Holy mother of all s.h.i.+t.

Inna's eyes were wide open as she looked around her room.

How the f.u.c.k did this happen?

She looked at the dried up drool on top of her desk. And the unfinished works sprawled in front of her.

f.u.c.k, I fell asleep!

She hastily packed her things as she chanted the spell for the time.

6:05

Holy s.h.i.+t!

She screamed internally as she finished placing all her things in her black pouch. Then she proceeded to run down the stairs only to meet Ulima by the door. He probably thought that she would've left the house by now because he looked startled to see her as he munched on a piece of bread.

She dashed towards the door, but not before grabbing the bread that was hanging on his mouth.

"Hey!" Ulima screamed in disbelief.

Inna ignored him as she ran while removing the parts of the bread where Ulima bit.

She may be in a hurry, but she sure as h.e.l.l ain't going hungry!

After running for minutes, she finally arrived in her first cla.s.s. She hurriedly opened the door and ran to her seat. She ignored the irritated glances that were thrown at her as she made her way to the back. She's been receiving those looks for the whole day since yesterday so she learned to ignore them.

After a few minutes, the professor arrived calmly.

"Now, I hope all of you have read the chapters I told you to read because today, I'll be giving a test. Now, clear your desks and ready your writing utensils."

The professor smiled kindly at the grumbling students. Meanwhile, a certain someone is panicking for dear life.

Inna looked at the empty seats beside her and cursed under her breath.

Just when she needed that annoying genius, he decided now of all times to NOT ditch his cla.s.s!

f.u.c.k!

When she heard the professor shooting off one question after the other, she knew she no longer had hope. So, she simply stared blankly at the window, thinking of the things she would've been able to do if it weren't for the fact that she fell asleep.

After about a few minutes of staring, she slowly and unknowingly drifted off to sleep.

And when she woke up, she saw at a distance, a pair of eyes glaring at her.

"Miss Ingrid. Please do explain how you found the luxury to sleep in my cla.s.s?"

"Uh, uhm, wha?"

Half asleep, Inna rubber her eyes, trying to remove the little traces of sleepiness from them. When she was finally fully awake, she saw the whole cla.s.s and the professor staring at her with agitated looks.

"Well, seeing that you've thoroughly slept through the whole lecture, I suppose you've already understood the topics beforehand." The professor asked with an eyebrow raised.

Inna didn't know what to say so she simply kept her mouth shut and stared at the professor with a guilty expression.

"Well then, since you've already understood, why don't you give the main theories behind the acc.u.mulation of Mana? How about the methods of efficiently collecting Mana and its conversion from an element into an energy absorbed by the body?"

Inna's eyes almost bulged out from the questions he's asking.

Theories?

Acc.u.mulation?

Conversion?

Mana?

Dafuq?

Seeing Inna's dumbfounded face, the professor held a smug expression as he gestured for the cla.s.s to listen in.

"Well, as what one would expect from a Lily cla.s.s..."

He trailed off as he made a mocking face. Seeing the professor's reaction, the students snickered among themselves.

"Miss Ingrid, it would do you much good to listen in on the lectures because you're the one who needs it the most among the whole batch. Thus, I seem to be unable to comprehend as to how and why you decided to sleep on my cla.s.s. In fact, I see that as offensive and disrespectful on my part as a teacher. So if I catch you sleeping one more time, I will have no choice but to report you to the Head Elders regarding your offensive behaviour. And I hope my words weren't too complicated for a Lily cla.s.s to comprehend?"

Inna held in her irritation as she crossed her arms in front of her. She nodded slowly, saying she understood. Then, when the professor turned around to continue his lecture, she tried to make it seem like she's taking down notes. She picked up her pen and wrote the curses and comebacks she wanted to unleash. She gripped her pen so hard that she heard little cracking noises as she furiously wrote down every word.

After a few minutes, the cla.s.s finally ended. And as soon as Inna heard the professor saying his goodbyes to the cla.s.s, Inna immediately stood up from her seat, ready to dash.

But it seems like that day was not her day.

That's because one student decided that it would be fun to torture her more.

"Professor! Didn't you a.s.sign that Lily cla.s.s student a detailed two page written essay on her understanding on the Chapters 1, 2, 4, and 6?"

Inna's eyes shot daggers at the back of the girl's head. Since the student that spoke up was in the front row, Inna wasn't able to see her face clearly. But that didn't stop her from glaring.

Inna's eyes held an expression of murder and her lip curled up in agitation.

This f.u.c.ker!