' Interesting, ' Lucian thought as he looked at her. His eyes look like a cat that just found a perfect toy.
' Her mana level is not phenomenal. But, she constantly accumulates small and concentrated amounts of mana on the tip of her fingers and the burn mark on her hand.'
Lucian normally wants to get the job done quickly, but he will take his sweet time with this one. It is making him very curious.
'Her delicate control over mana is quite commendable, not even people back in my academy have that good of a control yet.' Lucian thought as his eyes were fixated on her hands, ignoring the fact that she was throwing daggers at him with her eyes.
" What the f*#$ are you looking at? " She growled with a usual deep undertone. Even Lucian feels threatened by her. How can someone have such a dominant aura.
' Its like one mistake and she will eat me alive. '
" Oh! Pardon my rudeness for staring, but I just couldn't help but notice the burn marks on your hands. " Lucian said with a bright smile and an extremely polite voice. He is trying to see if he can soften her firey demeanour with charm.
" Stare or say something about them again and I will gauge your eyes out. " She looked cold-bloodily into his eyes as she threatened him in an emotionless voice like she is used to giving out such warnings daily.
" I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable by any means. I just want to offer you help, you see I burn myself a lot that's why I always carry an oin-" Lucian froze in between his words, he couldn't speak. It's like he suddenly lost control over his body. He couldn't move an inch!
' WHAT IS HAPPENING ?!?! WHY CAN'T I MOVE ?!?!?! '
Suddenly his head tilted down and he saw his finger gracefully approach his face.
' Am I going to stab myself in the eye with my own finger ?!?!!? ' Lucian couldn't help but think that this was the psycho girl doing because if it was, she might really end up gauging his eyes out. Lucian was putting all of his body's force into stopping his finger, but it seemed impossible to control his own body.
His finger slowly went up to his face, grazing his sharp chin, going along the bridge of his nose and stopping at his right eye. He could feel his eyelashes touch the finger as Lucian nervously blinked his eyes. His eyes were watering up.
' I don't want to lose my eyes for a mission. '
There is soo much in life that Lucian is yet to achieve. Curing his addiction and being able to sleep peacefully at night, eat all sorts of food from around the world, recover the memories of his past, see a dragon at least once, graduate from the academy and build a life ahead. All of that can be shattered at this very moment. If he loses his eyes, his life is over. The world is not merciful to the weak, especially those with disability.
But, good for Lucian, the finger went down and gently landed on his lips. Tilting his head up he was met with a pair of empty-looking golden eyes. Her eyes were that of a predator, eying its prey. They held no malice, hatred or contempt. Just pure intent. Like she could make him pluck his eyes out at this very moment and not feel anything at all.
And at that moment, for the first time in his life, Lucian felt fear.
" I said, stare at them or say anything about them again. And I will gauge your eyes out. " She whispered.