❝ Udalendra paandam, udainthuvidum
Katharum manamae, Kavalura vendam.❞

iii. gamble: amusing fear

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Gambling, what is anyone going to gain from it? Nothing. Everybody knows that giving themself up to this illegal task has consequences no one can afford. It's not money or material that gets sucked into the black hole, it's your sanity. Even the purest of heart would be a gambling freak if he/she taste it once. Gambling is addictive, it eliminates your prudence.

Blaze smiled at the question, "Gambling? I don't even know who you are." The other girl cocked an eyebrow and leaned forward to her. Jake Grayson on the other hand was quivering in fear, his lips trembled apart watching one of the elites in his class.

"Oi, you idiot didn't tell anything about me to her?" She chewed her lips glaring at the poor boy. He was on the verge of crying, his eyes were turning red in fear. "I just came in, All I know in this entire school is just his name. Besides, you can't call someone an Idiot for no reason," Blaze defended Jake who was now more mortified.

"You dare to talk back?" The other girl furrowed her eyebrows in anger, Blaze scoffed at her actions for overreacting. "S- she didn't mean it, Ms.Jade. I'm sorry on her behalf," Jake stammered with his breathing shaking in an abnormal way. "Why are you sorry? we are not the ones at fault," Blaze stated, folding her arms and shooting an angry glare at Chaeyoung Jade.

"Please, just do what I say, Blaze. You don't want to mess up with an elite just on the first day of your transfer," Jake whispered in her ears making Blaze scowl at his words. "An elite? what does that mean?"

"It means don't mess with them unless you want your life to be worse than a nightmare," Jake said low and Blaze partially understood what that position means. An elite is a high-class bully. "I'm accepting your offer for gambling," Blaze retorted. 

"Are you kidding me? Do you want to get yourself killed?" Jake screamed in her ears. Blaze gave him a cold shoulder and acted like he was invisible all of a sudden. An evil smirk was plastered on Chaeyoung, the lamb is drawn to the fox. "Good, Same class after the school sessions end," She grinned. "I'm Chaeyoung Jade, by the way, Blaze Scarlett," after her words she stormed out of the place.

"Are you Insane Blaze? did you just accept gambling with Roseanne Jade? an elite gambler?" Jake howled, sweat dripping from his forehead as the time he gambled ran over his mind. It was a horrible event, the day which flipped his peaceful life over to a complete nightmare.

"I still can't catch up with the term elite. What is that?" Blaze slumped her body on the chair as Jake widened his eyes noting how simple she is even though she knows the fact that after a few hours, she is gonna gamble with an elite player. Jake let out a huge exhale and sat beside her, maybe revealing the secrets of The Faline Academy might change her mind.

"Faline Academy is not what you think. It's a school where the students seek gambling, a haven for insanely addicted pupils. Behind the scenes for this prime academy is quite scary. Life falls out from a straight path, they are drugged to run after illicit activities."

"The Faline Academy pupils are separated into three distinct categories, The moths; are the rock-bottoms, considered as the lowest beings of the human race as they have no good skill in any forbidden activity. The blush leagues; are the middle class, average skills in gambling, drag racing, addiction to drugs, etc. The elites, the highest-ranking only consisting of 10 members and will remain the same until the end of graduation."

"Any newcomer is tagged as a moth at the start. There comes a day where you have to request to gamble with an elite in order to remove the disgrace and promote yourself as a blush league. If you don't want to gamble, you can stay as a moth. Until that, you're a servant, you have to go behind any Blush league or an elite and follow their orders without mismatching any of their words. It's rare to see an elite call out for a moth but, here you are accepting a request from an elite just on the day of your transfer."

"Got to say, it is a lot to take in but, this is so interesting," Blaze's eyes twinkled as she digested each and every word he let out in her heart. "yo- you're smiling? with what I'm saying?" Jake gaped his eyes and mouth open. Her eyes deepened more scaring him out of control, with the look on her face Jake could understand there was not a glint of fear in her eyes, it was rather happy. "B- Blaze? you're not backing away, aren't you?"

"I can ask her to bet anything I want in the game right?" Blaze questioned with an unreadable expression on her face, Jake hesitantly nodded a yes. "Then I'm more than happy to gamble with her," Jake's pupils contracted laterally with her misconceptions.

What does this girl think she is? first, she seemed excited when the bitter truth of this school came into the spotlight. Second, the thought of gambling initiated sinister ideas in her mind. Third, who is she really is?

- AFTER THE SCHOOL SESSIONS-

"Blaze, you really want to do it?" Jake cross-examined watching the other students arrange the table in order for a convenient way to gamble. Blaze smiled again for a response, she wasn't afraid to face what's coming next. Jake never saw a girl as daring as her, if the elite agrees to keep the demand of Blaze on the line, then there's sure something else more dangerous for Blaze. Hell knows what Roseanne would ask Blaze to bet, to sum up for her sinister ideology.

"Ready to play?" Chaeyoung welcomed herself inside the class which had 27 students in total. The pupils started to disband from their places and occupied the corners of this enormous class. "Born ready," Blaze smiled contently, her tone sounded playful.

"You seem happy about this. Didn't that idiot tell you anything about me?" Chaeyoung hit her back on the chair which was centered along with a big table and another chair. "He explained top to the bottom. Your father owns a big magnetic land and manufactures magnets on a large scale. It's a gigantic industry, titled as number one in entire Korea."

"and you have a crazy obsession over gambling with cards. I despise your kind. That's why I want to take you all out, one by one," Blaze said. Roseanne laughed her heart out at her words and Blaze sat opposite Roseanne with a scowl.

"You don't know anything about me, yet you desire to despise my kind. Aren't you adorable? Chaeyoung tittered and stopped smiling once Blaze voiced her demand, 

"I want you to bet your Positon as an elite in this game."

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❝ The vessel called body will break
hey wailing heart, you don't have to worry❞