​"Everything that I am is a gift as well as a curse."

Rumors about an infamous Mage-sprout - Azalea "The Bewitched"- had been circling around the Hunter's Council. Such rumors tend to attract the attention of various organizations. It's easy to tell with the uncanny similarities the men enquiring often possess. These malicious gossips had produced troublesome situations for Azalea's demon hunting job. Most hunters are afraid to team-up with her and some people are reluctant to make a hunting request with her involved.

During her solo hunt in Dimatagpuan Region, four students from the renowned school, AB Academy, appeared before her with an odd offer. This academy's Headmaster had grown a sudden interest in her skills as a Mage and he wants her to enroll as one of his scholars. It is the most unexpected offer which might as well bring the greatest change in her current lifestyle. Is she prepared to leave behind her normal daily life of hunting and fighting, to turn it around into an unusual daily life of socializing and schooling? How will she respond to her new environment as she learns more about who she really is?

Defiant

Forty minutes after two o’clock in the afternoon 


A horde of metaghosts are on the way to the Library. Inside the broken door and damaged walls of the library lies the lifeless and crumbling body of Pana. Meanwhile, Primrose is losing control of her power as the gigantic armored arm grows to develop more of its part. Wrie, with her eroding body, runs quickly to Primrose’s side while Emil and Zacharius’ gaze are fixed on Pana and Schnitzel. 


Zacharius stares at Emil for a long while. “Hey mage,” he calls. “Can’t you do something like healing her?” 


Emil clicks his tongue. “Nope,” he answers without looking at Zacharius. 


“What?! Is busting those old rusty tin cans all you could do?” 


“Hey, I never studied magic.” He glares at him. “I just trained myself to better the kind of magic I already have.” 


Counter 19: Abstract Tremor I