Chapter Two
If inconsistencies were kept at the same degree, much of the system in human society would have faded away. And when consistencies do kept the same as well, much of it will also fade. Sometimes balancing is the option. That is why the American system has a great construction that is standing until today.
Today, he saw many inconsistencies, especially with people. One, he met a girl who acted obnoxious. For no particular reason, she would smack him in the head. First of all, he did not say anything bad nor did he assaulted her. Then why did she do that? He thought, maybe she and others do really picture him as a blockhead the moment they encounter, also known as first impressions.
"Passengers in the expressway, please head on out, we have arrived at our destination, Enigia College," the driver spoke in the speakers.
Bling got up and walked out of the train. As much as he wanted to get out, the scenery was what struck him the most. Every time.
Boy was this scenery so beautiful. It was like a fantasy to him.
Before he continued to move on, he noticed Mitch coming out of the train on his phone. Bling has also noticed Mitch had been on the phone for intervals of time. The ride lasted about an hour, and every five minutes or so, Mitch would be on the call.
Bling wanted to ask him why he was always on the phone, but then he felt it was a silly question.
"Okay, I get it," Mitch said to his phone, "I arrived, where are you?" Mitch was looking around the campus entrance gates and the surroundings. The gates had been opened since morning.
Just a sudden later Bling witnessed one girl with wavy or fluffy hair coming out. She was a redhead and had freckles all over her face. When he kept studying her, he kind of thought she looked pretty, being that she was mature-like.
"Mitch, I am over here!" the redhead called out as she waved her arms out in the air.
Mitch hung up his phone and reached the redhead. He was going to say something but then never got the chance to when she interrupted his thoughts.
"OMG Mitch," she started to say, "Why aren't you in your school uniform? And look at this, wearing a flannel to school? Well… even though you look good with that, but you are an A student. You need to dress formally and act like an adult!"
Mitch rolled his eyes. This was where he thinks annoying.
"Didn't I tell you on the phone that you need to wear properly? I just knew it, you wouldn't listen!" she kept on ranting, "And… and… and look at your hair, it's all messy! You just want me comb them for you again, huh? Oh…! OMG, your freckles has increased!"
"Okay, stop," Mitch held onto her arms, "I got so tired of you telling me these unnecessary things. Don't make it too exaggerated. And weren't you supposed to pick me up? Well then, quit talking."
The redhead rolled her eyes. Before they started walking, she held onto his left hand. "My father just invested more money to the school while you were gone."
"Princess," he began to say, "We're not really in a relationship right now, so don't make it too obvious."
She kept holding onto his hand, but she leaned closer to his arms. Then, she began to clutch onto him and acted like she was really his girlfriend. "I know. I will make my father recognize you, okay?"
"We can think about that once we graduate, alright?"
As they walked and walked, they seemed to forget that Bling was actually there the whole time. Well, it was enough to look around, so he tried to find the dormitories.
Once Bling has walked through all of the buildings to the left, he was already in a daze. Apparently, trying to explore around is not a good thing. Though people do need to familiarize with the area before they get lost, they still need to control their behavior. What if people decided to explore all day, and in the middle of the day they started to collapse?
"You must be Bling," someone's voice called out to him.
Bling looked up after taking a breath. "Yeah… I am."
It was a man in his forties, he was well dressed and wore a monocle. The thought of his entire outfit made Bling think of something pretty stubborn. Someone wearing a monocle existed in early times, so this man must be wearing it to look cute.
"Excuse me?" Bling started to question, "Where are the dorms?"
The man gestured his arm and pointed at the right of Bling. Bling turned his head around to see the building he was pointing at. "Okay… thanks… but um, do I need a pass or something?"
The man shook his head and kept his arm raised.
"Okay… you can put that hand down now, you know," Bling said.
But the man still had it up, and this freaked Bling out.
Bling walked a little closer to him and surveyed him. "Um… I said you can… take that down."
"The dorms are over there," the man said.
"I know…" Bling responded.
The man nodded.
Then it struck Bling. This man may have hearing problems. It must have delayed him to be able to hear what he just said two minutes ago. But are such things a possibility?
But to be able to put his arm up in the air for long periods of time… he must be very flexible. It kind of annoyed Bling. In the way that he thinks this man was insane. Bling, who was really a blockhead, decided he should be the one to fix the man's arm.
So, Bling reached for the man's arm. He tried to pull the arm down, but when he tried, it surprised Bling. The quadruple surprisement came!
Still, he was an idiot, so he kept on trying to pull his arm down but to no avail. What the heck?
"Young man, what are you doing?" the man asked.
"What am I doing? You can't see that?" Bling questioned the man and continued to pull the arm down. "I am trying to get your arm down. It looks so weird leaving your arm like that in the air."
The man turned his head to face Bling who was struggling to help put his arm down. "Nobody can do that."
Bling sot his eyes back at the monocle man. "What?" For a second he thought he was the only one who was too weak to not be able to get his arm down. Now that it kind of made sense why it bothered him, Bling still wanted to be the first to pull it down.
However, when he tried for another two minutes or so, he began to give up. Why was he doing this in the first place? He was such an idiot, and he still am.
"Okay…" Bling felt sweat already in his face. "I'm going to go. So… see you later!" After he said his goodbye, he ran off to the right building. In another minute, Bling would go check on the man.
That same pose was there. Bling had no idea how to fix that. He also noticed how other students just walk pass by the man and never tried to pull his arm down.
Bling decided he should just leave the area and check in at the dormitory. But do not forget he was such a blockhead… Bling made a final glance at the man. He rolled his eyes when he saw him still at the same position.
OMG… this bothers me.
Finally, the blockhead went upstairs after checking in. When he took the elevator to fifth floor, he noticed how fine the walls are made out of. He touched to feel it and the surface of the wood came to his senses.
He began to close his eyes to feel more scratches of the wall on the elevator.
When the elevator door popped open on the fourth floor, three girls came into the elevator. When they saw Bling touching the wood wall, they had weird looks on their face.
Bling stopped touching the wood as he figuredhe was getting embarrassed.
Stopping at the fifth floor, he was glad he could get out of the weird atmosphere in the elevator. He walked down the hallway and examined each number listed on the door. When he got to his room, Bling opened the knob with his new keys.
He took a deep breath before going in. He knew he was sharing the room with someone. All he just hoped for was that this roommate was not like his old ones.
Please be a nice guy, Bling begged to himself.
Opening the door, he saw a guy on his bed. He sat there with his headphones on. He seemed to have not realized someone came in. This guy looked handsome and appeared to be older than Bling as well.
"Uh… hi?" Bling waved at the guy on his bed.
When the guy noticed Bling was waving at him, he noticed."Oops, I am sorry."
Bling shook his head and switched to another topic, "Hi, my name is Bling, your new roommate."
"Hi Bling, nice to meet you, I am Mike," he said and held out his right hand.
Bling stared at his hand and then shook it.
Mike put down his microphone for real this time and started to walk to the door. "So, you might have known that being a new student here… means you need to take an exam tomorrow first thing in the morning right?"
Shocked, Bling had no idea. Nobody ever told him he needed to take an exam.
"To be exact, you are taking the exam because you are going to the college. It's like an entrance exam."
"But… but… but…" Bling was in a lost of words.
"Don't worry, I know what is going to be on the test, I can help you," Bling said. "But first things first, there's an event today. I'm glad you came today or else you will miss this opportunity."
Bling slowly nodded, still not understanding where this was going.
"Come along," he said as he opened the door. He motioned Bling to come along and walked out of the room. They passed the hallway and down the stairs and exited the entire building.
Mike showed him around and even told him about the monocle man. Mike laughed at Bling when he said he tried to get the man's arm down.
"There are so many weird people here," Mike summarized, "Just like how you are an S student and I am just an A student. You know who the other S student is?"
Bling shook his head. He did want to know. Believe kept talking about it so he wondered who this other guy was.
"There's rumors going on that he's not an S student anymore. You do know that you can be removed from the high ranks, right? Just like the entrance exam, it determines your ranking as well. Let's say that you were an S student, they will test you on the entrance exam and see if you pass it. If you do, you can keep your rank. If you don't pass it… you will be lowered depending on how much you answered correctly."
Bling felt shivers coming down his spine. Why is this making him so much work? Now everyone is going to laugh at him since he knew he was going to fail it.
"It's going to be fine," Mike assured Bling, "They never recycle the test questions. Professors and instructors have only taken it once so they won't remember the answers, so it's very easy for them to not be able to tell answers from the test. But, me, I know all of the questions."
"How?" Bling asked.
Mike began to pat on Bling's shoulders and answered his question, "Well, that is… because I am the editor of the school's news."
"That's… something… normal…" Bling had no idea how to put into words.
"I know," Mike said, "But aside from that, don't underestimate me. I'm just something else besides an editor. You still don't know about me, but eventually you will."
"Okay…"
Mike smiled at him, finally. After he finished smiling, he walked Bling to where the event took place.
"Surrender!" one guy exclaimed.
Bling began to stop and shivered.
Mike turned around to see Bling nervous and confused. He laughed and explained, "You are not part of the event, Bling. You see this? They are in army suits, are you?"
"But… isn't this like a real thing?"
Mike shook his head again while he laughed. He thinks Bling is so funny. "You probably don't know about the school much. When I was new to the school, I knew lots of information before coming in. But you… it looks like you know nothing."
Bling rolled his eyes. Well, he only received a letter so… why is that a big issue?
"This event is called Last Out Longer, and it's a day held on campus. Every beginning of the semester, they hold this event. It's between the student council club and the other rivalry club. Everyone participates, but usually those who are A or S students. Technically, it's just A student… since there is only one S student…"
Bling still did not get it.
"Let's call student council club as Team A, rivalry club as Team B. Team A and B fight against each other in the battlefield. The battlefield is technically the entire school campground. You find someone from the other team and shoot at them. When you hit the target, the target loses… which means, the target is exemplified from the game. This game lasts until one member from each team is still standing."
"Okay…"
"The team that always wins is the student council club."
"That's not surprising."
Mike laughed. "The best part about this event is that even if you are not a member of both teams, and that you are an A student, you can help eliminate any persons from both teams."
"But we're not wearing army suits."
"That's the greatest thing," Mike commented, "Because they know you are not in the game, they won't know you will attack them from behind. I did that once to the student council team."
Bling just stood there without knowing what to reply. He was not going to join either way. He was not interested in it at all or else everyone was going to think bad of him. Plus, he was the new S student…
Mike continued to explain, "The army suits are new every semester. The entire campground becomes a destruction when the event is done. You can't see it right now but you will later. When the match is over, the school is going to clean it up. This week, the school's investors just invested more money to the school. The money usually goes to revamping the school campground. Other than that, the money goes to projects and researching."
"That's horrible," Bling said.
"Well, our investors are really rich," Mike said, "And one of the wealthiest is Mr. Morbucks. His daughter goes to school here, but she hates talking about her father."
Great. Wealthy, rich, and lots of money. Bling had none of that in his entire lifetime.
Then, before Mike was about to show Bling more buildings, a voice came.
"Oh, there you are, Bling!" a man in his fifties came rushing towards him.
"Uh… who is this?" Bling asked nobody in particular.
Mike greeted to the man, "This is Professor Heloza. This is the instructor for Northeast projects. And… his students are…"
Professor Heloza stopped Mike from speaking and faced towards Bling, "Bling, Professor Utonium is waiting for you in the lecture library room. We need you there immediately."
"Uh… I don't even know where that is."
"I will show you," Professor Heloza said and walked Bling to the library.
Mike waved a goodbye to Bling as the both of them walked farther and farther.
When they got to the library, Bling was amazed by how perfect the walls looked. Even the inside was pretty huge and gigantic. He could see the sky from the ceiling. The library bookshelves were also neatly aligned, which makes him want to stay longer to praise the scenery.
Professor Heloza walked even further and as they got to a tiny section of the library, Bling saw books on the desk. It looked like they were there ready for him to read a whole bunch.
"I see you brought her," Profesor Heloza said as he saw Professor Utonium standing next to a chalkboard. The other side of the chalkboard stood a female student.
This female student also had long hair but was tied up in a pony tail. She had red hair, more brighter than Princess's. She had really pretty eyes, but they look unrealistic. People can say that she had really rare eyes, pink and red shades. Finally, Bling felt she was some smart genius.
"Yes, I brought her here," Professor Utonium responded and then got out a chalk. He began to write down today's subject. "Hello Bling, I will be your instructor for all of your eight semesters here. I might be a regular professor who goes into class to teach you subjects, but I am also an instructor. Since you are new here, I would like one of our top students to explain what we're going to be discussing today."
The redhead with pink eyes began to use a stick and place it on the chalkboard. "The college participates in research about evil. The definition of evil may be in anyone's perception and interpretation, but the college's definition is destruction or chaos that seize to overrun the power of good. This goes to saying that evil will come to any person who is good and will eventually destroy good."
Then, the redhead girl wrote something on the chalkboard. "Projects are going around the world currently. In order to discover evil, every location in the world has Enigia College's bases. Each instructor takes care of a particular region and where the base is at. Professor Heloza's projects are held on the Northeast, particularly Russia and countries from the East of Europe. Professor Utonium's is held on the U.S.A. specifically."
"Wait…" Bling stopped her from explaining, "I don't get what you are saying at all."
"As a student," she began, "And as an S student, you must partake in the event of mission operating. These are known as projects of the college. Uproars are going on in every single location of the world. The doings are considered evil. That kind of evil is not what you think it is. This evil is the collection of a single organization. This organization is called Mephitic Circle. We do not know clearly who the founder is, but the principal has made it to the public that it could be a scientist who he worked with before. Any assumptions on Mephitic Circle is currently unknown."
"Let me make clear of another thing," Professor Heloza said, "The Mephitic Circle's true location is found in the Northeast, the same location where my base is at. Two of my students are in the mission. That being said, even if it's at that location, it is still not safe anywhere else in the world. Mephitic Circle is our disadvantage. They may be constructing up bases anywhere else in the world. That is why the world has signs of their evil doings."
The redhead began to project statistics of the world reporting evil in their locations. Bling still do not know what the heck this evil is. Is it an object? Clearly he thinks evil is not a term anymore.
"Under the LIE Group of Professor Borraw, they have reported nearly thousands of people have claimed they are members of the Mephitic Circle. However, they being able to claim they are members do not mean they know who their founder is as well as the name of the organization."
"So…" Bling tried to say something, "I get it… so what am I supposed to do."
Professor Heloza nodded and began to speak, "We will teach you everything that you need to know before you take your first entrance examination tomorrow. Being an S student, we all expect you to pass the test. You can keep your S rank."
"No," Bling waved his hand, "I like to elect myself to be at the bottom of the rankings."
"Blossom," Professor Heloza said, "Explain, as you please."
The redhead nodded and continued to explain, "Blood determines your rank in the school. If your blood exceeds 50, you are considered a true blood creature—"
"Wait wait wait," Bling stopped Blossom from explaining any longer. "CREATURE? Are you saying that any human being who has true blood is a creature and not a human?"
Blossom seemed a little annoyed but still resumed talking, "Creature does not mean monster. Creature is a kind of being. A human is also a creature. We are mammals. Now you get it, let's go back to the topic at hand."
Bling rolled his eyes.
"Being an S student means you should take responsibility at the school. You must attend to all of your missions given by your instructor. Your instructor is given the assignment from the principal in the beginning. This is also a way to test your skill and power. You are an S student, you must have something unique in you."
"What?" Bling was so surprised, "I don't know anything. What do you mean unique?"
A second later, Blossom put down the stick and face Bling. She began to put her right hand up and the room started to increase in cold temperature. It significantly dropped down to 0 degrees Celcius. Bling wondered why the two professors are not reacting towards the cold.
Another few moments later, Blossom pushed something in the air and a block of ice cubes flew straight at Bling.
Before the block hit him, they faded into particles.
"Unique is something you create. Just like my ice blocks, they are created by me."
"OMG… now I finally understand, this is a magic school!" Bling suddenly dropped down to his knees. "To think I really got into a better college, this was a magic school from the beginning."
"Listen," Blossom stated, "Whether or not you like it, we are trying to eliminate evil."
Professor Utonium felt Bling was timid. He felt bad for him. Then, he began to say, "Bling, for the entrance exam… It tests all the knowledge you would need to know about evil and chance. This tests your knowledge and how you perceive things in a different world without the use of science, maths, or anything."
"You guys are killing me," he said, "You think I have time to worry about that? I just still can't help myself to think that this college was a school of magic."
Suddenly, the library entrance doors bammed. A girl in blue hair rushed towards them.
"Finally I got to be in a mission!" the blue hair girl screamed.
Bling stood up and pointed at her, "Believe?"
Believe stopped there and noticed Bling was inside the room as well. She looked between Professor Utonium and Bling, back and forth, still wondering why Bling was here. "Dont… don't tell me… this guy… is my partner?"
Bling was still shocked with the information from earlier… but now it had doubled the shock now. This girl, Believe, was going to be his partner for the rest of the eight semesters?!
"Yes," Professor Utonium said, "It seems to be quite so."
"You have got to be kidding!" Believe shouted, "No way am I working with him!... Wait… that means he is an A student?!"
Blossom began to pack her things up and head towards the door while Professor Heloza just scratched his head. Professor Utonium was the only one who answered her question, "No… even better, he is an S student."
Now, Believe looked at him. She pointed at him and at him everywhere from top to bottom. "He… an S student? What? He is a blockhead, how should he be better than me?"
Bling eyed at Believe. He got so offended. Sure, he was a blockhead and maybe not so good at receiving perfect grades, but she cannot judge him like this. "So what if I am?"
"No way!" Believe could not believe it.
"Yes way," Bling said and continued to talk back at her, "So what are you going to do about it? If you don't want to be my partner, then just leave."
"Apparently either of you cannot," Professor Utonium stepped in. "It is decided that you will work together for eight semesters. As part of my team, our team's code name is SEA."
Back at the dormitory, Bling was so tired. He saw Mike in his headphones again listening to music. If he could be like him, it could possibly motivate himself.
"What is up," Mike stopped listening to his music and walked up to Bling. "You seem to be down."
"I am still wondering," Bling tried to say, "Is this a magic school?"
"Actually when you received your letter, they did mention about talents right? Those talents actually are hideous. It was to mean some sort of magic you possess. This is not a magic school, it is a school that works under dangerous operations. As you can see, you are now part of Professor Utonium's SEA Team. Congratulations."
"I still don't get it," Bling said.
Mike started to sit down on his chair and face Bling. This time, Mike was probably going to explain the same thing from earlier, but maybe in a better way. "For example, we try to eliminate evil. Such things don't exist if they have good to balance right? Well, people who goes to this school can be bad sometimes, right? Who knows, they may be part of the Mephitic Circle as well. Still, there is no possibility they are because the school could have eliminated them."
"Okay…"
"It's time to tell you about me," Mike said, "Remember I told you I am an editor? Well, the thing is… I work mostly on the computer. I created a forum that only members can log onto. My ID is Infodog. Sounds weird huh? Actually, it is better for anyone not to know their IDs in the school. The forum consists of information about the school as well as little missions that needs to be done. Don't worry, it's not those missions from Instructors. These are simply missions that people at our school cannot accomplish and need the help of another."
"Okay, I still don't get where we are going."
"You know why this system is so famous right now?" Mike asked, "The school heavily relies on me. I have all the information anyone does not. That is why I know everything about the entrance exam and every little question about it."
Before Bling could ask more, Mike had typed in his password to log into the system. A few seconds later, a blue screen-looking girl popped out of the computer and into the room. It seemed so futuristic.
"Hi Robin," Mike said.
"Hello Mike," she responded in a monotone manner, "What would you like me to do for you today?"
"Can you help me find information about Bling at the school."
Robin nodded and now appearing under her blue body was data analyzing results.
Bling was shocked.
"I got to know you beforehand was because of her."
"Who is she?"
"She is Robin," Mike introduced, "I created her. She is currently Enigia College's Artificial Intelligence manager."
Bling backed away from his chair almost falling towards the ground.
Mike laughed and patted onto Robin. Robin nodded and went back inside the computer.
"Bling," Mike said, "It's not just about magic, it's about your talent, your skills, your creation. This school needs the help of someone who possesses these magic to fight against evil. I don't work for the college as often, but my information is what they want mostly from me. Also, my instructor is Professor Teall, I'm from the ARM Group."
"What is ARM Group?" Bling finally asked.
"Our group's base is located south of U.S.A."
"So… how many groups are there?" Bling asked out of the blue.
Mike smiled and head to the door again. "Come on, let's talk about this while we are eating dinner."
Bling nodded and followed Mike to the school's cafeteria.
When they got to the cafeteria, it was a huge room. There were so many food served to students. Bling never knew he could eat free food like this. At home he had to buy the food and make the food, which always turn out to be bad in the end. But now, he has free food.
Mike motioned him to come on over to sit with him, so Bling did.
A server came to Mike and gave his usual meal. Mike thanked him and began to eat. "Sometimes you enjoy their meal, but sometimes you don't. The more you eat these, the more you don't want to keep eating the same food. Look, I have been eating this since day one of this school. And I have been here for four semesters, this year being my fifth."
"So you can't order your own food?" Bling asked.
Mike laughed. "Look, the server at your right is staring at you. This mean she has no idea if you were our regular customer."
Bling glanced over at the server. "Uh… hi?"
The server stared at Bling even longer. She still cannot find any clues about him. She had no idea if he was an A student. But then, Professor Utonium walked over to the server and told her Bling was an S student.
The server immediately ran back to the kitchen.
"Oh right," Mike stopped eating, "I forgot to tell you. Class A students only get to eat these food. The food I am eating right now. But for S students, they have different dishes. It goes for all class ranks, but S being the most food."
Bling sighed. He was not liking this one bit. Why did the school have to make things complicated?
As soon as the server came back with lots of dishes, every student in the cafeteria had stopped eating. They all looked over at Bling. Some were angry, some were questioning, some just had no opinion about Bling.
"He's the S student?"
"He's the new student?"
"OMG… he is the 3rd S?"
Bling was uncomfortable, which made Mike feel uncomfortable too. Since he was the one sitting with Bling as well, others were staring at Mike.
"Dude, did you see that? He looks plain normal, unlike Blaine…"
"But you know Blaine's rumored to have dropped his S rank…"
"Well yeah, he is technically still an S student."
Just when the entire room starts talking about Bling, someone silenced them all. "Shut up."
Bling wanted to see who had saved his life, but when he saw that it was the obnoxious girl, he continued to eat.
That girl came over to him and folded her arms. "There is nothing to bicker about whether or not he is an S student. If he can make it to the top, then he must be special."
Bling looked up at her and was offended. She was not trying to help him at all, all she was doing was telling them she hated him as well.
"Stop," Bling finally raised his voice.
Believe tilted her head and pointed at him, yelling, "Why are you the S student? You think you can talk back to me like that?"
"You guys," Mike started to stand up and went over to the both of them. He was going to mediate between the both of them. "You guys are making things unnecessary."
"Get lost," Believe said to Mike.
This phrase ended up being real. Mike did get lost. He went back to eat, but he stole the food of Bling's S dishes. He simply wanted to eat something he never tried before. He was only glad that Bling was his roommate and that he could get to eat his S dish.
"Next time, I will prove to you that I am better," Believe warned him and walked off.
Bling sat back down and was not in the mood to eat. Why did things have to end up this way? Why in the world was Believe mad at him? He did not do anything wrong at all. Just because he was an S student did not mean he was good.
On top of that, did she not say true blood was dangerous?
"You doing good?" As he kept eating, Mike could see that Bling had never laid his hands on his food at all.
Bling kept on thinking, he even thought about leaving the college.
"You know what," Bling said, "I am going for a walk."
"Sure, go ahead," Mike said, "By the way, can you get me more food again next time?"
Bling nodded and walked away.
Once he got out to walk, he saw many people having their fun time. Now he misses his regular days. It had only been a day and this happened. If he was back at home, nothing like this would have happened.
And to think that this school was mysterious… and that they are tracking down on an organization called Mephitic Circle… it hurts his head.
Also, he has now formed a rivalry with Believe when they are in the same team. He wondered, what will the missions be like? Will they be dangerous? Well, it was dangerous, but he knows he will fail it.
As for the entrance exam, he thinks even if Mike taught him everything, he would still be unable to pass the test.
Not to mention he was not the only new student, he will be in a room with so many new students taking the exam. He will probably be the only one failing the exam.
"Hi there," someone from the background had spoken to Bling.
Bling turned around to see two girls, one with brown hair tied up in a ponytail. She had shoulder length hair at most, and what was interesting was her purple eyes. Bling had noticed that these eye features appear to be rare. He never saw them at his hometown. The college has many wonderful people with wonderful features.
The other girl had grey hair tied up in a ponytail as well. She also had shoulder length hair. When he got to her eyes, he had to make sure he saw it correctly. They were grey.
"You are the new S student everyone has been talking about," the purple eyed girl began.
"Yeah," Bling followed along. To be honest, they had just been talking about him from the cafeteria. They never knew he was the S student from the beginning.
The purple eyed girl smiled at Bling and introduced herself, "Hello, my name is Bunny. This is my friend, her name is Bright."
Bling nodded and shook Bunny's hands. When he got to Bright, she never shook his hand. Weird.
"Oh," Bunny's face changed when she saw his hand out in the air in front of Bright. "Uh… she's blind, so she can't see you."
"Oh," Bling said, "Sorry…"
"We both are sophomores of the college," Bunny explained, "And we both are A students. If you ever need help, find us. We are always helpful."
But why did Bling need to find them, especially?
"OMG, Bunny is trying to be the S student's friend," someone in the area said.
Bunny scoffed at them, which caused them to run away. "Sorry, those kids are very mean. If you need me to scare them off, I will surely help! Don't hesitate to ask us! We will not be bothered at all!"
Bling rolled his eyes. "Thanks but…"
"You have strengths," Bright began to say, "You will not be easily targeted. You will keep standing."
Bling had no idea what she was saying.
"Don't be confused," Bunny stated, "She is telling what is inside of you. Even though she is blind, she can sense the person she is talking to. Usually what she says is always correct. Hmmm, that means you are really a strong S student!"
"Thanks but…" Again he repeated but did not know what else to say after that.
"Your name is Bling, right?" Bunny asked. But before Bling could say yes, Bunny moved on to talk. "You know the college has two clubs that fight each other, right? The student council and the rivalry club, Lionheart. In order to fight against each other, I know that they will want you to join either one of them. So be careful, if you choose a club over the other, they will set all eyes on you. It is better to not join any of them. But that's just my opinion."
Bling scratched his head. He thinks that none of them will want him at all.
"By the way, nice talking to you," Bunny said, "See you later!" With that, Bunny and Bright left.
Upon his return, the usual Mike sat on his own bed listening to music through his headphones. Bling tried not to interrupt him, but it always seemed to do that.
"You good now?" Mike asked.
Bling nodded.
Mike jumped down from his bed and walked towards Bling. "You know you have currency as a student, right? You can use it to buy anything."
"What do I need to buy?"
Unexpectedly, Mike dropped to his knees. "Bling, save me! I am in debt right now. As an S student, you have over ten thousand dollars in your bank. Please help me pay off my website."
"What the?" Bling probed.
"I am your upperclassmen," Mike retorted, "I will help you with anything!"
"But…" Bling was in a lost of words.
At that point, Mike had already had so many to say before Bling arrived back to the room. He had been preparing what he was going to say while listening to music. "Bling, I created the forum page for the school, but my money is running out. I need money to expand on the website. Um… nobody knows I am in debt but… I don't want anyone to know that. Besides, creating Robin was difficult. The school paid me for Robin, but that was not enough because I was an A student. Going onto missions also did not quite help me! You are the only one who can save me!"
"Wait," Bling tried to reason with Mike, "So what you are saying is... if I didn't come here, you would still have been in debt."
"Yes."
"Are you kidding me?"
Mike stood up and began to cite something, "I will make you stay in the S rank. You will pass the exam no matter what."
Bling sighed, finally questioned him, "First, if I do pass the exam, I can think about it, okay? Now tell me, what is on the test?"
"You are supposed to recite the whole speech onto the paper," Mike answered, "But it's hard. Even if the professor was reading it off to you students, a wave hits every students' mind. You will began to hear music instead. It is like suddenly, there is a heavy metal dropped onto your head and you get dizzy. If you are dizzy, you cannot comprehend what the professor had read. So in order to pass the test, you must listen to the music before you even take the test!"
"Wow," Bling said, "That's cheating."
"No," Mike said, "Your instructor, Professor Utonium, should have told you that he was going to prepare you with the exam. You probably never got the hint of it. You are supposed to remember what they said in the discussion from earlier. In addition, the music is of an old lost tribe. Who knows what tribe, but that's not important. What is important is what is said behind inside the lyrics. You need to recite them on the paper and also explain what it means."
"Is it in a different language?" sought Bling.
Bling shrugged. "It could be read off in Latin or whatever. The flow of music is what you will hear even if the professor read in a different language. The music is supposed to make you dizzy, which means you will only be able to listen to the lyrics instead of your professor."
Bling nodded. This was the only thing he could understand.
"That is why," Bling got out a piece of headphone from his desk and brought it over to Bling. "I prepared this just for you! Look at how nice your roommate is!"
This was probably to buy off Bling. Mike was in debt so he had to do this so Bling will keep relying on him, and eventually help paying his debt.
"I have incorporated all of the music inside," Mike elucidated, "These are the kinds of songs you will likely hear. There is no guarantee all of them will be on it, but at least one song is. So in order to prepare you for the exam, you will need to listen to all of them! You have to overcome the waves, the stunning, the metal that destroys your head, even the small whispers or hallucinations or imaginary creatures that try to make you sweat and lose your mind—"
Bling cut off Mike's discourse, "Okay I get it."
To get to the music faster, Bling instantly put on the headphone and listened to many verse of the songs that Mike prepared. No wonder Mike keeps hearing music… or maybe he just happened to like music… and that this should not have been a comparison.
A half hour later, the clock hit 9 p.m. Mike checked up on Bling and asked if he felt any dizziness. Bling always seemed to never find the songs imperfect.
"I never got dizzy," Bling said, "Are you sure these are the right songs?"
"Of course they are," Mike retorted.
Bling rolled his eyes and continued to listen to the next song.
Then, Mike patted on Bling's shoulder, "If you don't find dizziness, it means you have already pass the exam. Those who are not dizzy will pass the test, how do you think we pass the exam? Of course it is when you have finally overcome the dizziness."
Bling nodded.
"Now, tell me if you understand what they are saying."
"No, I don't understand what they are saying at all," the golden boy answered.
At this, it had made Mike fall onto the ground.
Bling glimpsed at the Mike who was on the ground. All he could see was the expression Mike held. Bling was not aware of why Mike had fallen onto the ground. He thought maybe Mike could not stand any longer.
In spite of that, Bling shrugged and continued to listen to the music on the headphones.