Ziu was shocked when he heard her. "Trap a werewolf? That wasn't there at all! It was to trap a neotide! An explanation about what a neotide is was given beneath the notice!"

"I don't know Professor Ziu, but as a professor, you should know better!" said Adrianna, extremely furious at him because he was the one currently representing all the teacher's.

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"Okay, calm down Adrianna. I will look into this matter. For now, you should go to your next class," he said. Instead of accompanying her, went somewhere else.

Liam was shocked when he heard about the competition details; it was just too repulsive. "Should we inform the packs?" he asked Adrianna.

"No. Not now," she answered.

Adrianna didn't know how to deal with the situation. How could these people be so heartless? If they were going to be so ruthless, she would not let them go! She gritted her teeth and followed the alleys to her next class. Although it was a different room, she was pleasantly surprised to see Professor Gregory.

"Good morning Professor!" she greeted with a huge smile.

"Call me Grandfather!" he replied rather seriously.

"Haha. Then I have to call you great-grandfather!" she replied, breaking into laughter.

"I am not so aged!" gritted Gregory.

"You are not only aged, but you are also dead!" Liam butted in.

Professor Gregory was so annoyed that he swished his wand at Liam and converted him into a bunny rabbit.

Adrianna burst out laughing. She picked up the bunny and patted him on the head. "So cute! Liam please stay as my bunny for some time."

Liam flapped his ears in protest, but Adrianna only cuddled it more. Liam was thankful that Dmitri wasn't there, or else Dmitri would have wrung his neck then and there and he would have died as a bunny instead of a werewolf. However, there was one thing he couldn't deny: being patted and scratched on the lower side of his neck as a bunny was really comforting and he would even encourage it if Fleur were to do it.

Adrianna was smiling when she placed her bunny on the ground and turned to Professor Gregory to ask, "I thought you wouldn't be able to leave that room. How are you here? If Ilsa sees you, she might come up with another order to bind you. I think she has an inkling about your existence…"

Gregory smiled and replied, "You do realize that I am a ghost and can come and go out of any place at my own will; it's not as though I am trapped in that room. Also, if Ilsa does know about me, it doesn't matter, because she won't be able to find out anything. I am way smarter than her." Gregory started laughing in a sinister way, making Adrianna a little scared.

"Some relatives I have..." thought Adrianna.

Gregory changed the topic and gave her the first instruction regarding the death spell, thus starting the lesson. "Take out your wand."

Adrianna took her wand out.

"Point it towards the earth and close your eyes. Imagine the worst scenario of hell that you could ever think of and whisper, 'Orlcus…'"

"It should sound like Aw- rl- cuss. Place an emphasis on the second half of the word."

"What will that do?" asked Adrianna, scared that it was the actual death spell.

"It will open up a window to the gates of death where you will be sending the chosen living creature to. Once you have cast the spell correctly, we will proceed to the next step."

Adrianna exhaled and closed her eyes. She whispered, "Orcussss". She couldn't feel nor hear anything happening. The room was so silent that you could hear a pin drop. She thought that she had opened the gates and perhaps passed through it. She opened her eyes and saw that nothing had happened. Embarrassed at her failed attempt, she turned around to see Professor Gregory's reaction.

Professor Gregory was sitting in the far corner of the room and feeding a carrot to the bunny which was perched on Gregory's lap with his belly exposed.

She pursed her lips and said, "Grandfather! Was the spell okay?"

He replied without looking at her. "No, I have yet to see a worse attempt." He stroked the bunny's belly and continued, "It should take at least a day for you to learn that spell. Continue your efforts…"

Seeing how casually he was talking about it, she lowered her head. For the rest of the afternoon, she continued with her efforts.

Ziu arrived after a long time and joined Professor Gregory. They started talking in whispers, which broke Adrianna's concentration.

Sensing the break in concentration, Ziu moved closer to Adrianna and asked, "Why can't you do it?

"I don't know…"

"Show me how you are doing it."

Adrianna closed her eyes again, pointed her wand to the ground, and said, "Orcusss."

"Stop!" shouted Ziu. "It is not ''Orcuss', it is 'Orlcuss'. There is a difference!"

Adrianna's mouth opened. She had wasted the afternoon in trying to learn the spell despite using the wrong name!