Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

[Rein's POV: ]

"Last night was unexpected."

It's early morning and the two of us are walking to the academy once again… it's the second day of the exam so, the atmosphere isn't as bad as it was yesterday.

There are students going to their classes all around and there are groups as well, walking to the academy grounds an hour before the designated time.

"Well… certainly unexpected. Especially the last part… like, just think about it. Isn't this something to be happy about? Why would she be sad?"

Yesterday, our friend Luna was sad and a bit down and didn't want to tell us what was wrong with her so, in a way, we had to talk with her dad.

'We were worried about her since we were seeing uncertain emotions for the first time. She was confused…'

My eyes showed what she was actually feeling at the moment and thanks to that, we were able to understand the situation she was in. But still, even though she was thankful that we were here for her, she didn't tell her what exactly was wrong with her.

She wanted to deal with it herself so we gave her the space she needed at that time… we asked her dad instead of her to make things more clear, but at the end of our conversation, all we got was greater confusion.

"Well, this surely is her first time with something like this as well so it's understandable she would be uncertain on what to actually think about this situation."

"Haaa… whatever man. It's nothing to be worried about.

She said she will deal with it so I think she will be fine."

It's not like she was a little girl that did not understand what it meant. She just had a little difficulty understanding how others usually feel.

She was a witch after all and she also did noy have any anomalies so she was a normal being of her kind.

She was a pretty smart and simple person, perhaps that's why Captain Alpha had somehow gotten close to her.

'She'll get better.'

Well, perhaps she will need some time alone to get used to the new things, but as long as she was here, she had the time she needed to digest all that new information.

"Seeing how she was sad and confused, it seems like she isn't ready for a change like that. Was she that close with her parents?"

We knew her well but not so much about her relationships with her parents. She was pretty quiet and less talkative as well, which was exactly what made her so cute~.

'She was a very important part of our girl group as one with the most potential as the next one to be in a relationship.'

There was something between her and captain Alpha and even though they might hide it from the others, we can tell the attraction with the connection and the heat.

"I believe she certainly was close with them since she is the only child they have. And since the house of Lutherop does not have any subordinate families, I think she was close with her parents.

Ah and, you know how Lord Kain sees her as a bright girl that is much more expressive and cheerful than we know?"

"Oh yes! There was that as well!"

We were talking with her dad yesterday and he showed us around their bedroom… I mean he showed us the portraits that they had in their bedroom.

In them, the Little Luna that we know was much younger and looked much different from how people around see her today.

The bright expression she had, the look that expressed many emotions, and even the way she played around in those portraits. All of that was just like what a normal young girl does.

'She even reminded me of Anna from how she was playing with her mom and dad in those photos.'

She looked happy and she most certainly seemed very close to them.

But then her dad told us about her awakening.

'Luna did not know she was a witch until she awakened her energy core. Her parents never told her and she didn't have any special characteristics that younger witches possess.'

Just like our Anna, she was pretty much like a normal girl that didn't really know much about the world outside of her castle.

"She seemed to be happier."

"Right."

Perhaps her awakening changed her or perhaps it was because of the situations after that. Whatever it might be, she was not a normal smiling girl anymore.

She became what we know her as today and, I'm not saying it is something bad or anything like that.

She is now naturally like this, not because of some past trauma or something like that.

She doesn't express as much as she used to, and perhaps she couldn't do it in the first place.

"We should wait a little. Let's not tell her that we know."

"Yes, let's-."

{ "What do know, miss Uriel?" }

"...?"

What?

Where did that come from?

{ "Here. Up here. Hehehe!" }

It was a Mana voice that we were hearing for the first time. And yet, it seemed familiar for some reason.

"Hmmm…? Oh?"

Up in the sky above us, a little fireball was blazing.

It was small so it wasn't very easy to notice, and since it did not have any physical body, it was also not easy to detect with our passive detection.

"I can't believe he can do this already."

"He sure is the captain of the True dragons, hun?"

The one that we were just talking about, Captain Alpha.

He was a unique individual that had been with us for a while now, and he was also the one that had hearts for Luna.

However, what we were seeing right now wasn't he himself. We would have detected him from a long distance away.

"Congratulations, Captain. Seems like you and your partner have grasped mind synchronisation."

{ "Hahaha. I haven't grasped this thing properly yet, Lady Uriel. This little friend of mine isn't very cooperative so we are still having quite some difficulties." }

Everyone that had a familiar could do three kinds of things with their familiars if they achieved something like these two had achieved…

'Achieving a mind sync isn't that simple since it quite literally means to sync the minds of the master and the familiar.'

One isn't controlling anything in this scenario as both the master and the familiar would have their own bodies to control, however when one achieves the mind sync, they can see what their familiar is seeing and do things that the familiars themselves might not be able to.

'He had a salamander as his familiar, a very rare and smart creature that could most certainly grow up to become a disaster grade being.

'The relationship between the two of them was a little bitter sweet since the flame born creature liked playing around the academy instead of living with his master, so I didn't even think they would reach this level so soon.'

And on top of being able to share their senses, he was guiding the creature to produce the kind of Mana speech that he wanted to convey.

'Even Branwen and I took around a decade to reach this kind of mastery.'

Celes exists on Solnova so she cannot produce this kind of Mana voice to begin with and, in our group, no one has yet reached this level so, seeing him do this so well… truthfully, I'm shocked right now.

"Oy captain Alpha, looks like we will have to talk about this new achievement of yours."

{ "Ah, sure. However, can you tell me first what you were talking about just now. Did not really figure out why Miss Luna was so sad yesterday?

Is it something concerning?" }

This time, his voice contained a little worry. And, the fact that we can feel that worry though this Mana voice means he can also transmit the emotions through his shadred Mana voice now.

'This was pretty advanced as well.'

We knew this bastard was special and unique but we never thought he would be so talented with his familiar.

"Well captain. We can tell you what we were just talking about, but that kind of talk isn't right in the middle of the road, right?"

Eon spoke up while looking up at the little ball of fire… which truthfully was much more than just a little ball of blaze.

'It was the unique creature's true form, a condensed lifeforce that was in its purest state.'

I can compare it with the soul or the spirit… there was no physical body of this being, so it was just energy.

'Of course it wasnt pure energy. That would actually make it the soul or a conscious elemental spirit.'

{ "For the first time I've known you two, this is the first time I'm seeing you so surprised. Haha, looks like I've done something that finally caught your-." }

This time, he sounded pleased… but his voice stopped soon.

The creature, his familiar that was transmitting his voice, turned back to its original form… or so it looked in Eon's eyes.

And, after shaking off its entire body like it found what had been happening with him unpleasant, it looked down at us one last time with its pretty and deep eyes before flying away somewhere else.

"Looks like they still have a way to go."

"They sure do, hun?"

Eon was still looking up and it seemed like he didn't like what was happening.

We had already dealt with Luna's issue, but now there was something new that we had to look into.

"Let's go."

It seemed like he was suspicious of something.

"What's wrong?"

This instance just now didn't seem that simple.

What we saw just now was the truth from what I can tell with my eyes but, from his point of view, there was something more to this.

Something even I failed to perceive.

"Let's talk about it after the test."

He gave me a smile that said not to worry about this.

It wasn't something bad. So, at least for now, I should leave this worry about the important thing– the second day of exams, and the understanding of the Mana paper.