The Male Student (A Honkai Impact 3rd Fanfiction)

Chapter 24: Observer Of A Fight

"That ride was a boring one," Emilia calmly stated as she hopped out of the airship. Waving up towards them, he watched as the airship rised up above the clouds, and saw its thrusters glow a bright blue before dashing away back to base. Looking down to the floor, she let out a small smile. She was now standing on the rooftop, with its black and white tiles leading towards the only entrance and exit of the academy.

"Hm~. This school's already interesting," she stated, as she walked towards the exit, only to hear grunts. Feminine ones, mind you.

"Oh. Someone's fighting?" She asked herself, before she dashed off to find the source of the grunts, passing through empty halls and hearing nothing but the grunts and her echoed footsteps, the former getting louder and louder the faster she went to its direction. She stopped herself when she reached a door. The screams and grunts continued on at the other side of the door, and she didn't want to ruin the fight, so she slowly opened the door, entered herself and closed it, before having a proper view of the ongoing fight.

'Ah. It's the boy and the clone.'

There was Kiana and Max, duking it out below her. Max was constantly dodging or blocking the blows Kiana kept up throughout the fight, with a few bruises visible on his face.

"Is that all you got?!" Kiana asked, before giving the boy a strong kick to the chest, where the boy blocked with his forearms. However, the force of the kick was enough to cause him to stagger backwards.

"Y'know. I kinda wonder why you aren't on the offensive from the start. It's probably because you know you're weaker than I am. Admit it! I'm stronger than you!" She taunted.

'Oh ho. She's taunting the boy. I wonder if she knew of his greatest potential,' Emilia thought, leaning against the railing. She still remembered how the meeting went which surprised her regarding the blonde boy.

Flashback

"Anything I should know about the boy?" Emilia asked Rabbit. Of course, this was the same meeting that took place to discuss their infiltration into St. Freya.

"He is a mute. Or he just doesn't like talking all that much. Either way, don't expect him to open his mouth and bullshit his way out of a situation," Rabbit told him. "In addition, he is inexpressive. He doesn't show emotion all that well, so he can hide anything and you wouldn't know."

"How does he communicate?"

"Body language. Or sign language. He uses either or both, depending on the situation, based on our observations."

"Is that so. So should I learn sign language now?"

"Not necessarily. You may be able to understand what he is trying to tell you by the simple virtue of his body language. That old friend of ours, being the captain of the ship the boy was in, had told us that he is studying in St. Freya by him trying charades with him."

"THAT old man? He figured that out? The old man couldn't even figure out that I was hiding as a lamp!"

"You were 10 at that time."

"Even so. . . !"

"We are drifting off topic. What else do you want to know about the boy?"

"Where was he trained and raised."

". . . We cannot find any information regarding that."

". . . Excuse me?" Emilia asked, shocked at this sudden revelation. How could World Serpent, the one organization that has eyes everywhere, not know what happened to this boy for the past 11 years? It was strange that they have little to no knowledge about this boy, it was even more extraordinary that this boy had been under their radar for 11 years, despite his importance in the grand scheme of the World Serpent.