Chapter 9: I’d like to see for myself
"Kaya, what is this?" Caius asked as he turned around to face her.
"What does it look like?" Kaya retorted with a smirk as she stepped toward him.
Caius could think of one thing he’d like to do since he had her alone but he had feeling that wasn’t exactly what Kaya had in mind.
"I want to duel you, Caius," Kaya said while rolling her eyes at how slow he was to figure it out.
"Come again?" Caius said and blinked like he wasn’t sure he had heard right.
"I want to duel you," Kaya said again.
"Why?" Caius asked.
Kaya’s cheeks went red and then she looked down with her hands behind her back as she shifted from foot to foot. A few seconds passed before she shrugged,
"I don’t know. A crazy Idea maybe. But I can’t help but be curious, you know.
How strong will the magic of the genius who advanced to the Third Circle at Thirteen be? It has to be something special. I’d just like to see it for myself."
Caius laughed once and raised one hand to rub the back of his neck,