Luvi was leaving, but he didn't leave the eyes of Miriam as well as Rose, before giving them a look and then smirking.
What went on in his head at that moment, none of the people knew, the only sound remained were that of Rose's friends that were complaining about Luvi.
But that was not the end.
"You, what is your name?" Rose asked in a haughty expression, unlike before where Luvi's direct words caused her to break her character a bit.
And Miriam also turned to look at her.
Though both of them barely shared any classes, it didn't mean Miriam didn't know who this woman was.
One can even say that she was one of the most popular girl this year due to her beauty as well her ability.
Not to mention, her ability was the one that copied others and let her master it at an adept level since the start. Which means, students came to her and let her borrow their abilities so that she can show the potential their ability has.
Which means, her connection was far and wide. Even having a senior boyfriend from the Blue mountain academy which is sort of like a celebrity.
And if one is in the Skyward academy, it would be harder for them to not know who she was.
So Miriam knew, even though she didn't want to, she knew who she was and how many students respected her.
One can see from her group of four friends that came with her, which were coaxing her on the side due to Luvi's harsh words.
"Miriam. We are in the same semester as well."
Miriam on the other hand, although as beautiful as Rose, due to her introverted nature caused by her uncontrollable ability, she was not well known among the student body. Even in the class, she usually sat at the back and came early, as well as left last as well. Making it harder for other students to keep notice of her existence.
Though some boys did try to talk with her, but due to her cold demeanor, rarely did they ever try again.
Making it normal for students to barely know her name, unless it was some stalker.
"Oh yes, now I remember. Miriam, the girl who couldn't control her powers." Rose said with some pity in her voice. "If you would like, I can borrow your powers and show you their potential. But let's get on the topic."
Miriam was curious.
The fact that Rose had a connection with Luvi was already surprising enough. Including the tone Luvi took when talking to her, but what made her curious was her reason for approaching Luvi.
Though from the words of Rose, it would seem that she didn't come to meet Luvi, her target was Miriam from the start.
"But I don't feel I should say this…"
"Don't worry, that bastard is away. Just tell her the truth."
"Yeah, isn't that why you requested us to come with you? Just tell her and save her some misery."
Rose's friends supported her, pushing her to tell Miriam the truth.
"Ok guys, just stop, she might be confused." Rose said, struggling to know how to say those words.
"Listen Miriam, I would suggest you to stay away from that man. There are multiple reasons, but the biggest one is something you have seen already." Miriam pointed toward how cold Luvi acted towards her, which was then supported by others in the group.
"Don't be fooled by his stupid front, even during our old school, he did some bad things." As for what those bad things were, Rose didn't speak any details, as it would expose her involvement in front of someone that can read emotions.
And yes, Miriam came here knowing Miriam's ability. It was why she only spoke things she believed herself.
And Miriam for the first time, actually fell for the trick, she can see that Rose was not lying. But it became harder for her to imagine someone like Luvi would take part in anti-social activities that her mind conjured up.
Luvi seemed like someone who is so used to bullying that he had become immune to it. And Miriam put forward her point. But Rose just laughed.
"Him getting bullied? That is the biggest misconception you can have about him."
"But considering your circumstances, I understand. .Just know this, none of the Prathan family members are mentally sound."
"And even though Luvi had been kicked out of his family, he still remains a Prathan. I would suggest you to go and look up what his siblings were like. They studied in the same school. It would be easy to find some forums of their activities.'
Seeing that Miriam fell into struggle, Rose knew that her plan was accomplished.
Through this method, she would achieve two goals at once.
For one, she would destroy any chance of Luvi joining the tournament, even though she doesn't believe he can win. The other, she would be able to befriend someone as useful as Miriam.
Her ability to read emotions is useful. And if reached its full potential when she borrows it, the things she can do with it are almost impossible to imagine.
And as Rose left with her friends, one of the girls turned around and said, "Rose is not lying, you know. But she can't say some things so opening in academy. If you need, we can talk online."
WIth that, Rose received another contact info and was left confused at the end of the events.
She even started to wonder if approaching Luvi had been the right choice or not.
'I should look up his siblings before contacting him again.'
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To the world, the Pragati family were the perfect hunters. The children of their family were equally talented as well as broke several records set by their seniors in the Skyward academy.
Most of which still stand to this day.
Making them some of the most famous hunters to have ever graduated from Skyward.
But that was only the general information known to the public.
The reality was a lot more complicated than one might think.
As it was suggested by Rose, she looked up Luvi's siblings name on the forums and oddly enough, she found nothing.
Which was odd, considering how famous these two were.
But with some thought, she chose to search the comments only and finally found some random comments on different posts from a decade ago, where they were talking about some accident.
And the name of one of the siblings came up.
Anonymous18241: I am telling you, it's Pragati again. Last time something similar happened, he was close by.
Gas322: At this point, I am actually scared of that bastard. It's better to ignore him, just for our safety.
Following which, most of the comments were deleted once again.
Though that was not over yet.
When she had googled and looked deeper on a random website, she found some more threads talking about these siblings.
One of which included Nikita, Luvi's older sister.
On a thread about the reason why your teacher left the school.
Kadmeniam56: Hah! Mine was beaten half to death by this crazy girl named Nikita Prathan. Though you might not know her now, her family is pretty famous in India.
Miriam knew the Prathan family. They truly were a famous bunch, but it would be a lie to say that she knew about Luvi before he got famous all over the academy, or the fact that he was part of that famous family.
Which is why she had some inkling over the kind of people Prathans were. And the high amount of rumors circulating among the populace.
If one lives in this country, it become almost impossible to not hear any of it. Which is why she had some idea that the Prathan family was a family of nutjobs.
But what she didn't expect was that even during their school years, they had remained the same. No, it can be said with the amount of expunged threads and articles about this family, they might have been way worse..
Though, she was the kind that didn't wish to judge people just from where they belong from. Their inner thoughts as well as emotions are way clearer indication of them as a person.
So even though she put up some guard towards Luvi.
It didn't mean she would abandon Luvi so easily. It was hard to find someone of his capabilities anyways. So she doesn't wish to lose him out of misconceptions.
"I will test him first."
And what a better way to test him, then the tournament itself.
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"Why did you take so long, Big brother? Did you find someone special there?"
A bodacious woman, covered with blood and burns walked into Pragati's office, dirtying the carpet on her entrance.
But Pragati didn't speak much and just asked. "Wash yourself before coming here Nikita, otherwise I would cut that arm of yours once again." Pragati warned, white he closed his book.
Giving Nikita, Luvi's older sister a cold stare.
And Nikita too just smiled and ignoring the thread, sat in front of Pragati, "I am not the old me and I want you to try." Her eyes wished for a fight, the pain of losing her hand hadn't been removed from her memory, instead, its what drives him to get stronger than anyone.
It was also one of the reasons that while her limb was being reattached, she had chosen to keep the scar which would have been easily removed, as a reminder of her loss.
"But, I am not here for that." Baking off for a bit, she said. "I am here for something else." Nikita said with a mischievous smile on her face. "A little bird told me, our little brother is going to take part in the tournament."
"Attracting some unwanted attention."