"Now what to do" I though
Maybe I should get out of here, I don't want to be involve in whatever this girl problem is, at all.
"Umm… is morning already?" A voice came into my ears.
"Crap, she woke up"
"Ugh, my body hurts so bad" Said the young lady while standing up.
She turned around and saw me and my sister, I also looked back at her, she was really tall, although I have the body of a kid, I can tell that this young lady should be 1.80 centimeters or something like that, her red hair is really beautiful as well as her red eyes.
"…Young lady, I don't want anything to do with whatever your hunters want, so, if you don't mind, I will go on my way, I didn't see anything, yesterday, I was sleeping soundly and nothing happened, what do you say?"
"Not possible" Answered the young lady.
"Why!?"
"Because, I am in need of help right now" Said the young lady.
"But first things first, stop calling me young lady, as you have heard yesterday, my name is Ana, Ana Hildeberant, what's your name, kid?"
"… I am Noah, here is my little sister, Hope"
"Good, then Noah, here is the situation, right now, for some reason, someone wants me death, I need to go back as fast as I can to the mage academy, so, I want you to help go there without any complications, in return, I shall beg my master for a good reward, don't underestimated my master, she is the principal of the academy!" Said Ana with pride.
"The mage academy?" I murmured.
True, this might be a good chance to go to the academy, however, I need to incurred more in her situation…
"If your master is the principal of the academy, how come someone is so daring to try to kill you?"
"I know who exactly wanted to kill me, is that trash of Feringro!" Said Ana with anger.
"Who is he?"
"He is the student of a deacon in the academy, we both are first grade students and we always compete with each other, however, after destroying him in the last magic exam, he had this enmity with me" Said Ana.
"Hoh? And who was the guy who came after you yesterday?"
"Well, I was on a mission to search for a rare material for master when that man attacked me, he was a master mage, so, I couldn't defeat him, I fled here and was able to encounter you " Said Ana.
"Master mage?"
"You don't know? Mages are separated in five categories, apprentice mages, mages, master mages, grandmaster mages and supreme mages; each of them stronger than the other one, I am a mage by the way" Said Ana.
"What is the difference with each level?" I asked.
"…" Ana was speechless.
"What?"
"How come you are also a mage, but you don't have any idea of such basic information?" Asked Ana.
"I have my own circumstances, if you want my help, then, you better cooperate with me"
"Okay… well, is basically their spells, as you know, mages have their own element and that element let them do a certain amount of tier-spells, for example, I am a fire mage, I can use tier-two fire spells, and such, legend says that supreme mages can use the almost forgotten tier-five spells" Said Ana.
"Legend? How many supreme mages are in the mage academy?" I asked.
Ana looked at me with an even weird face.
"Only my master, in fact, in all this continent, there are only five supreme mages" Answered Ana.
"I see…"
"You are really a weird kid" Said Ana.
"Well, thank you" I said.
"Oh, one more thing, how many spells can you use?"
"Me? Hehe, I can use three spells! Aren't I awesome!?" Said Ana with pride.
As for me, I wanted to know why she was so proud?
Only three? Really? I mean, right now, I can use four spells and I think that is too little.
"And your master?"
"My master is even more awesome, she said that she can use eight spells! Isn't that awesome!? eight whole spells! Didn't I tell you that my master was impressive!? " Said Ana with enthusiasm.
I was speechless.
A supreme mage, the suppose most powerful mages in this continent… can only use eight spells…
And that is awesome?
"If I had exort, I could use ten spells" I murmured.
"Here is my final question, if your master knew about this enmity with that Feringro guy , why didn't she give you more protective items?" I asked.
This time, Ana made an embarrassed expression.
"I..es..c…" Ana said something in a very tiny voice.
"What was that?"
"I…esca…"
"Talk louder!"
"I escape, okay!? I couldn't find a partner until this year so, to do this mission, I had to escape!? Are you happy now!?" Said Ana with some tears on her eyes.
"…" I was stunned once again.
"Its not my fault! Nobody had the capabilities to be my partner! so, I had to do the magic exams alone, however, my master didn't want to let me go on missions because I didn't had a partner, so I had to escape" Said Ana.
"Are you a kid!?"
"I don't want to be told that by an actual kid!" Answered Ana.
"What is this partner system by the way?"
"Every student have to get a partner, they will form a team, to protect each other on the missions and such, this system is actually like this because some elements are most focused on defensive spells, while other elements are more focused on attacking spells; my fire element, for example, is more focused on attacking spells" Said Ana.
"So basically, a support and a carry, huh?" I murmured.
"I had a partner, but he actually abandoned me…" Said Ana with sadness.
"You had a partner?"
"Yeah, my master arranged a partner for me since I couldn't get one on my own… but that guy was skirt chaser that actually abandoned me for my sister!" Said Ana with fury.
"Oh…"
There was a moment of silence.
What an awkward silence.
"Anyway, I need to get back to the academy as fast as I can, however, my injuries will take some time before healing, so I can go on my own, giving the fact that you are a wind mage, do you mind helping me?" Said Ana.
"Wind mage? Why do you-"
I was about to ask her why did she though I was a wind mage, however, it makes senses giving the fact that she saw me using tornado…
"… Very well, then, however, I have some conditions…"
"As long as they aren't so out of the top…"
"First, I don't want any rewards from your teacher, I only want you to help me and my sister being accepted as a student, second, I want you to help me find a good house for me and my sister, and third, I want money for my services… one gold coin" I said.
Maybe it was too much? No, it was good to start with a large amount.
Ana looked at me with a funny expression.
"I…I won't lower my price…" I said.
"…" Ana didn't say anything.
"…" I waited for her answer.
"Are you so cheap?"
She finally said.