Struggling as a Villain

Chapter 113: Chapter 112- Nervous

The next morning, Richard woke up around seven and met Amelia at the academy gate. She was waiting for him while holding her bag tightly in her hand and for the first time, he saw such a nervous look on her.

With his brows raised, he greeted her, "Good morning?"

"M-Morning...d-did you sleep well?" The way she awkwardly replied made him confused but he replied to her naturally,

"Yes, I did. What about you? Ah, and what happened with the council invitation yesterday?" Richard added the last part, both because he was curious and wanted to dissipate this awkward atmosphere.

Amelia heaved a sigh and her shoulders visibly relaxed as she replied, "They invited me to become a disciplinary incharge."

Richard was not surprised but he had to pretend, as he asked, "Wow....it's great news. But..don't they appoint the officers from the second year?"

A disciplinarian is someone who has gained knowledge of the academy's rules and policies. And for a freshman to suddenly boss around, on their seniors no less, was surely quite a strange occurrence.

Amelia replied in slight uncertainty, "It seems one of those council members saw my assessment."

About that...he was not aware so this time he asked in genuine curiosity, "What happened during your assessment that garnered their attention?"

Amelia rolled her eyes, "A guy was about to apparently slap his fianceé just because he failed and she passed. I was feeling a bit irritable, so I took him down."

Richard was surprised, "No wonder your points were higher than your expectations."

Amelia smiled, "Do you think I did the right thing?"

The way she hopefully asked made it seem that more than the increment in points and the invitation from the council, she wanted to be praised by him.

He didn't disappoint her.

Holding her hand he praised the girl, "You did well, Amy. I am proud of you."

The smile that bloomed on her lips—whether because of that nickname or his compliment—was brighter than the sun as many students halted in their path to look at her.

The rumours of these two datings have been circulating around since the first day, and now, by showing this intimacy, Richard had made it clear that they were indeed dating.

After walking for a few monents and when they were about to separate, Amelia finally muttered something which has kept her on the edge since this morning.

"You know Richard...I was very anxious about how I should treat you now. Whether I should be polite as per what I was taught or should I become more gentle? However, seeing you behaving normally gave me the insurance that I don't need to change."

Richard flashed a soft smile and pressed her nose playfully, "As I said, I fell in love with the person you actually are, Amy so no need to change yourself."

Amelia smiled hearing that with her head leaning down a little.

Richard would have talked to her a little more, but from the corner of his eyes, he caught the familiar figure of a violette advancing towards him.

From her eyes, Richard knew she was coming to say something to him.

"Okay then, I will see you during lunch?" Amelia nodded to that and soon they parted ways.

Richard didn't stop on track despite feeling Eleanor's gaze on him.

"Yes, I am coming." Getting up from his seat, he made his way to the podium, and while Lucy was arranging the teaching material, he filled the roll calls.

Unlike how it was done in his previous world, in this academy, the representative just looks around to see if the students are present and tick beside their names.

While he was going through the list, he found that a single student was not present in the class—Elizabeth.

Frowning, he finished signing up others before informing the teacher, "Student Elizabeth is absent, ma'am."

Lucy nodded as she said, "Yes, she informed me that she isn't feeling well. Take your seat now."

Although Richard was surprised that Elizabeth missed her precious day to spend with Ethan, he didn't ask any more questions from the lady and walked back to his seat.

After a few minutes, the class finally began,

[The Evil Worshipper]

Resting the chalk on the shelf, Lucy began,

"There are some certain beings in this world who wears the skin of human but in actuality, they are nothing but Bates."

Taking a pause and confirming that every eye was on her she continued, "There is a way through which a being can attain darkness and become an Ambrobate and for that, they have to fulfill some requirements."

Although no one asked, and many of them were aware of what that requirement could be, Lucy wrote it on the board,

[Sacrifices.]

Turning towards the class she added, "There have been many occurence where humans followed the path of darkness to achieve something foolish. And for us those people are nothing but a wild beast which we need to get rid of."

"So today, I am going to teach the ways by which you can identify a corrupted person...."

The classes continued but truth be told, Richard wasn't able to focus on their words at all. He was anxious about his mother and was blaming himself to pay attention to it so late.

He anxiously waited for three hours before finally the lunch break bell rang and he hurriedly put his books inside the bag.

Before Eleanor could have left her seat, Richard walked out of the class to meet Amelia.

After waiting for a bit he finally saw her walking out of her class, and upon spotting him she waved her hand with a smile—which soon turned stiff noticing his nervousness.

Nearing him, she asked, "Richard?"

"Can we postpone the plan for lunch? I need to meet someone urgently."

Looking at his unnaturally worried visage, she grew anxious as she asked in a serious voice, "If it's not a problem then bring me there as well."

Richard thought for a moment before he nodded and after holding her hand he urged, "Let's go."

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A/N:- Okay, shit about to go down really bad. Thanks for reading.