Protecting Those Who We Held Sacred

“That girl is challenging Langston?” a pretty girl that belonged to Langston’s entourage said in disdain. “She must be out of her mind!”

“This is what happens when you spend a lot of time with a Dud,” a skinny teenager commented. “You become as stupid as them.”

“How true. My father even supported that proposal to not allow any Dud to study in the Academy. If they weren’t here, this Academy would be a lot better.”

“Seeing them in the Dining Hall makes me lose my appetite. The mere presence of these defects is enough to make my stomach churn.”

“Hahaha! This will be a fun show to watch. Maybe after this, that sorry excuse for a Pillar will leave the Academy for good!”

The students talked among themselves as they watched the young beauty with long brown hair face off against the handsome blonde boy, who was one of the Pillars of the First Years.