Riuna bought everything I need for me. She said it's all going to be delivered to my inventory later. And the fact that the huge storage room was actually a space within the student card! (which means there's more!)
We had a break on a café before we continue our journey.
'...And that's about everything. Any questions?'
'Nope. You've explained everything clearly.' I sipped my Vanilla Latte. Just then I remembered something.
'Wait, I guess there's one thing that's been bothering me for a while...' I hesitated awhile then I decided to ask anyway.
'Last night, when we were fending off the wolves, what happened to you? And what are you? I have been asking you since the start but you're not answering...'
The smile on Riuna's face disappears. She looks down and finally decides to answer
'I guess I have to tell you about that. Well, the thing is that ... Well, I'm not sure how to put this but back then, I wasn't me.' Riuna holds a pendant looking object in her hand. It looks like a shard of ruby on a string shaped like the small letter h.
Riuna sighed. She looks so hesitant to answer. Like something is troubling her.
'I'll answer the second one first. Since I'll simplify everything.'
Riuna pulls the top of her shirt, showing a red tattoo on her left chest.
'Third heir of the Shadowheave household, Red Class 10th Rank Battle Magician, Riuna Crimson Shadowheave, Race Blood Vampire.'
'Blood.. Vampire..? now everything makes sense! You're weak to sunlight and all-'
'No, it's just that the light in the forest burns our bones. Normal sunlight has no effect on us. Just so you know.'
'Ok... so, last night?'
'Once I had a little sister. She was cheerful and strong. She could control her powers much much better than me, which is why she is the first heir even though I'm older. But one day, she lost her life due to an accident. But her soul couldn't move on and finally slip into my body. But this soul carries the madness within her that even I can't suppress. And on full moon, our limiters are broken off and she takes over my body and... you know the rest.'
'I-I'm sorry, I never knew..'
'Don't be. It's not something for anyone to feel sorry about.'
'And about that limiter thing on full moons?'
'Oh, our astral forms have 3 stages. Snooze mode, Neutral mode, and Awakening mode. On Astriaes our modes are automatically on awakening mode, the strongest mode. But on full moons, our awakening mode goes over a certain limit that our bodies can no longer contain and thus unable to control ourselves.'
And then it's noon right before we know it. The Astriae is disappearing and Riuna stood up.
'Now then, shall we enter the academy city?'
Riuna led me to a golden gate decorated with various kinds of jewel stones. And across it is a bridge of pure glass.
