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Chapter 28: Seven Shiny Chains Under the Moonlight
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Part 1
It seemed trivial.
But it was exactly that tiny little piece no one expected in the game board that changed everything.
A saint was said to hold the power to rival a nuclear warhead. But right now, the said saint's eyes widened and her jaw trembling while her enemies right in front of her grinned like hungry beasts ready for hunt.
The one man that caused this turn of tables stood in the middle of the park and faced the saint while beaming in confidence. "It has been quite a while, hasn't it… Kanzaki Kaori?"
"Why… why are you here, Aureolus Izzard?"
She wasn't exactly afraid.
If she wanted to, she could slice the three of them in half with a single attack of her sword before they could even blink.
But the moment this piece who should've been removed from the table a while ago stepped back in as if it was just natural, a sea of uncertainty fogged her mind. It was like realizing your opponent was either cheating or you actually never knew the rules of the game you've been playing after betting all your fortune in it. In this situation, no one would trust a move that they believed to give them certain victory before.
And that man obviously caught on on that hesitation, which made him grin even wider. "What's the matter? Ah, let me guess: the church must've told you I was dead… or perhaps Styil himself told you about changing my memories, appearance and identity? Please… do you really believe such things would hold back someone that had reached the peak of alchemy?"
As if he had been waiting for this moment, his eyes flashed red. Kanzaki snapped back to her senses when she saw it and once again held the hilt of her sword with a stronger grip than before, affirming her intention to fight. "I don't know what actually happened to you, but that changes nothing. I'll still cut through any obstacles in my way."
Aureolus closed his eyes and spoke in an amused tone. "Hmmm, that's better. It wouldn't feel as good to crush you if you weren't at least trying."
Then, it happened in a flash.
Kanzaki vanished from where she stood and a loud metallic sound rang in the park. The chain in Aureolus hand had spun one last time and caught the sheathed blade of the katana just a couple of millimeters away from his stomach, making the wielder wide her eyes in surprise once again. "As expected from a saint. But I still feel hesitation in your movements. Don't tell me you're holding back on purpose because I'm your opponent? That's foolish."
Meanwhile, the girl called Cristina had her jaw hung down in sight what had just happened. "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa… I-I didn't even see her moving. If it was me, I would be done for."
"That's why I told you to stay back." Said the one who had summoned the man to the stage before turning to him. "Can you handle this on your own?"
"Are you joking? This is nothing but a mere shadow of the Kanzaki Kaori I knew. I don't even need to use Ars Magna against her. My Limen Magna should be more than enough."
Satisfied with the answer, the person nodded and took a step back. "Good. Come ,Cristina. We still have a lot to do."
"Aye, Aye!" And with that, the two of them left running into the streets while leaving the old friends alone… or rather, along with the two observing everything from a safe distance.
Clicking her tongue, Kanzaki broke out of the stalemate with a violent movement of her arms, forcefully pulling back her sword away from the chain. With a superhuman speed, she swung her weapon horizontally, aiming for the man's legs. However, he was no longer there. "?!"
Sensing danger, she applied force on her own legs and jumped backwards, dodging the golden dart by a hair. "Is that all you got?" Said Aureolus who was significantly distant from where he stood just a second ago.
After missing its target, the dart pierced a soccer ball that had been left there. Soon after, the ball started to melt and changed its color to an incandescent yellow as it melted down into a viscous liquid. Molten gold. Styil's report also mentioned this, as well as who was the true owner of the technique. Kanzaki narrowed her eyes watching the phenomenon unfold, but that wasn't what worried her the most. Turning her attention back to Aureolus, she slightly pulled a few centimeters of the sword out of the hilt. "Nanasen!"
The seven thin wires obeyed her command and moved towards the green haired man in order to cut him down on the spot. He responded by pulling the chained dart back at full force which accurately intercepted the wires, melting them into gold before they could touch him.
However, that wasn't the true attack. The saint had kicked the ground off just after sending the attack with the wires and aimed a kick at his head.
Which met nothing but thin air.
The man that was standing there simply vanished into nothingness.
*CLING*
Reacting to the noise coming from just behind her, Kanzaki turned 180 degrees on her base faster than the human eye could perceive and caught the incoming chain with the hilt of her sword, making sure to not let anything touch the dart.
"Disappointing." Said the alchemist while pulling back his weapon. "The stigma can just take you so far, it seems."
Kanzaki couldn't understand what was happening. Leaving the fact that Aureolus shouldn't be there aside, she hadn't held back in her last attack at all. Only another saint could follow her peace like he was doing, and according to both his own words and the reports from Styil, he wasn't using his almighty Ars Magna. Or was he? That would be the only explanation for his bizarre movement. At some point, she believed this wasn't Aureolus, but right now, there was nothing but doubts piling up in her mind one after the other, making her grit her teeth while glaring at the man with her own eyes now dyed in red as well.
…
"What is all of this? What's going on here? Is this what we're trying to fight against?"
"For fuck sake girl, just shut up for a moment! Do you want them to find us here?"
Frenda had been unease from the very beginning, but after witnessing the ridiculous clash between the two monsters in the park, she fell into complete despair. Even Hishiro, who was relatively calm before, couldn't help but panic. After all, that woman had almost killed him once, and back then, she wasn't doing a tenth of the effort she was putting in this fight right now. And worse of all, she had yet to land a single attack on the man. Just what on earth was he? Those aren't enemies they could face head on. Heck, he doubt there was anything they could do against them, no matter how dirty they played. Still… there was something bugging him in that whole situation that made he keep watching instead of giving up there.
Once again, the woman made an absurd movement. It was a sure kill attack. And yet, once again, he managed to escape it effortlessly as if he knew exactly what she was going to do beforehand, as well how to avoid it. And then, once again he attacked back just to have it blocked by her like it was nothing. "As I thought, there's something wrong here."
"Are you kidding? There are nothing but wrong things going on! She basically broke the sound barrier a moment ago, didn't she?"
"No, not that! Pay attention for a moment!" He replied and pulled her closer by her arm, while holding her head with his other hand in a way where she could only face the fight. Ignoring her complaints, he kept watching the clashes repeating the same outcome over and over again until Frenda herself started to catch on. "W-wait a moment..."
"See? I told you so."
No matter how many times they did it, she would launch the same kind of overpowered attack for him to dodge like following a recipe, then fight back with a pathetic attack in comparison for her to block. Hence and repeat. Neither tried a different approach or nothing of the like. "It's completely weird how that man moves perfectly to put himself in advantage, but only manages to deliver those predictable attacks, while it's clear that it won't work. It's like they don't want either sides to win. That makes no sense."
"No, more importantly..." Frenda interrupted him and pushed his body aside to get a better view. "Those eyes… they're the same as..."
"Eyes?" Just then, Hishiro saw the unnatural red color that flashed in their irises. "Yeah, now that I think about it, her eyes weren't like that when we fought. They're the same as what?"
"When that girl talked to me and everything started to go weird, I noticed that Fr..." And the blonde's voice simply died after that, making the boy impatient.
"What? You noticed what, Frenda?!"
"..."
"If you know something, then say it dammit!"
"T-the girl's eyes!" She remembered in despair. "That's right, her eyes turned red all of a sudden!"
He kept a stern face for a moment while staring at her, which made her break into a cold sweat before finally pulling back. "Geez, why the suspense?"
"Well, I'm sorry I can't think straight with all that's happening and you shouting in my face!" She refuted and turned her head sideways, pouting like a child.
Sighing in exhaustion, Hishiro scratched the back of his head and apologized. "My bad, I'm also on the edge here. I can understand you would have a hard time recalling every detail, but please, tell me the moment you remember it. We have to share each and every bit of information if we want to survive this."
"S-sure..." She replied with clear hesitation in her voice, but Hishiro paid it no heed and turned his attention back to the battle. Glad that he hadn't press her any further, Frenda changed the subject. "What do we do now?"
"They aren't who we're after, but they seem to be somewhat involved, so we can't just ignore them, even though I wanted to do so. And it feels like they're stuck in some kind of infinite loop there, so waiting here won't do us any good. I have a crazy idea… and you won't like it one bit."
…
Like the other times, Kanzaki evaded the incoming dart easily, but that gave her no sense of safety. She was had yet to hit a single strike, and it's not like she hadn't make any mistakes regarding her defenses. She failed to stop the weapon a few times, so it struck some objects here and there, thus increasing the amount of molten gold puddles in the park, which reduced the free space they had to move there. She knew quite well that she had to put an end to this battle as soon as possible, but she couldn't do it without first comprehending what her enemy was doing to match her speed.
A certain balance was created in that battlefield, and none of the participants had the means to break it. Or perhaps, they were somehow being stopped from doing so by an unknown external force. And the conclusion Hishiro had arrived is that another external force was required to change the situation.
Just before the two monster could make their next move, someone else blurred into the battle. No, that probably isn't the correct way to describe it. Rather, something was dropped in it from above.
"!"
"What in the-"
The two barely had any time to identify the object as a doll before it exploded, forcing them to jump back in reflex. Making use of the smoke, Hishiro sneaked his way in between them and fired his guns relentlessly. The swordwoman followed the sound and used her sword to cut down the bullets coming her way. On the other hand, the green haired man stepped back in panic and two shots landed on his arm, for everyone's surprise.
I was expecting something different would happen, but I never thought it would hit him. Ironically, the good outcome ruined Hishiro's plan. The idea was to hit-and-run just to see if that could change the flow of the battle, but now he was uncertain as of what to do. And because of that, he had lost the timing and the smokescreen vanished, leaving him and Frenda unprotected in the middle of the line of fire.
But no one made a move.
Even the swordwoman seemed shocked by the fact that her enemy had been hit by such a conventional method after handling her powerful attacks without problems.
"I see. So you are the Seeds of Doubt that those two were talking about." Said the injured man with no hint of pain in his voice. "Fortunately for you all, I was not directly ordered to fight you, so the spell that bounds me to this plane won't allow me to do so. My only option right now is to step back."
"Bullshit." Spat Hishiro. "You're just running away because my guns can hurt you, unlike anything she had used so far." It was impossible to tell just from hearing him, but he said it more to convince himself he had some space in this battlefield than to intimidate his enemy.
"You shall swallow those foolish words of yours soon enough, boy." The man grinned before turning his back to them and starting to walk away.
"Wait, Aureolus Izzard!"
"Do yourself a favor and leave this stage at once, Kanzaki Kaori." He replied to her in a cold tone. "This has nothing to do with you, and your title of a saint means nothing for the Golden Sages of the Next Aeon. Getting involved will do you nothing but harm."
Part 2
Meanwhile, in District 22 of Academy City.
Since most of that district's facilities lied underground for having the smallest terrain of the whole city, there was nothing of interest on the surface level but the most efficient wind turbines the science side could produce in mass for practical use. And it was exactly this reason that the surveillance and security was extremely weak there. Though no amateurs would agree with this affirmation right now, because Anti-Skill officers were stationed on each and every turbine spread over the area.
However, on closer inspection, one might notice that these people did not actually belong to Anti-Skill, even though their attire were very similar.
"This one is clear."
"There's nothing out of the ordinary in this one either."
One by one, the teams checking on the power supply system reported their leader over the radio, who commanded the whole operation from a black wagon parked near the entrance of the underground area. After every message she got, she would check items on the list she held on her left hand while sitting elegantly on a spinning chair, which she would turn left and right on irregular intervals for no apparent reason. The motion sent her long light brown hair dancing in the air, picking the attention of the other two that were sitting inside the vehicle with her.
One of them was a small girl with black eyes and pink hair tied in four pigtails that looked distressed by the amount of information being displayed for her on the monitors. The other was a tall man with tidy black hair and rectangular glasses studying some papers with his legs crossed, clearly annoyed by the distraction caused by the older female, but he didn't dare to raise a word against her.
They had been doing this for almost an hour now, and there was no positive result so far. This is a waste of time… the leader thought, but that was as far as her insatisfaction could take her. There was no backing down from this operation, and venting off her frustration on the team wouldn't help. On the contrary, that display of impatience could be seen as a weakness in the eyes of those following her. And given how everyone was working so hard, she could end up losing her position to any of them. That was a risk she couldn't afford to take.
Her name was Yuna.
As the last surviving member of the family, her surname held no meaning anymore.
She had sold her soul countless times to the darkness of Academy City in order to survive with her sister, had been rescued by Hideaki who gave them both a place to belong and a cause to fight for, and had all she earned and cared for stolen from her right before her eyes.
But she never lost her will to survive. For that reason, she had sold her soul one last time to the Overseer, who had promised her protection, a chance of revenge against her enemies… and even more than that. His words were sweet and straight out of a fairy tale.
Of course, someone like her would never blindly believe that happly ever after. There's no one good enough in this world to offer an absolute solution to all your problems with no second intents. Yuna was well aware that this could all be a lie, but it didn't matter. Her true goal in working with LIZARD lied somewhere else. She schemed her actions in a way where she could win this game even if she was betrayed in the very end. But for that to work, she needed to make sure she wouldn't be discarded before that, which is why she had to keep herself as relevant within the organization as possible.
On the down side though, exactly because of the high position she had earned, she was forced into situations in which she had to trust the Overseer without question. This was one of such situations.
According to his words, something crucial for their plan was hidden among these wind turbines, which would serve as a workaround for the damaged antenna in District 7. But they have covered over 80% of the area and there was nothing of the sort so far. Her mind told her that the information was wrong, making her want to give up and use the remaining time to compensate for her failure in some other way. However, that would be going against his orders. On the other hand, if her time ran out and this operation ended up in failure as well… there was no way to tell how he would react to that.
It was under this pressure that the girl simply heard the reports and marked checks on the list quietly. The only sign of her restlessness was the eventual swing of her chair every now and then, which distracted her allies. There was a possibility that she was secretly messing with them on purpose to relieve herself, even if just a little.
"Hold on… I think this is it. We got a positive here."
The message on the radio was heard by the three of them and caused an immediate change in the air. The younger girl even jumped out of her chair while letting out a high pitched scream, making the male drop all the papers he was holding in surprise.
"Lieutenant Myuri, could you please behave accordingly to your position?!" Finally reaching the limit of his patience, he lashed out on the poor girl while trying to pick the sheets up again.
The poor lieutenant got stuck between apologizing and helping him picking everything up. "Iiiihh! I-I'm-I'm so-so-sor- Waaaahhh!" In the end, she fell to her knees and broke out in tears without doing either. She always had a fragile heart, but for that to happen, it was clear she had been just as stressed as he was.
Yuna sighed in exhaustion and ignored the confusion happening behind her for the time being, focusing her attention to the radio. "Team G, are you sure it isn't a false reading?"
"We jammed all interference beforehand, there's no mistake. This wavelength and voltage could only be coming from that."
"All right, I'm going there right now. Teams A, D, F and L, abort whatever you're doing and form a perimeter in the turbines around Team G. Make sure no one gets in or out unless I say so. The rest shall spread up in the area and move among the remaining turbines in fixed intervals. Make it so it appears we're just making maintenance checks on the power system."
She then stood up and offered a hand to help the crying girl stand up. "Good job, Myuri. It's all thanks to your hard work handling the information network that we're finally getting some results. Wipe out your tears and lift your head in pride. A single mistake isn't enough erase that merit."
"Yuna-sama..." The girl stopped crying and took the offered hand, but jumping into a hug right after she stood up. "Thank you… Yuna-sama..."
"Daisuke," Yuna turned her attention to the male in glasses. "Leave those there. Myuri can take care of the paperwork afterwards. Dealing with information is her specialty."
"But, commander-"
"You're pushing yourself too hard." She interrupted him with a firm tone. "Do you think I don't know you're only doing this to lessen her burden, even though this is far from being your duty?"
Hearing that, Daisuke's face turned red. He wanted to protest, but no words came to him even after he opened his mouth. The small girl broke off the hug and looked at him in a shy movement. Her eyes were still wet, which made her eyes glow like the moon reflected on a river. "I-is that true?"
Unable to endure the sight, the male looked away from them both before Yuna continued. "After this is over, you are dismissed. Among all of us, you're the one who most needs a rest. This is an order, understood?"
He held the left leg of his glasses between the index finger a the thumb of his left hand and adjusted its position, trying to hide the faint smile on his face. "Frankly, commander… you're one of a kind. Your concern is appreciated. I shall do as you say."
Strict. Polite. Caring. With no room for complaints or disagreements. All characteristics she learned from Hideaki, the man who called himself a Kihara and was considered a genius by many not for his scientific knowledge (though he was quite an expert in the area), but for his ability to deal with and lead people. It was with those skills that Yuna earned the respect and trust of the ones working in ranks both below and above her.
"Let's head out. We cannot afford to fail in taking this one over. There are no others left to replace it." She left the vehicle after saying those words. The other two nodded and followed her closely, determined to help her succeed this time no matter what.
However, nothing in the darkness of Academy City went smoothly according to someone's plans. And with the current clash of powers happening without them knowing, the odds turned against them even more aggressively.
Between the Lines
I never thought it would make such a difference.
There was supposed just to be more kids among us. No big deal. They would just get along with each other while I watched everything from the sidelines. That was what I had grown used to.
That was what was supposed to happen. But still…
"Ri-kun! Catch!"
There she was, dragging me along everytime she came up with a new idea to kill time.
""Lilly, I'm not a dog to run after a frisbee and bring it back for you…"
"Ah, don't be like that. C'mon, this will be more fun than playing inside. It's so rare to have a warm day this time of the year, so we can't waste it!"
Regardless of my complaints, she always ended up having it her way. I had to run left and right, catching the toy she would throw further and further away every time.
When… did I start to enjoy this? I really didn't get it. I thought I was fine being on my own. It was better than having to endure being compared to the "normal" kids. But at some point, I couldn't think of anything else to do without Lilly anymore. And just like with me, no one else approached her as well for some reason.
It was like we lived in a complete different world from everyone else. We could see the other side, but any kind of interaction was pointless. Though, it was fine like this. We didn't need anything else.
"Good!" She said with a mischievous smile when I threw the disc back at her. "Now I want to see you getting this one!"
And then it flew high and far away, making me sigh. I knew this was going to happen eventually. I knew exactly what she was expecting me to do. Focusing my sight on the object above me, I forced myself to believe it wasn't spinning in the air and had to fall down. Suddenly, the uncomfortable shiver ran through me as the frisbee started to lose speed and altitude until it was within my reach. "Why you always have to do this?"
Without replying, she just stuck her tongue out playfully and ran away, signalling for me to try and catch her.
Yes, things seemed to be better for me.
However, her arrival didn't erase the origin of the problem.
Like Lilly had said, at this time of the year, it was rare for the weather to be warm. And when the night came, the temperature dropped severely. It didn't take long for me to feel the symptoms.
My hell was about to begin once again.
I told our caretaker about it and she gave me the medicine that would keep me alive for that night, but that was it. I had to endure the rest on my own.
There weren't bedrooms in that building. Everytime night fell, we spread out cushions on the floor of the same main room we did everything else, making several rows on opposite sides of the room to separate the spots where boys and girls would sleep. As always, I picked the one further away from the windows, but I couldn't do anything about the wind coming from the door, due to the position of the boys' cushions were located.
It had been a week like this already. My whole body trembled beneath the blankets. My breathing became irregular. I could feel the taste of blood in my mouth that came from my torn lips and slipped inside. And all those feeling worsened the closer I was to sleeping, until I just wish I didn't need to sleep anymore. Sometimes I would just pass out, but I wasn't going to be so lucky that night. Unable to endure it anymore, I simply gave up and stood up, wrapping my body in the blankets.
It was probably really late in the night, because no one noticed me walking from one side to the other in the gap between the cushions. I just hoped I could warm myself up, even if just a little, as I waited for the sun to raise again.
"Ri-… kun? Are you okay?"
"Lilly?" My senses were so messed up I didn't even noticed her until she grabbed my right shoulder. "S-sorry… I can't sleep. Did I wake you up?"
"No. I just came back from the lab. I had some tests today, remember?"
I had forgotten. Yeah, she had been taken away just after dinner, a few minutes before this nightmare begun. Without waiting for my answer, she placed her hand on my forehead, probably to check if I had a fever or something of the sort. I tried to step away to avoid her, but in my state I couldn't react fast enough. "R-Ri-kun! You're freezing!"
"Yeah… I know." I answered in a weak voice. "It's normal. This always happens during the winter. I will get better during the day, so don't worry."
"But you're going to get sick!"
"They gave me medicine, so it's fine."
My tone probably wasn't convincing at all, I could see the concern on her face, illuminated by the moonlight that came from the window. "Bit isn't it painful?"
"It can't be helped..."
Lilly's made a complex expression. I couldn't tell if she was pitying me or angry at me for just accepting it. But there was really nothing I could do. Unless the adults from the laboratory came up with a better solution, all I could do was endure.
This conviction of mine was then simply shattered by her next action.
"Come here for a bit."
She grabbed my hand and dragged me away without giving me a chance of protesting. The place she took me to was… "Huh?"
"What you're waiting for? Lay down."
"B-but this is the girls' side!"
"This is my cushion, so it's fine."
Indeed, there was no rule against it. It splitting up the room like this was our idea. Still, I couldn't just accept doing what she suggested. "B-b-b-but-"
"Stop being stubborn!" She then pushed me down and tidied the blankets, putting the ones I had wrapped around me above hers. "There. With this much, you're going to be fine."
"I don't think this is enough to help… and where are you going to sleep?"
"Here, of course." Without hesitation, she simply slipped within the blankets by my side.
"B-but aren't you going to feel hot with this much above you?"
"I told you I prefer when it's hot. And if it's too much, I can just do this."
That side of the room was darker, so I couldn't see what she was doing. But that moment I felt her arm wrapping around me and pulling me closer. "See? You can cool me, and I can warm you up."
I was so embarrassed back then I couldn't say anything in return. But indeed… I could feel her warmth spreading in my body. It wasn't enough for me to say I was going back to normal, compared to before, It was so comforting I almost fell asleep on the spot. "How is it?"
"... way better."
"See? There's always a way." She said proudly. "You can't give up and accept things if you're not satisfied."
That was an unreasonable way to put it. It's not like I could just do that with anyone else if she wasn't there. But still, with such a simple action, she pulled me out of my suffering in a way I couldn't believe it was happening just a moment ago. Because of this, her words were carved in my soul, and I carry them close to me even to this day.
Hello again, my dear readers.
Here I am again, breaking my promises. I said before I wouldn't make another chapter featuring multiple events happening simultaneously, but I'm doing it one more time. Though there's a reason this time. I was going to leave the LIZARD side of things for next chapter, but there was a massive contradiction in the dialogue that is going to happen after the fight against Aureolus, and I'm still struggling trying to figure out what to do about it. So I thought it would be better to swap things a bit so the chapter could be released sooner. I'll try to not go overboard with it in this arc like I did with Rüdiger's arc to keep things simpler to write and avoid delaying chapters to make sure everything fits right.
Also, I hope the between the lines sections are coming out alright and not too cliched. I actually scrapped this one and re-wrote it from scratch several times, and this is the best I could come up with. Sorry if I failed to make it interesting. And regarding this topic, someone asked me what all this backstory have to do with what's going on right now… well, rest assured it will all make sense by the end of the arc. But if you want a hint, pay close attention to what LIZARD is plotting.
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The crack shipping guy: Yeah, Asuka revealed her weak spot and shell regret it badly in time. I'm saving Izzard's motivation for later, as well as an all out battle between him and Kanzaki - but it will happen. And jumping for the reason behind my slow updates... there are many. First, English isn't my main language. One of the countless reasons for why I started writing this story is to improve it. Second, the chapters are getting bigger in general. When I started, the average was 4.5K words. Now we're closing to an average of 7K (with this one in particular being on the short side), and at my best, I can only write about 1K words per day. So getting back to my old rhythm of releasing a chapter every two weeks is almost impossible. But most importantly... I'm can get so lazy that I can let the story sitting untouched for a month sometimes. Kinda fighting against it to not let it happen again. XP
Guest: 1. Huh... I gave that one off too easy. Can't use that as a plot twist anymore. T.T
2. Hmm... I'll keep quiet on this one. But beware because many deaths are going to happen when the stakes start to get higher. And lol, I guess Hishiro can be a PoS sometimes... but that was kind of the point. Do you hate him for that? Though wouldn't be fun if no one did.
3. I agree on that, but I kinda feel bad for him (lol). But seriously speaking, I want to give other characters more attention than him, as this is the Backstage of Index, which is why I chose Frenda to get so much "screentime". As for his harem... I could leave something implied, like I did with Hinata before, but those two in particular are going to be difficult right now, specially Cristina for... reasons. I think it's better to wait for better opportunities to arise in the future.
Anonymous7: Yay, a new reviewer! Welcome and feel at home, there will be plenty about the dark side of Academy City here if that's what you want! Yes, this connection is exactly what I was going for. Glad you liked the characters as well! As for the dialogues... yeah, that can happen sometimes. I kinda feel that when I'm reading through the main series. Kinda hard for the author to catch it, as we always knows who is talking, but I'll pay special attention for this from now on.
This will be it for now. Thank you all for supporting me, specially the guest that always manage to catch my typos - this story wouldn't be so clean without you. See you all next time!