162 Adalia Beldfor (1/2)

”Hey girl, you alone?”

A boy with a messing looking hairstyle went ahead with a confident look on his face to greet her with the same old cliche line. Perhaps the boy thought with his plain-looking face and messy hairstyle, it would make him look cool or giving him a bad boy vibe to the girl judging from his smiling face, one could clearly read it as full confidence. Unfortunately, the boy got it completely wrong on his assumption. Rather than cool, he looks more like an unkempt person.

As someone who likes to keep things tidy and clean, Mia dislikes him the moment her eyes caught him walking with his group toward her. But even if the boy has a neat appearance, Mia would still ignore him for she simply didn't care nor have time for dating and more focus on looking into her family instead. Mia thought if she becomes successful in life, her parents out there might take notice of her someway or another. That was her sole reason for studying hard when living in Orphanage and the Mage Academy.

”Hey?”

But although Mia managed to fill her brain with all sorts of knowledge, she had never gained success in anything up until now. When she was told about how her body holds much more mystic power than average people, she thought finally it was her turn to shine. But due to some unexplained reason, she couldn't conjure a single spell, not even a basic one despite having a body that holds potential. It almost crushed her hope to dust but despite all that, she didn't give in and continues to strife further and working much harder so that perhaps, one day her hard work might bore fruition.

Even while she was bullied by those who looked down on her for her commoner background, she didn't lose against the pressure and instead, become even more resolute to show them that one day, she could do the same as them as in the meaning that she can conjure a spell, not bullying.

”Girl, are you ignoring me?”

Mia didn't know why she was unable to conjure a single spell from magecraft even after researching in the library at the Mage Academy which was said to hold all kinds of information, yet none was able to tell her what was wrong. Back then it was a headache that she suffered in her everyday life but now, she didn't give two shit about it. She could now conjure all sorts of a magical spell, after all! Who cares about the past! I'm going to show those people who looked down on me that I, Mia can finally—no, could do even better than them!

When the boy realized his getting ignored by the girl, he was still calm despite feeling uncomfortable and as evidence, one can see his fake smile didn't break apart just yet. But when he heard his friends laughing at him and his failure, a crack appeared as his mouth started twitching. Was it just simply his imagination or there was a contempt in their laugh which caused him to feel terrible. The worst of all, the girl who was the cause of all this didn't even bother about it judging by the look on her expression. In fact, it looks like she was deep in her thought that not even his presence could disturb her from it.

He thought she would be an easy target to hit on when looking at her appearance but unexpectedly, it was actually on hard mode instead of an easy one that he assumed. Even so, getting humiliated is not something one can easily let go, obviously the boy start holding a grudge against her for humiliating him in front of his friends. The boy also the type to get easily overwhelmed by his emotion so just like the cliche in most novels, he raised his hand and tried grabbing the girl's shoulders but the latter moved away the moment his hand creeps closer to her.

Of course, this brought another set of laughter to his friends. The boy has reached his limit at this point and just as he was about to open his mouth, the girl finally turned her head toward him and ruthlessly spoke to him.

”Stop trying to hit on me, you're not even my type.”

Although Mia has a shy personality, that doesn't mean she couldn't express her annoyance to the people who disturb her peace. It has been five minutes yet that annoying girl is nowhere to be seen. Mia began to wonder if she was lied to and also consider taking her leave since if that was true, it would be better to leave now rather than wasting more time than this. Just when the thought appears in her mind, she could see the annoying girl in the distance stepping out of the corner of the street with the same annoyed look on her face. Someone in the Academy even speculates that she only has that single expression and couldn't use any other expression was due to some mistake happening during the delivery, but of course, no one dares to speak out unless they want to suffer for their entire life.

When the boy saw her looking elsewhere, he also followed her gaze but then froze on the spot for some reason unknown to Mia. When the annoying girl finally arrived in front of Mia, she clicked her tongue in displease which in response makes the boy stepped back with his face turning pale. The girl stares at Mia for a moment before turning her head at the boy with a displeased look on her face before saying a single sentence at his face.

”Scram off.”

With that single sentence from her, the pale-looking boy and his friends immediately took off without looking back as if afraid that she would suddenly change her mind. At this point, even an idiot would quickly realize what had just transmitted in front of them. Why would this girl went as far as this just to annoy me? I have never crossed path with her yet, why was there such hatred for me? thought Mia but didn't voice out her question. When the boy and his group disappeared from her view, the girl turned back her face toward her coupled with a menacing look on her face.

”You're quite early, aren't you? Do you want to get beaten up by me that much, I wonder?”