The Author's POV

-Clink! -Clink! -Clink!

"May I have everyone's attention please"

Tapping on the wine glass in his hands, Elijah gathered everyone's attention.

Standing elegantly in the middle of the hall, Elijah made sure that everyone was looking at him before continuing.

"First of all, I would like to thank all of you that decided to attend the gathering. Although our elective could be considered on the smaller side compared to other electives, we here are like a family."

Making eye contact with everyone in the room, Elijah mood turned a little bit serious as he spoke

"I have recently been made aware of the conflicts happening between the juniors and us seniors, and it honestly pains me to see this. I may not be able to change this, but I sincerely hope that in our elective this prejudice and conflict does not appear."

Pausing slightly, and looking at everyone in the room, Elijah raised his glass and said

"This is more than just an elective. This is a family!"

At first, everyone was quiet. Turning to look at each other a myriad of expressions could be seen from certain individuals' faces. they wanted to rebuke but...they dared not to. With Elijah's current influence, his words were law. Refusing him was like signing a death warrant.

-Clap!

Breaking the awkward and tense silence was the sound of a clap.

-Clap! -Clap! -Clap!

Soon someone else started clapping, and like a chain reaction, everyone followed along and started clapping.

"I understand, I will follow the president's order!"

"We love you, president!"

"I love you, president!"

Cheers resounded across the hall as both the male and female students cheered for Elijah.

Smiling, Elijah took a big gulp of the wine and once again lifted the cup in the air

"It is with great honor and pride that I welcome you to our elective, food exploration!"

"Thank you!"

"Food exploration!"

"Best elective!"

Though everyone cheered, two individuals didn't. One retained an indifferent face throughout the whole ordeal while the other cringed repeatedly.

Of course, this didn't escape Elijah's eyes, as his eyes narrowed for a split second before returning back to normal as if nothing happened.

Unbothered by the fact that Elijah probably noticed my behavior, I nonchalantly sat on a sofa and enjoyed my wine. The fact that he managed to say those words without cringing was worthy of my admiration.

For all I knew, Elijah cared nothing for the conflicts within the academy. In fact, he was probably rejoicing at the fact that there were conflicts within the academy. Most notably at the fact that some of the attention was diverted away from him, allowing him to act as he pleased.

Looking at the glass of wine in my hand I frowned.

Though I usually disliked alcohol, due to previous trauma, it wasn't a problem anymore. Excluding the fact that the wine wasn't that strong, with my new physique only alcohol higher than 70% could affect me. Anything lower than that didn't bother me.

Sort of ruined the pleasure of alcohol, but oh well, it's not like I needed alcohol in my life again.

After nearly finishing half of the wine that I had brought with me which I so conveniently hid inside of my bracelet, I felt my bladder bloating.

Walking up to a waiter I asked

"Excuse me where's the bathroom?"

Pointing towards the entrance of the room, the waiter said

"Turn right over there and after you walk a couple of meters you should see a bathroom sign"

"Thank you"

Thanking the waiter and following his instruction, I headed to the bathroom

gotta do what

...

out of place with his clothes that did not suit the atmosphere. He had short black hair

at him, Amanda couldn't help but look at him in confusion. He was currently sitting on a sofa sipping on some wine looking extremely bored. No one approached him, nor did he approach anyone and he seemed to enjoy the solitude as he would occasionally

what he

so much attention to him was because that very same student had approached her earlier. It was when she was on the balcony looking at the moon lost in

...It was odd.

of him, as he was one of the more famous students in her class. Not in a good

was what they called

he was regarded by most of the

about her interactions with him,

...he was a weirdo.

the male students would come towards her and try all ways to get her

was even more confusing were the things that he said

tonight, and you might be the target—no, you're most likely the

trick to try to get her attention, he had

heart, but she definitely started paying

sorts of situations since young, her temperament became cautious. If anything

everything seemed normal, and apart from a few people already getting drunk, there was

Drunk?

only thing

get

knew that something was

she prepared to summon her bow in

-Thud! -Thud! -Thud!

started falling on

tried to summon her bow but a wave of vertigo

around, she tried her best to

around, every student fell on

"Damm it!"

her teeth, Amanda tried her

still did not lose consciousness. It partly had to do with

for. Time was ticking and she could

that had warned her beforehand...but it was to

he the mastermind behind

him. It wasn't wrong of her to suspect him as he just suddenly disappeared as soon as everyone

of person that

Although Amanda didn't like to talk much and always seemed to be absorbed in her books, she was always observing. It was something she developed over the years to get a better read on who had malicious intentions against her. Their posture, their expressions, their temperament, she could pretty much determine if someone had any ill will

tell at

"Cough!...cough! kh-Amanda!"

the

to be in distress Amanda took a few steps

"Huff..huff..huff"

one knee, Elijah

"Kh-what's happening?"

her best to restrain herself from

towards his direction. He was the only key she had to find her mother...she needed

was struggling, Amanda was slowly getting used to the effects of

Elijah, Amanda extended her

"than-kh you"

right hand, Elijah tried to grab Amanda's hand...but before he could fully touch

-Smack!

"Yo-u"

at Amanda

"Drop the act"

are you

me when the entire time you had

Elijah

"ku ku ku"

deepened

of me...I just

Elijah

imagining myself sharing some alone time with you, one

-Voom!

her bow, Amanda instantly

aren't we a little

hands in surrender, Elijah smirked

-Woosh! -Woosh! -Woosh!