— Chapter 3: Making Friendships —

"Okay class, today we'll be learning about Nasods." There was a cracking sound heard within the room, making the students turn their heads to the source of the sound.

There was a boy with white hair who was wearing goggles on his face. He removed them to reveal his magenta eyes and stared at the teacher in astonishment.

"Teacher, can we start with the Queen of Nasods!?" He exclaimed to Ms. Lucy with an abrupt manner.

The Queen of Nasods? I have heard about her before in historical records but there was a trending rumor that she was still alive after the battle of the Nasod War.

"Since this history lesson finally gets you to actively participate, you better listen well!" Ms. Lucy then pulled out a map of Elrianode, home of the El Lady and the six El Masters.

"Puh-lease, science is better to know because you can learn about a certain subject on your own rather than having to learn about histories being taught over and over again when you're not making use of the history taught to you." He said his words in a mocking manner.

"Add! History is important to remember how this world was formed and how our ancestors established today's technology and society!" She scolds him, "Science may be your expertise, but you need to know many other subjects so that you can learn how to understand yours more easily."

The boy named Add rolled his eyes, Ms. Lucy sighed in frustration, and I could only hope they can get along better if Add could learn how to be more respectful to her. "As I was saying, we will start on this lesson about Nasods." She prepared a whole conversation about it for the rest of the class time.

"Nasods were intelligent life forms that roamed in the Ellian Kingdom, 550 years ago. They were created by a man named Adrian Nasod who believed that he can make robots who have a sentience and in that time they were very helpful to us and we expressed our generosity for them. Then one day all of the Nasods disappeared along with Adrian himself, and we can only conclude that they were hidden somewhere in Fluone but no one knows where." Ms. Lucy smiled.

"Can we get to the Eve part now?" Add was getting impatient and Ms. Lucy could only sigh.

"Then please stop with whatever you're doing and focus here." I looked over towards what he was doing and saw that there was a build of a dagger.

However, there was no blade on it to cut.

"I'm almost done." With a few fixes more, he halts and focused all of his attention to Ms. Lucy. He's an interesting one I guess; I would like to see any other things he built besides what was on his desk sometime.

"Thank you Add." Teacher Lucy smiled in satisfaction. "Eve was one of the Nasods created by Adrian, yet she was a special case. She was titled the Queen of Nasods who kept in charge of the Nasods also during the Nasod War." I've heard that the war polluted an area and most of the Nasods went extinct. . .it was awful to hear about it.

"We don't know if Eve is alive or not, but she was respected on performing her duties as a queen. The mystery of her whereabouts still goes on even today." As soon as the teacher finished speaking, the bell rang loudly and everyone stood up from their seats to continue to another class. "See you all tomorrow!"

. . .

It was time for lunch. Although there were delicious food in the cafeteria kitchen, I wasn't familiar with their food culture.

So I brought my own lunch instead. Fahrmaan's specialty foods were always the best to eat but homemade food was more delicious!

"Where do I sit?" I took a glance around the cafeteria and saw many people sitting together socializing. Maybe I should find somewhere to sit by myself. . .

"Hey Ara, com'ere!" A familiar voice averted my eyes to its direction and I found it was Elesis calling for me. She was raising her hand urging me to come over, which I did without hesitation. "Hey Add! You remember her right?" Add was sitting beside Elesis, working on the same gadget he was building in class.

"Yeah, Area Honey was it?" Elesis smacked his head after. "OKAY OKAY, IT'S ARA HAAN! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HIT ME THIS HARD YOU CRIMSON DEMON!" He rubs his head but he ended up with a second hit to the head for calling her that. His head started to bruise after.

"Hmph, science nerd!" She then turns to look at my lunch and points at it. "Whatcha got there?"

"I made it. Do you want some? Northern Region specialty!" Elesis nodded, curiously pondering of how it would taste. I gave her some tender chicken with mother's secret orange sauce and she didn't hesitate to put it in her mouth! But I can tell by her expression that she really liked it!

"MMMM! AWDD YOUG OTTA TRY DHIS!" Elesis told him with the chicken in her mouth. Add still had the bruise on his head and looked at her with slight disgust.

"Ever heard of table manners?" Elesis took a piece of tender chicken and drove it straight into his mouth as he flailed suddenly at her hand putting the chicken in his mouth.

Hahaha! It was a sight worth seeing.

"Mmmm..." Add had sauce all over his mouth due to the movements he made that accidentally got on the outside of his mouth. Elesis tried not to burst out laughing after what she did to him but it was still funny regardless.

"Wwhat?"

Elesis gulps her food before bursting out in laughter to the point where tears formed on her eyes.

"You have sauce on your lips, Add." I added. He looked at me and then at Elesis.

"You-" Elesis wiped his lips with a napkin and threw it away while grabbing another one for herself. Add didn't say anything anymore so he resumed to his gadget while I stared at them quietly.

At least, I have made friends here.