The Legacy of Charm: An Examination of sincerity

Chapter 2

Stopping with the others at the railing, Nathaniel and Sophia immediately noticed a couple who had never appeared at the collegium before. A guy under six feet tall with short dark blond hair, slightly combed up, alternately shook hands with all the wizards who approached him. Not very pumped up, but with a very prominent body. His skin was a pleasant golden shade, as if it had a light tan on it. He was dressed simply – a dark blue V-neck T–shirt, skinny trousers and high boots – but he looked insanely good.

After a couple of seconds, a girl could be seen behind him, who, although friendly, tried to avoid unnecessary contact with those present. She was shorter than her companion by about twenty centimeters, which made it difficult to notice her behind his back. At the same time, she could not be called petite. Straight hair of a calm ginger-red shade flowed almost to the waist and was in a slight mess. Unlike the disaster on Sherman's head, the girl's hairstyle even looked very attractive. It was enough to look at her only once to understand how developed her sense of style was: shorts matching the color of her soulmate's T-shirt with a high waist and a bow from the belt looked great on her slender long legs, and a red cropped top with open shoulders and voluminous sleeves added brightness to the image. On her feet she wore flat sandals to match the top, under the straps of which you could see patches.

"Come on, let's go" Sherman was already walking down the stairs with Nora and Felix, while Nate and Sophy watched the couple below in fascination.

The red-haired girl literally circled around her companion and chatted about something, not stopping for a second. The guy listened to her with a touching smile on his face, from time to time intercepting her hands when she reached out to him. Only the sight of her friends on the horizon did the enchantress smile even wider, and almost at the same second Redlock flew up to her, lifting her in a tight embrace. Meanwhile, Nora caught up with them and, saying something, exchanged kisses on the cheek with the stranger, putting her hand on his shoulder while he lightly pressed her around the waist. Sophia and Nathaniel only came to the moment when the guys were already shaking hands, and for some reason it was very funny to see someone taller than Felix. Blackwall, meanwhile, was assaulted by a lot of kisses and hugs from her friend.

"Hey!" The enchantress recoiled, turning her attention to Greenfire Jr. "You're Nathaniel, right?" She held out her hand to him.

"Yes."

"Nat, nice to meet you. My name is Antoinette, but my friends just call me Toni," after that, she turned her attention to the blonde, allowing her lover to greet Nate, who was slightly surprised by the new interpretation of his name. He also couldn't help but note that he felt the girl's energy very clearly when shaking hands – much better than her companion.

"I'm Sophy," the blonde smiled warmly.

"Nice to meet you," shaking her hand, the redhead pointed to her soulmate. "And this is Nicholas," she became serious, "just Nicholas for you."

The guy rolled his eyes in a half smile, releasing the wrist of the blonde, who, like Nathaniel, was slightly taken aback. A second after that, the enchantress laughed.

"I'm joking" She combed her hair with her hand, breaking her straight parting for a moment. "You can just call me Nick," the stranger finally added.

Upon closer inspection, the couple from Earth discovered new details about the appearance of these wizards. The snub-nosed Antoinette had large eyes with expressive eyelashes, and a barely noticeable scattering of pale brown freckles of various sizes and shapes on her cheekbones. Natural straight eyebrows looked very natural on a face without makeup. Her pallor was almost like transparency, but it suited her much better than the black-haired Nora. Nick had sharp facial features: a long straight nose, well-defined cheekbones and jaw, as well as wide eyebrows. He masterfully controlled the color of his eyes, keeping them in the gray-blue spectrum, and his companion in gray-green. On top of everything else, these two really looked great together.