Right after Aria and Jennifer finished talking—
The bell suddenly rang.
All the students immediately started returning to their classrooms.
As they walked back, Jennifer stretched her arms proudly.
“Well, today’s mission was successful.”
Then she smirked at Aria.
“Now let’s see what happens tomorrow.”
Aria noticed Jennifer hurriedly packing her things.
“You’re leaving so quickly?”
Jennifer nodded excitedly.
“Yeah.
Ella is coming back today from her foreign trip, so I’m going to pick her up.”
Aria smiled faintly.
“Okay then.
Good luck.”
Jennifer grinned.
“Bye.”
Suddenly scene shifted towards classroom.
All the students were quietly waiting for the final bell so they could go home.
Suddenly, the head teacher entered the classroom.
Everyone immediately stood up and greeted her.
The teacher smiled lightly before announcing,
“Children, tomorrow is Sports Day, so make sure to bring your sports uniforms.”
The entire classroom instantly became excited.
“Seriously?!”
“Yes!”
“This is going to be fun!”
Shin suddenly raised his hand seriously.
“Miss… do we need to bring our bags too?”
The teacher blinked in confusion before laughing softly.
“No, no.
You don’t need to bring your bags tomorrow.”
And then, the final bell rang.
The next day—
All the students entered the school excitedly in their sports uniforms.
But the moment they reached the notice board, everyone froze.
Because due to Sports Day—
School would end two hours later than usual.
Instantly, the students started making disappointed faces.
“What?!
Two extra hours?!”
“I want to go home already…”
“This is torture…”
But unlike everyone else—
Aria suddenly became extremely happy.
“YES!”
Everyone looked at her strangely.
Aria excitedly grabbed Suzumi’s and Usagi’s hands.
“Which means I get to spend two more hours with you animals!”
Then she happily dragged them along with her.
Roy and Shin stared at her in disbelief.
Aria turned toward them dramatically.
“And today,” she declared proudly, “I’m not getting tired at all!”
Just then, the bell rang, and Miss Chen entered the classroom.
The moment she saw Aria bouncing around excitedly, she blinked in confusion.
“Aria…”
Everyone turned toward her.
“What energy drink did you drink today?”
The whole class burst into laughter.
Aria immediately protested,
“I didn’t drink anything!”
Miss Chen crossed her arms suspiciously.
“Because today you look way too energetic.”
At that moment, several students suddenly started asking questions together.
“Miss, will the whole staff leave the school again like last year?”
Miss Chen nodded.
“Yes.”
Then her expression became serious.
“And remember one more thing.”
“You all have to clean your classrooms properly afterward.”
She pointed warningly at everyone.
“Otherwise forget Sports Day next year.”
The entire class immediately groaned dramatically.
Meanwhile, Aria leaned toward Shuyong and whispered,
“Oye, heartbroken lover boy… why does the entire staff leave the school?”
Shuyong shrugged lightly.
“I don’t know the full reason.”
“But every year they do this.”
“I think they go outside for some kind of survey work or meeting.”
Then he smirked faintly.
“So they call it ‘Sports Day’ for us and disappear themselves.”
Aria laughed softly.
Shuyong continued,
“But honestly, this school is different from others.”
“This place doesn’t only focus on students’ studies…”
“They also train students physically and mentally.”
“That’s why getting admission here isn’t easy for just anyone.”
Miss Chen soon left the classroom.
The moment she walked out, the students immediately started discussing what to do first.
After a few moments, class monitor Jennifer stood up confidently.
“Alright everyone, listen.”
The whole class looked toward her.
“First, we’ll clean the classroom properly.”
Then she pointed dramatically toward the door.
“After that— lunch.”
“And after lunch, we’ll spend the rest of the day playing games only.”
The entire class instantly agreed excitedly.
“YES!”
“That sounds perfect!”
Soon, all the students started cleaning the classroom together.
Some cleaned the windows.
Some arranged the desks.
Others swept the floor.
Meanwhile, Aria was cleaning nonstop while complaining dramatically the entire time.
“This is child labor…”
“Someone save me…”
But after cleaning for a long time—
She became completely exhausted.
Eventually, Aria sat down on a desk for “just one minute”—
And ended up falling asleep there.
A little later, Usagi, Shin, and Suzumi noticed her sleeping.
Suzumi laughed softly.
“Wasn’t she the one saying she wouldn’t get tired today?”
Shin shook his head dramatically.
“She got defeated by classroom cleaning.”
Usagi crossed her arms.
“She seriously overworked herself.”
At that moment, Roy quietly walked over and sat on the desk beside Aria.
Just then—
He noticed Shuyong walking toward them.
A mischievous smile appeared on Roy’s face.
Without wasting time, he gently rested Aria’s head on his shoulder.
But the moment Aria moved slightly in her sleep—
Roy quickly panicked and carefully made her rest her head back down on the desk again.
Right then, Shuyong arrived there.
The first thing he noticed—
Was that some strands of hair had fallen over Aria’s face.
Shuyong slowly raised his hand to fix Aria’s messy hair.
But just as his fingers were about to touch her—
Aria suddenly woke up.
Startled, Shuyong immediately pulled his hand back as if nothing had happened.
Meanwhile, Aria lazily stretched her arms and walked outside the classroom while yawning.
The moment she stepped outside, she noticed Shin staring at her with a weird smile on his face.
Aria lightly punched him playfully.
“Why are you smiling like that?”
Then she suddenly gasped dramatically.
“WAIT—”
“My lunch!”
She grabbed Shin’s shoulders dramatically.
“Why didn’t you wake me up?!”
“My poor lunch must be feeling abandoned right now.”
“It’s probably thinking—”
‘My owner is so useless… she doesn’t even eat me…’
Shin burst out laughing.
But Aria suddenly narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
“…Wait a second.”
“Why are you laughing this much?”
She pointed at him dramatically.
“You didn’t eat my sandwiches, did you, hungry dog?”
Shin instantly defended himself.
“I didn’t eat anything!”
“Your lunchbox is right there.
Go check it yourself.”
Aria quickly walked inside the classroom and opened her lunchbox.
Silence.
Her sandwiches were gone.
Slowly, she closed the lunchbox.
Then she turned toward Shin with the scariest smile possible.
Shin immediately started running.
“Oh no.”
Aria chased after him through the corridor while yelling,
“SHINNN!”
“I’LL DESTROY YOU!”
After running around and laughing for several minutes, both of them finally got tired.
Shin placed his hands on his knees while breathing heavily.
“Okay okay… calm down.”
“I’ll pay for your food.”
“Just go eat something from the canteen.”
He pointed toward the cafeteria.
“You’re tired.
I’m tired.”
“And we still have games left.”
“If we waste all our energy now, we won’t even enjoy Sports Day.”
Aria sighed dramatically.
“Fine.”
She eventually went to the canteen, ordered sandwiches, and ate quietly.
After finishing her food, she energetically walked toward the ground again.
But the moment she entered—
Someone shouted from behind her.
“ARIA!”
Aria turned around.
Ella was standing there.
“What?”
Ella crossed her arms suspiciously.
“Did you do some kind of magic on Roy and Shuyong?”
Aria blinked.
“What are you even talking about?”
Suddenly, Ella lightly pulled Aria’s hair.
“Maybe you think you’re the prettiest girl in this school…”
“But you’re wrong.”
Aria frowned immediately.
“I never thought anything like that.”
Ella narrowed her eyes.
“Then tell me— why did you come to our school?”
Aria answered casually,
“To study.
Why else do people come to school?”
Ella continued seriously,
“I checked all your old records.”
“You sent three boys to the hospital.”
“What exactly happened?”
“What did you do to them that you beat them up that badly?”
Aria looked at her like she was insane.
“Ella… are you crazy or something?”
“How did this conversation even go from school to hospital cases?”
Ella sighed.
“Fine.”
“Don’t answer those questions.”
“Just answer these two.”
“Who do you like?”
“Shuyong or Roy?”
Aria answered immediately,
“No one.”
Ella nodded slowly.
“Okay…”
“Then what exactly did you do to those boys?”
Aria awkwardly scratched her cheek.
“Actually…”
“I have a small problem.”
“Whenever someone says ‘I love you’ to me…”
“I kind of lose control.”
“That’s all.”
“There’s no special story behind it.”
Ella stared at her in silence for a few seconds.
Then she sighed.
“Okay… sorry for pulling your hair earlier.”
“I just got worried.”
Aria raised an eyebrow.
“Worried about what?”
Ella looked away awkwardly.
“I thought you might send Roy and Shuyong to the hospital too.”
Before Aria could reply—
Jennifer suddenly arrived there and called out loudly,
“Ella!”…