Antagonist
Chapter 23. Expectations

Like a sweet little sister, Edward forced Rachel to sit on his lap. Teaching is the excuse. The lesson was easy for Rachel.

"Query, are you done? Query seems to have trouble answering." Said Rachel wanted Edward's attention to switch Query.

"Nearly done." Query was still writing, but suddenly stopped his hand movements for a moment."Rachel, thank you for being friends with me. And about the side dishes."

"It's okay! Besides who made a side dish full of love this time Edward!" The words that came out of Rachel's mouth.

"Thank you, young master..." Query's a little down. Along with Edward who was still holding me Rachel stared intently at him.

"After the task is done! You have to go home!" Edward let out a rough sigh, this time giving it some leeway."In addition, next semester Rachel will be transferring schools. You won't see each other again."

"Moved school?" Rachel knitted her forehead. Query was silent.

"Dad said it. I want Rachel to go to the same place as me. Schools that may have better facilities." Evidently.

Query clenched his hand, unable to block his best friend. Basically, humans are so, right? Creatures that prefer material.

Until he was silent for a moment listening to Rachel's answer."Nah! The school you are studying at is currently populated by the son of an official, the son of a conglomerate, and the son of a celebrity. Minimal children of doctors or prosecutors, the lowest caste to be able to attend school there. If I were in that place, then I would be an easy target for bullying!"

Rachel doesn't want to move? Is Rachel really like her mother, different from women in general? Slowly Query smiled, his best friend Rachel, the best person he had ever met.

What if he had everything like Edward, he could be with Rachel?

"Stay away! Gotta move!" Edward's determination again made Rachel nod. He's a financed leech, so it must be obedient, right?

*

Everything is going as usual these 6 months.

Rachel, who after school, often comes to Query's mother's place of work, as a fruit seller at a roadside shop. Lunch with them.

Query life is also better today. Her mother no longer thought about her husband. Like completely letting go. It can make a more decent provision for his son.

But still Rachel still split the side dish. Eating three at the store that was eventually opened. Only laughter is heard.

"Brachel! It's take it home, it can still be consumed if it's just to make juice." Said Cresia (mother Query), giving a small black bag, containing fruits that are not worth selling. However, it is still worth consuming.

"I..this aunt has nothing to lose, right?" rachel asked her eyes.

"No! Thanks for being friends with Query." The answer.

Query nodded, then hugged Rachel."The teacher told me. Rachel's next semester isn't at the same school anymore."

Rachel nodded."Even though I moved schools I can still play in the store or the hamlet right?" his question was also answered with a nod by Query.

"Auntie! Stay energized! We're still friends!" Rachel said to Cresia, who was quietly about to cry looking at her son's facial expression.

Sighing harshly, he would protect his beloved Query. Of women who have foul intentions like her husband's infidelity. Women can only be sweet to men, only for money. If only she could, she'd like to see how Rachel and Query grow up. Somehow, sometimes he thinks what if he has a good daughter-in-law like Rachel?

Rachel has no intentions. Just want to be friends. Not plain, but not also typical of girls who are over acting. She likes Rachel too much, already thinking of her as her own daughter. Can't he match up his son early on, two kids with crying eyes just for Rachel's transfer from school?

*

A few days have passed. Rachel begins her first day of school. As always, Flint took the time to drop them off.

Spacious, larger buildings, complete facilities, and special uniforms, labeled Elementary School. His face tried to smile, looking tense when getting out of the car for the first time.

Various super beautiful living creatures are visible. This is inhumane, of course all of them are children of rich people with a lot of care.

"I'm like a frog." murmured Rachel, observing the children in this school.

"Come..." Edward pulled his hand, nothing as beautiful as this boy indeed.

Pulling Rachel's hand, walking down the hallway. Edward gave her warm bread. Ruffling his hair, some people started whispering about his whereabouts.

"He's a friend of Snow prince (ice prince)? Why does it look like school? Like my driver's son."

"Maybe it's his sister, the son that Edward's father adopted."

"Snow prince is indeed the best, can lift the degree of the poor. Even make her like a sister. Snow prince smiled at her!"

Sentence after sentence whispers sounded throughout the passageway. Rachel was silent for a moment, how would her life walk in this place? Can he change everything?

"Don't think of their words. Remember that! Even if you're not my sister, you're still part of the Snowden family. If they draw you, fight back. If you can't find me in my class." The smile on Edward's face stopped his steps."This is the class where you will study. I was in the second building, the 3rd floor of the second room from the left of the elevator. If there's any problem find me."

Edward then approached, whispering a little."Lunch time, we meet at the barn. The back garden area is an old building."

Rachel nodded following her master's instructions. He just needs to be a loyal obedient leech. To help his master achieve a happy life, so that he also remains a happy life.

"Good!" Edward smiled, walking away. Sometimes looking back, as if unwilling to leave.

Some of the girls were seen taking pictures of Edward secretly using a camera. Truly a camera, because of the technological settings of this time, even mobile phones only among the upper class who have it, even it is not equipped with a camera.

Rachel let out a rough sigh, beginning to feel suffocated. All the children in this place think of themselves as strange creatures. Or maybe someone who doesn't shower? A madman? I don't know what's on people's minds about him.

Sit on the back seat and read a book. Sometimes there are times when he is grateful to have a memory in his past as Rania. Can think more mature in situations like this, where maybe if children his age experience bullying silenced like this, may not want to go to school again.

Waiting for the arrival of the teacher, sometimes listening to the noisy people about her being close to the ice prince. Ice prince? It was a fitting nickname for Edward.

At that time he thought even deeper. Alira meets Edward at one of the private schools of international standing as well. Alira is from a wealthy family who will soon go bankrupt.

If it continues like this, he might meet with Alira one day. The figure described as having a sun-bright behavior by the author.