35 Entering the Administrative Building (2/2)

”Please follow me and don't enter doors that are closed or have signs that say do not enter. As there have been experiences that have caused guests lots of shock, so please abide by these rules.”

Penelope then started to walk up the stairs, her hand on the wooden bannister. Kai followed while trying to find out exactly what she was and at the same time looking at the many paintings that adorned the walls around the staircase. He first tried to hear if she had a heartbeat, after a few moments Kai discovered that while it was faint she indeed had a heartbeat. In addition, she had a blood flowing through her veins.

Kai tried to use his sense of smell to find out what kind of creature she was but only found out that she had the smell of a mixture of fur and roses. As a result, he wasn't sure what she was and instead focused on the paintings.

Kai started to look at the paintings and a few caught his eyes. One such painting was depicting a small cottage in a field with sunlight pouring onto it. And while most people wouldn't notice, he could see that the field was very similar in shape to the school grounds they were on right now. There were many other paintings that depicted scenery and only one other caught his eye.

It was a painting that seemed to tell a story, showing a castle not incredibly large but instead gave off a quiet and lonely feeling. It was painted with the land in front of the castle having the same field from the first painting with the cottage.

However, this time it wasn't painted at day with sunlight, but instead painted at night with many monstrous shadows symbolizing darkness or pain. At least that's what Kai assumed they meant.

Kai asked Penelope ”Excuse me do you happen to know who painted these paintings?” She stopped and turned around looking directly at Kai with a sharp gaze. ”Which paintings are you referring to sir?”

Kai pointed at the cottage and castle and told her ”the castle and the cottage miss.” ”Well the academy doesn't know who painted these paintings when we bought it at an art gallery.” ”Is that so” Kai mused.

”Then can I buy them, I would be willing to pay as much as I need to get them, so can you name a price? Also, don't say that you don't have any authority here, because if you didn't you wouldn't walk in such a proud way so once again name your price.”

Penelope's gaze turned from a sharp gaze to a cold gaze, however, at that instant, she revealed a sliver of killing intent that was directed at Kai. Penelope quickly hid it, however, both Kai and Bob were extremely sensitive to killing intent and detected it the moment that it was released.

Bob who was lying on Kai's shoulders opened his eyes and looked coldly at Penelope before sensing that nothing was going to happen closed his eyes. She sensed her slip- up but couldn't do anything about it and hoped that they didn't sense her killing intent. At that moment the atmosphere was incredibly tense.

In the end, she said in a cold voice ”You can't buy it as the paintings are not for sale.” Afterwards, she turned around and continued up the stairs without looking back. The rest of the way to the director's office was silent and awkward.