"Didn't you just said earlier that the North Dormitory only had the nine of us?" Minerva asked in a strange tone."Yep." Zinnia nodded."Then how come this was too huge?" Minerva asked while pointing at the building in front of them."Uh, I don't know...?"Minerva just shook her head. She wasn't kidding. The building was too huge to only be occupied by the nine of them.When they were walking earlier, Zinnia had pointed at Minerva on where the other dormitories were located. There was where the scholars resided, the main dormitory, and the north dormitory. While the North Dormitory wasn't as huge as the Main Dormitory, it was still comparable to Southeast Dormitory where the academy's scholars resided. And compared to the North and Southeast, the Southeast Dormitory housed hundreds of students."Did the other nobilities talk about this?" She asked. 

"...can we go to the west instead?" Minerva said after a thought."Huh?" Zinnia looked at Minerva with a confused expression."Don't tell me you were that curious about the Legendary Vicious Beast? As what I said earlier, it was just a rumor." Zinnia said."But everyone who came inside the Inner Restricted Area had felt that huge pressure the beast had emitted." Minerva argued."Whatever. You normally wouldn't insist and this was the first time that you were this curious about something. Fine, I'd take you there. Still, we're not allowed to venture the Restricted Area. Did you understand? We'll just walk around the west. Nothing more." Zinnia said in a serious tone. She sounded like Serena whenever she acted like a caring big sister that Minerva had an urge to laugh. However, she stopped herself and nodded her head vehemently."Yes, yes. Now let's go?"

"I'm so pissed!" Zinnia grumbled as they walked at the streets. They were heading to another restaurant that Zinnia also recommended. Although it wasn't as tasty as Mavy's Restaurant according to her, it wasn't also bad.Minerva pulled the hood of her robe further to hide her face and hair before she responded. "I didn't expect that such incident would happen.""Me neither." Zinnia grumbled, "I was excited that I could finally bring you there yet that thing happened! And of all people who we could cross with, it happened to be Cascade!""Cascade?"Zinnia snapped her head at Minerva. "You didn't know Cascade?""…should I know him?""Heh. You sounded like Uncle Santi." Zinnia remarked, "Anyway, Cascade was my classmate in one of my general subjects. He was smart and even a talented swordmaster."Zinnia paused for a moment before she continued,

"Hmm. But if we wanted to interrogate them, this place wouldn't be a plausible one. Don't you think so?"Minerva glanced at some of the people at the end of the street they were in.Well, she admit that it was her fault. She accidentally released a huge amount of ice blocks that the others heard. Furthermore, this place was filled with mercenaries who were experienced. If there was anyone near them, they would surely heard the fight that broke in here. If fight was the right term to call for this."Who were they?" A baritone voice was heard from the crowd of people. Zinnia squinted her eyes and stretched her arm. The crowd, especially those who were in front, immediately screeched. They must've thought that Zinnia was about to attack them. However, what she only did was made a barrier that was made of vines. It was only a temporary barrier anyway. She only did that so they could escape safely."It's a

"My apologies for not introducing myself. I'm Claire Raphaela de Zielony. Nice to finally meet you, Minerva Chrysalis de Ivrea."What… the heck?Minerva was dumbfounded at the blonde woman, whose name was Claire, sudden revelation.Zinnia had a sister? And a jeweled eye wielder on top of that? Why did she mention anything to her?Furthermore, why did she only see her now?Wait, hold on a sec...She said that her name was Claire. And if Minerva recalled correctly, on her birthday, there was someone named Claire who would gift her with some books. She didn't bother to ask her father about Claire's background as there were a lot of people who gave her gifts. Minerva only recalled her name as the books that she gave was too interesting."Uh, Minnie…?"Minerva woke up from her reverie when she heard Zinnia called her name