The Demon Queen's Disciple
Chapter 13 - The Problem

'Ding! Ding!'s!'

The bells sounded loudly. Indicates that the educational activities at this academy have ended.

As soon as Mr. Anderson left, Max immediately stood up while asking his friends.

"Well, finally. The old man always teaches on time, damn it. I'm already hungry. What are you eating this afternoon?" max asked while tidying up his clothes.

"Burning chicken sounds good." replied Alex who was still tidying up the book on his desk.

"Good idea, Alex. What say?" oliver asked Emily who was in the back corner of the classroom.

"Again." replied Emily without taking her eyes off her book.

"Lucius, you're coming, right?" max asked as he held her tightly.

With a glance, Lucius could feel it. That Max does have quite well-trained muscles.

"Yes, I think I'll come. What about Sophia?" reply Lucius.

Sophia's figure is still silent, arranging books to store in a locker behind this classroom.

"Well, Lucius you...."

"Don't think about me. I'm used to it myself." Sophia replied firmly, cutting off Max's words.

Lucius was quite surprised to hear Sophia's reply. The figure of the good girl he knew back in E class, the only one who dared to defend him when in the bully, why was he currently acting so cold to her?

Curious about the drastic changes during these roughly 2 months, Lucius immediately asked.

"Is there something going on with you? Why you...."

Not having the time to finish the question, Sophia immediately cut it off.

"Lucius. Know it? I'm grateful you survived. But if you have time to worry about other people, can you use that time to worry about yourself?"

"Eh?"

Lucius' eyes opened wide at the cold reply. Not that Lucius expected more on the figure of Sophia.

It's just....

"Why? Don't tell me you're in class F because...."

'Sreeett! Aaaakk!!!'

Sophia immediately closed the door of the iron locker very hard. It makes a loud noise that resonates in this class.

"Be quiet! These are all my choices!" reply Sophia before immediately running away from this class.

Including that, leaving Lucius in such a big question mark.

"Well.... You shouldn't be teasing him, Lucius." said Max, leaning his arm over Lucius' right shoulder.

"You know something? What happened to her?"

"Know something? We saw everything with our own eyes." said Alex who had arranged his book in the locker.

In front of the class, Oliver is seen walking while nodding his head.

The small figure of Emily who walked slowly while hugging three books was seen talking.

"Sophia, what a pity. Goldencrest.... Evil." said Emily with broken sentences like running out of energy.

"Say, what happens when I disappear?" asked Lucius who was getting curious over all this.

Using her magic, Emily moves two small dolls with her fingers on her right hand. One is pink, and the other is bright yellow.

The two little dolls stood facing each other on the wooden table in this class.

"Goldencrest.... You set up Nightshade.... Gaawwrr, I don't accept.... Whahuh? You looking for trouble? Prepare yourself.... Gawwwrr.." said Emily while demonstrating the two dolls.

Seeing the behavior of the two dolls, as well as the narrative from Emily, Lucius immediately understood what happened.

"Don't tell me, Edward who is currently in custody because of Sophia's actions defending me? And in return, the followers of the Goldencrest family bullied Sophia, even forcing her to fall into class F?" ask Lucius to confirm the truth.

"Damn it.... So this is all because of me?"

"Sophia told me herself, right? He himself chose all of this. So there's no need to blame yourself." Oliver said in front of the class.

"Rather than thinking that, what if we leave now? I'm hungry." said Alex while giving a light smile.

At that moment, Lucius recalled. That there's still something else to do.

"Aaah, sorry. I just remembered that Professor Magnus asked me to meet him after the lesson ended. You go first." said Lucius who immediately ran away from this class.

"Is that so? Then, tomorrow make sure to eat with us!" max shouted loudly.

Emily just waved her hand slowly. Where the two puppets in his pocket also waved their small hands.

............

Lucius ran in the corridor of this academy. Trying not to make Professor Magnus wait for him.

But on the way, he saw a sight that was no longer unfamiliar to him. How not? That sight....

It was the scene he had always faced.

That is the scene where 3 men of considerable stature appear to be cornered someone in one of the deserted hallways.

Their wide smiles, as well as their laughter seemed to demean the figure they bully. Lucius memorized all of that.

That's why he always ran away alone, before Edward and his friends could bully him.

Slowly, Lucius' footsteps slowed down. Look at the three bullies at the end of the hall.

"Well.... What the fuck? Do people like them always find someone to bully? It's sad." Lucius whispered to himself.

'The strong oppress the weak. I don't think there's anything wrong with it. Carmilla responded suddenly.

"Well but three against one is not fair at all, is it?"

'Is the world ever fair? If the world had always been fair, all humans would have been born into the same caste, right? In fact, you were born a commoner. Which makes you oppressed like that.'

Carmilla's reply made sense. It's just....

Lucius began to clench his right hand from being so annoyed at the sight. Moreover, his current self had strength, making him even more unable to bear to look at it.

'Don't think stupid. I trained you to be strong not for you to use showing off to others. But so you can fulfill my request. Don't get me wrong said Carmilla as if she knew what Lucius was going to do.

"I knew.... I know it.... But.... See this and just shut up?"

Suddenly, one of the bullies appeared to hit the student in the face hard. Made him fall to the floor

And when Lucius saw the true figure of the student, his anger could no longer be contained.

Quickly, Lucius ran over and stopped the second blow from them.

'Stamp!!!'

"Stop. What are you guys doing?" lucius asked while holding the blow of one of the bullies with his palm.

"Huh?! Who do you think you are?! Dare to interrupt orders from the Goldencrest family?!" yell that man.

The student had a fairly large body. With his dark red hair, he emitted quite a terrifying aura. Moreover, on his left chest, there is a letter C listed on his uniform.

But Lucius was not afraid at all. How can I be afraid? Because at this moment, the figure that was behind him....

"Lucius? Why?" said the student figure lying on the floor with the right cheek injured from the previous blow.

He was confused as to why Lucius could be here. And even worse, why did Lucius dare to fight against the three people before him.

A terrified expression began to be drawn on the student's face. He was afraid that Lucius would be severely wounded against them.

Moreover, the figure of Lucius he knew was a student figure from among the weak commoners in all fields. Be it magic, or martial arts.

Calmly, Lucius immediately replied as he slightly glanced towards the back.

"Just calm down, Sophia. This time, I don't need protection anymore."