Voyage Of The Villainess

The following day...

Malaya saw the familiar surroundings as soon as she stepped through the academy gates. Along with the invitation to the foundation ball, they also sent her a note informing her that a new dorm was being prepared for her. Not only that, but they promised her that the event would never happen again and even reinforced the academy's security system.

'Well, just my hunch but I think no matter how much this school enhances their security, that witch will still be able to enter whenever she wants.'

They also informed her that, aside from the headmaster, a few higher-ups at the academy, and the Marina duchy, no one else knew the true events that occurred in Malaya's chamber previously. They just informed the remainder of the students that the explosion was the result of a faulty experiment.

'Well, I guess the academy doesn't also want their reputation to be sullen by this. A student that was in the dorm under their protection got attacked? That would surely leave a bad taste to their name. Though it was really not a problem for me either since it real event spread, it might cause some other trouble for me as well.'

Dorris reappeared next to her, carrying a two-color grey briefcase. 

Malaya still stood there, admiring the scenery and architectural design of the academy in front of her. 'No matter what, even if most of my time here is not that fun, but the infrastructure design of the academy is something that one could always admire. I guess these are one of the few things that would remain in my memories here.'

"Milady, I have prepared the magic circle to your new room," Dorris exclaimed. Malaya simply just gave a short nod as they both stepped in and reappeared in her new room.

Malaya couldn't help but gasp with surprise, the new room was two times larger and extravagant than her last one. 'Are you kidding me?' she could not help but be amused. 

"Milady the headmaster wanted me relayed this message. They are greatly apologetic to the accident that occurred to you and would do everything to compensate for it."

"I see.." So this is how they will compensate me for that attack. Malaya glanced around and just smile wryly. 'Too bad that I'm just going to use this tonight. But did Dorris say '

"Are you sure these are the only items you needed now Milady?" Dorris asked as she raised the two briefcases of Malaya. It only contains two things, her one set of night dresses for tonight and her set of gowns for tomorrow's event.

"Yes," Malaya said as she walked to her room to observe it more. "That's all I need."

It must due to the fact that it may regard her lady's voyage. Though Dorris didn't know the exact time where her lady was going away. 

Malaya was now wearing her school uniform. "Are you going to attend your class now, Milady?" Dorris asked. 

"No," Malaya shook her head. "I'll just spend the remaining time in the library."

"Wait, I have something too I need to ask you."

"What is it, Milady?"

"Hmm...have you heard anything about the Hyu--I mean the saintess?"

"Ah," Dorris pondered for a while. "I heard after she went to our household, she was summoned in the cathedral."

"I see..."

'So, Hyun Jae is not here, there are so many things I want to thank her for. Well, I'll have the chance to talk to her tomorrow.'

"I'll see you later, Dorris." Malaya brought out a talisman from her satchel. 'This was the only thing, I need for now. There is something there that made me curious.'

"Take care, Milady," Dorris gave a short bow as Malaya disappeared in front of her.

Malaya reappeared in front of a  huge door where there was a silver plate at the very top. A neat, all-caps' LIBRARY' was written on it. She held one of the door handles and pulled it swiftly but to her surprise, there was someone who was pushing it out on the other side. 

She stopped midway and retracted her hand then stepped away from the door. The person seemed to be talking to someone but when he turned around, his expression became glum as he saw her.

It was no other than Elred Filaurel Craxidore, who was hiding his identity as a full-blood elf. He used some transformation magic to make his pointed ears to be disguised as that of a human. For whatever reason he was hiding his identity, it was only mentioned in the novel that he was hiding from something. It didn't really elaborate on what or who he was hiding from.

He had striking golden-blond hair and clear blue eyes that were like the morning skies. His thick gorgeous perfectly arch brows furrowed as he looked at the girl who was at the other side of the door.

Elred was a supporting character at Fate of the Stars. The time he was only mentioned in the book was when he as one of the librarian's assistants, needs to guide the Saintess and the Crown Prince through the huge library of the Academy.

He was also a student here, a senior student in the advanced class. Also, since he was far most the smartest here at the academy, the teachers allowed him to not attend his own classes or just attend whenever he feels like it. His attire was exactly as the novel describes, dark violet fitted long robe with dark blue long sleeves. He was wearing thick frame glasses but instead of giving this a nerdy looked for him, it just added more to his allure. There was a circle jade emblem in his left chest indicating that he was a second-year at Advance Class.

Advanced classes in the academy were like Senior High School back on Earth. These were for students despite being able to graduate at the academy who wanted to study more precisely in their specialized fields. It was a two-year study time then will proceed to the Master Class that was like college back at Earth.

"What are you doing here, student, class hours for the Juniors were not yet over." He said while taking a side glance at the four flower emblem at Malaya's uniform. The emblem that completely indicating that she was still a fourth-year student.

'Ah, right. This guy is quite strict with the school rules here,'

Malaya brought out a white card on her satchel. 'Sigh, thank goodness that I was able to save my satchel in that explosion, or else it will be a problem to redo all those identifier cards and papers.'

She extended the white card towards Elred....