Chapter 12: Hero – 1

“Why the hell did you do that for?”

I blinked and stared at my reflection in the grimy bathroom mirror. 

“See, Avery, now you got hurt because you decided to play Hero instead of notifying the teacher immediately,” my reflection rebuked me with a scornful look on his face. “Who do you think you really are?” 

Under the flickering fluorescent light, I noticed with a sinking dread that there were still traces of tears streaming down my cheeks; I shook my head to clear my thoughts and quickly reached out for a piece of tissue paper. 

“I must hurry up and return back to class before someone else enters the restroom,” I told myself, hastily wiping my teary eyes before scrunching the stained tissue up into a ball and throwing it into the bin. 

Bracing myself for the jolt of pain, I turned on the faucet of the bathroom sink—watching the clear water flow out and splash onto the cut inflicted by the pocket knife on my hand before swirling down the drain—the crimson-red bloodstains on the sink flowing down with it. 

“It shouldn’t be bleeding now…” Cleaning my wound carefully with a new piece of tissue paper, I tore open a skin-coloured bandage and pasted it over my wound firmly. I must not let anyone know of my injuries, that was what Father ingrained in me. 

Loud approaching footsteps caused me to freeze for a moment. 

Without a second’s hesitation, I discarded the tissue and bandage wrapper before stuffing my hands into my pockets. 

“Hmm…” A voice spoke softly just outside the restroom door. “This should be the correct place, right?” 

It sounded like the voice of a girl, which immediately bewildered me. Did she not see the word ‘MALE’ printed on the front of the door? But before I could react, the door swung open and indeed, a weird-looking silver-haired girl suddenly appeared before me. 

We exchanged confused glances with each other for a brief second before recognition seemingly flashed in her bright vermillion eyes. 

“Hero, I’ve finally found you!” the strange girl exclaimed in pure joy. “Let’s go and defeat the evil Demon Lord together!” 

You could have cut the silence with a knife. 

I coughed awkwardly and muttered, “er, this is the men’s restroom…” 

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