"...."

and stared out into the empty air for a moment before he turned his head to the side and looked out the window

"...morning huh"

He slowly crawled out of bed and stuck his head out the window to look at the clock tower, feeling the morning air in his face woke him a little more

"...still an hour until cla.s.s starts"

Mars laid down on the bed again and stared into the ceiling for some time until he felt that he was about to fall asleep again

"I need to get up..."

he said so to remind himself but he still didn't move form the bed, at least not until a little while later were he finally rose form the bed like a zombie and started to put on his clothes only to lay down on the bed again this time fully clothed and started into the ceiling once more

"...I really need to get up"

time pa.s.sed and Mars still lay and stared into the ceiling feeling like a near-dead fish stranded on land until he felt something jump onto the bed and raised his head a little to see

"...good morning Victoria"

Victoria sat on the bed and was in the process of was.h.i.+ng her front paw when her horns flashed

"good morning... don't... you need... to get... up?"

"yeah I do..."

"then why... don't you?"

"because I slept to much, so I'm still tired"

Victoria tilted her head to the side but didn't answer as she heard something and turned her head towards the front door and before mars managed to ask what was happening a knock sounded out form the door

"oh for f.u.c.ks sake..."

cursing Mars rose form the bed and went over to answer the door

"good morning Mars"

"oh, good morning Elsa"

right outside the door stood Elsa dressed in a blue summer dress

"um... I made breakfast and was wondering if you would like some too?"

Mars became dumbstruck and looked at Elsa for a full 10 seconds in silence before he finally asked

"...are you perhaps an angel?"

Elsa widened her eyes before she gave a sweet smile

"no Mars I'm a maid"

"I could almost kiss you right now"

"...why don't you"

"because afterward I would find it hard to hold back"

"...I see"

Elsa seemed a little dissatisfied but still showed Mars to her room where breakfast was served on the small table

"let's eat before it gets cold"

"sure"

Mars enjoyed the breakfast along with Elsa's company but all to soon was it time for him to leave for cla.s.s

"thanks for the food"

"you're welcome Mars"

"I need to leave for cla.s.s now, Victoria do want to come along?"

"no..."

"okay then I guess I will see both of you later"

"see you Mars"

Mars closed the door after himself and began heading towards his cla.s.s room, on the way the usual 'parting of the seas' happened with Mars in the middle and the other students avoiding him like the plague

'well that's fine.... I'm not lonely at all'

convincing himself that he had friends Mars made his way to the cla.s.sroom witch wasn't empty this time

"good morning Chris"

"good morning my friend!"

Chris laughed loudly as usually

"come sit down let us share our lesson and expand our knowledge!"

"sure"

Mars sat down at the table next to Chris and waited for the lesson to start and soon the others came and took their seats and waited... and waited.... and waited

"maybe she overslept?"

just as Mars commented on the vice princ.i.p.als lateness did she show up looking unusually fl.u.s.tered she hurried into the room but collected herself before she look at each and everyone of her students before she spoke

"I know that this is sudden, but I need you all to go and pack your bags and be back here in less than 30 minutes"

Mars frowned before he stood up and put a hand on the hilt of his sword before he asked

"what happened?"

the vice princ.i.p.al gave a sigh and ma.s.saged her temples before she answered

"we have been summoned by the king and we need to leave for the capital by sky carriage soon"

"the king?"

"....yes the one and only ruler of Destra"

"...I see"

"is there any other questions..? no then dismissed, be sure to back here in 30 minutes"

'still the king huh... maybe I should kill him reeeeeaaal quick'

Mars left the cla.s.s room while contemplating killing the king of Destra for the interruption of his peaceful student life

'well anyways gotta pack quickly...'

mars went back to his room and packed his stuff, poked Victoria awake and locked the room on his way out before he walked over to the room next over and knocked on the door

'please be here...'

soon Elsa opened the door, she was wearing her maid uniform looking like she was about to go to work

"oh Mars, what is it?"

"well... me and the rest of my cla.s.s have been summoned by the king so i need to leave the academy for a while"

Elsa's eyes widened before big tears suddenly began to form in the corner of her eyes meanwhile her dog-like ears dropped down

's.h.i.+t this is bad'

just as Mars was panicking not knowing what to do Elsa grabbed him and hugged him tight as she cried silently, Mars feeling at a loss warped his arms around her and ever so gently patted her back

"don't worry... I'll be back before you know it"

Elsa remained silent but soon raised her face witch was stained with tears at this point

"...really?"

"yeah so don't worry, besides killing me is kinda hard"

Elsa lowered her face again looking a little better but she still remained silent, seeing her like this sent pain though Mars's heart

'...f.u.c.k it'

Mars grabbed her chin and raised her face and just as Elsa looked at him confused did he lightly kiss her, for a moment time seemed to stop before Mars pulled away again with a cheeky smile on his face

"how was that?"

Elsa's face lit up before she gave a sweet smile

"....it was late... and too little"

this time Elsa put her hands around his neck and pulled his head down a little before she kissed him, this time it was Mars's time to have his face light up, that was until a cold voice sounder out in his head

"Mars... what are you... doing?"

Mars waited until Elsa was done kissing him before he pulled away and s.h.i.+fted his attention to Victoria for a second

"I'll tell you when your older"

"okay..."

"well I'm sorry Elsa but I need to leave now"

"...promise you will come back"

"okay I promise"

only when Mars promised did Elsa let go of him before she took a step back

"then have a nice trip"

"yeah... see you"

"bye Mars"

Mars took one last look at Elsa before he turned and walked out of the building, suddenly feeling lonely Mars gave a sigh and shook his head to stabilize his mood

"I will be back"

"why did you... do a strange... voice?"

"to lighten the mood a little"

"okay..?"

Mars ignored Victoria's confusion and walked into the cla.s.sroom and saw the only person there was the vice princ.i.p.al that looked at Mars with wonder

"that was fast"

"fast?"

"that you got packed"

"well... it's more like i never unpacked"

"oh right... well that makes sense"

Mars found a table and put his backpack down before he sat down at the table and waited for the others to arrive

'i wonder what the king wants... well there's only one thing I can think of...war'

it made sense to Mars that war was happening or at least some sort of military excise, else why would the king call for the country's walking talking WMD's

'the real question is against who..? the empire..?'

Mars shook his head, it just didn't make sense for a kingdom to attack a empire unless of course it was a sneak attack or the empire was politically unstable

'well whatever it is I'm sure to walk away alive, I'm not giving my life for this little kingdom'

as Mars was thinking the other students arrived carrying their luggage, Karen and the twins was looking nervous while Chris was his usual confident self

"well we're all here, let's go"

with the vice princ.i.p.al leading the way the students left the cla.s.sroom carrying their luggage and soon they walked out of the building and into a plaza that was filled with students that was crowding around something

"okay, open the way!"

hearing the vice princ.i.p.al's yell the students opened up a path and exposed the thing they were crowding around, a elegant looking carriage only it looked a little odd with the wheels missing instead big ball sized mana stones replaced them and the coachman seat was surrounded by a dome made of gla.s.s, overall the carriage gave of a oddly familiar feeling to Mars

'that looks like something from my last life... like an early flying car'