Chapter Thirty-Seven.Nina's POVI already know myself that I'm quite an unlucky person. From my life before I was transported here, I have a few memorable unlucky experiences like epic fail moments with strangers and being stabbed in a dark alley. Now being transported into a body of suspicious wicked dame and many more unlucky encounters with such characters!I thought maybe I'm just quite unlucky. We all experience bad luck from time to time.But this is too much of a bad luck! This is definitely a cursed! A cursed that clings to me ever since I was born.But who would curse a cute anti-social girl like me!? Did I do some bad stuff in my previous life for me to deserve this? Well, I did some bad stuff on earthly cheating and judging secretly but that's all! I didn't burn a continent or cause a destruction of mankind or summon a calamity for karma to hit me so hard that it curses me.This is absolutely ridiculous to the point that I just want to think that this is all a dream. So ri
Chapter Thirty-EightNina's POVThe tone of her voice changed, the jolly atmosphere she was caring burst like a bubble. She still had that sweet smile plastered on her lips, but her eyes turned sharp.A small drop of venom seems to fill the air. I cannot fully express this kind of aura, but it feels like a rat being observed by a hawk, ready to catch anytime.Calm down Nina.Make your heart steady, any change of demeanor or subtle change of breathing can give her so much information.She's here to ask about my health, not to interrogate me nor does she feel suspicious. I can't overthink for now; it may cause me an arm and a leg.Stay calm, you have already been exposed to too many surprises. This shouldn't be enough to make you lose your cool Nina.But what should be my response? If I talk too much it might appear too odd, if I talk less, it will appear as if I'm hiding something. A perfect response is not an option, as perfection does not exist. It would also cause some suspension.R
Nina's POVWhat!???My heart skipped for second!That's all!? It was different from what I had imagined or predicted.Did you just admit something like that to the person you found annoying and hated?! Is there no 'in your imagination?' 'stop assuming' or something along the lines?That was indeed unexpected! I keep forgetting what I should answer.I mentally prepared an answer if he ever denied or ignored my teasing.Lord Ethan is so straightforward! What if I'm sad at heart!? I'm already dead! Is he not going to admit something like that? Men in earth cannot do that, scared to be looked at and called simple, fragile, or under. Which is nonsense in my opinion.He's really a lady killer!Arghhh that was no fun! I though it would turn into a petty revenge but to my surprise, it turned into something I didn't like. It left me agape and flushed.And it turns out my revenge would be null as it turns out he didn't leave me behind.I coughed slightly, noting my expression and posture as if
Nina's POVMy expression almost broke down. My eyes widen in shock as the pupils shrink into the size of a needle. My hands turned cold and was even silently trembling.In that instant, I even believed that I had transmigrated back. However, the elegant lamp surrounded by brass grids and the silver-inlaid tin, the books, and the whole place was quite sparkling, made me recognize the reality I was in."What are you doing?!"A voice boomed out of nowhere.I jolted awake as I hurriedly straightened my back and checked my posture.For a second, I thought my heart fell from my chest. I even let out a small gasp and immediately turned my head to look at my back.A familiar outline can be seen, with a familiar 4'11 height, with his pale complexion, charmingly green eyes, and a curly white long hair. I immediately recognize who it is.Teacher Fernando!I was feeling both confused and ashamed. Could he remember me? One of his students on history who made a scene and just fainted.Juskooo embar
After a few minutes, we finally arrived at the dorm. On the long walk, I didn't see any of the main characters. Which I would say was weird.Well, it's not that I'm looking for them. I just find it weird when I don't feel their presence.Like hello!? Even when I avoid them, we always meet them."Milady, would you like me to prepare your bath?" Rita asked while helping me to get changed.After taking my hair accessories, I finally have the time to sit down and rest. While Rita was preparing my bath, she stood up and sat down at my desk.I opened my briefcase and took the notes I wrote earlier. I counted a hundred heartbeats before finally relaxing, after knowing that I sighed."There, what do you think about the library?" I asked in a low voice.The library really bothered me, even though it was breathtaking and magical. I could always feel something is odd, like the invisible thing pushing the blackboard! And those glitters and golden dust!"Mediocre... Okay... Simple... And... Okay..
Nina's POVToday, we are now meeting the devil who is disguising as a Professor in this prestigious academy.How could they not see that behind the handsome face of the professor was a devil in hiding!?Who's fault is this?Is it the faculty? The headmaster? The students? The magic tower?OhHow could I forget that it might be Professor James' fault at all. They sometimes say that the victim can be the suspect. Victim and Suspect are the different sides of a coin.Why did he apply or be assigned here?! Maybe this is his Alma Mater? An academy he once hated and now returning the favor?I could help but grumbled.Series of questions, speculation, and doubts were running on my head.That's all I can think of, I can still remember my former Earth Science teacher saying that if we are angry with her because of the experiments, lessons, and everything about the subject. She told us, "comeback as a teacher, let your student experience what you experience. Won't that be a fair trade?"And my
Chapter Forty-ThreeNina's POVProfessor James charming smile gives me nightmares. Suddenly I got nervous, and I almost got up just to run away.This feeling is not good, this is clearly dangerous!He stretched his hand in mid-air and suddenly pulled something in the void. A small white fluffy bunny came out of thin air!Suddenly my eyes widened and bad memories flowed out like a broken dam.Everyone immediately got tense and vigilant, as if they were prepared and ready for any possible development to happen.Professor James chuckled at our reaction, and nodded slightly as if we were satisfied with our reaction."Good, your reflexes aren't that bad. Always put up your vigilance anytime and anywhere,” he praised and extended his hand on the bunny."This little guy here is a contractual companion that I have got. No need to be uptight, I'll just get something from him," Professor rest assured, but after saying that almost all of us tense and did not let our self relax. He already said t
Everyone's face was torn between grimace and seriousness.Tap! Tap! Tap!A lot of footsteps were heard and I saw Kaiden and Lord Ethan step on the stage. Professor James' grin widened even more, seeing two of his most potential students finally took action.With both equal speed Kaiden and Lord Ethan simultaneously attack. With their signals and understanding the blue hair guy stretched his arm and aimed, the red hair guy created a wall of flame, trying to trap Professor James. When the series of attacks was held, Kaiden backed down and jumped away.As they were busy distracting Professor James, many of the students one by one entered the stage.I thought it would be an advantage but Professor was so crafty that he didn't even let them draw their weapons and kick them out. Either using his silver sword, slashes, elbow, and leg.One by one, the students on stage were declining.Many of them traded blows but it wasn't enough to send Professor James flying.I took a deep breath and slowl
Chapter Seventy-Three.My hand trembled after reading that last passage of the diary entry. I didn't realize my breathing stopped for a few seconds until I felt that the oxygen around me wasn't going to my lungs.I tried to calm down and tighten my thoughts and feelings. Soon, my breathing calmed down and for once again I tried to read the last part of the entry one more time.I don't even know why I am feeling nervous. My body just shivered on its own and started trembling.I don't understand what's wrong. But instead of focusing on this detail I decided to read the entry. It was as if I was reading a forbidden knowledge, or I was spying on Senior Janice's secrets.For the last time I breathed a sigh and ironed my heart.“Elemental spirit! Isn't that amazing!? I heard and read from the records here in the magic tower that almost half of the Archmages last hundred years ago did have a contract with elemental spirits!But the problem is, encountering them just once is very rare! They s
Chapter Seventy-Two.After taking another sip of my wine, I drop the glass and put it on the table. Breathing in for a second and two, and making sure no one was really around me.I immediately sat down on the bed and traced a circle in front of me. The dark space soon opened and revealed some things.I didn't look at or touch the sword, instead I took the papers at the bottom. Grabbing the yellowed stain papers, I arranged them and placed them above the queen size bed.I pick up the very first page near me."4th Month of Gold (March). Why are my friends so stupid? I've repeated myself so many times. Don't be fooled by those people from the magic tower! They are scamming us! Thinking that the key to fully control our mana and have our mana core strengthen is by forcing to manipulate the mana around us. Which is very stupid if I may say.The key thing about mana control is not about grasping them, but digesting them! It's nothing about tapping powers, but being one with our attribute!
Chapter Seventy-One."Let's go inside." Marquess Bernardo offered and led us inside the mansion. We walked ahead as we made our way to the five story building. When a homeowner enters their home for the first time, they have to personally walk from the gate to the door of the residence. It symbolizes that this is our territory, my future territory.It was some sort of implication that the heiress is back, it was a subtle announcement that I will soon inherit this. And if I was honest, it made my heart tremble with joy and anxiety.I don't like the flow. Something didn't feel right but I couldn't see it, I would just be much more vigilant now. This wasn't necessary, but mother and father still did it.screeeech-The large iron gate with the black crow closed, and our figure started to disappear from the eyes of the outside wall.All of us silently walk on our way until father picks up a question in the road. "How was your trip?" he asked in a solemn voice.I almost flinched but held my
Chapter Seventy.Nina's POV“The southeast really is different.” my eyes reflected a new scenario. It was very different from the busy Capital, but the people and establishment almost looked the same.I saw a mother feeding her son a meal. It reminds me of my mother, my mom from earth.She loved being able to cook and bake meals for her loved ones - thrived on taking care of the children. It was our nature to only be able to produce one child and even that was difficult for them, so Mama and Papa felt very lucky when their little child came along. Then when mother and father's work asked them to transfer in the city, Grandma who of course disagreed immediately. It may be the nature of our family to only have one child, that maybe the reason why my grandma was so overprotective of me and my mother, to be a mother and she'd always wanted a large family."The atmosphere feels mixed up."That was what came out of my mouth based on what I saw out through the window. Rita seemed to understa
Chapter Sixty-Nine.Third Person's POVOk.Ok.Ok.Footsteps could be heard on the late night as shadows and moonlight dance across the mirror space.Thud.A soft thud could be heard as five silhouettes landed on the ground."What the hell happened here?"Under the dim moonlight, the man on front who was wearing a black windbreaker that was shorter than a coat, but longer than a jacket turned around to look at his colleagues.That silhouette was partially camouflaged in the darkness, bathing in the silver moonlight. That silhouette turned around slowly. His eyes are deep, gray, and cold."A battle." he simply answered.The man who has bright blue eyes could help but twitch his eyebrows at how dry the response was. If it wasn't for his friend he would have already smacked the heck out of the man's brain.The blue eyed man just shook his head and walked towards the laying cold corpse. He squats down like a frog before observing the corpse. Two more people wearing the same black windbrea
Chapter Sixty-Eight.I walked slowly and stopped right in front of Zen's bruised body. I squat and dispel the scythe on my hand.There's a lot of blood covering his face, especially on his nose and mouth. I lifted my hand and held it under his nose.Warm air brushed through my fingers.I nodded in satisfaction.Fortunately, he isn't dead yet. But anytime soon, he probably would. And we don't have much time now.My sight landed on the blessed sword not far away Zen, it was laying flat cold on the ground just like its holder."Over there, are you still there?" I asked as I stood up and walked over to the blessed sword.It too a few second before Droon answered, "un... I'm still alive..."I just ignored the slight displeased in his voice. I bent down and reached for the sword. "Can you heal him? We need to get out of here now. I don't want another headache from those Gardeners." I muttered as I raised the blessed sword.Droon snorted, "What do you want… me to do?… Heal someone?… did you
Chapter Sixty-Seven.I jump backwards multiple times before landing in a safe distance. I held my weapon on the other hand, and observed my arms and body.Sticky liquid that smells like rust and iron invaded my nostrils. Deep cuts could be seen but I didn't feel any pain.I was about to wipe the blood when in a flash, a silver sword was coming towards my face. A white glow emanated from its blade.-Woom!As if a bolt of lightning had descended, a bright light illuminated the room and a horizontal white streak of light appeared on my right side. I immediately rolled over before it hit me.Without letting me breath another sword passed through my left side, I tilted my head and twirl my scythe above me to deflect another annoying sword above me."You're pretty heartless do you know that?" He said as he slowly walked towards my direction playing with his greatsword."You just left your partner dying in my hands," he stated with a grin.I look at him blankly, "is that so?"I ready my hand
Chapter Sixty-SixSoon, everything around me started to change. The house, the people, the furniture, everything in my eyes slowly changed. Everything no longer looked like what it was before.Slowly, everything around me started resembling an old television form before. The whole place turned into a three-dimensional space that was painted in black and white.My heartbeat which was beating unevenly calmed down. Following my heartbeat, my breathing became even and I felt all my emotions leaving my body.My whole point of view changed into a familiar background. As if it was deja vu, a familiar background yet I don't seem to remember what it was.I looked at where Zen was standing yet I didn't feel the need nor spare a chance to care about his condition. I no longer cared for Zen. I no longer cared for the heretic who was in the state of going crazy. I no longer cared about anything other than fulfilling my mission.I only had one goal.That is to kill the heretic who seems to know my
Chapter Sixty-Five.Not far away from the place where Marina and Zen were fighting. A dark-skinned humanoid creature with devilish horns protruding from the top of its forehead was sitting on the top of a tree. With one of its legs resting on the branches of the tree and an arm supporting one of its cheeks, the creature had its eyes closed. It had a muscular human body with two bat-like wings attached to its back. From behind its tailbone, a long black tail wiggled around the air.Sensing something, the humanoid creature slowly opened its eyes revealing two deep red eyes that exuded boundless bloodlust.Staring at me who was frozen solid in place Looking at the fight between devil worshipers and the Gardeners, the humanoid-like creature smiled eerily as it looked down on the mess."Ku Ku Ku, what have we got here?" as his attention was attracted to three persons. A young boy with a blessed sword in hand, a heretic with a dark holy sword, and a young girl with a lingering aura of death