"What brought this all of a sudden?" Ely asked.
"I just…I have been staying in the academy not because I want to, but because I feel like that's where I'm supposed to stay at. Like there is no other place for me. However, that's not true. The academy was merely a place that I happened to enter because of your brother."
"In fact, I would've probably left a long time ago if I wasn't a teacher there. But some sense of loyalty and responsibility kept me from moving on with my life, and I ended up staying there for so long."
"But now… I think it's time I leave," Ning said.
Ely heard him and got quiet. She drooped her head and thought for a while as well. Anya and Dahlia looked at them, a little concerned as to what was happening.
"I think I understand," Ely said. "I think I understand what you mean. Ever since my brother got his own family, and father stayed with them, I've felt like I don't belong there anymore."
