Book 14.5: Chapter 1
Liu Yue looked at the pencil and textbook in front of her. Then, her head heavily flopped onto the table with a thud. The insects outside were almost louder than the teacher in front. The windows were all opened, but not a single cool breeze blew in, since it didn’t exactly exist. The weeping willow leaves outside appeared dead due to the sunlight. A shadow was cast, but she couldn’t feel a single cool breeze. The classroom at school was boiling in summer. There were only twenty students in the large classroom, but it was still so hot that she couldn’t feel motivated. To make matters worse, she had a furry tail. Her mom always rambled on and on all day and night about having to cherish the proud tail she inherited from the Moon Fox Tribe. However, Liu Yue was so irritated that she wanted to just chop it off.
If Liu Yue’s mom saw her dragging my tail along the ground, she’d fly off the handle. However, the floor was the only place that she could find something cool. Liu Yue didn’t dare to fall asleep, as it would be too obvious. Everybody would be able to tell she was sleeping as soon as her long and pointy ears flopped down.
Liu Yue’s said she didn’t have to go to school and could just be home schooled. Her mom, to the contrary, forced her to be sent to a boarding school with the reason, “Liu Yue will definitely have to socialise with people in the future.” Liu Yue didn’t have a complaint about it. It was the same as a child having to leave to go to their high school exams even if they did always live with their parents.
“I seriously don’t have anything in common with that old-fashioned fox. It’s been over ten years, yet she still wears those sorts of old-fashioned dresses. It’s blegh. I don’t even want to go near her. I can virtually smell a rotten stench if I go anywhere near her. She even complains about my clothing being too revealing every day. What, wrapping myself in a long dress in summer is polite? Comfort is more important to me.
Mom is still paying for my living expenses, but she couldn’t be more miserly than she already is. I finally mustered up the courage some time ago to write a letter to my father in the Imperial Palace. I have strong doubts as to whether my letter addressed to Troy Galadriel Rosvenor reached my father or not. That said, I did receive a large sum the next month,’ thought Liu Yue.
“Thirty years ago, the reason elves and humanity went to war against each other was because of humanity’s ambitions. Their confidence from winning every battle they fought and their desire to conquer led them to the only region of the continent that they had yet to conquer – the elves’ forest. The spark was that the Empress of humanity wasn’t treated with courtesy in the elven lands. This will be on your test; make sure to memorise it. The war thirty years ago was one of the most brutal wars in the South. It affected the relationship between elves and humanity for the next decade, and it also shattered the humanity’s legacy as an invincible army. Humanity’s failure forced them to stop their conquest of the continent, while the elves opened their doors to the world as a result of the war. Although heavy losses were suffered, the elves managed to have the opportunity to interact with humanity as a consequence. Afterwards, the elves’ lives were also changed…”
The teacher didn’t seem to notice her students already half asleep and was still fervently speaking of the war thirty years ago.
Liu Yue disliked modern history, not because she disliked history, but purely because she knew it was riddled with incorrect information. The war between elves and humanity her teacher recounted didn’t ignite because of humanity’s desires or something. It was solely because her two grandmothers were fighting over the rights to raise her father. The only reason the war was particularly brutal was because her grandmothers were special. Further, the illustrations in the book were wrong, too. Her blonde-haired Grandmother Vyvyan was fine, but her Grandmother Elizabeth was gentle woman. Her Grandmother Elizabeth wasn’t as cruel as illustrated in the books.
Liu Yue finally caved in,”Whatever. I’ll just deal with being called to the office. I don’t care anymore.”