Academy

Arc 15

Affinity

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While the moon shines brightly during the night , Lest steps outside of his office onto his balcony

Lest looked at the sky and closes his eyes

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Lest-"Father!!"

The ocean waves were still in frenzy as Lest drowned into the ocean

The wave brought Lest back onto the continent , he was nearly dead from drowning and starvation

??-"Mom , there is someone sleeping over by the beach"

The mother and her child approaches Lest

??-"Oh my , you are right , young one , are you alright?"

Lest looked and turns his attention to his bag

Lest-"Father....."

Stretching out his hand to his bag , all he could see was a weak purple light glowing from the bag and he fainted once again

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Lest-"That box contained only a necklace...?"

Fayn-"This is.. the girls dorm.."

Fayn legs trembles as he spoke to Neo with Fleur on his back

Neo-"Mhmm , what is wrong Fayn? why are you shaking"

Fayn-"N..nothing!..Neo.. Could you bring Fleur to her room?.."

Neo-"Mhmm sure.."

Fayn-"Thanks Neo , just ask the dorm mistress and she will guide you to Fleur's room"

Fayn rest Fleur into Neo's arms

Neo-"Mhmm but why me all of the sudden , you looked happy when you were carrying Fleur"

Fayn blushed and quickly ran away

Neo and Sven looked at Fayn with a funny face

Neo-"O well , shall we go and head home? I am getting hungry"

Sven-"Rawwr"

Neo enters the dorm lobby , the lobby had seats , a fire place , many plants in jars and candles

As Neo walks in , a woman with dark green hair and brown eyes stood up from her seat

She open her mouth and spoke with a soft voice

??-"What happened to her ?"

Neo-"Uhm.. we were in the Trial tower .. she got exhaust and felt asleep"

??-"I see , MrBui's students huh , it must of been hard to carry her all the way here , come with me , I will show you her room and what is your name?"

Neo-"Ah thank you , my name is Neo and this is Sven"

Sven appeared from the back of Neo's shoulder

??-"Oh my , you are the rumored cute duo?"

Neo tilted his head to the side

Neo-"Huh..?"

??-"Hehe I am sorry , my name is Lily"

Mistress Lily brought Neo infront of Fleur's room and she carried her onto her bed

Lily-"Well she is now sleeping on her bed , you must be tired , would you like something to drink?"

Neo-"Uhm.. Thank you mistress Lily but.. I am not tired"

Neo stomach growls of hunger

Lily-"Hehe , just call me Lily and it seems that you are hungry instead of tired"

Neo-"Y..yes ..m..Lily.. But I have to go now , my sisters are waiting for me , good night and thank you!"

Neo quickly rush out of the dorm and decides to head home

Lily-"Mhmm he lives up to the rumors hehe too bad , I wanted to have a long chat with him"

Neo and Sven finally got home , as he got infront of the gate , May opened the door for him

May-"Welcome back Neo and Sven , your food are on the table"

Neo-"Thank you May"

Sven-"Rawwwwrr"

As Neo ate , Cyel and Ria jumped on him and questioned him on why he came home late at night

Cyel-"Were you seeing a girl!?"

Ria-"Neo , I think you should take your times.. you are still young and have many years ahead.."

Neo did not understand what they were saying , he began to explain that he was in MrBui class and that he cleared the first floor today

Cyel-"Monster with flower on their heads?.."

Ria-"Neo.. are you sure..?"

Neo-"Mhmm , I even found my first artifact!"

Neo pulls out the crystal necklace that was under his shirt collar

Cyel-"Wow.. so pretty.."

Ria-"Mhmm.. I never seen anything like this..the white color matches you perfectly with Sven on your shoulder hehe"

Neo held out the crystal proudly infront of his sisters while they stared closely

Ria-"but.. isn't it weird sister Cyel?"

Neo-"Weird?"

Cyel-"Mhmm.. The first floor has a small amount of wild boars , wild deers and wild birds.. and no one ever got anything from that floor as it was the easiest floor.."

Ria-"Mhmm..It even took me roughly 5 minutes to clear the floor"

Cyel held her hands together

Cyel-"Well it's no use guessing around , we can always ask grand pa Lest about it tomorrow , he should know something"

Ria nodded

Ria-"That's right , little Neo , can your sister Ria try that necklace on? hehe"

Neo hesitated as he handled the necklace to Ria

As Ria held the necklace glittered a faint blue light

Neo-"Ah!"

Ria-"Hmm? What is it little Neo ? Do I look pretty with it hehehe?"

Neo-"Uhmm...no..I mean yes and is sister Ria feeling tired or anything weird?"

Ria winks at Cyel

Ria-"hehehe , I don't feel tired , why?"

Neo-"Oh.. nothing..is just the.. crystal is glowing*maybe Fleur was just tired..*"

Cyel-"Glowing?"

Cyel and Ria looks at the crystal

Ria-"I don't see anything different.."

Neo-"But the crystal is glowing blue..lights"

Cyel-"My my Neo , you must be exhausted from your first floor , let's go sleep together hehe"

Neo-"Huh..ok.."

Ria-"Sister Cyel! You can't do that!"

Cyel-"Awwe why not?"

Ria-"Because i..it's the rule!"

Cyel-"Boo Ria is a meanie"

Neo and the siblings went into their rooms

Neo and Sven yawns

Neo-"Good night Sven"

The white cub who was resting beside him let out a quiet

Sven-"Raawwwr"

Ria-"Ah , I forgot to return the necklace to Neo.. but we live together"

Incase Cyel would sneak into Neo's room , Ria kept her eyes and ears open to hear any movement

Cyel-"*Hmmp..I will sneak in for sure..*"

Ria-"Hmm.. I felt a perverted aura.. maybe because I am getting sleepy .. too sleepy....to keep.. watch...zzz"

As Neo slowly felt into slumber.. he could see a dream like event he experienced before

This..dream...

Neo could see a dark red diamond shape with layers of red flowing around and into it

Ah.. My core....

He also notice one small orange layer forming and spinning slowly around the bottom of the red diamond

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Orange...?

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