Arcanum 179 A Win For Today

"Come visit us when you have time off!" I yelled to him.

"Sure! You got a deal." He smiled and waved goodbye to us.

"So we staying here for the feast?" I questioned everyone else.

"I wish my arms would heal faster." Daisy looked at her arms kind of saddened.

"Want to go the main hall?" I questioned.

"Yeah.. Thought it might be good to meet other students." Daisy hesitantly smiled looking a bit nervous.

"Ahh don't worry! You have plenty of time to meet everyone." Yuna smiled.

"I'm sorry that offended Helen." Morgana said feeling a little down.

"Don't worry it's not your fault." I replied to her trying to make her feel better.

"Yeah... don't take it to heart." Grace said trying to make Morgan feel better.

"I really am sorry, I would never do such a thing Maribelle did." Morgana replied defending herself.

"We know." I answered her trying to comfort her.

"Hi, I'm Nurse Cassandra just wanted to come ask if any of you have special dietary requirements?" She asked with a smile.

"Umm Emilia doesn't eat meat." Daisy answered for me.

"Ohhh okay and the rest?" Nurse Cassandra asked.

"Anything will do." Yuna smiled.

"Okay coming right up." She smiled and walked back to her desk.

"So Morgana tomorrow we'll be visiting Jays home town care to join us?" I asked with a smiled.

"If Helen is going to be okay with it." Morgana answered.

"I'm sure Jay would be able to talk some sense into her and trust me I'm her best friend." Grace smiled.

"Yuna want to join us?" I asked with a smile.

"Sorry guy but I got plans myself." She smiled.

"Ohhh anything interesting?" I questioned noticing her smile.

"Just spending time with boyfriend." she smiled in glee.

"Ohhhh a student of Atlantis?" I questioned.

"Maybe." She winked at me with a sly smile.

"Well I hope you guys have a great time." I chuckled.

"Wait just to make sure what town is Jay from again?" I questioned.

"Hmm I can't remember..." Daisy confessed.

"I don't think he mentioned it me either." Grace answered.

"Hmm I'm sure it's going to be safe anyways I do remember him telling me that it wasn't near the mountains." I replied.

"I wonder what it gonna be like." Daisy wondered.

"I wouldn't expect too much he said it's a small town maybe a village." I answered.

"Yuna.. Good to see you're alright." Sven said walking in.

"Hey Sven!" Yuna smiled her face lighting up with a giant smile.

"I heard you over extended yourself, you feeling alight now?" He said taking a seat next to Yuna's bed.

"Yeah where the hell was you?" She questioned him.

"Sadly Paul ordered me to help detain students that Scarlet knocked out." Sven answered.

"Ohh no there were more?!" I asked in shock.

"Yeah there was I think thirteen other students... and that doesn't including some that got away." He answered.

"Any teachers?" Morgana asked.

"None that I know of." Sven answered.

"This isn't over then." Yuna sighed.

"Hey this is a win, you all done enough for today." He smiled leaning back on his chair. "Don't worry we have ways to extract the truth out of people." He smiled.

"You're not talking about t interrogation." I gasped in shock.

"That's a barbaric way of thinking...." Sven chuckled, "There are other way to extract information, Mind reading, Zone of truth, friends, many spells to help in the situation." Sven answered.

"That still seems wrong." I replied.

"Well either that or we let the cult do what they want and corrupt more students and casualties." Sven shrugged.

"I guess you're right." I answered Sven still finding it a bit inhumane.

"Did you go down to where Scarlet was?" Yuna asked sounding worried for Sven.

"Ohhh no she told me no one should go there, in her words it was like the stuff of nightmares." Sven answered.

"She's doing okay though? We had a run in with Gregor and after he drank the potion he was insanely strong." I said to Sven.

"Of course as always came out without a scratch, in fact she looked happy." Sven answered.

"So are you and Yuna in the same year?" I asked as they seemed comfortable with each other.

"Ohh yeah.. Yuna, Priscilla and I are all in the same year in fact." He answered with a smile.

"Ohhh so what rank are you both?" I questioned.

"I'm rank 22 A class." Sven answered.

"And I'm rank 28 Aclass as well." Yuna smiled

"Ohh so Sven is stronger?" I asked.

"I'd say no, but we're both A ranked so that's all that matters." Sven smiled.

"So what ranks determines your class?" Grace questioned extremely interested.

"1-3 S-Class, 4-30 Class 31-60 B-Class, 61-100 C-Class, 100+ D-Class." Sven answered.

"Ohh I wonder what Rank I am." I pondered.

"I reckon you guys are at least rank C... Daisy defiantly Rank A or B student.. Judging by how she was able to hurt the Demon." Yuna answered

"Woah Daisy is as strong as us?" Sven looked at her in shock making Daisy grin happily.

"You should have seen her!! She's devastatingly dangerous." Yuna smiled.

"Well I have seen her in action when she went toe to toe with Dark Elves." Sven smiled.

"So plans tomorrow?" Sven asked looking at us.

"We was gonna visit Jay's hometown." I answered.

"Ohh nice! By the way where is.. Jay and Helen?" He questioned looking around to make sure that he didn't miss them by accident.

"Helen got angry and stormed out.. Jay followed her." Yuna answered.

"Ohh about what?" he asked causing Yuna to give him a sign to drop the topic.

"How about you? What you got planned?" I questioned.

"Ohhh Yuna kindly offered to show us around her home town and a fancy dinner for saving her life." Sven answered causing me to give Yuna a raised eyebrow, making her blush giving me a wink.

"So Sven seeing anyone?" I questioned.

"Me? Sadly no, most girl prefer the more, you know bigger students." Sven sighed.

"I'm sure someone appreciates you." I smiled to him.

"Not going to the feast?" Yuna asked Sven.

"Nah... Kinda feel a little bad that I left you on your own.. So thought I'd at least keep you company while you're stuck here." He smiled.

"So how did you guy take out the Demon? How many hearts did it have?" Sven questioned.

"Not sure, but we did hurt it." Daisy smiled.

"Yeah Anna came and helped us finish it off." I answered.

"Ohh how so?" Sven asked.

"Her weapon apparently seals souls so she banished it." I answered.

"Wow... and she's only a second year." Sven nodded clearly impressed.

"You know her?" I questioned.

"I know of her... She's a Dragon house member... she has no friends nor does she attend class much, but she has been seen accompanying Paul every now and then." Sven answered.

"Wow so students can freely skip classes?" I asked curiously.

"It's not advised but classes are kinda optional. As long as you pass your exams and teachers are happy with your progress." Sven answered.

"Wow that pretty neat." I replied.

"So what do you guys do to earn gold?" If you don't mind me asking." I questioned them.

"My parent parents give me enough gold to live on." Sven smiled.

"Ohh that's nice." I smiled.

"On the weekends I generally work as a Tavern Guard." Yuna smiled.

"That explains why you're so good with your fists." Grace smiled.

The nurse came over with a trolley filled with trays of food. "So here your meals, as requested one without meat." Nurse Cassanda smiled lifting the tray causing me to lift my hand. "Ohh no I'm sorry I didn't notice we have one more guest." She gasped noticing Sven arrived.

"Don't wory he can share with me." Yuna smiled causing the nurse to give her a interested look.

"Okay... I'm sorry Mr..." She apologised.

"Sven.." He smiled taking a glass of water.

"Sorry Sven I really should be more diligent.. I can order up another tray for you if you'd like." She asked politely.

"No it's fine don't worry about it." He smiled making the nure shot another glance at Yuna with a nod of approval.

"Here's your cutlery and your drinks." Cassandra smiled handing us all our meals for the night.

"I wonder what Jay and Helen are up to." I sighed hoping that Helen can look past Morgana being a Spore Druid.

"So Morgana, how you finding Atlantis life and stuff?" I questioned realising I haven't spent much time with her.

"It certainly beats the swamps and daily chores, but I'm still finding it hard to make friends for some reason." She answered like she was extremely puzzled.

"Don't worry we'll be your friends." I answered for everyone.

"Yeah you have nothing to worry about." Grace smiled.

"So you guys' saying overnight?" I questioned Daisy and Yuna.

"Yeah I think it's best to, I want to regain use of my arms as soon as possible so I can carry on training." Daisy answered scoffing down her meal as always.

"Maybe you should take it easy on training for abit, you might injure yourself more if you jump back into it too soon." I warned her.

"She is right on that." Yuna agreed.

"Will the Aspan fleet be retuning once the feast is over?" I questioned.

"Yes on our itinerary they should be returning once the festivities are over." Sven answered sharing food with Yuna like a brother and sister, Yuna hilariously pretending she's still a little weak.

"And most of Atlantis are none the wiser on the Demon.. Incursion?" I questioned.

"Yup, it was all kept as quietly as possible, no doubt whoever planned all this is still at large." Sven answered.

"Shouldn't all Atlantis students be informed?" I questioned.

"There are things that all Atlantis students are privy to, but there are things we can't tell students obviously to stop panic and things. In this case we don't want other student's getting the idea to join them or get mislead by their false promises. Trust me this time it's for the best." Sven answered making me feel slightly worried on what other secrets are being kept from us. "If it help there's nothing nefarious going on or anything." Sven added noticing my reaction.

Chapter end