186 Terrorist Attack? (1/2)

*Ring! Ring!*

\”Alright, lunch it is. You over there, don't run. The food isn't running away from you, so you shouldn't either. You will only cause trouble.\”

The teacher said. Upon noticing her student was about to run out of the class, she immediately warned him on the spot. While that was happening, the other students snicker at him before nonchalantly walking out of the class, and once they were sure that they are out of the teacher's sight, the students quickly run toward the cafeteria. The longer they took their time, the faster the food at the cafeteria diminished—especially, for some limited food.

While watching her classmates running off while pushing one after another as if their life is on the line, Sheila couldn't help but imagine the scene in front of her as if they are from zombie movies. Honestly, in an apocalypse world where fresh food is as rare as SSR, it wouldn't be surprising to see them reacting the same as now if someone accidentally shows off their can food to the public. Speaking of which, perhaps it might be wise to stock up some food for the future just in case. When the world turned chaotic, most sensible people would most likely hoard a lot of food for themselves and family alike, some would even resort to stealing, after all, there's no law binding them anymore.

\”Senior!\”

Even without turning her back to look at the person that called her out, Sheila didn't need to guess as she already knew who it was. As far as her friend list goes, it could be count on one hand. And most importantly, there can only be one that would call her 'senior' in school; it is none other than Yuna.

With a sigh, Sheila turned her head to look behind her and saw a cute girl with a beautiful silky black hair, and her characteristic white bunny hairpin. If her place had been replaced with any male students in the school, they would have shed ocean of tears, praying to god for how thankful they felt. Unfortunately, it's not them but her. No matter how cute Yuna is, Sheila didn't feel any sort of attraction toward her, or rather, she felt a slight annoyance instead. The girl isn't bad or being annoying at all to her, in fact, the latter would definitely step aside if Sheila had told her straight to the face. That is the feeling she had.

\”So, are you following us again for lunch?\”

Sheila asked. Without any second later, Yuna nodded her head in response before saying.

\”Yes, am I troubling you with my presence, perhaps?\”

\”Sigh, no, not at all. You can follow if you want to.\”

Honestly, Sheila can just go 'swoosh' to cut the never-ending line and grab the bread since no one here was able to catch even a speck of herself with their slow perception, however, she didn't do so as it wasn't in her interest. Plus, it would definitely attract attention if the students waiting in line suddenly felt a strong gust of wind bypassing them. Now is not the time to expose her identity just yet.

\”No matter how many times I see it, the line for that limited edition bread is always annoyingly long. Don't you think so?\”

Sheila asked while staring dumbfounded at the particularly long line. As a student in her second year, she has never seen the line for that particular bread short. She had tried the bread once when she got the chance, and indeed, it was as good as the said rumors. Moreover, due to the abyss-like difficulty in getting the bread, she pulled out a white flag the next day. She isn't a masochist, after all.

\”Mhm. I think this fact alone won't change even after we graduated so long as the auntie is still selling her bread.\”

Ria replied with a chuckle, receiving an approving nod from her. Since the three of them had prepared a lunch box from the convenience store on the way to school, knowing the fact that there would be a long line, they didn't have to wait in line like the others. It took a couple of minutes before they find themselves an empty table for them to dine.

\”So, Yuna, do you find or run to anything strange for the past couple of weeks?\”

\”Eh?\”

Surprised that Sheila took the initiative to talk to her, it took her a moment for her sense to return to normal as the situation was quite unexpected, at least in her opinion. She didn't find anything strange or odd in Sheila's words, so she honestly answered.

\”Nothing unusual, it's just like any other days. However, I do notice that strangely, I was a lot more focused on teacher's teaching than usual. I wonder if that is just my imagination?\”

'So, one of the 'Protection' necklace's functions work as intended. That's a relief, in various ways.' thought Sheila. Although she wasn't sure where did Rodrick disappeared, she believes that guy will surely come back for revenge, after all, he seemed to be that type of a man. And once that happened, he would most likely have a trump card against the old her who restricts her strength in order not to end up killing ordinary people. She wanted to question the kidnapper back then, after all. If they die, who would answer her then? Ghost?

\”It's a protective charm, after all. There's a possibility of it having a magical effect when worn, you know?\”

\”Ah. I didn't know that's possible! Magic is amazing!\”

\”It sure is.\”