Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

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The departure was difficult as they had imagined and as they knew, Anna was not very happy that they were leaving after coming back after so long.

She did her best to let them go and be strong, but she was still the same kid that they had left a few weeks ago the last time they went to the academy for the first time.

She was no grown up like them and she did not know how to hold herself back just yet.

She was smart, better than most kids her age, and she was special as well. There was no need to even think just how special she actually was anymore.

They all knew her, and they all knew she would be upset when they go back, but they also knew she would be perfectly fine even after they were gone.

She had friend, and this time, there were going to be more friends visiting her after they were gone.

She would not be alone anymore and she can make new friends from now on, and with her training keeping her extra busy, she wasn't going to have much time to worry about them.

She was going to do good, her brother knew it the best.

That's why… they left her with a smile, and though with tears, she said her goodbye with a smile as well.

Carriages left the house gates with her brothers and sisters.

And then she cried.

Thankfully, there were her friends and the rest of her family to support her. Her mom and dad… as well as her Taika.

They were her, and they were going to be right there with her, beside her.

She was going to meet special children like herself soon, and they would become friends.

Eon knew that when he sat out on the airship of the academy.

He was sad as well, he did not want to leave his lovely little sister. Not for such a long time… but just like how he had resolved himself to not contact her and upset her, he had resolved himself for what he had to achieve in this academy.

He was a vice captain right now and his sister was the captain of their house.

They were the winners of the annual alchemy competition so as soon as the school starts the day after tomorrow, there was going to be an event to announce the results of each house where the teachers and the headmasters would distribute House points according to achievements they had made in this short time.

And their classes and regular activities would start after that only.

The next big event that the houses would have taken part in was going to be the sports event of the Empire but, it was cancelled for this year and was going to be held the following year so one of their grounds for competing was not there anymore.

Which, as the captains of each of the houses knew well, meant they would have to put extra efforts in all the inter-academy activities and special events that would happen in their academy.

The midterms would be the next big competition ground and they would have to do well individually as well in the exams for the school ranks that would truly decide their standing in the school.

The entrance exams of the great academy weren't something that gave anyone any certain rank, they just had people that achieved the most points and the one that made the most contributions to the whole competition.

There were many individuals every year that just did what they could to pass the exams and nothing more.

Most of the house captains of this year were individuals that weren't that great in the ranks, some of the high performing people weren't even part of the famous groups.

Thus… their midterms were going to be something enjoyable.

However, before that, there was the event for point distribution for their performance in the annual alchemy competition that, sadly, did not go very well.

"Uriel! You're finally here~~!"

Quin had not seen her dear friends for more than a week now. She had handhelds her team members well along with Alf but she had worried about her Friends all this time.

They were captains of their houses however, they were the only individuals that didn't come with them to the competition or to the Heliox house.

They knew them and still, they did not visit them when they were there so, she had at least figured out they were out doing something of their own.

They were special individuals, she knew that every well by this point and she also knew if even their presidents weren't talking about them during Anna's tea party, the two of them must be doing something important.

So, until now, she had only prayed that whatever they were doing or whatever they were, they would be safe, and fine.

"It's good to see you as well, Quinny."

"Where were you?!"

She had all the rights as their friend to shout at the two of them who neither connected her, nor did anything to inform her that they were fine.

"And you!"

Something bad had happened in the city that they were in and they had no idea about it.

She thought it was luck but then there was this feeling that she had heard someone playing some kind of music at the night when all that happened, so she was confused.

And just like every time, she needed these two of them to talk about the happenings of that time.

"Lucifer! Why didn't you content me and tell me you were alright?! I even saw you two online in <NO> sometimes! What were you doing?!"

They couldn't tell her they were with them all the time just yet or there wouldn't be any meaning in hiding their identities.

She would know one day, everyone in this academy would, but right now wasn't the time.

"I apologise for that, Quin."

They had only arrived in their dorm right now and they weren't the ones who informed the others of their arrival.

It was Carla, who told the rest of the ladies, and Alf told the rest of their male fields.

Then the world began spreading and now the entire campus knew that they were back to the school exactly after half of day Cary and Alf came back.

"No! No apologies! Tell me where you were!"

They were on the outskirts, checking up on the Pink nightangel, the rainbow flamingos and their new home.

He kept some of the things secret from Rein so she didn't get to see many things that he had prepared in that large house of theirs, but his insistence made her curious.

"Well…"

She wanted to see what he had done with their home so much that she went ahead and tried sneaking in, but he caught her, and dragged her back to their dorm.

And then, not even a few minutes later, she knocked on their doors.

"We were doing something very important and personal.

We could have told you if it was possible, but please try to understand when we say it isn't something we can tell to anyone, not even to our family."

She was worried about her friends, her first friends that were perhaps the sole reason she had so many friends in this academy right now.

"Something important? Personal…?"

"Yes, Quinny."

Quin was closer to Rein than she was with anyone else since Rein practically picked her and declared her a friend when they first met.

Their encounter was nothing magical, she practically threw a water fountain on them right after they woke up from a sweet dream on the great tree, but, even though their time together was not that long, they were inseparably close.

"Please forgive us this time, alright? We had our reasons and there were these important things we'd had to do no matter what.

We already know about the incident in Lakmer and all the things that happened there, as well as the things that happened on the island here, but since we weren't present here, we couldn't have done anything about it anyway.

Not that we have any power or authority to do so, but anyway…"

Talking her out was no easy task, but it was a kind of talk that they knew they could accomplish with a little effort and a good long chat.

"But…"

There were many things she wanted to tell her, many things that she wanted to show them, and many things that she wanted to ask them.

They were the only people after her grandfather that she was so close to… they were practically her only remaining family in this world aside from her familiar spirits and, of course, her familiar that was still resting in her egg.

She loved them, and they held an irreplaceable part in her life. She didn't even know what she would do when they weren't around.

"You're alright… right?"

Lady of Atraxia might have been a soothing wind, or Master of Heliox might have been a bright, warm light that healed the wounds that were caused by the events in the Lakmer, but the invisible wounds that still haunted her were something only the two of them could heal… something she can only get rid of after talking with them.

They were the people she went to when she did not understand something, when she needed anything… answers that she couldn't know even after going through any book in their grand library.

They were her friends, her companions that she couldn't separate herself from even if she wanted to.

And the two of them knew that as well.

"Of course we are alright~."

"There were a few things that happened, but we are alright now. There's nothing for you to worry about."

Many things had happened to them since they went to Lakmer, but they were back now.

And, this time, they weren't going anywhere for a good long time… at least, not as Axion of Heliox or Reinelle of Atraxia.

They were Lucifer and Uriel of the academy, the captain and vice captain of Dark society and Wisdom phoenix.

They were her friends and the chains that bound every house in this academy… nothing was going to tear them apart now.

Not until something unexpected happens…

Then they would have to do something themselves.