sharp eared people here. "Is she truly...?"
"Yeah, she isn't supposed to be still here." Glenn cuts her off and answered her beforehand.
Sistine was a smart girl, one of the best students of her class, so she immediately understood the hidden meaning of Glenn's words. It wasn't that she wasn't supposed to be still here, but that she wasn't supposed to be still ALIVE. But then, why was she here? Was it another trap of the Researchers of Divine Wisdom? If so then it would be the cruelest thing to do to her teacher, to make him fight someone he used to get along well with. She couldn't even find correct words to show how much it was an horrible thing to do even for terrorists.
As if he could read her current thoughts, Glenn sighed and then ruffled his unkept hair in a annoyed manner, "However we aren't sure if it is a trap or not. Celica is still investigating on it while I must keep an eye on her during the time being."
"Ah..." So that's why he brought her over to school, Sistine now understood that fact.
Glenn then tapped her shoulder lightly before walking towards the crowd with Sera in the middle, "Let's go back, White Cat, before they start to get suspicious about something." With that, he walked ahead nonchalantly as if nothing happened, in order to hide what just happened from the students. Sistine could only follow him hesitantly.
"Yo! So what are you guys talking about?" Glenn asked with his usual self while the twin-tailed haired girl, Wendy, looked at him with a surprised expression, "Oh my, didn't Sensei said that he didn't want to participate?"
Glenn then yawned in his usual fashion, "Well, I did had a little something to do, now I got bored so let me join the conversation too."
"Oh, well, fine." She didn't asked further since it was the usual thing that their teacher repeated, "Sera-san was talking about how lazy you were at your past job too, Glenn-sensei!" The students were greatly interested by this since their teacher never told them about his past.
Now all wariness that Glenn had turned into surprise then into annoyance when he turned his gaze towards a slightly sweating Sera who could only avert her gaze away. Though he was grateful that she didn't said anything about the truth of his former job, why did she had to say about that...? Though it wasn't false, still...! He then send a mix of glare and dark smile towards Sera who flinched before frozing in place, "...Sera? What the heck are you doing? While I finally got those students to respect me a little..."
"Ah, well, ahahaha~?" Sera could only laughs nervously while scratching her cheeks a little, however Glenn didn't fell for that though it did caught him off guard, it was one the expressions he recognized, the face she was making when she screwed up in something; a mix of a troubled and embarrassed expression. Before he was completely engulfed by nostalgia, Glenn decided to let it off for now and change the subject, "Well, I'll let that off for later."
Sera sighed in relief at that, she knew that Glenn could be scary when truly angered.
"Well, putting that asides," Glenn then grabbed Sistine's arm who was hiding behind him before pulling her forward in one yank while the latter was so shocked of the unexcepted action and almost missed her step before putting a hand on her shoulder. "You were staring at her quite a long time, Sera, didn't you want to know about her?"
"Eh?" Sistine looked at Glenn with a hesitant gaze, what on earth was he trying to do? She couldn't understand any of it.
Sera then smiled widely before standing up from her chair and then took Sistine's hands and shook them happily, "Yeah! I was wondering for a while, why do we looks so alike?! Is that platinum hair of yours perhaps hereditary just like my silver hair? If so then does one of your relatives belongs to the Silvers Clan? I do belong to it too! Maybe we are blood-related, say, what do you think~?!" Sera was overwelming exictedly Sistine with questions which made her temporarily forget her earlier's fear, was that what Glenn was trying to do? She didn't understand, she couldn't understand what was happening, but more importantly―
"What are you doing, White Cat? Though I can understand that you are being overwelmed by so many questions at once, answer the questions that she is asking you." Translation: It would raise suspicions if you continue to act like this.
'...!' Sistine then remembered that Sera was still waiting for her answers before she tried to recapitulate every questions she was asked, "I–I don't think that my family and me belongs to that Silvers Clan that you are mentioning... my father and my grandfather both had platinum hair so I don't really know about it."
Sera's hair that was rising up earlier just like an excited puppy dropped down in disappointment and let go of her hand, "Is that so...?" The Silvers Clan was the descendants of one of the six heroes of the Great Magic War, Salas Silvers, but since her clan was scattered away during their travels, Sera, who is their princess, hoped to find one of her clanmates once she laid her eyes upon Sistine's appearance but it seems that silver-colored hair isn't as uncommon that she thought.
Glenn stretches a grin on his face then he pointed a point out, "Cheer up, Sera, though White Cat doesn't belongs to your clan, she is using wind magic just like you, maybe that you were sisters in your past life?" It was just a joke so he didn't noticed of how much it could be actually so convincing due to the two's ressemblances. Then as he realized it, the whole class started to laughs at the suggestion
After a while of laughing, Sera wiped some of the tears formed before smiling at Sistine, "But Glenn-kun is calling you, 'White Cat', huh? Don't you find that it's quite the coincidence too? Glenn-kun often calls me 'White Dog' too, though he stopped to do it recently."
"I can do it once more if you want."
"Please don't." With that, the class was send in another round of laughs but only Sistine wasn't laughing. Because with that she understood, it wasn't because of her hairstyle or personality that Glenn was calling her by such a nickname―but just because she ressembled Sera, just because she was a replacement of her for him, just because he seeing Sera in her... she was being told many times that they looked alike so at first she was a little proud that she looked alike one of her teacher's comrade, maybe because it could meant that she was someone he could trust after all the battles they lived through together... but now―
"Sistine? What's wrong, are you hungry?" Riel near her asked as she was looking at her with her usual expressionless face with a hint of concern for her health in her eyes, so she just waved it off and said that she was alright just like with Rumia.
Suddenly, Kash, a male student of the class raised her hand to Sera, "Here, here, here! I have a question!"
"Of course, if it is something I can answer to."
"Are you dating anyone in particular?" With that all the girls in the class frowned and the boys nodded in unison, Sera was at loss on how to answer since it was the first time that she was being asked such a thing since those students didn't knew her affiliation with the Imperial Army and Glenn... was strangely silent.
"So, is there someone?" Kash asked once again.
Sera then came back to her senses but said while being a little embarrassed that they were talking about such a topic, "Erm... That is, currently, I am not dating anyone."
Once they heard this both the boys of the class and Sistine felt relieved, though Sistine was rather shocked to realize that she felt such a thing currently but... that means that Sera and Glenn weren't more than friends or anything. While the boys were happy that finally, one of the pretty girls they could encounter wasn't only interested in Glenn (like Riel). Sera, her, didn't dated anybody because she was a soldier of the army and with all the upcoming missions she had no time for that.
Kash then took his second chance and came a little too close of Sera's personal space while extending his hand, "If it's so then would you think about dating m―GUHOOO?!" However because that a textbook was suddenly thrown at his face he couldn't finish what he wanted to say. He fell on the ground with the impact and twitched a bit before stopping to move totally.
"Oi, Kash, are you alright?!" His friend, Cecil, asked him as he helped him to stand up again, if you were to avoid to remark the enormous bruise caused by the book thrown at full force. All of them turned the culprit who was clapping his hands off of the dust―
"...Sensei?" Rumia said, completely shocked along with all her classmates. Glenn was standing here, rather with quite pissed look, as he glared at Kash who was still recovering from the earlier blow. The last time they saw him like this, it was when Halley Astry, the teacher of another class, had insulted the capacities of his students, however it was something totally different this time.
Sistine was shocked, unmoving, but she recovered slightly and was going to scold Glenn again but Sera beat her to it, "Wh–what are you doing, Glenn-kun?! What kind of teacher would throw a textbook at the face of their students."
Glenn then pointed at himself, and without any remorse or reflexion of what he did, "The teacher who is here." He looked like still a bit unerved by the earlier event and despite Sera's protest, refused to apologize to the still suffering Kash.
Cecil then stood up for his fallen friend and all the other boys, "Why did you did that Sensei?! As a fellow man, you should understand our wish to interact with pretty women! Specially if it is a pretty but slightly older lady! An onee-san, if you want to know! You did understand us at the beach so why are you turning your back against us this time?! There should be no links with reducing your salary or whatever?!"
When Glenn take his students to a beach for their school research, all the boys were moved about how their teacher is ready to do in order to satisfy his eyes full of manly interests, they were bound by a strong bond that no woman would be able to understand and this was at this true time that the boys and their teacher understood each other. So why was he betraying them now?! After everything they went through together in order to peep―protect, yeah, protect the girls of any danger that they are unaware of.
However this time's Glenn was reacting differently than what they had excepted, he just scoffed and averted his gaze from the teary eyes of his males students. "This and that are different, I never said that you could hit on my partner." He was meaning his former partner in work so he didn't understood why the young males students were now starting to glare at him suspiciously neither why the females ones were starting to squeal. The shock was so big for the boys that Cecil let go of Kash on the ground quite hardly.
It was at that time that Kash started to woke up and Cecil quickly went to his sides, supporting his head and holding his hand like in a dramatic tragedy comedy, "Kash! Stay with us, Kash!"
The said young man opened his eyes weakly like a dying hero from a juvenile novel and Cecil being the woman he loves (while he is a man) or something like that. "S–so Sensei who was supporting us since the beginning have finally became our enemy, huh...?"
"Eh, no, it isn't something that dramatic." Glenn even forgot his earlier anger and was slightly... disturbed by the current scene shown to him, were they trying to make him the antagonist of their story or something?
"See! You hit him too hard on the head Glenn-kun and now they are in complete dellusions!" However it looks like that they managed to make Sera believe them.
"Wait, why are you being convinced by such an act, Sera? Kash wouldn't die from that and Cecil wasn't even hurt to begin with it." Now back at the scene―
"Ce–Cecil..."
"Keep it together Kash! That's right! Rumia, please come over and heal him with your white magic!"
"E–eh? Is that how is it?" Rumia was confused too and so was all the girls plus Glenn who was unable to comprehend the small theater in front of them while all the boys were shedding 'manly' tears for their 'dying' comrade. However she was stopped by Glenn who put a hand on her shoulder, "Let it like this Rumia, what they are trying doesn't make any sense."
"If Sensei says so..."
"Kuuh! So he even made Rumia switch sides! What a devious individual! I'm sorry Kash... look like we can't do anything more for you..." Cecil bite his lips in frustration as Kash smiled bitterly (because of his bruise), "Stop crying Cecil... I should be the one who should apologize... even though everyone was so impatient I will be the first retiring... however don't be discouraged by that, guys, even if I'm the first one to fall here as long one of you could reach our objective... so go on! If you attack all together, even Sensei won't be able to hold off all of you... then it would be your chance―" With that, Kash fell back to unconsciousness, but this time zith a smile on his face.
"KASH!" Cecil cried and held him close before accidentally letting him crash against the ground as all the guys were now watching their teacher with eyes burning with rage, it made him falter a bit but Glenn soon regain of his earlier anger when he heard the next words that were coming out of their mouths: "Come on guys, get your spells ready! We'll beat Sensei now and finally have our chances with a pretty woman!"
"All right, come on you bastards! No matter how many times you try I shall all blast you away!" Both teacher and students readied their [Shock Bolt] and the girls were instantly reminded of the moment when the boys tried to intrude into the girls' room at night during their expedition only to be stopped by Glenn who was fighting in order to protect his salary, however this time―
"Please calm down Glenn-kun!"
"I can't. Sera, don't stop me. I'll take responsibility, but I won't be able to cool off until I hit them a few times!"
"Calm down, I'm begging you!" Sera pulled Glenn, and the impulse that had nowhere to be vented made Glenn's body inadvertently shake and his [Shock Bolt] being dissolved.
Sistine coolly watched his actions. Once she saw Sera tightly holding on to Glenn, she frowned unconsciously and was about to step in until she realized that even if Glenn stopped his attacks, the students had yet done so, and the action of closeness that the young woman did to their teacher only served to accentuate their growing jealousy―
Then Teresa, one of the other student stepped in and all the attacks were put to pause on a instant, she raised her hand, "Sera-san, may I ask something for all the girls here then?" Sera temporarily separated herself from Glenn and all the spells were dissolved as they were waiting for the question she was going to ask.
'Phew, I got saved for now.' Glenn sighed in relief in his mind. However only Sistine, Rumia and Riel weren't aware of what Teresa was going to ask for the behalf of all the girls' side.
Teresa then put a hand on her cheek in a ladylike manner, a thing she usally did as the milady of a famous family like most of the students here, however in contrast of that, her smile was more childish like a child anticipating her new toy and it was giving Glenn a weird feeling of unease like the ones he was having when he felt his life was on danger. He didn't had the time to stop her when she asked, "So, did Sensei did anything naughty to you~?"
She didn't realized the bomb she just dropped, all the boys were now staring at him with bloodshot eyes and the girls were waiting with eyes shining of anitcipation, the trio of girls who were always with Glenn only listened of a curious ear. Now his fate would only depend on Sera's answer. Sera was surprised by the question and when she was about to answer with a smile of denial she suddenly froze.
"Sera?" Glenn took a good look at Sera's face, curious of her sudden silence, before seeing the heavy blush on it, a lightening of realization struck him then―without doubt, she was remembering of what happened this morning when he accidentally―
"SO SOMETHING DID HAPPENED~!" All the girls were now squealing again, it was no longer than they were going to ask for more details, and the boys were crying tears of blood, ready to definitively kill their teacher with their restarted spells again.
"Help me! White Cat, Rumia, Riel!" Though Riel and Rumia wanted to help him, they were stopped by the hoard of girls that were stopping them from avancing further... and Sistine ignored his demand and huffed, strangely sulky that cat, isn't she? And at the most worst moments possible.
"Argh! Damn it!" When he saw that the main door entrance was already condamned by the girls who were excepting more of the interesting show their teacher was actually playing, Glenn took Sera closer to him and passed one of his arms under her legs then the other was on her shoulder before lifting her up into a bridal carry.
"Wha―?!"
"KYAAA~!" The girls squealed in delight while, "GAAH! WHAT THE HECK IS HE DOING?! TRYING TO MAKE US MORE JEALOUS THAN ALREADY?!" The men on the other side groaned like enraged beasts, Glenn decided to ignore all those 'dangerous' stares as he kicked the window open with one of his leg. "Sera hold on tightly, we're escaping before things turn even more nasty!"
"Eh?!" Sera could only say that in response as she was being presented by such an absurd situation.
"Wait, Sensei, what are you trying to―" Sistine wanted to stop him so she extended her hand but she didn't succeeded as Glenn jumped out from the window with Sera in his arms, landed gracefully before breaking into a full sprint. Sistine could only hold her hand still extended before retracting it, deep in thought.
"DAMN IT! He ran away, you guys! Don't let Sensei escape!" Kash who was suddenly revived, shouted and all the guys went chasing down Glenn through the corridors, the girls also followed but with a different objective in hand. "That's right! Hurry up and catch Sensei back! We can't have this story unfinished!" All of them chased down Glenn but only the trio of white, yellow and blue girls were staying behind. It seems that all of them didn't feel like eating today.
Rumia laughed nervously at everything just happened, "I think that Glenn-sensei should be alright... I guess?"
Riel was just as passive as ever, "Glenn is strong so he should be fine, but if they hurt him I'll cut them down." Her face was expressionless as ever but there was a serious glint in her eyes, showing about how much she cared for him just like she showed it in their first meeting.
Only Sistine was silent staring at her hands. She just remembered something she forgot when Sera held her hands just a while earlier. 'Should the hands of a supposed dead person... feel really that warm?' Hands of a dead person should be cold and not warm, and it was not the question of her wearing gloves or not.
'Aren't you forgetting your original objective, Glenn?' Celica thought as she watched from the window the sight of Glenn being pursued by a mass of students through the courtyard while pulling Sera's hand. Though it was hard to ask him to do so, she felt that it would be better for him to not get too close of the current Sera.
Then the crystal she used for communication shined and Celica picked it up, "Is that you Albert? Did you finished the investigation I asked you to?"
The person on the other side of the line was Albert Frazer, one of the executioners of the Mages Corps and Glenn's former colleague, he was teaming up with Riel until recently where she transfered to the school. Celica told him of the situation and asked him to investigate on it, she knew she could trust him at a certain level since he saved Glenn's life many times during dangerous situations.
"...What?! Are you sure of it?!" She couldn't believe of what he just told her, and when he gave her his affirmation her shock became even wider before it turned to sorrow. "I see... thank you, contact me again if you find anything else." With that she turned the crystal off and turned her sad gaze towards her foster son who was still on his escape and to the young woman next to him.
"Glenn..." She could only murmured in a sad tone as she was pitying him and wondering how she should tell the news she just learnt to him, it was a cruel thing to do but she had to do it, so he wouldn't have to suffer any longer... but one thing was definitively sure: he definitively wouldn't like it.
A/N.: And here it went with the interaction of a dog and cat of similar color~ If they truly meet each other in the canon then would they be fighting each other for Glenn, I wonder~? In the next chapter, we'll discover the reason of Sera's presence here when she should be dead, please wait and review~! By the way, Merry (late) Christmas and Happy (early) New Year! By the way, about the Silver Clan, it is a canon info on the wikia, please go check it too if you want.
[REVIEW CORNER]
– BYARLANT CUSTOM's review at the previous chapter: "Good story, waiting for the next episode."
My answer to your review: Thank you really much for following and favorising my story, I hope that you'll continue to enjoy it until its upcoming ending.
– Guest's review at the previous chapter: "For someone who never wrote romance before I think that you're doing pretty well."
My answer to your review: I never wrote romance before so I wasn't really confident on my idea, so having you tell me that I'm doing pretty well makes me really happy! Thank you really much too!
– dragonicdevil's review at the previous chapter: "good first chapter, can't wait for the next one, is the pairing only Glenn and Sistine or will Rumia also be part of it? It would be fun to see her reaction to Glenn and Sera, she most likely would be happy for him but also be sad since she also love him, just like Sistine."
My answer to your review: My thanks to you too as well! The main pairing of this fanfic would be Glenn and Sera, of course I'll include Sistine and Rumia on the way but more in a one-sided way. Sistine is always being jealous when Glenn is getting along well in another girl even though she doesn't admit it while Rumia is just wishing for Glenn's happiness honestly, though she may feel herself being envious to the one he is getting along well too; both could be refered as jealousy though one is the childish and selfish one and the latter is a more mature and understanding one.
