The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

"This kid in the footage is you, right?" the officer asked.

"Yes, it's me"

My face can be seen clearly.

"Will you come with us to the headquarters? We need your confession" the officer said, ordering his men to capture me.

"Excuse me, officer, but you can't just take one of our students to the headquarters like that" Miss Serah said, rushing between us.

"This happened here, in your school. It is clearly done by someone from school and the last person who met them was...this kid here" the officer said, pointing his fingers at me.

"That doesn't mean that he is the one who did it"

"We are just taking him with us for a talk"

"You can talk here!"

"We have to follow the procedure. Hey, please take this kid with us"

"There is no proof that he did that!" Miss Serah yelled.

"Miss, you should cooperate with us or you will also be charged for this"

What a pain.

Even if they catch me, nothing will happen. They can't do anything to me.

I just have to call my mom, and she will handle the rest.

"You should pray that the girl doesn't die"

I don't care.

"It was me" Joey said.

"What?"

"It was me. I beat that girl"

"What are you talking about?" the officer asked.

"I beat that girl and then called the ambulance"

"Don't lie. You weren't in the footage"

"But I did it"

"Why would you do that?"

"Don't you know me? I am Joey Busher"

"Busher!"

"I have a history of sexually assaulting girls"

"What--"

"That girl was being annoying, so I beat her"

"You are lying!"

"What's wrong, officer? Won't you arrest me? I beat that girl. Go on, arrest me"

"Y-you better not do this again" the officer said, running out of office with his men.

"What's wrong? You will not arrest me?"

"Joey? Did you really do this?" miss Serah asked.

"Think whatever you want. I don't care"

He glanced at those girls, all the girls left the room.

Joey turned around and said, "You owe me" and left the office.

I glanced at Elena, she was making a shocked face.

Did seeing those girls again scare her?

"Das Ryle, be careful on your way home" Miss Serah said.

I left the office with Elena.

We are almost halfway to her home, but she hasn't spoken a word ever since we left school.

"M-Miss Serah s-stood up f-for you" Elena said, shuttering on her words.

I held her hand and said, "What are you worried about?"

"I-I a-am n-not wor-worried about anything"

"You are shuttering, tell me. What are you worried about?"

"Those girls were my friends"

"I see"

"And they are....that type of girls"

"I see"

"I didn't know that they were that type of girls"

"I see"

"Then one day they invited me to come with them somewhere"

"I...see"

"But that place was..."

Tears fell down from her eyes.

"...."

"I was a bit early, so no one was there. When I saw that that place was...that type of place I ran away"

"Elena"

"I am sorry"

"Why are you apologizing?"

"If I didn't know and stayed there, then I might have--"

I hugged her tightly.

"Don't say another word"

"I love you"

"Yeah, I know"

"I only want to be with you"

"Me too"

"The only person I want to do that is with you"

"I know"

"Sometimes I think, 'what if I had never met you?'. I might be going out with someone else, or might be doing the same things as those girls...when I think that, I want to kill myself"

"Something like that would never happen. We were destined to meet. No one can separate us"

She turned her face up and closed her teary eyes.

I kissed her. This time no tongues used. It was just a simple kiss.

"Let's go to the café. You didn't eat anything during the break"

She nodded.

We were on our way to the café. I noticed some men following us for a while.

I will let them think that I haven't noticed them.

Elena is with me right now. I can't act without thinking...here.

Some men are coming from the front too.

This is bad. I need to do--

"Leave them to me" Joey whispered in my ears and walked off.

What the hell is he doing here?!

He did say that he would follow be he was really following me?!

Creepy!

I grabbed Elena's hand and changed our way.

After reaching the café, I asked Elena to order something and wait for me.

I dashed out of the cafe. Why? Because I can't let that guy fight them.

I already owe him one.

"Don't want to add another favor"

When I reached that place, out of the twelve men, six were lying on the ground.

He defeated six of them in this little time? Alone?!

He is really strong...wait! six men are lying down? How?

There is no hole in their chests...could it be that they are normal humans?

"What are you doing here?" Joey asked.

"I was just passing by" I said, as I started attacking them.

"Is that so?"

"Yeah. You looked like you were having fun"

"I am enjoying this"

"Let me enjoy it too"

He was also using martial arts.

Dammit!

He is better than me.

I should practice more.

Soon we defeated all of them. While attacking, I confirmed it.

They are human. Not that I care.

"You are good" Joey said.

"You are not bad either"

"Have you fought somewhere before?"

"No"

Like I will tell the truth.

"I couldn't fight properly"

"...."

What did he just say? He defeated half of them by himself and now he is saying that he couldn't fight properly?!

"My right hand still hurts. I couldn't use it"

"What?!"

"Your punch. When I blocked your punch. It was a really powerful punch. A little more strength and my shoulder would have been dislocated"

"Wait! So you are saying that you fought with them with one hand?!"

"Yeah. Didn't you saw me fighting?"

"I didn't!"

Are you kidding me!

He defeated half of them with one hand?!

Mafias are scary!