"Ah, I don't..." Alice started before yelping in surprise when the stick struck Nathan. She looked at the teacher and then the sign that was being pointed at. She blinked in astonishment, the sign wasn't there the last time she attended, was it a special rule made because the princess were going to attend to avoid suitors from harassing her? The girl remembered the princess complaining that she didn't look forward to marriage at all.
Still, she should've noticed it sooner, they wouldn't get in trouble if she had.

Looking apologetically towards Nathan, Alice opened her mouth to speak her apology but was stilled by the teacher's malicious glare as Nathan stood up and left the hall to look for Meira. "Ah, yes sir," Alice nervously nodded when the teacher turned his attention to her. Slowly, she moved over to another group with familiar faces where she was greeted with teasing over her demerit.