I find a random bench outside and lie down on it. It looks like taking out my fire armament won't go as easily as my healing armament. I've also read that having multiple armaments out at the same time takes a greater toll on you too. I sigh, this will prove difficult.
I am looking forward to what I read I've read about combination skills though. According to books sometimes different armaments work together to create a combination skill. These skills are ranked the same way that regular skills before. Except for "beginner skills" since there aren't any beginner skills for combination skills.
There's also the fact that even if the skills are ranked the same way the power behind each is different. Usually, a combination skill has more power than the regular skills. However, since skills can be trained to be more powerful this isn't much of a statement, to begin with.
There's also the fact that not much is known about combination skills since information on skills is limited to your own magic soldiers. Apparently knowledge of skills makes it easier to acquire them and since no other country wants to be left behind in this secret military race.
The information on armament skills are limited to your countries' magic soldiers and any simple skills that other countries may be willing to share either through secret trade agreements or seeing and recording by disputes
Of course, there are factors like whether it is compatible with your armament and element but it still better than blindly searching for something and slowly coming to understand your armament. Just thinking about it makes my head hurt, or maybe it's the after effect the armament is having on my, ugh... or maybe both, who knows.
A presence slowly starts approaching me, that's Samantha, isn't it? Is she trying to sneak up on me and surprise me? I'd rather her not approach me, other people in my grade my flip. Especially the boys considering that she's a pretty girl who's powerful. I'm sure some guys would kill to have her on their harem. I sigh...
Well, I'll let her do what she wants I guess. I'm too mentally tired for this and not thinking about armaments and magic might be good in its own way. She texts something on her phone and then slowly starts her approach again getting near the bench.
"HEY LONER!"
"Hello Samantha, what do you want?"
I stay laying down without moving.
"... That's not fair, you should be more expressive you know! I thought I could finally scare you."
"Then learn how to sneak up on people if you want to scare them."
"...You mean that you were able to tell that I was getting closer to you?"
"Yes, need something?"
She sits down on the same bench near under my feet.
"No, not really. I just thought it weird that you didn't show up to class today."
"I was just skipping class."
"Really? You don't seem like the type that would do that."
"That was very prejudicial of you."
"What do you mean?"
"By stating that I don't seem like the type that would skip classes you're assuming that there is a 'type' of person that will skip."
"No!... Yes?... I guess so."
"So enlighten me, what type of person do you think skips classes?"
"... I mean someone that's....um... Shut up!"
"I haven't said anything."
"...You're such a smartass"
"Yeah, yeah."
Another girl starts approaching from the distance. I have sensed this presence before, I'm not sure where though?... Whatever, I'm about to find out.
"Erika! Over here!"
So the girl's name is Erika... I think that's the girl that I sensed alongside Samantha the first beginner level class. I'm not entirely sure though.
"Hey Sam, and I suspect this is the interesting person you were talking about?"
"Hey, don't say that!!"
"Well, you texted me and everything to come here saying that 'there was something interesting here.' Unless there's something else that's interesting around here"
So now I am a thing?
"No, I just wanted to introduce you to Mr. Loner over here since you missed the chance to talk to him last time."
"Hi, the name's Luis. I'm the one who made your friend scream the other day."
"Hello, Erika here. I already know that. Though I must say that you're very rude considering that you introduced yourself while laying down," She says with a wary and condescending tone of voice.
So she's wary of me, that is to be expected I guess. The people I've met here are the ones that weird for not being wary of someone you met, to begin with.
"Well, they say that 'first impressions always last.'"
"And you are showing me this 'first impression last' by laying down on the bench?"
I raise up my hand and hold an imaginary cup.
"To a lasting 'rude' first impression."
I drink from the imaginary cup, what did I just do?... I"m too tired to think, ugh! Maybe this is what the nurse was talking about.
Samantha laughs. I didn't think that was particularly funny but alright.
"Just as Sam said, you're a very interesting person," she says with a lighter tone of voice, I could still feel some wariness held against me though. It's probably due to another reason.
"I don't know what you mean by 'interesting' but sure."
"We should probably get going." (Erika)
She's right, we might be late. I finally get up.
"You're right! We're going to be late to class! But before that, let's exchange contact information!"
"What for?" (Luis)
"That way it will be easier to contact you if I want to hang out!"
"That's your problem, I don't have any obligation to hang out with you."
"You don't have to say it like that! Aren't we friends?"
My heart skip...friends huh...I'd rather not hear that word.
"No, we just met each other."
Everybody stays silent, the atmosphere created is awkward. The first one who spoke up was Erika
"Geez, you don't have to be such a dick. All she did was ask for your contact info."
"Yes! Maybe calling us friends was a bit too soon but... Can't we exchange information?..." (Samantha)
What is this girl's goal? There must be some other reason as to why she's being this insistent. And the fact that she got her friends to support her on this... I don't like this... Whatever, it's just a way to contact me anyways. I won't try to argue any more than this.
I take out my phone.
"Alright, whatever."
"You're such a prick." (Erika)
"Thank you for the compliment." (Luis)
"Ummmmm! Here, you probably don't know how to exchange contact information so let me explain how-"
"I've already exchanged contracts with someone so I already know how to."
"....I see," I see her face slightly change into a conflicted face for a split second but quickly returns to her usual self, " Really now!? So who is it?!"
I wonder what that was about..... Well, I won't worry about it too much.
"Nona"
"Huh? Who?!
"None of your business."