Arias Winstlet felt very bad. No, it was more than just a bad feeling.
Over the past month, her heart could not help but worsen day by day.
And it wasn't for any other reason. Because Frax betrayed her.
That fact alone felt like there was a hole in her heart.
Except for Frax's betrayal, her school life was the same as always. Of course, there were more sympathetic views than before, but Arias Winslet was not the type of person to care much about how others viewed her in the first place.
Ruslan, John and Diana had been comforting her for the past month, but their comfort did not heal the wounds in her heart.
If you think about it, your relationship with them, who you first met at the academy, has just entered its second year. Of course, that doesn't mean she took my relationship with them lightly. They gave her many happy memories over the past year.
It was a short time that could not be called a memory, but she could not help but think of it as a memory.
This is because all the memories she have accumulated over the past 10 years have turned into terrible memories.
Frad betrayed her. Frax tried to make her angry.
Arias still couldn't believe it.
From the beginning, she never even considered the possibility of someone violating her. As the proud daughter of the Winstlets, she prided herself on excelling in the fields of magic and academics. She didn't think she'd done anything to make anyone hate her, but...
The problem is that her dearest friend has developed feelings for her.
And it was a feeling close to a twisted obsession.
Arias was very sensitive to human emotions. At some point she realized that Frax liked her. She didn't notice.
At one point, Frax's gaze became quite fixed on her.
For Arias, it was like her first trial. She did not want her relationship with Frax to deteriorate.
If Arias had feelings for Frax, it could have been a very happy story, but unfortunately Arias met Frax when she was too young to see him as a man.
So she pretended not to notice his feelings. It was the only way to maintain the relationship.
And that choice led her into a terrible situation. Polite and friendly Frax trying to r*pe her.
It was a tremendous trauma that attacked Arias' mind. She has been out of her mind for the past month.
She couldn't sleep well. Just trying to sleep made the situation at that time seem like a nightmare to her.
She had no choice but to resort to sleep magic to force herself to sleep.
It was clear to anyone that Arias was in the worst condition right now. A tired complexion that looks like it might collapse at any moment. Compared to just a month ago, she seemed like a completely different person.
'why. Why did you do that?'
That was the only question she could ask.
When it first happened, Arias wanted to erase all memories of Frax. She wanted to tell him that he was no longer her friend or even someone she knew.
She didn't even want to hear other people insulting him. She wanted to make it like everything that happened between them never existed.
But she couldn't do that.
How could she erase the happy 10 years she felt... It was too harsh for her.
Her heart was pounding. Because today she will finally face him.
The traitor who betrayed her.
The classroom was noisy as usual. She greeted Ruslan, Diana and Johan with a forced smile.
"hello everyone!"
But they also knew. Arias wasn't really laughing right now.
Arias knew their consideration through the sad eyes, but shook her head lightly. It was an unspoken sign that she was really okay now.
Besides, she couldn't show that kind of weakness anymore today. Because today was the day Frax finally returned to the academy.
Arias had hoped that Frax would quit the Academy for good, but of course that didn't happen. In that case, she had no choice but to confront him.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, I think it's okay."
"That person is coming today too.If he try to do something strange again, please tell me."
"He would never do something like that. He was punished by my family too."
"You don't know that guy at all."
"I don't know. I think it would have been better if I had."
Ruslan's expression became puzzled at her words.
"What? Why?"
"Then we can completely cut ties."
"....Arias."
"I'm doing great."
"You clearly don't look all right."
"I might look like that. But I'll be okay. Really, Ruslan, Johann, Diana. So don't worry too much."
While we were chatting leisurely, the back door of the classroom opened and silence fell.
He is here Frax.
Arias muttered that to herself.
Actually, she was a little curious. How will he react when he sees her?
The whipping must have been extremely painful, and according to her father's explanation, his back would have been covered in blood. Could it be that he harbors hatred towards her?
It wasn't funny, but thinking about the Frax she saw that day, she thought he might actually feel that way too. His obsession with her would not have diminished even after a month.
She slowly turned her head and looked at Frax. Flaxen hair the same color as his amber eyes.
The color of his eyes and hair, which she had once praised as being as warm as sunlight, was still there before her, unfaded.
Of course, now she was not impressed by the color she had so highly valued. It was an unfamiliar feeling. Being able to look at someone so coldly who you once looked at with such warm eyes.
Surprisingly, she did not feel any feelings of hatred or revenge. She felt completely indifferent to his very presence.
Perhaps Frax noticed her gaze? Frax suddenly turned his eyes and looked at her.
And... Arias' cold, glass-like gaze turned towards him. Rather, that gaze was a shock to Arias.
'why?'
'Why are you looking at me like that? Why are you looking at me with such indifference?'
The glances sent to her within a month were shocking in a different way.
'You tried to do that to me, but now what's that look on your face like you don't care at all?'
And it was bound to be more intense than the interest Frax had shown her so far. This was because it was a cold gaze that seemed to completely exclude her existence.
Can those eyes really be that cold? She knew that the unfamiliarity felt in that gaze was not a simple misunderstanding.
He really didn't seem to be interested in her at all anymore. There was no guilt, no twisted affection, no desire in his eyes...
It was just the eyes of someone looking at a passerby on the street. Arias felt her hands shaking slightly.
'Why are my hands shaking? It was Frax who was at fault, but wouldn't it be a good thing if he didn't pay any attention to me from now on?'
It didn't make sense. The reason the victim's hands tremble due to the perpetrator's indifference.
She didn't know why.
Beside her, Ruslan, Diana, and John were looking at him with fierce eyes, but he looked away indifferently. It was an attitude that they no longer cared about them.
Ruslan suddenly became angry and tried to stand up, but couldn't. It was almost time for the lecture to begin, and it was better for Arias that Frax no longer paid any attention to her.
"I'm fine, Ruslan."
Ruslan, seeing Arias grasping and squeezing her arm with trembling hands, nodded with an expressionless face.
"It will be okay soon."
Ruslan, who saw her chanting like a spell, vowed to one day condemn Mr. Lansel.
"Let's not pay attention to him. He is now a complete stranger. And don't start pointless fights. Because Lancel is behind him... you're going to get hurt."
"I know, but if I get the chance someday, I will definitely hit the jackpot," he said.
After hearing Ruslan's answer, Arias wondered why her hands were shaking and why she was so shocked, but she could not find the reason throughout the lecture, even after the professor came in and started the lecture.