I groaned as my conscience returned, my blurry vision finally settling as the dimly lit room ca into focus.
The room was lit with candlelight, the warm embers flickering inconsistently. The gentle scrape of parchnt echoed in the confined space, my eyes shifting towards the source. A girl with long pink hair was sitting at a desk, her eyes completely focused on the paper that lay before her.
Her grass-green eyes briefly looked at , noticing I had co to.
"Welco back," she said softly before continuing her work. I sighed, the mories of my actions suddenly coming back to .
"I screwed up, didn't I?"
Alia chuckled.
"I think that's an understatent."
I smiled at the comnt. My mind shifted to the image of Mia, her bruised face haunting .
"How's Mia?"
"Healed. She's been placed in a separate ward than her brother."
Brother?
Was the boy that was punching Mia her own brother? The information stirred up my chest, the guilt killing . There was nothing I could've done about her situation, so my feelings of guilt were completely unrequited, but for so reason, my body loved to take the bla for things like these.
I recalled the words that her brother had uttered: sothing about killing 'him'?
A hypothesis ford in my mind, a connection that fit in my head. If Mia's own brother had gotten that furious over soone's death, it was either a friend or family. Linking that idea to Mia's refusal to use her own ice abilities...
I believed Mia had accidentally caused an accident with her ice elents when she had first developed them, causing the death of soone close to her. That being said, this idea remained a theory. As long as there was no definitive proof or answer, I could only suspect.
"What's going to happen now?" I asked. Alia stopped writing, looking out the pale glass window in front of her that opened up to the entire campus.
"That depends on Mia. Teachers and supervisors have been sent to question her about what happened."
"So it all cos down to what she says," I muttered, understanding my current situation. I thought about my possibilities, but quickly realized I was stuck until I knew what Mia chose to disclose.
If she did decide to defend , then her brother would be imdiately expelled from the campus, and I could maybe get off with a simple warning considering I didn't actually use my weapon. If everything was kept under the radar, my normal school life could continue sowhat peacefully.
My weapon.
Wait, where is midnight? Alia must've noticed it when she took down. Did that an she had it?
"Where's my weapon?"
Alia smiled once again, amused with how I was steadily attempting to recover all the information and items about the scene.
"You an this one?" she asked, lifting midnight off her desk and showing the black blade. "This is Ox tal, isn't it?"
Ah, I've been discovered. Well, then again, Alia was already aware of my sextuple elental manipulation, was there any reason to fear her knowing I was a half-breed? She seed to get along fine with a pure-blooded dragon.
"Yea."
"How did you get it?"
"So good friends gave it to ," I responded. There was no need to reveal any unnecessary information, and I wasn't sure how much Selena had already disclosed to the nobles of the other kingdoms.
"You're friends with the dragons?" asked Alia, intrigued.
"Kind of."
Alia understood that I wasn't interested in discussing my origins. My mind kept on wavering back to Mia. How could I possibly help soone in such a horrible situation?
Her ice abilities had definitely brought her so kind of trauma, and even if I had suspicions on what kind of trauma it was, I had no way of confirming it. Asking her right after she was beaten by her own brother seed kind of weird to , but a part of myself also acknowledged the potential.
"What do you want to do about Mia?" I asked, trying to find so support.'
"I can't do anything. You can, though," responded Alia. I sighed. She was right, but for so reason, I didn't want to take the responsibility of trying to get Mia to use her ice again.
I knew I'd have to talk to her as soon as we were discharged. Alia had stated that she was giving official dical care, and therefore I would remain in her quarters until I could go back to class.
"Alia."
"Hm?"
"Thank you for what you did yesterday."
The girl smiled sadly.
"I'm sorry I had to do that to you, Jay," she apologized, looking at right in the eyes.
"I'm glad you did. You and I both know what would've happened if you hadn't."
She nodded slowly, clearly understanding what I ant. She opened her mouth to say sothing else, but before she could utter anything I felt a small feeling in my chest.
"There's soone at the door," I said, chuckling.
Alia got up, puzzled. I watched as she walked over to the door, opening it slightly.
"Asthia?" she asked, surprised at the sudden visit. The dragon girl smiled innocently.
"Hi, Alia. Is Jay here?"
Wait a second. She might genuinely kill . I tried to signal Alia to deny the question, but I knew it was no use. Asthia could easily sense my presence through the wooden walls of the room, and Alia had already nodded and opened the door fully.
Asthia approached the bed, her red eyes glaring at .
Uh oh.
"So... care to explain?" she asked.
"I heroically saved a girl by taking down the evil-"
Small red flas suddenly burst in Asthia's palm, her patience diminishing.
"I was a reckless fool who acted on emotion and ignored reason, I apologize," I corrected imdiately, valuing my life.
"I see," she responded, extinguishing the ember.
Alia simply watched the scene unfold, realizing the kind of relationship Asthia and I had. This wasn't the kind of relationship two individuals would have after knowing each other for a week. Even if we had beco good friends as soon as we had t each other on the first day of school, sothing was clearly off.
"Do you guys know each other?" asked Alia, attempting to connect the dots.
"Nope."
"Nope."
She smiled, our answers perfectly synchronized.
We're busted, I said to Asthia, our minds connecting as the link opened.
"I have to go check on Mia. Thank you for your ti, Alia," said Asthia, regaining her composure and her dignity as she briskly left.
I watched as the dragon girl exited the room, her white hair fluttering behind her as the door closed. Alia kept her thoughts to herself, deciding not to question what she had just seen.
"When should we expect Mia to have chosen a side?" I asked, Alia, turning to .
"By tomorrow, Jay."
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