Returning to her place beside the pillar, Silvena rested one shoulder against the cold stone. The entire exchange had been nothing more than an idle conversation to her.
Ruvian watched her with a smirk.
'Haha, so much for moderation… she really didn't need to do all that.'
Delila's expression, even though it looked the same, started to change slightly beneath the surface of professional courtesy.
A sharper tense appeared behind her smile, she was trying very hard not to appear annoyed in front of the whole scholars.
Her voice, when it came, was bright and airy again.
"Fine. I believe we've waited long enough."
A few Class E scholars flinched when they heard that.
Right after that, another clear voice cut in.
"I'll participate."
'Hm?'
Turning his head, from the opposite end of the hall, where Class A scholars stood in varying degrees of disinterest… he saw a woman step forward with grace, eyes burning with confidence.
