Chapter 33: A Battle Against Time
Verena power-walked through the halls, her heels clicking against the marble like a countdown to disaster. The system timer loomed in the corner of her vision, each passing second tightening the noose around her mission.
She rounded a corner.
SMACK!
A girl carrying a precarious tower of books went tumbling, pages exploding into the air like a flock of startled doves.
"Oh—Lady Verena?! I-I'm so sorry, I—"
"Not now." Verena sidestepped the chaos without so much as a glance.
[Time: 40 Seconds]
She picked up speed - only to skid to a stop as a wall of noble girls formed in front of her, arms linked like some sort of aristocratic barricade.
"Why do they walk like migrating geese?!" she hissed, before forcibly shoving through like a battering ram in heels.
[Time: 30 Seconds]
She spotted a promising hallway and sprinted forward.