"What are you looking at?" Firan noticed my gaze and quickly grabbed her skirt, her face turning sour. "Don't look! Pervert!"

"Just saw your legs shaking, that's all," I replied casually.

"Nonsense, who's scared?" She stomped her feet, trying to stop her trembling legs.

"I don't think I said anything like that..."

"Alright, just so you know, I'm just feeling a bit cold."

"...Oh." I replied expressionlessly.

I didn't feel like complaining about the season anymore.

"Hmph, just wait and see, you'll eventually understand where you stand, orc!" After uttering these harsh words, she turned around and walked upstairs.

Her followers, number one, number two, and number three, all snarled at me, and then quickly followed her, trying to appear intimidating.

...What a strange group of people.

After they left, the princess suddenly turned towards a corner. "Classmate Angelica!"

I noticed another elf in the corner.

She was a petite and slim elf with short hair. Compared to the other female elves here, she looked much younger. What caught my attention was that her pointed ears were much shorter than other elves.

She huddled in the corner, with her head lowered and no expression on her face. She didn't immediately respond to Princess Elissa's call.

"How are you? Are you okay?" Princess Elissa reached out to her with a concerned expression.

Angelica, the elf, finally raised her head, but with an indifferent look, she waved away Elissa's hand, and then silently walked past her.

"Just wait a moment..." Elissa turned around to stop her, but Angelica completely ignored her and walked straight towards me, who was standing at the staircase.

Huh? Towards me?

I didn't react in time.

The little girl stood in front of me, raised her head, and glared at me, her expression clearly displeased.

What does she want to do?

Then, she suddenly raised her hand and pushed it towards my abdomen (her height was just enough to reach here when she lifted her arm).

Naturally, although she seemed to exert some force, the effect was like a mosquito trying to move a tree. After all, no matter how you look at it, I am several times heavier than her.

It took me two seconds to realize that she wanted to pass by me, and my sturdy body happened to block the entire corridor.

I silently stepped to the side and made way, while the other person walked past me without saying a word.

A strange person, couldn't she just say "excuse me" if she wanted to pass by?

But...

"Bloch, please don't be angry. Angelica is... a bit different. I don't think she meant to provoke you," Princess Elissa spoke up on behalf of Angelica who had left.

"I'm not angry, just a bit surprised. I never thought there would be a student who isn't afraid of me..." I remembered the touch on my abdomen just now.

In this academy, apart from Loran, every female elf I've encountered is terrified of me. It already takes a lot of courage to approach me, but this female elf named Angelica even had the audacity to touch me.

Compared to the blond troublemaker who just made an empty threat, this seemingly fragile Angelica has shown more courage.

"Angelica is not a Sedian elf. She grew up in a human village as a half-elf. So, her prejudice against orcs... is probably not as deep as ours," Princess Elissa explained to me.

"Half-elf? The offspring of a human and an elf?" I vaguely recalled hearing about it before.