"Yeah! That's right... She looks a bit familiar... Ah! All beautiful women look familiar because they're just so beautiful."
When Shalma Hughes saw that the three girls she had encountered outside were sitting diagonally to her left, she slowly revealed a faint smile. It was polite but unapproachable, hiding a clear sense of distance within the curve of her lips.
Right at that moment, the lights in the lecture hall went out, plunging the massive room into a dim hush.
As her gaze settled on the front of the hall, she noticed an incredibly elegant middle-aged woman already seated on the stage. Shalma didn't recognize her, but she figured the woman must be a top administrator at Capital University—likely someone who had taken office after she had graduated.
