The soldiers pulled John to the edge of the lake, on the edge, Aldric and the others rush to John who's laying on his back.
Aldric: John! Are you okay?!
Lona: do you have any deep wounds?!
John: *panting* *panting* aside from the wet clothes, I think I'm fine, just a little tired.
Aldric and Arnold help him stand up, as they do, Roland and Asha approach them.
Roland: I assume this is the friend you talked about.
Aldric: yeah, this is John.
Roland looks at John's left hand and sees bandages on it.
Roland: Mr John, if you don't mind, I want to ask you some questions before you go to the doctor.
Arnold: huh?! But he just got out of lake, can't you wait until he recovers a little bit?
John: it's okay Arnold, I can answer a few questions, go ahead and ask.
Roland: (hmmm, just a moment ago he was fighting to survive in the middle of the lake and yet he can speak in this confident Tone, wait could he be?!! I need to check on him by the questions) very well, then let's start with a simple question.
Suddenly Roland's eyes start glowing in purple mana as he asks the first question.
Roland: What is Your Name?
John: (huh?! What's happening?! It's as if a sword is now pointed at my throat, i feel like if I said something wrong it'll cut it, wait, these two, I didn't take a chance to see them in close range, the guy with the scar on his face, could he be? But what's someone like him doing here?! No, right now I need to focus on how to answer his lying test, but how do I answer that one? Wait, he asked about my name not my identity, besides, John Shon is a name I created, right now I can only gamble on the small chance of this theory) My name is John shon.
Roland squeeze his eyes for a bit then continues.
Roland: very well, next question.
John: (that was close, I need to be careful with what I say).
Roland: the letter you sent to Fortis vanguard academy is written with blood, could you please explain why.
John: I was in a hurry that's why- *Swing*
Before he can continue, something sharp moved besides his face, when he takes a look, he see a few hairs fall.
Roland: I advice you to think before you talk, because the next time it'll be your ear.
Lona: wait you can't do that . . .
John: Lona, I appreciate your help, but I can handle this by myself.
Lona: hmmm, fine, I'll leave it to you.
John: sorry about what happened earlier, let me answer your question again, the reason why I wrote in blood is because I needed the back up from the Fortis Vanguard Academy as fast as possible, and I knew that a letter written in ink would not be considered as a priority, that's why I did that.
Roland: hmmm. Next question.
John: (I'm in the safe zone now, I better keep it like that).
Roland: I've heard some parts of what happened here with the consul from your classmates, but I want to hear your part of it.
John: (damn it, He cornered me, hmmm? I guess there's no other option) well, a while ago there's been a demon attack on the library, and a mysterious student managed to defeat it, and that student is me.
Roland: Hmmm.
Aldric: John. . .
John: just after I defeated the demon, the consul sent a huge number of guards to secure the Academy and to look for me, when that happened, I started an investigation on my own and discovered where the consul's lair is and what it is planning to do, by the time I sent you the letter, we already got a plan.
Roland: hmmm, your plan was putting your friends here as a distraction for the guards and you were dealing with the so-called Savior right?
John: kind of, there was a personal matter I had to take care of there as well, and if you asked me how I ended up in the lake, I'll say that I know as much as you.
Roland: Hmmm, that's enough questions, you guys head to the Academy's doctor, me and Captain Asha will handle everything that happened here today since we have a few days before returning to the borders of the Kingdom.
When Asha heard Roland talking about more work, her gut immediately told her to run, when she was just about to sneak out Roland turns and stop her.
Roland: Captain Asha, I believe you were about to start with the paperwork, right?
She froze.
Slowly, she turned to face Roland, her expression instantly collapsing into exaggerated misery-eyes shimmering with tears, lips trembling like she'd just saw a nightmare.
Asha: is . . . There any chance you consider we go and rest first?
Roland suddenly pulls her from the ear as they leave.
Asha: Ouch Ouch, my ear, at least let's talk about it.
On their way to the academy, Arnold and Aldric help John to walk while Cohly Is holding Elesa between her arms, a conversation opened while they walk.
Lona: I must say, I was shocked when I saw the soldiers of ASTREVAL Army here, I didn't expect this when you said support.
John: well, that was the only thing I could think about in that time, besides, I didn't expect to see two Captains with them.
Cohly: by the way, I wanted to ask, who exactly are they?
John: you know, I'm not that surprise for the fact that none of you have heard about them, after all, they barely interact with civilians.
Aldric: John, do you know them?
John: not personally, I only heard stories and rumors, the woman's name is Asha Bloor, rumors say that she left her family and wondered ASTREVAL until the general of the army found her and trained her, she got the position of 2nd Captain just after a short time of her training, They say she's a genius when it comes to using lightning magic and supporting magic.
Arnold: wait what about the guy with the X scar on his face?
John: that guy, his name. . Is Roland Hond, the 1st Captain of the ASTREVAL Army, and one of the strongest humans in the Kingdom, The number of stories people tell about this man is unbelievable, but the most famous one is the one about the scar on his face, they say that when the former Captains died in the war between our Kingdom and the demon Kingdom 10 years ago, Roland couldn't accept his master's death since his master was a captain, so in the night, when the General chose the new Captains, Roland was actually supposed to be taking his master's place as the 5th one, but at that night, neither the soldiers nor the General found any Trace to Roland So they decided to postpone choosing a new Captains until they found him, in the next morning after that night, Roland was found walking Between the soldiers' tents heading to the General's tent, and in his hand, five demons heads, and they weren't normal demons, they were demons dukes, Roland was already covered in blood and injuries, but he demanded for the General to choose the new Captains in that moment, then for his bravery and strength, the General appointed him as the first Captain. Some people say that he actually slaughtered six demons and that one hasn't been found yet, but All those are stories, we can't say which one is true.
Aldric: wow (wait! That means I was talking to the 1st Captain in that way, how embarrassing).
Lona: by the way, what happened in the consul's lair?
John: I wish if I could answer, but even I don't know, the consul managed to summon the savior but nothing came out of the summoning circle, and it just disappeared.
Lona: what!?!! How's that possible?!
John: I really don't know, and I don't want to investigate any further, let's just leave it as it is.
To be Continued. . . .