Bloodshed

"I sometimes fear that everyone looks down on my cunning. My might is incomparable within the low walls of this academy, but so is my mind. Yet, I have not had any chance to use it as of late." In a dark room, a figure stood in front of a mass of bowed heads.

"Master, we have doubled in number since the last check. Today, we are now 220."

"Excellent. I trust you have already understood why I have brought you all here, the night before the scheduled dinner. However, there are those new homunculi among you that have yet to be informed on the true extent of the mission." The figure stepped out of the shadows, blowing the cold air around them like a miniature tornado.

Hair as red as blood in the dim light, a cold feminine body. There was a certain charm that just could not be replicated by any other woman. 

"The Estelle Kingdom was involved in an attack on your master." Tanya announced.