Chapter 58: Sunny Blackstar

By two in the afternoon, the Class A students of Golden Dawn Academy had returned to the academy.

From a distance, Lorenzo observed the students gathering around one another.

Joseph was surrounded by students from noble families, all eager to talk to the academy’s former top-ranked student. Meanwhile, Alex was surrounded by the students who had accompanied him from the beginning of the survival exercise. Even a few female students had approached Alice, attempting to strike up conversations with her.

Alice, however, seemed rather awkward as she struggled to handle their attention.

Lorenzo watched the scene one last time before heading toward the classroom.

As he entered at a leisurely pace, he found Yuki Hayasaka sitting inside with an ominous smile on her face.

"Congratulations. You’re in first place."

Lorenzo nodded and took his seat.

The events that had unfolded in Antarctica were displayed on the blackboard at the front of the classroom.

"Have you been watching us through this?"

He already knew that the ominous witch had been observing them throughout the entire exercise.

But there was no way he would let her know that he knew about it.

"Oh, right. You were watching to see how we handled things."

Whatever she had witnessed would probably be recorded in their student files.

"Well, what can I do? I was worried about my students!"

You bitch...

Just as Lorenzo was silently cursing her, the classroom door clicked open.

Yuki greeted the person who entered with a smile.

"Oh, you’re here. You came in second place."

A guy covered in dranched clothes approached Lorenzo without even bothering to greet him.

"How did you get first place?"

The guy’s name tag read Sunny Blackstar.

He looked at Lorenzo with undisguised curiosity.

"I swam at full speed towards the The World Goverment Island branch, but I never expected someone to arrive before me. How did you do it?"

’I should be asking you that.’

Lorenzo was far more curious about how Sunny had managed to swim through the freezing waters of Antarctica.

There were countless abominations lurking beneath the surface, yet the guy hadn’t suffered a single scratch.

Just what kind of monster is he?

Lorenzo was certainly interested in finding out, but he decided not to ask for now.

As for Sunny’s question, there was no reason to lie.

"With my personal teleportation gate."

"Your personal teleportation gate?"

"Yeah. I have one of my own. I’ve got plenty of money, after all."

"...I see."

After hearing Lorenzo’s straightforward answer, Sunny seemed to lose interest almost immediately.

He simply turned around and returned to his seat as though the conversation had never happened.

"If you ever need a job or some money, just let me know."

Lorenzo called out to the guy who had sat down without another word.

He was confident that Sunny would eventually contact him.

After all, someone capable of swimming through Antarctica’s frozen waters without sustaining a single injury was precisely the kind of person Lorenzo wanted to recruit.

For now, however, there was nothing else he needed to do.

"Instructor, may I leave first?"

Sunny, who appeared to have already checked the results of the exercise, stood up and asked Yuki for permission to leave.

"Go ahead."

"Yes. Thank you."

After giving his brief reply, Sunny left the classroom.

"Don’t you want to leave as well?"

Yuki turned her attention to Lorenzo, looking at him with an intrigued expression.

"Yeah. There’s nothing left to do here."

"All right. Do as you wish."

Well, there’s actually one thing left to do.

Lorenzo’s lips curled into a smile as he began imagining the possibilities.

He had already decided what he wanted to accomplish at Golden Dawn Academy.

He needed to recruit useful people and gather them under his command.

In other words, he needed to establish his own organization.

And considering the kind of people attending this academy, he was certain he wouldn’t have any trouble finding suitable candidates.

’Let’s see... First, I’ll need someone with intelligence, someone to manage finances, a few reliable fighters, and—’

As the image of a perfectly organized hierarchy began taking shape in his mind, Lorenzo’s smile widened.

This is going to be fun.

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"I have to say, is this the only place that you are fond off? Or did you bring me here because you wanted me to remind that you saved me here?"

Sofia said as she herself found in Appetite Of Heaven resturant with Lorenzo again. The same resturant where terrorist attacked about week and half go.

Lorenzo chuckle and looked at her eyes, they were black as if they would suck everything within them.

Lorenzo was calm, everything seems to be perfect.

The only thing that stood out was Sofia new hair.

White hair.

Lorenzo hands twitch but he stopped himself. He wanted nothing more then grabbed Sofia and bring her to parlour to change her hair back to black.

So even if it was annoying thing to see during his peaceful times with her, he didn’t do anything.

"So, will you tell me why did you bring me here?" Sofia said with frowend on her face.

She didn’t wanted to spend one minute with this guy but she had no choice to follow his words.

It’s happened when academy was ended in the evening by 5, she was heading towards feamle dormitories building and she happened to meet with Lorenzo who stood in front of the entrance of dormitory.

One hands in pocket while he smokes with other one, he didn’t notice others girls who were giving him weird look.

Or he did notice but choose to ignore it.

It was hard to tell with him.

Lorenzo chuckled and leaned back in his chair.

"Can’t I invite my fiancée out for dinner?"

"No."

Sofia answered without hesitation.

Lorenzo’s smile didn’t falter.

"How cruel."

"Then stop asking stupid questions."

For a moment, silence settled between them.

The Appetite of Heavens restaurant was considerably quieter than it had been during their previous visit. The staff had repaired the damage caused by the terrorist attack, and the restaurant had reopened after a brief closure.

However, Sofia couldn’t look at the place without remembering what had happened that day.

The screams.

The blood.

And the man sitting across from her.

Lorenzo had saved her life during the attack, but that didn’t change anything between them. If anything, the incident had only made her more aware of how dangerous he could be.

She still remembered the expression on his face when he tortured the terrorist leader.

That was what frightened her the most.