Aspiration to the Heavens: Becoming the Supreme Mage Vol 2- Descent of Darkness

Episode 97: Like a Lotus

*Sarah*

Nyima and I left our teams and followed Princess Marina out of the stadium where the obstacle course had taken place.

"Wait!" Xue yelled, running after us. "Can I join too?"

The princess of Mizu no Kin smiled at her. "Of course you can. The more the merrier!"

"Thank you," Xue said, bowing.

Marina sighed. "Like I told Sarah, there's no need to act so formal around me."

"Yeah, Marina is like the water," the young man who had accompanied her said. "She goes with the flow. Probably one of the most laid back people I know."

I thought of Kun and Hal.

"Sounds a bit like Iah and Lei," Nyima said, chuckling a little.

"Yeah," I said, smiling.

Nyima laughed nervously. "Ironic that I'm the one with water..."

"Why do you say that?" I asked.

She bit her lip. "Well... I'm kind of uptight compared to the others."

"Well, so are we," Xue said.

I gasped. "What? I'm not..."

"Now you sound like Sy here," Marina said, laughing.

Sy averted his gaze and remained silent as we exited the stadium.

"Is he mad?" Nyima asked.

"A bit, I think," Marina whispered. "Though this is an improvement to when we were younger. Sy used to run off."

"I didn't run away!" Sy snapped. He grumbled. "I simply wanted some space. You were so overbearing back then."

Marina laughed, prompting him to blush.

"W-why are you laughing?"

"She really is like that rude kid..." Nyima said, sighing.

"And his older triplet brother," I added.

"At least you girls understand me," Sy said.

"So many tsunderes," Marina said, snickering.

"Indeed," Xue said, nodding her head.

"I am not a tsundere!" Nyima, Sy, and I yelled at in unison.

"Wow, were you three triplets in another life or something?" Marina asked.

"N-no!" we yelled as we came to a stop in the full parking lot in front of the stadium. The three of us glanced at one another and burst into laughter.

Marina giggled and continued on her way. "Sy, can you help me train these girls?"

Sy sighed. "I guess. You basically threw our plans for today out of the window."

"We interrupted something?" Nyima asked, frowning.

He shook his head. "Don't be concerned. It wasn't a date or anything like that. Just two friends hanging out."

Was that truly it? Wasn't there something else?

"Anyway, let's get going," Sy said, walking on ahead of us.

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Xue took the lead and walked us back to the Shining River Hotel. Specifically  the west wing. This part of the hotel contained rooms which were dedicated for magical battles.