Ellen was staring intently at us as we argued and jotted down notes in the dining hall. I hadn’t even set foot in the training yard that day as the entire evening had been devoted to counseling Harriet. Ellen, with a towel draped over her shoulders, seemed to have finished her training and showered.0

Harriet looked at Ellen, and her posture stiffened slightly.0

“Uh…”0

Ellen didn’t talk to anyone except me. Harriet was openly disdainful of commoners, but Ellen, despite being a commoner, had a somewhat different aura to her. 0

At first glance, she seemed like the sort that one could not treat lightly. In fact, if one had seen the physical abilities rank chart posted on the class bulletin board, they would know that Ellen’s physical abilities were incomparable to those of her classmates.0

Everyone must have recognized that she was an unusual kid.0

That was why Harriet seemed to be at a loss as to how to respond to Ellen, but in a different way than she would be if confronted by Vertus.0

Harriet presented herself as strong when faced with those who were weaker, and showed weakness in the face of the strong. She despised those who were contemptible, but she was intimidated by those who weren’t easy targets. 0

I despised that kind of character in my novels, but thanks to my incessant bullying, that aspect of her hadn’t been very noticeable.0

In any case, it was just about time for Ellen’s...0