Chapter 97: Go join her and become her dog!

"Instructor, is what you said true?" another student asked.

The instructor smiled faintly. "There are several things I cannot disclose just yet. The dean has ordered his people to investigate further."

She then looked at all the students with a serious expression.

"But you," she added, her voice carrying a hint of warning, "should be more careful with your actions this time and obey all the academy’s rules. The academy has discovered that students from Mirena Academy are involved with humans. There may even be a connection with the witches."

Everyone immediately looked up, staring at the instructor in disbelief.

The instructor waved her hand. "This is still only the dean’s preliminary suspicion. Take good care of yourselves and study diligently. Your future lives at the academy will depend on your individual abilities."

The lesson finally began peacefully, without any further protests. In just one hour, they had already covered half of a book filled with dense theoretical material.

After finishing the discussion of the first half of the book, the instructor looked at all the students before her.

"I want to ask you something. After studying this material, what do you think about the relationship between the werewolf race and humans? You should be able to draw your own conclusions by now, shouldn’t you? Do you think there is still a way to repair our relationship with them?"

One of the students sitting near the wall, specifically the one who had been watching Valerie earlier, raised his hand.

"I don’t think so."

"Why?" the instructor asked.

"Humans are too greedy. I think the witches are just as bad as ordinary humans."

The instructor nodded, but then frowned. "However, we aren’t discussing the witches."

"Are they any different?" the student retorted. "Just because they possess a little magical ability and once had a good relationship with our race doesn’t mean they’re any different. In my opinion, the Morovela Empire made the right decision by cutting off all ties with the human race."

Valerie glanced at him briefly before nodding.

"Instructor, I think he’s right. I share the same opinion. Humans simply cannot compare to werewolves. Our minds and intelligence are completely different. There’s no point in comparing us."

All the students in the classroom nodded in agreement. Only Liliana frowned upon hearing Valerie’s answer.

She felt that Valerie’s words carried a different meaning from what the other students understood.

Liliana shifted her gaze to the student who had first expressed his opinion. As it happened, he was also looking at her.

The student smiled faintly for a moment, then nodded at Liliana before turning his attention back to the front of the classroom.

"Well, I suppose there’s some truth to your opinions," the instructor said after listening to the students’ responses.

"It’s certainly very difficult to repair a relationship that has already been damaged. The human race and the werewolf race will struggle to rebuild the good relationship they once had."

She then turned toward Liliana.

"All we can do is hope that Pack Draven will be able to guard the borders more effectively in the future and prevent humans from entering our territory."

Everyone glanced at Liliana, but no one said anything.

"Instructor," Valerie interjected. "I heard that Mali died from poison originating in the human world. Meanwhile, Pack Draven is..."

Her voice grew quieter as she continued, "Could it be...?"

Everyone in the classroom smiled mockingly and secretly nodded, as though agreeing with what Valerie was implying.

"Instructor, has the dean also arranged an investigation into Pack Draven?"

"That’s right, Instructor. It would be too dangerous for us to remain in the same class as her without an investigation being conducted first. What if Liliana doesn’t just target Mali as her victim? Are we supposed to suffer the same fate as Mali, who didn’t even receive the slightest bit of justice?"

Liliana rose from her seat and walked toward the student who kept talking about her and Pack Draven.

Slap!

The sound of a slap rang out before anyone could even realize how quickly Liliana had moved.

"You!" the student exclaimed, his face filled with disbelief.

"I don’t even know your name. You can accuse me of killing Mali if you want, but what right do you have to accuse Pack Draven of doing the same thing?"

The student immediately stood up and grabbed Liliana by the collar.

"Liliana, how dare you slap me? Do you even know which pack I belong to? How dare you insult me!" he shouted.

"I don’t care which pack you belong to or who you really are. All I know is that I, Liliana Draven, will never allow anyone to trample on Pack Draven!"

"Liliana, is it because you have Cassian backing you that you’re so bold and arrogant?"

"Am I arrogant? Which part of what I said do you consider arrogant? Have I been showing off anything to you? You don’t even know what a truly arrogant person looks like!"

Seeing that Liliana remained so confident, the student finally stopped holding back. His body transformed into a red wolf. He swiftly shoved Liliana, sending her crashing into another student’s desk behind her and smashing it to pieces.

"You don’t know which pack I belong to?" he said in a calm voice filled with triumph, completely ignoring the students’ and instructor’s screams. "Then let me tell you. I’m from Pack Laurent. My adoptive brother is Xavier. You know him, don’t you? And you still dared to slap me?"

"Laurent? Xavier?"

Liliana’s eyes flashed for a moment. She looked up at the red wolf before trying with all her strength to push him away.

"Are you trying to push me?" the student sneered. "Let me tell you one more thing, Liliana. Pack Laurent possesses strength you cannot easily overcome. Even if Pack Draven trains you with all their might, you still won’t be able to defeat us."

He lowered his head toward Liliana and growled in the language of wolves.

"Now, beg and bark like a dog if you don’t want to die too soon!"

Liliana smiled mockingly. "You want me to bark? What gives you the right?"

Her face was beginning to pale, and sweat trickled down her forehead. Trapped in this position, she couldn’t transform into a wolf. All she could do was use every ounce of her strength to push away the wolf pinning her down.

The student gave her a mocking smile. He raised one of his claws and pointed it directly at Liliana’s heart.

"If you refuse to bark in this world, then you can bark in your next life!"

Seeing the chaos spiraling out of control, the instructor slammed her hand against the desk in front of her, producing a loud bang. The entire classroom fell silent at once.

"Stop and return to your original form!" she ordered.

However, the student completely ignored the instructor’s command, as though he was no longer aware of his surroundings. To him, the only thing that mattered was killing Liliana for daring to insult him.

"Liliana, you dared to kill Mali, my friend. So go join her and die already!"

He raised his claw, preparing to strike.

"Go join her and become her dog!"

Bam!