Ian:
"Okay, so everyone is aware of the academy situation now. What about Clementine? Are we not going to request the news channel to run a missing person ad?" Haiden asked me as we briskly stepped out of the Alpha’s mansion through one of the nearby back entrances.
I had decided to go to every house by myself and look for Clementine’s presence there, at least her scent.
Most importantly, I was checking places right around the council leader’s mansion.
I was also trying to get someone to hack into the cameras since everybody was claiming, mostly the council leaders, that their cameras were not working or that the footage had been deleted.
I wanted any help I could get to look for Clementine.
"Okay, we will convince these people to give us their footage. At the same time, we will keep an eye on the council leaders," I stated as Troy and Haiden followed behind me.
We were going crazy, but it had not been long. It had only been a day that we had met up with the council leaders at their mansion, and something told me that Clementine was still fine. At least I hoped she was.
"I cannot believe Miss Rue attacked Clementine," Haiden remarked.
I suddenly slowed down and watched their faces.
"And why did it take you so long to prove Yorick’s innocence?" Troy complained, resting his hands on his waist.
Ever since they found out, they had been feeling very guilty.
"Well, because I was in the north, and when I returned, Yorick had already gone home. We decided that we should first tell the council members and expose the academy rather than go back to the academy to clear Yorick’s name," I replied. "They would have captured us. But now that Clementine is missing, I feel like I wish we had gone to the academy first."
I kept the rest to myself, but that was exactly how I felt. It broke my heart because if they had captured us, Clementine would still be with me.
"We will find her. Do not worry," Haiden told me, patting my back.
"And we will also apologize to Yorick," Troy added, and I gave them a small nod.
"By the way, what were you doing in the north with Clementine? I mean, how did you two meet? You never told us about it. She was supposed to go get a watch, right? Did she get it?" Haiden continued to question me.
I guess the best way for us to cope was to keep talking about Clementine. That gave us hope.
"Yeah, she got the watch, and then Miss Rue attacked her," I told them, trying to be as discreet as possible so they would not turn their heads while looking around.
"So where are we headed now?" he questioned, scratching the back of his neck.
"There must be restaurants around the council’s mansion. We need to go and check their cameras," I uttered, suggesting it because we were not going to give up.
However, the sad part was that a lot of people were on the council’s side because ever since the academy was exposed, they could no longer trust their own alphas.
"Yeah, that is a good idea. Let’s go," Troy replied.
As we were about to cross the road, we noticed a TV playing inside one of the shops. We slowed down outside the window when we saw Lady Sylvia, the council member, on the screen.
"It is a very sad day for all of us. Hearing all the accusations against the academy and many of the alphas, and finding that cave where they used to watch the poor kids suffer, broke my heart," she spoke calmly and carefully, making us share a glance.
We knew the truth, but others did not. They would believe her lies, because if not, then who would they turn to?
"In the last few hours, we have received many complaints from all around the world, people requesting the truth, people requesting justice," she continued. "It is too soon to arrest the headmaster, but I assure you that will happen, and it will happen in the most professional way. All those people who have been a part of this nonsensical game will pay a heavy price."
She was speaking as if she were someone important. There was a very understanding look on her face, almost like her heart had broken for those involved.
"But I must tell you," she continued, "the headmaster might have had no chance, no choice other than to start an academy, because by the end of the day, all this was happening before the academy was formed. Whoever created the monsters in the north are still unknown people. The only thing the headmaster did was create an academy to save you all from the monsters." she paused.
"Sure, he got carried away, but I guess it was more for emotional reasons," she added. "He wanted the parents to watch their kids do well in the north, because how else would they ever see their kids again? It was a kind of reassurance, telling them not to cry, that their child was fighting for the right cause, and that they would return either as heroes or die as martyrs." another short breath and then she sighed.
"But of course, all that has been seen as wrong, which I understand," she went on, "but it does not change the fact that the academy was formed much later. So I request you all to calm down and not stop the academy yet. There are still monsters in the north that need to be taken care of."


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