Chapter 108: American Bullying, Confirmed Identity, Flowers and Leaves

“Hey, Maria, wanna try this?”

A girl with wavy hair, looking sensual and mature, offered a cigarette and raised an eyebrow.

Maria, sitting in the school gym watching figure skating, froze, looking up at the woman before her.

This was the first classmate to approach her voluntarily.

Due to her personality, she never made friends like the others, and over time, she became invisible in class.

What about Madison?

She had problems too—no friends in class, and her temper had made her enemies.

So seeing a classmate come to her now, Maria felt both strange and excited.

As for the cigarette?

She’d never smoked, but she didn’t mind trying.

She stood up quickly, took the cigarette, “Thank you.”

With the cigarette as an icebreaker, the two sat together, “I’m Lily, a figure skater here. What’s your name?”

“I’m Maria.”

They became friends. Well, maybe.

……

At this moment.

Madison happened to be heading to the girls’ bathroom when something happened.

Thud!

A bucket of water poured down from above, drenching everything.

Anyone underneath would’ve been soaked to the bone.

Luckily, Madison reacted fast and stepped back, but some water splashed onto her skirt.

“Hahaha!”

“Too bad, too bad, missed!”

“You pig, don’t wanna shower? You stink!”

Three or four girls stepped out of the stalls, laughing loudly at Madison.

“Bitch! You’re asking for it!”

Madison clenched her teeth and charged forward to fight.

For her, damn it all to hell with restraint—disagree? Fight!

The fight was brutal—hair-pulling, clothes-tearing, biting… anything went.

But two fists couldn’t hold off four hands. Madison lost, cornered by the four, yet still defiant, refusing to back down.

“Pah!”

She spat directly into one girl’s face.

“Aaaah!!”

After the scream, more punches and kicks followed.

Just then, Maria arrived with Lily, saw the scene, dropped the unlit cigarette in shock, then rushed over to help.

Seeing newcomers—especially someone who looked like a school skater—the four girls immediately retreated. After one last kick, they shoved Maria aside and bolted out the door.

“You okay?”

Lily reached out, pulled Maria up from the floor, then glanced at Madison, who had risen from the ground, and blinked, “Who’s this…?”

“Madison…” Maria moved to go to her.

But suddenly—

“Leave me alone!”

Madison covered her face and ran out the side exit.

“Madison! Madison!”

Maria called after her, but Madison ran faster—perhaps not wanting Maria to see her in such a state.

“Well, guess we came at a bad time. Want to get a drink?”

Maria shook her head, “No, I have to find Madison.”

“Ah, I bet she doesn’t want to see you right now. Come with me—I’ll teach you how to skate.” Lily smiled, but gripped Maria’s shoulder firmly and pulled her toward the gym.

Maria couldn’t resist; she was dragged to the gym.

The next day, Madison saw her missing backpack and exploded again.

Meanwhile, Maria had already been dragged back to the gym, introduced by Lily to others.

In class, watching the brawl, Louis frowned. Annoying. The Paranormal Club was better—quiet.

Emma glanced at Louis’s frown, raised an eyebrow, stood, and walked over. She tapped a bystander, smiled faintly—the man immediately stepped aside, almost flattered.

Emma moved through without obstruction, grabbed a girl’s hair, and yanked her up.

“Aaaah!!”

Seeing Emma, most fell silent.

Emma bent down to look at the girl. “Finding it fun to bully classmates? This is a classroom. I don’t want to hear this noise again.”

“Otherwise…”

Emma glanced around the class. The next second—

Half the girls, who had aligned themselves with Emma, began speaking up: “Yeah, if the teacher sees this, it’ll be trouble.”

“My desk is ruined, bitch.”

“These bitches are so annoying, always causing chaos.”

“Look at her makeup—ugly. And she bullies others? Maybe she should fix herself first…”

“…”

The chatter made the four girls turn pale and step back.

Few can ignore collective voices—especially when they converge like everyone’s targeting you. Now, they felt psychological pressure.

Madison, hiding in the corner with a book shielding her, stared in shock. She didn’t understand—why had the situation changed so fast?

Just because of Emma’s two sentences?

Regardless, this was the perfect chance to strike back.

Madison’s eyes glinted with malice; she gripped the book tightly, ready to attack—but then Emma looked at her. Calm. But Madison felt unease.

Her grip on the book loosened.

“Alright, everyone, disperse.”

Emma’s words made the girls scatter. Those aligned with her gathered near her, chatting. The four girls slunk back to their seats.

The boys, seeing no more entertainment, also drifted away.

Louis, watching the whole thing, wasn’t surprised. With Emma’s disguise and intellect, this was simple—just rally the so-called classmates first.

There was no Yulencar here to outmatch her—Emma could do as she pleased.

But this Madison… she seems kind of dumb. And her temper’s awful. If she were one of the horror movie characters I know, she’d probably be first to die.

Wait—dumb, bad temper… I think I know who she is. But isn’t her body type way off?

Louis frowned slightly.

Digging through his memories, the only female horror character named Madison was from The Coven.

But that Madison was a Hollywood actress. This one’s still in high school, no witchy powers visible.

Maybe it’s because she’s too young? Not awakened yet?

“The Coven…”

It exists in this world. So this familiar, underdeveloped, stupid Madison might indeed be the future, bitchy Madison.

Louis tentatively confirmed Madison’s identity.

He immediately thought—he needed to collect her blood and hair.

Salem-line witches are extremely powerful—resurrecting people is like child’s play. They control fire, teleport, read minds, use telekinesis, divination… more like innate talents than magic.

Among all witches, they rank among the top.

Now, an unawakened Salem witch stands before me. Not taking some blood to study? Unthinkable.

If her blood holds special power, it could become another valuable material!

The occult broke out in excitement.

As for an excuse…

Soon, the school health check came. With money, Louis easily obtained Madison’s blood sample.

……

In the following days, Louis ran experiments with Madison’s blood.

Testing whether it could be added to a corpse venom, whether it would change, or whether it could serve as a spiritual material.

At school, Lily finally revealed her true intent.

Every day, she forcibly dragged Maria along under the guise of friendship, taking her everywhere—but during meals or play, Maria was deliberately ignored.

As if she were merely a decorative accessory, used to highlight Lily’s elegance, maturity, and social skill by contrast.

I have to say, Maria is undoubtedly the perfect supporting role she specifically sought out.

Though beautiful, her reclusive aura and personality ruined everything—becoming her “friend” meant she could be treated as a servant, too timid to resist, completely at Lily’s mercy.

Now, with this leaf, my flower looks even more beautiful~

Ice rink.

Lily handed the half-smoked cigarette to Maria, then stepped gracefully onto the ice rink and kissed a man standing in the center.

He was her boyfriend, Xiao En.

A member of the school ice hockey team.

Maria stared blankly, the half-smoked cigarette in her hand seemingly telling her her place in Lily’s heart.

In fact, the events of these past two days had already made her clear why Lily had approached her.

Unfortunately, she had not made a true friend—she had merely met someone who saw her as weak, easy to bully, and pretty enough to serve as a green leaf for a “flower.”

Soon, the two performed a routine, then walked ahead laughing and chatting with their companions, while Maria trailed behind, step by step, like an invisible person.

She wanted to go back to Madison.

Coincidentally, Madison was thinking of her right now.

Looking at Maria’s empty desk, Madison felt a pang of regret—perhaps she shouldn’t have run off that day. But she also resented Maria: why had she just been dragged away after class? Now that she had new friends, she’d forgotten me…

Ah, forget it. Let’s focus first on how to get revenge on them.

Madison glared fiercely at the four people nearby, weighing her options: she couldn’t learn Emma’s methods, and she feared the man beside Emma.

Perhaps she could join the student council to deal with them.

She didn’t know about other high schools, but at Lakeview High, she had already investigated: the student council held considerable power, especially its representative, Kristina, who was said to be highly skilled—many school bullies had been punished by her.

One might even say, she was the school’s biggest bully!

So, if she joined the student council, she wouldn’t have to fear being bullied anymore—she could even turn around and get revenge on these bastards!

Decided. I’m joining the student council!

(End of Chapter)