Soma and Xiao Lian, who were on their way ho to the academy, walked slowly, basking in the feeling of the after-dates.
While holding hands, the two gaze at the deserted street and the blazing orange sky stretching vastly on the sky indicates that soon the day will co to sleep.
Finishing with the paperwork at the gate. Soma and Xiao Lian passed the entrance gate of the Academy, which stood tall and kept the privacy hidden inside.
They walked inside the academy periters when they saw four familiar figures sitting on a steel bench on the centre area of the academy.
The four of them seed to haven't noticed their arrival, for they were lost in their festive world. From afar, Soma could spot Hina surrounded by her seniors, like so sort of celebrity. They were Serafina, Lucy and Akane, and all of them were close to Hina.
Hina smiles happily, teeming with life and beauty. Suddenly, her gaze shifted to Soma's side and spread her pink lips.
"Soma, silver hair".
Xiao Lian, without wasting her ti, approached Hina, bringing a necklace and so food that she had bought to give it to Hina.
"Here, red hair. Happy birthday!".
"Thank you".
Soma feels slightly off by Hina's reaction; he turns to the other girls while Serafina casts her apologetic looks. He shrugged his shoulders and summoned the books he bought earlier.
"I know it has already passed its ti, but better late than never, right? Hina, Happy birthday!".
"What is this!?".
Hina stored the gift she received from Xiao Lian and began to open the grimoire Soma had gifted her. Slowly, as she glimpsed at the content, her joy flared, and she loosened her mouth. Because the fire spell that was contained inside the grimoire was sothing she had never read before, also upon closer looks, it was filled with useful magic that prioritized both attack and defence.
"Ehehe, thanks, Soma!".
"I'm glad if you like it".
Soma strokes her smooth and soft hair, making Hina's body flinch and tremble in delight.
"Soma, too!".
Serafina, Lucy, and Akane, who glared at him, approached his side. The group soon turned lively enough that it attracted many students who were strolling in the academy area.
Soma, who watched the happy faces that ca from his close friends, parted his lips as he subrged in his mind, "I should prepare sothing in return; this is also good for ensuring my own assumption about Lin Fan Family's conditions". Soma muttered.
***
In short, exactly three days later, when the chi of the bell rang, informing the lesson for today was over. Soma and the girls on his side were packing up their notebooks before a commotion occurred in the class.
Soma turned his gaze and found Lin Fan. With his cold expression, he approached their seat and stood in front of Soma while glaring.
Hina, who didn't know the situation between them, tensed; her body and her expression soon disappeared, leaving her cold, deadpan face that spooked the other classmates.
"What do you want?!".
"We need to talk!".
Lin Fan brushed past Hina's question as he kept his gaze straight at Soma. Hina's expression had dropped to a terrifying line when a hand grabbed her hands, calming her stirred heart.
"Calm down, red hair".
The listless voice from Xiao Lian brought Hina's sanity back, who had already summoned her Katana.
With a strong grip that held her off, Hina loosened the tension in her body and stored the Katana back into her storage rings.
Everyone in the class breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that a fight would happen in the class. All of the students in class known what kind of relationship the two, Hina and Lin Fan had.
They were like fire and fire who always clashed, for they had a stubborn nature in their heart.
Also, there was a ti when Lin Fan insults her in one of the mock battles the class held in P.E. At that ti, Lin Fan told her that she would be nothing if she were without Soma. However, the reality is indeed cruel. Hina lost by a thin Margin.
Of course, she is not lost because of just that; there is also a factor of luck when Hina, who stirred losing her control, slips her feet, making her stance crumble, and Lin fan, who was tired and almost on his limit launched his sneak attack and defeated her, creating this situation.
"It's okay, Hina. I have so business with him. Xiao Lian takes care of her".
"Mm",
Hina didn't utter a single word as Soma had already sealed his decision. She sighed, washing away her distressed mind and looked at the two males retreating back.
"Are you okay, red hair?".
"Hm, I'm fine, thanks for worrying about ".
Then suddenly, the two girls' phone rang, precisely the three-person phone, and alerted them. The content was a distressed signal from their seniors to help them with the paperwork and so small stuff in the student council.
"You got one, too? Is it from Senior Sera?".
"Mm, it seed so. What should we do?".
"Let's go together!".
The two girls hadn't realized a young boy with blonde hair who hesitated behind, extending his hand to tell them to wait.
****
Soma and Lin Fan were walking in the deserted corridor of the academy while they bypassed so students who were busy with their clubs, studies, or even their training.
Both of them walked in silence; Lin Fan was guiding Soma into the back of the academy, where it was hidden from the eyes of the others.
After they arrived at the place, they busted a couple who were snuggling toward each other, which made both parties stand in silence awkwardly.
However, the couple were the ones who gave up; they hurriedly left the place and made Lin Fan sigh in annoyance. Soma shrugged his shoulders and felt a bit apologetic about those couples. He turned his eyes to Lin Fan, who seed flustered about what had happened. Lin Fan tried to regulate his breath to calm his heart.
Both of them stood in silence, accompanied by the sound of rustling leaves and the sight of the swayed grass that got carried by the gust of wind that bypassed them, cooling their minds.
After a while, Lin Fan finally turned his body and faced Soma directly in the eyes. He kept his mind and body tense while Soma also realized the atmosphere around Lin Fan.
In one single mont, Lin fan disappeared from his place and lunged at Soma ferociously while using his Tiger form.
A palm accompanied by so strange aura thrust toward Soma's face, but that motion seed slowed down in Soma's current strength.
With swift and precise movent, Soma grabbed Lin Fan's wrist, locking him in place, and Soma shifted his footwork, which disrupted Lin Fan's next move.
Both of them stood such a close distance before Lin Fan reluctantly sighed and took out two notebooks, showing them in front of Soma.
"Here. This is my promise!".
Soma separated himself and then took the two books from Lin Fan's hands. He began to read the content and was shocked that he had already translated into the current language.
"Listen, don't you ever dare to spread that teaching to soone else. That was my ancestor's effort, which had built up over a century, and if I found soone other than you who has the thod, I am going to co for you!".
"Don't worry, and thank you!".
Lin Fan, who finished with his business, scoffed and began to move his feet away from the place. However, after they created so distance between them, Soma opened his mouth.
"Hey, catch!".
An Item that flew in a straight line and it was snatched by Lin fan hand. When Lin Fan opened his palm, his body stiffened like a rock.
"That is for my thanks. I only have one of them in my hand; I divided it into another small vial. I hope that will benefit you".
What Soma had given to Lin Fan was none other than a few droplets of Elixir that could possibly help Lin Fan in his situation, if it's the sa as in the series.
"!?".
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