Classes ended without many interesting things to do. Isabella and I left the classroom with Jasmine and our new group of friends. We stayed together until we reached the stables. Once there, each of us separated and went their way. "Is someone going to pick you up, Isabella?""I´ll take the public carts, my family can´t afford a personal drake for me""I see. Do you want me to give you a ride?"She smiled and tilted her head."Thank you, but I´m fine. I just have to walk a little""Well all right, I´ll be seeing you tomorrow then"I jumped onto Twilight´s back and helped Jasmine to get behind me."See you tomorrow, Miss Isabella"Jasmine pressed her chest closer to my back and enveloped my hips with her arms."... See you tomorrow, Jasmine"Isabella was smiling, but I wasn´t able to feel any good emotion from her.Without further ado, Jasmine and I waved goodbye to Isabella as Twilight got us to the exit of the academy. Since this was the time when all the students were l
The way to the blacksmith was not as peaceful as I wanted it to be. For good or worse, Verónica and Jasmine exchanged insults until I got tired of them and personally asked them to stop.I had heard that people that deeply trust each other tend to be mean, but I can´t believe that right now, at least not with these two.I also had taken off my school coat, it was not obligatory to wear it outside the academy´s hours, so I took advantage of the permission. "It´s been a while since I have been to the market" said Verónica while staring at the posts."Well, if you have time to spare, we can get a snack or two""Really? Is that okay?""Sure thing, I was going to buy some things anyway"Her face suddenly got brighter, it was adorable how much she had gotten excited by that suggestion.Now there is no reason to not do it."How about you, Jasmine?""I´ll accept any gift from you, even food""That´s good to know, now let´s see what´s hot"To get into the market I had to leave Twilight in a p
The sound of a bell announced our arrival. The walls were covered with a variety of armor and weapons of different shapes and sizes. An adult male was looking at us from the counter. His grumpy face and the gray of his hair gave me a pretty clear idea of his character."You are free to see whatever catches your eye, but if you break it you pay for it""Understood, thank you"With that short exchange of words, I went to the wall with fire guns. Mine was still in good shape, but it was a regular pistol that the troopers of Master Herion receive when they start their duties. The same goes for my pistol. They are both of good quality, but I´d like to have something more personal and powerful."Is there anything that you like, master?""Mmm... Everything looks good but... I don´t see anything especially outstanding""Is that so? We could ask at the counter for special products""I guess we are doing that"Right when we were about to walk toward the counter a deep voice called me."If you d
"Hear me out, sinners! For your judgment has arrived!""In the name of the spirits, kneel and bow obedience!"People heard the ruckus and gathered around the group of men swinging a fine-looking banner. Whispers of all sorts filled the air as a man holding a book shouted with the full power of his lungs."It is time for repentance! It is time to seek forgiveness! IT IS TIME TO PRAISE THE ELEMENTS!""IT IS TIME" Followed the rest of the zealots in unison.A tiny crowd was formed around these men, their attention was inspired by curiosity and annoyance."What are you guys on about?" Asked a woman."Is it not obvious little glimpse? We are here to share the will of the elements. To give you their wisdom and clarity"The leader of this cult grabbed the hand of the woman and led her to his side."But for this, you must first be reborn. You have to accept your failures and mistakes. And to ensure your full devotion you must be punished""Punished? Now why would I want that?"The woman retri
My hands were sweaty. It´s already 5 minutes since I´ve been staring at the knob. I´m unable to move an inch forward.Who would have known that my greatest enemy would be myself?"Master... Could you open the door already? It´s getting cold out here""... Aren´t you supposed to be with the other servants?""I´m sleeping with you tonight. I have to make it even with that blondie""......"Not saying another word I used my shadows to move Jasmine away from the main house. She did a little "Yeep!" sound when she was engulfed by my magic."Well, that takes care of that... Now... Let´s just get this over with..."Taking a deep breath to gather my courage I turned the knob and entered the building. I was hoping that everyone would be asleep right now, but my thoughts were proven wrong due to the dim light shining at the end of the hallway."Dominique, is that you? Please come here, my boy"It was the voice of the man who was now the head of the Yatra house. Astolf Vea Yatra. I reluctantly
It has been a week since I got into the academy. I´m already known by most of the school and there have been moments where I was forced to engage in duels with other nobles.I beat every single one of them with the help of Isabella, and now we are famous as a duo of unbeaten irregulars. Jasmine has been getting madder at me for not being more cautious about how I spend my time with Isabella, but I´m sure that there´s nothing to worry about. I already told her how much she matters to me as a friend. And I´ve been arranging times for her to be alone with Nicholas to improve their relationship.So far they seem to be getting closer, but I feel like there´s still a wall between them. Something is not allowing them to reach each other´s hearts, but I can´t get to know what it is..."Maybe I should put them both in a locked room...""Put what in a room?""Ah! No, it´s nothing. Just mumbling...""Haha. Somehow, you are always with your head on the clouds""Maybe your recent disappearances ha
When we arrived at class we greeted our friends and took our seats. It was already time for a lesson but the teacher was nowhere to be seen. At this point, nobody really cared since we all knew the reason for this behavior. "Hiyopi! Donipu~, Isapi~, and Ladapi~. Are you ready for today´s lesson?""G-Good morning. Miss Isabella. Mister Dominique""Good morning!""Morning..."The group that started a conversation with us was none other than the twins and their knight followed close by the accountant. Each of them gave us a greeting, and we responded to them in the same way."Good morning, Miss Anna. Miss Emma. You too, Emile and Dorio""Donipu?""Ladapi?"Isabella returned the greeting with complete naturality, however, both myself and Lada repeated the strange names that the older twin had given us."Those sound cute, don´t they?" Said the girl with a shy smile."P-Please forgive my sister, she didn´t do it out of bad intentions"The younger twin didn´t waste time apologizing on behal
The lesson ended and we went to submit our club applications. The teacher gave us a weird look when he looked at the papers but said nothing. We returned to our seats and spent the rest of the day without anything worth mentioning.Once it was time for lunch we went to our usual place with the council. People were still giving us some bothersome stares, but we had grown accustomed to them by now.Like always, the people making most of the conversation were Isabella, the twins, and Miss Worer. The rest of us were listening and adding some comments here and there. It looked like the day would be somehow easy."Dominique, I need to talk to you for a minute"Until an unexpected guest arrived."... Yes, big sister"Who had come to our table was none other than my sister. Carin Vea Yatra. She was followed by a couple of women seniors as she made a slight bow to the prince and started to walk away.It was a bit sad that I had to leave Veronica and the rest like this, but family has priority.