Avon went to the academy with zero sleep for the night. The language classes hadn't begun yet . They would begin today so he had to attend no matter what.
'If I think about it carefully, there's no point attending the regular theory classes because Ms Aveline is teaching me much better and faster. It will be better if I only attend the language classes as I don't understand the regular theory classes anyway. From today I'll only go to the language class.'
Thinking so Avon entered the academy. There he overheard some people speaking.
"You plan on taking the theory the coming primaday? Why not wait till next month?
"Nah, I'm fine. I will ace it. I don't wanna waste my time so I'll go today.
"Fine but I won't take it today. I will prepare well this week and then take it next month."
"I knew you would say that. Well then I will go now. I have a test to give"
"Good luck"
'Primaday...that day is the 5 th day of the week and it should be...8 days from today. So I have a week in hand to prepare'
Thinking so Avon went towards the language class. There was some time left for it to begin yet so he decided to go slowly .
He reached the classroom and took a seat.
Slowly more and more people started to enter the class and Avon knew none of them. Soon the professor entered and then introduced herself as Mrs.Pamm.
As the class continued, the professor said that the students will the taught Rhonese upto the level necessary for the raid.
It seemed that all the cadets in this class were ones who wanted to join the raid.
After the class ended Avon decided to pass some time until it was the time for his class with Aveline.
He went to the garden near the academy and sat down on the bench. Since he hadn't slept the entire night, sleepiness began overpowering his mind. He tried to resist it but eventually fell asleep.
He woke up after some time hearing some commotion. Upon opening his eyes he saw that everyone was leaving the academy and it was time he left for Aveline's house.
'I fell asleep and I didn't even realize it. I should quickly refresh myself and get to work.'
He washed his face and left for Aveline's house. Upon reaching he knocked the door. Today too, she was wearing casual clothes. Infact she was wearing a tank top. Avon didn't expect that and was caught a bit off-guard as his gaze first fell on her chest and the slight cleavage visible. He didn't let his gaze last there for longer and immediately looked her back in the eye. Then he entered and they began to study. After some time they took a break and spoke about random things. Aveline told Avon about how the administrative system works on the planet and about other things.
Avon had gotten pretty comfortable around her now. They always had meaningful conversations which deepened their bond.
Like this it went on for another 5 days. Everyday they met and studied and talked. Having almost covered the syllabus, now Avon was relieved. Avon and Aveline had become like friends. They were very comfortable with each other. Aveline always welcomed Avon.
The following day having just finished attending the language class, Avon decided to take a final look at the timing of the theory test. He opened the website and checked the notice section, the moment his eyes scanned the first few characters, his eyes widened and his heart began beating faster and faster,
'The test is tomorrow?....not day after? But those people discussing did say primaday....did I get the days of week incorrectly...ronsday, canstowday, holoday, kinsday.. primaday, it is the fifth day ...then...no,no,no I can't give the test tomorrow itself, the syllabus hasn't been covered properly!'
The official notice date said that the examination was the next day and not the day when Avon thought it was, but how did he get it wrong? something didn't add up. How did he miss the date!
Avon was panicking as he couldn't afford to fail now. He would have to prepare for it overnight....that was cutting it too close. The language test would happen after 2 more days so that was fine.
As Avon was pacing around in deep thought he heard someone call out his name.
Thamo was standing before him now and had a big smirk on his face.
"Oi idiot. Why are you so worried? Maybe because you messed up something? Worried about the test which you wanted to speedrun? Hmm?"
Thamo spoke in a playful and mocking tone.
"Why do you care" Avon said coldly. This was suspicious. Why did Thamo who was away from him all this time come to trouble him now again.
"Why do I care? Well because seeing you face any inconvenience pleases me. So tell me how do you feel. You worked so hard all this time. I can see the dark circles under your eyes you know. Even after all this now you will fail tomorrow. Oh how sad. Well what to do. You needed to be shown your place. You humiliated me and thought you could get away with it. You see, all the people here will follow what I say without questioning me. So when I tell them to talk about the test whenever you are around and constantly talk about it being on the wrong date, of course you will miss it! Only if in your hurry you would have found some time to just actually check the dates...but ofcourse you wouldn't, it was obvious after little observation how you didnt double check the things you hear around."
Hearing this Avon's anger flared up. He was manipulated by Thamo.
'I can't believe it! I should've checked the date properly! Now it is even more difficult to get into the raid.'
Avon was angry at himself for falling this dumb trick of Thamo's. Now he has to wait for a week. If only he had checked the date ,Thamo gambled and he succeeded. Indeed of Avon had double-checked all of this could be avoided. But in his rushed state of mind whatever info entered his mind he processed it and planned further on that.