Marked

Having no intention of standing, she decided to continue walking. "I'm sorry, please excuse me."

"Says the one who I heard summoned Nix to Zoar." Ayanami wiggled her brow.

She and the other high ranking students had been alerted to the havoc that had been caused in the city by a rumic–those who had chosen to use their magic for evil.

"Oh!" Gia's voice toned down. She had remembered the news which had been circulating within the academy.

Ayanami's team had lost three of her teammates that day, with the exception of a male and a female, who are still in the infirmary.

Gia's brows knitted, she wondered why she was in a good condition while the rest wasn't. It almost looked like she had never left the academy's vicinity. Neither did she carry the air of sadness or grief about the dead teammates.

"Are you alright, Ayanami?" Her voice warm and soothing.

"Umm... yes?" She was momentarily stunned by the randomness of the question, but decided to play along with it.