Leonard was not jovial anymore, he was always sulking around. His appearance had worsened due to constant bullying. It has already been months since Leonard was first tortured by Casper and his gang. Ever since then, he would often be back with bruises and wounds which meant he was being bullied. His roommates would still try to get him to tell them the person responsible but Leonard would always refuse. Clifford would always be mad at Leonard whenever he was being bullied, he had tried to figure out the person but it seemed like the person was really an expert at these evil deeds. Nevertheless, he never gave up. Feng Xin didn't even bother himself about Leonard being bullied, but he knew the culprit would be found someday and he would not be merciful to the person, no matter who it was.
Clifford was sitting in the academy's park one evening sipping a can of soda, he had just vexed out of the hostel. Leonard arrived earlier with wounds and bruises again, this time was even worse, Clifford was angry and said unkind words to him before he stormed out. He was really desperate to help the poor boy, but Leonard still refused to tell him the person responsible.
He was reminiscing what had happened earlier, although he had said harsh words to Leonard, he didn't regret saying any of it. He was about to have another sip of the soda in his hand when an extremely pleasant fragrance wafted in to his nostrils, he already knew whose body fragrance it was. His already troubled mind was calmed immediately.
"You're having a pleasant evening here." Dora said with a sweet and charming voice.
"It's now getting more pleasant, thanks to your presence," Clifford smiled brightly. The two are now really close, most students even thought they were lovers. The two always enjoyed each other's company without regard for the other students talks.
Dora say down beside Clifford in an elegant manner, the latter could feel the numerous gazes of envious boys, he cheerfully sipped the soda while he enjoyed the attention. There was nothing they could do to him, he was much stronger than them. What always made the boys envious of Clifford was that, Dora would only smile and be jovial when she was around Clifford. When Clifford wasn't with her, she'd be as cold as an iceberg that has been freezed for countless years.
The two had a hearty conversation afterwards until it was nightfall, Dora was leaving for her hostel and Clifford was seeing her off. The two noticed that a commotion was about to start ahead of them, students had gathered to watch how the commotion would unfold. Clifford wasn't interested in whatever the commotion was, neither was Dora. The two just walked by, but something caught the attention of Clifford, he saw a glimpse of what the commotion was about and he was immediately irritated. His already settled mind was disrupted because of anger, his fists was clenched tightly.
"What is it?" Dora noticed the abrupt change in Clifford's expression.
"Someone is being bullied, pls wait a while, I'll be back shortly." Clifford then forced his way into the crowd. Surprisingly, the person being bullied and beaten was a girl. Clifford was surprised at this, it was rare cases for girls to be bullied openly in the academy. The girl looked really miserable, Clifford chest was heaving due to extreme anger. He looked at the people bullying the girl and was surprised they were also girls, unfortunately, he could not afford to beat them up. The girl leading the others to beat up the poor girl had her hair dyed purple, she was tall and had top notch beauty too but Clifford found her displeasing to his eyes. Despite being a first year student, she was also one of the most talented mages in the academy.
"I don't want to see you near my boyfriend anymore!" The purple haired girl leading the group of girls said before she kicked the poor and defenceless girl on the face.
"So that's it!" Clifford was getting more irritated, she was making life miserable for the other girl because of jealousy. The purple haired girl was about to kick the poor girl again when a domineering voice stopped her.
"Stop that shit!" Clifford said with a stern expression, he has had enough. Seeing that it was Clifford who stopped her, the purple haired girl did not dare to act rashly anymore. But her ego would not allow her to back off easily, she still decided to be stubborn, after all there was a rule that doesn't allow the males to beat any female unless it was a duel.
"You can't beat a female, so stay out of girls feud," she said with a mocking expression. Clifford knew he couldn't touch her but he would not allow her to touch the poor girl.
"But a female can beat another female," another voice rang out. Clifford, the purple haired girl, the poor girl and the crowd looked towards the direction the voice came from. A graceful figure walked out of the crowd, it was Dora. Although, she doesn't like to involve herself in feuds of other people, she decided to get involved in this matter. She disliked bullies and found them to be greatly displeasing too.
"Is there a law that prevents that too?" She said in an icy tone while she raised one of her eyebrows. Of course, the purple haired girl recognized Dora, who didn't know the silver queen of Sun City. The purple haired girl was aware of Dora's strength but she would not back off, if she does, she would lose her face and become a laughing stock in the academy. She was powerful herself and was very confident she could hold her ground against Dora.
"I do not fear you," the purple haired girl sneered.
"You'll do in a few moments," Dora wasted time no more, a very cold energy bursted out from her body and attacked the purple haired girl. The purple haired girl was caught off guard but she has had a lot of duels so she wasn't fazed. She was a wind element mage, she quickly formed a small wind storm, she attacked the cold energy with the wind storm and the two elemental attacks cancelled out each other. She had a smug smile on her face which indicated that she was proud of what she had just done. The crowd were amazed too, only a few could withstand an attack of the silver queen, it was quite an achievement for the purple haired girl.
"Hmmph," Dora snorted, she had only probed the ability of the purple haired girl with that cold energy. She had not even used half of her ability to form the cold energy, it was just tip of an iceberg, the purple haired girl was unaware of the misfortune that would soon befall her, she was still grinning foolishly.
Dora's playtime was over, she pointed her hands towards the ground, extremely cold and icy particles emanated from her palms, an area of twenty metres was covered with ice, the crowd had to move further away from the ice area, even though they were not the target, the extreme cold temperature of the ice was biting into their skins. The power Dora displayed was that of a intermediate mage, she had broken through to the intermediate rank few weeks ago.
Clifford noticed that the poor girl was shivering due to the extreme cold, he quickly removed his coat and covered her with it, the girl had a small stature so the coat fully covered her. This act of Clifford warmed the heart of the girl, her eyes became teary and she looked at Clifford with a gaze of gratitude. She had always been bullied since she had been enrolled into the academy.
The purple haired girl was stunned by this power of Dora, she had thought she could hold her ground but she had greatly underestimated the ability of Dora, it was too frightening. The cold from the ice burrowed into her skin, her body was shaking because of the cold, she had the fire element ability but it was incapable of resisting the cold. She was completely defenseless against the icy cold.
The purple haired girl made a dash for it, she could not withstand Dora's power so she wanted to escape. Dora shot two ice locks to her feet, the purple haired girl was stuck, the ice from the ground started to rose to her feet and her body. Soon, she was completely covered in frost. She was extremely shaking because the cold was piercing into her bones, the sound of her chattering teeth filled the whole air. The wasn't able to move, she could only watch helplessly as Dora walked towards her.
Dora walking in the field of ice made her look more beautiful and stunning, her cold demeanor sent chills down the spines of the onlookers. She looked like an ice goddess from the fairy tales.