A Certain Boy in a Valkyrie Academy (Honkai Impact 3 Fanfiction)

Chapter 4 - Afternoon Classes

"So bored...." Glynne muttered as he watched his classmates exchange some light blows. The afternoon classes in St. Freya Academy were allotted for practical lessons and training. It was as such that the students were given free rein to do whatever they wanted to do at this time of day.

However, once a week, the students were tasked to pit against one another in order for the instructors to see their progress. Such was the situation right now.

"Haah!" He watched the girl with a ponytail swing her sword in a powerful downward slash. It was a devastating attack but due to its long windup and predictable trajectory, her opponent was able to jump away to dodge.

Her opponent then closed the distance and brandished her two daggers. Unable to recover in time, the sword girl had no other choice but to be on the defensive. Her opponent seized this opportunity to chain multiple slashes in order to keep her in check.

Glynne lost interest as the fight looked quite plain in his eyes. He moved his gaze to the other students and noticed that they too seemed to be too distracted to watch the fight as they just chat with their friends or busy with their phones.

Glynne couldn't help but sigh deeply. With nothing much else to do and no one to talk to, he was understandably bored. As he tapped his foot in frustration, he tried to hold back his urge to join in the matches.

Unfortunately, he was exempted not because this was his first day but because he simply didn't have any sparring partner. He can't just pair up with the Valkyries since it felt like it would be unfair.

As we wondered what he should do to pass the time, his phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket. He brought it out and looked what was it, only to smile when he noticed it was a message from someone with a yellow teddy bear as a profile.

[Heyya! How's the first day of school?]

Glynne furrowed his eyebrows and he thought what to reply to her.

[So far so good, nothing much happened.]

After sending his message, a reply comes in after waiting for a few seconds.

[You messed up, didn't you?]

Glynne paused; he didn't think that he would get found out so easily.

[... How did you know?]

[Ah, so I was right!]

It was then he realized that he got baited. He couldn't help but scratch his head for falling into such an obvious trap. He got silent for a while but his phone kept on vibrating with the constant flood of messages.

[Hey, what happened?]

[Tell me! Tell me!]

[Come on now, don't be shy!]

[Geez, it's too late having secrets now]

[*Gasp* Did you bump into some twin-tailed girl while running late for class?]

Glynne massaged his temple as he wondered what to do with this situation. Human curiosity was one hard thing to handle, especially with this friend of his. In the end, he opted for that certain strategy.

[Ah, teacher is calling for me.]

Another reply came immediately.

[Ah, don't try to run away!]

[Grrr, fine I'll stop asking for now but you better tell me later!]

His friend then send a pouting yellow stuffed bear.

[I'll keep it in mind.]

He cheered a bit inside his head for successfully putting the topic off for later. Now the only step left was to play ignorant later.