Callista was washing her hands behind the Women's Dormitory as she properly tied her hair back into a ponytail.

"Did you hear? They said that Ignis is playing Etherball today. "

They said three of Callista's keywords. Ignis, practice, and Etherball. No one loves more than seeing the guy you like covered in sweat from playing a sport.

"Oh my! Really? He's back? Hurry! We have to go see!"

Callista didn't wait for even a second when she heard the girl's whispers behind her as she quickly ran to the Ascendant Arena to see.

"Wow. Ignis is still amazing even though years had passed since the last time he played" Anastasia said while looking up at the boys playing in the air.

"That game is between sports and death." Ivan can't help but shudder "That's because you're scared of heights, stupid" Anastasia rolled her eyes so Ivan pouted.

"Don't you know why the both of them always win in Etherball? It's because Ignis and Denovan are both violent when it comes to fighting. It is either you die from being hit by that stick or fall to your death." Ivan said while embracing himself as Anastasia shook her head.

"You're exaggerating the game too much Ivan." Anastasia chuckles as she looked up at both Denovan and Ignis flying down towards them while holding the stick.

"Did you win?" she asked them with a smile "Of course. We always win if the young duke is in the team." Denovan said and glanced at Ignis.

"You did a good job guys!" Ivan chirped "You did great Ignis!" both Anastasia and Ivan nearly had a heart attack when Callista suddenly appeared in front of Ignis.

"What the fuck!? Since when did you get there?" Ivan nearly shouted in fright "Shut it asshole" she glared coldly at him making him shuddr and back away "You were great Ignis" she said with a wide smile while looking up at him and handed him a water bottle.

"Seriously, Callista, when did you get all of these ready?" Anastasia confusedly asked as Callista innocently blinked at her as she handed a towel to Ignis "I'll help you dry off the sweat" she smiled and cast magic as the wind began hitting Ignis, strong enough for the sweat to lessen. "I can take care of my own Callista" he said as he coldly stared at her.

"Isn't it weird though? Since when did Jake begin to participate on stuff like this?" Denovan curiously asked "Even though we haven't seen him play before, he was doing good." Ivan commented.

"Not just good. He was enough to defeat the whole team. If the young duke and I weren't there it's possible that they would have lost" Denovan explained "He was here?" Callista asked so Denovan nodded "Sadly, he already left." he smiled.

"You've been interested in those twins for a while now Callista. Are you planning something terrible?" Anastasia asked making Callista smirk "Oh, it's nothing. They just stick out more than the rest of the students." she responded innocently.

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"Say that again when you don't have that creepy smirk on your face" Anastasia said and shook her head making Callista laugh "But I'm saying the truth though" she said.

"Why are you even dressed like that?" everybody looked at Ignis when he suddenly spoke so Callista looked at her clothes. She wore a dress worn at home since she was cleaning, she wore something light and not easily stained by dirt.

"I'm on cleaning duty, I just finished earlier. Is there something wrong with my clothes?" she asked and tilted her head so Ignis shook his head "It's a shocker that you still look that good when you're dressed like that" Anastasia said making Callista smile.

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After that, Callista went back to the dorm to take a bath and quickly went out to look for Ignis. She looked down at her feet when she felt like she stepped on something and saw a mirror.

She crouched down to pick it up and stared at it "Excuse me, is someone there?" she looked around and saw a man beneath a tree so she walled towards him "Hi, you're Jackson, right? Is this mirror yours?" she asked so he smiled while looking pass her.

"Oh, yes. I dropped it earlier." he said so she handed over the small mirror "Where's your brother? He's usually with you, right? I mean, its okay if you don't answer" she said when she realized that she was being too pushy.

"Its alright" he smiled while caressing the mirror "My brother told me to wait here while he gets my stuff that I had left in the lecture hall" he explained rather bashfully making her smile "You really care about him don't you?" she said and kneeled in front of him.

"Uh.." he hesitated as he fiddled with his fingers "May I know your name? I-I mean, if you don't mind telling me..." he stuttered and blushed making her chuckle.

"My name's Callista Alberts. Nice to meet you, Jackson." she introduced herself with a grin as his eyes wanders not really stopping at anything "I'm really grateful that you talked to me, Lady Callista" he said with a happy smile on his face.

"Hm? Why would you be?" she asked and tilted her head while looking up at him "As you know, no one really talks to me here and I'm grateful for giving me back my mirror" he said with a smile making her hum "I see.." she said before a weird smile formed her lips

"Then shall we be friends, Jackson?" she suggested as Jackson automatically blushed "I-I... How could I dare?" he said with a cute expression on his face "Its okay. I also want to be friends with you." she said so Jackson looked down.

"T-Thank you" he shyly mumbled and didn't know what to do "Jackson!" Callista turned to the one who called and saw Jake running towards them "Did you find it Jake?" Jackson asked so Jake handed them over before glaring at her.

"Didn't I tell you not to talk to anybody while I'm gone?" he covered Jackson's figure with his own as if he was protecting him from her but Callista remained smiling

"B-Brother, you're mistaken! Callista is my friend." Jackson tried protecting her by calming down his twin but Jake only clicked his tongue. Callista stood up and made a distance between them and her.

"Hi, I met your brother earlier and became friends after." she explained and lifted her hand to introduce herself when Jake slapped it away "Friends? Don't make me laugh!" he scoffed "J-Jake, calm down.." Jackson stuttered while Jake glared at her.

"Jackson, you know better than anyone else that no one would even dare approach us just because..!" Jake was cut off when Callista scoffed that he was the only one who heard "You..!" he gritted his teeth "It's not nice to judge people and compare them to others" she said with a friendly smile before turning to Jackson.

"I'm okay. It seems like your brother doesn't trust me enough." she said and glanced at Jake who was still glaring at her "I'm sorry, Callista." Jackson said with an apologetic look "It's okay. Lets talk later, okay?" by her words, his expression brighten.

"Okay" he nodded and smiled to himself "Jackson!" Jake warned that Callista chose to ignore "Bye, Jackson." she waved and walked off. She could still feel Jake's murderous glare even though she had her back towards them before she chuckled to herself "There are so many interesting things here than I thought." she said with a wicked grin.