Leonard curled up his body, feeling the eyes waiting for something entertaining to happen. Among them, one gaze, full of satisfaction and malice, came from the podium.
Lifting his eyes beneath his slightly long hair, Leonard saw the teacher standing on the podium looking at him. Her smile curved up to her ears, and from her mouth spilled countless tentacles that writhed incessantly.
Her mouth grew wider and wider, until it swallowed her entire head, making it seem as though her head was nothing but a gaping maw with tentacles wriggling like a mass of giant worms.
Yet no one else seemed to notice. A striking, alluring woman stood on the podium, her hand pressed to her chest as she spoke with a charming smile: "I am Liora, pleased to meet you."
She let out a seductive, bewitching smile, and the students below enthusiastically clapped, chattering nonstop about her beauty.
