"Can I speak to Lady Sofia Junker for a moment?" A female mage, a native to the Academy called toward the group.
"Ehhh..." Surprised by the sudden call the Junker pointed at the sleeping high noble firmly using her shoulder as a headrest.
Deaf or unbothered by the Blackworm's comfort the mage past her prime rudely waved the noble with her finger and already turned her body to leave. The Western Edorians might have been Oriripol's guests and needed to conduct themselves according to their laws but to be ordered like livestock by someone who wasn't a lecturer came with a particular shock.
"Aoife could you please?" The blonde enchantress motioned to her fellow noble trying to gently leave the cold embrace of the ice maiden. "I see what's that about." She said wearing a slight frown before leaving.
Deprived of the source of warmth the greedy ancient straightened her back before slamming her head against the human holding her.
"Auch."
"Sub-geck?" The undead mumbled noticing the disappearance of the faint figment of Iris she was meant to study. "Subject?" She called out again sensing her somewhere nearby.
"Your Ladyship, Lady Sofia had left for a moment," The red-headed noble tried her best to not wince as she spoke. "She will probably return soon."
The pale mage took a moment before her colourful eyes unglued themselves. She began to swivel her head around like an owl causing the human beside her to giggle.
"Wat?"
"N-nothing Lady Siri... just the way you move if I may, is rather adorable."
The undead without her source of heat took the compliment as naturally as she could, taking it as another data point while staring unblinkingly at the mortal.
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"D-did I offend your Ladyship in any way?"
"No." The necromancer rested her hand on the human's chest trying to find another source of the comfortable warmth. Above the annoying human, a cloud of fear gathered causing Kia to furrow her brows as if nothing was happening.
She didn't understand why people asked her such an annoying question, she never got angry because of their annoyance simply wishing them to stop. Getting angry at such a thing was like getting angry at a shambler for being slow, a ridiculous, irrational thing. And yet it didn't matter who asked her this stupid question they all wore the same face, even the human in front of her.
"Lady Siri?" The human spoke up like a squirrel poking her head from its burrow, timidly and ready to dive back in.
"Speak."
"W-what is that spell you're charging?" She said tilting her head backwards as if the girl was holding a knife to her neck.
"I was examining you." The black-green circle hovering sinisterly above Aoife's chest faded like a morning fog into nothingness.
"Ohh, thank you for being concerned about me," Kia watched as the ugly sharp cloud of fear dispersed and was replaced by a gleam in the human's eyes which felt oddly familiar. "Did you find something?"
Watching the human, Kia couldn't understand how these primitive souls worked as dark clouds once again clung to the grey-clocked human. Just because she stopped examining her didn't mean that she found something. Do humans get scared whenever they leave a physician? The ancient asked herself before recalling not seeing any humans who resembled a physician like her.
What do they even do to put their kind to their deserved rest?
"Lady Siri, you look like you're thinking about something profound."
"I didn't find anything?" The girl with a frown borrowed from a certain elf.
"Eh-" The red-headed human jaw slacked open. "Never mind."
Unlike her Iris or Sofia, the human didn't stop and began to explain what she meant. Normally the girl would have frowned even more but she found herself staring at the human whose cheeks were suddenly bright pink before speaking.
"Lady Siri, would you happen to know what happened during the Conclave?"
"No." Kia answered, she had heard the word being spoken by Sofia and it was the reason the humans hadn't taught for the last couple of days. Which meant more time spent with Iris or reading books!
"Then would you be interested in what happened?"
"Sure." The undead replied wanting to continue to watch the human.
"I can't be certain of the validity of the information but the Door of Divination was told to be in a panic while speaking."
"Is that unusual?"
"Very, Lady Siri the door is an ancient artefact and it had never shown any emotions before." The human female said partially covering her mouth and confusing the undead as she detected no one nearby.
Don't show humans any of my books, noted.
"The Door was speaking in never before spoken tongues which seemed to both excite and scare the Oriri mages. They are still translating many of the things the Door had said but the person who had told me all of this had added that the last prophesy given by the Door seems to be referring to Oriripol itself, titled Protoprima Symfora tis Oriripolis."
"Hmmm."
"Lady Siri, did something happen?"
"I'm wondering why such a revered artefact is speaking like a slave."