Arcanum - Chapter 44

Chapter 44






"By the way Emilia . . . . . Had your pearl changed yet? . . . " Grace asked .

"Hmmmm lemme check . . . " I replied reaching down my pocket to take a look .

"Nope . . . . . " I replied taking it out placing it on the table slightly frustrated at it .

"Maybe it's just faulty . . . " Daisy added .

"Hmmmm nope . . . " Jay replied with his wand out seemly casting some sort of spell, Daisy quickly back handed him in the arm giving him a look .

"What? . . " He mouthed silently to her .

"It's alright Emilia it's meant to be!" Helen said to me .

Feeling defeated and down . . . . . I just sat there playing with my food moving around endlessly thinking why I'm so cursed, 'how did I even get chosen to come here . . . . '

"So what team do you guys want to be in? . . . " Grace asked .

"whats the distinguishing difference in them? . . " Jay asked .

"Hmmm all I know is . . . there is one S Rank student per team . . . . . All of the information is kept in house . . . " Grace replied .

"As long as we are all end up in the same team!" Grace replied with a giant smile .

"Emilia . . . . cheer up! . . . . it will be okay!" Helen tried to cheer me up .

"Huh? . . " I replied finding it hard to concentrate on their conversation .

"There's nothing to be worried about!" she smiled .

"I know . . . but this along with Calista saying how I don't belong here . . . has really got me down . " I replied .





"In elven society things happen for a reason! . . . . Just go with it!" Helen replied with a giant smile .

"Yeah! You're meant to be here! Emilia!" Daisy replied with a giant smile .

Quickly scooping up the pearl and placing it back in my pocket hoping that maybe it needed more time .

"I'm sure the professor can explain more once you go to see her again . " Jay said trying to reassure me .

"It's a bit embarrassing, I must be the only person ever!" I replied slamming my head on the table .

"So what's the plans after dinner? . . . . you guys wanna chill out at one of our dorms? . . . " Jay asked .

"Yeah sure that will be cool!" Helen answered .

"I also wonder where we will be going tomorrow . . " Jay said wondering .

"For the Outing? . . " Grace asked? .

"Yeah . . . " Jay replied .

"Hmmmm probably somewhere where we can encounter some creatures and practice combat . . . or helping people in need and stuff . . . some real world experiences . . " Grace explained .

"That sounds pretty cool!" Jay replied .

Everyone around me suddenly went silent gasping in shock . "May I?" Paul's nostalgic voice spoke to me .

"Yeah of course!" Jay replied proceeding with the sound of shuffling chairs and feet .

"Emilia? . . . you alright? . . " Paul asked me causing me to lift my head .

"Heyyy . . . " I hesitantly replied wondering why he came all the way here .

"You sure? . . . you're looking a little down . . . . . " He asked looking a little concerned .






"Yeah I'm okay . . . . " I replied to him quietly .

Everyone in out vicinity was absolutely silent eavesdropping into our conversation, starring at him . "Home sick? . . . " He asked looking more and more concerned with each passing second .

"Just a little . . . " I replied .

"I'm sorry . . . . " He apologized me to .

"Why are you sorry? . . . . " I asked .

"That you're forced to stay here and I can't do anything about it . . . . " He replied .

"It's not your fault . . . . " I said to him .

"If there's anything . . . you need let me know okay? . . " He said quietly to me patting me on the head .

"Yeah sure . . . . " I replied nodding .

"Make sure you eat enough food! It's important to keep healthy . " He said standing up . . . . "Anyways I'll get going . . . . looks like I caused a scene . . . . " He said noticing everyone's reaction . "Thanks for the seat Jay! And good to see you again Daisy!" He said offering him a hand shake and smiling at Daisy .

"Later . . . " I said to him bidding him farewell .

"Take care Emilia! Jay and Daisy . " He replied waving goodbye and began walking back to his table .

The instant he was out of sight the whole area busted with conversation . "You know Paul well?" Grace asked in shock .

"Yeah . . . we were friends a long time ago . . . . . " I replied .

"Ohhh . . . " She replied seeing my reaction .

"I'm sure he's not as great as everyone thinks!" Grace replied changing her attitude completely .





"So . . . let's do this! . . . . . I'll take Emilia to Professor Meha's Class . . . to return the pearl . . . . then we can meet up and spend the night chilling out . " Jay offered .

"Sure that sounds great! . . . . meet us at mine and Helen's room as it's probably gonna be bigger . " Grace offered .

"Sure! . . . Let's go Emilia!" Jay said offering his hand to help me up .

"Okay . . . " I replied standing up .

"See you guys in a bit!" Jay said bidding everyone farewell and leading the way .

"Bye guys . " I said to them following Jay making our way to Meha's office .

"By the way . . . sorry about earlier with the food . . " Jay apologized as we traversed the maze of stairwells .

"It's okay really . . . . " I tried to reassure him .

"It's just you know . . . I never really had friends . . . . and food was scarce . . . and my Parents would never take a bite of any food till I was full . . . so I used to eat as quickly as I could so my parents wouldn't wait so long . . . . . " He explained .

"Jay . . . . . " I said giving him a big hug causing him to tense up . "I'm sorry for making my small thing feel like the end of the world when you've had am much harder life . . . . " I said .

"We all have our own hardships . . . . . Come, let's get to Meha . " Jay replied .

"Sure . . . " I said letting go and began walking again .

"So what is your relationship with Paul? . . " He asked curiously .

"I dunno, it's complicated . . . . . Friends I guess? . . " I answered him .

"Ohh okay . . . He does seem like a decent person . . . . " He replied .

"Yeah . . . He's a pretty good guy . . . " I replied .

"Here we are . " Jay said knocking on a wooden door .

"Come in . " Professor Meha's voice shouted from the other side of the door . Jay opened the wooden door creaking as it opened, letting me enter first . "Ohhh Miss Emilia" I was hoping you'd arrive soon!" Professor Meha greeted me with a smile . Jay still holding the door open unsure if he should come in, "Please come in as well Mr Miller . " Professor Meha instructed him .

Taking a seat at her deck is fidgeted nervously not wanting to show her my pearl . "What's wrong? Miss Patel? Didn't get a result you was hoping for? . . " She asked .

"Yeah kinda . . . . " I replied to her quietly .

"Yeah . . . . . Hers failed to change . . . " Jay replied .

"Really? . . That can't be possible . . . Show me . " Professor Meha replied a little confused . Reaching into my pocket pulling it out and placing it into her palm . "Fascinating . . . " She replied looking at it carefully .

"Is it bad? . . . " I asked quietly .

"Hmmm . . . It's certainly rare . . . " She replied still inspecting it carefully .

I struggled to reply as the thought of what Calista said went racing around my head bringing me to the verge of tears .

"Ohhh . . . darling . . . . it's not bad . . . . " She replied seeing my reaction .

"Really? . . . " I asked .

"I didn't believe it myself . . . . . When it happened the first time . " Meha explained .

"It happened before? . . " I asked curiously .

"Yeah . . . . in all the years I've been teaching . . . . this has only happened one other time . " She explained .

"It has?" I replied feeling more hopeful .

"Is it bad? . . " Jay asked .

"Certainly not . . . . at first I would have said it was problematic, but the only other person that had this same reaction was none other than Paul the Black Dragon Slayer . " Meha Explained .

Jay and I both looked at each other silently eyes wide open in shock .

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