The Second Life's

XXIX - New Partners

For about a quarter of a day, Felice spent just sitting and listening to songs in her class without doing any excessive activity. The little girl only changed her sitting position for a certain period of time to prevent stiffness in her body muscles.

During this period of time, Feline had already returned to the classroom to look for her brother several times. The cheerful little girl brought various news that she found interesting and bought some snacks for her brother. Feline deliberately wanted to captivate her sister with an interesting story that was somewhat exaggerated by her in some places, but unfortunately Felice was not affected and still maintained her desire to relax in class.

Seeing the determination of the brother's heart or rather maybe Felice's laziness that suddenly surged, Feline felt very helpless. He really did not understand the laziness of his brother who suddenly. Actually he was very curious about the song heard by his brother, what song makes his beloved sister feel at home nesting in one place without moving like a lazy caterpillar?

Feline asked her curiosity, but the response she got was a bit confusing. The older brother who was closing his eyes and had a lazy appearance suddenly opened the pair of eyes and looked at him with a pair of eyes that Feline thought was somewhat uncomfortable.

But in the next second Felice opened a light smile and ruffled her sister's hair.

"A kind of boring song that's gonna make you not want to listen to it after ten seconds."

Felice's playful behavior and answers, making his sister immediately forget the emotions of the new awkwardness. Feline pursed her tiny lips and raised her two little hands to tidy up her slightly messy hair by her brother's naughty hands.

Finally, after leaving behind a few extra snacks, Feline left the class again with a sullen face that made Felice not stop smiling.

Felice took a packet of chips from the table and her gaze was fixed on the clock attached to the classroom.

It's 2 o'clock.

Felice turned off the song she played and removed her headset before stretching her somewhat stiff neck. A shadow of a young man flashed across Felice's mind. It's a bit strange, should Vendry have gone into class to check the attendance.

Her homeroom teacher didn't get in in the morning, so Felice thought that Vendry would come in after the afternoon break. But the bell had rang and the break had also passed for about two hours, but the homeroom was not even visible?

This is unusual.

And if from the message delivered by Gracia and Derrick in the morning, he should have been looking for Vendry to discuss the topic of the new match invitation to his ear. Then should Vendry be in his office now?

Doubt crossed Felice's mind. The little girl kept her things and took a plastic snack that her sister had bought. Because Vendry had not seen his nose all day, then he had gone to find his teacher.

As for the snacks he brought, perhaps he could offer some to his teacher for the advancement of a pleasant discussion later. Yes, more precisely it might be said to be a bribe...

The childish thoughts flashed through Felice's cerebellum and an amused feeling flashed through the little girl's mind. Ever since he became a child, his mind went back and became less reasonable like this. This bad habit has to be changed.

Felice took the registration paper in one hand and the plastic contained the snack in the other hand while humming lightly. A few friends who knew him stopped and greeted Felice. When Felice nodded in response and smiled slightly, her friends were somewhat astonished by the little girl's sparse behavior. It's not usually Felice has that kind of mood.

After a while, Felice arrived at Vendry's office. The little girl knocked on the door, but there was no response from within. Felice frowned, she waited for a while before turning the algae door and going inside.

The frown between Felice's brows had already stretched a little, but confusion still flashed across both of his black pupils as he saw that the office was empty.

Vendry didn't get into his office today.

The Vendry table does not have the usual hot water thermos always put the man in the same place, the date on the calendar is not marked as the man always does, he said, the pen on the small shelf on the table is still neatly arranged without a single one being reduced and it is clearly not in accordance with the custom of Vendry who always carries one pen on him wherever he goes before putting it back on the shelf when going home.

There are still other details such as a small pot located near the door is still very dry which means Vendry has not watered the plant. From what Felice knows, Vendry will always water the pot of plants at 12 noon, precisely during the day break. This was a habit that the man had always maintained after Felice saw it for himself on several occasions.

And most importantly, the air circulation in the room was a little more stuffy and the temperature was also hotter than usual. He thought almost everyone who knew Vendry would know that the man's office always felt cool with the AC that remained open with a comfortable temperature even though he was not in the office. This is a pretty wasteful action, but Vendry who is famous for being very disciplined is always practicing his bad habits. So Vendry should be the type of person who can't stand hot temperatures.

From the moment Felice opened the door, the stuffy air and the slightly higher than usual temperature had told Felice that her homeroom teacher had not entered her office today. Small details that appear also tell Felice that the initial allegations are not wrong.

So Vendry didn't come today?

Butwhy?

That conclusion left Felice wondering what the reason was. You see, Vendry is so disciplined that he is sometimes quite a perfectionist. That person would always fulfill his principles without any word of omission on his dictionary. That's why it's impossible for Vendry not to go to work just because he is lazy and does not want to come.

Amidst the rush of his thoughts, the voice of the woman Felice knew entered his ears.

"Felice what are you doing here? Today Mr. Vendry did not go to work, son," said Ella who appeared near the stairs and walked to Felice's place.

Felice turned around and saw Ella's smiling face, she nodded slightly and greeted the principal, "Good day, Mom. I'm looking for Mr. Vendry because I want to discuss the invitation to the match that I just received from another teacher this morning."

Ella smiled and nodded as a gesture of understanding while closing the door after Felice walked out of the office with the door still open.

"Maybe tomorrow or maybe the day after tomorrow, son. Mr. Vendry is not well, so he's been licensed for some time" Ella said.

Felice looked seriously at the headmaster, a slight ripple of shock trembling in Felice's mind.

Vendry's sick?

That was an excuse not anticipated by Felice. The man was obviously still fine last night, why did this day suddenly hurt? Moreover, Vendry does not seem to be an easy person to get sick, so where did the source of the disease infect him?

Felice nodded and thanked Ella for the information given to her before turning around and leaving the place.

Ella's smiling face was still unchanged, but when Felice turned around, the pair of smiling eyes revealed a glint of vague emotions that Felice was unaware of.

After Felice's back disappeared from her sight, Ella's friendly face drifted slowly and turned into an expressionless face that did not match her self-image. Ella turned her gaze to Vendry's office and turned the door algae to open the door before entering and the door closed with a soft 'clack' sound.

Around the room that had no pedestrians, no one was aware of the peculiarity of their principal's behavior.