Clementine:
"What is this place?" I asked Miss Rue as I followed her in silence. I knew we had stepped beyond the academy's border.
There was a large gate, and Miss Rue used her key card to let us out.
"This is part of the woods you've probably never visited," she replied instantly. "Let's be honest, it isn't part of the academy you know."
After she returned, we didn't talk much about the diary.
She only gave me food and medicine, telling me to finish them so we could discuss reality later.
Everyone else, including the two ring leaders, was busy with the bucket task.
Even the ringleaders had to make sure the exact number of buckets was poured over the herbs.
The principal and the others were so cautious about the academy, they had asked Miss Rue to stay behind with me.
That gave us both a chance to have this conversation.
She had let me out, saying she wanted to show me something.
