Chapter 6:
the green hair boy
here I am again, seriously questioning if I even pay attention to anything I read, Sieghart Saladin Greyrat, in front of me, yet doesn't feel like is actually him
"a-about what I said….is nothing to worry about…"
Sieghart raised an eyebrow "you…sure?"
"yes i am sure is nothing to worry about" and as such, I raised my voice…I was upset, for no particular reason, well, yes I have one reason
Why the hell is his hair like that!?, if they don't bully him for his green hair they will for his style choice
"..i-i'm sorry, I let my emotions take the best of me" I said
"ok…are you hurt?...need any help?"
"no…thanks anyways, i'm glad you came and helped me.." I could take those kids on my own but still i'm happy he was able to help
I turn back and saw the beaten up brats on the ground, he sent one flying, kinda surprising honestly
"well….if that's it, I'll see you later" and he is already walking out of the crime scene
"w-what..hey Sieghart….what can I do to repay you?" i feel like I owe him something honestly
he look back at me, thinking
"repay me?...you can…if you need help later, don't doubt to ask me for it"
"only that?...well…thanks then, I'll…see you later" and he went back on his way
"He is mysterious right?" Sariel, she was watching the situation and when I lost sight of Sieg she speak up
"you….., i mean, if you see him like that…, is more of a hero complex… just not that self-destructive ... .I guess.."
"hero complex?"
"don't think about it that much…."
"...ok, what If we follow him?"
"...why do you want to do that?"
"out of curiosity, I want to know more about him…." what?...oh right, he's the son of a living legend….
I sigh "ok… I'll follow you then…." and as such, we follow him from a distance
to make it short, just as us before, he was inspecting the area, I just ended up short due to the chaos that was happening 2 minutes ago
and so, we also inspected properly the school while stalking him, I manage to create a mental map of the area and it's landmarks
this place is huge, multiple buildings and a vast landscape, all decorated with glamorous statues and white painted walls, i'm questioning if the funding for this school is spent on making it look pretty on the outside and inside, instead of proper quality of life for the staff and students
I would find about it tomorrow, so for now, keeping with Sieghart, he is alone, nobody talking or approaching him
"...it makes sense why he's so lonely" Sariel say
"his hair color, right?"
"yes…his Superd like appearance along with the commotion at the ceremony"
"commotion?..."
"oh right…you were late…, well, when he came to the ceremony someone scream about him being a devil and the guards appeared to stop him…..it was his master who had to step up and explain the situation"
"oh ... .surprising…"
Sieghart was wandering around the school and manage to stop some kids bullying others, kicking their asses and then not getting recognized by his effort
"oh….Sieg is lucky"
"...yeah" I recognize the faces of those brats, next in line of some relevant families leaderships in the Asura kingdom, I would second guess before trying to even talk to them
"a-actually ... .the brats Sieg and I fought…I'm going to be ok?" I don't even know if they have the power to do something against my family…
"don't worry Sara, i'm your friend remember?, if anything just tell me, that i'm one of mother's favorite" yeah…compared to michael….
"...actually…speaking of that… your brother, Michael, what happened to him?"
"oh Mike?...he is actually coming this year at the school too"
"what..really?..." that is a pleasant surprise, the poor kid must have felt lonely back home
while talking we actually lost sight of Sieghart, i'm that blind?, anyways, we decided to give up in the stalking and went back to our dorm, we walked enough today
back at the dorm Sariel sat on her bed and looked right at me
"Sara….I have two requests…."
"two?...ok i'm listening"
"can you…teach me to fight?..." did I heard right?
"ok what?...you?...fight?"
"yes…what if I have to defend myself and no one is there to do it?"
"I mean…. is…really hard…and…you probably won't be able to…."
"please Sara….you are the only one who can teach me"
"...ok ... .if you really want to, I will, but it will be hard, I had an advantage so.. I have no clue how fast you would be able to learn"
she seems pleased with the answer
"great, and now…would you help me get closer to Sieghart?"
"....I knew it…., well…if you want to…., after all we can be his friends, as nobody wants to talk to him…so it will be..fairly easy.." I don't mind his green hair, i mind his hairstyle, god when we are friend I'm going to force him to be normal
"good, now, back to the first, how do we start?"
"...ok stand up, and do as I do" what am I doing…playing the mentor role, I should be the student..anyways"
basically, I'm teaching her the forms, as to create physical affinity, manual hand work should do too but, for now let's go with the basics
and that way, the day ends
to make it short, later I found out a book about magic martial arts touki I brought, so I used that to make the training for Sariel easier
and she got the fundamentals right, her body can't hold on for a long time but it's starting to pay off, the first months were fairly easy, i'm not considering myself someone intelligent, but the mathematics and economy classes at the school proven to be easy for me, and as such, Sariel was asking me help with certain terms
it was the cultural and magic lectures that proven to be my biggest enemy, funny, me, a chantless beginner magician, well
is the theoretical face of the subject that I struggle with, kinda like how you do a math homework, finish it and then your teacher ask you "what was your procedure?, where are the equations?", but in magic, nice, a little fireball, how did you do it? Could you understand why?
after two months, Sieghart started skipping class, being fair, Sariel and I barely talk with him, as Sariel is usually surrounded by a lot of other girls, like her little fanclub, funny, because for her fanclub i'm considered as her right hand woman, and as such, they are jealous of my status as Sariel's only real friend
with that our only real time of privacy was at the dorm, where we would make our plans or train a bit
"while we were going to the healing class today…" I was reading, seeing what I could do to not fail brutally the upcoming exam
"hhmm…yes?...speak Sara…." and Sariel is stretching
"I saw Sieghart down a tree…maybe tomorrow…"
"go and see him?...you say.." she may not be double-jointed but is naturally flexible
"yep…if we are lucky maybe your little fanclub steps back seeing Sieghart…."
"we will see how that turns out tomorrow….for now….let's rest, dear friend" and like that, we went back to sleep
now, we actually started to speak with Sieghart the day after, he and Sariel doesn't have that lot in common, Sieghart is more of a fighter rather than a speaker, instead of Sariel
I guess that's why she asked me to teach her Magic martial arts Touki, have a topic in common I guess
I actually do have more things to speak with Sieghart, he is not a bookworm but do loves stories, and I am a bookworm, and a past life full of weird, funny and stupid teenager stories
and that way I learn more things about Sieghart, he is naturally strong, for a young boy already muscles are there and he has trained a long way with his master, current North God Kalman III
he also learned Magic martial arts Tokui, and it seems he is fairly decent with it, his main weapon is still a sword so probably is not as developed as a High level Touki would be
I was about to ask him were he learned it but Sariel took the conversation
I guess I am the true wingman, but well…
all that in one day of talking before classes begin, he still was skipping classes most of the time but I like to think we made his day to day life a bit more lively
and I'm proud of that, I like having him now as a friend, besides his hairstyle…I'll get used to it
Creator's notes: going back at it, i'm planing in introducing properly the main cast in this and the next chapters, so if you like too see more of Sara's shenanigans i'm be back