The Author's POV

-Spurt!

"M-matriarch!"

Splurting black blood on the ground, inside of a dim light room, an enchanting figure clenched her heart.

A black silhouette appeared next to the Matriarch who had just splurted black blood on the ground and hastily helped her sit on her throne.

Though her breath was weak, her presence remained majestic as the servant did not dare utter a single word.

Gripping the armrest of her throne, the matriarch whose figure was now incomparably pale said

"He failed..."

-Crack! -Crack!

Tightening her grip on the armrest, cracks started appearing on the throne as a red glow started emanating from the Matriarch's figure.

"...Fortunately because he was much weaker than me, his death has only cost me a small internal injury"

Hearing what the Matriach had said, the servant worriedly asked

"How long do you need to recuperate?"

"I should be healed in about a year's time..."

Turning her head to the servant that was next to her, she coldly ordered

"Get someone to send me all of the information regarding the incident that Elijah was responsible for"

"Yes mother Matriarch"

Nodding his head, the servant disappeared into the darkness

As soon as he disappeared the red hue around the matriarch increased many folds enveloping the whole room.

"Once I find out who was responsible for killing my pawn..."

-BOOM!

The throne behind the Matriarch suddenly pulverized as she stood up. With a distorted face and eyes that were dyed red in rage, she slowly spat

"...I will personally make sure they suffer a pain worse than death!"

...

Amanda's consciousness was awakened by a dazzling light coming through her eyelids, stimulating her pupils

Waking up in a large spacious room, Amanda blankly stared at the familiar ceiling she had been seeing for the past month. Lightly lifting her head, Amanda stared at her room.

The room was large, and besides her, there was a massive bookshelf filled to the brim with books. A large desk stood in the right corner of the room. On it, a white desk lamp sat on the right corner of the desk with books neatly piled around it.

The room had a nice woody, tranquil feeling around it that could calm anyone who was in it. The sunlight directly entered the room from the large windows around the room, brightening the surroundings. Before entering the academy, because of her outstanding results, she was asked by the academy how she wanted to design the room and this was the outcome.

The tranquility and silence in the room calmed her mind.

"...ugh!"

Touching her head, she felt a strong headache whenever she tried remembering what had happened the night prior. It felt as if her head was being split into two.

last thing she remembered was seeing two emotionless eyes staring

young man that was responsible for killing Elijah, Amanda's head was filled

still did observe him from time to time like all of her classmates. In fact, because he tended to do weird things,

elective and class, he looked like someone who was sloppy. He cared for no one around him and always seemed to be bored in class. Especially in the elective where he would forcefully try to

had completely shattered. Recalling his two eyes devoid of emotions that perfectly calculated the exact time

was indifferent to most things, she couldn't help but want to find out more about him. In one moment he was a sloppy good

his true

-Bam!

of the door opening as two stunning girls

looked at her as she patted her body all over to make sure

on the news about what had

"...hm"

Though she didn't show it on her face, seeing that they had come to

was all over Amanda, Kevin

surprised when I received the news of what had happened, how did you manage to defeat

"...eh?"

me you

her pocket. She then proceeded to

in the venue had

Amanda slowly and carefully read the article from top to bottom.

'Was it his doing?'

for a fact that she wasn't the person responsible for Elijah's death. Yet, from what she

the multiple arrows that belonged to

she knew

shot one arrow that night, and all it did was leave superficial wounds. It didn't injure him at all. The real killer was not

moment her head was dizzy, she remembered the moment when Elijah was killed. It was one swift sword movement so fast that Elijah, a D rank villain

when Elijah's guard was at its lowest. Almost as

as she tried to describe 'him' the best

"Hey, hey, Amanda!"

out of her thoughts, was Emma's

"...Sorry"

own thoughts that she had ignored everyone that had come

you must still be

she gestured for the other guys in the room to

rest, call us if you

Emma quickly brought everyone out

-Clank!

the room's door, silence permeated the room once again

...

"You think she's okay?"

Emma looked at the

for a

can't tell. Her face is always

"True"

that Amanda had just gone through a traumatic experience, her expression

even think of them

expression, Kevin tried lightening up the mood by changing the

I didn't expect her to be strong enough to defeat a D rank

was that

what Kevin was trying to do, Emma redirected the conversation to

"...hm?"

who was unamusingly scrolling through some research papers noticed that

guess it's pretty

uninterested Melissa was,

can you at least look a little