But doing all these wasn’t an easy task. These were the reasons why his mind was busy, there was a lot to think about.
He wouldn’t want his head to blow up, so he’d have to start figuring them out one after the other.
Before he finds a way to get gold coins from his mum, then figure out the expensive gifts he’d get for her, then think of how he’d make himself sound so intelligent while giving those gifts to her.
The first thing he planned on doing was locating Miss Amaya’s home. Yes, he needed to know where she was living ’cause it would help out a lot.
After getting those super expensive gifts for her, he planned on visiting her home to give them to her…that would make it so special. Giving them to her at school wouldn’t make sense at all, there was a reason for this.
So Ryan’s aim right now was to discover where Miss Amaya’s home was situated before the other things would take place. He’d have to hunt this target well.
The library period was over by now, and Ryan’s mind wasn’t busy anymore ’cause he’d made some decisions…
But because his mind wasn’t busy anymore doesn’t mean it wouldn’t become busy later, he’d still have to make use of his head to think and strategize when the need comes.
Since the library period was over, teachers began trooping into their classroom to teach them one after the other according to their teaching curriculum.
Some of their teachings were interesting, and some were boring.
Now, all Ryan was waiting for was for closing hour to reach so he could carry out his plan. And what plan are we talking about here? Locating Miss Amaya’s home.
Yes, he planned on achieving that today. And how does he plan on doing this? By trailing Miss Amaya without her knowledge.
He’d do what it takes to trail her until she reaches her home. And with that, he’d been able to discover where her home was situated.
He wouldn’t be able to do this until it gets to closing hour, that was why he was waiting for closing hour to reach. Teachers weren’t entering their classroom anymore ’cause the ones that were supposed to enter, teach, and leave, had done so.
So teachers weren’t supposed to enter their classroom anymore until it got to closing hour…
Ryan kept waiting for closing hour to reach, and he wasn’t the only one waiting for it to reach, other students were waiting for it to reach as well. They wanted to go home.
It had already gotten to closing hour, and this was the thought that ran through Ryan’s mind,
‘Finally’.
He didn’t waste time standing up from his seat and wearing his bag. Other students were standing up from their seats as well, and some were even walking out of the classroom already.
From the look of things, Ryan wouldn’t be able to head home with Dylan today…he had an important job to handle.
This was the very reason why he told the guard that rode him to school not to bother about coming to pick him up.
..The quest might require him to still be busy during closing hour, and that’s exactly what was happening.
His gaze was focused on Dylan currently, and seeing that Dylan was about to stand up from his seat, he began walking out of the classroom until he’d finished walking out of it.
His destination was Miss Amaya’s office. He planned on standing close to the office she was sharing with other teachers until she steps out of the office.
And the moment he was sure she’d begun heading home, he’d begin trailing her. It was a risky thing to do, but he has to do it. All these were to accomplish the quest given to him by the system.
He’d arrived at the school compound by now along with other students. And in the next few minutes, he was already standing close to Miss Amaya’s office.
Now, he wasn’t standing too close to it whereby it would become suspicious. He was making use of his brain here, there were enough meters between him and the office.
There was no way they’d suspect him in any way. Now, throughout the time Ryan had been standing close to the office, a single teacher hadn’t stepped out of it.
But he was sure teachers were inside it ’cause he could hear some of their voices. Now, he wasn’t concerned about the other teachers stepping out of the office, he wasn’t here for them.
They could come out if they wanted to…or they could choose to remain inside until tomorrow, he doesn’t care one bit.
All he cared about was for Miss Amaya to step out of it because she was his target…
More time had passed since Ryan began standing somehow close to the office, but not even a single teacher had stepped out of it yet.
‘Did they plan to stay inside it until a certain time? Or is this how they’d always been doing whenever it gets to closing hour?’. Ryan thought to himself with a kind of confused look on his face.
Maybe this is what they’d always been doing whenever it gets to closing hour. They weren’t like students who were always in a rush to do things.
They were more mature, so they see no need to start rushing home the moment it gets to closing hour and start dragging the school compound with students…this was Ryan’s mindset.
Back then and now, whenever it gets to closing hour, there was no day he’d waited to watch to see how the teachers do leave their offices. He’d just begin heading home immediately.
So who knows whether this mindset of his was accurate. They don’t usually rush to go home whenever it gets to closing hour, they do take their time in their offices.
And who knows? Some of them might have to stay in their offices to handle one or two things before heading home. They were far busier than students, they have a lot on their plates.
But even with this mindset, Ryan planned on waiting for Miss Amaya to step out of the office no matter how long it takes.
After the passing of a few more minutes, about two teachers stepped out of the office, and from the look of things, they were heading home.
‘They’re already stepping out little by little at least’. Ryan thought to himself glancing at the teachers.
Students were still walking out of the school compound, lots of them. As usual, some were being ridden out of the compound by people with horses, while some were walking out on foot.
A few more minutes passed before another teacher stepped out of the office, a female. Ryan watched her as she was walking but made sure she didn’t notice he was watching her.
As time passed, teachers were walking out of the office, it was so slow. They were walking out one after the other, and the worse part of it was that the person Ryan was waiting for hadn’t stepped out yet.
..Miss Amaya hadn’t stepped out of the office yet, and it was making Ryan wonder if she would ever step out.
‘Does she plan on staying inside until tomorrow? What is keeping her in there?’. Ryan thought to himself with a perplexed facial expression.
More minutes passed, and Miss Amaya hadn’t yet stepped out of the office. The students on the compound were reducing drastically by now. Ryan knew there were still teachers in the office ’cause he was hearing sounds and voices, so he kept waiting.
He was doing all these to accomplish a quest because the quest was important. He wouldn’t be wasting his time here if the quest wasn’t important.
To Ryan’s greatest surprise, the remaining teachers in the office had walked out, and the door had been locked, but Miss Amaya wasn’t among them.
And it was at this moment it dawned on Ryan that Miss Amaya wasn’t among the teachers inside the office all this while. She’d left before he arrived here.
But how did she leave so fast? He didn’t waste time to leave his classroom and reach this place the moment it got to closing hour…so how come?
Maybe she left before it got to closing hour due to some reasons. She was a teacher, she could leave before closing hour if there was an important reason for doing so.
Ryan was feeling different things at this moment, and he didn’t know what to do about these feelings. So he’d been wasting his time waiting for her all this while?
He felt like punching himself over and over again until the pain becomes too much for him to bear. Explore stories at empire
Look at the number of students that had left the academy, the school compound had become so scanty. And he was here wasting his time instead of him heading home.
As said, he felt like punching himself over and over again until the pain becomes too much for him to bear, but he wouldn’t be able to do so…