Set up

Lander visited every vicinity of the Academy except the professors area. He meandered for the whole time until he arrived at one entrance being guarded by some students, "No one is allowed to enter here!"

"Why bother with an outcast?" It was Crude being followed by his lackeys. "If he wants to enter, let him enter."

Without saying anything, Lander just moved away and didn't even gave Crude some attention.

"You dare not give me some face?" Crude bellowed as he was about to attack when the student guarding the room raised his bow and arrow and pointed it to him, "You better get out of here or I have no choice but to release this arrow."

"What's the meaning of this?" Crude asked as he stopped in his track.

"Haven't you been studying here for 2 years already? Then you better know that this area is restricted and no one shall cause trouble here," The other guard student replied.

While Crude was having a conversation with the student guards, Lander was now outside of the Academy. He also wandered around memorizing the terrains, on the North was the lake, the east was a mountainous area, the west was a grassy plain with hills and on the south were buildings erected mainly for the beasts that could be used by the students.

Lander circled around the Academy when he saw a small hut at the west part of the Academy, he was intrigued why a small hut was there when he felt Grey near the area. Lander ordered Grey to investigate some areas while he was inside the Academy buildings.

Moving closer to the hut, there he saw the lady professor holding a pot while glaring at him.

Knowing that it was the lady professor's place and he wasn't welcomed by her, he just passed by her and went towards the mountains.

Seeing Grey, he walked towards him and asked what he found around the area. Grey told him unnecessary things so Lander told him to continue look around especially the mountains.

It was getting dark when Lander went back to the Academy, there was a commotion going around.

"What happened?" Lander asked one of the students at the back part of the crowd.

Hearing Lander asking that question, many students turned around. No one answered instead, when they saw it was him, they instantly made a way signaling the other students in front to also move. It was then that Lander saw all the professors being gathered at the center, all of them were glaring at him.

"You? What did you do?" One of the professors asked while gritting his teeth.

"What do you mean professor?" Lander asked with a questioning gaze.

"Don't be dumb! You set the Students Residence Building on fire!" Another professor shouted angrily.

"Professor, I didn't do anything wrong... I was..." Lander was about to explain things when he was stopped by an elderly professor, "Stop! It was in your room where the fire started and escalated this big!"

"But..." Lander already knew he was being set up. And he already has an idea who did it, only two people would set him up, Crude and the first student whom he first argued with.

"Enough! We don't need anymore explanation," The elderly professor stopped him, glared at him and continued, "I don't know why you were approved by the Head Professor. Even if I knew, I despise you firstly because you only brought disgrace to our Academy. Second, you hurt two students despite being around here for a day. And third, you caused a fire that have endangered some of the students."

"Hence, I declare you to be punished under the law of the Academy. You won't be able to stay at the Student Residence Building anymore and you have to work as a janitor of the whole Academy for two months," The elder professor announced as he entered the Academy.

"A really despicable outcast!"

"What was the Head Professor thinking allowing him into our Academy?"

"His food was good but to think he has this kind of character?"

The students and the professors talked with each other dispersing while Lander was standing there alone clenching his fists.

On the other side of the crowd was Crude and his lackeys laughing with each other, "He totally deserved that!"

"Nope! We will ruin his stay in the Academy and we'll make him suffer to the max!" Crude laughed horribly followed by his lackeys.

Meanwhile, the professors had a meeting after Lander was given his punishment.

"The Head Professor won't be around for four whole months and we are already dealing with the outcast he accepted in our Academy," The elderly professor started seriously.

"Professor Dimitri, I suggest expelling him would be our best option," One of the professors suggested looking at the elderly professor named Dimitri.

"Are you dumb Professor Vlad? Do you think we have the power to expel a student that was acknowledged during the Centennial Ceremony and was personally accepted by our Head Professor?" Professor Dimitri retorted.

"Then what else can we do?" Professor Vlad asked as he can't acknowledge Lander as a student in their Academy.

"Lander was already given his punishment." Professor Finn answered folding his arms on his shoulder.

"Do you think that punishment is enough?" Professor Vlad was angered by Professor Finn's attitude.

"Professor Finn is right. If I have given you that punishment, will you be able to do it? Living outside the Academy without a shelter and coming here to study and work at the same time, are you capable of achieving it?" Professor Dimitri answered that made the other professors nod their head while Professor Vlad was embarrassed.

"The matter with Lander regarding the fire was a set up," Suddenly, the lady professor spoke out of nowhere.

All the professors turned their heads towards her and Professor Dimitri asked, "What do you mean Professor Willow?"

"I met Lander near my hut an hour before the fire started. There was no way he could have done that as my pet beast followed him moving towards the mountain. He never left until it was finally getting dark," Professor Willow explained.

The professors nodded their heads while one of them was clenching his fists and was badmouthing Professor Willow in his thought, 'This Bitch!'

"Then what shall we do?" Professor Vlad asked as he secretly glared at Professor Willow.

"He was already given his punishment, just let him deal with it. We'll just do what we have to do as the professors," Professor Finn replied as he stood up and moved out of their meeting room.