CHAPTER SIX

Chapter Six

"So let's start."

I looked at the woman who spoke and I saw the same woman who tortured me. She was wearing a smirk that made my body stiff.

I don't know how will I react or should I even react so I just stand here in the middle of the room.

"The Headmaster must have been amazed with your skills that he even gave you the opportunity to study here." One of them said.

"Which is clearly unfair to those who are paying to study here. Let's make this short. A girl like you doesn't belong here. This is a place for elites and not for some pest in the kingdom!" Guess who said this? 

Well, ofcourse the same woman who hated me and tortured me. I just gave her a smile.

"And you have the audacity to smile?"

She added.

"The Academy was not build only for those who can pay, they build this to help the people of Ingram and the people from the other kingdoms to enhance their skills, to level up their powers. So why are we making a big fuss about a young lady who was given the chance? Is it just unfair for you because your daughters and son's were here because you're paying the academy and she doesn't?" Someone said.

I didn't even take a look on who said that because I was just looking down. I guess this will be the best thing to do because everyone here thinks they are higher that the people of Ingram.

Unbelievably, no one dared to talk. I can even here my breathing and the book shifting the pages.

"We are not here for judgement, she was already done with that, she was tortured already, didn't she? We are here to choose who will she be battling with."

My body become even more stiff when the conversation about the battle started.

"Of course, she should battle with Lorcan! "

"Or Seraphina!"

Everyone stated their opinions and I almost think that they were not elites at all. They do things like this improperly.

"What if..."

Everyone stopped from saying their opinions when the woman spoke again. I felt nervous when I saw her smirking at me again that I know that she was planning something.

"We are now in the middle of the year right? a new semester will start soon. So what if we just let her join the battle of the best? To battle with the most outstanding students of the Academy? I know we all want to see what she can do to be given a lifetime opportunity."

Battle with the most promising students? STUDENTS?!!! How many are they?

"I agree.. it's not like she's going to die in the battlefield right?"

"Do you think it's fair to put her in the battle of the best when she didn't even got to prepare for it?"

"Should we talk about being fair again?" The woman gave me a sullen glance.

No one offered me a sit while they discussed about me while I'm in the middle of the room. They exchanged their opinions about the battle and all I can do was to nod and then look down again.

What I think now is that atleast someone still believes that I can do more of what I know I can do...

The Headmaster, why isn't he here? No one is defending me here...

"Then it's final. Three days from now is the battle of the best, See you there everyone!" She said and gave me a smirk for the third time.

She rose up from her sit and walk passed me. Her eyes almost made me fall but the same guy supported my body from behind.

Everyone started to left the room but I stayed in the middle until I was left alone with him. He stands infront of me without uttering a word.

I sat on the floor and hugs my knees as I felt pity with myself. I let everyone judged me and I didn't had the chance to defend myself. Tears started to form in my eyes so I immediately stands up and run towards the door.

I continued to run until I reach the garden and sat on one of the bench there. I'm glad that no one else was here. Maybe because it was still class hours.

I stopped crying because I was too fascinated with the different flowers here. I let myself enjoyed the beauty of the flowers to make me feel better.

I realized that if I make myself look weak, everyone will take advantage of me, So I have to be brave and survive here, besides my only reason here was to be stronger so I can save my brother.

"Hi! You are Demitria right?"

A girl approach me extending her hands. She was smiling gracefully and that made her look so cute.

"I am... How did you know about me?"

"Well you kinda became famous for saving the entire town from the shadow warriors so I think you deserve the spotlight." She said as she touch the vacant part of the ground and more flowers started to bloom there.

"Woah, what power do you have?"

"Well, I can control the ground and the plants so Earth haha!" Even her laugh was cute.

"Well, obviously."

"Are we allowed to grow plants here?" I asked.

"No one cares about the garden, people like me are just the one who visits it. The only team who cares about it." She stated so sadly that I almost felt the same towards the garden.

"You know, I love plants. Almost all of us in the town loves them." She suddenly looks to me with her eyes widened. It looks like her eyes was shining with stars.

"Really?"She asked me and even cutely crossed her hands under her chin. I nodded.

It was true, almost all of us in the town protects the plants and we grow our own garden. River loves them so much.

"Camellia!!" We both looked at the guy running towards us.

"Hi! Demitria, Right?" He asked and like this... Uhm I didn't ask her name..

"I'm sorry, what's your name again?"I asked the girl because I wasn't able to ask her a while ago due to my brain was to occupied by the flowers.

"I'm Camellia, and this is my twin brother Craig."

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