Chapter 63: Feelings of Loss
"President Rosie, you can"t go on like this. Your grief has affected the performance and atmosphere of the other members as well." The man said to the girl who was looking out the window from the student council room.
"What do you expect from me, Stan? My dear little sister... Fran and I have prepared a special party for her on her birthday four days ago, but her entourage never came. Until the letter from my grandfather arrived two days ago..." Rosie spoke in a low voice as if to signal not to continue.
They just had a weekly routine meeting discussing some of the problems and plans for curbing the seniors who started hara.s.sing the first graders to join their extracurricular activities.
Extra-curricular clubs that have few members or are deemed useless will be targeted to be eliminated by stopping the intake of funds provided by the academy.
Because of that, some seniors who felt insecure started hara.s.sing the innocent first-graders into their clubs, even though the first cla.s.s students should only focus on improving their skills in magic and other basic materials.
Unfortunately, the meeting went so gloomy and calm only because the usually optimistic student council president had become so quiet since the letter from her family two days ago.
The news was known to people with connections to the Reinhard family, and the student council members were no exception. All of them who were sitting in the student council room at this time knew what happened to Rosie"s little sister and her entourage.
Four days ago, Rosie"s little sister and her entourage were attacked while on their way to the Deterry Academy of Magic, and no one survived from the tragedy.
Rosie as student council president this year became gloomy and taciturn if she did not go public after receiving a letter from her grandfather regarding the details of the tragedy and other information that many people do not know.
"Even..." Stanley wanted to say something, but he was held back by the girl next to him who extended her hand right in front of him while shaking her head.
Rosie knows very well that her chaotic mood has affected not only her but her performance along with other student council members.
"I"m sorry everyone, my mood is so messed up and sad. Today"s meeting is postponed for tomorrow." Rosie adjusted her voice to her normal voice to apologize.
"We understand, you don"t have to worry about us. The meeting is adjourned for tomorrow, you can either leave or stay if you want." A girl who sat closest to Rosie spoke as if she understood and emphasized the word "leave" as a signal.
"Then I will excuse myself. Once again I wish to express my condolences, President Rosie. May you always be blessed."
One by one the student council members left the room because they all understood what the student council vice president meant, Rosie needed a little more quiet time.
"Thank you, Bianca. Right now I need to calm my mind to improve my mood. It"s been two days I"ve been crying at night, and I"m still not feeling better." Rosie leaned her elbow on the table and covered her face with her hands.
"It"s okay, I heard your sobbing all night long. Your grief is so deep, I hope you can pa.s.s it." Bianca got up from her seat to give Rosie a hug, the same thing she did the last two nights to make sure Rosie was okay.
Since the fourth year, Bianca has proposed an exchange of rooms with Rosie"s real roommate for the specific reason of student council activity. Meanwhile, Rosie"s roommate didn"t mind since both rooms were gold card cla.s.s.
"My little Alisha is gone, Bianca. She has been gone forever and will never come back... I won"t be able to meet her and play with her, she is my bundle of joy..." Rosie was sobbing in Bianca"s embrace, she tried to accept the reality but still so hard to swallow.
Her little sister who is so kind, innocent, and cheerful will die so tragically, even her body cannot be found. Rosie can"t accept that, Alisha always makes people cheerful and happy wherever she is and remembering all the good things she did, she doesn"t deserve that fate.
"We can"t do much other than pray for Alisha. Hopefully, she can rest in peace in the afterlife, amen." Bianca comforted her with prayer.
*knock* *knock*
After a few moments pa.s.sed with a sad Rosie and Bianca trying to cheer her up, there was a knock on the student council door. Bianca immediately approached the door and opened it slightly to see who was coming.
"Oh, it"s you, Fran. Please come in." Bianca ushered Rosie"s younger brother into the room by opening the door wide.
"Thank you, Big Sister Bianca."
Fran entered the room and sat in one of the chairs in the student council room which was like a conference room.
"Sigh... Big Sis, how was your day?" Fran sighed and held his hands together on the table while looking down.
"My sadness is still so deep, and my day is broken. How about you?" Rosie spoke in a fragile voice while wiping her tears, after crying once again her mood improved a little.
"My day is bad, I got angry and broke something to get out of my sadness. I even destroyed the practice sword for the umpteenth time during practice."
Fran can"t cry like his big sister, he in another way has tried to get out of his sadness to accept reality. The departure of their youngest sister had a great impact on both of them.
"Why don"t we go out for a bit. Maybe ice cream and cake will make the mood feel better." Bianca felt the atmosphere was getting worse with two people who were just as gloomy, she invited her to change the new atmosphere with a sweet taste.
"Huff... Alright. Let"s go to Tasty Eden, Fran. Maybe Bianca"s advice will help." Rosie took a deep breath and exhaled again and then got up from her chair.
"Okay."
After everyone agreed they left the student council room to go to their favorite and best cafe they had ever tried. As the three of them were walking in the corridor, Bianca saw the two girls in the opposite building chatting privately but the girl who had long black hair seemed to be being threatened by the girl who slapped the wall right beside the bullied girl"s head.
"Hey... Rosie, look over there. Do you think that girl is being bullied?" Bianca waved her hand for attention.
"I thought they were talking privately." Fran stroked his chin as if in thought while observing.
"That auburn haired girl way is so rude and disrespectful. I don"t think this is the right thing, let"s go to them."
Rosie folded her arms and narrowed her eyes when she looked at the two girls in the building opposite them, she somehow felt a familiar feeling from the girl who was allegedly being bullied. Unfortunately, the girl"s face was not very clear because she was blocked by the auburn haired girl that got in the way.
The three of them immediately headed there to find out the real incident.
"I thought she was being bullied, I saw that black-haired girl being pulled roughly and pushed against the wall." Bianca spoke hastily as they were rushing towards the opposite building.
Once again and for some reason Rosie"s feelings became unpleasant and irritated but at the same time, her heart was beating irregularly as if she saw someone precious was in a difficult situation.
"Then we have to hurry!" Rosie immediately ran with the help of body enhancement magic, followed by Fran and Bianca.
When the three of them arrived in the opposite building, the two girls were not in the corridor they had seen earlier. They were late and the two girls seemed to have left there but as they continued their steps to the crossroads of the corridor, Rosie saw the girl who was suspected of having just bullied standing beside the girl with golden blonde hair.
Now Rosie looked closely at the black-haired girl. Even just looking at the girl"s back, she had a very familiar feeling. It was seen in Rosie"s eyes, Alisha"s shadow overlapped with the black-haired girl.
Rosie"s heart skipped a beat as if in disbelief, her mind saying that maybe she saw the wrong person, but her hunch was telling the opposite.
She stepped closer to the black-haired girl subconsciously while raising her hand slowly with a little trembling.
"Ali-sha" Rosie hugged the girl from behind and called out the name of her dead little sister.