NOVEL WEB Chapter 3: You and Them
In certain special circumstances, this rule may have been ignored and the rule breakers forgiven but regardless, researching Rakvill is strictly Forbidden.
The President pauses in his speech abruptly out of nowhere.
The video slowly zooms out to show his entire upper body while he is shown to take a sip of water.
He releases a sigh, calms his tone, and proceeds to speak some more:
"So the responsibility that is given to you; all of my lovely youngsters is still no excuse to research any forbidden information or data. That being said, I wish nothing but good fortune to all of you and hope to see this generation blossom into something great and change the course of the future for the better. Jai Hind".
Click! Click! Kachank! The screen blinks a few times and goes blank. Finally putting an end to the president's sudden but incredible speech.
Hearing this most students were perplexed as researching Rakvill being illegal was common knowledge these days.
but unlike others, one student looked absolutely flabbergasted; he was sweating his brains out, almost shaking in his boots. That student was the one sitting next to Abhi. He was none other than Veer. Abhi seems to have taken notice of Veer's sudden obscure behaviour. Suddenly Veer turned around like he was looking for something, and Abhi turned in the same direction to check what Veer was looking at.
Turns out two more students were showcasing similar expressions to Veer, and all three of them were looking at each other like a triangle of disturbed faces was interconnected between the class. Among the other 2 was a short girl with blue hair and blue eyes, and a tall guy with short black hair and green eyes.
While gazing at each other they noticed that Abhi was looking at them as well so all three of them reverted their gaze back to the screen and tried to calm down their expression. So Abhi followed in their footsteps and did the same.
"Oh wow, it seems like it was a special video file. It got automatically deleted on its own after being played out in full." said teacher Ms Oxlong. So that's why they said under no condition to play the video even once except when showing it to all the students. *Sigh* I'm so glad I followed the protocol this time.
"Well, you heard the man, as he said it is very important to do the task given to you which is to keep an eye on the surroundings, but it's also important to keep this interaction a secret. Also, it's not recommended to research Rakvill as it will be considered a crime. That's that, now how about we start with the introduction session you all wanted? Students from the first row, start your introductions first then everyone goes one by one".
Students started to give a lacklustre introduction one after another, at this time it was like no one cared about getting to know each other; everyone was talking about what just happened and how insane it was that the president of the country would personally send the students a video. Not knowing each other wasn't enough to make them stop gossiping about this. Every intro just came out as reluctant, so the intros were just scoffed at and ignored as nothing could've been more interesting than a message straight from the president, but unlike others, Abhi paid attention to all of them, focusing especially on the 3 students who made a triangle of disturbed faces.
In the 3rd column came the intro of the tall guy with black hair:
"I'll go next. I'm Kevin Smollegs Revy from Belgium. I like weight lifting, calisthenics, boxing, and ummm… furries."
This grabs some students' attention and the class lets out a small chuckle, while the teacher says:
"Ha. Ha. Very funny Kevin, now next!"
After a few more intros at the back of the 3rd column comes the blue-haired girl's turn:
"Good morning, I'm Dep Dugyum I grew up in here in Rakvill but I'm originally from China. For a few years, I lived in the north because my dad was on duty in the Rakvill War, but we are finally back now. Also, I like reading and writing, and a bit of Muay Thai, and I just wanted to say this was the craziest first day ever. I don't think anything in life will shock me now ha-ha! Thank you".
After this, the class goes back to discussing the events that transpired regarding the president instead of paying attention to the intros.
After a few more intros the queue reaches the last bench. The turn came for Abhi's bench to give their intros; as he was trying to stand up and give his intro "Good morning I'm Ab-"
the orange-haired guy next to him unintentionally interrupted him and started giving his intro with a strong voice instead:
"I'm Veer Singh Noubiches from Punjab. I like swimming, football, a little bit of Dungeons, MMA, and reading. So, I hope to have a good time with y'all in the next few years, also NOT A FURRY."
"Good morn-"
Abhi immediately tries to get his intro out but gets cut off again by the class's laughter because of Veer's sneaky comeback toward Kevin.
"Good morning I'm Abhi, and I like...." "Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Abhi's intro gets completely overshadowed by the laughter from Veer's joke.
"...I like to study… I like to run... and walk, and I came to this city just a few months ago… and I'm from…"
"Ha! Ha! Ha!"
"That's enough giggles. let's hear the last of the intros so we can get into the studies for today" Says Ms Oxlong.
The silly comeback from Veer led to the class paying attention to the intros one last time, and with the teacher's words the class calmed down and their laughs stopped disrupting Abhi and they finally listened…
"...I came to this city just a few months ago… and I'm from…"
Rakvill".
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