Chapter 256 - Sneaking Out (1) (2/2)

If only she could get rid of that name…

Then, she heard a soft thud and trying to find its origin, she looked out the window.

She saw a beautiful fluttering blue butterfly that seemed to have taken a liking of her window.

Well, hello there…

She smiled slightly as she adored the beauty of such a rare butterfly. It was as big as her palm and seemed to have a halo of a pale blue light around it. It must be from its magic particles.

Then, with its huge wings, it hit the glass window again. And while Ingrid was mesmerized by its strange behavior, she failed to notice that the rain began to let up.

And when the butterfly began to flutter away, she finally noticed the rain had stopped. With the dark clouds soon clearing up, she could now see the orange traces of the sunset that seemed to have just ended.

She suddenly felt immensely better as she hurriedly donned her armor.

She was bored beyond relief being trapped in her room. She needed some sort of fresh air from the stuffy smell of blood and sweat in her room. And although she knew that being in public during her Blood Week was socially unacceptable, she really couldn't stand being in her room anymore.

Besides, Solomon, upon knowing about her predicament, gave her underwear that he magically enhanced so that it could absorb more liquid than usual. And she never had any leakage problem with it so she's pretty confident that she could get away with sneaking around for a few minutes without her magical blood seeping out.

And plus, she can just go someplace with little to no people. That way, no one would get affected by her blood mixed with magical particles in the air. And even if there were people, since her magic isn't really that developed, it wouldn't affect them much because her magical particles wouldn't be as potent.

And after fully convincing herself that sneaking out was acceptable, she armed herself with two daggers for protection as she gingerly opened her door.

She looked left and right, checking whether Granny Zai was planning to visit her room. When she saw that the coast was clear, she unknowingly let out a grin as she dashed towards the direction of the exit.

Thankfully, she was able to convince Granny Zai before to describe the layout of the manor in the guise of her wanting to tour around the manor.

It was probably only possible because Granny Zai felt bad that she wasn't able to go around the Academy, hence they made do with the manor instead.

Seeing the doors that lead to the outside, Ingrid stealthily dashed towards it. She opened the door as quietly as possible, trying to see if the guards were anywhere near.

When she saw that no one was around, she slowly slipped out of the door and softly closed it without making a sound.