It's just been a moment since Luka went out after talking to someone on the phone. And now, Ana and Liz are following him.
He was running faster than the cars on the road, and Ana and Liz were right behind him.
"Where is he going?" Liz asked Ana, who was busy keeping an eye on him.
"Donno. But it seems it's more important than my birthday," Ana said as she clenched her fist.
"Heh!" Liz let out a funny laugh.
"What are you laughing about?" Ana asked furiously.
"You know, I noticed this before that you change your dialect when you are furious."
"Ah, crap. I did it again."
"But no worries. It sounds cute."
"Cute..." Being called cute by another girl, Ana's face flushed as she yelled, "What are you saying, idiot?!"
"You also look cute when you are embarrassed. I like this Ana more."
"Shut up!--huh? He went to the hospital."
"Is someone admitted here?" Liz asked, curiously.
"I don't think so."
"Let's wait here until he comes out," Liz suggested.
"We don't have any other choice," Anna commented.
This is about what happened after Luka went to the hospital to pick up Suzu.
Ana and Liz were outside, waiting for him to come out.
"It's been a while, but he hasn't come out yet," Liz said to Ana, who was keeping an eye on the hospital exit.
"By the way, Ana. That girl Nisa is weird," Liz added.
"What do you mean?" Ana asked, tilting her head.
"She is your friend, right? But she was rooting for me back there when Luka gave you the necklace."
"You are right. But I don't think there is anything weird about it."
"She also talks with Luka. I don't like it," Liz muttered.
"So, you want to go out with Luka. And are you even okay with him two-timing you?" Ana asked as she finally turned her gaze at Liz.
"Well, actually, I didn't mean it that way. I want to go out with him, and that's why I confessed to him. But he thinks that I did that to make you confess."
"Yeah. I thought that would be the case" Ana sighed and said, "He is a little dense even though he is a pervert."
"Wha--!" Hearing that, Liz let out a strange voice.
"Pervert? Luka?!"
"Yeah. He has been a pervert ever since he was a kid. Even a few days ago, he barged into my room from the window when I was changing my clothes"
"Then he…he saw you naked?!" Liz was more worried about whether Luka saw Ana naked or not, and completely ignored how Luka got into her room.
"No. I was wearing my underwear, but yes that's basically naked." Ana hugged herself as she said, "And you know what he did after that?"
"What…did he do?" Liz asked, curiously.
"He went back to his room, and came with his phone. And started taking my pictures"
"What?! Seriously?! Luka would never do something like that!"
"He just looks cute and innocent, but he is a big pervert"
"Cute…you just called him cute"
Realizing what Ana just said, her face turned red.
"Please forget about that!"
"I was right. You really love him, don't you? I am kind of jealous of you," Liz said with a distant look in her eyes.
"No, no. I don't love him or anything…I am sorry, I lied. I love him. I have loved him ever since we were kids"
"Well now you can date him, right?"
"I won't"
"What do you mean by that…" Liz's eyes widened as she yelled, "Don't tell me you are going to dump him?!"
"No, I won't. Don't worry about it. I know what I have to do," Ana said as she smiled at Liz.
"Okay, if you say so" Liz replied as gazed down at Ana's hand and said, "By the way, what are you going to do with those?"
"I brought this with me without realizing"
"Why not use them right now?" Liz took the hair pin from Ana's hand and clipped it on Ana's hair saying, "Here goes the hair pin"
"You can hold the bear. And the necklace..."
Liz tried to take the necklace from Ana's hand, but Ana said, "Not the necklace. I don't want to wear this necklace right now. I want to treasure it"
"You sure do"
After a while, which was roughly a minute or two.
"So..." Ana looked at Liz and asked, "Why do you love Luka? I mean, I am not judging you or anything, it's just it's only been two weeks since you two have met, right?"
Ana was nervous, but this was something she had to do.
"Well..." Liz opened her mouth and said, "It was just admiration at first. And without realizing it turned into love"
"Admiration?"
"Around 2 years ago, there was talk about a 13-year-old boy who exorcised 10,000 impurities in a single day. So at first, I was just curious about him, but I wonder when it turned into love?"
"So you fell in love with him without knowing anything about him?" Ana inquired.
"Yeah. Lame, right?"
"I don't think so. What's wrong with that?" Ana replied in an instant.
Liz was startled, but slowly opened her mouth "But after what I did to him. I can't think of going out with him"
"What did…you do?" Ana asked, nervously.
"Ah, yes! You don't know about it, do you?"
"That's why I am asking"
"It happened after I enrolled in our school. Or should I say I enrolled in this school just to meet him"
"What?! You enrolled in our school just to meet him?!"
Liz nodded and said, "I was so happy when I found out I was in the same squad as him"
Squad, a team of four members.
Out of four members, one acts as captain.
Every squad has a leader, or an expert, who is not part of the squad, but gives them missions.
Those with an exorcist badge can have squads. So not every student in the school has an exorcist badge yet alone form a squad.
"He wasn't coming to school, so I started thinking that they were just rumors. And you weren't also mentioning him, so I didn't ask you anything about him"
"I was going through so much stuff at that time"
"I know. I once followed you to know his addresses. And the next day, I went to his house but after seeing him in that state I felt disappointed"
"You followed me?" Ana asked as her face showed a slight hint of disgust.
"Now is not the time for that! And stop making that face!"
"So, as I was saying. I went to see him that day. And I wasn't at school, so that day you went on a mission alone and got hurt. It was all my fault," Liz added.
"But Luka said that it's because of you that I was saved"
"After seeing Luka like that, I got angry for no reason. And I started fighting with him, but he didn't fight back."
"He was afraid of swords and impurities at that time," Ana stated.
"I had no idea at that time"
"What happened after that?"
"He ran out of his room. I followed him, and somehow we ended up where you were fighting with that Rank C monster alone. It was a total coincidence"
"But you did save me right? So it's all okay. I forgive you for attacking Luka"
Ana never forgives anyone who hurts, or tries to hurt Luka. She has been like that since she was a kid.
Ana patted Liz's head as she smiled widely.
"What are you doing?" Liz asked with a straight face.
"I just feel like doing it" She patted more and said, "You know, Luka always does this to me when I feel down--ah!"
Realizing she just said one of her embarrassing moments, her face flushed.
"So cute!" Liz said as she hugged Ana.
"Don't call me cute! And stop hugging me!"
Liz kept an eye on the hospital exit while Ana was glancing around.
After a while, Ana nudged Liz and pointed her finger to the shop, which was selling clothes and accessories.
"We don't have time to go shopping right now"
"No, not that. We can wear a disguise, so he can't spot us"
"Oh! I see"
They went into the shop and bought a hat and sunglasses. However, they made sure to keep an eye on the hospital exit.
"Let's go now," Liz said as she left the shop.
"It's been like 30 minutes. What is he doing in there?!" Ana yelled in frustration.
"You don't know anyone who is admitted here?" Liz asked who Ana, but she got no reply.
Ana was busy keeping an eye on the hospital exit, or she was supposed to. But she was playing with the sunglasses.
"Ana"
Ana didn't respond.
"Ana"
Still no response
"Luka is flirting with some girl"
"Huh? Where?!"
'That worked!' Liz couldn't hold back her laugh.
Liz laughed as she said, "Sorry, I was joking. Please keep an eye on the exit"
Ana pouted a little but said, "Fine, fine"
Ana kept an eye on the hospital exit. She glanced around to check if they were being suspicious or not.
And glanced at Liz, who was messing with her hat.
"Liz?"
She didn't respond.
"Liz"
Still no response.
"Luka came out with some girl!"
It caught Liz's attention as she said, "You can't use the same trick" and fixed her hat.
"No. I am not lying. He really came out with some girl"
"What?!"
Luka finally came out of hospital. But much to their surprise, he left hospital with a girl.
"Who is she?!" Liz asked Ana, who was looking at them with a confused face.
"I don't know"
"They are acting so friendly with each other"
"She may be...Suzu"
"Suzu? Who is that?!" Liz inquired.
"Suzu Hart. She went to the same middle school as Luka"
"Same school...you mean she is an exorcist too?! But I can't sense any power from her"
"No, she is not an exorcist. She is a normal human"
"Then…wait! You mean Luka went to human school?"
"Yeah, that's right. He went to human school"
"But why human school?"
"He wasn't allowed in the exorcist school, because he lacks magic"
"Lacks magic? What do you mean?! His mana is so high that--"
"I know. I know that, but he doesn't have any magic"
"Really?" Liz was both confused and shocked.
Magic, elemental power. There are five types. Fire, wind, lightning, earth, water.
Every exorcist has one or more types, but Luka doesn't have any.
His power is high, but it's useless if there is no element.
Elemental power is like a medium, a catalyst to use your power. Without that, no matter how high your powers are, it's useless.