"It's not what you thi--"
Before Inna can explain herself, the surrounding students burst into an uproar.
"IT'S HIM! HE DID IT!"
"IT WASN'T ME! IT WAS HER!"
"WHY ARE YOU PASSING IT TO ME?! IT'S OBVIOUSLY YOU!"
"NO IT'S NOT! I'M SURE IT WAS YOU!"
The man near Inna tried holding back his laughter.
He then swiftly covered Inna's mouth and pulled her away from the boisterous crowd.
He went to a safe spot before the place was covered with a stinky smell.
A few seconds after, similar resounding sounds were heard throughout.
"Prrrrt!"
"Pshhhhhft!"
"Prrrrappppp!"
"Prrrrrrrrrrrrft!"
And in just a second, the whole crowd started fighting amongst each other as the stink became unbearable.
"IT WAS YOU!"
"NO! IT WASN'T ME! IT WAS HIM!"
"I DIDN'T DO IT! MAYBE IT WAS HER!"
The noise mostly consisted of students screaming for their innocence and blaming someone else. It got so noisy that the ringing of the hourly bell was almost indiscernible.
Soon, an old man can be seen to be floating towards the podium. He wore light metal armor above his white robe and had a full set of white hair on his head. He crossed his arms as his icy grey eyes focused on the pandemonium below. He looked at the students that were almost ready to go on an all-out brawl and frowned deeply in disapproval.
"WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!"
The old man bellowed. His voice was so loud that it reached Inna who was now at the very edge of the crowd near the gates, along with the man.
The students, upon hearing the authoritative voice, immediately quieted down. The stinky smell also already dissipated so they were able to calm down faster.
After a few calming moments, they all simultaneously greeted the old man.
"Greetings to Grand Elder Fang!"
Meanwhile, the man still held on a struggling Inna as he tried to coax her into keeping quiet.
"What just happened?"
Inna whispered as she wrenched the hand on her mouth away. Then, she looked blankly at the students present, wondering what truly caused the incident.
"I did warn you not to go there." The man snickered lightly before he finally can't take it and went on a full blown laughing fit.
His laughter held a great contrast to the silence of crowd so Elder Fang raised an eyebrow at him.
"Young man, what is so funny?"
The man, noticing the unneeded attention, quickly sobered up. But the laughter in his eyes still didn't die down.
He bowed slightly and cupped his hands in front of him.
"Nothing, Grand Elder Fang. It is just laughable that all this commotion was caused by natural phenomena."
"What do you mean by 'natural phenomena'?"
The man was about to answer when suddenly another student spoke.
"IT WAS BRIAN! HE WAS THE ONE WHO FARTED!"
"WHAT?! IT WASN'T ME! I HEARD IT NEAR MAURICE!"
"WHY ME?! I DIDN'T DO IT! I THOUGHT IT WAS JENNA!"
Suddenly, another round of shifting the blame happened and some students were even starting to get rough.
Meanwhile, seeing as the situation was about to go out of control, Elder Fang was close to exploding.
"SILENCE!"
He released a surge of his magical aura that only Veteran stage magic users had.
"I cannot believe that the upcoming students of the esteemed Eldora Academy would create a ruckus just because of a thing as simple as a fart!"
"A fart is a natural thing! There is nothing to be ashamed of! It proves that you are healthy! In fact, it would even be worrisome if you were unable to fart at all!"
The man beside Inna snickered again and truthfully, Inna also snickered as well.
When she recalled what just happened, she realized that the situation was indeed hilarious.
Also, seeing the old man saying 'fart' again and again with such a serious and dignified expression is enough to make her laugh her ass off. But she withheld the urge.
"Now for those who did fart, it's okay to admit it. Do not be ashamed. As upcoming students of Eldora Academy, we should be understanding and supportive of our fellow students. We shouldn't embarrass nor single them out. We should accept them and be with them instead."
"So what if the fart is smelly? Every once in a while we experience that! So learn to let the matter go, dear students."
Elder Fang passionately continued his overly zealous speech about being a 'true' student in the 'prestigious' Eldora Academy.
At the same time, the students heavily bowed and profusely apologized to the other students they blamed. And although some were still pissed, they can't do anything under the watchful gaze of Elder Fang.
Meanwhile, Inna inhaled sharply, trying to keep the laughter in. After some deep breaths, she finally reigned her laughter in.
She then turned around to face the man.
"What did you actually do?"
She asked him with a curious gaze.
"Heh. Just some spell I made myself. I call it the Gas Illusion spell."
He said with a wink.
"Or Farting spell for short."
Inna raised her eyebrows.
So it was actually a spell!
"How did you activate it? I didn't hear you chant at all!"
"I don't need to activate it. I had it set on a timed activation. Twenty minutes before the start of the entrance ceremony."
He puffed up his chest.
"Is it a spell for mages? Or is it a curse?"
"It's a curse actually. Anyone who stepped into the covered area of the magic circle will be involved in the fake smelly fart. And those who inhaled most of the smell will suffer from too much gas after a few hours."
"Wait, wait, wait."
Inna scrunched up her eyebrows.
"Magic circle? You wrote a magic circle?"
The man looked at her strangely.
"Yea? What about it?"
"How did you do that?!"
"Only High stage magic users can draw magic circles with timed activation!"
"Simple. I can do that because I'm a High level warlock."
He shrugged nonchalantly.
Wat.....