
“The Duke Gothe family is the strongest family in the empire. Even the royal family was disinclined by the Duke. He himself was the Emperor's current half-brother. Thanks to Duke Gothe's help, the Ramona Empire managed to expand its territory to the northern tip of the Continent.
“The long war against the evil magic creatures of the north was also won by Duke Gothe when he was twenty years old. Now the human kingdom can live quietly without the threat of the orcas tau goblins evil. Even reportedly the elves also recognized his strength,” Clara started the story in a low voice.
“However, great power certainly requires equally great sacrifice. It is said that due to the long war against the orcs, Duke Gothe and his descendants must accept the curse of the dark creatures. Their magic power would be mixed with the dark element that was slowly eating away at their souls.
“Therefore Duke Gothe was exiled in the north because once in a while, surprisingly, the dark forces of the Gothe family appeared and went on a rampage to the point of almost destroying the kingdom. His two sons who are now attending the academy are shunned because other children fear them. What if their dark forces suddenly appear and destroy the Academy?” clara continued at length.
“So that's the origin of Kyle's dark aura in the future?” talia muttered involuntarily.
All three of his new friends stared at the girl with curious eyes.
“You've seen Kyle lose control?” tina asked in disbelief.
“His dark aura actually appeared?” Misa is excited.
Talia soon realized her mistake. His short speech almost made his secret exposed.
“Not ... I mean .. Kyle seemed to have accidentally discussed it. He said that in the future maybe he will have dark powers or something like that,” because Talia tried to hide the fact that he could see the future.
The expressions of Clara, Tina and Misa immediately turned disappointed. The three of them were expecting a warm gossip that could be the subject of conversation with the other children.
“I think Kyle is also worried about his future. What a poor boy,” Clara said later.
Talia simply nodded in agreement while grimacing awkwardly. “Of course. He's actually a good kid. He is also very diligent and smart,” added Talia.
“We don't doubt Kyle's cleverness. It's just that no child is comfortable being around him. Its nature is ... ,” comments Tina while frowning and shrugging.
Talia let out a long sigh, understanding Tina's intentions. “Ah .. of course he's a little rough. Maybe because he didn't want to hurt anyone else. Once in a while you should try talking to him,” persuade Talia.
The three girls looked at each other awkwardly.
“Come, Talia. We're not sure if Kyle is comfortable being around other people. Looks like his close friends are just you and Leopold,” said Misa frankly.
“Do not do that. Kyle is just shy. Who doesn't like to be friends? I think actually he also wants to have a lot of friends,” to Talia again.
“Who wants to have many friends?” Suddenly Kyle's voice sounded behind Talia's back. The girl immediately turned her head and found Kyle already standing behind her with a sinister face.
“Eh .. Kyle … . Aren't you not feeling well?” tanya Talia was wrong.
Kyle furrowed his brows faintly and looked towards the group of girls coldly. Talia's three new friends are instantly intimidated by Kyle's whereabouts. They hurriedly stood up from the chair.
“Ta, Talia .. It looks like we have to go first because there are tasks to be completed in the library,” Clara said nervously.
“Tasks? Is there a task today?” ask Talia surprised. He did not do any work before he left for school.
“Ah .. it's just an Astronomy task for next week. We want to finish it faster. Then goodbye. See you in class. And enjoy your lunch,” continued Clara who immediately darted away without waiting for Talia's answer. The other two friends follow Clara leaving the dinner table.
“Not our friends. It's just your friends,” Kyle errs while plucking his smoked meat covered in barbeque sauce.
Talia let out a sigh of annoyance at Kyle's cold response.
“By the way why did you suddenly come here?” ask Talia later.
“I'm hungry.”
“From all the empty seats in the dining room you chose to sit with me, until you kicked out all my new friends. I didn't know you were so possessive in making friends.”
Kyle immediately choked as soon as Talia blurted out her sentence. Without any more words, the young man stuck his plate and prepared to leave the table.
“Sorry, I was just kidding, Kyle. Stay right here. You can sit with me whenever you want. And I promise I won't comment like that,” Talia said, holding Kyle's wrist.
The young man glanced at Talia in annoyance. But eventually he abandoned his intention to leave.
“Have you heard from Leo?” tanya Talia tried to divert the conversation.
Kyle shook his head slowly. “Dirlagraun poison is very dangerous.”
“You're right. I hope Leo can recover soon.”
Talia twirled the fork on her plate as she weighed in to discuss Ludwig Gothe, Kyle's half-brother. Actually he was very curious about it and wanted to hear directly from Kyle. But Talia's intention had to be delayed because of the sudden invasion of flying parchment darting into the dining room through the window grille. The flying parchments numbered in the hundreds and scattered boisterously over the heads of the students who were having lunch.
“Whoa ... what is this?” ask Talia in amazement.
“Academy Newspaper,” Kyle replied short while grabbing one of the parchments flying nearby.
A big headline was written on the parchment.
...The Beast Attacks Haunt the Academy, Who Should Be Blamed?...
The assault case of a first-rate DL student has been in the spotlight lately. The beasts that were supposed to be confined within the forest roamed the school area without being caught. The entire student was wary that a similar attack might happen again.
The latest news that has been confirmed by the Editor of Ramona Academy Newspaper, the DL family, the student of the attack victim, finally decided to resign from the Academy. Dirlagraun's attack turned out to have made the Marquess family's son suffered severe injuries to decide to leave the Academy.
Reported separately, Pim Pruxen, the faun guard of the Alchemist Department, as well as Vrap Clitol, the faun guard of the Beast Tamer Department, have been temporarily dismissed to account for the matter. Even so Vram Clitol continued to insist on naming one of the students in the Beast Tamer Department as the mastermind of the case.
“Gothe! He was the one who had smuggled the beast! On the night before the incident, I looked with my own eyes as he exited the forest while sneaking around!” he gave testimony.
Unfortunately, Vram's confession is not supported by any solid evidence. While the Academy's top brass continued to investigate the case, all students were expected to remain cautious. The curfew is still in effect for an indefinite period.