Chapter 16: Velmoria

The class is over; it seemed rather quick. It is my first time entering a class so late anyway, so I guess it was for that as well. It seems to be over so quickly. 

We have two more classes today. Now is Grammar, followed by History. I am looking forward to more Literature classes. What I learned from the class was that Velmoria is an esteemed empire. 

It was betrayed by one of its closest alliances, named "Drazmere," the ones who funded the empire the most to bring them to its misery. 

It must have been tricky, they leaked the intel of the empire to its enemy, befriended them, and formed an alliance. They joined the troops and had greater power than Velmoria since it lost its huge funding. 

Just in the war, a baby was born surrounding a prophecy. The prophecy has it that the baby is to heal the empire and take down its enemies. However, the king and the queen thought their little princess was just a baby. 

Likely, for their kindness, they requested the high priest of the empire to send the princess to somewhere where she is safe, and loved. While the high priest agreed, she was the last of the bloodline to save the empire. 

If she died back then, the entire empire would no longer exist. However, while she was being transported an eternal glow occurred killing all the troops of the enemy group. 

The king and the queen, however, did not understand it at once; they were notified later that all the enemy troops fell on their knees and were severely injured. 

The head of the groups of the enemies, all died suddenly. It was unbelievable. They knew that time the princess has indeed saved the empire from the tragedies with her presence. They requested the high priest to know the location of where she has been send.

The high priest said that he needed time to figure out the exact location; he did not know the precise location. Only the criteria of the location was checked, but he could not say where the princess was taken to. 

This is where the class was called off. I am interested to know more about it since the place aligns with the name Carlen said to me. 

I do wish to talk with Chelsea though she seems to be nonchalant out of the blue. My curiosity got the best of me. 

"Hey Chelsea, do you want to walk with me to the grammar class?" I ask. 

She does not answer me but gazes at me and nods. I take it that she agrees with me; I do need to know about the reasons why she is acting out of her usual demeanor. I do not feel that she might be dangerous. She has never hurt me in my entire school life. 

Carlen looks at me as I leave with her. We make eye-contact, and for a moment I thought we are actually dating. The eyes glowed once more, blue glowing eyes. I knew… at that time… he would follow me. 

Chelsea, however, does not pay heat to Carlen and drags me out of the classroom. I would have almost said it was forceful if it were not Chelsea doing it. I think it is jealousy, but she looks at me with such anger. I never thought she was capable of showing such anger. She always seems to be forgiving, and kind. This is, ONCE AGAIN first time seeing her with such a rage. 

If anything, I got a lot of "firsts" for sure. We are walking, however, she takes a wrong turn. The class is in Lumina, second floor. Instead of going down the stairs, and leaving Avalon. She is going up the stairs to the terrace… that seems to be suspicious. 

"Chelsea, I do not recall that is the right way to the class," I say. 

She is standing on the second step of the stairs that lead up to the next floor… and then … up … and up… until you reached the floor that is just beneath the terrace. There is a secret passage to the terrace from there, it is guarded at all times. However, the time I went to the terrace to meet Carlen, I did not find any guards there. 

Either he played the illusion trick that time to fool both the guards and me, or he managed to sway away the guards. The latter seems nearly impossible so I keep my solution to the former. 

Wait a second, out of all the things why am I thinking about him in this situation. I am just thinking of Carlen when I am with Chelsea. I look at her, it seems as if she can read through me. 

"You and I both know that you did not call me to just walk with you to the Grammar class, Rinette," she says monotonously. 

Her calling me "Rinette" sounds foreign to me. 

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