Chapter 96 - Sorry (1/2)
”My dear fellas, my friends, and companions of suffering, I speak to you today not because I wanted to, but because I was forced by the highest authority.”
”…”
The group of people detained inside the great auditorium of the Academy was enough to cover the whole school population with only certain exceptions.
The issue about the revolt or what it will be known for many years as the Fruit Tart War reached every corner of the Continent. Every Kingdom, every town, every island knew about what had happened, so every single person could not help but comment on the origin of the rebellion. How could such a thing happened in one day, just one day, what or who could be that powerful?
”My dear fellas, my friends, my companions in pain, in these dark times, I am here to tell you that what we have done is not the way to solve controversies, nor the way to solve problems within our own people. We have to find the right way to fight… ”
*Cough*
The throat of the Queen of Lith, the beautiful Elisa resounded in the hall and everyone paled, even the Princess that was now looking down at her feet felt threatened by that gentle cough.
”What I wanted to say is that we have to find the right way to solve our differences. Yes, my dear people, we cannot continue in this awful path of destruction, not for a simple thing… even if that thing is the delicious, tasty, almost otherworldly fruit tart…”
Anne had to wipe her mouth from the thought. If she hadn't been absenting from eating her more dėsɨrėd dessert for a week, then she won't be in that state, no one would be in that state. She wouldn't start a war unconsciously for revenge on the world… right? It is not that she wanted to prove to the universe her power.
”Anne,” the voice of the Queen of Lith again echoed.
*cough,* Anne cleared her throat again and looked at the group of people.
From the students that were painfully hurt by the black cat and were now bandaged and starting to recover their sanity, to the other group that was more shameless than anyone, the teachers. The Principal and the leaders of each faculty that went to fight and now were waiting for an exemplary punishment.
”We must think on the consequences of our actions before joining a strange manipulation of a strange person. People, you must fight!”
Anne looked at the people with eyes beaming with inspiration.
”We can't fall into the claws of rebellion when we don't know what we are fighting for, or because of silly acts of revenge. We must think in the true victims… me!”
”Anne Du Lith, you better speak about your apology better, or you will write a book about nutrition and diets.”
Monique was on the other line asking for help and telling her that everything was in utter chaos, and the origin, well, of course, the machinations of a shameless teenager, daughter of hers.
Elisa didn't need to hear more as she knew that something like that would happen when Henry was not around to control the craziness of her daughter.
”Mom… please, I…” Anne was now shaking for the first time. Not once from the time she came to this world, she was feeling so helpless and scared. Give her economics, give her mathematics but not nutrition, the way to control her demons.
”Anne Du Lith, will you continue with the apology or make a book?”
”I… can I choose better a movie?”
”…” Elisa was not understanding what was the girl talking about, but she was sure that it was another way to dodge the punishment. ”Anne Du Lith, don't you dare manipulate me like these bunch of fools.”
”Hey…”
”We are not that…”
”We… you… this…”
The little complaints dimmed pretty fast when they understood that it was silly how they become so addicted to something they didn't even like that much. Yes, the fruit tarts were amazing, the taste was fantastic, and deserved all the praises, but to reach those levels, only a crazy girl like the Princess could become an addict.
”I will apologize, mom…
My dear friends, teachers, fellas in sufferings and desperation. I… I apologize for leading your path to that of simple instincts. I freed without my intention, you natural instincts, the most basics of them.