novelzi Chapter 116 – The Rage of Beast and Man
Chapter 116 – The Rage of Beast and Man
“What happened?” Edmonton asked. Eliza shook her head as she pulled her knees up on the bed, seemingly unaware her shoes were dirty. The room smelled, Eliza looked as if she had no taken a bath in a few days. Maybe a week. Fleur sighed as she sat next to the girl.
“You have to tell us.” Fleur said gently as she put her arm around Eliza. “We can’t help without knowing.”
“It’s…” Eliza took a breath as she looked around her room. “I’m sorry for the mess, I know what it looks like.”
“Clean as always.” Edmonton said quickly as he leaned forwards. He got a bottle of water and passed it to Eliza. She drank eagerly. “But Eliza, really, it was always the four of us. We have to know.” Eliza shook her head and moved away from Fleur. She leaned against the wall and straightened her legs.
“I…” Eliza sighed. “I saw it all.”
“And?” Fleur said. “If you saw it, then tell us.”
“It was one of the finals for the competitions. You know, the ones they hold for pyromancers every semester.”
Eliza sniffled again as a tear appeared in her eyes. “And you know how Lyca is.”
“Loud.” Fleur said.
“Annoying.” Edmonton added.
Eliza laughed. “Well, he’s nice, but he’s terrible.”
“So he riled them up.” Eliza continued. “It wasn’t a fight at first, he was just toying with them.”
“And you could see they were getting angry with him because he wasn’t even casting magic, he was just showing off.” Eliza said.
“So then one of boys, he told Lyca to fight like a man.” Eliza said. “That, I still remember.” She burst out in tears. “I actually wanted Lyca to show him what he was capable of!” Fleur put her arms around her friend and Edmonton drank from the water bottle and they waited for Eliza to calm down.
“So he lost control.” Eliza continued. “And… the overseer came in.”
“And then they started arguing.” Eliza continued her explanation.
“And… the overseer accepted.” Eliza said as Fleur and Edmonton leaned in to listen to the story.
“And they fought… it was…” Edmonton listened closely.
“And Lyca killed him.” Eliza finished and burst out in tears. “Lyca killed him and I cheered!”