The Flame

CHAPTER 10

"Alchemy? Seriously? it is almost like chemistry which you don't like much", I told her looking at her schedule.

"Oh never mind, I'm sure this will be far more interesting" she replied, definitely she didn't want to spoil her good mood stressing about studies yet.

We were walking towards her Basic spell casting 1 class with our new friends. I still didn't know all of their names, but they were all pretty sweet especially after my badass confrontation with the princess, they seemed eager to talk to me.

We entered the classroom in singles. I was one of the last ones to enter and had to mentally kick myself to keep moving forward and take my seat as I had a sudden urge of just running back to my room(kat's room).

The classroom was fully air-conditioned of course and had full glass windows on one side. The middle portion of the classroom was filled with desk and chairs, each for a single student. There was no blackboard or anything, only one cabinet filled with books at one corner. I wavered a bit before taking my seat, not sure how I'll pass this class without raising questions.

After the class settled down, there was a loud BAM that silenced the class temporarily. In a blink of an eye, a woman was standing near the door. The women must've been in her early thirties, she had dark auburn hair cropped till her shoulders and had round glasses covered with beads. She wore a dark coloured pantsuit with a white cape around her. She was looking all comical but the dark look on her face stopped me from laughing at her. A small metal badge was pinned at her right breast which marked her as Prof.Herlin. "What an entry", I thought.

She entered the class swiftly and started taking small rounds around the student's desk, looking at everyone's face with great interest, occasionally she would pause and smile and sometimes she would yell out at someone, like at me.

"You, who are you? how dare you come here?" she asked widening her eyes, getting outraged. It took me a minute to grasp that she was talking to me. Did she...did she find out? Olivia said they won't like the idea of a red blood walking alongside them. But I didn't think I would get into trouble so soon. I turned to have a glance at Katy, looking for some moral support; I could see her face lined with concern. I rose up from my chair, not sure what to do and that's when she entered. Olivia came busting inside the classroom.

"Prof.Herlin may I have a minute with you in my office?" she asked, her voice was sharp and clear, clearly radiating power in this place. Prof. Herlin gave me a sharp look before she turned back and she left.

When she left the class leaving the door behind her closed, loud whispers broke out, and when Olivia entered the class again, silence hung in the class once again as if someone had just flipped on a switch suddenly, people held their breath once again until she ordered me to follow her too.

I followed her all the way up to her office without uttering a single word. Professor Herlin was still furious, but she too decided on staying silent until we reached Olivia's office. Finally, we reached her office, and once we were in and the door behind us was closed.
Professor Herlin started to rattle on and on about how did a red blood reach there. What was I doing in her class and so on and on. Olivia all the while waited silently listening to her rattling, and then finally when she stopped speaking for a breadth. That's when Olivia jumped in. She simply held her hand as a signal for her to stop.

"What she is doing here, is a business between me and Rose, and I would not like others interfering in our business" she declared. Prof. Herlin looked confounded at the sudden change of her behaviour, but soon recovered to keep a straight face.

"But...But headmistress, if others will find out..." Olivia cut her off mid-sentence,

"That will be my problem Professor. I hope you will not spread the word around though", she said. Olivia's tone implied that she was not sure whether Professor Herlin will keep this secret to herself. Professor Herlin was speechless for a few moments and then finally she spoke.