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Chapter 198 Caught up
Chapter 198 Caught up
POV Lysandra
"The first-year students have already finished their first event. By the gods, we have to stay here for two months!" cursed a girl as invisible tears fell to the ground. In her mind, she wore beautiful braids in her turquoise hair and donned a wizard's robe.
"Tell me, don't you think it's unfair?" she exclaimed, turning her gaze towards Lysandra. The girl who was crying was Jeane, a commoner from the Primal class of the second year.
"Can you stop shouting? They'll hear us!" reprimanded a boy with a halberd in his hand, murmuring but in a raised tone. It was Daniel, Jeane's childhood friend.
"Besides, it's already been a week. We only have one more week left in this place. We need to kill more Titans if we want money for vacation after the event ends," added Daniel. Jeane looked at her friend with her eyes shining at the mention of "money."
"That's right! Well said, Daniel!" exclaimed Jeane excitedly. "Can you two shut up for once? Someone's trying to get out of this place," roared another girl while pointing her sword at her two friends. It was Aria, whose eyes only reflected the desire to kill slowly, her beautiful black hair tied up.
"If it weren't for you two trash, we wouldn't be trapped here!" exclaimed Aria, her white eyes shining with fury. "Calm down, Aria. We just have to wait one more week for the trap to deactivate," Lysandra tried to reassure her, looking at her other friend.
"How can you be so calm?! We're trapped, and we don't have enough food for a full week!" responded Aria with a grim tone, while her eyes settled on the two who were still arguing. "I'll kill them and then eat them," she muttered under her breath, with a determined expression on her face.
Lysandra smiled amusedly as she watched the group of three people surrounding her. They were all students from the Primal class, good-hearted and quite fun people. As far as she understood, all three of them were childhood friends. The difference between them lay in their backgrounds: Aria came from a noble background, while Jeane and Daniel were commoners from her household.
However, they all shared great talent, similar to Aria's.
Lysandra looked around, observing the dark stone body they had been trapped in for a week. They had about 20 meters of space, with four walls surrounding them, not much more than that. Despite the difficult circumstances, none of them were depressed; they were all in high spirits.
BOOM!!!
"Come on, calm down, Aria, it's not that bad," Daniel nervously chuckled, looking at his friend cautiously as she had almost chopped his head off with a swing of her sword.
"It's not that bad!" exclaimed Aria, preparing to lunge at Daniel again with obvious intent to attack. Lysandra sighed, and red vines sprouted from her hand, wrapping around Aria's body.
"Let me go, Lysandra! I have to kill them!" protested Aria, wriggling like a snake before going still and silent under the control of the vines.
Jeane, who was hiding behind Daniel, peeked her head out and let out a small laugh. "Do you think it's funny, huh? You'll see when I put my sword on your neck!" roared Aria as she began to move like a worm towards Jeane.
"This is definitely very entertaining," thought Lysandra to herself, recognizing the irony of the situation. Although she missed her husband's presence, she still found entertainment in the antics of her new friends.
"Hahaha! Look, it's a worm!" exclaimed Jeane amidst laughter, pointing at Aria on the ground. "Pfff, it's true!" Daniel couldn't contain his laughter and joined Jeane's laughter. Lysandra sighed again, and more vines sprouted from her hands to immobilize the two jokers.
Aria's eyes gleamed as she pulled out a small knife from somewhere. Daniel and Jeane, with somber expressions, began to move like worms while Aria chased them in the same manner. The scene was as absurd as it was entertaining. "What are you doing, Darling? I hope you're not deceiving me," Lysandra thought, her eyes gleaming.
Anthony felt a shiver run down his spine, shuddering all over. He looked around, making sure no creatures were following them. After a few minutes of finding nothing, he shrugged off the absence of immediate threats.
"What's wrong?" Charlotte asked, noticing Anthony's worried expression.
"It's nothing, just felt like someone was cursing me or something," Anthony responded with a smile, trying to downplay the incident. Charlotte blushed and looked away, which made Anthony smile even more.
"You're not stupid, Charlotte. You should know why I want to go see your mother, right?" Anthony asked, adopting a more serious expression.
Charlotte looked at him seriously, her purple eyes shining as she observed him. "My sister once told me that the women of our house are strange and rare," Charlotte began after pondering for a few seconds. "My mother is the strangest of them all. You never know what she's thinking. When I was little, she was always present. She would tell me I was her little adorable daughter.
She was a great mother," she recalled fondly. "I remember one day she received a marriage proposal for me to marry someone from another noble house. Our mother owed them a favor, and they decided it was a good idea for me to marry their fat son," Charlotte continued, furrowing her brow. "From what I understood, he was stupid, weak, and liked to treat commoners like trash."
"My mother disappeared from the house for a few days, only to return later. Her smile was charming and full of love when she told me the problem was solved. After a few days, I found out that family had disappeared overnight, and no man she didn't approve of could take my hand," Charlotte concluded.
Charlotte looked at Anthony for a few seconds, searching for a sign of commitment in his gaze. "Tell me, are you willing to continue?" she asked seriously, assessing his determination.
Anthony smiled at her, aware of Charlotte's strong personality. In fact, it had been the emperor himself who had to ask for the hand of his eldest daughter for his heir, and he had heard that Charlotte's mother almost rejected the proposal. Her daughters were sacred to her, and no one could touch them without her permission.
It could be said she was very protective, but Anthony understood the reasons behind that behavior.
"There's no turning back now," Anthony replied, shrugging. Charlotte smiled sweetly. "Then we're in this together."
The two of them were mounted on a horse, with Charlotte in front and Anthony holding the reins. "By the way, I forgot to mention that my mother, my older sister, my daughter-in-law, and my brother-in-law will be present," Charlotte said with a smirk.
Anthony's smile froze.