Chapter 64: Chapter 57

Julia

 

The days passed very quietly. Marko and Leopold had to help in the kitchen. They said in the evening that the food was brought to the students' rooms and that they had to help. Some of the students had been rude and Julia wished she could tell these students her opinion. She herself used the days to read. Just like Finn, who read whenever he had nothing to do. They lay together on Juliet's bed and looked through her books. Finn snuggled up to her. Sophie knitted when she wasn't taking care of the household, with Finn helping her.

Julia had tried to magically see how her friends were doing, but not much had come of it. Instead of her friends, she had seen a teacher give a student's test a bad grade and make a note about notifying the student's parents of his worsening grades.

Marko said on the second day that he had seen several healers in the building. Later, when there was a knock on the door, Leopold opened the door to one. They had already expected the visit.

The healer was an elderly lady who stopped at the door and inquired if there were sick people in the apartment. Whether someone had a high fever or spots. But they were all healthy. When Leopold told her that they had been through the illness some time ago, the healer left again, as there was nothing for her to do here. The next morning, a new note hung on the apartment door with the information that healers extended the quarantine by two days. In addition, the letter stated that two students and a teacher had died of the disease.

Julia observed in the morning how darkly dressed gentlemen carried three coffins from the academy. The image shocked her. Her brother Felix had said that the disease was very aggressive and that help sometimes came too late. The healers of the country were not always fast enough with those affected and some were also ill themselves.

Where the disease came from was still unclear.

The days flew by and after about a week, classes started again.

Julia was a little queasy when she went to her classroom on Monday. Her classmates were unnaturally quiet and Julia was very upset that two were missing. Elias, the seer. Julia had talked to him a lot at the beginning of the magic class, as they were the only seers in the class. Pia was also nowhere to be seen.

Helga and Philip talked quietly. Marie came over to Julia.

"How was the ball?", she wanted to know.

"Eventful. Where is Pia? And Elijah?"

"I don't know. I'm worried. I hope nothing happened to them. The healers came very late... Apparently, many were ill. On Saturday morning, the first case of illness occurred and in the evening many were sick. It caught me on Sunday. It was really scary. You stayed healthy?"

"I had been infected before. One of my servants was ill... So yes. I am good. My servants too."

When her class teacher entered the classroom, Marie went back to her seat. Her teacher made a sad impression. Julia looked at Helga, who shrugged her shoulders.

"Good morning, class", he said. "As you may have noticed, two of your classmates are missing. Pia is still ill. She will probably join us again tomorrow. Your classmate Elias, unfortunately, died of the disease. Just like your fencing instructor. Therefore, the fencing lessons will be canceled for the time being until we have found a new teacher. Tomorrow morning we will hold a farewell party for the deceased in the dining room. Unfortunately, a student from the final classes also passed away." He sighed. "Fortunately, we do not have more deaths to mourn, as tragic as it is."

The rest of the day was very quiet. Elijah's friends grieved and were excused from class. The whole class was in shock. No one expected to lose a classmate.

The teachers did not give them any homework that day, and in magic class, Julia could not concentrate and therefore did not complete any of the tasks assigned to her. Her tutor, therefore, ended the lessons for her early.

The next morning, all the students gathered in the dining hall to mourn the deceased. Some students cried. But most were relieved to have survived the disease themselves or to have been spared from it.

After about an hour, they returned to class and the day took its usual course. Instead of fencing lessons, they had an hour for self-study, in which Julia played catch outside with her friends instead of studying. Pia was back and proved to be very good at the game.

In the evening, Marie came to Julia because they wanted to do homework together. But they hardly got to it, because Marko always disturbed them to throw pillows at them, until a pillow fight broke loose, which Leopold also joined. Finn helped Sophie cook dinner. After dinner, Marie left without their homework being done.

In the meantime, Julia no longer felt like doing her homework and left it alone. Instead, she played cards with Marko, leaning on Leopold, who was reading a book. Finn knitted a jacket and snuggled up to the other wolf.

Julia read some pages of one of her books inside her bed and finally fell asleep with the book in her arms.

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A dragon flying across the sky. A small tent village in the steppe, in front of a river that runs through the dry grass. Thin trees and bushes. Centaurs who visit the village. A forest bordering the moors of the vampires. Leopold, sits in one of the tents and smiles at Julia. Peter walking next to a young man. The man has the eyes of a lizard. A dragon.

A village in the forest. Fire. The angry face of the queen.

 

Leopold

 

The potion steamed and hissed softly. A sign that it was almost finished and the herbs were about to unfold their full effect. He smiled. Only a few weeks left.

Time had passed quickly.

Marko snored softly and spoke in his sleep. "No, I didn't dig the pit... The biscuit's name is Friedhelm!"

Leopold grinned.  That's what is the wolf dreaming about?

Finn blinked and then opened his eyes. He rolled up to Leopold and looked at him frowning. His duvet was at the foot of the bed. Finn had slept very restlessly. "What are you doing?", he asked, yawning.

"Nothing." Leopold quickly put the potion back and put away the clothes in front of it again. "I just cleaned up my closet." Restlessly, he closed the closet. Had he woken him?

"In the middle of the night? And what kind of mug was that?"

"Nothing special. Medicine. For elves. For headaches." He hoped that the answer would be enough.

"You have a headache? I'm sorry!" Finn rolled back under his covers. "Get well soon."

"Thank you." He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't call me Monika!" Marko waved his arms in his sleep and hit something. "I didn't eat your bugs. I don't like bugs!"

Leopold laughed softly and crawled under his covers. It was time for him to move on to step two of his plan and for that, he had to go to the city. Since he couldn't send letters, this part was a bit more difficult, but he would find a solution.

And what should he do with the two wolves?

He had to get them to help him, otherwise, the whole plan could fail. Or was there another solution?

He wanted to talk to the elf at the pharmacy, so he needed a reason to drive into town. Maybe he could send a letter to his home village? But how?

The new laws made his project much more difficult, but he did not let that stop him.

"Why does the princess climb a mountain of cakes... Caution! There's a ship!" Marko rolled to the other side. "... Finn."

With an amused smile, Leopold fell asleep.

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