Leviathan Chapter 2
"Kia Escott and Reginald Blackwood please report to the principals office." Kia stirred in her sleep at the mention of her name. She was having that dream again, of the battle of the blood moon. She had always heard stories of the mighty dragon-spirit Mary and her Husband the Noble knight Aaron since she was a little girl, but she wasn't sure why she would suddenly have a dream about it again.
She stood up, and wiped the drool off her face, and headed out to the office. She thought back at the person who was called with her.
Reginald Blackwood, he was your typical cold hearted badboy that every girl seemed to fall in love with, he had a cold stern expression almost as if he was reprimanding you for something you didn't even know you did wrong.
Also he was more handsome than you would belie- Kia shook her head to clear the thoughts out hoping her face wasn't as red as it felt. Lost in her thoughts she didn't notice her surroundings until boy about a head taller than Kia bumped into her knocking her to the ground. "Hey watch where yo-" She stopped midsentence to see Reginald Blackwood standing tall with a curious expression on his face.
Reginald crouched down and at Kia and frowned, "Are you ok?" Reginalds eyes held a cold intensity they scanned Kias face. "Just help me up already," Kia sighed and tried to look annoyed even though her heart was racing. Reginald nodded at her, He glanced down at her offered his hand to help her up. She followed him silently to the principals' office making him a little curious on why she was so distracted.
It didn't matter though, he assumed she must be joining a new squad and she asked for his recommendation for assignment into a squad. He grinned to himself, at the satisfaction of being the student that most younger students chose for a representative. Quite often he was called down to the office for students he didn't know to help offer a recommendation.
However as they approached the office Reginald could almost sense an atmosphere of unease with the faculty. This wasn't a simple recommendation ceremony, he could tell by the gloomy expressions on their faces. The secretary nodded to some empty chairs as they entered the office and Reginald sat down. Kia, still blushing, sat down tentatively beside him and they waited.
A few minutes later the door opened and the Principal stepped out. He stepped out into the office and beckoned the two students to come inside. Reginald noticed that he made sure to keep his assistant by his side. was more of a body guard rather than an assistant however and single-handedly could probably kill both Reginald and Kia in a moments notice.
Reginald stayed silent and waited for to tell him why they came. "Ehem can you please close the door after you exit Ms. Felicity?" Ms. Felicity nodded and exited the room closing the door behind her, and Kia gave a slight sigh of relief.
She got nervous whenever she saw in the hallways, there was no way she could get through an entire conversation with her in the room. Mr. Astroloth rummaged in his desk for a moment then placed a form on the table. "Let me cut to the chase," he grabbed the form off the table and opened it.
"We've had reports of Demons moving down south." He pulled out some pictures of terrifying creatures and threw them on the table. Kia recognized some of them from her classes, most of them were sea based demons and many were considered high class threats. "Kraken in the Southern seas, Hydras in the cliffs, and also," his eyes darkened, "We've had reports of Demon knight class beings there." Reginald felt a shiver go down his spine at the thought of Demon knight class.
Mr. Astroloth smiled slightly, "However this isn't the problem we need you for," Kia glared at him and even Reginald had a cold glare focused at him. He chuckled a little at their reactions and continued, "The problem is, we have had many reports of Demons rising in the south. However we want you to investigate this instead." He placed a picture on the table of a cloaked man with a mask on.
Reginald looked closer at the photo, and noticed the mask had a row of teeth painted on the front and one eye slit. The Masked figure was wearing a cloak with a hood, making it so there would be no recognizable features to identify him with. "So what do you want us to do with this masked figure?" smiled sheepishly, "I want you to bring him back here." Mr. Astroloth pulled out more forms, "We believe that he is around your age group and he has an excellent killing rate. He is known by the locals as "The Laughing Spirit" an-." Reginald raised one hand, "I accept but I won't allow and underclassman to accompany me." Kia stayed quiet as folded his hands, "This decision wasn't made by me.
To be perfectly honest I wouldn't want to send either of you. However, considering we aren't trying to kill him but recruit him to our school and train him like you both are being trained to one day hunt these demons, we're sending the two most liked male and female to try and reason with him to join us." eyes suddenly darkened with a cool glare that sent a wave of unease over Kia. This man might actually be stronger than . She shivered at the thought and looked over at Reginald.
Reginald paused for a few moments meeting his gaze and nodded, "I'll do it on one condition." He grabbed the paper. "Don't tell my little sister where I'm going, but I want three female underclass students to guard her at all times." Mr. Astroloth pondered this a moment and nodded, he offered his hand to Reginald who shook it. "You'll be leaving in the morning, don't tell anyone what you learned today or anything about this masked person." Kia and Reginald nodded and Mr. Astroloth stood up, "You may leave the office now and return to class."
After both students had left came back in and collected the paperwork spilled along the table. "Are you sure they can bring him back?" Mr. Astroloth nodded slightly, "I believe the councils plan is accurate for bringing this boy to us, I agree with Reginald though" narrowed her eyes, "You mean that she'll slow him down?" Mr. Astroloth smiled at that, "No my dear you didn't hear between his words, Reginald is very protective of this schools students.
The reason he didn't want her to go was because he was worried for her safety" smiled, "The other students call him a winter wolf because he always chooses to be alone but most fail to realize he does it so none of them get hurt by the things he puts himself through."
turned to , "Now where are my snacks?" She wagged her finger at him, "You just ate recently and you need to lay off on the snacking." Mr. Astroloth placed his head on the table pouting until placed a bag of chips on his desk. He clapped his hands together and opened the bag happily, and she shook her head. "I'm too lenient with you," she said it sounding as if she was upset, but she was happy to see him no longer gloomy and serious. She looked back at the door wondering how the two would do on their assignment and quietly wished them luck
