Battle Academia (The original one)

Chapter 29: Morellonomicon

"Lightfeather? Lightfeather?", Professor Graves repeated himself over the phone.

But the words were stuck in Ezreal's throat. It was one of these rare occasions that he didn't know what to say, how to react. Not even what to think.

"Ezreal?", the Professor asked. His voice was filled with concern.

"What happened?", Ezreal finally asked rubbing his eyes. He was leaning with the top of his head touching the cold wall.

"As you know she was staying at a rehabilitation center.. To recover. And someone attacked her there. There was commotion and the staff found her almost immediately but the perp was gone before they even realized what had actually happened". The disappointment in his voice was obvious.

"How could someone walk in and out of there with no one noticing? Didn't she have some kind of protection?", Ezreal shouted a bit too loud alarming the kitchen staff but he ignored them. After that, they left him alone so as to respect his private call.

"There were.. At the entrance. And they were.. sedated. I don't know how don't ask me the details. The point is, we're dealing with someone exceptionally dangerous", Graves sighed.

"Okay..", said Ezreal trying to collect his thoughts. "What does Katarina have to do with this?", he whispered after he made sure no one was eavesdroping on him.

"One of the guards.. He saw the individual fleeting. Let's just say that his description kind of matched Miss DuCuteau.. He was still dazed and under the influence of whatever they used to take them all down though.. I didn't know what else to think. I'm at a loss here myself I'm not gonna lie".

Ezreal was trying to think as well. But every new idea was even more unlikely than the previous one.

"And you're saying she's at the party.. So it can't have been her".

"Why would she do that? Why would anyone do that? Yuumi was not even Principal anymore", Ezreal said. Could it have been a personal grudge? And not an attack against the Academy?

"They..", Graves sighed again even more heavily than before. "I don't know if I should say that but.. screw it you're in this anyway. They took the book".

"The book? What b-", Ezreal began to say before it dawned on him.

The book. The one blue book that Principal Yuumi was always floating on. He remembered her with it the first time they spoke. After Ezreal's failed attempt to rob the library. Not only had she forgiven him. Principal Yuumi had even given him a place to belong.

"The book. The Morellonomicon. I'm sure you remember it. She carried it everywhere", the teacher explained.

Ezreal nodded even though it was pointless. He couldn't see him anyway.

Silence fell upon them.

"Let's wrap this up. I'm sorry you found out this way Lightfeather. You did good. Don't dwell on this too much", Graves said and hung up the phone abruptly.

Did I though?

The venue was half empty by now. And good thing was no one had asked him where he'd been. The call hadn't taken too long anyway. He was sitting at their table with the rest of them. He didn't want to tell them what had happened. He didn't even know if he was allowed to. It could have been classified information for the time being.

Ezreal decided that they would find out soon enough for themselves anyway. He didn't have to ruin their night as well. He put on his best smile and immersed himself in idle conversation. His only consolation was the fact that Lux would never leave his side.