Knight | Celeste Academy Series BK #1

7th Chapter ♣ Celeste Academy

Her eyes widened fearfully. "You're leaving?!"

"I will come for you, Valeriana. Expect that," she reassured her. "For now, I must do . . . something."

"Come," Corvan irately said. "I still have matters to attend to. The sooner I get rid of you, the better."

"Oh, shut it."

He glared at her, but said nothing and began walking towards the opposite direction where the headmaster and Seraphina went instead. She jogged to catch up with Corvan's long strides and walked behind him closely. She looked around. This place didn't seem that bad.

Valeriana looked up at Corvan's face and pursed her lips. It was such a waste of good looks. She frowned at the thought and decided to look ahead.

A few minutes of silence and they arrived in front of a five-story building.

"This is it," he said as they casually entered through the front door.

"You said this is the dormitories for girls. How are you supposed to go in, then?" Valeriana curiously questioned.

"I've got special permission," he answered indifferently.

They passed the hallway with huge, numerous doors. Valeriana was so engrossed looking around that she didn't even notice the scrutiny of the people they passed.

Soon, they came to a stop in front of a wooden door. Valeriana watched as Corvan fished the key from his pocket and unlocked the door. He had trouble opening it as it wouldn't budge, so he ended up kicking it open instead.

"This is your room," Corvan said, pointing to the dark area inside. He snapped his fingers and light illuminated the whole room.

When Valeriana's eyes landed on it, she was dumbfounded and her mouth hung open.

She stared at the cramped space with a debris of wooden furniture. The room was dusty and cobwebs hung on the corners of the wall. "Can't you give me something more decent to sleep in?!" she yelled as she clenched her fists.

"Do not take it the wrong way. It is tradition for newcomers to fix their own room. No one will do you it for you."

"You've got to be kidding. This is how you treat your students?"

"You're not exactly being treated like a queen," he told her. He then threw her the key with an irritating smirk and she caught it in midair with a glare directed at him. "Just clean it up."

"Easy for you to say." She huffed and spun to face hell. "Why do I have to do this?" She took a deep breath and rolled up her sleeves.

"About your entrance examination."

She looked at him quizzically. "Do I have to?"

"Do you think that you'll easily enter this academy? Of course not."

"I know. I'm not stupid," Valeriana said, frowning in annoyance.

"Really," he said, throwing up one brow higher than the other.

"Are you insinuating something?

"Someone will come take you later. You better get this wrapped up soon," he said and then turned and walked away. "Have fun."

"Shut up, jerk!" she yelled after him.

Valeriana entered what she began considering as a hell-hole. She fixed her hair into a ponytail and made sure the scrunchie secured all of the strands of her hair in place. She found cleaning supplies sitting beside a pail of clean water.