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Chapter 24 - Progress I

Aella stopped halfway when she saw them hurrying after her. She turned to them. Her abrupt stop startled everyone. All of them, including Professor Tony, stared at her.

 

"What do you want to ask?" Aella addressed Adam.

 

Adam glanced nervously at Junior, then at Kye, Aisha, Amari, and the others, hoping they would back him up. But the idiots just nodded their heads at him to keep talking.

 

"These guys... tsk, you cowards".

 

Adam swallowed loudly, gathering all his strength to look at Aella as he said.

 

"Could you please train us?

 

Dumbfounded, Tony looked at everyone. They all nodded in agreement. He didn't quite understand why they were asking for Aella's help when she was still new here.

 

When he saw the confused face of his teacher, Nian explained.

 

"Aella is very strong. With her help, we could start from scratch.... I think".

 

Tony was speechless for a moment. His eyes were wide open, he looked at Aella and spoke.

 

'What? Really? Really! Unh...' He still didn't believe it.

 

Aella looked at Adam and then at the others. They all seemed very set in their decision. Their eyes sparkled with determination. Seeing this, a small smile tugged at the corners of Aella's lips.

 

"Now, why would you ask me that? If skilled people like your professors couldn't help you with this, what makes you think I can? I'm just as weak as the rest of you.' Aella said with a mischievous grin.

While the F's rolled their eyes and looked at her hopelessly, Professor Tony nodded in agreement with her words.

 

"Look at that, she's playing us for fools."

'She's messing with us?' Nara couldn't help but say.

 

''It's no use pretending, they've seen the surveillance footage, and those of us who were here that day with Neon class already know too. It's pretty clear to us how strong you are,'' Adam replied.

 

Besides, we trust you,' Amari added.

 

Heee trust huh....We've only known each other for three days and you already trust me, how naïve. How do you know that I won't betray you in the future? Or you guys to me?

They noticed Aella's beautiful eyes full of mischief, and a sly smile on her face.

 

"Ahhh,"they sighed. 'I see, she's that kind of person, huh!'

 

"That's not going to happen," they all said in unison.

 

'We're going to stick together through thick and thin, trust-'.

 

Aella grimaced as she said this.

 

"Ya, ya, ya, stop being so corny already. Tsk, you're giving me goose bumps just looking and listening to you all."

 

They grinned like foxes and approached Aella as they rubbed their hands together.

 

"Will you train us then?"

 

"If you don't train us, we'll be cheesier with you day and night." Aella looked at them with speechless eyes, sweat trickling down her forehead as she saw their eyes full of ambition.

 

"We'll never let you sleep again until you agree kekekekekehehehehe," their mischievous grins got bigger as they said that.

 

"Eek, such insensitive people," Aella laughed.

"We don't want to hear this from you."

"Fine, but let's eat first, I'm starving," they all walked towards the exit.

"Yes Hooray!!!" they shouted excitedly, "Now let's get ready for the party".

 

"No party, just food," Aella interrupted, causing Amari to give her a dirty look, "Tsk, you're so boring."

 

After leaving the F-Class building, they walked for about three minutes. First, they entered a desolate corner next to the Neon class dormitory and turned left. They walked for a few more minutes before finally entering another empty corner of the SS class building, which was much narrower than the previous one which led directly to the back door of their dormitory.

 

"Hmm... I don't remember walking this much when I left the residence this morning."

 

Aella was always the last one to go to class because she wakes up late. Every morning when she woke up, everyone was already gone.

 

"That's because you take the normal route, which leads directly to our class building. We can't do the same thing as you, Aella. You're strong and you can take everyone down, but we can't... yet. ... So, we never take the SS class route."

 

"Why? Our residence is right next to the SS residence, and we share the same entrance and exit...ah"

Aella paused, already knowing the answer.

 

"Pff hahaha," she covered her mouth with her hand and laughed. "These students are really interesting, they act so arrogant just because of the tiny amount of power they have."

 

Kathleen walked next to her, "We are forbidden from taking the same route as them."

 

"Ohh! but just so you know. We are going to use that route. It was made for both classes, so we're going to use it. Do we understand?"

They all looked up and stared at Aella with big smiles on their faces as they answered "Yes".

They all entered their dormitory through the back door and went straight to the kitchen. When they got there, they saw all kinds of food taking up all the space on the long dining table and counters.

 

Surprised, they all looked at Aella as if they were looking at a goddess.

 

"Y-You... How? Did you buy all of this?" Tony asked Aella.

 

Actually, it was Khaled who bought them and delivered them to Eagle.

 

'Eagle came pretty quick with the groceries, knowing his big ego... how suspicious,' Aella thought.

 

Though Aella still replied with a 'yes' and then walked over to the table where the groceries were, she started rummaging through the bags looking for something.

 

"Y-you bought a lot," Shion said, trying to hide his happiness. Everyone felt the same way, especially Yun, it was the first time after so long that they saw so much food in front of them.

 

"Mm... here it is!" Aella's excited voice could be heard, as she picked up a yellow bag and pulled out a small square transparent box.

 

They wondered what Aella was so excited about, so they moved closer to where she was standing and saw a piece of chocolate cake inside the box.

"Ah aish this little thing isn't enough for me, and he knows it. Damn you, Eagle!" she cursed Eagle in her heart. " Come and sit down we need to talk" she called everyone.

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