The Princess and the Paupers

Chapter 626

Next morning, all the freshmen headed to the temporary training base set up on the back hill for some belly crawling drills.

As soon as Arabella arrived at the base, a bunch of classmates greeted her enthusiastically.

“Good morning, Bella.”

“Hey Bella, rise and shine.”

“Bella, you made it.”

Arabella was left with question marks floating around her head. Did she know them?

“Bella, thanks for giving us a day off yesterday.”

“We had the AC on all day in our dorm yesterday, it was bliss,”

“Thanks for dealing with Noreen!”

A crowd of strangers surrounded Arabella, complimenting her on her skin and how pretty she was, all with friendly facès.

the whistle: ‘Attention!”

stood up

A

exercise was belly crawling. The wide field allowed

spoke seriously: “As soon as you hear the gunshot, you’ll hit the deck and start to crawl, aiming for the red flag at the finish line. There will be six instructors on the watchtower looking for targets. Your job is to keep a low profile and avoid making too much noise. The guns are paintball guns. If the instructors spot you, they will shoot, and anyone h has to start over from the

passed today’s test and grabbed the red flag at the finish line, they’d

singing and dancing for extracurriculars, and we’re here busting our asses

train in half a meter of grass; this is unbearable.

as if asking. Need

asked: Do I need to take

like a tough cookie.

blew the whistle to signal the start of the race. All the students dove into the grass to start

grass is

it’s too hot.”

“So many mosquitoes.”

and groaning, and a fair few got hit by paintball and had to bow out.

a few steps forward when she felt people crowding around

“Bella, cover me!”

I want to stick

take me with