Celeste~

I knew that while Markan was tough in many aspects, this whole thing would throw him off completely. First, he had to deal with his nerves about performing well enough while he was here, but now the whole routine of this place was off and it just made what was already a shaky boat ride a full on storm at sea and I felt terribly bad for him. All of us had wanted the whole experience of this place and the actual Academy itself to be a smooth ride but we knew that we couldn't guarantee anything, this may just be the start of a very bumpy journey.

"So, you and Caspian huh?" Chloe said.

Rain told Chloe the debrief of me and Caspian's slight encounter when we had left the gym. It wasn't anything serious and I didn't even know why they had bothered to entertain this topic. He was a man of very notable status and probably has a whole roster of women as rich and as powerful as him ready for him to marry. He had things to do and people to please and I highly doubted he was truly concerned with someone like me. "There is no me and Caspian, we all know he is on a whole different part of society from me there's no way our paths align."

"Hey, you don't know that, I saw the way he was looking at you before the fight, he was eating you up with his eyes" Giggling Rain spoke.

"No, no no there's nothing going on at all."

Chloe rolled her eyes. "Hm, whatever you say. You're kinda lucky that the whole thing with the Angels interrupted your fight, now no one knows who's won or lost." Yeah knowing this place they would never forget. I wouldn't be shocked if they made us continue the match whenever we got the chance.

"You were low-key beating his ass though, you definitely got a few good hits in, and that thing you did with your energy whip was so cool, I thought your secret trick was the whip itself but then you did that thing and spun it around, it was so fucking cool." Yeah, at least It didn't look like what was really happening which was me practically shitting myself the whole time.

"Yeah, I really had to think on my feet for that one. He was about to really do some damage with those ice shards and I couldn't risk it."

"As sexy as he is he's fucking scary, just has that vibe around him that screams I could take you out in a second with no regrets." Rain was totally right, he was hot as fuck but just as intimidating.

Chiming in Chloe said "It really made you look good up there, everyone was talking about how well you did and halfway through the fight some more practitioners came, I think they came specifically to watch you and Caspian in the ring it was kinda crazy actually. The crowd went wild as well, nobody bet on you even being able to do damage to Caspian let alone to the extent that you did, thing you made a name for yourself miss Luxe." Well, I'd sure hope fucking not. She knew more than anyone how much I'd hate that. I wanted to succeed at this place yes but sacrifice my peace all for some status? hell no. But now it seemed like I had no choice, I hoped that what Chloe was saying about the people and what they thought of me was just an over-exaggerated version of events and that I was not as exciting as she said they thought I was. I didn't have the time to entertain this here, I mean we hadn't even gotten to the academy yet and people were already forming opinions like any of us even knew what we were to the fullest extent.

You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.

I didn't want to be seen as a fighter, next thing you know your lined up for all kinds of matches, and then someone's mother approaches you to work for their family or marry their son all for some stupid powers that I didn't even do anything for.

I wanted to make my own choices, be my own person, not bound to hierarchies that dictated who I should be with and who I shouldn't.

"Ah to hell with that, I couldn't care less about what anyone thinks of me, my fame will die as fast as it came."

"Maybe under normal circumstances yes, but it is The Caspian Raven we're talking about here."

"Well, he couldn't be that important because I didn't even know who he was before I came here." All I did was assume that he was a family friend of the Montgomery family. I didn't really know who he was or where he came from but by the sounds of it, he was someone important.

"Well no wonder you're not as encapsulated by his touch as you should be. The Raven family come from a long line of assassins." Well, I got that part right I guess.

Chloe continued on "The men in their family have a real knack for combat and in turn killing, they've been monumental figures during world wars and things of the sorts. Especially with the Angels."

"Ah, I see" I said, trying my hardest to sound more concerned.

"The point being he's not just your regular assassin, he's badass. He's not in the press that much because his whole thing well, is being mysterious and inconspicuous. But the reaction he gets when he is seen is palpable, especially with the ladies. But from what i've heard about him he doesn't date around much, doesn't really speak to girls much either, but you, your the lucky one."

"Lucky, unlucky, almost the same things nowadays."

"Ugh" Chloe rolled her eyes at my nonchalance while Rain giggled.

"Come on now guys, realistically nothing is gonna happen between me and Caspian, you said it yourself, he doesn't date around much."

"Whatever whatever"

"You guys hungry though, we could get room service?" Rain spoke, thankfully changing from this dreadful subject.

"Yeah but I looked already, they're only delivering to individual rooms so we'd have to go back to our place."

"Well damn, I guess i'll see you guys tomorrow then."

"Bye, Rain." Me and Chloe both said our goodbyes before retiring for the night. I was tired as hell from this whole mess, the only thing really keeping me awake was knowing that I didn't have a physical challenge to do tomorrow.

And to think, today was meant to be a break. Sigh.

I was awoken by the chiming of my phone at around 7am. Ugh, it felt like I had barely slept and my body was as stiff as a rusty robot.

*Students, please read for more information on the Angel attack yesterday. As you all know, the events that occurred yesterday were out of the ordinary to say the least. We still have no knowledge as to the reasons surrounding the time and place of the attack so we can only urge you all to be alert and ready to defend yourselves in times of crisis. As for the remaining Trials, the Angels shall not Interrupt your education, the Harmea Trial will proceed as usual today at 3pm, please be ready and at the hall for this time. Thank you for listening."

Sill the same information. I had no doubts that they knew way more than they were letting on and Amy and Saul thought the same thing when they called in to check on me and Chloe after hearing the news yesterday.

Aside from that I was hungry as fuck, my body clearly needed extra fuel after that fight yesterday because I was way hungrier than usual.

I had messaged both Chloe and Rain but they were both still tired and going back to sleep. I still needed carbs though so that meant I was going to have to go down by myself.

They were serving breakfast at this time as per usual. The dining hall was more packed than usual, probably because everyone wanted to converse about what happened yesterday.