"Esther?" A sudden voice calling her made her stop as she walked past by one of the bookshelves in the library. Her mind was still busy thinking about what had happened earlier, and how Elio reacted while delivering her the news. It was all still fresh in her memories, but everything went away when someone called her name. "Wait, Esther. Are you really… Holy crap!" The woman appeared from the other way between the shelves and continued walking towards her. The lady covered her mouth with both of her hands. Her eyes got a little too watery, as she stared at Esther who was not moving in her place. Esther was confused, and was frowning at the sight of her friend in front of her. She was dumbfounded about her who suddenly bawled her eyes out while covering her mouth. "Cassiopeia, what's happening there?" One of their friends called, coming from the other side of the library on the second floor. "Esther." The man stopped in front of Esther, beside Cassiopeia, and just like Esther, h
Just like what he had said, Elio Freyr was nowhere to be found for the past two days. No one knew where he was, or what he was doing. He didn't even attend any of his classes. No one had accidentally met him, nor bumped into him, there was just no trace of him around the Academy, however, it was just normal for the students to not see him at all because he did that for the past two years when he never showed himself in front of anyone in the Academy. Esther had been in the infirmary since the morning the next day, and that was when Elio Freyr had vanished from everyone's sight. She was brought there with Samson's initiation as what Elio had told him to do, and he was right because Madam Loury had found out about her dangerous situation. "Madam Loury, how is she?" Aislah walked through the door of the infirmary and found Madam Loury seated behind her office desk. It has not been long since she regained her full strength from what had happened when Elio went to the infirmary, but
"The training's done. You should go. Many students will be here soon." Madam Loury slid the paper back in her drawer and pushed her swivel chair away from the desk, enough to make space so she could stand up. "I'll visit Esther first, and I'll leave after." Aislah stood up from her chair and made her way towards her friend. She entered an all white space behind the curtains which Esther's mind had created. The room was filled with green plants near the windows, others were hanging around the corner, while her bed was in the middle of the white space room. It was too calming and peaceful inside, which she actually needed the most. Esther was sitting on her bed when Aislah arrived, while Ayden was sleeping on the other bed next to hers, resting, as he had been with her since midnight. "Hey. Is everything alright?" She looked up to see Aislah coming for her. Esther looked so anxious and worried about something as she played with her nails on her hands, trying to calm herself. "T
Esther was on the floor, covering her mouth to stop herself from making another noise as she stared back at the person in front of her. She was about to step out of her room to see what was happening outside her curtains because the two who insisted on seeing it themselves hadn't come back yet. A man suddenly appeared in front of her out of nowhere, causing her to have no balance over her body that made her fall back on the floor. "Hello, dearest Seer." A wide smile plastered on the man's face sent shivers all over her body. There was recognition in her eyes as soon as she saw the man. "You know me, don't you? We once met, when you tried to save this body's soul." Esther removed her hand from covering her mouth as she tried to collect herself from being shocked over his sudden appearance. She knew him. He was one of the students that they had lured inside the Dot, and unfortunately, she couldn't help him to get out of there with the same soul residing on his body. And he was the
Esther rushed to the place where Elio was, and behind her was Aislah and Ayden who were both dumbfounded on what was happening to her. They were concerned that Esther might harm Elio now that he's weak, because of what he did towards him, however, they both knew that Esther is not capable of doing that, especially to her friends. Students were on the floor with no consciousness and they just walked past them. Madam Loury on the other hand, was seen looking for something in front of the stall where the medicines are located. No one stopped to help her, instead they all went directly towards where Elio was. Esther pushed the curtains to the left, revealing Elio lying on the bed. The little drops of sweat on his face were getting their attention as they walked inside his place. He really looked like he was in total pain, but Esther had already anticipated seeing that once he came back. The three stood beside his bed, looking at him with concern, but Ayden's expression seemed a litt
"Did you…""No." Esther collected herself after almost a minute of not breathing because of what Elio had said. She felt relief that it wasn't Elio, but the fear remained inside of her that she didn't know why. She knew that the statues were made to commemorate the ten students who were named as heroes of the past, but she was not sure why she got nervous the moment she heard the news. "I just saw it yesterday." Elio looked away as he remembered what had happened when he visited the Dot once again. He came back there alone, but an accident happened that he didn't mean to do. There was so much going on in Elio's life that he couldn't say anything to her besides the things that she knew about. He wanted to keep his mouth shut and do the things he could do alone without putting anyone in danger as he dug deeper into the reason why he came back to the Academy. But things were getting more complicated as he kept on discovering things that he had no idea about after the other. "You we
"I need to go back to the Dot." Elio Freyr just got out of the Infirmary and back from his own room in the domiciliary. The students that caused commotion in the Infirmary woke up on their own beds there, and fortunately, they were already not in a state of manipulation when they woke up, and their wounds from their afternoon training were slowly healing with Madam Loury's help. "I am banning you from going there." Selene's voice occupied his mind as he was preparing to go back there, changing his clothes. "Why?" "You destroyed a statue, remember?" "I didn't. I told you it's an accident." "And I told you I will find the truth myself. You were just standing there behind the statue, not doing anything. And when you faced it, it started to fall. You used your telekinesis to ruin that statue, Elio Freyr. Don't try to fool me. And the book you're talking about has never shown itself to anyone for thousands of years already that it has become a myth." He could hear her annoyance wit
"We're still looking for her." Samson answered, without thinking of anything bad about her. "Here? I already looked for her here. But she's not around." Elio was not convinced, but he remained calm while trying to figure out if she was telling the truth or not. He was sure that the person in front of them was the same person who vanished just around the corner. "I've got a word that Esther was seen here. I'm just checking." Samson told her. Elio couldn't say a word and didn't want to. The movements around were getting closer and he could feel it from where he was standing. "You came here together? That's news."Their conversation was interrupted when students started to corner them in a circle. The three of them gathered in the middle, facing their backs with each other. "What's happening?" She asked. "Didn't you know about this, Thea?" Elio prepared himself for a possible attack, while he spoke to her. "How would I know? I just got here." "You were here earlier, you said."