"What if I say yes?" Mozart smiled at Elsa.
"Then I would thank you for your trust in me."
"What if I say that it is not me, but someone close to you?" Elsa expression changed.
"I know who you are referring to. Let me tell you in advance. I'll hate you for the rest of my life if you mess up with her life."
"Oh, you knew?" Mozart was surprised.
"I'm not a fool. I could still get one or two clues from her changes and behaviour in these past few months. After all, my mother taught me a lot about demons."
"So I assume that you do not have any prejudice against half demons?"
"Yes, unlike most of the people, I was told since I was young that demons were not all bad. There are still decent ones in the demons realm." Mozart smiled when he heard her reply.
"So if I'm a half demon, you will also accept me?"
"Yes."
"I'm liking you even more now. How about you? Will you be my little girlfriend?"
"What… What are you saying?..... How could you suddenly say something like that so easily? We are still too young….. Hmph, you are teasing me again, right?" Elsa serious mood was broken by Mozart sudden confession.
"You will know whether I'm serious or not." Mozart suddenly moved forward and kissed Elsa on her lips.
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One week later, the results of the exams were announced. Qi Long, Lisa and Linda were surprisingly in the TOP 10. Elsa and Mozart were in the TOP 30, while Qi Di and Erza were in the TOP 50.
Erza and Qi Di were not happy with their results, but there was nothing they could do. Some of the exams were fair like math, physic, chemistry, history, and general knowledge tests. However, some were subjective. The students had no idea about the grading system in personality, strategy, and mindset tests.
Black Snow Royal Academy did not have midterm holiday, therefore Erza and her friends still had classes after their midterm exams. The students would only have their long holiday at the end of the academic year which was in June.
Days passed very quickly and finally it was the day for third year students to come out from the underground dungeon. After that, the students would be looking forward to the new year. They would have three days holiday to celebrate the new year with their families before they had to return to the academy.
"Huh? You will be going to Hathaway Empire to celebrate the new year? Three days is enough?" Lisa and Linda were surprised when they heard Elsa plan for the new year. The girls just finished their lunches and were currently taking their breaks.
"Yes, my mom has a good relationship with the current Empress of Hathaway Empire. We had long established a long distance transmission which connected our two empires. By using the portal, I would arrive in Hathaway Empire within a few minutes." Elsa proudly explained.
Lisa and Linda were speechless and could only envy their friend. After all, she was the young lady of Menzel clan.
"How about you? What are you planning for the new year?" Elsa asked Erza.
"I will just spend my new year holiday with my second and third aunties. I heard that we will visit the palace for the new year."
"You will meet with the Empress?" Lisa and Linda truly felt small when they compared themselves with their two friends. Luckily, they already started to get used to it.
"Possibly." Erza knew that not everyone was able to see the Empress. Even for her, the holy daughter of Valentine clan, it was very hard to meet with the Empress. Therefore, she really looked forward to her visit to the palace.
"Erza!" Mozart suddenly came and called out to her.
"What?" Erza was puzzled. After the class, Mozart said that he had something to do at the library and asked the girls to go for lunch first. Qi Long and Qi Di were also not there since they were eating with their other friends.
"On my way back from the library, I overheard a conversation between two elders. They said that this time third year students underground dungeon trial had an accident. Since last night, the academy kept losing contacts with the students and the number was still increasing."
"What happened there?"
"The academy had sent five elders and one great elder to understand what was going on. However, there is currently no update yet. Soon, they are planning to send another group of elders." Mozart explained.
"This is not a joking matter. Once this news spread around the academy, it will cause a great unrest." Elsa said after thinking for a while.
This was indeed a serious matter. In every grade, Black Snow Royal Academy would have at least 3-5 students coming from big and influential families.
For example, the current third year students included Lance, Felicia, and George from Valentine clan, Yu Fei from the Yu Chamber of Commerce, and of course, one of the most promising youths in the Empire, Beel. His record in the Eastern Trial had caused several guilds and families to pay great attention to him.
Erza was worried about Beel, but in the end there was nothing she could do. She could not contact him, and she would definitely not be allowed to enter the dungeon during this time. After all, she would not be able to help much compared with those elders at King realm.
In addition, the academy would absolutely forbid their brightest students to enter the dungeon, at least until they understood what was going on inside.
Erza decided to temporarily put this thing about Beel to the back of her mind, and focused on her afternoon class first.
As expected, soon the academy was in a great uproar. In fact, it was not only the academy, the whole city was talking about the accident. People were asking for any update and paying great attention to the academy.
Days passed, but there was no update yet from the academy. Some students were found dead but some were still missing. The survivors were brought back to the surface as the academy had officially ended this year dungeon trial. Unfortunately, the academy still could not confirm what was the real cause.
There was no useful information from the survivors as most of them spent their time hiding in their secret places and just focused on how to survive until the end of the trial. None of them was coming from the deeper part of the dungeon.
However, from the way the students died, the academy suspected that it was done by a demon or a group of demons. All of the students were found dead with their bodies were intact. It seemed like they received an attack directly to their souls. Furthermore, from their expression when they died, they were all very afraid of that being who killed them.
"Girls, I just received a news from my sister saying that Lance Valentine was found. He said that the disaster was caused by a Soul Devouring Demon at the peak King realm. Lance barely managed to survive after using all of his life preserving treasures." Elsa suddenly said in the middle of their dinner time.
"Soul Devouring Demon? What was going on? How could there be a Greater Demon in the dungeon?" Erza was confused.
"Seems like the rumour is true." Lisa muttered.
"What rumour?"