Chapter 41 - Leaving

Kayden walked her up to the front of her dorm. 

"Honestly, I was surprised you were sleeping on the bench. Next time, please get permission or tell me before you go there." Kayden said as he let go of her hand. Ayami grinned at him.

"Does that mean I can go there again?"

"…Just get permission and don't do it frequently."

Kayden said his goodbyes and left her. Ayami turned around and looked at the dorm. As she did so, she saw Celine standing by the door with her arms crossed on her chest.

There was no expression on her face, making Ayami nervous. She felt like she was going to get scolded as she walked to her with a nervous smile.

Sometimes, Celine is like a mom. She thought.

Celine slowly opened her mouth to speak, making Ayami clench her fist as she cursed inside, waiting for Celine to scold her. But the words that came out of Celine's mouth weren't the one she expected.

"What's your relationship with that guy?"

"Eh?" Ayami blurted out, confusion written on her face. 

Now that she thought about it, the two of them never crossed paths. Kayden always comes in the morning and leaves shortly afterwards, while Celine visits at night. 

"Friends?" Celine massaged her forehead at Ayami's answer. She spoke with a frustrated expression. 

"Ayami, a man and a woman cannot be friends. It always leads to something. Anyway, be careful and don't trust that guy yet."

"I'm going now." Celine said as she started walking back to her dorm.

Surprisingly, Ayami didn't get scolded, in fact she felt like everything went smoothly. But there was one more boss inside her dorm. Ayami went inside her dorm nervously and saw Rina with luggage packed beside her.

"Oh, you guys are done? That's surprising. Celine was really angry earlier. Anyways, did your talk go smoothly with that girl?" Rina asked, languidly laying on the sofa.

"What's with the luggage?" Ayami pointed at the luggage.

"Oh that, I'm going to leave tomorrow morning. I thought that it was time to go home. I already told Celine about it."

"Why?"

"You have so many questions." Rina complained, but even so, she still answered her question, while Ayami was thinking that it was only two. "Well, I can't just run away forever, right?"

"Actually, it was fun to hang out with you guys. But still, I have some responsibilities I need to do. And I would be found out sooner or later if I stayed here. I would prefer to walk back on my own than to be dragged against my will. My punishment would be severe but I think it would be better if I returned now. I could think of ways to lighten my sentence." 

Rina smiled at her, then a moment later she stared at her sharply, making her flinch. What's with that expression?

"But young lady, do you know what time it is, huh?" Ayami ran straight to her room and locked the door as she almost shouted. "I'm sleepy, let's talk tomorrow morning!"

Rina snorted at her, but there was a complicated thought going inside her mind.

Inside her room, Ayami changed her clothes. She wasn't really sleepy as she already slept all day. 

Now then, time to deal with this stalker.

Because of her talk with Yanna, Ayami almost forgot about this stalker. She even forgot to report the trespassing incident. 

I'll just report it tomorrow.

Ayami took the phone and opened it again. There was one unread message.

Watch your back. I will start tomorrow.

It was sent an hour ago. Ayami knows that her movement inside the academy is being watched.

She felt eyes staring at her from the darkness as she walked back to her dorm with Kayden.

Ayami doubted that this person was working alone. To be able to go to this academy, then they would need connection.

Now, the problem is, Ayami didn't know who they were or why they wanted to kill her.

She didn't do an action so grand that it would take the attention of this group. 

Wait, is this that group that Yanna was talking about?

That was possible, but why would they need to kill her if in the past, they planned to use her? Was it because of her actions?

Ayami sighed. It was a headache to think about it. She was already busy thinking about the secret organization but this damn stalker added to that problem.

If they were connected, that would have been great. She could just destroy the both of them at the same time.

There was also one thing that was weighing on her mind. Her necklace that her late mother gave her. She needed it to access the 'Rose Garden' so that she could find out about the secret organization.

If she remembers correctly, they have a mark with a rose on it and they were really hidden and difficult to find. Ayami could remember some of their location, but she also doubted that they stayed in the same location.

There was also another problem: she exchanged it with a boy from her childhood and got a ring. She would have to search for him.

But Ayami didn't even know where to start!

Ayami couldn't even remember that fat boy's face and what if that boy's appearance had already changed.

And she doubted that boy would wear the necklace. So the best thing would be to wear the ring he gave her.. Well, she wouldn't really wear it but she would wear the fake one, who knows maybe he would be able to recognize it.