Chapter 41: Deception
Eirin kept calling Coleen’s name after she fell to the floor unconscious. She screamed for help, but the other students were already gone, and the librarian was also not present then. The teenage girl panicked, but she knew that she could not just leave Coleen lying on the ground with her nose still bleeding.
The teenage girl struggled to pick up Coleen’s heavy body and carried her on her back. Just pulling an unconscious person up from the floor already gave her a hard time. Eirin rushed out of the library, her legs were trembling as she endured the heaviness she could feel on her body.
"S-Someone, help us!"
The blood coming out of Coleen’s nose continued to drip on Eirin’s white uniform. She tried her hardest to garner attention, but the students around only looked at them. Avoiding them as if they were the plague. This left Eirin in confusion. How could these people not do anything despite the scene they were seeing? Fear slowly crept into Eirin’s legs and her heart. She was not strong enough to keep moving forward.
"What’s going on?"
Eirin turned around and saw a familiar face. She almost lost strength in her knees due to relief, but Pierre immediately caught the two girls. Seeing Cali reminds Eirin of her abilities. The thought of Cali being able to heal Coleen encircled her mind as she explained the dire situation.
Cali immediately checked Coleen’s condition as they lay her on the cold and hard ground. Pierre was helping support Coleen’s head and stop her nose from bleeding any further while Cali used her ability to keep Coleen from having further injuries.
"What happened?" Cali’s calm and cold demeanor comforted Eirin. Her heart was restless, but she was starting to relax with the help of the two.
Eirin explained what happened, but she didn’t know what could have caused Coleen’s nosebleed either. Despite the situation, the other students kept murmuring as if seeing someone unconscious on the floor did not bother them at all. Hearing all this made Eirin’s head feel dizzy. She could not believe that no one was willing to help. NO ONE.
The murmurs started getting louder after Cali suggested bringing Coleen to the infirmary. Pierre carried her like a princess, and it received hateful comments from the bystanders, leaving Eirin in disbelief. She followed Cali and Pierre, trying to ignore the words she was hearing from the bystanders.
The hallway felt so long, and Eirin’s feet struggled to keep moving forward as the jest and mockery filled her ears. When would they stop? How could they treat a person with such coldness and indifference? Those were the questions that kept repeating inside her head. As if a reminder of how strange this place was, she once again felt like an outsider.