55 A Vacation
Selma Payne’s POV:
“Chloe took a long break.” Then, as she chewed, she said, “Last night, so of my classmates saw the reporters go to Chloe’s house. They waited from evening to dawn and only left when Chloe’s parents couldn’t take it anymore and called the police.
“However, when she was going to school this morning, she was stopped by reporters on the way. A large group of people carrying caras and microphones asked her questions, and she was so scared that she broke down.”
“Oh my god, poor girl!” I was shocked.
Mara and Avril ca over, and the forr said, “I have a cousin who works at ‘New Moon Evening News’. She said their newspaper is working overnight to link yesterday’s incident with the incident from half a month ago.”
“This is nonsense!” I felt that so dia needed to fix their uncontrollable writing. “These two things have nothing to do with each other. They’re just spreading rumors!”
Avril replied, “Isn’t this how a newspaper should be? They don’t have much to talk about during the peaceful tis, so they write so speculative stories to boost sales.”
During lunchti, more than half of the large public cafeteria was empty.
The parents were deeply worried when they heard that the reporters had surrounded and blocked the students, so many students were taken ho by their parents.
The school discussed whether they should take a short break before the storm subsided. It just so happened that the Moonlight Festival was next week, and the joy of the festival could always make people forget the disharmonious interludes.
Last night, I asked my father about the students’ fight, and he also paid close attention to it. He said that according to the law, Adam and the underaged drama club mbers were not required to bear criminal responsibility, but their parents had to pay a hefty fine and dical expenses.
Ryan and the adult students in the drama club were not so lucky. According to the regulations, they faced three months in prison in addition to being fined.
The school was also considering whether to expel Adam, Ryan, and the others.
The punishnt of expulsion was so severe that the other students who heard the news felt sad. Everyone was discussing this matter’s outco, except an ignorant girl.
Carolyn.
She was sitting at the dining table and elegantly enjoying a luxurious lunch, not paying any attention to the speculations of her female companions.
Honestly, I didn’t want to be so skeptical of Carolyn, but I felt sothing was wrong with her. This guess was very unreasonable as I had no way of verifying it. Instead, I was torturing myself.
Dorothy followed my line of sight and lowered her head to gnaw on her dry bread.
After a while, she said, “Carolyn gives a very uncomfortable feeling.”
Her words attracted us.
“I can’t explain it.” Dorothy frowned and said, “It’s just that, every ti I see Carolyn, I feel like I’m looking at a ball of cold mist as if her appearance is just a layer of paper.”
“Wow, I don’t understand,” Mara said in disbelief. “But it doesn’t feel good.”
“Does this an there’s a problem with Carolyn?” asked Avril with a confused expression.
Dorothy shook her head. “I can’t be sure. After all, this is just my subjective feeling. Perhaps it’s just an illusion.”
I didn’t think Dorothy’s judgnt was wrong.
Witches were a wonderful group. You could doubt their character, but you couldn’t doubt their abilities, especially a rare power like prophecy, which gave every witch extraordinary insights.
Regardless of how we viewed Carolyn, it didn’t matter at the mont. After all, I couldn’t send her to the security departnt for an examination without any evidence, right?
In the afternoon, the academy issued a notice: There would be a short break until the end of the Moonlight Festival.
“The Moonlight Festival!” Avil was extrely excited .” Have you guys decided whom you want to dress as? The mall will have a discount every year around this ti. So let’s go buy so dresses and accessories!”
Mara wasn’t too interested. “The discounted items are all old goods from a few years ago. They’re either very ugly or even uglier. So they are not interesting at all.”
Dorothy displayed her usual reluctance and didn’t participate in the conversation. I felt she probably wouldn’t have gone out to participate in such large-scale events before she beca an adult.
So I suggested, “How about this? We all go to the palace and stay for a few days? There’s no one of my age there, so just treat it as hanging out with . What do you think? We can hire tailors and craftsn to customize gowns and jewelry, and I guarantee everyone will look beautiful!”
A few of them were shocked. They had never thought that there was such an option.
Avril tugged at her hair and said with uncertainty, “Is that a good idea? If we were to rashly disturb... I an, it’s the palace we’re talking about! Will the King and Queen agree to this?”
Mara was not very calm either, “If we go to the palace, we have to submit an application in advance and be interrogated or sothing, right? Can we make it in ti? Shouldn’t we have etiquette training? Do we also have to kiss the King and Queen’s hands when we et? Or a knee? Maybe bow?”
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “What are you thinking? You’re going to be guests, not prisoners. Relax.”
Mara and Avil couldn’t relax at all. “To the palace! Is that a small matter? For three generations, no one in my family has ever seen what the reception room in the palace looks like, let alone stayover in the palace!”
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