Flying Sparks - 15 14

“I haven’t died yet have I Walton? Don’t be crying now.” I gave him the signature smirk of mine before he nodded. His warm hands cupped mine as hegently cradled it, as if I was about to float away. I looked at Lara snd signalled her to give me a bottle of water and she nodded.

When I got the bottle, I put it against Walton’s face. I gave him the gesture to drink. He then drank out of the straw provided as I was still holding it. I let out a small chuckle and moved my thumb, gently carressing the cheek, telling him everything was okay.

After a long while of silence, Lara broke it by asking.

“Milady, the last spell you used was amazing! How did you do it?” That question struck me out of nowhere, it left me with two options. Tell them it happened suddenly or tell them the truth. Weighing between my two options, I decided on the first one.

“I just did it? It isn’t much anyways.” Walton and Lara both had this shocked face as they processed the information. I honestly won’t blame them. Most wizards here stick to one type of element magic. It takes complete mastery of the primary element before even attempting the secondary element.

“But you guys have come face to face with it before?” They nodded slowly, still mouths open wide.

“But Milady is awesome, being able to attempt using a secondary element magic.” Lara nodded along with that statement. Both of them then explained the events which happened afterwards I fainted. Apparently, the people that were hit had minor wounds but mine was a deep wound which cracked some of my bones. I was told that I’m not allowed to practice magic. I nodded and hopped onto Walton’s back before heading to class.

The walk to class was unsurprisingly noisy. People wanted to see the person who ended the monster with a secondary element spell.

“Wow, it’s really the previous Queen!” “Of course, what did you expect from someone that came in second after Raymond?” “Raymond must have been regretful to let her go. Like she’s so pretty and powerful.” “I know right, she’s just so perfect!”

Perfect? That word brings so much distaste on my tongue. I’m scarred both physically and mentally. What makes everyone think I’m perfect, I’m the definition of old and broken. I sacrificed everything to get this far, it should not be perfect in any way.

Lara came over and covered my ears, blocking out the comments. Even though she wasn’t an official servant of mine, I appreciated the gesture. I placed a gentle pat on her head before muttering thank you. She simply smiled back and shook her head.

Once Walton put me back in my seat, I slumped over the table immediately. My body was very weak as equipment magic does a lot of things. Equipment magic requires real life materials to even materialize, but it fades away and the materials go back.

The door was then opened, earning screams from everywhere. Slowly turning my neck, I saw white capes. I let out a groan as I knew what was going to happen. Raymond and Layla walked over to see my still limping body.

“Sorry for meeting you like this. I wanted to say something about that fight. That fight was beautiful. I truly regretted letting you get out of my grasp. Will you come back to my side once again?” His voice making my knees weak, it was so smooth. I shook my head towards his question.

“I’m not willing to be Queen again. I have made up my mind and you can’t change it.” He let out a sigh and nodded. He took his leave along with Layla. Lara was pulled out before they left. Who knew what they were planning.

Lara came in after a while and the teacher came in. He put the attendance book on the table and sighed.

“I’m sorry for the inconvenience caused during your raid battle. It seemed I made it too strong. For that, I’m sorry for making all of you hurt, especially the lady there. She was one who killed the monster. So she should be applauded for doing so.” Then the class roared with excitement as they congratulated me for doing such thing.

The class then proceeded on with no further interruptions. Then came the break time where everyone was rushing to the courtyard to get stronger. I saw Walton and Lara practiced as I grumbled underneath the shade of the tree. My legs were dangling off the branch as I watched them, fingers itching to practice.

I paid no mind to the close interactions they were getting due to the fact that Walton is simply her teacher and she’s a student. They do look like a perfect couple honestly. A shy girl with a gentleman, definitely worthy.

Walton was teaching Lara how to conduct a nature spell since his strength was in nature. She casts a spell and roots coming from the earth shot up, creating a barrier around her. The roots then slowly faded as she ended the spell, not wanting to waste too much of her energy.

Feeling lethargic still, I let myself lean against the bark of the tree. Gentle winds flowing through my locks and the sound of the leaves rustling make a good lullaby. Bit by bit, I closed my eyes, enjoying the nature before falling asleep.