Chapter 201 - Don't Hate Your Enemy

None of the students answered him. Adrianna was extremely furious. It took her less than five minutes to delve into the minds of each of the students around and find out who had done it and who was the mastermind behind the action. Some rowdy students in the class chuckled; switching specimens was a common prank that the students would do. For that reason, it wasn't that great an offence in the students' eyes.

Professor Lane cast the truth spell on all students. He shouted, "No one in my class is allowed to mess around so easily! I will not tolerate any indiscipline. Tell me who did it." 

Then, he asked the students one by one and the truth came out. The student who owned up under the truth spell could only speak for himself; he couldn't say on whose behest he had done it for so the main culprit was not caught. Professor Lane suspended the student from class for a week. 

However, Adrianna glared at the girl who was behind it. 

The class continued. A new specimen was brought in and they started extracting blood out of it. The problem was that Adrianna could hear it shrieking and crying in pain, but she toughened up and went to extract its blood when it was her turn. 

Because the students were to mix the potion together in a cauldron and there were only a few cauldrons, the class was separated into groups of five. Adrianna and Lile were put into a group with three other boys. 

As the students started adding ingredients into the cauldron and the mixtures heated up, there were "boom,""phut," and "blub" sounds all throughout the classroom. 

Most of the students could make the potion successfully, so Professor Lane collected the potion as soon as the students finished, just as he had done in the last class. 

When the class ended, Adrianna rushed to the infirmary to see Liam. Lile called after her. "Adrianna, where are you going?"

"I am going to check on Liam."

"Wait, I'll come with you. I don't have any classes for the next two hours," said Lile as she caught up to Adrianna, as chirpy as ever. 

Adrianna smiled and the two of them headed to see Liam. When they arrived at the infirmary, they found him lying unconscious. Adrianna was petrified. She went near him and looked to the professor who had brought Liam to the infirmary for an explanation. 

"What happened Professor?" she asked as her mind started searching for all possible reasons for this situation.

"We don't know why he is unconscious but we called the healer. He became unconscious fifteen minutes ago. The healer should have arrived by now…" 

Adrianna regretted not delving further into the mind of the boy who had pierced the syringe into Liam. 

A strange fear gripped her heart. She held Liam's hand. All she could think of was how to revive him. She touched his heart to check his heartbeat. It was weak. His lips were turning blue and his skin was becoming paler.

The healer arrived soon after and examined Liam. "It seems someone injected him with poison," he informed. 

Adrianna stared at the healer, her eyes wide with bewilderment. Her knees felt wobbly and she stumbled a few steps. Lile held Adrianna. 

"So that means that rather than drawing blood, that boy injected poison into him?" said Lile. 

Adrianna was so shocked that she didn't know what to say. 

"How potent is the poison?" asked Lile. 

Rather than answering, the healer gathered a few medicine mixtures from the infirmary, mixed them together, and injected them into Liam. Suddenly, Liam's mouth extracted a frothy white liquid. 

Adrianna started crying. "Is he dying? Why is that frothy liquid coming out of his mouth?" She became panicky. Her mind had gone numb. 

"I have cleaned his stomach. The frothy liquid is a sign that he has responded," replied the healer. 

"Thank you!" said Adrianna, clasping her hands as she smiled through her tears. For a moment, she felt that she had lost Liam. However, as soon as the healer had assured her that Liam had responded positively, she felt better. 

She looked at Lile and said, "Thanks Lile, but I have to do something alone now."

Lile understood. She smiled and left. 

The healer said, "We have to take him to my house. I have better medicines at home. Although I have to say one thing Adrianna; it is the first time I have ever come across a poisoning incident in the academy. Frankly speaking, it's quite shocking." 

Adrianna didn't respond to him and she pursed her lips. The healer held Liam's hand and sucked him into a vortex. 

Adrianna summoned Isidorus. 

"The boy has been caught Adrianna," Isidorus said as soon as he appeared. 

"I already know who is the one behind this. I will take them down" shouted Adrianna. She was so furious that her knuckles had turned white. 

Isidorus looked at her and very patiently said, "Don't hate your enemy Adrianna… It will affect your judgment…"