"What?" Erza was far from happy being grabbed suddenly by Qi Long. Yes, it was him who stopped her.
"Why did you not meet me on last Friday? Are you avoiding me on purpose?"
"Excuse me, have I ever personally made a promise to meet you?" Erza was referring to the fact that it was the old ancestor decision to appoint Qi Long to wait for her at the academy main gate. She did not ask for him. In addition, she did not actually say yes to that arrangement. It was all Seven Colour Pagoda clan assumption.
"Why were you not at the academy? Where were you staying at the night before?" Qi Long decided to change his questions because he realized that Erza was right. She never promised to meet him in the first place.
Last Friday, after waiting for a while without any sign of her, Qi Long decided to go to the girl dormitory to find Erza. However, he was surprised to find out that Erza had not come back yet since going out on the day before. Furthermore, he later heard that she was actually going out with a senior on that Thursday.
"Who are you to me? Do I have to tell you what I am doing?" Erza shook her hand and broke free from Qi Long grab.
Qi Long was angered. He had long considered her to be his. He was not happy to hear that she was going out with other boy. Their small argument was witnessed by everyone in the class and they left people guessing what was actually going on between them.
In the end, Erza ignored him and went to the cafeteria together with Elsa. Lisa and Linda were waiting for them. Both girls were also pleasantly surprised to see Elsa this morning. Unfortunately, they were in a hurry so they could not catch up properly with her. Therefore, they were looking forward to this lunch break to talk with Elsa.
As they were enjoying their lunch, Lisa and Linda told Elsa everything that happened while she was not in the academy. Of course, it included the rumour between Beel and Erza.
"Is that true? So just now in class, he was jealous?" Elsa strangely looked at her friend. It seemed like she underestimated her friend charm. This was not even a month since the enrollment day!
Elsa then told Lisa and Linda about what happened before with Qi Long and the girls ended up interrogating Erza. She roughly explained the matter of the invitation and the arrangement made by Seven Colour Pagoda clan.
When she was asked about Beel, Erza said that he was a senior whom she admired. He was knowledgable about a lot of things, so Erza asked him to teach her one or two things.
They then agreed to meet up on last Thursday and went out to practice. They decided to practice outside of the academy because soon they would spend most of their times inside the academy. When they finished, it was already late. Therefore, she decided to stay at his place overnight.
"So you two did not end up doing 'that'?" Linda asked curiously. Erza was confused at first but then she finally realized what Linda was getting at.
"Of course not. That coward would not dare."
*hachoooo*
Beel just sneezed. "Do you catch cold?" A girl beside him asked.
"I'm fine. It seems like someone is badmouthing me." Beel guessed while rubbing his nose.
"Is it true that you are going out with a junior? I remember you said that you were not looking for a girlfriend." The girl spoke in a low voice.
"I just taught her one or two things. I consider her as my little sister so do not let your imagination run wild, Yu Fei." Beel said and walked away.
"Really just a little sister?" The girl, Yu Fei, muttered under her breath.
Back in the cafeteria, the girls kept talking amongst themselves. Elsa was glad to hear that Lisa and Linda were pursuing their own paths in life. Although she chose her friends based on their personalities, it would be better if they were also capable people on their own.
"Sorry, I have something to do. You girls can go back first." Elsa suddenly excused herself and left. Her friends were a bit confused but they were still respecting each other privacies.
Elsa left the cafeteria and went to the garden nearby. She sat at one of the corner and started to talk. "Why do you call out to me? You could just come joining us rather than sitting alone at your table."
Soon, a boy appeared and sat beside her. Elsa had long noticed Mozart who was sitting alone in the cafeteria. Just now, he suddenly sent her a hidden message asking her to go out.
"Hehehe… Of course, it is because I miss you." Hearing that, Elsa just snorted in return.
"I was really worried about you." Mozart said seriously.
"I'm fine."
"Good to hear that. It was really hard to contact you."
"I could give you my number. You can give me yours as well." Mozart was taken back. He actually wanted to ask her number but he circled around because he was a bit nervous around her.
'I am nervous?' Mozart suddenly realized something was wrong with him.
"Okay." Mozart and Elsa then exchanged their numbers and went back to their class using different paths. They did not want to be seen coming together. Elsa thought Mozart would ask about Erza, however he unexpectedly just caught up with her.
The afternoon class still talked about the history and the present situation of human realm. It was mentioned that the main cause behind the fall of Eastern Sage Dynasty was demons and fallen angels infiltration to the inner palace.
During the last fight to the throne, many princes decided to cooperate with demons and fallen angels to get themselves ahead. They were too focused on the throne and forgot about the nature of demons and fallen angels. They were plotted and schemed by their own allies.
In the end, those princes ended up killing each other and the survivors became the demons puppets. Since then, cooperating with demon became a taboo in the human world. On the other hand, cooperating with God was still seen until the present day. It might not be a common thing here in Black Snow Empire, however it was a different story in Holy Kingdom of Panace.
After the class, Erza went to the training hall to practice, while Elsa returned to her room to rest. She still needed a lot of rest to recover. Later at dinner time, they got together with Lisa and Linda, and talked with them until it was around 9PM before returning to their own rooms. After chatting a bit with Beel, Erza then went to sleep. Soon, this became her daily routine.
Days passed by very quickly, and it was finally Saturday. Today would be the first day Erza attended Elder Black class.
She arrived a few minutes before the class started. The class was not big in size since there were not many students interested to learn dark magic. After all, in common people mind, dark magic was associated with evil. It was a wrong perception, but it was very hard to change people mind.
Erza just chose a random seat in the middle of the classroom to sit down. She was originally a person who did not like to stand out, but also did not like to hide. It was just due to her background and power that she always ended up standing out from the crowd.
"Hi, can I sit here?" Someone asked Erza for the seat beside her. She was quite taken back since it was rare for someone to approach her. Her halo as the strongest student in their grade was keeping off most of the students from approaching her.
"Yes."
"Thank you. I'm Mozart. I'm your classmate in Class A but we haven't had a chance to talk so far." Mozart introduced himself while offering her a handshake.