Nor will I be yours. Ch.23

After the class ended, we came out of the basement floor and in to the hallway outside. It was stuffed with people surrounding the main characters. Cercis and his fans on one side, and the other side was Hedera's. The three hottest people in the Academy have gathered in one place! What will happen?!

"Professor.." Cercis said with a stern face.

"Your highness~on what utmost occasion is it to have the blessing of your presence here with us?" Hedera said with a sly tone to it.

"I am just passing by.. and stumble upon this commotion." Cercis said while gazing at Irene.

"Oh! What a coincidence! I as well!.. except that I'm actually here for Miss Briar, you see." Hedera said.

"…on what business do you have with Irene?" Cercis boldly asked while staring at Hedera from the corner of his eyes.

"Hahaha! Oh your highness, I don't think my business with anyone is a concern to anybody~ but since you're so curious.. I just needed Irene to substitute for my assistant for the day, she's an excellent help, you see!" Hedera smiled brightly while Cercis looked a bit irritated.

Just because the house of Leo is considered royalty doesn't mean the three houses have any less prowess than the others. For that reasons, they were always in a quarrel on equal's footings. In order to connect their relations, they do arranged

marriages to at least act for the publicity.

" I understand… but you see, I also have an urgent business with Irene as well as there are some works in the student's council room I needed her for." Cercis said as he approached closer next to Irene.

"Your highness, our academy has many talented people who I'm sure will be glad to be of help, so I don't think Irene alone is necessary for the task, don't you think?" Hedera said while also taking a few steps closer to Irene.

"..I don't think as you do professor, but if we were to follow through with your logic then I can say the same for you. Have someone else be your assistant for the day, I'm sure that anyone can do it." Cercis responded coldly.

This brat…- Hedera looked pissed as he thought.

They both were at each other's neck, none of the men weren't backing down from the fights and people are really there for the drama.

"Woah… the prince and Mr. Ophis is fighting over the witch..?"

"I can't believe this.. she really got the two most handsome men in the Academy under her grip."

"Yeah…but why the prince and professor kinda look good together though?"

"..What?"

Students were chatterings all over the place and nothing was being solved until Hedera spoke

"Then.. your highness, how about we let the person, herself decides then?" Hedera suggested.

Cercis thought for a second then sighed-

".. That is true.. well, Irene? Will you be accompanying professor Ophis to his lab or attend to the council's room along with me?"

All eyes were on Irene, eagerly waiting- so who will it be? Who will she choose?

Irene on the hand, looked like she was in a pickled. Any decision she make will displeased them. Choosing Cercis would be the better option as he isn't a psychotic a**hole like Hedera, but choosing Hedera would be the safer option as he won't be getting more disturbing moving forward. Seriously all of them are hot garbage… I can't stand this.

*Irene's POV*

Oh no.. This is bad. What should I say? I didn't think that I have to meet them both at the same time.. and that egg summoning ritual earlier really took a toll on my body.. I don't think I will be of any help to any of them either..

"I…" I muttered, but suddenly, in the midst of the crowd, someone was squeezing in to the center, pushing everyone aside and went straight to grabbed my hand.

"Excuse me gentlemen, but I don't think she'll be going with any of you." Miss Kannavis came barging in and pulled me away from the both of them. Her eyes were fierce and her face was stern, but the hand that was holding onto me was shaking. She's not too fond of crowds like this, but she still showed up…

"My lady?" Cercis said while raising his eyebrow. His face was looking confused as to what was Kannavis doing.

"It's seemed that miss Briar will be spending her afternoon with me. I apologized as I will be holding a tea session and Irene will be coming along. After all, she is my one and only tea partner, isn't that right, Irene?" Miss Kannavis said as she turned to look at me.

After hearing her said that, my heart skipped a beat.. I was so delighted to hear her call me her partner! I couldn't control my excitement as my face blushes to her words. I nodded profusely to her comment and she dragged me out of there without saying another word to anyone.

"W-wait?!" Cercis exclaimed as he tried to stop us, but wasn't able to as they were swarmed in.

"Your highness, I can help with your work!"

"That's right, your highness. And professor, if you need an assistant, then I'll be able to fill in for today as well!"

"That's right! That's right!"

The crowds were enthusiastic at their announcement for assistance, so they were blocked from tagging along. Professor Hedera wasn't smiling anymore, in fact, he seemed to have a really sour expression in his face. After that, he politely smiled and just excused himself out without uttering a single word as well, leaving Prince Cercis to deal with that aftermath.

After Miss Kannavis dragged me out for awhile, we ended up in her dormitory's room. It's spacious and was decorated almost like the room at the Corvus manor. The room had two square windows, smaller than the one at the manor, but the overall furnitures in the room was placed in a similar position as well. There were two lamps above the windows and a medium sized chandelier at the center above the room. None were lit yet as the room received its light source from the mid-day sunlight. Just the sight of it gave me so many nostalgic memories.

*Kannavis's POV*

"Fuu.. we're saved.." I sighed then threw myself onto the couch, face flat to the mattress. The room was quiet just the both of us, but I can her Irene's footsteps walking around the room, exploring. This… it reminded me a bit of the past..

" Thank you.. miss Kannavis.. for saving me. I was really conflicted on what to do… but I'm worried, will you be alright? Doing that.." Irene said. Her voices sounded a bit troubled.

"Ahh.. I'm sure it's fine. You don't have to worry about it." I waved it off while my face still barried in the couch.

For a second, I heard footsteps approaching closer towards me, then something pressing down the seats. I peeked my head sideways a bit to see Irene on her knees, leaning her body onto to my couch with her arm crossing over each other and her head placing over it. Her eyes were looking at me, waiting for me to stared back, patiently like a dog waiting for its master… Sighh.. she's really damn cute..- I thought to myself.

"Miss.. do you want tea?" She asked me while she's leaning almost to my face.

"No… I'm fine.. it's just.. I'm really tired from this morning class. You can rest here for awhile if you want.. or leave if you want to, I'm just going to take a bit of a nap." I yawned while I told her so. Then face-plain back into the couch.

"I can rest here,miss?" Irene asked again.

"Mmm.." I nodded.. I didn't know that just imbuing some mana in to the egg was going to be this exhausting.. or maybe I'm just this weak… other people looked fine though?.. maybe I'm just imagining it..

Huh.. suddenly I was flipped sideways as Irene let herself onto the couch as well..

"…what are you doing??" I asked while she's wrapping her cold arm around and laying closely next to me.

"..l'm resting." Irene replied bluntly.

"Right.. no, why are you here? Get off." I said, trying to chased her away.

"…mmm it's really cold Miss.. and you're really warm.." Irene muttered softly.

I sighed, surrendering to her grips. "It's really stuffed." I said as I burrowed my face in to her chests. Her clothes smell nice. Some of her hair falls in to my face, and I can smell her shampoos. It smells of roses. Moreover, it is faint, but I can her heart beats clearly, ringing in my ears. It wasn't comfortable being in that position, but somehow my body was relaxing and slowly falling into slumber.

"miss Kannavis…" Irene whispered.

"Mmm?"

"Who will you be attending the ball with?" Irene asked.

".. I don't know..I don't think I'll go at all.." I replied.

"… I really hope you can attend miss. I am looking forward to see you in a nice dress..." Irene said.

I thought for a second on what to say..

"..I'll try." I said.

There wasn't any further respond from Irene, she falls asleep first. Huh.. she must have been really tired..It was an empty promise I thought, someone like me shouldn't be of this importance to her, but somewhere in my heart, I really wished that I can be the one to hold her in my arm on the dance floor… even in her sleep, she wrapped her arms around me a bit more tightly as like she's trying to keep me from running away…

" I'll really try… I promised." I talked to myself. Will this be alright?