Magic's Return: I Can See The Spirits
chapter-186

"What are you looking around for?

Just say the name of your friend you came so far to meet,

What's holding you back, buddy?"

Vaan spoke with a big smile on his face, the student glared at him in anger, clearly, he didn't appreciate Vaan coming up to him like this.

Vaan, of course, couldn't care less about what the student was thinking.

He simply stared back at him as the two had a little staring contest.

The tension in the air rose, however, knowing that he had to come up with an answer here, the student pointed in a random direction and,

"That guy, I came here to meet that guy."

Amused, Vaan turned around, looking at the 'guy' the student pointed out, and suddenly,

"Would you look at that?

The guy you actually came here for is in fact, a girl."

Vaan chuckled.

The Student, however, didn't give in and,

"That's because you were standing in front of me blocking my vision, you idiot.

I was talking about the guy sitting in front of that girl."

"M-Me?" The Mage sitting in front of the girl widened his eyes in surprise.

"Oh? Even your friend here seemed to be surprised by the fact that he is your friend.

I am no human psychology expert, but it doesn't look like you are pointing at the right person, bud."

Vaan commented with a big smile on his face.

Just from his smile alone, people could tell how much he was enjoying this situation. He wanted this person to dig an even deeper grave.

"He is that friend I was talking about. You can ask him if you would like, right blue head?"

The Student glared at the Mage.

"I… uhh…"

The Mage panicked.

Obviously, the swordsman wasn't his friend, however, if he said that out loud, then he would be singled out and targeted by him and his group in the future. It would never end well for him and his and his family's reputation might even be ruined if is constantly bullied in the classroom.

In the end, after thinking it through, the Mage was about to lie and nod at the swordsman's word but then,

"So that person is your friend huh…"

Vaan jumped in.

"You can ask him if you wan-"

The swordsman replied as he was about to walk towards the Mage in order to intimidate him further, Vaan however, simply shook his head and,

"No, no, I have no reason to doubt you, I believe your words."

He shrugged.

Hearing that, everyone else in the classroom frowned in confusion. Everyone could tell what sort of mental battle was happening all this while, but for Vaan to back out of the situation like this…

None of the people here could understand the reason behind this.

Even the swordsman himself seemed confused about the situation, however, seeing that he was being given a free pass out of the situation, he simply smiled and,

"That is wha-"

"I mean, there is no way you and your friend here would lie in front of a professor, correct?"

Vaan suddenly spoke up. He then glanced at the Mage sitting on his seat and,

"I don't know much however, I think lying to a professor when the Disciplinary Hall has been brought up would have very serious consequences.

Also, investigating whether the two of you are friends or not doesn't really sound so difficult, of course, we don't need to do it since you both agree but if we actually do it, and by chance, it turns out that you are indeed lying,

Then I don't know about my swordsman buddy here, but…

My Mage buddy…

That would put a tag of a 'coward' on your and your family's name.

If you are lying, that is.

Which, I am sure you are not."

Vaan smiled brightly and turned towards the professor,

"Professor, the two of them are indeed frie-"

"No!"

Suddenly, the mage spoke up.

Vaan's smile widened, he didn't interrupt his classmate and simply prepared to watch the show,

"I made a mistake, I confused him with someone else,

I do not know this person."

"You-" The swordsman glared at the Mage but again, Vaan appeared right in front of him, and,

"Seems like you can't lie your way out of this, buddy."

"You bastard! You think you can get awy-"

"Enough."

The Swordsman lost control over his anger and cursed Vaan, however, before he could speak anything else, the professor, who had been watching this whole time spoke up, his voice carrying absolute authority,

"You, what is your name?"

The Professor questioned as he pointed at the swordsman.

"Alex Sunblade."

The swordsman answered.

"You and your friends will be coming to the Disciplinary Hall with me."

"But Prof-"

Alex wanted to retort,

"I believe I have already heard enough.

Now follow me."

The Professor ordered as he turned around, not giving Alex any chance to come up with a retort.

Alex, on the other hand, clenched his fists in frustration, since the Professor had already ordered, he had no other choice but to follow his words.

He glared at Vaan one more time and,

"This will bite you back."

He spoke in a spiteful tone.

"Don't worry, I am used to it since the Dog I once kept in my house also had a habit of biting."

Vaan smiled.

"Yo-"

"Alex Sunblade, do I need to repeat myself?"

Alex wanted to retort, however, the Professor's voice was heard. He then snorted and walked away, his group following his steps.

"The rest of you are to attend your remaining classes."

The Professor ordered from outside the room as he then took away the group of swordsmen who had come here to cause trouble.

After the professor left, Elara rushed towards Vaan and,

"V-Vaan, I-I apologize, because of m-"

"You did the right thing, I wouldn't have been able to fight against all of them."

"B-But I nearly got us in troub-"

"Elara, did you forget what I told you?

Be more confident, arrogant even,

I am here.

You did nothing wrong.

If you hadn't used a Spell, I would have used an Instant Spell to protect myself and in the process, I would have injured a few of them.

That would have led to an even more complicated situation.

You saved me from making a mistake."

Vaan spoke as he gently cupped Elara's cheek.

"Alright lovebirds, we get the two of you are happily engaged, now can you stop rubbing it on our face?"

Suddenly, an annoyed voice was heard.

Vaan and Elara turned around and saw a woman standing with her hands on either side of her waist, the woman had long purple hair, purple eyes, the rest of her features were quite sharp as well, what grabbed most of the attention was the mole right under her left eye and her pink lips.

She was an attractive woman and unlike her tone that sounded unhappy, she had a smile on his face as she walked towards Vaan and Elara, and,

"Nice to meet you two,

I know you didn't bother hearing our names when we were introducing ourselves, so let me do it again,

I am Vilaya Haze, a 3rd Circle Mage."

"Vaan Astra Vesta, a 3rd Circle Mage."

"I-I am Elara Flameheart, a 4th Circle Mage."

Vaan and Elara introduced themselves.

"Yes, everyone in the class knows who you two are. Unlike you, we pay attention when others introduce themselves."

Vilaya chuckled as she glanced at Vaan.

"…I-I apologi-"

Elara was about to apologize but Vaan quickly held her hand, stopping her.

He really needed to fix Elara's attitude, he thought she got better when she kicked Elric at the right place but…

'I guess that's only when her battle mode is on…'

Vaan realized how important it was to prepone his plans. He had to teach cuss words to his Elara and make sure she started using them more often.

That would definitely give her some confidence.

Elara looked into Vaan's eyes, completely understanding what he was thinking about.

"Uhh, do you really have to do that right on my face? Why are you staring at each other in the middle of the classroom."

"I noticed that you seemed jealous, so I was trying to see how far I could go before you lose your temper," Vaan replied.

"…" Vilaya stared at him with a deadpan look on her face.

"W-We should attend the next class, we are already late."

Elara spoke up.

"You two also attend the Magic combat class?" Vilaya was surprised, soon, however, she realized,

"Right, the two of you are new, you are required to attend all the classes."

"The next class is Magic Combat?" Vaan questioned.

"It is." Elara nodded.

A wide smile appeared on Vaan's face,

"Now that sounds interesting."

Hearing those words, Vilaya simply smiled as she stared at Vaan.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Vaan frowned.

"No reason~" Vilaya chuckled as she walked away.

"We are getting late, let's leave."

She spoke.

Elara grabbed Vaan's hand and pulled him to the class and 2 hours later, Vaan finally realized why Vilaya smiled at him,

'Who in the hell teaches theory in a class named Magic Combat....'

He cursed inwardly.

'What a terribly boring Academy, there's nothing fun here.'

Vaan thought inwardly, but then, he was forced to take his words back,

"Vaan Astra Vesta and Elara Flameheart,

The two of you are summoned to the Disciplinary Hall."