He took a deep breath, watching the cluster of students make their way into school. He may have been an extraordinary success in other parts of the East of the continent, but he deserved a normal, teenage life in at least one country, right?

"Must be hard getting your education from China, right?", said Clemont, "The expectations there are pretty high"

"Have you seen how they play games like PUBG? They use math and everything!", added Tierno, leaning over from the front of the limo.

"Going to school like this...it'll never get old...", Serena squealed.

"Trust me, it does...", Ash chuckled.

Once they arrived, Clemont was extremely glad he'd installed a setting on the translator that could project the data to a mobile device instead. Otherwise they'd all know he was recording their every word, just trying to figure out what they were saying.

"There's Xiao's limo!"

"That kid must be rich..."

"I heard he was in a coma"

He hardly had time to wave to his friends before the crowd of students surrounded him. They started to have a feeling trying out school in China was a bad idea, but luckily most of the teachers spoke English. 

They also had to be careful keeping Ash's identity a secret in this country after blowing it everywhere else.

Hours later, Ash could be seen packing his bag, ready to go home with his friends when he was tackled to the ground.

"C-Clemont?! Are you okay-"

"I can't do it Ash! It's so hard! The workload is so much...it's, like, twice as much as college! Please, get me out of here..."

The others also arrived, exhausted and teary-eyed, throwing themselves onto their friend, begging him to make it stop.

Mairin and Bonnie, having been treated nicer for their age, weren't as stressed. Alain was older than all of them, so the stress wasn't exact. But he also wanted to go home and throw himself onto a soft mattress.

"Guys, guys, it's okay. I kinda saw this happening...", Ash sighed, smiling knowing his friends relied on him, "How about we go get something to eat?"