Chapter 25: Flowing Crimson

*** Third-person P.O.V.

( I just checked with Senpai. She said that just wear your school uniform instead of something else because for some reason student council denied their request to allow casual clothes.)

She read the message Patricia send a few minutes ago before putting the phone on the desk.

[ Past scenes

"You lost, as agreed between us the fruit is mine now." The boy remarked while putting the sword tip on her neck.

She nodded once to indicate that she accept her loss before he removed the sword and put it in the scabbard.

He smiled happily while giving her a hand to stand up. She rejected his help and got up on her own since she was still in denial about her loss.

'How is this possible??' She thought. She had never seen someone of her age that could cut her attack in two just with a sword.

"You are a fine pyromancer. It was an honor to compete against you" The boy bowed once to show his sincerity before turning around and picking up the fruit.

She wasted a week in this wilderness for that fruit but he too wanted it and they ended up competing for it.

She was sure of her victory since she could count people of her age that could defeat her on her fingers. She ranked first in the entrance exams of tera Academy for god's sake.

'And here she is losing to nobody. Who the hell is he?' She looked at the boy who confessed that he too would be a freshman at tera Academy in the next month.

"Well, I hope to see you in the academy, Miss?" The boy stuffed the fruit in his backpack and showed signs of leaving.

"Scarlet." She grumpily replied.

"I'm Silver. See you later then." He nodded before turning around and jumping down the fountain.

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"Let's see where will you hide today? I will definitely equal our score." Scarlet raised her fist to the ceiling while laying on the bed.

She had trained real hard since that day so when she found silver in the future, she would appear victorious in their duel.

The last time he won by a fluke because she underestimated his capabilities which cost her dearly but she had learned from her defeat.

She sighed once before making her mind and getting up from the bed.

There was not much time remaining before evening so she walked into the bathroom for a quick shower and a nice and warm bath.

She might not be physically tired but the student council President made sure that she would be mentally exhausted after listening to his lecture.

Royalty he might be but she was sure everyone acquainted with him agreed with her that he could be cold-hearted if people didn't meet his expectations.

She needed to give a speech during the opening ceremony with the first ranked in boys.

She got that where he was coming from when he scolded both her and Charles after the ceremony but the fault didn't fall on them both this time.

They were both prepared with their speeches but just before their turns, they both got teleported to a separate space.

First, they were wary of getting attacked by whoever sealed them in that separate space but no one showed up and after half an hour they both once again returned to the academy.

They got summoned by the dean as soon as they returned. He ordered us to not disclose it to anyone until he checked the whole academy premises to ensure that everything was fine.

Sadly, as soon as we got out of the dean's office, the student president summoned us and we had to listen to his lecture.

'I wonder what was their motive?' She thought as she got out of the bath and wore a towel.

Not everyone could use space magic in the heart of an academy without alerting anyone. It was protected by massive runes and powerful experts at all times.

Why were only they got transported and they were even returned without any harm after some time? It didn't make any sense to her.

She wore her dress before standing in front of the mirror. Her hair was still wet so she picked the dryer and started to dry them.

When she was half done with drying them, someone knocked on the door.

She turned around while putting the dryer down and asked," Who?"

"Who else but me? Now open the door." Patricia's voice came from the other side of the door.

Scarlet smiled before walking toward the door and opening it.

"Come in" She made way for her to enter.

"Took you long enough. Anyways, are you ready or not?" Patricia raised an eyebrow before smiling as she walked inside and turned to look at scarlet who was closing the door.

"My, you will be attracting a lot of eyes today." She remarked as she circled Scarlet.

"Will you help me with drying my hair?" Scarlet asked as she sat in front of the mirror and passed the dryer to her.

Patricia nodded and started to complete the work.

"Keep your hair free today. You look good in a ponytail but you look better with free hair."

Scarlet had dense and silky smooth crimson flowing hair that reached her till her hips. She had similar colored eyes and a small but well-suited nose. She had a tall build of 6 feet.

"Here done." Patricia put down the dryer and gave some final touches to her hair before leaning forward to whisper in her eyes while looking in the mirror.

"You look wonderful. Come on, let's get going." She patted Scarlet's shoulders to signal her to get up.

"Where is the party?" Scarlet asked once she got up and turned to follow Patricia outside.

"In the auditorium. Only an auditorium could host so many people." Patricia remarked as Scarlet locked her room.

"How many people are we expecting to see?"

"A lot. Even if some freshman and second years don't show up, there would still be more than 500 students at the very least."

"I see." Scarlet smiled wryly. She was not a party person. She preferred some gatherings more as it allowed her to better interact with people.

*** Scarlet P.O.V.

"Okay okay. Silence, please. First of all, a toast to celebrate these juniors getting enrolled in our Academy. Cheers!!!"

""""Cheers!!!"""

"There is a long tradition of second-years hosting a party for their juniors on the day of the opening ceremony to welcome them to hell. Last year, we were the newcomers, and today we are hosting the party for our juniors."

"I hope the juniors maintain the tradition in the next year too. Now I was told by the disciplinary committee that I need to tell you all that, we are allowed to celebrate and enjoy ourselves but remember to respect other people's personal space. Insolence will not be tolerated."

"Another thing is to keep the noise in limit since they would not be responsible if you offend final years by making noises as they study and blah blah blah. hehe."

"Okay, so who wants to see some fireworks?"

"Yeahh~~!!!"

"Come on, man. What are you waiting for? Start the show." The senior shouted to his friend who nodded before firing illusions in the air.

The illusions bloomed into a beautiful fireworks display without noise since they didn't want to upset final year students.

"I wish they played some music too." One of my classmates grumbled.

"Come on, Anita. You are looking like you know how to dance. The disciplinary committee likely banned it." Patricia smiled while lightly punching her on the shoulder.

Anita came from a family that follow the traditional way of naming from ancient times. Nowadays, since English was used by everybody, not many people traditionally name their children but some still follow the custom to preserve their heritage.

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