As soon as Mandy heard them, she faced them. She noticed Leah smirked at her, it seemed she have a menacing idea. With the students behind her, she walked closer to where she is sitting. Their smirking face changed when they noticed the presence of Morgan. They suddenly stopped and bowing in his direction.
"Young Lord Morgan, it's an honor to have your presence in here." The arrogant attitude suddenly changed. 'Do I have to do the same as them' Mandy can't help to comprehend the situation, since she does not really know if she could do that. As what she can recall when she was with the Ruler's, she never show her respect to them. When they were in the campus, they never kneel at them when they entered the room, what's the difference?
"If I remembered it correctly, there shouldn't be a gathering of selected students for the selection before the date assigned. Am I correct?" Morgan asked all of a sudden. Mandy was confused by his sudden revelation. When Mandy looked at the first student who was pale, she then knew there was a conspiracy going on.
"Uhmn…Yes Your Majesty, sorry for not asking for your permission to gather here, we were just about to congratulate and celebrate with the selected student for being chosen. It is a way we make them motivated to do their best in the selection day." It clearly shows how easily he come up with the answer, since most of the students with him as well as Leah nodded in seconds later.
'What was going on?'
'I thought we could finally get rid of her?'
'This is a disaster, how does he know we are here?'
'I thought they have a mission for this day?'
'Oh no! What are we going to do? We can't ask him to leave when he was already in here.'
"Is it? Well good thing you have an initiative to do it. Well where's your snacks and drinks for your celebration?" Morgan asked them, which make them even paler. The students behind them looked at each other, since they did not have it at the moment.
"We just make a food delivery order Your Majesty. We were going to have a get to know session while we were waiting for it." Leah answered. They looked at her and awkwardly smile and laugh slowly at her reply, agreeing to her.
"Yes Your Majesty, just as what she said. We would like to know them and introduce ourselves." The student who was in front agreed to Leah's reply. It clearly shows their sweating appearance by the presence of Morgan. Morgan was quiet for a second and was staring at them intensely.
"Well, if that's the case then just start that thing you want to be done. I'll also like to know who is going to participate in the selection." Morgan stated and motioned them to move.
"As you say, Your Majesty." They chorused and smiled awkwardly. Leah looked at Mandy glaring at her way.
'What a lucky brat, If only Lord Morgan wasn't here.' Leah curses Mandy to her mind. She was gritting her teeth, fighting herself to show her irritation towards Mandy.
As they settled to their seat, they started to introduce theirselves from the previous members of the student council. Even though its against of Leah to do so, she just followed them. Until it was the turn of the new chosen candidate for the selection. Five other student was ahead of Mandy introduce theirselves before its her turn.
"I'm glad to meet you guys." The last one stated. Mandy readied herself, clearing her throat. It was a little awkward for her, but she must also follow them.
"It's a pleasure to be here, I am-"Mandy was interrupted when a group of housemaid arrived bringing the food they ordered. The butler, who led Mandy earlier, came to Leah and held a machine, Leah swipe a card in it. They placed each of it in the dining table beside the place.
"Now that the food was here, let us celebrate guys." One of them stated, but she was elbowed and pointed out the location of Morgan.
"Oh, sorry for that Your Majesty. If you may Your Majesty?" she asked him. Morgan placed his phone back to his packet, and then looked at the commotion.
"Don't mind me, go on with your celebration." He stands and walked out the room.
"Thank you Your Majesty!" they chorused. As he reached the doorway, he paused for a second then sigh as he continue to leave the place. Sighing as he vanished from their sight, Mandy felt a sudden dread. 'What does he mean by that?' Mandy could not help but ask to herself.
"Are you sure he's already gone?" One went to the doorway and check.
"Yeah guys, all clear." She signed thumbs up in their way.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Dig in guys!" They get their seats on the dine area, as Mandy was about to have her seat, one immediately occupied it.
"Whoops sorry, it's my chair." As she looked around, there's no seat available already.
"Oh, there's no other chair available." She covered her mouth, while they silently snicker.
'What's going on? It clearly shows they don't want me to be here. What am I going to do now? I don't feel that hungry though since I've had a diner earlier. And I've already guess this might happen since Morgan was now gone. Why they have to hide this from him anyway? I am sure he most likely want this to happen.' Mandy can't ignore the situation to happen.
'Finally that Lord Morgan was not here, these guys will surely humiliate her now. There is no way she could show her face held high from them now.' One of them stated, which have a very hideous look from them, according to Mandy's eye could see from its appearance.
"Mandy you could have mine instead. I'll just bring my share there." She pointed out to the lounge area.
"Thank you for your offer Cory, but it's okay. I already had a dinner earlier. I'll just wait for you guys in the lounge area." Mandy smiled towards her.
"Okay then." She nodded. Mandy went back to the lounge area.
'What are you doing Cory?' Kate whispered as she noticed the glares from everyone in the table. But few seconds they ignored it and have their food.
They sure enjoy the food and were having a huge laughter all of a sudden, which made Mandy a little irritated. They sure succeed to annoy her, and humiliate her but she fight it back since she still have to be part of them to uncover the truth of her existence. She must investigate more things about the symbol she have been looking for so long.
"Thank you for coming guys." They started to bid farewell, which Mandy realized. 'That was too fast, is that it? I thought there's something else to be done here?' She can't help to wonder about it since she overheard that the meeting was supposed to be testing the chosen students before the selection date.
"You can go back to your dorms, except for the newcomers. You will stay behind to do some exercise" Some of them leave immediately as he said it. Only Leah and the guy who said it, was left in the room. Leah was smirking in their group.
Now that they were only left, Mandy can clearly see the appearance of the student who was with Leah. It was really hard to see its face from his long white hair. Now that he is facing her, she could finally see it. He has a very pale skin, a bloodshot eye, a dark mouth, and he does not have a nose (no wonder his voice was also unusual). His nails were very sharp, and from his back, it shows group white tentacles. He seems to be like an octopus, except the fact that he can walk in the ground.
"Leah rest assured that they will have a good luck lesson before the selection day." He stated, as his body slowly growing, his hair shrank, his tentacles moved wildly, and was growing larger in every second.
"Sure, I know you won't fail me Patrick." Leah smirk stating it.
'What's happening to him?' one of them was trembling in fear.
'What is he going to do?' one of them was stepping backward, as it was readying itself to run if anything will happen. He suddenly run when all of a sudden one was picked out by a tentacle and was hanging in the air.
"Kyaaah! Let me go!" poor student shrieked to all her might. One by one run as fast as they could but they failed from the distance his tentacle can reach.
'What are they really planning to do to us?' Mandy can't help feel a little annoyed by their sudden action, she tried to avoid every tentacles went in her direction.