Magical Cat

"Ms. Flint, I have a note here. Please read it alone right now. After you've read it, I'll accept whatever punishment you wish for me," Elaine said calmly.

"You said it yourself!" The old woman snatched the note, intending to just go through the motions.

But the moment she unfolded the note, the old woman trembled and froze on the spot, as if she were frozen in place, her expression unchanged.

Elaine remained calm and waited for the old woman's reaction.

She seemed confident, but she was also a little apprehensive inside.

Li En said he heard the news from the old dean, but he was afraid that something might happen.

Given the old woman's temper, if she were to fight to the death, Elaine's future would only become more difficult.

But Lee En, who was observing from Elaine's feet, knew very well that for someone like the old woman, this secret was more important than her life.

The old woman cares too much about her false image; she will definitely try every means to preserve it.

The old woman, using her noble status, bullied and humiliated commoner students who were sponsored by the academy, as well as some impoverished noble students.

This behavior has continued for many years in the college and has even become a label associated with the old woman.

Li En was actually quite looking forward to seeing what the consequences would be if the academy found out that the old woman was just an ordinary person.

So whether the old woman accepts the coercion or refuses to submit, it's the outcome Lee En wants to see.

The pleasure of observation arises when everything unfolds exactly as you expect.

Under the watchful eyes of Li En and Elaine, the old woman's expression shifted between light and dark, and she glared at Elaine with an extremely terrifying look.

But in the end, a smile finally appeared on his wrinkled old face.

"Since Elaine doesn't think warming up is necessary, why don't we just wait on the sidelines? We'll have class together after they've finished running, okay?"

The old woman's desperate attempt at gentleness was truly nauseating.

Elaine forced herself to nod, despite her discomfort.

She wrote very clearly on the note that as long as she could attend classes normally, she would definitely keep the old woman's secret.

It now appears that the old woman accepted the proposal.

The note Elaine had written was clutched tightly in the old woman's hand, and under the influence of magic, it turned into dust and vanished with the wind.

Ignoring the old woman's actions, Elaine led Li En to sit on the lawn nearby, closed her eyes, and meditated to keep herself in peak condition.

The old woman seemed to have shifted her attention away from Elaine and was watching her classmates running laps, but her slightly trembling body revealed her anger.

Right now, her identity as a teacher has become a limitation for her.

The old woman dared not act violently at the college, otherwise the college would have a legitimate reason to expel her.

Moreover, the old woman was very clear that the entire academy was under the dean's control.

"Who is it?"

"Who told her this secret?"

The old woman's mind was completely consumed by anger.

Even within the Flint family, not many people knew about this.

Moreover, those who know about it won't go around talking about it because of the family's reputation.

But this matter came to the attention of a commoner student with no connections.

The old woman's mind was filled with the idea of ​​killing Elaine to silence her, but reason repeatedly refuted this reckless thought.

The old woman took several deep breaths, using her years of experience as a magician to allow her reason to prevail.

At least within the academy, she absolutely cannot touch Elaine.

"You brat, just you wait! You'd better stay hidden in the academy your whole life!"

The old woman swept her gaze toward Elaine with a sinister look, but Elaine, who was in meditation, suddenly opened her eyes and met the old woman's gaze.

The old woman immediately grinned and gave Elaine a big smile.

"Eleanor, please wait a moment. I'll have them run faster so you won't have to wait too long."

Elaine, who had never seen an old woman like this before, was so shocked that the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily, and she almost couldn't keep her expression in check.

The old woman meant what she said. She strode angrily to the edge of the playground and roared, "Didn't you all eat? Run faster! If you can't finish in five minutes, this class will be turned into special physical training! Keep running!"

When the old woman got angry, the speed of the formation more than doubled.

"What's gotten into this old woman now?"

"I guess he's been cooped up at home for days and is taking it out on us?"

"That doesn't make sense either. Why didn't they let that civilian run along? Instead, they're just sitting there resting. What's going on?"

"Who knows? Something felt off. Did you guys see that the old woman smile at that commoner?"

"Are you fucking under an illusion? How is that possible?!"

"I really saw it!"

"Stop talking, I almost got a stitch in my side. Let's finish this run quickly, or the old woman will really make us keep running forever."

In the formation, Webber, Barbara, and other students who were used to preferential treatment kept looking in the direction of the old woman, but they never received her "pardon".

Their expressions gradually darkened, especially when they saw that Elaine was the only one resting in the class, while they were exhausted from running around like dogs.

"What happened? Did that commoner bribe the old woman?" Barbara asked, unwilling to give up.

"That commoner has no money, and if she bribes the old woman, the old woman will definitely report her and expel her from the academy," Weber chimed in.

The two were talking in the formation, and at first they didn't know who they were.

Once they saw each other clearly, they immediately snorted coldly and said no more.

Elaine watched her classmates running around wildly, sitting on the lawn feeling uneasy, but also amazed that such a thing could happen to her.

"Fate is truly unpredictable."

Seeing Elaine shake her head and sigh, Li En reminded her, "You'd better not let your guard down. The old woman probably wants to kill you right now."

Hearing this, Elaine couldn't help but feel nervous.

Ultimately, the old woman was a teacher at the academy, possessing absolute strength at the level of a mage.

"What should I do? It feels even worse than before."

Elaine immediately stopped expressing her feelings and became so nervous that her stomach started to hurt.

As a magic apprentice, being targeted by a mage, how could things possibly end well?

"Don't worry too much. What you need to do is very simple: not only do you need to make the old woman afraid of you, but you also need to make her understand that you are helping her keep her secret."

"Without you, there would be no one to keep her secret."

Li En grinned maliciously.

Elaine pondered for a moment, then said somewhat uncertainly, "You mean, I need to prepare a way to automatically reveal her secret whenever I'm harmed?"

Li En nodded.

When Elaine realized she hadn't misunderstood, a smile immediately appeared on her face.

She has already figured out who to ask for help.

"Don't get too cocky. The important thing isn't that you have such a method, but that you have to make the old woman believe it."

"As long as the old woman believes you've been hurt, it's the same as your secret being exposed. Whether there's actually such a way or not doesn't matter."

Li En, fearing that Elaine would get carried away, quickly reminded her.

"Yes, yes, that makes sense."

Elaine is quick to learn and has clearly grasped the essence of it.