57 Chapter 11 - Magic examination (Zoemi, part 2)

"Oh? Why would you think that the equipment is broken? The measurement's result seems pretty much correct to me, though...?"

Student Zoemi tilted his head even more with an innocent expression, well, as innocent as the scars were allowing him to make.

"Eh?"

"Huh!?"

"Pardon...?"

All three examiners exclaimed in shock and student Auequas started fidgeting from the embarrassment.

"The truth is, that I actually shouldn't have even awakened in the first place. It just so happened that I was present when the first prince Horeo awakened and - in words of lord Lazaram – that event forced my dormant magic ability to awaken because of the correlation between the attributes of light and darkness."

"Ah! I see I see! Very intriguing indeed!"

The blue-haired teacher started writing something on the papers in front of her with incredible speed and with a flushed face.

The red-haired teacher sighed and took only a short note – at which, Kros glanced over his shoulder.