Aveline had stayed cloistered in her room without doing anything, thinking about the new turn her life was going to take. She thought about it for a whole day but came up with the empty result. Nothing. Her life no longer had any meaning, she would have been better off committing suicide.
A slight sigh escaped from her mouth when she saw the magical creature that announced the beginning of the classes knocking against her window pane:
__ Aveline, the course on healing magic starts in a few minutes.
Aveline showed all her discontent through the violent look she gave to the creature, which was startled and surprised:
__ The magic class. You know where we are, Aveline, at the magic school and you have class there.Aveline got up quietly, took a white sheet and covered the window. What good would it do her to go to class? The last week was catastrophic. Her old friends were having fun casting spells on her all day long. Some teachers even left a slight smile on his face in the face of his suffering.You bang on my window again and I'll bang you. she shouted when she thought the creature was doing too much.
A slight knock was heard and Aveline threw a huge block of stone through the window. Her hair had stretched on either side of her head, her eyes were filled with fury: she was angry.You touch my window once more and I'll turn you into sushi.The frightened creature vanished at full speed. Aveline regained her calm, her hair returned to its original position. The young woman let herself fall on her bed and opened her grimoire:
__ I will recite once more the weakest spell: Disperthum.
Nothing. Nothing happened. There was nothing to be done, the magic had left her body. The mad young woman threw her grimoire through the glass: Anyway, I already know all the spells. Shit!
Knock! Knock! Knock! Someone was banging on the door. Aveline went down in a rage, she wanted to be alone and she was going to throw her anger at the bumping person:"I said I don't want any more classes. Don't talk to me any more about magic, I hate all those who are here, apprentice magician, mage, Arch-mage. You're all just bad people. You were full to bursting at the seams, but now I see your true face: you're all bastards. I hate you all, you hypocrites! »
__Hello, Aveline. I'm sorry I've been late. You're not mad at me, are you? Asked a voice that sounded familiar.
The moment Aveline opened the door and the moment she discovered this person's face seemed eternal. She watched him say nothing, without doing anything. The dominant arm holding his wrist, his heart pounding against his chest, his gaze beginning to change. The guest hardly moved back a few steps when Aveline, as expected, poured out her anger, barely avoiding even a blow she had thrown:
__You! You're the one who stopped me from killing myself last time. You told me you'd help me but instead you disappeared. You're just like the other wise men, liars and hypocrites. The first thing I'll do when I'm back is to get back at you...
The visitor put his index finger right over Aveline's mouth to reduce her flow. The young woman was so angry that she bit the finger in front of her. Her eyes still filled with rage.
__You... You're mad. Let the visitor hear it while desperately trying to contain the pain.
__ And you're a liar! replied the woman.
After a few moments of pain, the visitor regained his calm. His assets as a man could be seen at a distance, a white-eyed magician with a larger than normal body and short white hair: - Come, let's go to class.
__I have already said I will not go. I don't want to be the test product again. said Aveline.
Aveline told her visitor everything that had happened to her since they last met. She emphasized more the moments when she was used as the test project:
__ When they learned a new spell, they would hasten to try it on me once the teachers had turned their backs. She had said to make the visitor understand what she had experienced.
The visitor listened to Aveline, then when she had finished he wanted to embrace her but he held back because he knew that she might push him away with the devilish strength she had.
__So that's how it happened? I get it. I get it. I just got here, I was on a mission for the Archimage. I didn't know they gave you that kind of punishment. Anyway, anyway... Anyway you have no choice, today is the beginning of the fourth grade and you know what that means? He asks.
__Yes. The Magi will have to find a friend with whom they will become one. Basically a team of two that's going to have to move up in the pecking order. But as far as I'm concerned, I'm only human. Said Aveline, looking sad and downhearted.
The mysterious looked at her and let a smile appear:
__Come. I've made you my partner, from today we'll be united.
The young woman could not believe her ears. Teaming up with a magical nobody like her? But what was the wizard thinking:
__ I...I...
Aveline couldn't finish her sentence when she saw three people advancing towards her door. From her position she recognized them immediately. It was the Brylianes.
__Aveline, we had just come to make sure that you would keep our little meeting a secret. Let one of the Brylians hear it.
Aveline looked at her visitor and sketched a smile that didn't bode well:
__I agree to be your partner if you do me a little favor.
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