Legend of Arcana: Legacy of the Forgotten

Chapter Two: Past memories, Part IV

"Speak of the devil. Hey Rey!"

Just as I was about to leave the station, Prez upon spotting me, shouted out from her seat calling for me.

Sigh...

Knowing that I couldn't simply ignore Prez without any repercussions, I turned around and greeted her back.

"Hey Prez, didn't expect to see you here"

"Hmmph! Liar, I already know you saw me earlier!" Prez poutingly replies.

"Sigh... Sorry, you two seem pretty busy with something, I don't want to intrude"

"so you did notice me earlier huh... and yet you decided to ignore me. Hmmp I hate you"

Ughh... This woman...

Turning my attention to the other person at the table, based on the shape of her body, it seems that she's a woman around Prez's age, but why did she have a such suspicious get-up?

"And this person?..." I inquire.

"Oh uh... Where are my manners? Let me introduce you two to each other, Rey this Illianara, and she's uhh... Err... Right! She's a friend of mine!

—Illianara, meet Rey, my classmate"

"Nice to meet you, I'm Rey, Rey Argent" I bowed greeting her as Prez introduced me.

"Umm uh, same. Illianara Clainad..." The woman shyly greeted back while also extending her hand for a handshake.

Illianara? I could have sworn heard that before...

Anyway not wanting to make the woman wait, I slowly grabbed her hand, but instead of going for a handshake, I gentlemanly bowed and went for a kiss on the back of her hand.

"Illianara Clainad, what a lovely name" was my compliment to her.

As Arthur used to say, first impressions are always important.

"Whoa there smooth operator" Was Prez's comment upon seeing my action forcing Illianara to immediately retract her hand with a hint of an embarrassed face.

With those out of the way, I then sat on one of the chairs.

"So uh... Prez, why did you call me? do you perhaps need me with something?"

"Oh, nothing much, Illianara and I were just talking about something regarding the upcoming events. —wait, we're actually just talking about you just now"

"Wow Prez, can't believe you're spreading weird gossip about me outside of the school as well" I sheepishly joke which makes Prez panicky out of shame and go into her defensive mode.

"I do not!"

"Hahaha, Jeanne is guilty as charged"

"Liana!"

As Illianara continued to laugh at Prez she unknowingly accidentally swiped the hood she was wearing revealing her flawless face adorned with an ash-colored hair, smooth glossy lips, and grayish eyes.

"Ahh!"

!!!

Noticing that Illianara looks exactly like the songstress Ris talked about earlier, I took out the flier from my pocket and compared her to it.

There's no way...

"Miss Illianara... Are you perhaps Illianara Clainad, as in Illianara The Jewel of the North?"

"I... Uh..."

"—heh~ so know about her Rey?" Prez inquired to which I denied.

"No, but Ris, the girl from the library talked about her to me earlier"