Unkindly Altar [II]

As frustrated as he could be, Derek couldn't do anything about it at the end of the day.

Attacking another student because they did not want to surrender an item was an undeniable offense. Imagine if somebody got hurt really bad or even died.

"You see why it isn't good to treat everything like it belongs to you?" Lucy said. "Maybe if you make a reasonable deal, they might give you the fragments. You could offer them something valuable in return instead of bullying them."

"Sorry, but I don't need them anymore," Derek replied, against their expectations.

"What?" x3

"Let him be. He's trying to play reverse psychology on us, so we'll give it to him," one student said, folding his arms and looking at Derek smugly as if to challenge the very mental trick. But Derek scoffed, turned away, and walked to the Unkindly Altar.

That same student unfolded his arms, stupefied.

Prince Derek has one fragment.