"!!!" Axel widened his eyes in shock.
"Just think about it." Nathan sighed, disappointed in Axel. "Since you like chess so much, I will use it as an analogy. The reason I'm moving my pieces. It's because the black pawn has moved, exposing the king. You and I never play chess."
Axel stood up, feeling insulted. "You..."
"What you? Do you think kidnapping me is the best option you have? For you? Yes. Because I want you to think that way. If you're truly smart, you would have figured it out already." Nathan chuckled.
Axel's body shook as he couldn't help but remember everything that had happened from the beginning.
The chaos ensued from the execution of an unknown person. It was a perfect chance for him to seize the student council.
That was why he had no hesitation in taking that chance to deliver a killing blow to Flora.
If he could take her down, he would be the first one to be considered the next student council president. With that position, everything would be his.
But after seeing the outcome of that battle, he couldn't help but think, 'What if everything occurred because Nathan planned it? He knew he would fight Flora.
'And since Flora took Selena in, it was his obligation to help Flora. This way, he would be in a troubled position.'
That was right. Nathan was trying to manipulate him into this fight. Whoever the spy was, they would know they could seize the student council president's seat.
From that moment on, he had already fallen into Nathan's trap.
"Whatever you've figured out, it's not enough." Nathan smirked. "Why do you even think kidnapping me is the best move? No, why would you even think about kidnapping in the first place?"
"That's because—!" Axel was shocked to the core.
It was because of the kidnapping case.
That was right. Nathan had been in his head this whole time.
"You were the culprit of the kidnapping case as well as the destruction of some laboratories!" On
"Oi, oi, oi. Kidnapping case? What are you talking about? Those two students are currently learning from their respective teachers. I just sent them away without giving them time to prepare or tell anyone else. And since the atmosphere in the academy was chaotic, those two accepted without hesitation."
Of course, the one convincing the teachers was none other than Vivian.
"You won't succeed. Your reputation will be destroyed when the truth comes to light."
"You... You..." Axel gritted his teeth. "Even with all this, you are still trapped here with me. I can still—!"
Before he finished his words, a loud howl resounded throughout the entire academy.
"Aooo!"
Axel obviously recognized this howl since there was only one suspect to begin with.
This wasn't the howl of a werewolf. It was a real wolf.
Nathan smirked. "Well. Let's play a quiz. Whose howl is it?"
Axel gnashed his teeth. He had never thought he would be falling into a trap like this.
"I can still kill you or use you as a hostage. As long as you are here, you will be stuck with me."
"Heh..." Nathan harrumphed. "Using me as a hostage? You should worry about your own life first."
"Then I will show you!" Axel leaped forward, trying to grab him.
But that was when he suddenly felt a burst of Ena. All of a sudden, the top part of the building flew into the air.
*Bam!*
Nathan's smile widened while Axel desperately tried to grab him.
However, before his hand could reach Nathan's collar, he had to retract it and stop because a sword swung down right between them.
There was a person wearing full body armor on the corner of his vision who kicked him in the stomach and pushed him away from Nathan. After that, she cut the chains that bound Nathan, freeing him.
When Axel stopped, a translucent golden screen appeared in all four directions, trapping him inside of a cube.
Flora was floating in the air as spheres of fire, water, earth, wind, lightning, and light hovered around her.
This was the number one spirit elementalist in the academy, Flora Vietta Ezelia.
Even other members of the student council were witnessing as if they had been listening to him admitting to being a traitor.
Noelle stepped forward. "Noelle Flamante. As the guardian of the Frexia Academy and the knight of the Azilia Kingdom, I shall cut down the traitor!"