I didn't know whether to help her or not. I didn't want any trouble. But if I leave her here, she'll miss
class.
"Do you want me to tell you about the next counselor exam? You know my father is a very important person."
Now that she mentioned it, I remembered. The Tasmani family, who are responsible for designing the exam. And they are so involved in this work that the exams each year are completely different from the previous year. I hesitantly walked towards her.
'Listening to her won't hurt.'
I sat down and wrapped my hand around her neck. With one movement, I got up and pulled her up with me.
"Oh my God! Slower..."
Before she could finish her sentence, I went up one step and pulled her towards me quickly.
"Are you even paying attention to what I'm saying, you bi##h?"
"You said i have to take you up."
"Take you up? This is more like killing. If I hadn't kept my balance, we would have both been rolling down to the ground floor."
I sighed in annoyance and went up the next step as slowly as I could.
"Okay, that's better. A little more gracefully_"
"Can you tell me the information?"
She looked at me bitterly.
"Tch, so that's why you helped me. Huh?"
'Yeah, and if I had it my way right now, I'd throw you off these stairs.'
"Alright, I'll tell you. But you can't tell anyone about this."
I nodded my head as a sign of understanding.
"I think you've figured out why your sister failed the counselor exam."
I looked at her in astonishment.
'I just realized that myself. How does she know?'
"Don't look at me like that. You know that my family's influence is so great that we know the smallest and most secret things about the exam."
'No, actually, I just found out.'
She stared at me with pride, without paying attention to my poker face.
"Yeah, my family is perfect in every way. You should really consider it a privilege to have me in this school as someone whose family's status has been downgraded..."
I walked past the next step angrily.
"What's wrong with you? I told you to go slowly."
"Can you get to the point?"
She smirked at me.
"Like they kicked your sister out last time because of cheating, this year they're probably going to do the same."
"Why?"
"Because they think your sister got cocky because she became a magical goddess and wants to bite off more than she can chew."
Then she shrugged and continued,
"Of course, they don't say a bad thing necessary. After all, becoming a pure one is a matter of luck and not acquired. On the other
hand, your family is_"
"I asked you for information. Not for you to open your big mouth about my sister and family."
"Tch! You think you can order me around? They did the right thing by throwing her out anyway. She was nothing but a lucky little shi..."
For a instance, I let go of her hand, and since she had her whole weight on me, she lost her balance with my move. She tumbled down the stairs, and her scream played like a song in my ears.
"Oops! Sorry, my hand fell asleep."
****
After that incident, I came down the stairs I went up, and brought Rezita up. I wanted to convince her that it was an accident and not my fault. After that, Rezita didn't talk to me at all, and when I asked her about the exam, she just rolled her eyes. To some extent, I regretted why I acted like my old self again out of anger.
'But she deserved it. No one should insult my Arena.'
The teacher was talking when we opened the door, he paused and looked at us.
"Why this late?"
Our current teacher, who was the history of magic teacher, was a middle-aged man with white hair that had completely receded at the front. He had a white goatee that looked like he hadn't shaved it daily. He always looked tired and depressed, and his undereyes were dark. It was like he was an enemy of sleep. He always wore a worn white robe with coffee stains on it.
"Hello sir! Rezita unfortunately lost her balance and fell. I helped her get here, that's why we're late."
"Sir... huff huff... can you talk to the headmaster... huff... so he can make a location portal for us? Hufff... this is supposed
to be a royal school."
"That's impossible, Ms. Tasmani. The royal school is built on the ruins of the fairy castle, and this makes it impossible for any portal to work properly. Your portal might take you and the other students somewhere that only God knows where."
"Hmmm... this is the first time I've heard something like this."
It was also my first time hearing something like this, just like Rezita. Of course, my knowledge of this world is less than everyone else's, I don't know if this is natural or not.
"Well, so what if it's on the ruins of a fairy castle? What's the problem? Do the fairy spirits get bored and entertain themselves with portals?"
Everyone burst into laughter. I looked at Diana out of the corner of my eye, who, as always, had her legs on the desk. Her mischievous and cunning gaze was watching the teacher from head to toe.
"Ms. Brown, please take your feet off the desk. It's not befitting of a Countess to do that."
Diana was very similar to my past self. Thirsty for attention and stubborn. A real troublemaker.
"Answer my question, don't dodge it."
"Well, the truth is, the reason is still unknown. But in the early days of its establishment, the school was equipped with location portals. And it can be said that it worked without any problems for a few days. But after about a week, one of the students disappeared after using the portal and was never found. It wasn't just him, 8 other people disappeared in the same way. Even one of the teachers met the same fate. Since I was one of the first teachers here and was present at the school during those days, it was very scary for me. So I protested with the rest of the school staff to remove the portals."
He coughed and continued,
"Know this, that both I and the other teachers, and even the headmaster himself, all want what's best for you, and your lives are precious to us. So please understand."