Chapter 64: Suspect
Elysia felt someone hugging her from behind, and right on her back was pressed two something so soft without warning.
"Eh, apparently not... Wrong person? Alisha? Alisha! Sister Elena, what should I do! I was caught!"
Elysia"s body which had been frozen for a moment returned to her relief but immediately went into a panic when she realized that name in her mind.
"Pull yourself together, Lil Ely! You"re Elysia, remember? You are no longer Ali, Alisha, or anyone else. Don"t make the girl who is hugging you suspicious." Elena immediately advised the panicked Elysia to return to her composure.
Elysia closed her eyes for a moment and exhaled and then opened her eyes again, she lightly touched the girl"s hand that was hugging her.
"I"m sorry, maybe you have the wrong person? I"m not Alisha."
"Eh?" Rosie immediately opened her eyes and took off her hug from the girl who she thought was her little sister.
Elysia turned around to see who was hugging her and calling herself Alisha. There she saw the student council president who was closest to her, then a man and a girl who were approaching in confusion.
"Good afternoon, student council president." Elysia tried to distract herself and the girl in front of her with a greeting.
"Um, yes. Good afternoon to you too. I"m sorry, I got the wrong person." Rosie was a little stiff in response when she realized the person she thought was her younger sister was a different person.
The girl in front of her had many clear differences from the Alisha whom she knew very well. She had a more mature body, longer hair, bluish-purple eyes instead of sky blue, and she was much prettier than Alisha, although Rosie had a hard time admitting it in her mind.
"It"s no big deal, it could happen at any time." The tense Elysia calmed down and returned the apology with a smile.
"Good afternoon, student council president." Evelyn joined in to greet the girl she knew very well because it was this girl who made the closing speech at the opening ceremony yesterday.
"Um, good afternoon. Do you really not know me?" Rosie nodded at Evelyn"s greeting before staring Elysia in the eyes as if she were confirming something, she still hadn"t given up and tried to dig deeper because of her hunch.
"I know you." Elysia nodded, very much to Rosie"s delight.
"Really?"
"Yes, your name is Rosie Reinhard, the student council president this year. Maybe everyone in this academy already knows you?"
Elysia"s simple reply dispelled the hope that had just emerged from the bottom of Rosie"s heart. But she immediately convinced herself not to be discouraged because one of her strengths in life is optimism.
There is little hope that the girl in front of her is really her little sister who has lost her memory or something, Alisha"s body was not found so there is a possibility that she is still alive, right? Or maybe this girl is just a glimpse of the same but really a different person. Rosie happily grabbed the possibility of the former without thinking.
The loss that Rosie is feeling right now will change her mindset and will think of Elysia as her little sister, her brain is working without permission to make Elysia a subst.i.tute without Rosie knowing it.
"Un, that"s right. I"m Rosie, but isn"t it kind of rude when you get to know me but not the other way around? Can you introduce yourself to me, please?"
Rosie nodded happily without realizing that her brain had decided without her consent, she would gradually begin to forget the sadness of the past two days.
Elysia and Evelyn looked at each other somewhat confused but as if on the same question. If everyone in the academy knew the student council president, did they need to introduce themselves when they met Rosie?
"Greetings, my name is Evelyn Mitch.e.l.l, nice to meet you."
"Greetings, my name is Elysia Avery."
Evelyn happily introduced herself with a different mind from the girl beside her, Elysia just wanted to quickly get away from Rosie who looked straight into her eyes as if she were looking straight into her soul.
Fran and Bianca were only watching this exchange beside Rosie, but Fran had a somewhat complex face when he saw the girl who introduced herself as Elysia Avery. At first glance, He has the same feeling, but not as strong as Rosie.
"Hehe... Nice to meet you, Elysia and Evelyn. If you have any problems in the academy you can let me know and I will come to save the day! Oh yeah, Elysia, may I know who spoke privately with you just a moment ago?" Rosie smiled favorably and turned to the topic of why she came to this building.
"Err... She is Serena Scott. Do you have any business with her?" Elysia answered after having a quick discussion with Elena in her mind.
"Yes, just a little business, don"t sweat it." Rosie flicked her hand a little in a friendly manner but her eyes seemed to say something else, even if only for a moment.
After thinking, she decided not to ask the victim and only need to dig from the bully suspect, who knows what problems the student council president will give Serena later just because of Elysia.
"Then we excuse ourselves first, President Rosie. We want to explore the school area, have a nice day."
When the opportunity came, Elysia immediately said goodbye while waving her hand for a moment then grabbed Evelyn"s hand to drag her away, not even waiting for an answer from Rosie.
Evelyn wanted to protest and asked something but she immediately shut her mouth when she felt Elysia"s hand which was gripping hers was so cold than her usual warm hand.
She frowned for a moment and walked along with Elysia somewhere voluntarily without needing to be dragged again because Evelyn needed to know why and what happened, in her mind there were two possible suspects. For many reasons and within a short period of time, she has already cared a lot about Elysia.
Rosie saw Elysia and Evelyn who were slowly leaving and then looked at her little brother who still had a complex face but was not quite visible to people who didn"t really know him.
"Fran, do you also feel that Elysia looks like Alisha at a glance?"
"At first glance, yes. But after examining in more detail they are different people. Somehow I became uncertain again, I don"t know anymore." Fran nodded once and scratched his head in confusion.
"Hehe... Is that so? The two of them want to go around the school building area, right? It is our duty as n.o.ble student council members to guide them so that they don"t get lost and be hara.s.sed by evil souls, right?"
Rosie smiled brightly at her younger brother who also nodded with a smile, he understood what his big sister wanted to convey. They wanted to know more about Elysia who looked like their little sister as an escape from their overwhelming feelings.
"Then what are you waiting for. Come on, follow them! We have two poor girls who need help." Rosie with a forward hand movement immediately rushed after Elysia and Evelyn with Fran who followed from behind.
"Eh? What? Don"t tell me, you... Argh! How about the Tasty Eden?" Bianca understood what her dormmate was thinking and what she was trying to achieve with her little brother, she immediately caught up with them.
"We"re full." Rosie and Fran answered in unison.
"But, we haven"t eaten anything since last night!" Bianca felt helpless. She could only hope that no one was hurt by this, either from Elysia or from Rosie and Fran.
To think of someone based on a dead loved one is dangerous for fragile souls when cruel times come to light and will force them into reality, at least that was what Bianca knew.
The three of them immediately chased after the two girls who were going somewhere.