Chapter 120 Returning to Destras magic academy 2 (1/2)
The gates of the academy city was busy even in the early mornings as traveling merchants with their escorts left for distant towns and cities and farmers left the town to head out and do their day job at the fields outside of the city walls, Mars, Varvei and Victoria was just about the only ones that waited to enter the city so the processes was fast with Mars paying for Varvei and so the 3 of them entered the academy city. Mars looked around and found the cobblestone road slightly nostalgic as he walked down the street with Varvei latched onto his right arm, Mars pointed out some of the good shops to her while they walked and after spending some time the 3 of them reached the gates of the academy, Mars was already wearing his red mantel when he walked up to the gate so the guard just let him in without any fuss
”oh... is that you Mars?”
”oh my I'm happy you remember me Cass”
”only my friends call me Cass! call me by my full name!”
”okay miss Cassandra Skymaw”
”...you know what I mean”
”it's either that or Cass”
Cassandra gave a sigh
”fine then call me Cass... by the way who's this?”
”oh this is Varvei”
”hello Cassandra”
”Varvei, where have I heard that name before... well never mind nice to meet you, are you a new student?”
”no I'm just here with Mars to take a look around”
”okay, well I have class now so I have to go”
”see you around Cass”
”see you around Mars, Varvei”
Cassandra walked off towards her class leaving Mars and Varvei alone, Victoria had already run off somewhere
”well then... I'll go drop off my bag at my room, want to come with?”
”sure”
Mars and Varvei walked towards the dorms, along the way Mars received the usual guarded stares as all tactical class mages did, Varvei having horns and a long tail also received some stares but the stares she received was more curious then guarded. Soon both of them reached the dorms and walked inside Mars lead the way and soon he pulled out the key he hardly used and unlocked his room
”ugh... stale air”
Mars put down his backpack and opened a window meanwhile Varvei sat down on the bed and looked around, soon she spotted the formation materials on the desk and walked up and took a closer look
”you study formations Mars?”
”yeah just a bit”
”...I see maybe I could help you out, I happen to know a lot about formations”
”sure, I would like that if you have time... I was thinking about getting some food in the cafeteria want to come?”
”sure”
Mars walked out of the room and locked the door after Varvei walked out then he showed the way to the cafeteria that was relatively empty as it was still early in the morning but late enough that most of the students had gone to class, Mars and Varvei both brought a tray with some food and sat down at a empty table and begun eating in silence, after they finished eating did Mars pick up the trays
”I'll be right back”
”okay”
Varvei looked at Mars' back until he was obscured by the crowds, then she began looking around and soon made eye contact with a student wearing a red mantel, the student widened her eyes when she saw Varvei and pulled the arm of another beastwoman dressed in maid clothes that also looked over at Varvei and soon both of them walked over and sat down in front of Varvei, Varvei looked at the student with the red mantel and suddenly remembered something
”wait... your name is Chloe right?”
”yeah that's me, so where is Mars?”
”he just left, said he would be back soon”
”oh I see...”
Chloe fell silent until the beastwoman in maid clothes poked her on the shoulder
”what is it Elsa?”
”shouldn't you introduce me?”
”oh right, Varvei this is Elsa, Elsa this is Varvei”
Varvei gave a nod and looked over at Elsa
”hello”
”nice to meet you Varvei, has Mars been taking good care of you?”
”...what do you mean?”
”well it's just I heard from Chloe that you wasn't in such a good shape last time she saw you”
”oh right... yeah I'm in perfect shape now”
”that's good, I wouldn't want to beat down a weak thieving cat”
suddenly it clicked for Varvei, while Elsa's smile seemed harmless at first glance there was a good amount of hidden killing intent in there, Varvei gave a wide smile as a cold light flashed in her eyes
”oh don't you worry about that, what about you defeated dog aren't you clutching that dagger rather hard? are you okay?”
Varvei slowly transformed her tail as she stared into Elsa's eyes but suddenly both of them was interrupted as Chloe spoke up
”both of you look rather pathetic fighting like that, can't you tone it down a little?”
””HUMPH””
both of them broke eye contact, Varvei swung her tail back and forth in irritation as she glared at Chloe but suddenly she gave a smirk and so did the other 2, the whole mood seemed to have suddenly improved a whole lot and then Chloe spoke up
”hey so how far have you gone with Mars?”
Varvei blushed a little and slightly averted her gaze
”I-I kissed him”
”ugh... so jealous, so I'm the only one that hasn't kissed Mars”