"I thought you guys were leaving this morning?" Mariel asked as she looked at Eli, Scylla, and even Scarlet following her expectantly, her eyebrows raised in curiosity.
"That was the plan, but it changed somehow," Eli answered with a smile, his eyes scanning the group with a hint of mischief.
"Did you inform your professor?"
"I did," Eli replied.
"What did she say?"
"She said if I don't come tomorrow, she will make me repeat this year," Eli explained, a playful chuckle escaping his lips.
"Hahaha... that teacher is something else," Mariel laughed, shaking her head in amusement.
"Yeah... She's one hell of a teacher," Eli said with a smirk, his mind briefly drifting to the awkward moment when she had tried to kiss him. He hadn't heard anything about Rock lately, so he figured he might as well pay him a visit tomorrow.
Soon, they arrived at the Capital of the Kingdom and entered the grand castle, its imposing walls towering above them.
