Lyren walked backwards ignoring the fact that there were bodies in front of him. They folded their hands when he approached them as they wore smug expression not even bothering to look at him. Lyren's steps did not falter and he reached them and none was paving way. Inches away from the first girl and she was looking at him through the side eye wondering why he was not stopping.
Lyren bumped into her causing her to stumble back which made those behind her actually move. She looked at his face from up close and she realized that he was not joking at all. The sword on top of his clothes caught her eyes and this made her step aside. The pone behind her was also reluctant to move but she did so when he was inches away from bumping into her.
She wore an ugly expression as she turned to him and held his hand by his elbow and he just gave her side glance that made her release him reluctantly. Every girl did not move until he was so close to bumping into them. They were realizing just how hard it was for their predecessors.
"What are you all doing even. Letting him go just like that? Stop him now!" The leader said and the girl who was now in Lyren's way gritted her teeth and ultimately refused to move. She closed her eyes and waited. He never seemed to reach her and she decided to open her eyes and it was just in time as his hand touched her chest. She felt rage as she stood aside.
"You! Per… vert…" she almost screamed but Lyren did not spare her another glance.
"Stop!" The girl who was the leader shouted when she realized that the girls were going to make way for him. She was clenching her fist but Lyren did not look back and neither did he pause.
There were only like four more rows and he would be out. The ones who were left were not easy to intimidate and even when his hands were about to touch her chest, she did not move but when she felt the pressure on her breasts because Lyren was not stopping her face turned red and her reaction was the same as she called him a pervert stuttering.
The last ones were quick to make way because it was not worth their privacy. Those who had let him through had their fists clenched and those he had touched had their gazes focused on the ground. They watched him come out the other side with even uglier expressions. They could feel glares on them but only they knew how that brief encounter took a lot from them.
Lyren stood at the other side and he turned back and saw that Julian was among the surprised ones. Julian was overdoing it now. He should have gotten used to it already.
"Hey! Get over here," Lyren said and Julian was drawn from his stupor and he rushed through the pathway that had been made and he stood next to Lyren. Just how was he able to do it? He did not have to wonder though because he could actually feel that Lyren was somehow different at the moment. Different than when he had beaten the three seniors.
"Good. I see your arrogance now. I am going to make the two of you pay for this. You even dare to assault girls in the female quarters. I have enough reason to punish you," the leader said and the girls who Lyren had touched their chest when they refused to move nodded their heads. Hypocrisy at its finest.
"Are you dumb or something?" Lyren asked now annoyed. Now he was no longer a victim but a perpetrator of assault.
"I won't go easy on you because you are first years. You definitely knew what you were doing. I was right. You are just a bunch of ingrates!" the leader said and she reached the two almost instantly.
She stood before them as wind circled on top of her fist. She was in the eight stage and this was why many respected her. She was already seventeen and one could actually tell why there was malice. She could not believe that Lyren was just thirteen and already in the seventh stage. She had to show dominance over him and show him that there were bigger mountains.
"Senior is making her move."
"The kid actually made her mad."
"I hope that he learns early not to offend everyone."
"…"
There were sighs from the crowd as it was obvious that the kid was going to suffer for his arrogance and ignorance to authority.
Julian watched the wind forming on her palm and he realized that it was already turning ugly as he had predicted. But it was giving him a déjà vu because the senior who misled them also followed this same path. He wondered how Lyren was going to deal with her.
"Do you know what SQ means?" Lyren asked and the girl looked at him horrified as she dispersed the wind.
"What about it?" she asked.
"Are you sure that you girls are worthy of us to be perverted to? We were lost and we are looking for the SQ dorms. There are better people in those dorms yet you all flatter yourselves. How laughable!" Lyren said and the girls looked away in shame. What would SQ worthy students want to look for in their dorms. They were inflating their worth!
"What is the meaning of this?" the leader asked.
"I mean, do you want me to attack you? Are you sure…" Lyren asked as flames it up in the depth of his eyes.
"You flatter yourself kid. I will be teaching you a lesson," she said as the wind started circling on her hand once more.
"I tried," Lyren said in defeat as he watched her attack.
He took his sword and threw it at her which caused her to stop o her heels and she was forced to catch it with both hands. It was lighter at first but there was a significant increase in weight as she started struggling to keep herself straight as her feet shook. Horror was written all over her face as she hunched forward and she released it before it could make her fall with it.
She looked at Lyren who had a smile on his face and he bent to pick it easily and let it rest on top of the folded cloths once again.
"I hope that you learn from this. I will be taking my leave now. Thank you for your understanding," Lyren said and turned then walked away.
The leader was breathing heavily and her arms ached at their sockets. She could not make a move and she let them go staring at their silhouette as they disappeared. The girls looked at her with interest and curiosity because none of them knew what had transpired. A laugh came from someone amidst the crowd and all eyes turned that way but there was no one anymore.
"You really are something," Julian said when he caught up with Lyren. Lyren smiled and replied a while later.
"I deserve an explanation as to why you were kneeling down. As a man, you shouldn't be faint hearted, you know…" Lyren spoke but he was cut off.
"I am not faint hearted. I am just strategic. I could have kneeled and left peacefully," Julian spoke without missing a breath.
"Where is your pride as a man? Kneeling before all those girls, would never be me!" Lyren said seriously. He had a certain negative taste when it came to kneeling. He had refused to bow to a dragon and won…
"Pride my foot. Survival first. Dead men tell no tales," Julian said and Lyren closed the topic off. He could not reason with him anymore.