Being Cruel Empress
40. Head of Magic Academy

The day before, Ellena wrote a letter to the head of the magic academy, and instantly got a reply on the same day. And today, he and Winter went to the magic academy for a visit. In the carriage, Ellena kept silent without speaking. I don't know why she feels uncomfortable. Winter, who was sitting in front of Ellena, kept looking at Ellena curiously, what was she thinking? He asked Ellena.

"What's wrong? you don't seem excited, my wife." asked Winter.

"How do I explain it? I don't feel comfortable coming here. Yesterday I was okay. I don't know .. It feels like something's weird." replied Ellena.

"Is there anything special you're thinking about?" ask Winter.

Ellena shook her head slowly, "Nothing at all" Ellena replied.

"Sound, yeah. Usually our feelings are not lost because something is thought. Is your body probably not healthy? your feelings are also affected. Your injuries haven't healed yet, plus yesterday you put a lot of energy into facing Sebastian" Winter said.

"Maybe," replied Ellena.

Not long after, the horse carriage arrived in front of the main tower gate where the head of the Academy lived and worked. The horse carriage stopped. The guard opened the door and bowed respectfully. Winter went down first, he reached out to help his wife down. Ellena clasped Winter's hand, slowly descending from the horse carriage. Ellena and Winter stared at the tall building before them.

Deg ... deg .. deg.. deg .. Ellena's heart is racing. Suddenly he felt the same feeling when faced with sebastian. Although faint, he sure sensed was a dark magic in the surrounding area.

Ellena nodded her forehead, "What is this? feeling is familiar. There was no darkness here, because it was a forbidden magic. However, I vaguely felt it. Where'd it come from?" inner Ellena.

Winter looked at Ellena, "My wife, let's go in." take Winter.

Ellena nodded her head in response. He followed Winter walking into the tower. Just as the main door was opened, Ellena was treated to a piercing unpleasant smell. Ellena immediately frowned because it seemed like only Ellena could smell it. Winter seemed fine, as did the servant who guided them towards the Headmaster's den.

"really suspicious. It felt like this place was filled with evil energy like the one in the body of sebastian." - Ellena.

Unwilling to make matters worse, Ellena continued to refrain from stinging odors and uncomfortable feelings. He hoped it was just his negative thinking. It should not be arbitrary to accuse without reason and clear evidence. Moreover, the place he went to was the main tower where the residence and work place of the head of the Empire's magic academy De Veloz.

The location of the academy's headroom turned out to be quite far from the main door. Inside the Menaea was a garden. Despite the air, Ellena still felt tightness and discomfort.

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Ellena and Winter arrived at the door of the academy's headroom. The waiter knocks on the door, and conveys the arrival of Winter as well as Ellena. The answer 'Please him both enter' was thrown by someone from inside the room. And that someone was none other than the head of the academy.

Ellena's heart was beating faster, along with the waiter who opened the door. And sure enough, a pitch-black energy instantly shot out from within the room.

Ellena flinched, upon hearing someone speak and welcomed her arrival as well Winter.

"Welcome to the main tower, His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Empress. May you both always be given happiness and peace" said someone who had just stepped out of the room.

Ellena smiled, "I'm sorry, for our sudden impoliteness, Mr. Head of the Academy" Ellena said.

"It's okay, Your Honor. I'm sorry, because it's busy, so can't welcome you both forward. My work just finished. We can talk at length inside, please come in" the academy chief invited Winter and Ellena in.

Winter and Ellena stared at each other. The two of them entered the room together. The head of the magic academy asked his servant to prepare a drink for his two guests. After that the head of the academy followed Winter and Ellena entered the room as well.

Winter and Ellena sit side by side. Ellena touched Winter's hand intentionally giving a gesture. Since they need to be on the lookout for everyone, before they make a visit, they make a sign. Like, danger, be careful, should not, and suspicious. Because it is not possible for both of them to talk directly in front of the person concerned.

Ellena hinted 'be careful' for Winter. And Ellena pulled up her hair straight away, as a 'suspicious' sign'

"Be careful and suspicious. Why did Ellena warn me like that, huh? What's that supposed?" inner Winter was confused, as she felt no sign of danger.

Ellena looked around without turning. His eyeballs moved quickly to the left and right probing the surroundings. Ellena quickly changed her facial expression as soon as she saw the head of the academy sitting before her.

"So, what's important you want to say?" ask the Head of the academy.

Ellena looked at the head of the academy, "Look, chief, ahh. There is something urgent and very important that I want to say. It's about a guy named Sebastian. You know who he is, right? he was a different brother to the mother of the former Emperor. Yesterday, I met him and we put up a little bit of resistance because he attacked us. Can you investigate this? since Sebastian is a witch, it would be better if the witches handled it. It's not that we let go, we just want the academy to know clearly about the situation and help us" Ellena said.

The head of the academy nodded his head slowly, "So, huh? Hm. .. OK, I'll try to find out. Were you both injured in the fight against Sebastian? I don't understand it myself. All I know is that he was a rebel and obsessed with rising to become Emperor." explained the head of the academy.

"Did Uncle deliberately tell you a clue? Or is he just unconscious, trying to calm us down? though I didn't expect anything, but I immediately got a clear clue what Sebastian really wanted." - Ellena.

The waiter came with tea, and served tea to Ellena and Winter. Again Ellena brushed her hair with a smile. He did not want to be suspected of being the head of the magic academy, having pointed sign language at Winter. Ellena pretends to tidy up her dress, quickly brings her legs closer slowly touching Winter's feet, the sign 'No' means Ellena forbids Winter from drinking what strangers give her. Winter replies to Ellena's gesture, touching Ellena's feet with her feet in response to 'Understand'. Ellena did not know, whether there was something in the tea or not, but her premonition was not good and certainly afraid just in case the tea was poisonous or mixed with unknown drugs.

"Please drink," said the head of the magic academy.

Ellena and Winter stared at each other, they together raised the teacup and pretended to drink the tea, even though they poured a little into their sleeves to make the tea look in the cup reduced. Ellena put down the tea cup, after Winter. Ellena clearly saw her Uncle looking at her cup, then Winter's cup. Determine whether the tea served is reduced or not. Seeing the tea reduced, the academy head's face looked relieved. What Ellena saw increasingly made Ellena suspicious of the figure of 'Uncle' as well as the head of the magic academy before her.