"MOVE!!!"
The loud shout broke through the stadium, shattering the tense silence just as Professor Helene's hand started to drop.
Every head in the crowd turned toward the source of the noise. Thousands of eyes moved away from the arena and locked onto the main entrance balcony.
Running through the crowd, pushing past surprised students to get to the front railings, was a tall elf. His silver hair flew wild as he jumped down steps two at a time, entirely unbothered by the hundreds of furious glares he was drawing.
Princess Cordelia and Julia hurried into the light of the stadium. Both of their faces were bright red, burning with pure embarrassment as they tried to pretend they didn't know the lunatic shouting at the top of his lungs.
...And walking right behind the two girls was a white-haired boy.
