continued to shovel in the rice mouth.
Max nodded and then asked further.
"Why are you only talking to those from your art class? Why not to the students in our class?"
Nils looked at him sharply, swallowed the rice he still had in his mouth and answered, but now his voice sounded bitter.
"If you had been in this class from the beginning of seventh grade, you would know that reasonable reasoning is useless in this class."
Nils's expression had taken on a bitter expression. His hands trembled and he put his half-full plate next to him. With a wave of his hand he allowed the Pokemon to finish eating his remaining rice.
He walked away from the fire and walked over to where the river split up.
Max didn't want to annoy his buddy and went to him now.
"Hey, sorry, I didn't mean to piss you off. You just always react so weird when it comes to this class.I've only been in this class for two months, but I've already noticed that you're in a pretty difficult position there. A lot of people talk about you and I can tell you ...! "Said Max, but he was interrupted by Nils, who looked at him and growled at him.
"So, what do our oh so great classmates say? Do they say that I'm an idiot, that I'm a slimy, that I'm a nerd? Yes, I already know everything. Do you think I don't notice how these idiots talk about me, how they gossip about me ?! They make up rumors about me to make me bad and make my life so difficult that sometimes I don't feel like getting up in the morning and going to school. "Said Nils and his voice had gotten louder and louder until he had screamed the last few sentences.
Max seemed visibly impressed by the tremendous volume of Nils' words.
"Then you really know more than I thought. I only know one of those rumors about the class so far." said Max and looked into Nils` face, which showed sheer anger.
"And which of the countless rumors should it be? Something after I'm supposed to have a relationship with this woman Voigt or, no, wait, I know a better one! Supposedly I'm supposed to be gay." laugh.
Max looked confused. He didn't expect his friend and mate to know that much about what was being gossiped about him in class.
Nils seemed to have guessed Max's thoughts because he said:
"You are now wondering why I know so much. Well, most classmates ignore me and that has the advantage for me that most of them are so busy with their friends that they do not notice me or do not count on me. Through my work As a class register office, I know the school and its hidden hiding places, where I often go when I want to overhear the others. This means that I can always overhear the others when they are talking about me and sometimes I can also in a small way Revenge, for example, by not lying to my art teacher when he asks me again which of our classmates was missing, because in elective art, many of our classmates who are in this course skip classes because it is the last double lesson on Friday . "Said Nils and sheer anger and a little bit of amusement resonated in his voice.
Max understood why Nils was taking revenge on his classmates in this somewhat insidious way, even if he was not yet able to fully understand his behavior.
"Why do they gossip about you so much? What did you do to them?" asked Max.
Nils looked at him a little confused now.
"What have I done to them? It is more the question of what I do and every day. I maintain a solid politeness for myself and that towards everyone and I have volunteered for the office of the class register.That's enough for them, but they won't come to think about why I'm taking care of the class register. "Said Nils and threw a small stone over the water.
Max had already thought about it a few times. In his old school, the class registry always had to be distributed by the teachers and it was only carried out reluctantly and extremely unreliably. As far as he had noticed, however, Nils carried it out so conscientiously that no entry, be it about school hours or missing students, was missing.
Max cleared his throat and then asked the question that was burning on the tongue.
"Why did you take over the office for the class register?"
Nils looked at him like "Well, finally you are asking this question" and then answered less angry.
"I took this position because I knew it would be mentioned on my report card and it will certainly be useful in my future applications for apprenticeship or job. It also gave me a great excuse to get out of class to come and see different teachers. But enough for now. I'm very tired and go to sleep now. Good night! " said Nils and went to his two Pokemon to get them into their balls and then to go to sleep in the tent.
Max stood on the bank of the river for a while and thought about the conversation that had just ended.
"Now I know why he reacts the way he does in some situations, but I don't yet know all the reasons for it. As I already thought, it is like a book with seven seals. I hardly have a seal solved, a new one comes and replaces the old one. It's like he did this on purpose so that nobody knows about him, so that he is not vulnerable. But I will not give up. He can trust me because I believe that he has lost confidence in his fellow human beings and I'll give it back to him! "Max thought, tore his hair and got his Pokemon back into their Pokeballs and then went to sleep.

End of the 2nd chapter