Sakuramoria

— What are we going to do with the demon, Fortis? — Gideon asked his neighbor when Michaella left. — This petition won't work until he does something. Just killing him isn't an option either. We need to somehow make him reveal his true nature.

— I'll tell you more, this petition won't work at all now. Even if this freak messes up and we go to the principal again, they'll say something like, "Oh, you're at it again, and you're coming up with some nonsense." No, that's not the way. We won't get rid of him quickly; we'll have to openly provoke him—he'll just trick us, and who will Starlight be on the side of again? For now, we need to figure out not how to get him out of here, but what to do while he's still here. We'll discuss everything together on the weekend, well, all of us—without your aspiring neighbor, and those who were upset about the petition probably won't even want to talk about it, but I'm not suggesting anything extreme; I'm just inviting people to chat. Right now, here's what I'm thinking: we need to make sure he's always in sight. Like, keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Maybe he goes into the forest at night and summons Resh, who knows, the devil. There's not much we can do about it, except push him down the stairs and hope he dies... Just kidding. Not funny. And we need to be ready, just in case he really does something, and if he starts acting up, or, on the contrary, starts snitching on us, we need to stick together. In general, we need to understand what he's really doing here and what to pressure him with. It's a crappy plan, right? Well, I'll think about it, and you think about it. But in the next couple of weeks, we probably won't be able to do much about it.

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While the student was considering the question, Gideon glanced suspiciously at the door that had closed behind Michaella, and then at the window.
— Listen, remember I told you about that Nith, Sisnemis? Michaella will definitely go to him with her paper. And he complained to me that non-humans are being driven out everywhere, and people are throwing stones at them; it seems to be a sensitive topic for him. We're doing the same thing with Alidum with this petition. What if the crazy Nith gets angry and decides to go and cut up the people on the list in revenge? In general, it's worth doing something for the safety of this room, just in case.
Gideon leaned over his bag and rummaged at the bottom, finding a coil of wire, a hammer, a box of nails, some bolts, and gears. He didn't remember what these parts were for or why he had taken them. But now they are needed for a special purpose. Standing on a stool, he hammered a nail above the window and hung a twisted piece of wire on it, to which he attached these parts. He tried to open the window—and the improvised alarm, disturbed by the movement, clattered loudly. Not very high-tech, but it will do.
— Here, remember the sound—this is the alarm. If the furry one suddenly decides to attack us in our sleep and shows up in the middle of the night in his usual style, we'll know about it before we get hit and we can grab the bastard.

Fortis watched the process with interest. He's more of a dark genius than a student. Today he's installing an alarm, tomorrow he'll assemble a pistol, the day after tomorrow he'll invent a ten-shot rifle, and then he'll make a bomb. And what, that's not a bad idea—throw it into the demon's room and say that methane detonated...
— I sleep soundly. Although, when you live in a dorm with a demon, that might change. In general, I don't think it's necessary—he won't do anything; he doesn't have the guts or the will. But if you want, install the alarm; you know better. — the student replied lazily, and looked back at the wall. Being on guard and being afraid of every creak are different things; in a week, you'll have to take it down; you can't sleep with the window closed in the summer.

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There are 10000 reiks in the chest.

— Well, guys, we passed the test; let's divide the reward equally; no one's against it, right? — apparently, most of them were speechless at the sight of such wealth, but Fortis was not yet familiar with the purchasing power of reiks, and in general, he was not used to experiencing any particular excitement about money. — How many of us are there...