Nix nodded his head, rubbing his chin, he narrowed his eyes as he thought on how well he could make the task he would give her as challenging as possible.
"I want you to prove to me how much you can grow," he began. "I don't want a dead weight clinging to me."
"Hey!" Lumina nudged him on the side.
Rubbing his side to the pain, "I never mentioned names, and that doesn't mean you are the only one who is trying to cling to me."
Lumina narrowed her eyes at those words, "what are their names, department or ranks?" Her voice grew cold at the thought of the competition.
Nix took a step back at her action, there were sparks of currents traveling across her body as she stared at him.
"Would you calm down? You overthink things." He shook his head, even though he knew her action was mainly due to jealousy, at the very best she shouldn't mistakenly zap him with one of those currents, he was the victim here.
'It's the plot's fault for creating the situation in this way.' He facepalmed.
"I'm overthinking things?" She asked with a raise of her brows.
"I don't appreciate overbearing females, nor do I want to have anything to do with those who would be what I had described as dead weight." He shrugged.
But there was something about Lumina, it almost felt like she had something special the moment he had met her, he could only hope his senses weren't wrong.
"Let's get this right, I need to see how well you can hold your lot against the others in this academy..."
Lumina immediately burst out laughing, tears brimming in her eyes as she pointed a finger at him, then bending over in laughter at his words.
Nix furrowed his brows in confusion, wondering why she would react in such a way, he wasn't even done with his words and she was already belittling his words?
As much as Lumina wanted to brag, she knew it was unwise to speak on what she could truly do. There was always the next day during the sparring session, if she was allowed to participate, she was sure to go all out to prove her point and show him the kind of gift she had.
"Am I missing something?" Nix folded his arms, clearly not pleased with her current attitude.
Realizing her mistake, she bowed overdramatically, "My apologies kind Sir, it's just that you really aren't acquainted with the remaining two gifts." She raised her head to lock eyes with him.
Nix's interest immediately grew upon that snippet of information, he did recall he had wanted to ask more on that from her.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"What you don't know is that my gift is one of them, but in comparison with the rest, I do not possess the ability to develop a passive gift, but we can feel each other's aura as long as they are within reach." She looked away shyly.
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He was stunned by this news, now he could feel it from within, one of the reasons he had taken a liking to Lumina.
"What's the last gift?" He questioned, there was something oddly strange about his feelings, it was almost like he could guess the last one.
"Water," she tilted her head in confusion.
'Naz!" Nix's eyes widened in horror, he could remember the condition he had found in his mother and brother. Now it all made sense why they had targeted his home. They must have tried to steal his mother and brother's gift.
Gifts weren't just a miracle, they were no more than their life force, if taken it would kill them and strip them of their warmth. Hence, how he had seen his mother and brother.
This had been made more prominent when he had fought with Agatha, the other students were in a similar condition.
But thinking about it, it couldn't possibly be Agatha who had been at their home, it was too large and a key monument of the academy, there was no way it would leave without anyone noticing.
Whoever or whatever had caused such a scene while he had battled that creature was going to pay for what they had done.
His guesses were that his brother's gift was taken, but he wondered how and why his mother's gift had been transferred to him. What was the connection or what went wrong with the extraction?
Why did they have to kill Aimi in such a gruesome manner? She was an innocent child!
"Please don't tell me, you also have the water gift." Lumina took a step back, weary of the kind of monstrosity he would be if he had that in conjunction with the two he had.
He looked down at his palms as if it weren't part of his body, they were trembling violently. He dropped to his knees, looking downwards and holding onto his hair as he pulled on it. "No! I wasn't the cause! I didn't do it, you have to believe me!" He yelled.
The thought of him being the one who had made both his mother and Naz vulnerable and not being able to look after Aimi, burning down their home with his gift. He couldn't help but have an inner struggle in his thoughts as he remembered the painful past.
Lumina jumped back in shock, she had never seen him in such a state before.
He had finally had a family after coming into this world, yet that was stripped from him when he was just making a connection with them.
His face reddened as he clenched his fists. "They will pay for this." he said, his teeth bared as his eyes grew distant. "I'll kill them all!" He punched the floor repeatedly in a fit of rage.
[Health level dropped by 2 points]
Bam!
[Health level dropped by 2 points]
Then he stopped when he saw the dent created by his fist.
"What the hell is going on with you?!" Lumina screamed, she had wanted to get closer to him, but paused as soon as she saw the look in his eyes, second thoughts immediately set in.
Nix knew he could do it, that it was only a matter of time before he could infiltrate the organization and kill every person who stood in his way. His plan was simple, he would start small like he had done in the academy, infiltrate the organization and gather information, so he could make a plan to get revenge on the people who had taken everything away from him.
'They had taken everything from me, it was now about time that they paid for their crimes.' He thought.
He had nearly forgotten that he wasn't alone in the room as he raised his head, looking at the female in front of him, her face staring at him as if she was waiting for him to explain what had just transpired.
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