Gate Guardian - Song of the Frozen Soul

PHASE 2 EXTRA (A) - A DREAM CAME TRUE

PHASE 2 EXTRA (A) - A DREAM CAME TRUE

I had a weird dream.

In this dream, I find myself holding hand in hand with a beautiful maiden. I quite can’t remember her face, but all I know is that my heart flutters whenever I hear her voice.

I seem to be touring her in the school. I showed her the gymnasium, the school clinic, the amphitheatre, the library, the mini-park, the ceremony hall, and the wide oval. We also explored various buildings of the Dradecim National High School.

It was already afternoon when we finished. The girl waved goodbye at me with an adorable smile and went back to her room.

But when I was about to walk away, I heard heavy gruntings. I ran to the corridor and saw my teacher Macho Steel trying to restrain two students who are fighting each other. With his muscular body, Macho Steel was able to push one student away, and the other one suffered from his armlock.

The student that was pushed away had his face look horrific. His eyes are hollow dark, and black blood oozed from it, crawling on his cheeks! Then he revealed a pocket knife and stabbed the busy teacher from the back!

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I was heavily sweating when I woke up. I also find it really hard to breathe. My ears is receiving a deafening noise, probably because of my alarm clock. I looked at the time, and it’s already six in the morning.

I’m late again.

You may tell me “Oh Alaric, six o’clock in the morning is early, I wake up at eight!” Well guess what? My hometown is one and a half hour journey from here. It even goes as long as two and a half if there is a traffic jam. I had to wake up at five in order to get in time, but I also need eight hours of sleep! So stop judging, you’re not a judge.

I did all my morning routine, and if you consider running through the corridors at the second half of my first period as part of my habit, then you’re right.

“You’re late again!” Macho Steel shouted when I finally arrived at the classroom.

I did apologize, but he didn’t care to listen and just yelled at me to settle on my seat. Good thing is that it’s still homeroom, so I’m certain that I didn’t miss any lecture or pop quiz.

Macho Steel cleared his voice as he continued to talk to the class.

“As I was saying earlier, your new classmate Miss Hikari is still adapting in this school. Somebody should tour her inside the campus so that she wouldn’t be lost so easily… Any volunteers?”

All of the guys raised their hand, except me. Those guys just wanted to have an opportunity to talk to the new cute girl. If only they knew that behind that adorable face is a weird magical girl that fights monsters from other dimension...

I looked at Tiara, who was quite embarrassed. She’s hiding her rosy cheeks by covering her face with a book. Bringing up her name in front of the classroom and having someone to tour her around the school must have triggered her shy personality. Or maybe she’s just pretending to be shy, considering that she punched and yelled at me last time.

“Mister Eisenhower!” Macho Steel said.

“Wh-Wha-Wait, m-me!?” I pointed my finger to my own face. That call is scarier than a graded recitation!

“Yes.” Macho Steel nodded with a smile. “Since you’re her seatmate, you guys will be talking to each other now and then. Consider this as a punishment for being late all the time.”

“I don’t want to-”

“Are you okay with that, Miss Hikari?” Macho Steel completely ignored me.