Beast Evolution

"I thought you liked me, turns out you didn't..." Lily cried.

"Lily what are you saying" Ray shouted angrily, his voice alone made her raise her head up and stare at him.

"What were you doing with Leia," Lily asked with tears in her eyes.

"I was trying to heal her, she injured herself...wait is that why you're crying?"

"She injured herself...and what were you doing removing her clothes?"

"She injured her back, what were you thinking?" Ray asked.

"Nothing..." Lily said in anger.

"Did you think me and Leia had something going on, you think I wanted to have sex with her!"

"I didn't say that... I just asked what you were doing behind her" Lily stood up immediately, she wanted to run back to her room.

She was too embarrassed, she thought Ray wanted to sleep with Leia, and she slapped him.

"Hey Lily, where are you going..."

Before Ray could finish his sentence, Lily already ran inside her room, she locked the door and slumped to the ground.

'Arghhhh' Lily screamed in her head.

'Why did I do that, I should have calmly assessed the situation first, and I slapped Ray, what is wrong with me'

'Is he going to talk to me, are we going to break up...wait are we even dating' Lily began to question herself.

Ray went back to his room as he remembered Leia's injury, when they were playing the game Leia hit her back on one side of the bed in an attempt to stand up and she was injured slightly.

Ray could heal her so she sat in front of him while he tried to heal her then Lily opened the door.

"What happened?" Leia asked as Ray opened the door.

"Nothing just a little misunderstanding...turn around let me take look" Ray changed the subject immediately to avoid further questions.

Ray placed his hands on Leia's back and healed her immediately, Ray was planning to go to Lily after healing Leia but sounds of footsteps filled the dorm meaning the students were back.

From the noise they were hearing, most of the students were complaining about the training and how difficult it was.

The door opened and Sofia walked in, she closed the door and walked over to her bed then she saw Leia.

"Huh!..you are back" Sofia shouted and hugged her.

"What about Ray?" she asked immediately.

"He's behind me"

"What...am I going blind, I didn't see the two of you," Sofia said and hugged Ray.

They haven't traveled before so they didn't know Sofia liked hugging, she was really happy to see them maybe she didn't like living alone with Ivan.

"Sweetheart, you didn't wait for me," Ivan said as he walked in.

"What!! I just heard sweetheart right...Leia, you heard that right" Ray said.

"Wait...are you two..."

"Hahaha...you guys are back, I already forgot, I wasn't talking to anyone haha" Ivan laughed weirdly.

Sofia's face was red and she quickly turn away before they could question her, Ivan smiled and changed the topic by asking Ray and Leia about their journey.

"Wait...did you two stay alone when we were away?" Ray asked with jaws dropped.

"N-No...one of the knights joined in sharing the room, we only used this room for sleeping and it was only at night" Ivan stammered.

"Okay, I believe you," Ray said with a smug smile on his face.

"What are you thinking," Sofia said loudly, "I'm the daughter of a noble, do you think I would do something like that..."

"Something like what..." Leia chimed in.

"Uhmmm..." Sofia blinked her eyes thinking of what to say, "leave me alone"

"Ray, I thought Lily came to see you, where is she," Ivan said with a smile.

"She's probably in her room, I'm going to visit her later," Ray said.

"Really...she was very excited to see you, she even faked a headache just to see you and now she's in her room, did something happen?"

"Nothing, I told you I'm going to see her later"

"So Ray, what happened in the capital?" Ivan asked in a serious tone.

"The capital was attacked by those men that attacked us during our survival training..."

"What!!, how did they gain access into the capital" Sofia asked immediately.

"One of them possess a teleportation ability, I'm sure he's the one that brought them in" Ray spoke with anger in his voice.

"Where did the intruders attack, was it the palace or just a random place?" Sofia asked in worry.

"The Mage academy..." Leia answered.

"They attacked the mage academy, but why..."

"They were looking for a scroll, it contained some ancient information but that's all I know," Ray said.

"They must have a reason, they attacked district 1 and pulled everyone's attention there, then their leader attacked the academy" Leia explained.

"Who is their leader?" Ivan and Sofia asked at the same time.

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"I wonder when he would return"

"It has been two weeks already, he's supposed to be back by now"

"Are you guys worried about him, he's fine by himself"

"I know he's fine, but why would he leave after we attacked Avalon, at least he's supposed to give us something to do" Ian shouted.

"Lower your voice, go train or something" Aurora sneered at him.

"What is the use of training, I'm already stronger than everyone here, so what's the use of training," Ian said.

"Stronger you say...why don't you try challenging master if he returns, maybe not you can be able to defeat him," Vincent said with a smug smile on his face.

Ian got angry immediately and stood up, he walked towards Vincent with a smile on his face.

Ian scoffed before speaking, "Maybe we should have a go, who knows you may get lucky and land a blow on me"

Immediately the room became stuffed, silence pervaded the room, the air became heavy and everyone could feel the intense amount of Ki Ian was releasing, he was doing it on purpose because he was riled up.

"You should try fighting someone in your league, like the knight who kicked your ass," Vincent said without a hint of fear.

Ian grabbed Vincent's neck and raised him from the chair he sat on.

"You know I can kill you right here..." Vincent shouted.

"Kill me...hahaha you are really funny" Ian laughed at Vincent.

"Both of you should stop this rubbish, you're behaving like kids" Aurora snorted.

Both of them looked towards Aurora with bloodshot eyes and she walked towards them putting one leg before the other.

"Master is here," she said in a low voice.

Ian immediately dropped Vincent and he also lost control of himself, Ian arranged himself to look presentable as he faced towards the door.

"I'm just joking, but to see your reaction I guess I'm right" Aurora smirked and towards the door.

Ian faced with red with anger and he rushed towards Aurora but before he could take a step he found himself inside a forest.

He looked around and fumed in anger, Vincent was the one that transported him inside the forest.

"That bastard" Ian shouted angrily and turn around when he heard a growling sound from behind.

Ian looked back and saw a wolf growling and planning to attack him, he scoffed and looked away from the wolf not minding the wolf that was behind him.

An ordinary wolf like that couldn't pose a threat to him, so he continued walking towards the direction of the house they were staying in.

He already knew the forest, so he could easily find his way back.

The wolf looked at Ian in surprise, normally when a human sees a wolf their first instinct is to either run away or defeat the wolf if they are fighters.

But the man in front of them was simply walking away, the wolf knew it wasn't alone so he charged towards Ian.

"Stupid beast, if he's not around they misbehave" Ian mumbled but he still didn't turn around.

The wolf lunged toward Ian and but before it could slash him, he moved sideways and avoided the hit.

The wolf didn't expect Ian to move so quickly and it lost its balance and fell to the ground.

As soon as the wolf stood up it was sent flying and eventually crashed into a tree, Ian kicked the wolf in anger.

"Haaa...that feels much better, maybe I should try killing some of these wolves, that would calm me down a little" Ian smirked.