Horace, Charlie, Mr Adams, and Miss Edna stood astonished. These kids had grown exponentially.All the other students that remained at school, the rest of the soon to be second years, they were all advanced tier, which was a feat in and of itself thanks to the efforts of Horace.But for even the 'weakest' of the students that left to be semi-king tier, it was a pleasant surprise."This... This isn't enough, but it could be," said Horace with conviction in his voice. "I'm guessing this means we crank up their training to 11," said Charlie.A huge smile sat on Horace's face. With this, they could look to the future. Mr Adams and Miss Edna were beyond pleased, they were astonished.This wasn't only impressive, but it was incredibly crucial. Most of the stronger staff was around Super tier or Semi-Super tier. With all their students so close to the power levels of the teachers, it seemed like the gods were on their side.Maybe the universe balanced itself, making the students incredibly
Earl arrived back in school, completely confused about what exactly just happened between him and the executives of the AAO.Everything seemed like it happened so fast, like a huge blur. Right now he couldn't even remember most of the questions they'd asked him.Regardless though, he was glad that he could finally rest. "Earl," said Mr Adams. Earl turned around, "yeah?""Your alchemy, it makes you kill people?" Asked Mr Adams. It was now that the details of that meeting rang in Earl's mind.He'd exposed the nature of his alchemy to the executives, and Miss Edna and Mr Adams were there to hear it."Uh..." Earl held his head low. "If that's true..." Said Miss Edna, "wait, when did you first use it?" She asked."You mean like, consciously?" Asked Earl. "you've used it unconsciously?" Asked Mr Adams, "like beyond your control? So you've killed people out of your control before?" Mr Adams looked worried."When?" Asked Miss Edna. "When what?" Asked Earl, "when did you first use it? Can you
Annie and Ruby were inside the dorm room, alone. They'd forced Henry outside the room against his wishes, all because of the words that escaped from Annie's mouth."Earl kissed me."Ruby was shocked. "Earl did what?" She asked again, just to be sure. "He..." Annie's face blushed, "he kissed me," she repeated.A huge smile sat on Ruby's face. "AHHHHHHH!!!" she screamed before giggling on her bed, "wait really? He kissed you?" She asked, full of excitement.Annie buried her face in her hands, embarrassed beyond belief. "Yesh," her mumbled voice came through. Ruby jumped onto Annie, hugging her.The sudden action knocked over Annie, making her squeal as the two landed on the bed.Ruby laughed as she hugged Annie tightly, roughing up her hair. "I'm so happy for you!!" She said.Annie blushed even harder. Ruby sat on the bed with a huge grin on her face, "you got your crush back, AND he kissed you!? This must be the best week of your life!" Said Ruby."... Not all," said Annie. "Huh?" Said
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