Chapter 8: Theatrics
Suddenly, he used his hand to comb his hair backwards as though overwhelmed with the entire situation.
I would have fallen prey to his words if I had not been smart enough to connect the dots and understand that he was also involved in this scheme.
"Don’t you have anything to say, Ezekiel? If you don’t speak up, I will be forced to believe that you possess such degraded morals and, of your own volition, choose to indulge in an inconceivable act of preying on your fellow classmate," Fredric said.
"I will, as such, take this matter to the administration."
He tapped his finger against his elbows.
"And if you are found guilty, you will be expelled. And I assure you that no academy will touch you."
So that is it!
I finally understood why they had gone through the trouble of devising these awful schemes.
Their goal was to expel me from the Grand Avalon Academy and ensure that I was unable to enter into any other Hero Academy. This was tantamount to ensuring that I would never become a Hero.
The way to get out of this mess would be to move to another shelter and undergo the difficulties of signing up for a new academy.
By then, my peers would already be far ahead of me.