"If that was the case, you would have killed me already. Isn't that right, Sister?" Elias didn't step back, even when the girl right before him, looking deep in his eyes.
Her words were frightening, but there was no murderous intent in her eyes. Moreover, he had maintained the false persona of a weak junior that didn't have any backing in the Academy.
If she wanted to kill him, then she didn't really need to scheme against him. She would have attacked him right away, the moment he appeared.
He didn't trust the girl, but he trusted his own observation. It made him certain that the girl didn't want to kill him, at least not yet.
"Hah, are you sure that I don't just like to play around with my prey before I hunt them?" the girl asked, bringing the rose closer to Elias's cheeks.
Elias didn't feel as much of a danger from the woman, as he did from the bloody rose which made him subconsciously take a step back.
