Sylvia's POV:

Carol and I both insisted on our respective opinions. We were in a stalemate, so Blair took me to the guards to look at the surveillance video.

We meticulously watched the surveillance video and sure enough, we didn't see Carol get in or out of the school gate.

"Did you really mistake someone else as Carol?" Blair worriedly asked as he turned to look at me. "It doesn't seem like Carol is lying."

All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as my face turned deathly pale. If Carol wasn't the one who appeared in the library, then it had to be someone else. And the answer was obvious. It was Noreen. She disguised herself as Carol.

I remembered when Rufus told me that black witches were good at disguising themselves and hide among the crowd. I figured she must have disguised herself as Carol in the library this time around. Noreen's witchcraft was flawless. I couldn't see a single mistake in her transformation even when we were talking face to face.

It would be horrible if she could disguise as pretty much anyone without us noticing.

did make a mistake," I trailed off as I absentmindedly walked out of

faster than we thought. She probably sneaked into the imperial capital and

still had no

me out of the school, I refused and simply left on my own

began to panic. I kept suspecting

long for my anxiety to take over, and when it did, I sprinted all the way to the imperial palace

when I saw the

sigh of relief. Now that the enemy was hiding in the dark, I couldn't afford to be so passive anymore. Whether or not what the letter stated was true,

flowers as they passed by me. Two guards were also walking behind them and were carrying a pear tree. "Where

so big.

guards were smiling as they carried the pear tree to the backyard. The open space that had been paved with cobblestones had now turned into

on hot days. Entwined vines were under the trees, as well as a swing that swayed in

nice it would be to have a swing of my own, but I didn't expect that Rufus would take it seriously and arrange this

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