The Earth After Rebirth

As much as this excited him, it also scared him. He knew how quickly people like him disappeared, Kiro reminded him of a particular friend he had back then. This made his heart ache. As memories of him during the academy years came rushing back.

\'I guess the apple doesn\'t fall far from the tree after all.\'

The dean smiled at his thoughts, and cleared his throat.

"You waited that long because I had been trying to get the video you mentioned. You\'re right there are cameras at most parts of the campus and they are always on, recording, even if you don\'t see them.

"It was a hassle getting this exact moment and also in such a short time. We really do need to upgrade our system," he said, while pressing something and a screen appeared.

On the screen, Ursa could be seen approaching Kiro and handing him a drink. He could be seen downing the drink in one gulp, then a dissatisfied expression on his face.

Since the music had been really loud, it didn\'t pick up on what they were saying exactly.

Had their system been up to date, they could\'ve been able to filter out the sound. But as bad luck would have it, the government was always slow at implementing these things.

Ursa was seen almost getting intimidate with Kiro, that\'s when the dean decided to pause the tape. He certainly didn\'t want to see what young people get up to these days.

"This doesn\'t prove anything of his innocence, you had alcohol in your mouth, how could you not have known?"

"Yeah, you should\'ve spat it out."

It was as if they were wild animals the way they didn\'t want to think logically, they\'d already decided that Kiro was guilty. The dean raised his hand to shut up the people who were talking at the same time.

"This doesn\'t prove anything yes, but it does prove that this kid was given the drink, he didn\'t get it himself. His look of dissatisfaction also plays an important factor here," the dean said.

At his analysis everyone went quiet. With just this he won the crowd over. Kiro understood why he was the dean, he was indeed a charismatic leader. He wasn\'t too pushy but he also had a firm hand.

"This may exonerate him from underage drinking, but dean, it says nothing about the girl who claims she was assaulted by him and I\'m afraid there aren\'t cameras in the dorms."

The vice was sure relentless. Kiro wondered if Isaac had bribed him or something. It was hard to believe that someone would fight this hard for something they knew was false, unpaid.

"Mr. Ridley is correct," the dean said.

At those words, the vice could be seen sneering. Kiro\'s heart dropped, his stomach lurched, but he couldn\'t give up now, he had to fight for himself at least.

"So then, if there aren\'t cameras in the dorms, it\'s my word against hers." Kiro declared.

"You have no word against those in high society brat," said another man in disgust.

"So, that\'s it then, I\'m being found guilty on something I\'m innocent on."

"Can you prove that you\'re innocent?"

"Can you prove that I\'m guilty?"

"Why, of course, her word is enough proof."

Kiro was visibly angry. He knew this society was unlawful regarding the lower class, but he underestimated just how far they were willing to go, so they didn\'t lose the feeling of being superior.

Amidst the anger and sorrow he was feeling, something came to him. Of course, Isla, she was a witness.

"There was a witness," he said calmy.

The vice looked at him with eyes full of disgust, "if there was one, naturally they\'d come forward."

"Isla Silva," he said, ignoring the vice.

"You dare use the name of—" The vice had already taken strides towards Kiro, he was held back and cut short by his companions.

\'What is up with this guy? does he have a hard-on for high society?\'

The dean looked at him, "unfortunately, Isla has gone home for the next few days. You should be expelled—"

"Expelled? Preposterous," Kiro shouted, he was frantic now, "You know dean, I thought you were alright. I never took you for someone who bowed down to high society dean, then I\'ll take my leave." He finished and got up.

"If you\'d let me finish Mr. Waynworth." He motioned for him to sit down. "You should be expelled, but you\'ll be suspended for the next 2 days, your hearing will be on Monday," He said with finality, and dismissed everyone else.

The board left dissatisfied, they didn\'t hold back letting their thoughts known either.

"What is the dean thinking?"

"He\'s always had a soft spot for them, he\'s just delaying the inevitable at this point."

"Yes, that girl was so scared too. I believe her."

"To think he\'d use the Silva name to try and get under our skin."

"He\'s daring, I\'ll give him that. I bet the Silva\'s young miss doesn\'t even know him."

There was only Kiro and the Dean left in the room. Kiro didn\'t quite trust his legs to carry him safely to the door, so he waited for a bit.

"Sir, the next two days are the weekend."

The dean chuckled and winked at him, then left without a word.

He sat back and relaxed. "The dean is a good guy after all. That was really close. I should contact Isla."

Then he realised he didn\'t have her phone ID saved on his phone. He could send a message through the class group, but that was too much.

What\'s more, in this society, you couldn\'t just take someone\'s phone ID just because you were in the same chat group. They had to be the ones putting it in your phone, the phones had sensors like that.

Since everything was almost all virtual, it was for protection. But that put Kiro in a bind.