There he was, standing on the top of the roof of the school buildings. Earl White. At age 16, Height of 175cm, O+ blood type, white hair, red eyes, two souls, and a butt load of mana flowing through his veins.His normally scattered curly white hair was swept back using some gel, giving him an elegant look. His face was impeccable, almost like he used a fair bit of make up.He wore a suit. Pure silk through and through. In his pocket was a broach of a flower, a poppy flower.He wore a bowtie, a black one, to match the rest of his suit. His shoes were leather, classy leather. He looked expensive. Very expensive.On his hand was a gold watch, one that reflected the sun's rays. In his hand were flowers, lots of them, and they were all roses.He stood there, waiting, for the one who was meant to meet him up there. The time was 5:57 pm. He'd been standing there trying to act cool for almost an hour now.Still, he was impressed. He never would've thought that Jake, Sidney, and Williams wou
While the lovebirds were having the night of their lives up on the roof of the school building, down in the depths of the dungeon, something else was going on.Not too long ago, before the arrival of Sidney and Earl back in the school, something else happened. Something bigger.Before that day, Horace and the rest of the staff had always been bugged over something. And that was how in the world something as dangerous as the ORA kept getting involved with their school.The first was the attack in Rainbow forest, which frankly made the least sense.The school goes to great lengths to ensure the safety of its students, and though the second and third years have had run-ins with bandits and beasts, those were under strict planned school activities.Things like letting your students go out on very low rank missions for experience and extra credit was nothing new.Ruby and Henry did that in the beginning of their first year. Earl also indirectly did that when he killed the evolving phoenix.
Horace was in his office, relaxed. Something that he hadn't been able to do in a year.With all the issues going on with the school, and the outside world, he had a rough year so far.And it didn't seem like things would be getting better anytime soon either. The ORA had taken over an entire country.Frrist was effectively a lawless outlawed country now. It was enemy territory. He'd teamed up with the AAO to fight against the ORA, and together they tried convincing Grandour, but that seemed like a cry falling on deaf ears.The four human countries were quite different, but Horace would still describe all of them as quite human.Helbrand was a military country, they prided themselves in producing the most alchemists, and the highest quality alchemists as well.If he would describe them in one word, it would be power. They prided themselves in military might, and they were most likely the strongest country as well.Grandour was different. It was the biggest country out of the four grea
The morning of the day that Earl would eventually confess to Annie and ask her to be his girlfriend, something else had taken place.This occurred in the time between him telling Jake, Sidney, and Williams about his plans, and the time the plans would actually take place.Earl was in the office of principal Horace, on the floor, his head on the floor, his arms stretched out on the floor, and his knees bent to their most extreme.Horace wore a rather annoyed look on his face, his arms folded and a stack of paperwork on his desk."Get up, Earl," said Horace, "please please please please please please please please please please please, principal Horace, just this once," said Earl."Saying please more than once won't be changing my mind," said Horace, "Porfabor," "Earl," "Onegaishimasu," "Earl," "pretty please, with sprinkles on top," Earl persisted.Horace let out an annoyed sigh, followed by a slight grunt before pinching the space in between his eyes."So, Earl. You want me to give yo
The rules of the mini-tournament were clear enough for everyone to follow. Whoever won the most battles would be the winner, and the ones who lost the most would be the fourth strongest.Though it wasn't completely official, it was still going to be had. The four of them knew that the difference in power between them would most likely be miniscule at best.Crystal was a natural talent, and she came from the family of the Lloyds, known for being incredible combatants. She was bound to be one of the strongest in the school from birth alone. Jake was the epitome of hard work. Luck was on his side from the beginning, so he was something of a big fish in a small pond.But now that he'd been introduced to the river, he still held his own. Wind alchemy wasn't seen as something incredible or noteworthy by most, but Jake had changed that fact in the minds of the students.He'd held his own as one of the strongest people amongst them, and he didn't look like he would stop growing anytime soon
Chapters 225: A winner, Earl Vs SidneyCrystal still stayed in shock as she slowly turned her head around to see Jake. He had most likely used his wind to slow his fall so that when he landed next to her it would sound like he was farther away.She was still completely capable of fighting. They'd only just started the fight after all, and she hadn't shown all she had to offer, but the fight was already over.If this was a real fight to the death, he would've lopped off her head in that moment. Perhaps she was just overconfident before, but she'd been sloppy in her first match.No, she couldn't even make herself think she would've done better. There were still two people she would fight later, she could show more of her power then.As for now? She'd totally lost. A smile sat on her face. "Whoa... You weren't playing around," said Crystal. "I kept your face in tact, now you can seduce Henry another time without worrying about how pretty you are," Jake smirked."You think I'm pretty?" As
Earl was panting on the floor, pinned down by a butt load of straw, which doubled as the other end of Sidney's arm.Earl messed up. He'd let the curious side of him out too much, egging Sidney on to press on the offensive. This was what ultimately caused his failure. Earl hadn't even shown all the tricks he had up his sleeve. But to be fair, neither had Sidney, both men had simply fought, and one ended up being the winner.Earl didn't feel bad in the slightest though. The thrill of fighting Sidney for the first time left him with a smile on his face."That's the match!!!" Yelled Jake, "Sidney wins, and Earl loses!" He added. "You're amazing, Sid," said Earl, wide grin on his face as he remained pinned down. Sidney reverted back to normal, the straw dissipated.He walked over and held out his hand, "that was a lot harder than I expected," he smiled. Earl grabbed his hand, Sidney pulled him up."So you can like, transform into Gy now?" Asked Earl. "It's a new spell I got," said Sidney
Sidney was there, holding himself up using nothing but one of his hands, and with a crystal spike not too far away from his throat, he accepted whole heartedly that he lost the fight."I can win her in close quarters combat," said Crystal. "That's probably what you were thinking right?" She smiled. Sidney couldn't help but see the irony of the whole situation.He'd known that the Lloyd's were stronger than normal, but he'd put his hopes in his enhanced body holding out. And it was the right call at the end. He bet on himself and won.His enhanced body proved strong enough to withstand the 100% force of the Lloyd's, but what he'd misjudged was Crystal's battle iq.She waited for the instant his hand made contact with the floor and picked her moment to strike perfectly.As Sidney remained upside down, he dispersed the mana he'd gathered in his throat, allowing the tiny alchemy circle to show itself.A mouth came out from the alchemy circle, biting repeatedly like a pair of jittering tee