I CHOOSE HIM, BUT HE'S MY ENEMY의 모든 챕터: 챕터 81 - 챕터 84

~IVY~The first thing I learn about peace is that it’s quiet and loud.The latter is not the screaming, exploding kind of loud. No spells ripping the sky, no bodies hitting stone. This kind of loud is messier. It’s voices overlapping in halls that were once silent. Doors slamming. Laughter breaking out at the wrong times. Crying breaking out at the worst ones. It’s life trying to figure out how to move again after being knocked flat.Blackthorn Academy is alive in a way it hasn’t been since before the fight.Things are different, new changes and policy implemented. Our new principal, Lady Mira, is so nice. Sometimes I really doubt if she's truly our principal. She's nothing like Lydia, who was stiff and old fashioned.Lady Mira listens and acts on her promises. Her presence alone increased Blackthorn's population times two. The academy had to stop admitting students to avoid overpopulation.Every other competition Blackthorn had has been eliminated. In the whole paranormal world, the

~IVY~I'm wide awake and it's almost midnight.This is not because of my insomnia. I've been able to get proper sleep recently. I don't have to count sheep or do pushups. I close my eyes and I'm gone to dream world. Maybe it's because I now feel at peace with myself, maybe it's because of Karl's lavender tea. Whichever it is, I'm happy I can sleep properly without having constant nightmares and jerking up awake at night.I'm currently awake because I want to, not because I don't have a choice. The academy is quiet in a way that feels earned.Not the tense quiet from long ago, where silence meant something bad was holding its breath. This quiet hums softly, like the building itself is tired but satisfied. Lights glow gently low along the halls. Doors stay closed, not locked. Somewhere far away, someone laughs and quickly hushes themselves, like joy is still learning when it’s allowed to exist again.That'll be Ama's room. She and her roommate stay up till it's ridiculously late. Wha