BXBX NOVEL Chapter 59 Magic ranks
Chapter 59 Magic ranks
[Pheromone activated]
"I\'m sorry, pardon me this time. I won\'t ever be late again," Kan said to miss Katherine while walking to a seat at the back without a reply. Instantly, as the words left his mouth, miss Katherine found her anger subsiding and while she questioned kan\'s boldness as he walked back to his seat, she oddly did not have the energy to pursue it again.
"As you all know, we were supposed to have our ranking test the previous day but with what had happened to our head teacher, we unfortunately had to postpone. Not to worry, it will hold today. You will all get the chance to have your official ranks and crests engraved on your school shirts!" Miss Katherine said to the class.
They all seemed excited about this as they exchanged numerous comments amongst themselves. A lot of them seemingly couldn\'t wait for the test whereas others were nervous to the core. At the same time, many people interestingly were discussing something else and with kan\'s long ears, he could pick up on fragments of their conversations.
"Is it true? I thought it was later debunked. Could it really have happened?!!" Some students beside Kan discussed in cryptic messages. Kan who was at first about to focus on the ongoing lesson suddenly had his interest piqued as something struck his ears.
"It makes sense that he would be adopted. I mean, ever since the session began, the head teacher...what\'s that his name again?" One of the two boys discussing snapped his fingers, trying hard to remember.
"Mr Rogers," his fist partner said.
"Yes, him, Mr Rogers, so where was I at again? Yes, correct. Ever since I came here, he had been incredibly mean to alot of people. And as you know it, I have only been in this place for as long as you are so take what I\'m about to say with a grain of salt," the kid said, stopping for a moment to see if anyone was looking their way or if miss Katherine had noticed they weren\'t paying attention.
Seeing the coast was clear, he went on..."Rumour has it that one of the top gangs in the school is responsible!!" The boy broke.
"Say what now?! That\'s impossible!!" The other boy who was listening before retorted.
"What makes you say so? I mean, you didn\'t even know there were gangs in the school until I told you yesterday. The point is... The story I got was that Mr Rogers tried to flirt with one of the hot females Elves which happens to be the girlfriend of one of the year three gang leaders, Caliba. When Caliba confronted Mr Rogers about it, he got embarrassed by Mr Rogers and was put on sanitation duty for a whole week! There\'s every reason to believe Caliba is responsible and the police have even gone to his house to question him from what I heard from my source!" The boy revealed.
"What the?... Why would an ordinary student take it this far? I mean, there are other girls in this school. If the head teacher wants one, I don\'t think anyone should be in the right place to fight over one with him. Or am I just being too cautious here?" The boy who seemed dumbfounded by the whole reveal said.
"Well, we should focus now. We will talk more after the class," the other one with the information urged. And just like that, they both closed down the discussion.
"Hmmm, gangs within the school? And they are powerful to the point they could kidnap the head teacher which I\'m going to guess is the principal or something like that? There has to be more to this story. But as long as it doesn\'t bother me, I should focus on the task at hand. Although, it\'s really going to be hard doing that seeing those nice jugs miss Katherine has on her chest!!" Kan painfully observed as he knew at the moment, it was beyond his grasp.
Miss Katherine was on about the importance of ranks within the school. She enumerated several reasons why the ranks were put in place.
"So you see, ranks are very important especially in a school setting. Take for example, you are assigned on an assignment. Without proper knowledge or measurement of your magic capability, you might end up being in a position where you are in danger. Knowing your rank helps you guage what quest you can and should not take"...
"Even outside the school, ranks are equally employed. The ranks determine if you are eligible for a job or not. Ranks are generally vital for societal peace as well. Just like the general consensus between the four powerhouses where the demons are at the top of the food chain, it\'s important that ranks are given to everyone irrespective of their magical affinity or no affinity. This way, a general sense of hierarchy, order and respect is established" miss Katherine explained.
"So this world from all I have gathered works basically on power. Everything is based off of power. Even the littlest things like school. Ranks are established here like we are in the military. The higher the rank, the more respect is obtained. What then becomes of those with low ranks, pushed aside, overlooked? From the evidence I have seen, it doesn\'t seem all too far from the truth," Kan observed keenly as Miss Katherine went on with her teaching.
[Spot on. So you see why it is essential for you to grow stronger and rise to the top? Just moments ago, if you didn\'t use the pheromone skill to pacify the situation, miss Katherine would have most likely blown it out of proportion. Good thinking on that one though,] Hela said.
"Speaking of that, it makes me wonder if Layla could have used her powers on my mother the whole time she was being shouted on. Or did she just decide against it and let it happen? Didn\'t she feels insulted?! I personally felt bad for her and I should have done something there and then. But I guess that train is gone now," Kan thought.
"There are five ranks available to be classed under normal circumstances. In normal sense, there are up to ten ranks because that is just as far as the equipments available can measure up to. However , there are some special people in the world that go beyond the ranking system. But for your level, it is safe to assume that if you even make it to the third rank, you shall be considered special!" Miss Katherine said.
Just then, she walked to the board and a few meters away from it, she swiped her fingers in the air, not touching the board itself which instantly responded with a screen coming on. The board was large in itself and displayed on it where the information she wanted the students to observe.