Author's Reincarnation in a Fantasy Setting

—HALF AN HOUR AGO—

'Hmm, guess it's about time,' I said inwardly as I glanced at the wall clock hung above the blackboard.

The lessons for today were over and the students were leaving their seats and exiting the classroom.

I also hopped out of my seat and left. Coming outside in the corridors I was met with a crowd of students. All the classes whether they be class A or class D; started and ended at the same time. This also meant that all the students will come out at the same time as well.

The corridors were filled. Making my way through the crowd somehow I walked down a different path. Most of the students were headed to the cafeteria now; hence the other areas were empty.

First, I went to my dorm room and bought something with me from there. And now I was headed to a different place.

My pace was fast and after a bit of walking, I reached my destination. Looking up I saw [CLASS 1A] engraved on a metal plate that was fixed above a wooden door.

Surprisingly, there were not many students here as they had already left; making the work easy for me. While being careful to not reveal my body, I took a peek inside the classroom.

The room was the same as class 1B—my class—with the only difference being that more light was coming in from the windows; it was due to the geographical position of this room.

All the seats were empty, except one. On the second row near the windows, a girl was sitting all alone. This girl was Ellyn. For some reason, she was staring down at her desk and was not moving a muscle; it was like time had stopped around her.

Looking closely, I noticed that her face was darkened, under the shadows of her long red hair, and it felt as though she was thinking about something.

I quietly waited outside the classroom and kept watching her. Around 5 minutes later she suddenly rose to her feet and began walking toward the door. Her expression was still the same as before.

I backed off and hid behind a nearby pillar as I watched her leave the classroom and go forward in the corridor. When she was at a reasonable distance, I came out from the shadows and followed her; while making sure not to get seen by her.

Going through the corridor for a while she finally reached the stair that led to the rooftop. She thought over something for a few minutes as she stood straight just before the stairs started.

Then, as if decided on something, she took a step forward and began walking up the staircase. Yeah, she was going to the rooftop due to the letter I left in front of her door on Seiren's behalf.

I waited below until I wasn't able to hear the sounds of her footsteps anymore, after that, I took the stairs myself and reached the door that connected the staircase to the rooftop.

I peeked outside from the door and saw that Ellyn—who had already reached here before me—was being led somewhere by Wrena. I watched them from behind the door and when both of them walked inside a small room.

I waited a few minutes more, just to be cautious, and then went toward the room. I walked as quietly as possible, making sure that I don't make any noise. When I was near the door of the room, I noticed that it was not fully closed and there was a little gap.

'That makes it easier for me I guess.' Indeed, it would've been a problem if the door was locked.

Sticking close to the wall, I looked inside the room through the little gap between the door and the wall. There, I saw Ellyn—who was on the floor—and Seiren, Alada, and Wrena, who were all smiles.

'Thankfully, I am not late," I relieved internally.

I held the thing I brought from my room, close to my chest. It was a book, a large book with a leaf green colored cover. This was the same book I borrowed from the library; [Book of Sight].

The book had a black colored pearl attached to its side, thus giving the book a different look. I held the book in a way so that the pearl would be facing inside the room through the gap, and now, the pearl was looking directly at the four girls—Seiren, Alada, Wrena, and Ellyn.

I then focused and channeled my mana into the book. Soon, I felt as if the book was sucking my mana all by itself; I no longer needed to feed mana to it.

The black pearl that was on the book's side, glowed in a dim white color, along with the word [Sight] from the title that was engraved on the leather cover.

My work was done, for now, all I had to do was wait and watch.

A good amount of time passed since then as I watched Ellyn get bullied and beaten by the three girls. They first verbally assaulted her, and then started abusing her physically. And right now they were undressing her.

The idea was to get Ellyn naked and then make her walk in the corridors in front of all the students; as a way to harass her. I was able to get this information by hearing the three girls chat amongst themselves.

They were about to remove Ellyn's panties when I decided to interfere and stop them.

I wasn't interested to see her naked and first of all, my hand was getting tired from holding this heavy book for this long. Also, I got what I wanted to so there was no reason to let this continue.

I stopped channeling mana in the book and the pearl and the title turned back to normal again. Then I slammed open the door to get the attention of the three girls. And it happened as expected.

They weren't going to obey me and leave as I wanted them to hence it took quite an effort to make them leave. Finally, after a good beating, they left.

After that, I waited while Ellyn wore her clothes back. Apparently, her shirt was torn off hence she had to cover herself properly with the blazer.

She thanked me afterward for saving her and all and then began toward the door. But-

I held her hand tightly, stopping her in her tracks.

I wasn't done yet.