After that, everything in the Liberl Kingdom seemed to return to normal. Aside from the Royal Palace needing repairs again, nothing appeared to have changed.
For the students of Jenius Royal Academy, gossiping about what had happened in Grancel no longer meant much. What they had to face now was the approaching exam week.
"Ugh... I never expected this to take so long."
Walking along the dark path, Alisa could not help yawning, while Ellie hurriedly apologized beside her.
"Sorry, Alisa. It's all because I asked you to stay with me..."
"It's fine, it's fine. I happened to need some more review for my finance courses anyway. Exam week is coming up, after all. It wouldn't do if I didn't get decent grades... How's your studying going, Ellie?"
"Not bad. Sociology is easier than I expected, and Mr. Fang Zheng's classes are also very easy to understand."
"Except programming. I seriously have no idea what he's talking about in that class. Every time I get to programming, I reflexively want to sleep. Look, I'm sleepy again... Haaah."
As she spoke, Alisa yawned again. Seeing her reaction, Ellie gave a wry smile. Then, at that moment, something suddenly entered the corner of her eye, and she hurriedly stopped walking.
"What's wrong, Ellie?"
Seeing Ellie suddenly stop, Alisa curiously turned to look at her. Ellie, however, had gone pale as she stared blankly at the night sky ahead.
"Gho... gho... gho..."
"Gho?"
Alisa turned her head as well and looked in the direction Ellie was staring. Then her entire body froze in place. Not far above their heads, a glowing white figure was drifting through the night sky... drifting back and forth...
"Gho... gho... gho..."
"Ghoooosts! Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!"
The next moment, the two girls screamed, then turned and ran toward the other side