The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

Das walked to the classroom.

He was dragging his feet to walk as if he was so annoyed and frustrated. 

Elena was grabbing her bag's strap and taking small steps as she kept glancing at Das.

'He looks scary', Elena thought as she gulped down.

Das opened the door as he looked back at Elena and said, "I remember now"

"Huh?"

"You are that idiot"

"Excuse me?"

"You always score the least in all the tests and exams, right?"

Elena looked down and said, "I know that. You don't have to tell me that"

He entered the room and said, "How did an idiot like you get into this school?"

Elena gulped down and slowly said, "Please stop calling me an idiot"

"Idiot should be called an idiot, right?" Das smirked and said, "Idiot?"

Elena averted her face to the side and slowly glanced at him as she said, "Are you a bully?", in a soft voice.

The smirk for Das' face faded as he heard the word 'bully' from Elena's mouth.

"You have no idea how bullies are"

Das walked to Elena, who was trying to look into Das' eyes.

Suddenly, Virza entered the room without checking the room and said, "Hey Elena! Let's go home. I will treat you a--"

She froze as soon as she saw Das in the room.

She cleared her throat and pulled Elena back, saying, "What's going on? What are you two doing alone in the room after school?"

"He is my tutor", answered Elena.

"Your what?"

"He will teach me… he is so scary"

Das grabbed a chair and sat on it as she watched Elena and Virza.

'I will miss the meeting, dammit!', Das thought as he clenched his fist.

"Please stay here with me in the room when he tutors me. I am scared of him", whispered Elena.

Virza glanced at Das and said, "I can't do that. I can't dare to be in the same room as him"

"But--"

"I am sorry. I can wait outside if you want, but I can't wait here in this room"

Elena frowned her eyebrows and said, "Fine, you can go home. I will handle the rest myself"

Virza patted Elena's shoulder as she whispered, "Don't worry. He may look scary but he is kind"

Virza left the room and closed the door behind her.

"Are you done fooling around? If yes, then can we start already? I have my own shit to do", said Das.

Elena nodded as she took off her bag and sat on the chair in front of Das.

Das leaned back and said, "Alright, take out your notepad, and show me how much you know"

Elena opened her bag and took out her notepad and her phone.

Her phone was decorated with various stickers on the back and had a key chain of a popular mascot.

'Is she that type of girl?', Das thought as he inspected Elena with his eyes.

Elena turned on her notepad and handed it to Das.

Das checked her notepad as he raised his eyebrows and said, "Not more than ten percent in any of the exercises. Are you sure you are a high school student?"

Elena took back her notepad and sat there silently as she looked down, trying to avoid eye contact with Das.

Seeing Elena's reaction, Das sighed and thought, 'What a pain'

'I have no idea from where I should start tutoring her. I am sure she won't understand anything, even if I explain it to her. Unlike Lier, this girl is just a pure idiot'.

"How well are you with literature?", asked Das.

"I.. I…", Elena shuddered as she said, "I can manage it"

"It doesn't look like that in your reports"

"I try my best every time"

"I don't understand what you are even doing at this school? What are you here for? Do you have a dream you want to achieve? A life goal?"

'Or you just come to whore around with boys?', Das sighed and thought, 'That would be too rude to say. And I have nothing to do with who she sleeps with'

"I don't come here because I want to!" Elena slammed her hands on the desk as she stood up and yelled, "Just because you are smart doesn't mean who can say whatever you want!"

After looking at Elena's outburst, Das smirked and said, "Now this is interesting. Sit down"

'It's been a while since I had this feeling. I will insult her and humiliate her so much that she won't ever dare to speak back against me'

'What the hell did I just do?!', Elena screamed inwardly.

'He was already scary, but now he is creeping me out', Elena was trying her best to calm down.

Suddenly, Das' phone rang.

Elena glanced at Das, who was trying to hide his phone from Elena.

Das gritted his teeth and said, "Look the other way"

Elena looked the other way as Das picked up the phone.

'Is it his girlfriend's call?' Elena thought.

'But he is so scary. I don't think someone scary like him can get a girlfriend', Elena scoffed and thought, 'I would never date a guy like him'.

Meanwhile, on the call, 

[Sir, where are you, the party is waiting for you]

"I can't come right now"

[But Sir, it's a thirty million Kirs deal. If we don't get this deal, we will be at a loss]

'Dammit!'

'It's all this girl's fault'

"Alright, I am coming. But I won't speak anything"

[How will you proceed with the deal then, Sir?]

"I will text you what to speak. Speak as I advise you to, get it?"

[Yes, Sir]

Das hung up the call and glanced at Elena, who was glancing at Das from the corners of her eye.

Das cleared his throat and said, "Let's start"

Elena nodded and gave him her notepad.

"I will give you three math problems. Don't disturb me until you solve all three of them"

'I will purposely give her hard problems that she won't be able to solve them in her entire life. And I will be able to attend the meeting in peace'

"But what if I have a doubt or I want to ask something?", questioned Elena.

"You can't do that. You have to solve every one of them"

Das handed Elena her notepad.

He opened his laptop and connected to the meeting.

There were six tabs, showing there were a total of six people in the meeting.

One was Das. One was Andrew; who looked to be in his early twenties. One was a person named William; who looked to be in his late thirties. One was an old woman named Chichi: who was in her late fifties. One was a man named Calix; who was in his early thirties. And the last person was named Jerat; who looked in his late twenties.

On the side, Das opened a tab and started messaging there to a person named Andrew.

[I am in. You can start the meeting], messaged Das.

Das has attended hundreds of meetings and never lost a deal.

He never turns on his camera to show his face in the meetings.

Das connected his earpods with the laptop.

[Welcome, Mister Morris. We have been waiting for you. Were you busy with something?]

'Mind your own business, you dumb fuck'

Das uses 'Morris' as his alias name to hide his identity.

Das took a deep breath and typed, [Tell them I was with my wife and she wasn't letting me attend the meeting]

[Okay, Sir]

[Mister William, the boss was talking with his wife], said Andrew.

[Ah, my apologies. But may I ask why is Mister Morris not speaking anything?], asked William.

[Yes, I am speaking on his behalf]

[Why are you speaking on his behalf?], questioned Chichi.

'Dammit! I hate these type of people who always pry their noses into other matters where they have nothing to do with it'

[Shut them up, or I am leaving the meeting], messaged Das.

Andrew gulped down and said, [Boss is still busy with his wife, and he asked me to speak on his behalf]

[Why is he busy with his wife in an important meeting?/ And can't he just type here instead of messaging you?], inquired Calix.

Das hung up the meeting as he slam-closed the laptop.

Surprised, Elena jolted a little.

She glanced at annoyed Das and said, "Can I speak now?"

Das covered his face with his hands and said, "What is it?"

"I am stuck?"

Das sighed and said, "Where?"

Elena handed the notepad to Das and said, "The first one"

'I knew she wouldn't be able to do it but…. It still pisses me off', Das groaned.

"What kind of idiot are you?", Das said he slammed his fist on the desk.

Elena giggled a little as she tried her best to hold back her laugh.

Das' face twitched as he shouted, "What are you laughing for? Is this a joke to you?"

Elena shook her head and said, "No… pfft" Elena let out a laugh as she said, "But I didn't know there are types of idiots"

Das' face twitched even more as he said, "Pass a joke again and I will kick you out"

"I am sorry. But your reaction was so funny that I couldn't help but laugh"

"My reaction?"

"Earlier you were making funny faces"

'Damn her!'

"I told you not to disturb me!"

"You did, but you didn't say anything about not to look at you"

"You were supposed to solve the problems that I gave you"

"But I did solve them"

Das groaned and said, "You are literally stuck on the first one!"

"Yes, but I solved the other two"

"Huh?"

Das looked back at the screen and saw the other two problems were solved.

'How?!'