The Author's POV

Chapter 112

7:32 P.M. Section B, Lock

Walking along the corridors that lead towards the professors office area, inside of the main building of the B section, I couldn't help but feel lost.

The corridors of the building seemed to stretch endlessly, and the numerous office spaces made it hard for me to find the exact location of Donna's office.

...I didn't know if this was because she was too humble or that she couldn't be bothered, but Donna, one of the few ranked heroes in the academy, decided to have a regular office.

One that was mixed within the masses of offices in the building.

"Office number 948...949...950...951...and it should be this one"

Arriving in front of an office space with the number 952 displayed on the side, I made sure to double-check with the data on my phone before knocking.

-Knock! -Knock!

...Didn't want to end up knocking on the wrong door.

"Come in"

A couple of seconds after knocking, Donna's crisp and pleasant voice traveled from the other side of the door.

"Excuse me..."

Heeding her order, opening the door, I soon spotted Donna sitting on her desk going through a pile of files. Without glancing at me, wearing a pair of glasses, Donna's brows were knit in a tight frown.

-Clank!

Closing the door behind me, I patiently waited by the side. It would be better if I didn't disturb her as she looked busy with something...

As Donna was busy sorting out some papers, I couldn't but glance at the office. It was rather small. About the size of a bedroom.

Decorations were sparse as apart from a calendar on the side of the wall, everything looked rather plain and boring.

...Right, there was also a small plushie next to her gray sofa on the side of the office. The lighting was also not that great. Altough there was a large window on the other side of the office, it was currently nighttime, hence why it was dark outside.

On top of the office, a small lamp lit the office space, however, its power wasn't very strong as the corner of the rooms were dark.

It was kind of sad.

"huuu...done."

Five minutes after I came in, exhaling slightly, Donna finally finished what she was doing. Stretching her arms, Donna took off her glasses revealing her two amethyst-like eyes.

Noticing that she was done, I coughed a couple of times to get her attention.

"keumm...keuhmm...excuse me?"

Surprised by my voice, Donna's brows shot up. Soon after, her head snapped in my direction.

"huh?"

Spotting me waiting in the corner of the room, Donna couldn't help but freeze for a couple of seconds. Shortly after, lightly sighing as she massaged her forehead, she apologized.

"sigh...I'm sorry, I was so immersed with my work that I didn't know notice you"

Smiling understandably, I shook my head

"It's okay"

I too had those kinds of moments where I would forget everything that was around me and immerse myself in my work.

...It was understandable.

respond to my knocking, it seems like, at that time, she had subconsciously responded

I could really get angry at Donna. She was after all a ranked hero in the Hero

on the ground...yeah, let's not

with her brows

you come here

my application for the

to us this morning, I showed it to her. Everything from top to bottom

"Yes, there was that..."

Donna pointed towards

it on my desk here on

I complied and placed the paper on her desk. On top of a pile of papers filled with

"Alright."

making sure my application was neatly stacked on top of the files, I nodded towards Donna and proceeded to

much, have a good

heading out, halfway through my way back to the door, I heard Donna call out

"Wait"

"hmm?"

at Donna in confusion, I

application

...maybe something else.

confusion grew, staring at me, Donna

I would

wide, I froze on the spot as a small audible gasp escaped

"huh??"

was she apologizing

at the moment. What did

a meaningful

to apologize for immaturely assuming that you were slacking off

was Donna's charming voice. However, hearing

did she

How?

I was sure I beat

was sure that apart from Kevin and the others no one else should've known about my

there was no other way she could've found

Crap.

thought about it, there was

one saw me, I completely neglected the fact that Donna could tell

suddenly entering rank, it was no surprise that she had caught

know the full extent of Donna's knowledge regarding my

was only to that

confirmed her suspicions, Donna

would like to ask you

"A favor?"

"Yes, a favor"

again, I was

favor would a ranked Hero, ranked 156th in the Hero ranking possibly ask of

she could get anything she wanted. Therefore, what could she possibly

end, though skeptical, I nodded my

"Sure..."

playing the pen in her hand, with a faint smile on her face,

to participate in the tryouts for the Multi-Academy tournament

to Donna's request, everything started to

Right, I understand now.

had incentives. Be it for students achieving rewards or getting the best overall scores in the whole academic year, teachers would receive a bonus as compensation

award for the professor that managed

if the students excel in the actual tournament, their bonus would multiply by several factors. Therefore, with Donna having a rough estimate of my strength, she wanted me to participate so that she

I was put into this situation just for a

Just why?

most beautiful smile I could

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