After what may have been a shocking reveal from class last time. It was now lunch break. Cyrus was just walking through the large and spacious hall of the school grounds while having some thoughts.
"Are succubuses THAT straightforward? If so, I'd rather have a succubi as my girlfriend at this point."
He thought to himself while overthinking about such things, until he would suddenly bump into another student, slightly getting pushed back while the student fell on the ground.
"Oh shit.. Sorry, I wasn't looking my way. Are you alright?"
Cyrus gave his hand towards the said study. And it was a female too. What were the chances? She looked rather delicate, weak and cute. Her silky white hair being short yet had bangs to cover her eyes, making it hard to see what it looked like. While having an hourglass frame and rather questionable chest size that outclasses even Mary.
She hesitantly grabbed his hand, holding it tightly while pulling herself up with the help of Cyrus.
"I.. It's fine. I wasn't looking either."
"Guess that makes the both of us blind huh?"
The two shared a hearty chuckle before Cyrus would see Mary and Yun calling for him from behind her.
"Ah sorry I gotta go! I can offer you lunch next break though, you cool with that uh.. What's your name?"
The girl was shocked making her fidget with her hands then answering with a stutter. "I.. I'm Flora! And I'll accept your offer Cyrus!" She said with an instant nod.
Cyrus just chuckled with a smile while waving goodbye at her. "Sweet, see ya later Flora." As he went to Mary and Yun, standing side by side with the two of them.
Mary would smirk and playfully nudge his arm. "Seems like you have obtained a girlfriend yourself."
"Yeah.. Considering how popular Cyrus is after all." Yun nodded, agreeing with Mary's comment.
"I just bumped into her alright? Nothing personal between us. But I am making it up to her by giving her free lunch." Cyrus answered confidently, trying to calm these two down before they get any ideas.
"Whatever you say. Although, did the two of you get a glimpse of Tool? I have not seen him during and before break time." Mary asked the two of them while raising an eyebrow.
Both Cyrus and Yun shook their heads. Now come to think of it, they never even saw him after what happened earlier.
"Do you think that teacher.." Mary now had bad thoughts about what the teacher was doing, making her form an angry expression while biting the nail of her thumb hard.
Yun and Cyrus were just terrified at this sight, they haven't seen Mary this angry.
Then Cyrus had a random though in his mind.
"Flora knew my name.. Is it because of my popularity? No way. That's not possible. Im not that popular yet.Or she's probably in my class.. Yeah, that's why."
He thought to himself but, he shrugged it off. It wasn't worth to overthink about it anyways. Although he had the right to be cautious to say the least.
While walking through the hall, Flora was giggling weirdly, making other students look at her with concern and worry.
She was using her magic to spy on Cyrus. Her ability allowing her to see anyone from a limited radius, and the area she can see anyone from is huge. Almost as big as the entire school ground.
"He's so cool.. I wish we could talk even more.."
She thought to herself while continuing to giggle weirdly. These two have never met, and that was their first encounter to each other.
The nonsense as to why Flora had an obsession with Cyrus, is that she saw him saving Holly from their first encounter. She imagined that he was like a knight in shining armor, or rather, a prince like saviour in her eyes. And now, she wanted to be saved by him, and have him all for herself.
"I hate seeing you be with the two of them. Soon my dear Cyrus. You and I will be together. Until we die."
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Cyrus had left Mary and Yun to go walk around the school, sadly, there was still no sign of Tool anywhere.
"Did he get kidnapped by that teacher? If he did.. Well shit."
He thought to himself while having his arms resting behind the back of his head. Until a sudden screen would appear in front of him regarding something about his magic.
Gamble Time! Play Black Jack and win a big award!
"Woah.. This is new. And gamble time huh? I like the sound of that?"
He snickered to himself, looking left and right to see that the area was in the clear. Yet he didn't want to be seen gambling. He rushed to a nearby corner and hid, his back against the wall as he smirked.
"I accept!"
Suddenly he was transported to a different area. He was sitting down with a table in front of him that was colored green. And a random entity who had a smiling mask, shuffling cards rather skillfully.
"Impressive.. Can I know who you are?"
Cyrus asked. Although, no words were said by the mysterious man. Instead, he sets the cards aside once it was properly set. Sliding one card over to Cyrus. It was the 6 of Spades. While the dealer flipped his card, showing a 10 of Hearts. Before grabbing another card and sliding it next to his.
"So do I have to win once or?.."
The dealer held his hand up, showing three fingers, signalling that Cyrus should win three times. He felt even more confident winning now.
"This is too easy. Hit me."
The dealer nodded, grabbing a new card and swiftly moving it to Cyrus, as the card flipped it showed..
"A jack.. That makes 16.. Shit."
He muttered while having a hand covering his mouth and chin, having to think and analyze about what to do. As the dealer's next card flipped, it showed a King. The dealer was now at 20.
"As usual.. Dealers always have some sort of insane luck. I bust."
He said in defeat, now losing once. The cards would fly back into the deck, as the dealer began flipping and shuffling it around.
Then he slides two cards to Cyrus. The card facing up was a Queen. And the other was
facing down. The dealer would slide his cards down, the one facing up was a 5 of Diamonds, while the next one was facing down.
"He has the advantage.. If I get an Ace then this would be my win. Hit me."
Cyrus's next card would flip, showing a 9 of Clubs. He let out a small 'Tsk' under his breath. The dealer would then flip his next card, showing a 6 of Spades.
"No fucking way.. There's absolutely no chance. But.. Fuck it. I stand."
Cyrus stared at the dealer hard, his gaze almost intense and piercing. As the dealer nodded, he grabbed another card from the deck facing down, before flipping it slowly to show an 8 of Hearts.
Cyrus's heart was beating fast, he never feels this way from fights or near death situations. Only in gambling. For some odd reason. They were now both at 19.
As the dealer would grab another card from the deck. Sliding it next to the current one, before flipping it to see it was..
"A.. 2 of.. Spades?"
The dealer won for the second time. Cyrus already knew he was doomed, one more loss and he's fucked. But he doesn't even know what the punishment was if he loses.
"..I'm convinced you're cheating."
The dealer just ignored Cyrus's claim, silently shuffling and flipping the cards like a pro. Before sliding two cards for the both of them.
The dealer had an Ace, while Cyrus had a 2 of Hearts.
"Are you kidding me.. Are you actually? Hit me!"
Cyrus was slowly losing his mind, holding his head with a pissed off expression. The dealer would then flip Cyrus's cards to see it was a King. He knew he had a chance. Until the dealer flipped his card to reveal a Jack.
"That's.. 21."
Cyrus lost. He never felt so defeated in his life ever. The table disappeared along with the dealer. As he appeared back into the dark corner where he was earlier.
"God fucking dammit!"
He cursed before punching the wall next to him, a small circle crater forming around his fist as he did. He was very pissed that there was nerves showing near the sides of his head.
Until a screen popped up.
You lost! Your punishment shall be.. Rolling away your Element!
"That's it?"
Cyrus was just shocked about the the consequence he got. Rolling away his element as the punishment was not bad at all, making him tilt his head as a spin the wheel in front of him appeared.
As the wheel spun and spun and spun, spinning all around and around until it would slowly land into..
"..I got spirit."
He said so casually, as if it wasn't the rarest from his Luck's Gambit skill. The Light element has been replaced with Spirit. Removing every skill that Cyrus had learned from it.
The wheel disappeared while Cyrus just stood there confused. He was unsure whether he should feel happy or sad that he lost.
"..yay?"