Chapter 55



55 A Vacation

Selma Payne’s POV:

“Chloe took a long break.” Then, as she chewed, she said, “Last night, some of my classmates saw the reporters go to Chloe’s house. They waited from evening to dawn and only left when Chloe’s parents couldn’t take it anymore and called the police.

“However, when she was going to school this morning, she was stopped by reporters on the way. A large group of people carrying cameras and microphones asked her questions, and she was so scared that she broke down.”

“Oh my god, poor girl!” I was shocked.

Mara and Avril came over, and the former said, “I have a cousin who works at ‘New Moon Evening News’. She said their newspaper is working overnight to link yesterday’s incident with the incident from half a month ago.”

“This is nonsense!” I felt that some media needed to fix their uncontrollable writing. “These two things have nothing to do with each other. They’re just spreading rumors!”

Avril replied, “Isn’t this how a newspaper should be? They don’t have much to talk about during the peaceful times, so they write some speculative stories to boost sales.”

During lunchtime, more than half of the large public cafeteria was empty.

The parents were deeply worried when they heard that the reporters had surrounded and blocked the students, so many students were taken home by their parents.

The school discussed whether they should take a short break before the storm subsided. It just so happened that the Moonlight Festival was next week, and the joy of the festival could always make people forget the disharmonious interludes.

Last night, I asked my father about the students’ fight, and he also paid close attention to it. He said that according to the law, Adam and the underaged drama club members were not required to bear criminal responsibility, but their parents had to pay a hefty fine and medical expenses.

Ryan and the adult students in the drama club were not so lucky. According to the regulations, they faced three months in prison in addition to being fined.

The school was also considering whether to expel Adam, Ryan, and the others.

The punishment of expulsion was so severe that the other students who heard the news felt sad. Everyone was discussing this matter’s outcome, except an ignorant girl.

Carolyn.

She was sitting at the dining table and elegantly enjoying a luxurious lunch, not paying any attention to the speculations of her female companions.

Honestly, I didn’t want to be so skeptical of Carolyn, but I felt something was wrong with her. This guess was very unreasonable as I had no way of verifying it. Instead, I was torturing myself.

Dorothy followed my line of sight and lowered her head to gnaw on her dry bread.

After a while, she said, “Carolyn gives me a very uncomfortable feeling.”

Her words attracted us.

“I can’t explain it.” Dorothy frowned and said, “It’s just that, every time I see Carolyn, I feel like I’m looking at a ball of cold mist as if her appearance is just a layer of paper.”

“Wow, I don’t understand,” Mara said in disbelief. “But it doesn’t feel good.”

“Does this mean there’s a problem with Carolyn?” asked Avril with a confused expression.

Dorothy shook her head. “I can’t be sure. After all, this is just my subjective feeling. Perhaps it’s just an illusion.”

I didn’t think Dorothy’s judgment was wrong.

Witches were a wonderful group. You could doubt their character, but you couldn’t doubt their abilities, especially a rare power like prophecy, which gave every witch extraordinary insights.

Regardless of how we viewed Carolyn, it didn’t matter at the moment. After all, I couldn’t send her to the security department for an examination without any evidence, right?

In the afternoon, the academy issued a notice: There would be a short break until the end of the Moonlight Festival.

“The Moonlight Festival!” Avil was extremely excited .” Have you guys decided whom you want to dress as? The mall will have a discount every year around this time. So let’s go buy some dresses and accessories!”

Mara wasn’t too interested. “The discounted items are all old goods from a few years ago. They’re either very ugly or even uglier. So they are not interesting at all.”

Dorothy displayed her usual reluctance and didn’t participate in the conversation. I felt she probably wouldn’t have gone out to participate in such large-scale events before she became an adult.

So I suggested, “How about this? We all go to the palace and stay for a few days? There’s no one of my age there, so just treat it as hanging out with me. What do you think? We can hire tailors and craftsmen to customize gowns and jewelry, and I guarantee everyone will look beautiful!”

A few of them were shocked. They had never thought that there was such an option.

Avril tugged at her hair and said with uncertainty, “Is that a good idea? If we were to rashly disturb… I mean, it’s the palace we’re talking about! Will the King and Queen agree to this?”

Mara was not very calm either, “If we go to the palace, we have to submit an application in advance and be interrogated or something, right? Can we make it in time? Shouldn’t we have etiquette training? Do we also have to kiss the King and Queen’s hands when we meet? Or a knee? Maybe bow?”

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “What are you thinking? You’re going to be guests, not prisoners. Relax.”

Mara and Avil couldn’t relax at all. “To the palace! Is that a small matter? For three generations, no one in my family has ever seen what the reception room in the palace looks like, let alone stayover in the palace!”