Chapter 137

Chapter 109: Being Bullied?

After a brief silence.

“What’s going on?!”

“Twenty minutes? No, the ceremony isn’t starting for another hour!”

“We haven’t eaten anything yet!”

No matter how much these girls with worried faces complained, there was no answer at the door. I heard the plump grandmother go to knock on the neighbor’s door again, and I knew that breakfast was probably not happening today. The academy had notified everyone yesterday that the opening ceremony would start at exactly nine in the morning, but said nothing else. Now they were doing a surprise drill… Those twenty laps were no joke. I guessed if someone was really late, they might be used as an example.

So I quickly told them, “Run fast!”

“If we’re late, we’re in big trouble!”

Sophia clearly understood what the academy meant too. Her pretty face looked anxious, her movements sped up, and she quickly tied her hair into a ponytail before standing up to open the door.

“Sophia, don’t forget your badge!”

“Wait, who saw my ribbon… I put it in the drawer of the vanity table yesterday…”

“Strange, where did I put my badge…”

“Hurry up—!”

“I found it!”

“Oh, Sarah, stop messing with your hair, let’s go!”

This delay cost us another five minutes. We rushed out the door and ran down to the first floor, seeing many other students like us, all looking panicked and bewildered. Some were still buttoning their uniforms while running, looking disheveled just like those cheating boys who tried to escape through the window.

Sarah laughed so hard she couldn’t catch her breath.

“Hahaha! Look, those male students…”

“What are you laughing at? You’re not much better yourself!”

“It’s because Sophia wouldn’t let me fix my hair!”

“Shut up and run…”

Once outside the tower, it was time for full sprint—the training ground near Ceylon Lake wasn’t particularly far. If I put in full effort, I could get there in two or three minutes. But the other three girls clearly couldn’t keep up, so I had to slow down and follow behind them. Although slower, we should still make it on time… Running slowly isn’t bad either.

With this thought, Daisy suddenly stopped halfway.

“Huff… Huff… I can’t run anymore…”

She bent over, supporting herself with both hands on her knees. Her originally rosy cheeks had lost color, and even her breathing trembled. Seeing this, we all stopped.

“No way, Daisy, your physique is so weak. You must have been at the bottom during the test!” Sophia’s words carried a hint of complaint.

“Mmm… I’ve never been good at this since I was young, huff… You guys… go ahead, don’t worry about me…”

Sarah, who was originally in front, turned around and walked to Daisy, squatting down without hesitation. “Like this, you won’t make it for twenty laps. Get on.”

“No, Sarah, I…”

Daisy tried to wave off the offer, but was cut off mid-sentence by Sarah: “Hurry up! Don’t dawdle. Do you want us all to run twenty laps because of you?”

With these words, Daisy couldn’t refuse any longer and had to obediently climb onto Sarah’s back.

“Hold on tight.” Sarah stood up suddenly, adjusting Daisy’s position on her back, then laughed, “Oh—, so soft… hehe~”

This “hehe” sounded a bit like a perverted old man, and everyone knew what she meant. Daisy’s face flushed red.

“Ah, Sarah, stop…”

She blushed.

“Sara, I always feel like your intentions aren’t pure…” Sophia said, rolling her eyes.

“Sara is, a creepy uncle,” I said.

“What’s a creepy uncle?”

Hearing Sophia’s question, I tilted my head and thought for a moment.

“It’s someone who likes to molest innocent girls, a greasy middle-aged man.”

Sara wrinkled her nose in disgust. “Ew! I’m not like that at all, it’s so disgusting. Peylo, where did you hear such terms… And who’s the middle-aged man! I’m still an innocent girl!”

“Hehe.” I just smiled and didn’t want to explain further.

Sophia, watching the trainees passing by us, became anxious and urged, “Stop talking nonsense, let’s go!”

The four of us continued running forward. Soon, we could see the large outline of the training ground in the distance. Sara, running beside us, licked her dry lips. I turned my head and saw her panting heavily, drenched in sweat, clearly exhausted. I couldn’t help but worry and asked, “Sara, can you make it? Maybe I should take over…”

“Take over? Your little frame… Daisy, your chest would crush you.”

Sara adjusted her breathing slightly, ignoring Daisy calling out her name behind her with a playful tone, and gave me a light smile. “I’m fine. Since I was young, my father trained me as a knight. I’m good at this. This distance is nothing.”

“…Sara, I’m sorry.”

Daisy, lying on her back, looked gloomy. “Put me down, I think I can do it now.”

Sara shook her head with a smile. “I told you I’m fine, we’re almost there.”

At that moment, a strange sound like a monkey’s call came from the side, mixed with the sounds of flames and electricity.

“Yah-ho—”

“Peter, go faster!”

“Come on, come on! Hahaha!”

Instinctively, I turned around and saw two male trainees, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with strong physiques. One had arcs of electricity flashing on his body, moving swiftly on his feet. The other kept spewing flames from his palms, propelling himself more than two meters high. They were moving much faster than ordinary trainees. As they looked in our direction, their gazes met ours.

“Huh, there are four ladies ahead.”

“The quality seems pretty good!”

The somewhat lewd conversation reached us. Sara frowned and turned her head, gesturing towards us with her mouth. “Let’s move aside a bit, ignore them, let them pass.”

I nodded and moved closer to her. Suddenly, we heard Sophia’s startled cry from behind. “What are you doing! Ah!”

“Be careful—”

A faint breeze mixed with the sound of electricity crackling behind us. My heart jumped, and my right hand instinctively glowed blue. But I suddenly remembered this was an academy, hesitated, and the figure already screamed and passed me, hair and skirt fluttering gently. Instinctively, I reached out to press them down. Then, with a loud boom, the boy spraying flames leaped over our heads.

“Ah—!”

Sophia shrank back in fright, while the flame boy laughed triumphantly. However, when he landed, his right foot accidentally hooked onto Daisy’s head, causing her to scream in pain and hold her head. Already tired, Sara stumbled and fell to the ground.

When Sara fell, Daisy on her back was also thrown away. She ran fast, and the fall was quite severe. They rolled several times on the ground before stopping.

“Ah…”

“Sara! Daisy!”