Chapter 11:
Sariel's fanclub
Sara
What a great way to start a new year! Sieghart and I are top students in fencing, and Sariel is the one that is learning the fastest along with pax, still, pax is top student regarding theoretical knowledge.
And being honest, most of the time is just the same, talking about what happen in our days, training or studying, is just some days that weird stuff happens and it bugs my mind from there on forward, now, the first half of the year had a few changes, as we are now the older students some new ones started to look at us.
We turned into some kind of celebrities in the school, and as such, rumors started to appear, especially ships. I thought that was a thing only from the internet but I guess it is human nature or something.
There are rumors about how Sieghart is creating an harem, with me and Sariel…and i'm not..fond of sharing my man with others, so It bothers me that i'm part of the hypothetical harem, the other one is that Sariel is having an affair with pax, maybe because those two have the studies in their priorities.
And guess who are the ones to spread like hot bread those rumors?, yup, the Sariel fanclub, well is not anymore just sariel, they look at us from a distance and "defend" us, at first I didn't mind them, now…NOW.
They are a burden, and they are pissing me off. I wish I could punch them, but it would do more harm than good.
"Aghh…why are they like that…"
"...Well, they want to be acknowledged, right?" I was speaking about this with Pax, add it to the magic class and you can guess I was naturally angry already.
"It's obvious, but what about it?, if we make them believe that we actually listen to them the noise will get louder".
"But we will be able to change the kind of noise they make" a little smile appears on his face.
"...Again with your weird plans?".
"They are an asset we could take advantage of..after all, it is an unorganized group, but what if we mold them into an actual council?".
"...I'm not sure how you would be able to do that but…try and not get us in the way of harm do you?".
"Don't worry about it Sara, well, i'll be on my way, see you after class".
And with that I went walking through the halls.
"You little shit, speak to me then!".
A slam was heard in the hall. Looking in its direction are 3 students from my same year. They threw another student into a wall, surrounding him, weird, I thought this wouldn't happen again.
"¡Hey!...3 v 1 is a bit unfair don't you think?" I'm pissed off already, I have some pent up anger that I want to release.
One of them looks at me, they let the boy be, and stand up in front of me, in line for a kick, maybe cast some ice magic and let one limp…
"...You…" I look at the guy
I recognize this little shit, this group already tried to do….well I just remember to kick their asses and meet Sieghart seconds later.
"...Been a while huh?...I guess old habits never die, or are you just too stubborn to grow up?".
"This is none of your business, just go away".
"Or what?, you gonna try and take me again?, does your nose remember how a wall feels?".
"tch…"
"I guess that much, so, when are we going to start this?" They stood there in silence.
"...fuck this…" and they walk away, just like that, I guess they know not to mess with me..
"Just so you know, he started it".
"Yeah yeah I don't care, go away".
When they left, I looked at the student.
"...Michael…" Yeah, blue eyes, brown hair, taller than before, yet.. he's not looking at me.
"..."
"..."
He too walks away without saying a word.
What's gotten on him…
Until the end of the year, I wouldn't see him, wondering what happened.
Pax
I'm Pax Shirone Jr. My father killed himself after a civil war in his nation, and because of that I had a mission. I have to become a king myself, but it is a hard path, and I needed preparation.
I was enrolled into the Asura Kingdom School, from all the prestige schools in the world this one would give me the best options in the future, so I study as hard as I could, learning every bit of information and knowledge that could give me an upper hand, and I was like that for a whole year, on my own, as nobody even talked to me, due to my hair color, a blue one.
Some hair colors are from demon races, and in general, not humans, red is one of the exceptions, my blue hair especially is one of the non-human ones I inherited from my mother.
As Siegharts puts it, i'm an outcast, and is logical, Asura is a predominantly human country, so seeing someone different is going to raise some alarms along the people, still, I never was looked down upon by the teachers, and my grades are always on the top of the class.
About Sieghart, at first he was scary, a strong, mysterious man that could practically kill you with just looking at you, so I avoided him, then came Sariel and Sara. Maybe they weren't scared of him, but seeing him talking with the princess kept me at bay from getting closer again.
It wasn't after a year I decided to speak with him, but found only Sariel there. Still, I see it as an opportunity, having the star princess of the strongest nation in the world as a friend is always a good thing, so I did my best to also connect with the princess.
It's a relationship that grows with the passage of time.
And then came her followers, each time they grew in number as new students were enrolling the school. Unorganized group of female nobles that wanted to be relevant in Sariel's life, she would talk to them, but never over a superficial level, they would talk praises of our group, and stop anyone that tried to talk with us, sometimes working for the best, sometimes making school life harder.
They are a wild card, and even Sara grew tired of them after we become legends at the school by last year, so I have a new goal in mind, turn the unorganized fan group into an actual council that would be of use for Sariel, and so, for that, I directly confronted one of the members.
"P-Pax-sama?" i'm being honest, it wasn't the best way to talk with her, basically trapping her in a lonely corridor.
"You are Miss Redeagle if i'm correct" she nodded, slightly blushing.
"Y-yes I am…do..you need something from me?".
"I actually do" now… I have to convince her of doing what I tell her.
"W-well then, tell me Pax-sama, what do you need me for?" she is smiling, i have an uneasy feeling with how she hugs herself, also her chest is..
"...first..i'm not asking for your body, I actually need help with a plan and you are the right person to ask" she reacted a bit disappointed, asuran nobility, perverts by nature.
She did get it, and we went to a proper talk.
"You girls have been with sariel for a long time…and you should guess by now that certain rumors are actually starting to get way more personal, and Sara is already getting tired of your antics" she is diligently hearing me.
"If your group keeps going like this the ones you are admiring will start to hate you, so i'm giving an offer to be of actual help".
"Alright, I'm hearing you Pax-sama".
I hope this goes well
The orders I gave her were to stop the rumors, fake information is a big no, actually organize the group and be conscious of each other, working like one instead of an animal with multiple heads.
The next is a bit of training, most of the followers are from third year, so they have enough knowledge about politics and management to actually be of use, with that they can be a support on the matters we don't have time to cover up.
After all is set and done, merch, we are legends in the school and most of the students look up to us, so having a proper team that could work for us means giving them an easy task, basic management and advertisement, I'm already thinking about writing a story with us as the heroes, gonna have to get approval from the rest.
"Alright, is..a lot, but I think we can make it" she was taking notes of what I was saying.
"Good, I'm looking forward to how things will change, as we have only half a year left. I hope to see you after graduation".
"Count on us Pax-sama, it's a pleasure working with you".
"Oh..and, I would like your full name too".
She nodded "Audrey Redeagle, at your service".
Good, now is just time until they become useful.
Sara
"Miss Sara, I have the reports of the month, also we need the help of your father's business with these materials, we are running low on stock" the girl who is talking to me is Audrey Redeagle, Pax's plan worked.
"Understood, thanks for your hard work Audrey".
And it seems they did a really good job in just two months. We have got some earnings from taking advantage of our status in the school, Pax is the manager and the face of the fanclub is Audrey, Sariel is the pretty face along with Sieghart, the sexy, pure force.
Me…well, i'm kind of a support role in all of this, not that..I mind it that much, they are doing their part and I'm the provider, yet not one of the public faces.
Sariel actually manages to work along with Sieghart, so that's a win, she's making advances, but I guess both know their true intentions, Sieghart is just glad to have her by his side on this little adventure, the two seem really happy.
And being honest, the fanclub could actually help us all in the future, even if they are just a group of kids doing their best at selling stuff. If they manage to do that, we could have our own council and handymans.
I was having these thoughts while looking where Sieghart was, meanwhile I was reading the reports Audrey gave me, finally after a few minutes I found him.
"Sieg, you there?" just me peeking from the doorframe
Sieg is in his room, so for now it is just the two of us.
"Sara, yes I'm here…" I enter, and I look at him.
"Audrey sent me the reports, it's your turn to read them so…"
"I get it, I get it, I'll do it later" hearing that I just left the papers on a coffee table that the rooms have.
"and…what have you been up to?" I was going to leave the room but Sieg's question made me stay.
"Me?...well you know, wandering around, checking storage and training till failure".
"Just the usual huh?".
"Just the usual…" I sat down, I haven't talked to him in a while.
"You know…having this thing of the council and the merchandise, it's cool and all but…I guess it was too late for that" it's me following the conversation.
"You say that because of graduation?..."
"Yes…is around the corner already and then what…the council works because Pax is giving it guidance, and the money won't matter for all of us after we graduate…".
"It…depends really, what do we want to do after".
"And you found it already?" he denied with his head.
"Maybe going back to Sharia…I didn't finish my studies at the Magic Academy, that or…marrying Sariel, she has tried her best and in this last year she actually has become a really good company..".
"... That's…good honestly…both are good options…" he and Sariel married…i'm kinda jealous… I wish I had my soulmate too.
"Still…I don't want to leave you behind ... .and I'm sure Sariel wouldn't do that either" Sieg said, looking me straight into my eyes.
"I don't think you should do that…as I said in the past, I have someone I want to find".
"..Then we can help you with that, you will need help after all".
"No really..I..prefer doing it on my own, I don't want to drag you guys along with me".
"..."
"..I'm sorry but that's how it is, I don't know how long it will take or how hard it could be…I'm not sure even if I will succeed".
"It's ok…I understand…." he let out a sigh.
"..Well…that's all..I guess…See you tomorrow Sieg…".
"See you…"
I think he's disappointed, it looks like he is, but there is nothing I can do about it.
With that, I finally left the room, it was just a matter of time before we all part ways.
Writer's note: I barely get to spell check cause I was tired, so this can be harder to read than others, still the School Arc is close to end, so if you like this fic and want to see more don't worry, i won't be dropping this for a long time