Sakuramoria

— Thank you for this "friend," Leila. — Ixora accepted the gift. — Looking at you within these walls, I assume you didn't decide to leave like Yukka and Jin?

— Exactly, — the Taimanian nodded. — I won't lie and say that the events of the past month didn't catch me off guard, but I learned my lesson from them. And to retreat now would be a sign of weakness. If something like this happened here, it could happen anywhere else. And rather than running away, hoping that trouble will pass me by, it's better to be prepared for possible hardships. Otherwise, I risk trapping myself in a dead end from which there will be no escape.
Initially, Leila also thought about adding to her speech with reflections on the fact that Carvia's evil deeds were unlikely to serve only to satisfy her cruel fantasies, implying that these fantasies were part of the sorceress's motivation. Miss Imas could have found easier victims than the students of an elite academy, but she chose NAILS as her target. This means that she had another motive. It could have been resentment towards someone on the faculty, but the Taimanian found other options more likely. Options according to which Carvia was not acting alone, and her actions were only part of another, larger plan. In this case, other troubles might await the inhabitants of the academy. Perhaps the teachers have even revised the upcoming curriculum, taking into account this development. But Leila was in no hurry to share her assumptions, so as not to burden her friend with unnecessary information before the exams. Let her assume something similar herself.