In the dining room, precisely in the table area for Alexa and her friends,
“These two seats are empty, aren’t they?”
This question made the three teenage girls there turn towards the questioner as soon as possible, as did the two black magical dogs who were assigned to look after the daughter of the couple, Tristian Varden Writh and Lavena Isolda Keira.
“No, they do not. Our two male friends will be here soon.” A young girl with long, black hair answered flatly. She deliberately looked sharply at the person she was talking to because she already knew who the person was.
“Are you sure? Where are they?” asked the uninvited guest, folding her arms in front of her chest. Thalemona even smiled sarcastically on purpose, as if challenging the three girls there so that she could prove the existence of Samuel and Aiden.
“We are here. What do you want?” Aiden answered without further ado.
This time, Thalemona was surprised, so she spontaneously looked to her left, and it turned out that there were already two young men carrying a container containing plates and glasses, which definitely had food and drink. Aileen tried hard not to laugh because seeing the girl’s pale expression was annoying. At the same time, Adaline just grinned because she was happy with Samuel and Aiden’s timely appearance.
“Why are you still here? We wanted to sit down and have lunch.” Samuel was already annoyed because the girl had blocked his and Aiden’s path, so they could not sit where they were supposed to. Aileen and Adaline almost laughed out loud when they saw the annoying girl’s expression, which had turned red as a result of being reprimanded by the red-haired man.
Thalemona felt embarrassed, so without further ado, she left without saying anything. Meanwhile, Alexa just watched the face of the girl who had come to their table and did not want to say anything. Samuel and Aiden sat in the empty chairs. They observed the faces of the three girls sitting in front of them with astonished looks. “What happened to you?” Samuel asked while seeing the expressions of Aileen and Adaline, which became strange in his assessment.
Aileen and Adaline laughed at the same time, while Alexa did not follow what her two female friends were doing. The young girl just watched the movements of the two twins and did not find anything funny. Samuel frowned because he saw a response from the opposite sex that was beyond the young man’s expectations. “Why do you laugh? What is so funny?”
Several people turned to the Alexa table, but this situation only lasted for a few moments. They were busy with activities that had been postponed, and some people left the dining room with their friends, so empty chairs started to appear there.
“I… ha ha ha… so happy… because… you and Aiden. have succeeded in making her leave.” Adaline struggled to explain because she was still laughing. Meanwhile, Aileen tried to stop laughing because she still felt funny about the incident where Thalemona was kicked out by Samuel, which she had witnessed firsthand.
The young man chose to remain silent and started taking the spoon. Samuel had already eaten his food in less than ten seconds, while Aiden had already done the same. Meanwhile, the two magical dogs who were also in the dining room, more precisely standing guard near Alexa’s feet, began to look around. They did not leave the target and continued to obey their master’s orders.
“Did you see her face? I was sure that she wanted to cry. Ha ha ha.” Adaline asked her twin sister, and Aileen nodded vigorously as an initial response.
“Yup. I saw that girl face. She must be embarrassed because she did not expect Aiden and Samuel to arrive on time.” Aileen answered her sister’s question. Meanwhile, Alexa did not pay attention to her two female friends because she preferred to stay silent and busy with her thoughts.
Why have so many strange events been happening at this orphanage lately? Yesterday, Aileen also told me that something bit her leg. Today, a classmate experienced the same thing. What was the cause of all that? I did not see anything suspicious, thought Alexa, who still remembered the incident that happened to her female friend. The intelligent girl did not yet understand what happened because everything was confusing for her.
“Is she the one named Thalemona? I rarely see that girl.” Aileen wanted to know about the identity of the girl, who didn’t seem to be any different in age from them. Adaline nodded because it was confirmed that this person was Thalemona.
“Yes, you are right. That annoying girl was the snake Thalemona. I do not like that girl because she always has a way of badmouthing someone. I am suspicious. Could she come here on purpose so she could do the same thing to us?” A young lady, who had a height of one hundred and sixty-four sixty-four centimetres tall, began to remember the enemy and suspected why she had come to them.
“I have no idea. Maybe Thalemona was here because she wanted to make a fuss, especially since she was one of those people who liked to badmouth Alexa.” Aileen also had the same opinion, but she had a slightly different view, especially if it was not for the presence of the messenger of Goddess Magia, who had been sitting with them.
The name’s owner turned towards the two twins. However, she did not participate in their conversation because she was still confused about what Aileen and Adaline were discussing. Alexa accidentally looked back and saw that the girl who had come to her table had already found a seat. They were about seven meters away, and four other people were already joining her.
“Yeah, it could be like that, Ai. It was impossible for her to come here without any bad intentions. She was as pathetic as Taretva.” Adaline didn’t believe that Thalemona came there without any bad intentions, so this made her very suspicious.
“Luckily, Aiden and Samuel came soon; if they were late, we might have had a fight with that woman.” The short-haired young girl also responded to her twin sister’s words. She and Adaline had not yet realized that the enemy they had been talking about was already within a radius not too far from them.
Adaline was silent for ten seconds because she suddenly remembered someone else. “Where is Drena? Why haven’t I seen her? I am confused. Why haven’t Odessa, Frazto, Drutz, and Shul been released from the detention room?”
As soon as possible, Ailen shook her head because the virgin, who had a mole in the area of her nose, did not really know the answer to the other person’s question. “I do not know either, Line. Could it be that the four naughty children have not been released from the detention room on purpose by the principal? I have not seen Drena since morning and have only heard from Alexa’s story that she has met that girl.”
“Hm… it is so suspicious for me. I know there is something strange, but because I have not gotten any clues, so I have no idea.”
“What if it turns out that the four children were deliberately-”
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