Chapter 225 - Alaia's Horrible Past

*yawns*

"Waaa…", the girl woke up from her sleep.

She looked around and found no one near her. After that, she pulled her pillow to sleep again when she suddenly recalled that today wasn't a holiday. Instead, it was the first day of my first years in High school.

She looked at the watch that she was wearing and it was almost the time for the gates of the Academy to be closed.

Yes, the Royal Magic Academy was definitely made for the princes and princesses, however, from the past 100 years, it allowed other promising kids to enter as well.

They could be poor or beggars or even nobles, as long as they could pass the test allotted by the Magic Academy, they could always get in.

The girl with silver-white hairs got in as well in a similar manner.

She quickly got out of her bed and started to dress quickly after showering herself with water using water magic.

Well, she did this in her room and got it wet.

'I can't miss the first day of school.'

'I got in after working hard a lot, I cannot miss this opportunity.', the girl clenched her fist and rushed out of her room without having any breakfast.

Her grandma bid her farewell but she was worried because the girl didn't eat anything.

She ran with nothing in her hands. Yes, her books and instruments provided by the Academy were stored in the materials building where there was a place for lockers.

The dress the girl wore was not that special. Yes, an academy, doesn't provide uniforms and thus it is dependent on the student to wear whatever they have.

That was why, the dress which the girl wore seemed to be new, but in the eyes of the royals, it would seem as if she was wearing a woolen sack.

She rushed and arrived in front of the gate. After verifying her identity from the watch, the guards allowed her to inside.

Since she didn't have a lot of money, she couldn't stay in the dorms. The situation was the same for some other people too however some wanted to stay with their families due to which they rejected the offer of staying in the dorms.

Regardless, she entered the academy and arrived at the hall where speeches were given a little late. But that was accepted since she lived outside of the premises of the academy.

Well, her first day went well. After the speech, she went to the designated classes and made many friends.

The only problem was, they became her friends because they didn't know that she was a poor person.

They thought that she too was a princess and from some big kingdom after seeing her beauty and marks. Seeing this, one of the princesses, Reily, got jealous.

She was someone who was good at studies and was beautiful, but her nature and personality were pretty bad. She targeted the girl and after soon finding out that she was nothing but a peasant and poor person, she spread the news.

On one day, everyone who befriended her left her and started ignoring her.

The princes who always had their eyes on her, but refrained from doing anything, appeared in front of her.

They started behaving rudely and started to bully her.

She thought they were pranking or something, but soon she realized what the actual situation was.

She couldn't bear it. She rushed to Reily who was the root cause of this and asked her to stop spreading false rumors about her.

She asked her to not destroy her social interactions and not take away her friends, however, Reily got much more infuriated.

She slapped her and in return, the girl slapped her back.

"If you are a princess, you should behave like one.", the girl said this much as she walked out of the washroom where all this discussion was held.

Reily couldn't control her anger. When she reached her room in the dorm, she literally shredded a pillow and a teddy bear into pieces.

"I will make you regret!", she said with a scary face.

After that, she asked her maid to call some princes and then told them about a plan.

The princes didn't hesitate.

The next day, when the girl attended the class again, one of the princesses approached her and said that the girl's other close friend was in danger.

She rushed as quickly as she could and when she arrived behind the building, all she found was a group of boys sitting in a weird manner.

She searched for the girl but there was no one. She turned back to return, but two of the boys stopped her by grabbing her hand and wrapping her leg with a magic chain.

One of the princes then pulled the yellow-colored magic chain due to which she fell down as her left leg was pulled behind too.

She hit her head on the ground and started to bleed a bit.

She then turned back only to see horrible monsters ever.

Yes, what they did was unimaginable. Not only did they shred her dress into pieces, but also, broke her legs.

She was strong and to be honest, a lot stronger than most others. She fought back well, but when 10 princes had ganged up on her, she couldn't do anything but fail miserably.

The only thing that was left on her body, was the undergarments.

She shouted with all her might to help, and none of the boys knew how to use silencing magic, but still, no one came.

Yes, no one other than Reily appeared who used the silencing magic due to which no one could hear her.

Tears drenched her face and the dust from the ground completely covered her body.

Her beauty had turned into ugliness in no time.

"Why did you stop?"

"Continue…"

"Take away the most precious thing of a girl and make her a woman.", Riley said with an evil expression.

The moment the girl heard this, she mustered all her strength and broke through the magic chains. She stood up and while trying to cover her chest, she dashed forward.

Riley was not weak, she was just a little less strong than the girl. Yes, the girl knew this due to which, she didn't try to fight her. Instead only tried to dodge.

She ran as fast as she could but the princes were already close enough to catch her.

Since it was the backside of the building, and as there were no windows on the backside, no one could see what was happening.

"Let her go.", Riley said when she found that the girl ran towards the front of the school.

Poor her, despite her leg being crushed, in order to maintain her chastity, she bore all the pain and ran with all her might. This just caused many more cracks to develop.

Yes, she could literally hear the sounds of cracks forming in her legs. Her legs were bleeding too.

"I want her to suffer more."

"She doesn't realize but right now, it is time for the short break."

"Many princes and princesses would be outside and when they see her naked, I can't even imagine how they would react.", she made a devilish face.

And just as she expected, the girl went towards the front of the building while thinking that she was saved.

She was going to complain to the management and the teachers whom she had befriended already about this.

But the moment she was out, she realized that she f*ked up.

Yes, everyone out there looked directly at her.

Because her face was covered with dirt, they failed to realize who she was, but it was definitely shameful.

"Listen, when you meet a good prince, only then can you show your body to him."

"A lady's body is one of the biggest things that should be kept till the end." – the girl remembered the words of her late mother.

Tears broke out of her eyes as she continued to run towards her home. The guards stopped her after seeing what had happened and didn't let her go home.

Instead, they asked the authority to take care of it.

She was sent to the doctor's office but no one was present. She didn't even stay there and didn't ask for anything else since she did not have much more.

She was so embarrassed and depressed that all she asked for was something to cover her body.

And with that, she returned to her home when her grandmother was away.

She then never left her room no matter what happened and she was the same way till now, for two months.

Rex was shocked when he heard all this. His eyes were left wide open.

The old lady climbed up the stairs and was about to enter the room when the girl started to narrate her story. Due to that, the lady stood just out of the room near the door.

Rex still had yet to feel her presence, for some reason, he couldn't sense her. The same was with the girl as well.

"That's who I am…"

"My name…"

"Alaia…"

"It means to always be joyful, but look at me, am I by any means joyous?", she asked as her face was covered with tears.

"...."