Extra Demon: Sacred Academy of Light

Chapter 78 Monday

A tense silence filled the entire classroom; silence was the ruler and master. Even the students' breathing was inaudible, as if they didn't bother to breathe. They were as still as statues, waiting eternally for the teacher to speak a single word. Sweat began to form on their foreheads as they glanced at Professor Emilia's furrowed brow.

Her beautiful white hair was tied up in a bun, and through her square-shaped glasses, she stared fixedly out the window. The cold wind came through the open window, sending chills through any student, but the professor seemed entirely unaffected. Her arms were crossed, and she impatiently tapped her right foot.

After waiting for about five minutes, she finally closed the window, turning back to her students, causing a collective sigh of relief. The professor positioned herself in the middle of the classroom, coldly scanning each of the young students one by one, as if she were mentally taking attendance. After looking at the last student, she pursed her lips: "Four students...

missing..." she murmured to herself. Shaking her head, she adjusted her glasses and, with a wave of her hand, blank sheets of paper appeared, each one floating into the hands of a student. "First lesson, don't skip class," her cold voice sent a shiver of fear through the students.

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"Why am I doing this…?" Daniela muttered to herself, sitting by the window in Arthur's room, her eyes slightly teary. "We're supposed to be in class!" she finally couldn't hold back, shouting in frustration as she clenched her small fists, glaring angrily at Leslie and Evelyn, annoyed that they were ignoring her. She let out a tired sigh and slumped back into the chair, pouting.

"Pointy ears! Arthur hasn't come back yet!!" Leslie snapped out of her thoughts and turned to Daniela. She held her head in frustration and, with a similar level of irritation, shouted back at Daniela: "It's just one class… I don't think anything bad will happen… right?" she frowned.

"We're in trouble…" Evelyn spoke slowly, her eyes closed as she settled in to sleep a few more minutes. But seconds later, her eyes shot open wide. Sitting up, she tilted her head: "Arthur hasn't come back…" she glanced around. "You're just now noticing?" Leslie looked gloomily at Evelyn, shaking her head. "He said he'd be back Monday… but he never said what time…"

"For the goddess' sake… you two…" Daniela stared at them, completely bewildered. Sure, Arthur still hadn't come back, and truthfully, she was worried, but she didn't dwell on it too much. She believed he'd show up… or at least hoped so. But right now, she was torn… it was Monday, and classes had started! Isn't the first day supposed to be the most important of all? And here she was, skipping!

Plus, with the threat of Professor Emilia… Daniela grew a bit nervous. She really wanted to go, but her two friends hadn't let her! In the end, she stayed seated in the chair.

"Pointy ears…" Leslie looked at Daniela, hesitating for a few seconds… "I'm hungry…" she said timidly. Beside her, Evelyn's eyes lit up as if energy had suddenly returned to her body. She quickly stood up, looking expectantly at Daniela.

Seeing that they needed her, Daniela's heart softened a little. With a sigh, she had no choice but to stand up and slowly walk toward the kitchen.

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"Hurry up, can't you go any faster?" Arthur asked impatiently, though a part of him was impressed and a bit scared. All three together… he watched as the pale green meat roasted slowly over the charcoal fire… and right next to it was… exactly my piece of meat, the one that had been torn or cut, or whatever, from my arm… Both pieces of meat gave off the smell of roasted flesh.

And the one cooking it was none other than Lilith. Her eyes sparkled, and a wide smile spread across her lips as she hypnotically watched the meat turn slowly. "Can you be quiet for a moment… I need to listen to the sizzle to know the perfect time to cook it," she waved him off.

Watching her with blank eyes, Arthur muttered, "Wasn't the meat you took for an experiment…?" Frowning, he hadn't expected that the 'experiment' would be to eat it. All of this was too abnormal. On one hand, he was about to eat a piece of flesh from one of the Sins, specifically Envy… something that defied all logic.

And on top of that, the worst part was that it was already Monday… and he'd missed the first day of class. But putting that aside… Lilith was going to eat my flesh… He felt a small headache coming on. Very strange! Seriously, I mean it, what the hell is happening? I need an explanation…

"I want to study what your flesh is made of… I'm almost certain it has the three flavors of the different races… I can't wait to try it… besides, this is the best way. It's the same thing you'll do but in reverse or something like that… I'm not entirely sure yet, but the point is the same," Lilith fell silent for a few moments… the two pieces of meat sizzled.

"It's ready!" With impressive speed, Lilith took the two pieces of meat and placed them separately on a plate. With a snap of her fingers, a table and two chairs appeared. Happily, she placed the plates on the table. With another snap of her fingers, a bottle of wine appeared: "A perfect breakfast…" Lilith seemed lost in her own world.

Watching all of this, Arthur thought to himself, I'm lucky I'm not completely sane. This would drive anyone mad! This is literally cannibalism… and I'm doing it too… "Is eating power?" he asked as he sat down at the chair where his piece of meat lay. "This is insane…" he thought to himself. Lilith poured two glasses of wine: "Cheers!" she said happily, toasting to the two of them.

"Yes…"