Mana Ties, Part Four

The trio returned to their dorm room, the air heavy with the tension of the recent revelations.

"Once again, the answer we're given is basically to keep trying to be regular adventurers. Wonderful," Enverna muttered. 

"This happened before?" Zura asked. 

"After the, ehm... Allegations." 

"What allegations?" 

"The murder-" 

Lianna only managed to stop her mouth from moving once those troublesome pair of words had fallen out. 

"Oh." Zura's brows shot up. 

"W-We didn't do anything, though," Lianna quickly corrected. "It was a big misunderstanding." 

"No, no, I get it. Sometimes, you just gotta take a motherfucker out," Zura shrugged. "I understand." 

Lianna and Enverna blinked, looking back at one another. 

They weren't too sure what to make of that response.