"so are we going to talk about it?"
"Talk about what?" I asked in a confused manner as I looked at both Ethan and Priscilla who were giving me disturbed looks
"About" Ethan gestured with his hands which made me further confused
"Eh?" I could swear question marks were floating around my head, what were these two on about? And why did they look so serious at the moment , hmmm, I don't think I've done anything to offend them , so it has to be another reason, or perhaps it's about the announcement that mother made this morning
" You mean what Mother said about having a new father?" Ethan and Priscilla nodded frantically and I shrugged
"We can talk about it" I sighed and continued reading, Priscilla and Ethan sat on either of my sides
"My lady, are you not afraid?"
"Afraid that what?"
" That , this new person might not be the right guy" good point but if it were to lead to something terrible my guts would've been telling me from the start but so far ....nothing .
" I have to see him first and secondly, it's not our place to say such things and basically none of our business" I shrugged and paused at their silence , I looked at them and saw them staring at me with stars in their eyes..um..I do not know what to make of this
"*Sniffle* oh..my lady you're so wise!" Priscilla exclaimed making Ethan nod frantically, I sighed , such dramatic friends I have
"Let's just stay out of this alright? If anything happens then I'll know what to do"
"Okay!" They exclamined eagerly in unison , furthermore seeing them do that made them soo cute that I couldn't resist the urge to pay their head , to which they happily leaned in. Ethan looked at me with a grin , seeming eager to tell me something
"What is it?" I chuckled and he grinned the more
"My lady , you haven't seen me train before right?" That was true , although I wonder why he's bringing it up now
"That is true " I responded with a nod then continued
"Do you want me to tag along for your evening lessons?"
"Yes!!" Ethan yelled happily out of excitement making me chuckle, that was cute.
"So, are you coming?" He gave me the most adorable innocent and hopeful look , right now, he was practically at my feet kneeling down, he also did that for eye effect, awwww~my heart melted at his cuteness, he was so cute that I couldn't resist, besides I had nothing doing anyway
"Of course I'll come" Ethan perked up
"But Priscilla has to come" he then deflated , as cute as he is , Priscilla's still my closest friend, I can't leave her left out , Ethan pouted stubbornly and grumbled for a few seconds, pfft, he looks like an angry puppy.
"Fine, she can come, anything for you my lady" he then beamed and I gave him a pat on the head , Priscilla gave him a smug look but I pretended not to notice, these two , they're so competitive that it makes them cute , now that I think of it , both of them remind me of cute puppies, it's so adorable.
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"No matter how many times I see it , it's still as glorious as ever" Priscilla gasped as we entered the gates of the Illyrian Academy, and yes no matter how many times we see it , it's so beautiful, me and Priscilla had attended this school in the past and yes , we are full graduates from here, which to be honest is very rare, hehe, what can I say , I wasn't called the most powerful mana user for no reason, and yet all that power I couldn't do anything to stop myself and my friends from being killed, it was pretty useless afterall, unknown to me my face had become very dark.
"My lady?" Both Ethan and Priscilla gave me worried looks , Ahh, seeing their faces makes me so happy!
"I'm fine!" I exclaimed happily and put my arms around them ,I then turned to Ethan
"So, where to now?" I smiled and Ethan blushed a little...awww 🥰 , he quickly looked away and pointed to a direction.
"T-there, but before we enter the inner cout" huh? He had suddenly become so serious, that's the first time I'm seeing him like that , and guess what, it's so cute that I want to squish him , heh...I've been talking about cuteness a lot today , maybe's just one of my mood swings 😅. Suddenly Ethan put a mask on my face
"Huh? What's that for?" Priscilla semi-yelled but then Ethan whispered something in her ear and she nodded in agreement. As for me , I was busy admiring the mask , it covers my face so well , did he create this himself? Come to think of it , I never saw him hold one , did he create it with his mana? That's cute 🥰, I'm talking about cuteness again. Whatever, I don't care anymore. When I had snapped out of my thoughts I saw that Priscilla and Ethan were wearing masks as well, I paused in thought why...oh I know, fangirls! Or rather fan people, you see we three are a group of very beautiful people, and 99% of the people here , most especially in this school, adore natural beauty, I giggled as I remembered the old times when me and Priscilla had to avoid them like a plague, one time, we were so desperate to escape Thier clutches that we in a dumbster without a care.
"Let's go my lady" Ethan took my hand and so did Priscilla, she then whispered in my ear
"Remember the old times too my lady?" She asked and I nodded feigning an horrified look as a joke , we both burst out laughing making Ethan look at us with a pout
"Hey what's so funny?" He whined but me and Priscilla only chuckled the more , soon we entered the training area , which was basically a field, the teaches here believe that the best environment to train in is in the midst of nature, where it is peaceful and makes it easy to focus , cause as they say we are one with the earth , from it we came, to it we will return *sigh* I never understood that saying until later , basically it's talking about the cycle of life.
Suddenly I felt the sense that a weapon was coming our way, in split seconds I pulled Ethan and Priscilla down thus avoiding a sword that was thrown our way , it got stuck on a tree behind us
"What..." Ethan mumbled clearly still recovering from the shock , an assassination attempt , never thought that will happen again, have people gone so rotten to the core that they target commoners now? I frowned and tried to look for the attacker with my eyes , meanwhile Priscilla sighed and helped Ethan up , she was probably thinking the same thing, suddenly I saw a group of three boys approaching us , judging from their dressing , they're from a higher rank which translates to, not peasant .
Don't tell me that they were the ones who tried to kill us now? If so why?
" Ahh, damn it , I missed" the leader of the gang tsked with a smug look , while his minions grinned like the fools they are. I felt Ethan's arura change drastically, Hmm, he looks really angry , so angry that its cute , the chances of him beating them to pulp are very high , even Priscilla looks like she's about to murder someone , they've even started bickering at each other, 2 against 3 , I wanna see how that goes! If only I had popcorn....
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At the end of it those fools ran away , boouwu!! I wanted to see a real fight! But it's gone now, those idiots !why try to start a fight if they knew they can't handle it
Could it be that they thought we were weak , *sigh* when I was in their position, I never for once thought that way because of my parent's upbringing, what are nobles teaching Thier children theses days ? Whatever, Ethan and Priscilla are asking me if I'm okay, I smiled at them happily
"I'm fine , you two just don't get hurt because of me okay?" They both nodded eagerly, hehe! Cuties~
I then spotted a man coming towards us , judging from his dressing he's Ethan's teacher... and he's...FELIX!?