Chapter 49 It’s Open

The puzzle that was Monica was gradually starting to come together. But he had one single question;

"How? How could a young girl have managed to do all that?"

The lady cocked her head to the side, and stared into the void;

"Now that's the question isn't it? The answer is not so simple. Unlike Nora here who happens to be a D-rank water mage, Monica is something of a prodigy. . ."

She said it with neither prejudice nor praise;

". . .she's strong. Just like her father."

Nexus did not need to be told.

He had seen it firsthand earlier on.

Nexus leaned back further in his chair, Her father wasn't a water mage?"

She laughed heartily; "Goodness no, Lord Russell was a different kind of beast. The best of the best. . .though he didn't like to be defined by his strength, his explosive abilities announced him loudly."

"I'm sorry," he leaned forward; "Did you say explosive abilities?"

The lady's pale white skin glowed a bright orange under the burning candles;