"If that is your image of me, you probably don't know many good guys around my age," Rain said while looking to the side and seeing some weird movements. "You need to find better friends... I guess it would be weird if you tried to make friends around my age group."
The compliments from Rain's introduction caused a bit of embarrassment among the girls in the group, excluding Reca, who seemed more composed. The praise was unexpected, and it brought a warm blush to their cheeks.
Rain's attention was briefly drawn away from the table as he noticed Branden engaged in conversation with a group of familiar children. He recognized them as the kids he had encountered during his visits to his grandparents' mansion for magic lessons. The passage of time had changed them, and Rain couldn't help but wonder what they had been up to all these years.
