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Strange days
"There is something going on in that class Asano-kun. The students there, their fate has changed and the superiors want you in record of their activities." Rilliane's works echoes in the young boy's mind.
This day cannot possibly become stranger than it is now. After arriving at his father's or rather the Chairman's office. The man of course took the chance to belittle his son for losing his number one spot. The results of the exam had been released and Gakushu Asano was placed in the second spot. 'Really' Gakushu thought, he should get use to the 'strangeness' and stop expecting anything to be normal anymore because;
One he is a Grim Reaper.
Two his… Colleagues are an interesting bunch.
Even after Gakushu Asano had died years ago, his personality stayed the same, he is a very competitive person. He was prideful as many would agree, but unlike the lead-up to his suicide where his life felt empty, and he felt as though he had nothing but his accomplishments. He at least has some moral support from his peers in the Grim Reaper department. Although Gakushu can be stubborn when it came to making bonds- it took him 6 months to even call Rilliane his friend instead of senior after being taught by her and her eccentric colleagues.
One was a Stasi officer with a love for whiskey and another was a KGB officer vodka who was always drinking vodka. The two have some interesting hobbies which Rilliane also took part. But no matter their eccentricities, they were intelligent so Gakushu found them interesting to talk to.
"You will go join Class E tomorrow." The Chairman said to him and without and once of sympathy. As soon as those words were uttered to him, 'Task one completed' Gakushu thought to himself. He would have to tell the other reapers of his story but first, he had to act as pissed off as his father expected to be.
"You can't be serious!" Gakuhu yelled, his violet eyes lit ablaze while he clenched his fist in attempt to control his anger. He wasn't entirely acting and he was genuinely annoyed, just a little, that he would be thrown into the E class by his own father for such a petty reason. Even if he had been trying to get there purposefully.
"When am I ever anything but serious, Asano? You are going to be our new Class-E student." He replied coldly with a cruel smile. Before Gakushu can make any remark, his father added cruelly "You have been lose more in this year than I have in a decade, I thought you would be better suited in a class for hopeless cases." Even after Gakushu's death, his father always seem to get the best of him, he always knew how to inflame the boy's temper.
Gakushu Asano tried his hardest to maintain his façade of professionalism and appear relatively calm as his father ridicule him. Which is difficult when he wanted to punch the nearest wall.
"At least now you will be in on the secret of Class-E" His father lightly spoke, Gakushu felt a shiver going down from his spine of his father acting so… fatherly? As much as he wanted his father to act what they are supposed to do, it feels so wrong with this man…
"So you are hiding something Chairman." He said and with a smirk, "And what makes you think that I won't use this against you?"
The Chairman chuckled, "Because then you would be committing a serious crime by spreading international secrets, of course." This secret must be huge if it was considered an international secret! What one earth could it be? Gakushu was going to tell his superiors anyway, of course. This was Grim Reaper matter and not human matter. What had he and his father gotten themselves into?
Not that anyone else knows but Gakushu's watch is actually a voice recorder and transmitter. Thank you for Grim Reaper's fast developing and convenient technology.
But enough about that, a government personal of what Gakushu knew as the assistant teacher and PE teacher of Class-E. Mr Karasuma entered the office to escort him to a 'secret' facility to explain the situation at the End Class. Yes… This was a very strange day.
Gakushu took one last quick glance at his father as if he was waiting for something but he quickly exited the room. What did he expected from his father?
Some words of condolences? Comfort? Gakushu knew he should know better by now than to expect something other than indifference from his father. It is normal for an adolescent to long for recognition and especially from his only real family he had, his father. The admiration of his classmates and the affections from his fellow reapers was never enough. He always tried to deny it to himself but Gakushu still wanted his father to love him.
However, walking alongside Mr Karasuma to the secret meeting, none of this internal conflict brewing inside him was portrayed. He kept his appearance of calmness and false politeness while he was internally screaming.
What has he gotten himself into? Rilliane has not tell him this situation was like… this!
Gakushu sat in on the meeting, where he was sworn to secrecy and was finally made privy to the secret of Class-E. Does he need to have his ear's check? Because his eye-sight was already terrible as it is, he could hardly believe his ears.
This couldn't be real, right?
None of the other reapers has told him of a yellow octopus alien creature who just happened to be the old behind the destruction of the moon, do Grim Reapers even judge aliens? Not only that but the reason why Class-E's grades and skills improved because the yellow octopus is their classroom teacher who also happens will destroy all life on Earth before the year ends.
Gakushu had to sign a confidentiality agreement which he intended to break as soon as he met up with the other reapers.
He held a blank face for the entirely of a slide-show explaining about the monster who is mascaraing as a teacher. He felt his eyes twitching of the absurdity of all of this, he knew that this isn't a joke but this is ridiculous! He hadn't ever thought too much about the moon situation because going through a logical route, he just assumed it was some sort of meteor and left it at that. Even Rilliane told him that moon is going to be fixed, in her words "If the moon is gone than that is more work for us."
He just scratched it off from his list as he was on his nightly shift of collecting souls with his senior whenever he looked up at the nightsky.
Gakushu wonder what would happen to him and the other reapers if the world was destroyed. With no more solds to collect, what would they do? What happens to the ghost when the earth is no more?
Forgiven by default? The ultimate break?
He was then given a rubber green knife and pellet that can somehow harm the octopus monster teacher whom other Class-E students call dubbed at 'Korosensei'. 'Don't question too much or I be in with a painful headache.' He thought as he continue to absorb the newly found information.
Unfortunately however, for this task, he must act like a normal human and observe and not reveal that he is a reaper. Or in turns of Rilliane's words, that he has been dead for almost four years.
This means that he can't just outright just kill the creature and save the planet. But in this case, does it count? Unless it is some sort of scientific experiment that went extremely wrong.
Now he is a part of Class-E who are being trained to be assassins to kill a yellow octopus monster dubbed as Korosensei with green rubber weapons. Gakushu was sure this day cannot become even stranger.
Exiting the meeting room to the outside world, his head was spinning with information and he let out a heavy sigh. He was in the End Class, the world could be destroyed by graduation by a yellow octopus thing who happens going to be his teacher.
Looking around to see no prying eyes or security cameras, Gakushu kicked the nearest thing in frustration which was unfortunately was a tree. Its' trunk shattered from the impact, bits of bark flew everywhere and collapsed to the ground.
He then receives a text from Rilliane. 'Lyrics Karaoke Bar.' God he really needs a drink.
It is tradition since the day of his unforgivable act and when he graduated from his Grim Reaper classes that he goes to a Grim Reaper run karaoke bar to tell of what's been happening lately or for mission reports whenever he receives the text.
Why have a karaoke bar in the first place? Gakushu doesn't really know why but it's a good place to vent when you're frustrated a bit. Rest in peace tree number 101. Being a reaper can take an emotional toll, after all. Although he remembered a story to decrease the number of 'seceders' or something like that after a case dated back to the Victorian Era. I think his name was Undertaker?
He arrives at the bar and to the counter, today running the counter is Arthur who committed suicide after 'failing' his duties when his master Gretel took her life by the noose in attempts to reunite with her brother. Gretel was taking a nap by the desk. Both are experienced being in the departure for over 200 years, you can easily mistake them as siblings as both have golden blonde hair. For the eyes, every Grim Reaper has the chartreuse phosphorescent eyes. The time the two told him before their deaths was that both had green eyes, green as emeralds and the English plains.
Both are from the English Department who transferred here to train the newcomers which have increased dramatically in parts of Asia. Gakushu enjoys talking to them compared to the students where he goes to school at, who are mostly incredibly repetitive and vapid. Maybe not Ren, he was interesting to talk with especially when it came to poetry and the arts.
"Hi Asano-kun, they're in room 5." Arthur politely said and Gakushu gave his thanks.
Arriving at the door of room 5, he was mentally preparing himself of he is going to be subjected to… Deliberated horrible singing.
Opening the door, "I don't want to close my eyes!" These voices was from the whiskey lover and vodka lover. He can hear the banging of tambourines going along with the horrid singing out of beat.
"Hi Gakushu-chan~" Rilliane called out from the noise waving her arm, she was a woman in a black suit with almond brown hair and the same eyes that every Grim Reaper possesses. Her glasses only had the upper half with thick frames. "They wanted to start without you, I know you don't mind that."
Gakushu shook his head, "Not really." As terrible as they were at singing, it was very amusing. He takes off his watch with the recordings and gives it to his senior.
"I am sorry that you had be in Class-E, I know how difficult it was for you." Rilliane was from his department, the Japanese Department although she took her life back in America. It was the same reason of why he did it, educational and family problems. She gives him a box of cake knowing that the young boy has bit of a sweet-tooth that is one of the things that reminded her and Gakushu of what makes him a kid.
"It is best from France with a side of macaroons." Gakushu's violet eyes started to sparkle and his cheek turn pink like cherry blossoms as he was given the box of sweets.
"So, how did you manage to get yourself thrown in the End Class?" The singing came at a stop as Lucia the once Stasi officer asked in a heavy accent, she wore a military uniform consisting of black and glasses were rectangular shaped .She had hair blond as the sun, she was from the German department. She told the boy that she took her life because her fiancée took his life after being blacklisted back before the Berlin Wall fell. Feeling that she no longer had a purpose of life, she too took her life to reunite with her lover.
"Did you bomb the exam?" The vodka lover named Ivan was from the Russian Department asked, wearing the same uniform as Lucia. He had black curly hair and wore black thick-framed glasses. He told the boy that he committed suicide after being disillusioned of the Soviet Party during his time as a KGB officer after seeing the corruption in the government.
The three: Rilliane, Lucia and Ivan stared at the boy waiting for his answer of how he transferred himself in the class.
He pulled a polite smile and said, "I got second place overall in the school."
"…." It became silent for the next couple of seconds…
"WHAT!" The voice did not came from the three but instead from outside the room. The door quickly opens and slamming the wall to reveal Gretel alongside with Arthur holding some drinks. "What kind of logic is that!? Your father threw you in Class-E just for coming second, that is beyond harsh!"
"You get used to it after a while." Gakushu gave a shrug while eating his slice of cake, it reminded him of how he used to be human. He remember the days of how he was ridicule by his father for getting one mark off or even half a mark off from perfection. Or even recently when his father was trying to outclass the lowest class. Gretel gave Gakushu a sceptical look, knowing of his story.
Gretel and Arthur went back to the counter with Gretel huffing in anger, Lucia and Ivan was busy hugging the boy covering him in tears and snot. Rilliane meanwhile was taking a picture of the scene for the Gakushu diary.
After a while, being a Grim Reaper isn't so bad you just get used to it sooner or later. Like how eventually I got used to my father's education system although it eventually broke me. This time, it is a lot different now.
On the plus side of this, at least Gakushu no longer have to be Student Council president or do extra-classes at school now. More time to focus on other important things, he already memorised the entire Japanese education curriculum anyway. This assassination class can help for his Grim Reaper work and it would be more interesting challenge than school work anyway.
"Rilliane, do you have more cake?" Luckily his father does not know about Gakushu's cake obsession.
Hopefully I will get the next chapter written, thank you for reading! The next chapter is going to be a short story.
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