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.

was seeing two emotionless eyes staring

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

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

and always seemed to be bored in class. Especially in the elective where he would forcefully try to pay attention

of him had completely shattered. Recalling his two eyes devoid of emotions that perfectly calculated

she couldn't help but want to find out more about him. In

his true

-Bam!

door opening as two stunning girls accompanied by two extremely handsome boys

at her as she patted her body

saw on the news about what had happened...are you

"...hm"

that had entered her room. Jin, Kevin, Melissa, and Emma. Though she didn't show it on her face, seeing that they had come to

was all over Amanda,

the news of what had happened, how did you manage to defeat a D

"...eh?"

me you forgot?—Here take

She then proceeded to turn on the holographic function and swiped towards Amanda. Soon a virtual newspaper article appeared

villain who had infiltrated top human academy 'lock' attempted to kill more than 50 students. An anonymous tip had alerted the authorities beforehand about the sudden attack, and upon arrival, the corpse of D rank villain was found. The corpse of the villain had multiple arrow wounds all over its body. Upon investigation, all drinks and foods present in the venue had been drugged beforehand by a potent drug containing a strong sleeping agent. Currently, the venue owners of [le farat] are under arrest on the suspicion of collusion with villains. Fortunately, thanks to the courageous efforts of one individual, this disaster was prevented. If not for the heroic feats of top student, Amanda stern, this day would've

and carefully read the article from top

'Was it his doing?'

for a fact that she wasn't the person responsible for Elijah's death. Yet, from what she was reading in the article it seemed like she

was passed out with her bow in her hand, coupled with the multiple arrows that belonged to her which were found on Elijah's body,

knew

had only shot one arrow that night, and all it did was leave superficial wounds. It didn't injure

at that moment her head was dizzy, she remembered the moment when Elijah was killed. It was one swift

was even more impressive was the fact that he had done this, exactly when Elijah's guard was at its lowest. Almost as if he knew this was going to happen. Had he failed, only death would've

precise, cunning, many words came into her mind as she tried to describe 'him' the best

"Hey, hey, Amanda!"

her

"...Sorry"

apologized. She was so lost in her own thoughts that she had ignored everyone that had come into the

you must still be in

Amanda on her shoulder as she gestured for the other guys in the

some rest, call us if you need

quickly brought everyone out of

-Clank!

once again leaving a stunning young girl alone in her

...

"You think she's okay?"

looked at the four people beside

for a

I can't tell. Her face is always indifferent so I'm

"True"

Amanda had just gone through a traumatic experience, her expression never changed. She remained indifferent. Even for her who was extremely outgoing, talking to Amanda was

think of

somber expression, Kevin tried lightening up the mood by

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

you're right, who would've thought she was

trying to do, Emma redirected

"...hm?"

research papers noticed that Emma was talking to her and

guess it's

Melissa was, Emma pouted and

at least look a little bit