The day I came back to the Academy... I expected to see Aiden here.
I had spent almost three months in Neutral, so I figured he'd be back before me. That's why I was surprised when I couldn't find him anywhere, but... I didn't think much of it.
His work must have been prolonged. What else could it have been? He was smart, but he was also strong. I had yet to see him not get what he wanted.
So, I decided to wait for him. Then, shortly after I entered the academy, rector Melany called me to her office.
She asked, of course, what I was doing, how much I had improved... And when she received her answer, her mouth was agape. She asked countless questions, but my answers to most of them were cursory since I could not reveal Lithoa's existence. When she finally realized that she wasn't going to get a straight answer from me, she gave up and... I was released.
I first met with my study group.
