Aethernea : Soulbound [Book 1]

Episode 61 - Murder in the White Quarters

Previously:

Kiel finished his Multicasting exam and decided to wait for Elaru's exam to finish. He sat in the main hall of White Quarters, (where Elaru was taking her exams) reading his books on spellcasting, when an uproar happened. A terrified, panic-stricken mob tried their best to escape from the building screaming bloody murder the entire way.

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(Several minutes earlier)

In front of the room 211, a crowd of people was impatiently waiting for their turn to take the Multicasting exam. Some of them were fidgeting on their feet, some of them were looking around, and some were chattering among themselves.

Regardless of what they were doing, their actions were interrupted by several loud crashes and sounds of glass breaking. Before their brains could even process what was happening, a miserable high pitched scream pierced through the corridor. The mournful emotions it carried caused shivers in all who heard it.

The most peculiar thing was that the source of the bellow seemed to be the room in front of them. Every person in the corridor near the room, without exception, looked towards the door with the number 211.

People pricked up their ears, but for several seconds nothing else could be heard from the inside. They exchanged glances and shrugs, still unable to settle the chill racking their bodies.

Just as they finally managed to relax their tense nerves a bit, the door to the now silent room opened, attracting the gazes of everyone present.

A person slowly walked out of the room.

She was a stunningly beautiful female, but at that moment, no one paid attention to her beauty.

For the girl looked like she had just walked out of a blood-filled battlefield.

Her white shirt and puffy sleeves had several large crimson red stains. The red viscous liquid dripped down the slim fingers of her right hand.

Between the graceful fingers of her left hand, she held a blood-soaked dagger.

Gracefully she brought the dagger close to her lush red lips.

Her plump lips parted, and a soft pink tongue came out, licking the red liquid from the tip of the knife. Her enchanting eyes glittered with amusement, and her mouth formed a sinister grin.

After the disturbing yet brilliant smile followed a soft chuckle which caused everyone's breath to catch in their throat.

A dark red drop slid down from the corner of her mouth, down her chin, and finally dripped down to the floor.

The drop caught the light and glittered magically, attracting the bloodshot eyes of everyone present.

When the drop hit the floor, the soft dripping sound sounded like thousand hammers in the ears of people present.

For when their eyes fell to the floor alongside the drop, they noticed that the ground was already soaked with blood.

Each one of the girl's steps left a bloody footprint.

The small portion of the classroom that could be seen from the opened door was filled with craters that were quickly filling up with the same disturbingly red liquid, creating pools of blood.

The eyes of the people present bulged out, wide in horror as they stared at the female in front of them that seemed unperturbed. Cold sweat had already drenched everyone's back and the giant drops were flowing down their foreheads like a waterfall.