Chapter 94 Nightlights
I went inside the room and came back wearing my outdoor shoes and a hoodie. After that, I locked the door and began walking with Ellyn.
My room was on the second floor so after coming down the stairs we were now under the night sky.
One would think that at this time the academy campus will be quiet and peaceful but no, heck no!
The lights—magical lamps—were still on and a good amount of students were rushing between the dorms and the cafeteria.
'It is 9:07 right now! Only 23 minutes are remaining before we are prohibited from leaving the dorm buildings. What the hell are they even doing here?!'
My mind was in surprise but I was keeping a blank expression on my face, though it still didn't stop my eyes from wandering away and looking at the students.
They were running inside the cafeteria and munching on snacks and drinks—not alcoholic ones though.
The cafeteria itself looked so different from what it was in the daytime. Strip-shaped magic lights of yellow and white color were attached to the outside walls. They were here at day time also due since the lights were off, they looked like a part of the wall.
And now when the lights were on, it was as though I was looking at neon lights; that were the vibes it was giving. The glass doors of the cafeteria were also fully open hence the students were able to go in and out easily without waiting in line.
The students also looked happy and chilling out, like they were here to have fun. This really amazed me! I never expected that the students from the noble families—who were so studyholic and arrogant during the way—can actually have fun in this way.
I watched the scene unfold before my eyes as I walked alongside Ellyn toward the class A dorms.
What was happening here was never mentioned in the novel, leave mentioning nothing like this even existed there.
No wait, I get this. This world is a real one, so it might be possible. To explain this let's take the example of an anime adaptation of a manga. The main and core plot of the anime stays the same as its original manga but sometimes, the anime adds some anime-only things and events to expand the world-building.
In short, just because it was not in the novel doesn't mean it can't be here. This also meant that each and every student in this academy carries their own personality and they are a real person, rather than being a mob character.
That was it. I kinda knew this beforehand but I'll take a while to get used to it.
Finally, I turned my eyes away. I walked Ellyn to the dorms and then went back. Ellyn was not reacting to the cafeteria thing that much so she probably knew about it already.
By the time I was crossing that path again, the students were slowly starting to go back to the dorms and their numbers were decreasing.
A couple of minutes later I reach my room, unlocking the door I went inside. I removed my shoes and then my hoodie. I looked at the clock and it was 9:18 right now.
Then I realized something. 'Fuck! How much of an idiot I am!' I just reflected on the fact that I have nothing to eat for dinner. I passed by the cafeteria two times and it didn't occur to me then.
As I walked toward my bed I looked in the direction of the kitchen. 'Going there is useless. I don't know how to cook and even if I knew, there are no ingredients or anything I can cook.'
It was understandable; I used the kitchen for making coffee, after all. "Guess there's no helping it," I sighed and sat on the bed.
This was the truth now, I have to sleep empty stomach tonight. There is no other way around it; I can't go buy something since it's too late. Right now the time is 9:18, no, it's 9:20 now.
It takes 10 minutes to reach the cafeteria, so even if I assume that the shopkeeper will be standing there ready to hand me the food even then, I won't have the time to come back since it'll already be 9:30 by then.
To divert my mind, I picked up a book from my desk. I sat comfortably on the bed, leaning my back against the wall, and opened the book.
It was the diary in which I wrote the plot summary of loli_pop's novel. 'The time is coming close,' I thought as I skimmed through the pages.
Yes, the time of my death was coming close; only a few days were left now. And I have a hell of a lot of things to do. But that's why I took control over Ellyn.
Right now, she and the report she gives me is not that important; that's just her training in stalking. The main reason I want her is for when the plot will start to change after I'll avoid my death.
There won't be any big changes all of sudden but slowly but surely, things will change. The upper hand I have with the novel's knowledge will fade away over time; what happens next will be unpredictable.
That's why I need Ellyn. Using her I'll be able to keep an eye on Leon as well as on the changes occurring in him and around him. Since I don't know when I will be unable to track him due to something unexpected that happened.
I closed the book and put it on the desk, then I drank a glass of water and turned off the magic lamps. I lay on the bed with a soft, warm, blanket. The winter season has started a couple of weeks ago hence blankets were now important.
I tried to sleep but I was unable to do so. 'Great, caffeine enters the stage now!' How did I forget about the strong coffee I drank?
10 minutes later
I endlessly was trying to sleep but it just didn't happen. In the end, I gave up and just lay on the bed with my eyes closed.
-Stomach Growls!
'Ah fuck!'