"Now that they have left…"
Nia walked slowly as she took of her left glove, approaching the five men that looked at her with an arrogant smirk on their face.
'Snap'
Nia snapped her fingers and a small dark flame appear on her left inner palm. Nia glanced at those boys whose flinched upon seeing the dark flame. Although it was small, it is the so-called dark magic that could swayed away your soul at once.
"So," Nia approached again, slowly, with dark flame on her left palm and a silver dagger in her other hand. "Bad kids should be punished."
Nia smiled gently as she brought the dagger close to her chest as if she's ready to slash. Intead of her usual warm and sweet smile, this smile now didn't have the slightest warm and sweet feeling.
Horror feeling made the boys flinched and want to run away, but they could not. Their feets were held by dark shadows' hands. As Nia came even closer, one of the boy fainted due to the extreme fear. The other three were trembling, but could not do anything. Only one who looked at Nia intensely as if he was focused on searching for Nia's weakness.
'Snap'
Nia snapped her fingers again and three more flames appeared as she stopped in front of the only short blonde haired boy whose rather than trembling in fear like others, seemed to focus on searching Nia's weakness.
Nia bent her left knee down and lifted his chin with a faint smile on her face while looking deep into this boy's emerald eyes.
"Give up, Sire. You wouldn't find it. Just… sleep." Nia gently pushed his forehead.
The four dark flames flew to the four guys left conscious. As the the dark flames touched their forehead, they were knocked out. Dropped to the floor at their back without resistance.
Nia looked at the blonde guy just now. Nia glanced at his ID crystal as pendant of a necklace, 'Leo' was written there. Brought her dagger close to that guy's chest with a cold and sharp eyes.
"You should stop there, Arafania."
Nia turned to her back. Her sister, Rafa, was there, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
Nia seated her dagger and put it into her storage waist-bag.
"I know…" Nia said with a flat tone, then stood up. She walked to Rafa after wearing her left white glove back.
Nia looked down to the floor with a flat face. No one knows what she might be thinking right now.
Rafa patted Nia's hair, Nia widened her eyes while looking down to the floor.
"You did a great job." Rafa said as she gently caressed Nia's left cheek.
Stunned. Nia stretched her hand to reach Rafa and hugged her.
"I'm… sorry…" Nia said with a trembling voice.
Rafa patted Nia's hair gently, "It is okay. We're not that kids from the past anymore. It is all okay now."
"My Lady," Tiana came closer with the dark-elf before been dragged behind her. "should I call the guards?" asked Tiana as she's ready to go find the guards.
Rafa, whose still patting Nia's back to calm her down, shook her head. "No, we'll meet them after crossing that corridor." Rafa pointed at the opposite corridor that they just left before with her chin.
Rafa gently pulled Nia's hand to follow her. Tiana and the dark-elf followed without any question.
"We will have your favorite egg pudding, okay, Nia? I heard that Rufe Deli is supporting the academy cafetaria."
Nia's sullen face immediately changed to a cheerful and excited face.
"R-really?"
Nia turned into a young kid with a puppy eyes. Just where was that 'killing machine' impression went to.
As they went to the corridor, they met two young men in a brown suit with a golden embroidery accent at the chest shaped like flames above a book. Added in, their brown soft-looking hat that put sideway on their head. They were the academy guards.
"Good day, ladies." The guards bowed slightly with their right hand on chest and gentle smile on their face as they closed their eyes and bowed down.
"Good day, gentlemen." Rafa greeted them as a reply with her head bowed down a little and gracefully put her right hand on her chest.
The others whose following only paid respect with a nod (Nia), a slight bowed while holding the hem of the dress (Tiana), and a bowed with right hand in front of left shoulder and a nod with a faint smile (the dark-elf).
"I apologize for bothering the two gentlemen, but there are five gentlemen collapsed in that corridor. We could not bring them to the infirmary…" Rafa didn't continue her words, but the guards have already known the situation.
"We thank you for informing us, My Lady. We should check on them and do not feel sorry for what you could not do, My Lady." One whose talking in front of Rafa showed a gentle smile. He has a pair of sharp eyes in golden, his hair was light brown, an eye-catching guy.
"Please be safe on your way, ladies. Should my partner go accompany…"
"We appreciate the concern, but we have to decline the offer." Rafa declined before the guard finished his word.
The good looks was of no use for Rafa.
"Thank you and we shall go now, Sire. Good day." Rafa and the other bent their knees a little and bowed slightly before walking away.
The golden eyes guy staring in silence as Rafa and others made their way to the turn of the hall.
"Sir Raymond? Is there something the matter?" asked Jayden, the other guard with a short green hair and a pair of light green eyes, as he looked at Raymond.
Raymond turned back to Jayden and shook his head while smiling. "No, we should check up those gentlemen the lady told."
…
"… re… Sire… Sire!"
"!"
"Sire, how do you feel?" asked Jayden while bending his knee in front a short blonde haired boy, Leo.
Leo shook his head, "No, I'm fine. Just…!" Leo widened his eyes as if he just remembered something really important and shook another blonde guy with bluish eyes, his cousin, furiously.
"It's her, Kael! It's her!"
Kael, whose half-conscious and been shook furiously by his super strong cousin, said with broken words, "Who… o… are… ya'… talking abo… ut?" (Who are you talking about?)
"The one that I told you! The dawn lady!"
"Hah?"
Kael pushed Leo away and gasped. "No way…"
Aha… and seemed like they found something they searching for this whole time. Though only they knew who's they talking about.