Hunger-I

"Haa…"

The Headmaster sighed deeply as she made her way to her chambers in the academy.

"Sou…"

She stopped and looked at the ground with eyes filled with doubt.

"No way it's possible…"

Her strides advanced again and stopped once again.

"Right?"

She closed her eyes and recalled the conversation with the Hero. her eyes wrinkled as she thought of the contents of the conversation.

***

'What do you mean when you say he needs to die?'

The Headmaster at that time was fearsomely looking at the Hero but the Hero didn't show any changes in his expression.

'He just needs to.'

'Well, can't you just tell me the reason?'

'Can't tell.

The Headmaster tried to push the Hero to spill the details but every attempt was futile.

'Why? You know that you are asking the Headmaster of Zicrus Academy to kill one of her own students, right?'

'...'