Thirty minutes later,
A thirty-nine-year-old woman appeared to have just come out of the basement. Madame Loiston was not alone because a young woman had been following her. Before they left the area, Aufrodine’s best friend turned around and said to one of the guards who had been assigned to wait there. “I have taken a female student named Drena out of the detention room on orders from the principal.”
“Yes, Madame Loiston.” The two men answered obediently. They did not dare to argue with the Deputy Chairman because they knew the other person’s influential position at the Ztatzav Orphanage.
“Thank you.” After saying that, Loiston turned around again and saw a young girl was actually paying attention to him, but the tall woman was acting as normal as possible as if nothing strange had happened.
The two of them continued their journey without either of them taking the initiative to start a conversation. The sun’s rays could still be felt on Drena’s skin, and luckily, it was not as hot as it was in the middle of the day, so the young girl felt relieved. The breeze also touched Drena’s and Madame Loiston’s hair, clothes, and skin, but they let it happen to both.
I am so happy to be free finally! It is good to see the sunshine like now. But I thought of Frazto, Drutz, and Shul. What happens to them now? As for Odessa… to be honest, I do not give a fuck about her. I would be happy if she stayed in detention forever because she is so annoying! The young woman could only grumble in her heart because she did not want other people to hear what was in her heart.
“How do you feel now?”
Drena had not realized yet that Madame Loiston had asked her, so she kept quiet. However, a woman who have a lot of freckles on her face, although not too many, feel surprised by the attitude of that teenage girl, so they feel the need to repeat the same thing. “How do you feel now, Drena? Are you listening to me?”
The owner of the name was stunned, because she did not expect the woman walking next to her to actually be asking her to talk. Drena felt guilty because the girl had not realized this.
“I am sorry, Madame. I did not hear you. If you did not mind, would you repeat your current question?” That teenage girl felt embarrassed when she said the last sentence, but she still had to do this so that Madame Loiston would still want to talk to her.
“You seem so happy being in the detention room that you did not hear me when I spoke to you.” An adult woman who was sensitive to mystical matters openly satirized Drena so that the other person’s cheeks turned red by themselves. The twelve-year-old girl was very embarrassed by the reprimand, but she did not dare to say what she felt openly and chose to remain silent.
Madame Loiston was annoyed at being ignored by Drena, but she chose not to continue the same conversation topic and to calm down for a few moments while continuing to walk. The atmosphere between the Deputy Head of the Ztatzav Orphanage and a teenage girl who had just been released from detention turned awkward. Drena was aware of this, but she could not do anything to avoid the anger of the woman who had the same hair color as her.
In the midst of the silence between them, an idea emerged in the maiden’s mind, which made Drena very curious but did not yet dare to express this openly to Madame Loiston.
I have been curious about orphanages for a long time and how they survive. How did Madame Aufrodine get any money? Does the palace give every orphanage in Zlatav financial assistance? Who pays the principal, her deputies, and all the teachers and staff already working here? I really want to know because everything in the orphanage is like a mystery. If I asked Madame Loiston, would she be angry? I think it is not a good idea because she could get angry, and I could end up being sent back to the detention room, thought Drena, who occasionally stole glances at the target.
Loiston knew that sshe was being watched by the virgin, but she tried to ignore it because she did not want to get involved in a useless conversation in her opinion. A woman, who was also respected by all the children in the orphanage, still showed a flat expression, so Drena became reluctant and as soon as possible gave up her intention to ask her.
“What did you experience while in the detention room, Drena?” A woman, who had a height of one hundred and seventy-one centimeters tall, asked again when her mood was much calmer and there was no irritation as intense as before. Odessa’s female friend had heard such questions and was determined not to make the same mistake.
“I experienced many terrible incidents while in the detention room, Madame. Some of them had to listen to Odessa’s screams and Drutz’s fight with Odessa, and the most terrifying thing was the appearance of a scary female ghost there. She really brought terror to us five.” Drena answered honestly because that was exactly what happened when she was serving Madame Aufrodine’s punishment for an entire month. Madame Loiston listened carefully, and her expression seemed normal, even though inside, the woman was enjoying the girl’s suffering and laughing out loud.
“Is there anything else you are experiencing?” Madame Loiston continued to ask questions while acting as natural as possible so as not to be suspected by the person she was talking to.
“The food and drinks served to the five of us were still the same as what we usually eat in the dining room, but the portions were not as large as under normal circumstances. My friends and I often felt hungry, but everything had to be restrained because it was already running out. quota for that day.” That young girl answered Madame Loiston’s question without harboring any suspicion towards the thirty-nine-year-old woman.
A woman who chose not to get married because she wanted to focus on working at the orphanage fell silent again, but the situation only lasted for a few seconds. “Apart from that, what else do you feel in a detention room? Did you enjoy it?”
Drena shook her head because she heard Madame Loiston’s last sentence. The girl disagreed with this statement, but she deliberately chose the right words to express her past condition. “I often had nightmares and illnesses caused by that scary female ghost. Luckily, Madame Ethnia always came there to treat me, so I recovered. With all due respect, I did not enjoy it, Madame.”
“I see.” That was all the woman with thick eyebrows said.
I have gotten some input regarding what Drena witnessed in the detention room, including the ghost she mentioned. Regarding food, it should be like that so that anyone who is punished there feels tortured and does not want to repeat the same action, thought Madame Loiston, who had absolutely no mercy towards the five teenagers who liked to bully the messenger of the Goddess. Magia.
A few moments later, the two women of different ages arrived in front of the girls’ dormitory building. Madame Loiston continued to walk beside Drena, even though the girl did not want that, but she had no other choice. The atmosphere there was not too busy because many girls were still studying in class. Some were in their ooms resting or just chatting with their roommates.
Should I also be shown to my room by Madame Loiston? It felt really uncomfortable, but asking him not to follow was difficult because he would definitely get angry. Well, I do not have any choice. Drena could only think that as she continued walking towards her room accompanied by Madame Loiston, who looked fierce.
When she went up to the second floor, the girl who did not like sleeping on the floor walked down the hall and saw two or three girls chatting in front of the room. However, this scene did not last long because they immediately went into their respective rooms after seeing Drena and Madame Loiston coming there.
When she arrived in front of her room, the woman who was Madame Aufrodine’s confidant said to the virgin, “You can take a rest. For tomorrow you have to attend lessons as usual and afterward you have to come to my office. Do not forget that.”
The dark brown-eyed girl nodded because she had no other choice. “Yes, Madame. Thank you. I will not forget them.”
Madame Loiston stared at Drena’s face for three seconds with an expressionless expression so that the girl was surprised, but she did not dare to ask about it. In the fourth second, the green-eyed woman turned around and then left Drena alone.
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