Chapter 50 Entrance Ceremony 3 (1/2)
”It's not what you thi--”
Before Inna can explain herself, the surrounding students burst into an uproar.
”IT'S HIM! HE DID IT!”
”IT WASN'T ME! IT WAS HER!”
”WHY ARE YOU PASSING IT TO ME?! IT'S OBVIOUSLY YOU!”
”NO IT'S NOT! I'M SURE IT WAS YOU!”
The man near Inna tried holding back his laughter.
He then swiftly covered Inna's mouth and pulled her away from the boisterous crowd.
He went to a safe spot before the place was covered with a stinky smell.
A few seconds after, similar resounding sounds were heard throughout.
”Prrrrt!”
”Pshhhhhft!”
”Prrrrappppp!”
”Prrrrrrrrrrrrft!”
And in just a second, the whole crowd started fighting amongst each other as the stink became unbearable.
”IT WAS YOU!”
”NO! IT WASN'T ME! IT WAS HIM!”
”I DIDN'T DO IT! MAYBE IT WAS HER!”
The noise mostly consisted of students screaming for their innocence and blaming someone else. It got so noisy that the ringing of the hourly bell was almost indiscernible.
Soon, an old man can be seen to be floating towards the podium. He wore light metal armor above his white robe and had a full set of white hair on his head. He crossed his arms as his icy grey eyes focused on the pandemonium below. He looked at the students that were almost ready to go on an all-out brawl and frowned deeply in disapproval.
”WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!”
The old man bellowed. His voice was so loud that it reached Inna who was now at the very edge of the crowd near the gates, along with the man.
The students, upon hearing the authoritative voice, immediately quieted down. The stinky smell also already dissipated so they were able to calm down faster.
After a few calming moments, they all simultaneously greeted the old man.
”Greetings to Grand Elder Fang!”
Meanwhile, the man still held on a struggling Inna as he tried to coax her into keeping quiet.
”What just happened?”
Inna whispered as she wrenched the hand on her mouth away. Then, she looked blankly at the students present, wondering what truly caused the incident.
”I did warn you not to go there.” The man snickered lightly before he finally can't take it and went on a full blown laughing fit.
His laughter held a great contrast to the silence of crowd so Elder Fang raised an eyebrow at him.
”Young man, what is so funny?”
The man, noticing the unneeded attention, quickly sobered up. But the laughter in his eyes still didn't die down.
He bowed slightly and cupped his hands in front of him.
”Nothing, Grand Elder Fang. It is just laughable that all this commotion was caused by natural phenomena.”
”What do you mean by 'natural phenomena'?”
The man was about to answer when suddenly another student spoke.
”IT WAS BRIAN! HE WAS THE ONE WHO FARTED!”
”WHAT?! IT WASN'T ME! I HEARD IT NEAR MAURICE!”