Elysia in Another World (Part 2)

Ch33: Back to School P2

Chapter 33: Back to School P2
~33.2~
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Suddenly, Adele felt a slap on her back. "If you want to date me, talk to me about it." Sanae's face was red, but she didn't turn to let Adele see. "You're not the only one with bottled up emotions."

"Wait, huh?" Adele spun around. "You're here? I thought-"

"I just got here. I finished my business in the auditorium and wanted to walk in with everyone." She kept looking away no matter how Adele moved around her. "Hmph."

"What's wrong?" Adele kept trying to get a look at Sanae's face.

"Whatever could you mean? Nothing is wrong in the slightest. And it's certainly nothing you said or haven't said. Or haven't done. Or haven't tried. Or could do with no resistance."

Even Adele wasn't so dense as to not figure out what Sanae meant after that much pushing. She reached out to Sanae's face and meant to turn her toward her, but Liliana's hand appeared between them. "No."

"Lily!" Sanae gasped.

"What do you mean 'no'?" Adele looked at her, brows furrowed. She tried to move Liliana's hand, but was instead pushed away. "Hey!" She jumped back in, but the guard knight stopped her every move. "No fair! Just because you're stronger now!"

Liliana smirked at Adele. "Oh my, but I'm not using any more mana than you are. I'm simply matching you."

"You are so full of yourself now!"

The others were quietly giggling at their exchange. While Adele was busy with Liliana, Michelle snuck around behind them and gave Sanae a quick peck on the cheek. "What about me, then? Wanna go for ice cream after school?" She held her hand out to the platinum blonde princess.

Sanae took her hand. "I would love to, Mimi."

Kye jumped around and snatched up Michelle's other hand. "Me, too! We can go just the four of us! We'll leave Adele with Lily and Ally for... training."

Sanae held back a giggle. "Sounds good to me."

"Hey?! Don't leave me out!" Adele shouted, still trying to get around Liliana, but being slowly pushed further from the group toward the auditorium. "Heeey! I want to-"

Alethea grabbed her ear, "You should've asked her sooner! Repent!" The others giggled, and they continued to the auditorium.

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"Greetings, everyone," Athanasia said. She decided to take the role of opening speech for the second term. "I am Athanasia Atlantis, first born of Empress Atalante Atlantis. You may call me Athy. The news has already spread across the empire, so I won't go into long details and bore you. I'll keep it short, eh? That way we might all have a little time before our first class to chill! Sounds good?"

The crowd cheered.

"I thought you might like that." She smiled and paused for a moment. "I am still struggling with the idea that I just hopscotched through time over ten million years. The terrain back home on Terra is different! Continents have moved! How bizarre. It was only a hundred years ago for me, so it's a bit of culture shock. Everything is so different now. Everyone can use mana! That wasn't normal back then! And we even have this gigantic school to teach the empire's best!"

She located her class in the crowd and gestured at Kye, who teleported to the stage. "Hi."

"I owe my life to this woman. I am aware she has already revealed to the world her true identity. She answered my prayer. I have come to know her as Eli, and made friends with her, but before that she was a goddess to be revered."