Memphis walked into the familiar interior of Dean West's office. The Dean stood with his back to Memphis as he looked out the windows of his office."Good day sir, I heard you were after me?" Memphis greeted. The Dean turned and smiled at him, montioning him to take a seat."Memphis my boy, you are smart. What would you think is the reason for my calling you?" the Dean asked as he observed Memphis. Memphis knew there were many reasons which the Dean could send for him but the most prominent being the increase in bullying. He knew this was going to be his first real test as a leader."Is it about the bullying?" he replied. "Yes it is. And I want you to do something about it. Even though it might not be stopped completely, you must lower it to the barest minimum," the Dean said with a smile. Memphis nodded and furrowed his brows deep in thought. Slowly, a path of action began to form in his mind.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Memphis called

Celine nodded and walked to the window, looking out in deep thought. "They should be coming by now," said Dean West as he smiled and glanced at the door. His extraordinary senses locking onto twelve youngsters trooping into his building. He smirked and said,"Yes, here they come!"Memphis and eleven others trooped into the Dean's office with curiosity. Miss Celine was also in the office as she had her back to them, looking through a window and wrapped up in her thoughts."Have a seat little ones," said Dean West as he took a sip from a mug and placed it back onto the table. Memphis and the other executives sat in the spacious sofas in the Dean's office and waited patiently for him to talk."Like I announced, a tournament is going to be held for all the students, both nobles and commoners. You lot won't take part though as you are more powerful than your peers. Your presence alone would be intimidating and that is why you can't take part," Dean West begun as he looked at the twelve no

With the brutal faceoff between nobles and commoners ongoing, it was hardly surprising that some of the contestants begun to run out of mana, especially the commoners. Seeing this, the nobles attacked with renewed fury, hellbent on eliminating all the commoners!The commoners wouldn't go down without a fight though and they proved that as those out of mana decided to resort to physical means to eliminate the nobles. Though a brace move, it was a foolish one as they became easy targets for the nobles who were rapidly firing spells. The teachers had to step in and quickly remove those trying to get close to the nobles before the nobles' spells hurt them badly."Come on!" a burly contestant roared as he slammed himself into the nobles' hastily erected barrier which they fired spells from behind. He was the first commoner to make it to the nobles' side relatively unscathed. With another roar of defiance, he grabbed a wiry noble cowering behind the wall by the hair and brutally pulled the

While the tournament was underway, Memphis, Cathy and Ralph were being briefed on the mission the dean gave them.[Mission]In Anabrek village, children have been going missing. Your mission is to find out the cause of the kidnappings and report it to authorities. Remember, if you sense it is too much for you to handle, retreat because this mission is not worth more than your life. "Well, how do you understand this mission?" Phinehas asked. He was going to be their escort for the mission."We're looking for the whereabouts of missing kids," Cathy replied. Phinehas nodded in response and looked at the boys.Ralph shrugged and replied, "Cathy said it," The other two burst into laughter at Ralph's response. "Okay, okay, please focus. This mission is actually harder than it looks and there is a high possibility of you being captured if you really want to find the missing kids," Phinehas replied, looking around to see if the message got through. Sure enough, he now had their attention.N

Memphis smirked and glanced at Ralph and Cathy. "How good is your acting?" he asked."Fairly good. I think I could pull it off," replied Cathy. "Fairly good? I'm the master! This is going to be a piece of cake," Ralph boasted.In the distance, their sharp eyesight could make out the village. They could see children at play, chasing balls and kites, mothers sitting in the open and gossiping, the earliest men coming from work and the perfect sunset to finish it off.The trio exchanged smiles. "Time to put our plan into action," smiled Memphis. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Three women sat around on stools, probably done with work and exchanging juicy gossip. The eldest one among them leaned over and was sharing gossip with her friends."– and he's now got a kid to deal with! Poor Jonah, he took that fall bad-" "Look yonder, who are those kids?" one of the women stopped the gossip's tirade and pointed at three kids who looked around wearily.