Chapter 98: Stop right now!

The red wolf’s body was sent flying, crashing into the desks of several other students.

The instructor approached the red wolf, who was lying helplessly before her.

"How dare you attack my student?" she asked sharply.

The red wolf growled, glaring at the instructor with deep red eyes.

"Get out, and don’t you dare try to influence my students’ thoughts!"

"Influence them how?" the students standing along the sides of the room asked.

"Are you still refusing to come out?" the instructor shouted threateningly. "Do you want me to report you to the dean so that your magic can be destroyed?"

Liliana, who was standing behind her, quickly got up. She stared at the instructor with an expression just as confused as the other students.

The instructor gave a mocking smile before pressing her foot firmly against the red wolf’s stomach. Her lips moved as she recited an incantation that no one in the room understood.

"Ugh!"

In an instant, black blood flowed from the red wolf’s mouth. Its previously dark red eyes became slightly brighter before finally closing.

Liliana blinked several times, making sure her eyes weren’t deceiving her. Yet everything had truly happened right before her eyes.

The instructor observed the red wolf for a few moments before returning it to human form. Then she lifted the student’s body onto her shoulder.

"Continue your lessons. This afternoon, I will hold an examination. Anyone who fails to score above the class average should not expect to return to the dormitory tonight."

The room fell silent once again. The students finally returned to their seats and began cleaning up the mess.

No one dared to speak or gossip about what had just happened. The threat of being unable to return to their dormitories that night was frightening enough for the academy students.

Liliana glanced at her classmates, who had returned to reading their books, then lowered her head and continued reading.

That was the werewolf race. They never truly cared about what happened to others, especially when it came to members of an Alpha’s family within a pack.

They were always selfish and concerned only with themselves. As long as something did not catch their attention, no one should expect them to care about the other members of their pack.

Mali and the red wolf were proof of that. Such incidents were nothing more than momentary entertainment for the descendants of Alpha families who were accustomed to throwing their weight around.

Time passed quickly. Liliana finally rose from her seat when the instructor called her name.

"Your score is above the average. You may return to your dormitory."

Liliana bowed respectfully before walking out of the classroom with several other students who had received their examination results.

Not many students had passed this first examination, but the number was not just a handful either. Only one-third of the students had passed, including Liliana and Valerie.

Valerie smiled mockingly as she walked beside Liliana.

"It seems you’ve finally dared to show a little of your talent, Liliana."

Liliana returned her smile without turning around, then continued walking in the opposite direction.

Behind her, Valerie stomped her foot in frustration. She was annoyed that Liliana had become so difficult to provoke, unlike the way she used to be.

"Liliana..." she murmured in a low voice. "If you keep treating me like this, do you really think..."

Valerie chuckled softly before turning around and heading toward her dormitory.

When Liliana arrived at the training field behind the dean’s office, she found that the dean’s trusted aide was already waiting for her.

"Miss Liliana," he greeted her.

Liliana nodded and bowed respectfully in return.

"You can change your clothes over there." The man pointed toward a room in the corner of the field.

Liliana quickly changed her clothes before returning to the field.

"Did you bring the book you took from the secret realm?"

Liliana nodded. She opened her backpack, took out the worn-out book, and handed it to the man.

The man looked at Liliana in surprise. The girl had handed over a book that should have been extremely valuable to her so easily, despite having only just met him.

"Aren’t you afraid I’ll take your book?" he asked.

Liliana shook her head. "Wolves with abilities like mine are extremely rare. In fact, there might not be anyone else like me anymore. You wouldn’t be able to make use of this book, so there’s no reason for you to take it."

"You’re really naive," the man scoffed.

He walked toward a hidden room beneath the ground, while Liliana followed without needing to be told.

"In this world," the man said after they entered the room and closed the door, "there are so many people who take things that belong to others even when they have no idea how to use them."

He glanced at Liliana.

"Yet you still refuse to be cautious."

"You’ve only just met me, yet you’re already so certain about what kind of person I am?"

"You’re the dean’s trusted aide. The dean is a good person, at least when it comes to the Draven family. He has never looked down on us the way other packs do."

"Just because I work for the dean doesn’t mean I have the same personality as him. What if I betray you?" he asked again.

"Instinct," Liliana answered briefly. "My instincts may not be as good as my older brother Cassian Draven’s, but I still have fairly good instincts of my own. You’re not a bad person."

The man chuckled as he placed the book in his hand on the table.

"You call that instinct?" He looked at Liliana with amusement. "Are you talking about those terrible instincts of yours?"

"Terrible?" Liliana clenched her fingers.

"You’ve been deceived by your own siblings repeatedly during your time at the academy. You never noticed Cassian Draven’s feelings for you, and you didn’t even realize that yesterday, the substitute instructor in your class had set you up to kill Mali." He raised an eyebrow. "Tell me, did your instincts fail to kick in during all those incidents, only to suddenly awaken now?"

"I-I..." Liliana stammered.

The man waved his hand as though he had no desire to hear her explanation.

"You’re stupid. That’s all."

After a while, he introduced himself.

"Call me Ray. I’m the dean’s trusted aide." He pointed to the chair opposite him. "Sit down."

Liliana nodded stiffly and obediently took her seat.

Ray began studying the book in his hands. His eyes lit up when he came across something interesting, and his movements grew faster as he flipped through the pages one after another.

"Well?" Liliana asked, breaking his concentration.

Ray looked up at her, then cleared his throat before opening the book to its first page again and pushing it toward the middle of the table.

"I may not possess a wolf’s power like yours, and I can’t use the techniques written in this book either. However, I can understand a small part of the techniques described within it."

He looked at Liliana seriously.

"Now, show me your wolf’s power. Release everything you can. Don’t hold back even a little."

Liliana nodded and began releasing her power as Ray had requested.

A white light radiated from her body, growing brighter and brighter until the room’s lamps seemed to serve no purpose at all.

Ray covered his mouth as the light emanating from Liliana filled the entire room.

In the corner of the room, a plant that had died inside a pot began sprouting new shoots. However, the changes did not stop there. The light continued spreading until a cracking sound came from an object nearby.

Crack!

Ray was stunned for a moment before immediately shouting, "Stop right now!"