The sound of crying continued and back inside the classroom, Vorden had snapped back out of his memories he had for a little while. The crying kid in the corner had really reminded him of Sil back then, but only this time, it looked as if no one was approaching him at all.
The real teacher had yet to arrive, but because an adult was in the room, the rest of them were sitting in their seats patiently waiting.
He started walking over to the corner of the class to see how the kid was doing.
"Don’t worry about him, Sir, he always cries." A student said.
"Yeah, if you want you can start the lesson, and he will eventually go to his seat, that’s what the other teachers usually do." Another student said.
But ignoring them all, Vorden went over to the kid and crouched down.
"Hey, why don’t you tell me what happened? I’m here to listen." Vorden said.
"Go away!" The kid cried, and he threw out his fist, punching him right in the face and hitting the side of the nose. Something was felt dripping from his nose, and as he went to wipe it, he could see blood.
"Did he just hit the new teacher?"
"What’s going to happen, is he going to get beat?"
The students started to mumble.
Just then, the door slid open, and one of the male teachers entered the room. He was a large man with a scar going across his face called Bong. The students were terrified of Bong and usually with a single glare he could get the kids to shut up.
Entering the room, he could hear the gossip coming from the students.
When Bong looked into the corner of the room, he could see Vorden standing there with a bloody nose.
"Oh, dear, no!" Bong said in a panic. "Young master, I am deeply sorry for this, why don’t you get that healed up. What happened here?"
Their scary aggressive teacher suddenly looked frightened as he saw this man hurt. They had never seen him act like this and were wondering just what was going on.
"Master, you don’t think that means?" The kids said.
"You brats, Vorden here is from the Castle!" Bong shouted. "Who hit him, I will hang him upside down and make his backside raw!" He shouted.
All of the students went ahead and looked at the student crying in the corner.
"It’s okay," Vorden said to Bong as he crouched down to the kid again.
"You’re angry right, upset. If you want, I can be your punching bag all day long. I can take the pain. If you want to shout at me, hit me, whenever you need to speak or express yourself, you can come to see me."
The kid did nothing else but cried, and Vorden decided to stay by his side. Waving his hand, he told Bong to continue the lesson and that he did.
As the lesson went on, Vorden stayed by the kid’s side the whole time. He sobbed and cried so was unaware of Vorden’s position he held unlike the rest of the class. When class was over, the kids left to head to lunch, while the one by Vorden’s side had stayed there.
Eventually, even Bong left as he needed to.
"Don’t worry, I will bring him to his next class," Vorden said.
The crying had stopped, and the kid lifted his head for the first time.
"Why are you still here?" The kid said.
"I don’t know, maybe I thought you had something interesting to tell me?" Vorden replied.
"Nobody cares about what I have to say, nobody even likes me here." The kid cried again.
Standing up, Vorden was wondering how to get through to him. He wanted to help but found it difficult. Then suddenly, he felt someone touch his shoulder. However, it wasn’t a physical touch, but it was one in his mind. When he turned around, he could see it was Sil.
"Let me speak to him," Sil said, and they had swapped seats.
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