"We don't have a choice. Its either we kill her or kick her out."

Her vision was blurry but she could perfectly see three people arguing.

"You know we can't do that Alaric. If we kill her you know what will happen to the other one"

The woman beside him tried calming him down before looking at the man in front of them.

"Don't we have any other options?"

"I'm sorry but there is no other choice."

Callista woke up from that dream with the sun touching her skin. She slowly stood up and gazed outside the window where she could see other students chattering outside.

It was a beautiful sight, it can also deceive you as it looks like a normal school where bullying happens, popular girls gossip, nerds tries to fit in, and lovers walking around hand in hand.

Her attention shifted when she heard a bell ringing, a sign for the girls living in the dorm to get out and get ready within 30 minutes.

Callista quickly got ready and joined the other girls at the big lounge of the dorm where they are properly in line.

She could see Madam Margaret in front of them in her usual black attire as she stared at them one by one.

"Good morning, girls" she greeted without a smile and they all greeted back.

"I am Margaret Sinclair and I will, once again, be your Dorm Madam. To those who only recently transferred I would like you to properly follow the rules and do not cause any troubles that will tarnish the name of the Women's Dormitory" she said and sent them a warning glare.

"As you read in the Rules and Regulations that I gave you, no men are allowed here. In the past 50 years that the women in my family took care of this dorm no one ever dared to bring a man here. But I'll still warn you because the Men's Dormitory is only beside us. I do not care what else you do outside this walls but I'm expecting you all to follow the appropriate ethics needed inside" she said with her chin up and once again the students replied with a muttered yes.

"Today, we will split you into groups who will do the house chores" Callista was baffled at her words and looked at the other girls who didn't seem to be fazed.

"A group for cleaning, cooking, laundry, and washing the dishes" Callista was smart enough to shut her mouth and just go along with it.

According to Madam Margaret, cleaning will be done at the whole dorm once a week except your own personal room that you will be cleaning by yourself.

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As for laundry, the dirty bed sheets and curtains will be given where there will be a specific group who will take care of them, as for the personal belongings such as clothes you will wash them yourselves.

This rule is followed even in the Men's dorm so you really have no choice.

Callista sighed in relief when she saw she was in the Cleaning Department. "Callista" she flinched when she heard Madam Margaret calling her and forced a smile before turning to her.

"What can I help you with, Madam Margaret?" she asked "The Witchcraft Committee wants to talk with you" she said so she tilted her head in confusion.

"Sorry? What's that?" she asked "Its a group that takes care of witchcraft here in school. They were impressed of your actions during the entrance exam, but of course I have to hear your answer first before you can meet them" she said so Callista quickly declined.

"Then I will politely decline. I only specialize in witchcraft because it makes me happy, I do not want it to be the center of my life here in Lumin Academy" she quickly explained her reason.

"I see then I'll make sure they hear your words" she said making Callista smile "Thank you, Madam Margaret" she said before she walked away.

****

So far, she never regretted anything since she arrived at the Academy well except this though. She whinced at the men's harsh fight at the podium as the other students cheered.

She wonders why she picked swordsmanship again. Well, this is the only safe option rather than picking the Etiquette Lessons meant for girls but she would rather learn Swordsmanship rather than having to fight with women who basically has issues.

Besides, she heard Amber was taking that course so it was inevitable.

"Callista? You picked swordsmanship too?" she turned to the person who asked and smiled when she was welcomed by her yellow orbs "Yes, I've been interested in swordsmanship lately" she lied.

"Woah. You don't see girls here so often. Do you know how to draw a sword using magic?" Ivan said with his usual grin "That's because they think we're too rowdy and wild" Denovan said and elbowed Ivan.

"What can we do if we're men and men are like that by nature?" Ivan argued back "But why did you pick Swordsmanship, Ana?" Callista asked.

"I had already perfected my Etiquette Lessons when I was 10 so I wanted to try Swordsmanship for self defense" she explained "And Ignis? He's usually with the three of you" Callista asked when she noticed someone was missing.

"Oh, the young duke? He was the next to fight so he is on the other side" Denovan replied "Speaking of the devil" Anastasia said with a smirk while looking at the platform.

Callista followed their gaze and saw Ignis walking up the platform with his usual bored look.

"Geez, at least change his expression. Doesn't he know that the opponent gets pissed off?" Ivan said while shaking his head "Why?" Callista asked in confusion so Anastasia looked at her.

"Well, you see, that cousin of mine has difficulty expressing emotions since young so he rarely shows emotion on his face" she said with a shrug.

"But it also annoys people because he always looks like he's bored which in return, makes the opponent feel inferior" Denovan added but Callista couldn't understand but decided to shut her mouth.

'That's odd. I remember his expression changing when we first met...' She thought.

Her attention moved back to the platform when she heard a clash and saw Ignis swinging his sword to the opponent and flicked his wrist so that his opponent would loosen his grip on the sword. In the end, Ignis won.

Callista was still staring at his handsome figure as he put the sword back in it's sheathe when their eyes suddenly met each other.

It's those eyes again. She had already felt weirdly sucked in by those purple orbs the first time they met but it's really pretty, isn't it? Like pretty jewels.

Callista returned to reality when he was the first one to turn away leaving her in a blushing state.

What just happened?