'But I don't even want to enter that live-combat class…' Evin wanted to say, but sothing told him he didn't have a choice in the matter.
"Alright," Evin murmured and went back to his seat.
A few monts later, Alvert dismissed the class after reminding everyone to gather back here in two months' ti. Then, the teacher promptly gathered his belongings and left the classroom with the sa hurried steps he entered it.
As Evin was about to do the sa, he heard Arza raising his tone of voice a little.
"I'm telling you I do things the way I want to, not because soone else wants to."
"I just don't understand why you would want to hang out with that freak over us?" Kolin was saying, "Do you know what he's called? The One Boy Freak Show!"
Evin found himself frowning involuntarily, rembering the incident that ostracized him from the rest of the kids permanently. Seeing Arza and Kolin argue about the matter in front of him, it made him feel even more sickened.
"Kolin, do you think I'll believe soone if they told you dabbed your hands in the occasional thievery?" Arza asked back.
Kolin looked genuinely offended for a few seconds, before vehently denying the claims.
"No, of course you shouldn't! What would make you even think that's true anyway?"
"Well, then tell why I should trust your words about Evin?"
"Because everyone in this town knows about the One Boy Freak Show! So parents even tell scary stories to their children about the One Boy Freak Show!"
Sighing, Evin cleaned himself again, even though he'd already taken a bath the previous day, and carefully put his clothes on.
"I think you'll miss Imperial during your trial… but like yesterday, I'll do my best to teach it to you, alright?" Arza said, as he got himself ready.
The boy took his ti to teach Evin what he missed on Arithtic the previous night and Evin could only be grateful he managed to skip the class as he was unconscious.
"Alright, thanks." Evin replied with a sigh.
"No problem. Well, hope I see you in ti for lunch," Arza said and walked away.
He was thankful to Arza for getting him up to date, but so part of him also wished for Arza to just, not bother helping him. But it wasn't ti to worry about these small things, as literally, his life was about to be put on the line. Evin really didn't understand how he was so calm the previous day.
Now, so part of him even wanted to ditch everything and run, but obviously, he understood that that would make killing him that much easier.
But fortunately, or unfortunately, he wasn't allowed to brood over the matter further, as Leanne ca in the room, and the two went towards where the trial was supposed to take place.
"Are you nervous?" the woman asked as they walked through the corridors.
"A bit."
"Well, you know what's going on in the background and I trust you'll do what's best for yourself."
'What do you an with those words? I don't even know what's best for myself, so how am I supposed to do it?' Evin complained in his head.
"Rember that you're not alone in this, alright?" Leanne sighed as she stopped before a door that said Chairman's room next to it.
She opened it silently and gestured Evin inside. Suppressing his urge to run away, Evin entered inside and looked around. He saw two wide couches placed face to face in front of an almost empty desk, with two people sitting on each side. The Chairman and the Vice-Chair on one side and was facing the door and Decatur and another woman on the other side facing away from the door.
Evin heard the door close behind him and understood that Leanne wasn't going to be helping him through this process.
'Then why did she say that I'm not alone in this?' Evin thought.
Decatur turned around to glare at Evin in a hateful manner, but the woman didn't even bother to spare a glance towards his way. In fact, her head tilted towards her son briefly and Evin could see Decatur facing forward again, after making a moping expression. He seed to get another glare from his mother for that as well.
"Oh, Evin. Co over and sit," the Chairman said as he gestured towards an armchair that was located to the side of the two coaches, offering a clear view of all the parties.
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