Chapter 115
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Volume 3 + Chapter 115: Negative Emotions
“So what happens next?”
“Don’t worry, Teacher Biden has studied disasters for decades—longer than we’ve been alive! If he says there’s nothing to worry about, then there isn’t. We should trust the judgment of a professional magic master!”
“That’s true. I have to admit, having Teacher Biden around gives me this inexplicable sense of security.”
“Not just that—the Sword Saint has been in Laurel City recently, didn’t he appear last time? Right, Lia?”
Beside Lia, the student council members were discussing this during their daily meeting.
However, unlike usual, she seemed unusually distracted, her head lowered as if lost in thought.
“Lia?”
Noticing her reaction, the student council members found it strange and called her name again.
“…Huh?”
Lia belatedly raised her head, looking blankly at the others.
It seemed she hadn’t heard a single word of the discussion.
“Lia, we were talking about… the Sword Saint. Is he in Laurel City right now?”
“…I don’t know,” Lia replied.
“You don’t know? But isn’t he your brother—”
“I said, I don’t know!”
Lia’s voice was unusually impatient, even irritable—completely unlike her usual self.
This startled the others, leaving them too afraid to speak.
After all, in terms of status, Lia far surpassed everyone else and held considerable influence.
Truthfully, everyone had some idea why Lia was acting this way.
It was probably because of what had happened at the freshman social.
During the finale of the event, something unexpected had occurred.
Lia, the young lady of the Schubert family, had personally extended a dance invitation to Xia Yi—unlike last year, when she had casually picked someone at random. This time, she had seemed genuinely serious.
Receiving such an invitation was an immense honor, a sign of recognition from the Schubert family.
But in the end…
She was rejected!
Xia Yi had turned down Lia and Yue Liu, choosing instead some mysterious girl.
It was absolutely scandalous.
However, due to Anthony’s sudden mutation afterward, the buzz around this incident had been overshadowed. People’s attention shifted to the disaster, filling them with worry.
Biden, representing Laurel Institute, had stepped forward to reassure everyone, declaring that the academy was impenetrable.
This was also the topic of today’s student council meeting.
“Alright, that concludes today’s meeting!”
The student council president stood up.
“If anyone has any pressing issues that need resolving, you can report to me privately. Otherwise, everyone is dismissed. After everything that’s happened recently, we could all use some rest.”
“…Understood.”
The members rose and filed out of the student council office.
Soon, only Lia and Alistair remained.
“Lia, are you facing any difficulties? You can confide in me,” the student council president said with a smile. “Helping council members with their problems is part of my duties.”
“…It’s nothing. Thank you, President Alistair. If I need anything, I’ll come to you.”
Lia forced herself to respond politely before standing up to leave.
“Ah, Lia…”
The student council president sighed. This was the first time he had seen the Schubert family’s young lady in such a state—it was unprecedented.
…
Lia walked through Laurel Institute, radiating an aura that warned others to stay away.
As one of the academy’s most prominent figures, everyone recognized her and deliberately avoided her, not wanting to provoke her.
“Why…?”
Lia paid no attention to the stares around her, muttering to herself.
Ever since that night, this feeling had taken root in her heart.
Why had Xia Yi refused her invitation, choosing instead some random girl?
How dare she reject her?
What gave her the right?
These questions tormented the Schubert family’s young lady.
Since childhood, anything she wanted, she had obtained.
But this time, she had miscalculated.
The thought of something that should have been hers slipping into someone else’s hands was unbearable.
Once before, in her childhood, Lia had experienced a similar shock—with Wright Schubert.
She had wanted to acknowledge him as her brother, but he had left her forever, never to return.
This situation with Xia Yi felt eerily similar.
Lia had already been somewhat interested in Xia Yi, intending to uncover all of the mysterious loli’s secrets, to control her, to possess her—this was what she had wanted.
Just like acquiring a favorite toy.
But reality had doused her with cold water.
“…Xia Yi, how dare you…?”
Lia pressed a hand to her forehead, feeling a headache coming on just thinking about that girl.
The more she couldn’t have her, the more she wanted her.
“Is this enough?”
Suddenly, Lia heard Xia Yi’s voice. She looked up in shock to see Xia Yi walking through the school with a pink-haired girl.
“With this money, you should be fine, right?”
Xia Yi was asking Yue Liu.
That morning, the little fox had gone to the market in Laurel City, using Xia Yi’s alchemist certification to sell the potions she had brewed, exchanging them for money.
“Mmm, it’s enough. Who would’ve thought my rival had talent in alchemy too? I feel… like I’ve been outdone!” Yue Liu grumbled.
“I’m good at everything,” Xia Yi boasted.
“Ugh, I can’t even argue with that!”
“Are you leaving today?”
“Yeah. I’ve already been delayed for a while—I really have to go now.”
“What about exams?”
“No problem. I’ve already informed the academy—I’ll make up the tests when I get back. There’s still time…”
Xia Yi and Yue Liu chatted happily, laughing together.
They seemed so in sync, as if no rift existed between them.
Their closeness was almost… like a couple’s.
“…”
Lia stared silently, her eyes widening.
She didn’t understand.
Why? After what had happened last time, how could Yue Liu still talk to Xia Yi so calmly, without a trace of anger or resentment?
And Xia Yi.
When Lia saw the smile on the black-haired loli’s face, something inside her snapped.
All the negativity she had been suppressing erupted at once.
“Xia Yi, do you… not care at all? How can you smile like that?”
