I regressed and became the Sword Ice King

DING! DING!! DING!!! DING!!!!

A pupil of pure whiteness suddenly snapped alive, his body jerking up as he summoned his sword in his grasp while his energy suddenly exploded out of his body.

"Damn it! RAPH!"

"Grow out of it already, you crazy bastard!"

"I knew it was too quiet to be true".

The familiar sounds of his chirpy neighbours snapped him back to reality.

'Hah shit….I forgot about this'. Raph thought as a sigh escaped his lips.

"Sorry guys". He called out as he withdrew his energy and sword.

'How long has it been'. He thought as he looked up at the clock.

They were teleported to the Capital just a day ago and he and Elsie had to make their way quickly to school through the Portal Transport.

They had to spend the whole day in their hostels until now.

'But I guess…we've officially resumed the Academy'.

He nodded in satisfaction as he went about his morning activities.

He added some light stretches, had his bath, brushed his teeth, put on his Academy uniform and was ready in the next thirty minutes.

With a melodic whistle, he headed out the door, opening it to find two familiar-looking boys standing beside him.

"See, I told you that energy felt familiar". Darrell said with a sigh while Jane had a particularly interesting expression.

Shock was written on it, but more than that, there was relief.

"You bastard!" Jane screamed out and grabbed him by his collar. "How dare you?! Where the fuck have you been for the past two and a half weeks?!"

His rage was palpable, but what was more, was the relief and unrelinquished pain.

"Jane, Jane…be calm, you're not the one that swears. I am". Darrell said with a slight chuckle as he appeased the boy by gently stroking his back.

"You….you have any idea?! Huh?! How dare you?!"

Jane's voice became a whisper to what it once was as he rested his head on Raph's chest, the past few week's experience playing in his head.

Raph watched them carefully, amusement laced in his expression.

'Well, they got closer'.

He thought as he tapped Jane on his head and pulled his hands away.

"Never touch me like that again," he said, his expression calm and his voice steady.

He walked past them, waving his hands forward.

"Let's go".

Jane and Darrell stared at each other, their expressions slowly tensing up.

"Miss when he was gone, yeah?"

"Fuck yeah!"

"I can hear you!" Raph said in protest, a slight chuckle escaping his lips as the two boys sighed and walked after him.

"Did you get stronger?" Darrell asked about getting next to him, while Jane remained silent, his expression filled with discontent.

"What do you mean? You can tell something like that?" Raph asked, his tone etched with curiosity as they got to the Door of the Hostel.

"Not really, but I feel like the wall between us added a ton of bricks".

"Oh?" Raph looked away, his gaze easing up. "Well…that's the sensation, alright," he said, his smile widening on his lips.

'Did he get prouder too?' the boys thought in unison as they joined the crowd of first year's walking out of the hostel.

Soon, they were on their way to the cafeteria, their conversation changing between what Raph experienced and what had occurred in the Academy during his absence.

They had walked halfway through the crowd when familiar figures joined in.

"You're back?!"

Mariam screamed out, joining the group with Louis next to her.

He simply gave Raph a nod of acknowledgement and remained next to Mariam, his arm stuck between hers.

Raph's gaze lingered on it when his smile suddenly widened on his face as he turned away.

The couple glanced at each other, a shiver spreading down Mariam's back.

'Creepy'.

"By the way, Where's Elsie?" Darrell asked, his gaze scanning the crowd of First years when his question was quickly answered.

"Hubby!"

Her chirpy voice pierced the air in a melodic timbre as the group of four glanced at Raph, shock evident in their eyes.

Elsie suddenly descended from the skies, a fog of darkness dispersing around her as she landed on his back, her arms spread around his neck. Her hair was tied to the sides in a pigtail, dancing with the wind current on her landing.

Her carefree eyes landed on the people gathered.

"Hey Guys". She greeted when she suddenly perked him on the back of his neck.

"Huh?!" Darrell muttered, a tug of vein on his head as he suddenly attempted to slam his body against Raph when Jane grabbed him by the collar with a sigh.

"You guys got close". He said with a slight chuckle. "What else is new?" He muttered sarcastically.

"Well, there are a lot of things that are new, but we'll leave that for another time. Let's focus on the task at hand for mow".

"Task at hand? That's definitely the situation between you two. We need answers". Mariam's curiosity was palpable, and even Louis seemed on edge to find out the situation.@@novelbin@@

Elsie turned around to look at them.

"Nothing has changed though".

'Everything has changed, Elsie!'.

The group of four thought in unison when they finally got to the stairs leading to the cafeteria.

"We're here".

Jane's voice snapped them back to reality, their attention temporarily drawn away from the two.

Elsie giggled as her tail wagged behind her while Raph had a straight face on.

It had been two weeks and three days since his departure. He had expected the Lecturers to already be aware of his disappearance and reappearance, but he wasn't certain how they would react.

'Definitely not pleasingly though'.

He thought as they walked in and arrived at their usual table.

Of course, they didn't go unnoticed.

There were a lot of students who had noticed the sudden disappearance of the sole son of the Jun household and the only Beastkin in the school.

Now, they finally got to see them….in a rather unlikely position.

There were curious stares and conversations from other students who had their gazes on the sight.

A few of those were seated alone, pondering on it for a while. One of those was Sophia Arcanus.

She sat at the opposite table of the usual table used by Raph and his niche and had been preparing herself for weeks to get close to him.

But all that was suddenly brought to a halt when she realized he had left the Academy.

'I thought he was expelled or something, but here he is with that wolf girl like they're dating'.

She was having a piece of bread when the thought crossed her mind again. 'Are they? Well, it doesn't matter. I don't need a man weaker than me'.

She thought and continued her meal, her gaze often times wandering off to the very boy she tried to shrug off. '....well, I do need to get close to him anyways….' She thought, a startled middle escaping her lips.

'...yeah, it's for the cause of the Arcanus or whatever! Not for me'.

She suddenly stumped her hands on the table, standing from the bench and startling the other students at the same table.

She turned around with her food tray.

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As a power-crazed gothic princess, she had always sought stronger opponents. After all, it was one of her few reasons for attending the Academy, but so far, the students had disappointed her.

'....well, all except Raph'.

For some reason she couldn't gauge his abilities, but this time, during this festival. She was hellbent on accomplishing her goals.

Meanwhile, Raph had only just begun to eat his meal while ignoring the constant stares from his friends beside him.

"Would you guys quit it"? He said with a slight displeasure in his tone.

"It's hard to when you're….publicly displaying like that".

Jane responded with a nonchalant tone while Darrell glared at the two as he ate.

Ciara was seated at the edge, a book in hand and the other on a cup of tea while their newest member, Tiara, sat at the other edge.

A slight blush on her cheeks as her gaze constantly flickered towards them.

Louis and Mariam minded their business as well, but the occasional stared weren't exempted from them.

"Elsie, you really don't have to do any of it. Did he force you? Cajole you? You can cry for help you know"

Mariam said, her gaze lingering on Raph's while Elsie seated gingerly on his lap, her mouth stuffed with her usual premium meat.

She looked up, her smile widening.

"I'm good".

Mariam glanced at Raph, her displeasure palpable, but Raph couldn't bring himself to care.

After all, the consequences of their action had finally caught up to meet him.

He turned around, his gaze landing on a familiar figure. Though, the figure wasn't particularly pleased at the moment.

A small smile formed on his lips as he sighed.

"Hey, sisters". He muttered, the angered gazes of his two sisters landing on him like a laser pointer as they approached the group.

'I could feel them a mile away….' he thought. In fact, his senses had sharpened by a long mile since he arrived.

Rebecca and Thalia folded their hands as they stared at him, their displeasure only made palpable as they frowned.

"Come with us, Raffaelo Jun and Elsie Darkpelt".

Raph chuckled. '...well, I'm back in the Academy alright'.