Callista circulated her gaze around. Unlike the students who immediately said many sarcastic words, the secretary immediately went about her duties as soon as she saw her raise her hand.
"Huh? That cripple wants to play the village girl?"
"A handicapped girl is the lead of the drama? How can she move so much."
"Already, this drama will be ruined!"
"That's bad, our class will be trampled by other classes."
Callista immediately lowered her head, staring at her fingers that were playing with the hem of her skirt. She didn't want this role either, she just hoped to be one of the organizing team working behind the scenes. But this lottery was drawn randomly, not because of her wishes, she was not wrong here!
The class president who had been staring at Callista's face, now turned to look at the teacher, raising her right hand.
"Ma'am, I would like to give my opinion. What if the scenario of this drama is slightly changed? From an ordinary village girl to a village girl who was paralyzed because she rescued the prince. So, the village girl has a sacrifice that the nobles cannot deny."
Ms. Sisil nodded her head. The opinion of the class president was not bad, it just made the play more interesting.
"I accept your opinion. Take good note of the additions made by your class leader, the drama script drafting team."
The six students who felt they were called, nodded their heads in response. I don't know when the seating of her students had changed. Mrs. Sisil was confused because she didn't realize that from earlier, the drafting team had gathered, the costume team, and also the others.
Caca et al, who had been expressing their disagreement about Callista being the lead, were now very upset. Moreover, their class leader gave Callista a smooth path.
"You see, the prince must be Jeki," Caca said, rolling her eyes in disgust. The student with a fat body with chubby cheeks then turned his head, and soon he threw a smile at Caca. Caca who saw it was immediately horrified.
"I agree. It must be Jeki's prince," added Vani, a girl with wavy hair whose seat was right in front of the one Caca was sitting on.
"I'm sure they'll get along well," added Hina, who was sitting next to Vani. After saying that, the three of them immediately made a small chuckle.
Mrs. Sisil looked at Caca et al who were sitting in the back corner, as usual, her three students, if they didn't bother the others, couldn't even do it for one day. Not wanting to look at the three students who often made her blood pressure rise, Mrs. Sisil looked back at the blackboard.
"Who gets the role of the prince?"
A burly arm with muscles that tried to fill the sleeves of his uniform, raised his hand high. The long and delicate fingers of a man with a flat gaze. But that expression immediately changed drastically when Callista noticed him, the man immediately gave a sweet smile.
"Aric's princely role! The paper fell into the right hands!" Mrs. Sisil was excited.
Caca's jaw dropped to the floor. They were bewildered by the situation that they had not expected. How could their prince be Callista's prince?
***
The sound of the bell was very loud. The students, who had been complaining about their empty stomachs, immediately got up and ran out of the classroom. It would be better for them to arrive at the cafeteria first because even a few minutes after the bell, the cafeteria that was already full of a sea of people would make them wait a long time. The queue at the cafeteria was like a train.
Of course, that didn't apply to those who had parents who were school donors. A girl with her hair rolled up in a ponytail stepped onto someone's bench. Both her palms were raised upwards with her feet trying not to make a sound.
After counting down to three, Chennie immediately patted Callista's body lightly with her loud voice.
"Bang!"
One of Chennie's eyebrows rose at the lack of response from Callista. The girl with the flowing black mane was still in place. She rested her head on her two folded arms calmly.
Rheana, Brian, and Aric who had been near Chennie and Callista, were puzzled by the expression on Chennie's face. Chennie paid no heed to the questioning looks that her friends were making. With restless movements, her two hands that touched Callista's body shook her slightly.
"Illis, wake up! The recess bell has rung."
There was still no response. That made Rheana, Brian, and Aric who had been watching anxious.
Chennie shook Callista's back again. "Illis, let's go to the cafeteria!"
There was no response.
Rheana hurriedly took a step beside Callista. With slow movements, her hands tilted Callista's face and brushed the soft hair back. They were shocked to see Callista's pale face.
Without any sound of movement, Aric was suddenly beside Rheana. With a gentle movement, Aric took Callista into his arms. He lightly patted Callista's cheek, but just as his palm settled on Callista's cheek, he was immediately surprised. He pressed the back of his hand against Callista's forehead. This girl was running a high fever.
"Illis has a fever. We should take Callista to the infirmary."
Rheana, Chennie, and Brian nodded in agreement with Aric's proposal. With wide strides, they followed Aric who had walked first. Along the hallway they passed, many pairs of eyes were watching. Many of them took pictures of Aric hurriedly walking with Callista in his arms. Surely the news would fill the school's social media groups. They were gathering new fodder for conversation.
Brian's forehead furrowed in annoyance that they couldn't run during recess like this time, every hallway was of course filled with students. He even raised his voice to tell them to get out of the way.
A loud thud filled the eardrums. The twin doors of the infirmary opened completely thanks to Aric's kick. The two students who were on duty at the School Medical Room were stunned. Spontaneously, they rose to their feet to see Aric and his friends. This was the first time they had seen Aric et al set foot in the School Medical Room.