My Hermes System

Chapter 11: Showdown

"I knew it! You were a student here!"

The three all looked at the red-haired female student in front of them.

"Do you know her?", noticing that the female student was pointing aggressively at Van, Beatrice immediately stepped in front of him, putting up a stance as she faced the female student.

For some reason, perhaps due to Van's small stature, Beatrice's body moved in instinct as if she wanted to protect him from harm.

"Yeah, What do you want with our friend!?", Harvey also stepped forward, both his hands were inside his pocket and his head was slightly tilted up. His eyes were full of arrogance and his voice full of angst as he stared at the female student straight in the eye.

The red-haired female student, Gemma, on the other hand, was weirded out. Was she also like this when she was a freshman? She cringed.

"I just want to ask how that boy is!", Gemma pushed Harvey's face to the side as she walked towards Van, who was currently being blocked by Beatrice.

"Are you alright, kid?", Gemme squinted her eyes as she tried to scan Van from head to toe, "Do… you remember me? Gemma?"

'Was he really the kid from the other day?', she hummed in her mind. The kid in the arena was beaten so badly he couldn't walk, so maybe it wasn't him?

But no, even though the boy in front of him right now looked much healthier, their scent was the same, not to mention they have the same small stature.

She was sure of it. This boy was the one in the arena.

Van was also looking at her with curious eyes, the girl did sound familiar. It was as if he met him somewhere before.

"Ah!", finally, after a few seconds, Van clapped his hands as he recognized the female student. He then retrieved something from his bag and presented it to the female student.

"This is…", Gemma tilted her head in confusion as she looked at the item in Van's hand.

"You... left this the other day", Van said in a soft tone.

It was Gemma's boots that fell off due to her almost slipping on Van's blood.

"Ah!", Gemma quickly grabbed the pair of boots, "I have been looking everywhere for these!

"S...sorry, I had to use it without your permission", Van said as he bowed. Seeing that the two seemed to know each other, Beatrice decided to put down her stance and step off to the side. She was, of course, still watching Gemma closely.

"Hm…", Gemma hummed in satisfaction as she hanged the boots on her shoulders, but then her expression suddenly turned serious as she grabbed Van's small shoulders.

"Wait!", she said in a loud voice, "That's not important right now. I saw you all beaten up the other day!"

"What!?"

"Is that true, man!?"

As soon as Beatrice and Harvey heard Gemma's words, they could not help but also grab Van's arms on each side, their faces full of worry.

"Who did that to you?", Gemma looked at Van straight in the eye, her eyes full of weight and inquisitiveness. "Was it a student here!?"

"W...well", Van awkwardly looked to the side as he was not used to being shown this much concern, he really didn't know what to feel, "I… I just slipped"