Aziel rested his cheek on his palm, staring blankly at the professor's drone-like explanation of advanced elemental dynamics.
Man… When's this gonna end?
He wasn't exactly dumb, but sitting through hours of mana theory was borderline torture.
And to make matters worse?
Alden was still missing.
Aziel hadn't seen him since that message after the ruins incident.
No texts. No weird jokes.
Not even a sarcastic "I lived, bitch."
The bastard just vanished.
So Aziel did what he could.
He threw himself into training. Hard.
He'd clawed his way to the peak of the Advanced Initiate Rank, and he could feel it — just a bit more, and he'd crack into the next stage.
Almost there, he thought. Just a few more training sessions.
"Class dismissed."
Finally.
He shot up from his chair, already tossing his notebook into his storage ring.
Amyra and Nyx had already dipped — classic.
Cecilia was halfway through the exit.
"Oi, Cecilia, wait up!" Aziel called out.
She didn't stop.
