Part 31
1030 Words
"Ruca-oneesama, how was the academy?"Liniel expectantly looks at her sister.
"It was so great. The academy was majestic. There were flowers along the way. The scent was so refreshing and the teachers were so nice" Smilingly Ruca answered her.
"No I mean about....boys" She said embarrassedly.
Smirking at her,"Hmm, it seems now Liniel is at that age where she concerns about boys".
"You teased me again!!" She hides her red face.
"Hahaha, you are just cute you know" Ruca gushed while laughing
Ruca wanted to go through the academy without any involvement with other guys.
For her, being Prince's Leon bring her great responsibility to guard his name.
She also does not want Prince Leon to doubt her sincerity since she loves him too much.
"Don't worry, with Liniel-chan's cuteness, no one would be able to repel your charm" Ruca pinches her face.
Liniel's face that had already turned red became redder. Her teary eye sparkle made other people want to protect and spoil her.
Unconsciously, she pinch her cheek harder.
"Ouch, Ruca-oneesama stop" Liniel cries.
Releasing her,"Sorry, hahaha" She laughs
'This girl is dangerous' Ruca thought.
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Class has started but somehow Ruca wonders why she doesn't have any friends yet.
'Is my face scarring other people?' Ruca wondered.
Her mother and maids often told her how beautiful she is and that it suits her noble demeanor. She doubted that.
As the singing class started, she could see that the class focused on voice, whereas the tone and the pitch was teached to be suitable with the song.
The song must also be filled with the emotions of singer so the feelings of the song are conveyed.
The singing class teacher showed an example where she could change her voice from a guy’s to a girl's voice.
So high skilled singers are capable to do that by controlling their voice vibration.
After going through several of singing lessons she starts to have a good grasp on controlling her voice to sing better.
However for today's class she needs to do a group assignment. Somehow the event at dance class happened again.
During the time to participate and search for groups, she sees that several groups already filled.
No one approached her too.
Her eyes turned cold, 'Am I so unapproachable?' she sighs.
Looking around, suddenly a boy approaches her.
"Hey, hey do you want to join us? We have only one spot left" He smiles cheerfully.
Just as Ruca want to agree, without waiting, he grabs her hand and pull her to join his team.
Ruca became speechless. But her feet followed his lead.
"Guys, see our group is already complete. I managed to bring you a beautiful woman to join us. Taraa~ see, see pretty right?" He laughs.
"Hi, my name is Ruca Ciara. Pleased to meet you" She said while giving the nobles courtesies.
Then, the other 3 people introduced themselves too.
She can see the group consists of five members. Where there were 2 guys and 3 girls including herself.
"My name Jade Riette and before everyone asks, yes I am 16 years old. One year older than you guys. No need honorifics. Just call me Jade". The boy that pulled Ruca introduced himself too.
"Let's be friends, Ruca-san" He said.
"Yes" Ruca nodded. He is the first friend she made in academy. Finally she got some new friends. Ruca felt relieved.
After that, the discussion proceed by choosing parts to sing.
Jade lead the discussion well, where he always asks for the team mate's opinions whenever he wanted to decide something.
Whenever there was another person that did not focus, he would attract their attention and encourage them to speak.
In a group discussion, usually Ruca become the silent person because she felt awkward when being the centre of attention.
Thus, Jade was always calling her name to give her a chance for participation in the group discussion.
Even though no one mentioned choosing someone to become the group's leader, everyone consciously feels that the group leader is Jade.
Looking at Jade, Ruca feels like he’s kinda familiar to her.
Searching for her memories, finally she remembers Jade. He was the person she rescued years ago in the forest.
What a small world!
Feeling connected to him, Ruca feels more at ease being together with him.
After practicing the song, Ruca's group were finally ready to present their song.
The song start with a Jade's solo performance and then one by one members start to sing together.
The presentation was a success. Ruca feels relieved.
When the class ended, Jade came to her.
"Lets celebrate our success presentation! The others joined too".
Seeing his excited expression, Ruca could see the illusion of him with wagging dog's tail.
Feeling funny, she tries hold back her laughs.
"Okay, where will it be?" Ruca asks.
"The cafeteria!. Today's meal is my treat". He said.
"Yay!!!" The other group members cheer.
Kirlune Academy's cafetaria is situated in the centre where it connects all the classes together. So it can be seen that the students always hang out there.
Since Mia and Lara's classes are not same with hers, they have not seen each other in academy yet.
Thus Ruca have seen them, not even once since they got inside the cafeteria. She feels pathetic going there alone to eat.
When Ruca arrived in cafeteria, she could see the prices of food there could be said to be high. However remembering that most of students here are nobles, it does not matter for them.
"Just order anything you want" Jade declares.
"Long live the mighty Jade". The group members start to joke with him.
Being a part of the group, Ruca felt welcome there.
After eating, Ruca said to Jade,"Thank you for being my friend".
"Thank you for being my friend too". Jade smiles.
They separate, as they go respectively their way home, after saying their goodbyes.
Feeling good, Ruca starts to go back too. Suddenly she feels a movement at her wrist.
Looking at her wrist, she sees that Ai starts to uncoil itself.
Its body is shaking. She panicked.
"Ai, are you okay?!"
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