"what..."
He glanced again at the screen and ran through the quest once more before turning his direction to the drawer where he kept the letter. After going through it for the third time, he looked at the penalty.
"I can skip it,my will is much so there's nothing much to worry about.
"That's bad... and with this time limit of three days,I guess there's enough time but it would be safer to act now"
After dressing up,he took a turn towards the left side of the dorms and took a train to the second years building. While in the train,he glanced through the phone the school had provided for them and checked the schedule for the students only to realize that only the first years were given a holiday to prepare for their entrance ceremony meaning there was a chance that he would likely be caught but was also a chance that he would survive.
Stopping in front of the building,he glanced through his phone for the structure of the building so as to know the layout of the place. While going through the layout,he couldn't help but notice that the building had an open arena in the middle which is used to duels. Going through the time table, he realized that he had one hour until the next duel where the door to the office would be locked.
As he walked through the buildings,he couldn't help but admire the way the students were mostly composed and the buildings were well organized. A teacher caught sight of him and called him to her side.
"Sensei..."
"You're a first years right?...why are you here today"
"I came to meet someone..."
He decided to help her carry her things while they talked.
"Where to ma'am?"
"Oh the department office...will you?"
"Yes ma'am,no problem..."
While he carried the things,he made sure to ask about the areas of the school where he has not been in case of a critical event. When they got to the office,he quickly looked through the room checking for the shelf for skills data. Once he found it, he exited the room as the teacher was leaving. After taking a walk back to the hall he came from while making sure that she had gone, he rushed back to the office and unlocked the door using the passcode he had earlier learnt and got in. After successfully locating and collecting all the files,he looks at the timer in the room which read the time left for the duel. With the time reading ten minutes left,he carefully snuck out of the office so as not to catch attention but just then,a teacher turned from a corner
***
White walked through the dorms chatting and goofing around when sky suddenly ran to him. From the look on her face, she wasn't bringing good news.
"Where's Nico?..."
"Huh...dunno"
Hurrying to Nico's room,they tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge, signalling that he wasn't at home or anywhere close by. And from what they know,he bearly goes outside the dorms.
"Come on...he couldn't have gotten far right?"
"..."
Sky didn't know what to do but hoped that he hadn't gotten into trouble.
"White, this isn't normal... Are you forgetting, he's Nicodemus"
"Oh well..."
***
Right as the teacher neared a complete turn to the hall where the department office is,Nico pressed the button to start the timer despite not confirming the time which made the students rush out of their classes buying enough time for him to blend in with the crowd escaping the teachers gaze. But noticing that there was no teachers close enough to Ring the bell,he suspected that a thief had gotten in and called the guards to seal off the exits. A guard stopped Nico just as he wanted to leave the building and questioned what was in his backpack, demanding to search it. While Nico hesitated,the guard pulled out his phone to inform the teacher of a suspicious student at the main entrance but the teacher he had earlier helped saw the commotion and went ahead to check. After putting in a good word for him, the guard decided to let him go.
Nico hurried to the train station to get back to the dorms as quickly as possible. While he waited for the train to arrive,he saw Davi, the highest ranked students in the first years who has a got an SS on every rank except Academics where he got an S. Just as he decided to turn to the other side, Davi called out to him which startled him for a second.
"You must be... Nicodemus right?"
"I heard some interesting things about you... that you're rank in Martial arts couldn't be tested so they gave you an F."
"Yes..."
"Let's duel...on Friday"
"Huh..."
Nico was confused by the statement but decided to keep quiet about it. He was planning to decline anyways
"You don't have to answer me now... I'll meet you tomorrow"
"Oh, okay..."
When Nico got to his room,he set down his backpack and brought out the files from it. Just then,a screen popped up in front of him
Level up
Level:2
300/450exp
All stats except will increased by 2
Hidden reward: skills>
"What's this hidden reward?..."
The papers floated around him while forming a circle which then projected each skill unto the paper waiting for him to pick
"Hmmm..."
Based on my past experience, stealth would be a good choice
"This power from the brink should be a good choice"
"The last one would be weapon glory"
"Ah..."
The papers align back in the correct order and he places them on his desk. While he thought of how to send it to the person who ordered him to do it in the first place,he heard a knock by the door, when he opened it, the two teachers he met by the second year building was standing in front of his room with two guards following them
"Um... Sensei?"
"Where are the files?..."