Aria: "Of course not. Actually, I just travelled for three weeks to get here. I'd rather not be sent back so soon."
Professor Iris: "So you wish to stay at the academy?"
Aria nodded, thinking about why she was being interrogated as a criminal.
Professor Iris said, "Well, seeing that you already apologized and that no one was really hurt by you. We'll let it slide this time. Make sure never to create so much indiscipline again."
Aria nodded and turned around to leave.
Professor Iris called out from behind, "I did not say you could leave."
Aria turned around and said, "Oh I'm sorry. I thought we were done."
Professor Iris: "We are done."
Aria: "Then...thank you?" She made a confused face as she went out of the room.
Aria had walked only a few steps when she heard the bell for dinner. Aria remembered that it was the same in the fire kingdom, a bell so loud was rung for food that you could hear it even if you were in the surrounding forest.
But she was unsure about where the meal would be served.
Aria asked a member of the staff and found out that the meals would be served in the hall in the west wing, and she hurried off in the direction.
Inside the room.....
Miss Anhao turned to Professor Iris as she said, "Well?"
Professor Iris: "I admit that the way she talks is rather like our current queen when she was here...."
Miss Anhao: "But.....?"
Professor Samson: "She's just too impolite."
Miss Anhao: "That's called being cautious. I'd have actually been disappointed if she had come in with someone she had never met before."
Professor Iris: "True that. The way she talks, the way she carries herself, it's highly unlikely that she really is from a small village."
Miss Anhao: "Do you think....."
Professor Samson: "And what is up with those black eyes? I've never seen anyone with black eyes."
Professor Iris: "That's true. But black eyes don't necessarily mean bad. It's actually my first time seeing a person with black eyes, so I don't even know what that means."
Miss Anhao: "But won't you agree that she indeed is like the queen?"
Professor Iris: "She did kind of remind me of her. But, she does not have that aura."
Miss Anhao: "Oh believe me, she does. I told you, she was just like royalty back at the ward when she was angry."
Professor Samson: "We cannot make assumptions based on all this. We will have to see how powerful she is."
Professor Iris: "That's true. Anyway, let's just go and have dinner. We will find out soon enough."
In the west wing...
Aria had arrived in the hall and sat on a rather small table in the corner. She was not really in the mood to socialize, so Aria planned to quickly finish her meal and get out of here.
But her plan was spoilt when a random group of two boys and three girls approached her table. They did not sit down as the table was too small for all of them.
They greeted Aria as she looked up.