Graduation (1)

Brian was walking beside Caroline down the academy hallway in Silence, until Caroline said:

"You forgot to comb your hair."

Brian exhaled deeply the air in his lungs and replied, keeping his gaze forward:

"No, I didn't forget."

"Hm, you're different from the other boys, you don't seem to like to talk much."

Brian stopped walking and exhaled deeply again and looked into Caroline's eyes and said in a calm tone:

"Men like me, don't usually talk much."

She smiled at Brian and said as she brought her face closer to his:

"You really are different from the others, so mysterious..."

They looked at each other for a while, until Caroline brought her lip close to give him a kiss, but suddenly, Brian started walking back towards the dormitory exit.

She scowled and said, while looking at Brian's back, trying to get some reaction from him:

"I heard that in the old days, you smiled, you talked, people said you were a nice boy, but after the death of a certain Thomas, that nice boy, was never seen again."

Brian stopped walking and looked at her calmly and asked:

"I think I remember now.... You are Caroline from the Lothbrok family, aren't you?"

Caroline was disappointed in Brian for the fact that Brian wasn't sure who she was. But deciding to forgive him this time, she replied:

"Yes, it's me."

Brian started to approach her and said:

"Hm, I heard that in the old days, due to your lack of talent, you ended up disinherited from the family, lost all the wealth to which you were entitled, but the head of the Lothbrok family, your father, decided to give you one more chance..."

Suddenly, the surroundings began to freeze, which was a clear warning from Caroline to Brian, that continuing this story, would have consequences.

But not even worrying about these little ice stones, Brian said again:

"The chance was simple, if you made it in, to the number one school for heroes, you'd be called caroline lothbrok again, but you failed at 16, but you got in at 17, you're to be congratulated, but... "

Brian stopped five feet away from her and finished speaking:

"A little birdie told me, that to get into the academy at 17, you sold your body to the testing instructors and ended up getting top grades, thus getting into the number one academy in the world and becoming a lothbrok again."

The whole hallway began to freeze and Caroline, asked angrily:

"How do you know that?!"

Brian replied calmly:

"Hm... didn't I already tell you? A little bird told me."

Caroline could tell that Brian wasn't going to talk, so she decided to kill him right now, his secret couldn't leak from this place.

The ice that was freezing the walls of the hallway suddenly began to form sharp spears and launched itself at Brian.

He knew the spears were coming towards him and could tell the attack was meant to kill, but even with all this going on, he didn't move and continued to stare into Caroline's eyes.

Just as the attacks were about to hit him, suddenly all the ice spears stopped within an inch of his body.

Caroline, who had stopped his attack, said impressed:

"Amazing, even with an inch to go to hit him, he didn't even blink..."

Brian sighed and asked in a calm tone:

"Why did you stop the attacks?"

Caroline undid all the ice, including the spears, and replied:

"Do you think I'm stupid? If you didn't mind my attacks, they certainly weren't a threat to you and my instincts tell me that facing you, is a mistake."

Brian calmly took a cigarette from his pack and lit it, after taking a drag, he spoke:

"Well, shall we go then?"

Caroline looked into Brian's eyes and asked:

"Does anyone else know?"

"Everyone who knew is dead except the little bird, me, and your father."

She was startled to learn that her father knew her secret and asked hurriedly:

"My father? My father knows what happened?"

Brian took a few puffs on his cigarette and answered:

"The little bird informed your father about what happened, I remember him not caring about you, he said something like 'A failure, will always be a failure', or something like that."

She tilted her head in disappointment with herself and asked:

"Then why are the instructors dead?"

"Hm, the little bird asked me to kill them, he doesn't seem to like people of that ilk."

Caroline took a deep breath, trying to regain her composure and said:

"Don't tell anyone, please."

Brian became irritated and asked:

"Do I look like I tell other people's secrets?"

Caroline could tell he was irritated and spoke:

"No, but..."

Brian interrupted her quickly and said:

"I don't give a damn what you've done in the past or done in the present, now enough talk, I have to meet someone, so let's go."

She was surprised and asked Brian:

"If you don't care about me, then why did you ask me to lower my skirt? Or why do you want to take me with you?"

Brian picked up his cigarette and answered:

"First: The reason I ask you to lower your skirt is because I don't want other people to think I'm sleeping with a slut. Second: The reason you're coming with me is because I want to have sex after graduation. Satisfied now?"

Caroline heard those words and thought:

'I know I have a bad finger for picking men, but of all the guys I've been with, he is without a doubt the worst!'

Brian finished his cigarette and said:

"Let's go now."

Caroline hesitated to go, but knew that this was not a request, but an order.

She knew that if Brian had wanted it, he could have killed her right then and there, and that he would probably escape punishment since she would not have the support of her family.

She sighed in defeat and began to walk over to Brian, and the two of them began to walk together to the exit of the dormitory...

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After they left the dormitory, they walked to the academy courtyard and Brian said to Caroline:

"Wait here."

She looked at Brian and asked:

"Where are you going?"

Brian didn't answer her and walked over to a man who was standing a few feet away from them.

The man was wearing a black suit and black glasses, if anyone saw him they would probably say he was a government agent.

Brian stopped in front of him and snapped his fingers and quickly, a sound barrier was created.

The man looked shocked at this and thought:

'Is he already at the level of manipulating mana to the point where he can create sound barriers?'

The man regained his composure and said:

"Good morning sir Brian, my name is Kevin, I am the informant of the special division, I was called here, to inform you about your new mission."

Brian replied calmly:

"Go ahead."

Kevin pulled a tablet out of his suit and turned on the screen and showed Brian.

Brian looked at the screen and noticed that it was a video and decided to pay full attention to the images.

Kevin clicked in the middle of the screen and the video started playing; a camera in a hallway, was recording a massacre, several men were being killed by a single person. After the massacre, other people appeared and one who was wearing an all-white mask, without any holes, said:

"Good job Beelzebub, but there will be others coming any moment, so make sure you kill them all."

The man who had done the massacre bowed to the masked man and teleported away, just then the masked man turned to the camera and suddenly the camera stopped working.

The video ended and Brian asked confused:

"A demon...why was a demon obeying that man?"

Kevin put the tablet away and said:

"They appeared out of nowhere a year ago, they have been kept hidden from society until now, but in the villain society, they are very well known and feared. We don't know the origin of this group or their goals, we only have some information about the members."

Kevin pulled out the tablet again and started showing pictures taken by cameras and reports on some of the members and said:

"Klaus kinski, he is 37 years old, a class S villain, his crimes are murder and rape, he seems to like to abuse women and kill them afterwards."

He showed the photograph of Klaus and Kevin looked at his appearance; an extremely muscular man with black hair and a well-groomed beard and was wearing black sunglasses in the photograph.

Brian spoke after he had finished memorizing the information:

"Next."

Kevin dragged his finger on the screen and said:

"Ellie willians, she is 26 years old, a class S villain, her crimes are all murders against men, in total she has 865 confirmed murders. Her first victim was her father and then her two brothers aged 20 and 9, this was when she was 16, a deranged psychopath."

Brian looked at the most recent picture taken by a security camera and saw a pink haired girl with green eyes, she possessed a kind and beautiful appearance, it was impossible to imagine that she was a psychopathic killer.

He memorized the information again and said:

"Next."

Kevin did not drag his finger on the screen and said:

"Johnny Yong, we have little information about him, all we know is his name and that he is an expert in the field of technology."

"Next."

Kevin dragged his finger on the screen and said:

"Beelzebub, a horseman from hell, that's all we know, the only image we have of him is from that massacre that happened."

Brian looked at the image and noticed that the demon had red hair and completely golden eyes, the appearance was that of a handsome young man.

"Next."

Kevin dragged his finger on the screen again and said:

"We are not sure if he is really a member, but the chances are high, his name is yuriel, an angel of the creator. He was photographed by a camera that showed him walking next to Klaus."

Brian looked at the picture and looked at a person who appeared to be a man, but also appeared to be a woman, it was someone with short blond hair and blue eyes and it was someone extremely beautiful.

"Next."

Kevin again dragged his finger on the screen and said:

"Lastly, the leader, our only information, is that he is male and that he wears this mask that covers his face. His strength is unknown, but he is probably stronger than all the other members."

Brian looked at his picture and only saw a man wearing an all-white mask and asked:

"Did you guys give him a name?"

Kevin put the tablet away and answered:

"Yes, the codename we gave him was ghost."

"Hm... I get it, so the higher-ups want me to kill them all?"

Kevin pulled an envelope from his suit and gave it to Brian and said:

"Not exactly, we just want information, mainly from the ghost, someone who can control a hell knight, an angel and two psychopaths, he must be someone extremely dangerous to humanity."

Brian took the white envelope and put it away and answered:

"Have you guys notified the others of the mission?"

Kevin would nod and reply:

"Yes, Amanda, annabelle, elizabeth and Connor have been notified in advance."

"Ok, so I'm going to go now."

Brian turned and walked back to Caroline, who was looking at them.

As he walked over to her, Brian reflected:

'Ghost...whoever you are, I just hope you are prepared for death.'