Chapter 45 - Ch. 45 Let's Have A Music Battle!

Ever since Kaylee was a child, the only thing she avoided the most was arguments between schoolmates. She never wanted to get involved or be the source of her friends to quarrel.

She always tried to be invisible and not to be the center of attention. Her grades were not good but not so poor either. Her parents also never forced her to be number one in school.

The only thing that made her shine the most and attracted everyone's attention was when she sat on the piano chair and her fingers danced on the piano keys.

Aside from that, Kaylee did not shine no matter what she did. Her appearance was not as fashionable as now. She always wore thick glasses and braided her hair in two, making her look like a nerd.

Although she was an easy target to be a victim of a bully, no one dared to tyrannize her. That's because they knew that Kaylee was the only daughter loved by Mister Zouch, the owner of the largest and most influential bank on the five continents.

They would not dare to offend Zouch's family if they did not want to get enormous loan interest or have difficulty borrowing money.

Of course, many want to be friends with Kaylee, but with her dull appearance and her more cornered demeanor like a wallflower, no one was interested in being friends with her.

The only friend who was still friends with her was Wendy alone, and they were friends until now like sisters.

While people think Kaylee was a quiet person who didn't know how to strike a conversation, Wendy and the Larson family were well aware that Kaylee was not a silent child as people think.

The girl was very similar to her mother, who was super talkative and loved to speak. Despite all of that, Kaylee only fancy talking when she has opened her heart to that person. Otherwise, her mouth would be tightly locked, and no one would be able to withstand the Ice Queen's silence.

Kaylee was not aware of her true nature and thought she felt more comfortable alone. In fact, Kaylee could be an easy-going girl if she opened her heart.

The girl just needed a little encouragement to pull out her friendly nature. That's why Wendy and Nick didn't hesitate to ask Kaylee to disguise as Nick because they knew the girl could handle it sleekly.

Unfortunately, our innocent Kaylee did not know her own nature and was now struck by an incredible panic when she stared at her fellow freshman from another class department.

"What are you looking at?"

Miraculously, Kaylee did not back down from her place and even frowned, a sign of dislike making the challenger think she accepted the challenge. Well, Kaylee frowned not to take the young man's hidden challenge, but she did it because she was confused about what she should do.

"Yo, chillax, man," Fortunately, one of her classmates defended Kaylee and retaliated against the challenger.

"Mind your own business. I want to deal with him." the challenger pointed his index finger at Kaylee, making the girl feel cold sweat running down her back.

What should she do now?

"Nick, do you want to deal with him?"

"No. I have no reason to deal with losers."

OMG! OMG! Where does her courage come from?!

Dear Lord, please help her to get through all this.

"What did you say?!" the challenger hissed more angrily and stared at Kaylee with an offended look.

"Oh, not just a loser, but apparently, he has a hearing problem."

It felt like Kaylee wanted to jump away from this basketball court area. Kaylee was solely regretting to call the young man a loser, but her friend instead poured the oil in the heated-up fire.

Kaylee needed to stop her friends before the war breaks out on this campus. But she did not know how to stop it, and now her friends were becoming more and more aggressive.

"He is a loser, not on par with us." continued her friend, getting an agreement look from others while showing an annoying smirk.

The actions of Kaylee's friends made the challenger feel furious, making Kaylee had a headache.

"Hmph! Did I hear it right? An idiot call me a loser? I heard you were in the last rank. At least I'm not an idiot like you." the unnamed challenger insulted Fritz, Kaylee's friend who said the challenger was not on par with them.

"It's not like you are above me. I heard you are the most useless, the stupidest, and most hated student on this entire campus."

"I dare you to say it again." the challenger stepped forward, making Fritz move forward as if ready to fight him.

"Fritz, wait up." Kaylee tried to pull her friend's arm to hold him, but the young man's energy was far greater than hers. "Wait, you guys. We can't fight." Unfortunately, her voice was drowned out by her friends' loud voices, who supported Fritz while the challenger group backed the challenger.

Kaylee was still trying to resolve their dispute, but someone shrugged her shoulders back.

"Nick, move out of the way if you don't want to join."

"What?" Kaylee became more and more panicked when her friends even rudely pushed her away, making her sway and fall into the trapped seat. In an instant, Kaylee gripped her stomach as she felt her cramp period return as her body was pushed.

Kaylee didn't even have time to think about the pain when she saw her friends start fighting and bickering. The boys who were playing basketball stopped their activities and ran to them all to settle the quarrel.

But instead of stopping their quarrel, they joined in beating their opponents who had beaten their friends.

Jacob was the last person to arrive at the quarrel scene, and his eyes darted to find his best friend. If Nick were involved in their quarrel, then Jacob would join in to help his friend. Since Nick didn't take part in the fight, why did he bother to join in and hurt himself?

What a bunch of kids!

[author: aren't you a kid yourself?]

Jacob decided to walk around and was very surprised to see his friend get up from his seat and climb to a higher place.

Then…

"STOP IT, YOU IDIOOOOOTTT!!!!" Kaylee's voice that was very loud and full of a very daunting aura silenced those fighting boys.

They all thought that the one who stopped them was one of the lecturers or student councils in charge of disciplining students. No one expected that it was Nicholas Larson who stopped their fight!

Jacob blinked a few times as he rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't hallucinating. In all his memories since meeting Nick, he never remembered that the young man could be so angry and radiate a frightening aura.

Sometimes Nick likes to daydream when he was alone or become silent when he felt annoyed with the behavior of his friends who love to peek at women's skirts from under the stairs.

But he had never seen the young man get so angry or shout so loudly. Hell! He didn't even know that Nicholas Larson could be fierce!

Kaylee no longer cared about the strange look from her friends, moved down to them, and stood between the two groups.

Kaylee was currently in a terrible mood because her monthly period and emotions control her so much that she couldn't think with her common sense.

Kaylee pointed her index finger at the challenger and looked at the young man defiantly.

"Let's finish it like a gentleman. Let's have a music battle."

The challenger was frozen for a while, and then he laughed out loud at Kaylee's words, followed by his friend, who gave mocking laughter at her.

"Don't you know who we are? We are the best group band on this campus. The music director has even chosen our group to host performances at various events. You will not win against us."

"Hmph! What's so great about being a band without an audience? Don't you know who I am?"

"Who are you?"

"Adam, can you tell him who I am?"

Adam chuckled, amused at Kaylee's order tone, then answered it as he walked closer to Kaylee.

"Nicholas Larson. The younger brother of Wendy Larson, creator of the Chronicle of Life album and this campus Prodigy Boy." he continued, placing one hand on Kaylee's shoulder.

"Don't forget, all the students on this campus will come to watch Nicholas play." continued Jacob, who was now standing on the other side of Kaylee.

Kaylee put on a smirk as she noticed the challenger's pale face.

They might be the band of choice on campus, but they know all well that no one really watched their performances and deemed their music was just like any other music played on the radio.

While Nicholas Larson… his name has been spreading since the day of their entrance exam, and no one did not know who Nicholas Larson was.

Without the need to hold a music battle alone, the challenger's group of bands has lost to Nicholas Larson.