Chapter 28: Splitting the Spoils
The dinner finished without further incident, and as a further apology to Kordia, Kir escorted her outside the inn and presented her with the black mana crystal he'd saved from the shop.
"A-are you sure I can have this? This is soul stone grade..." She said, marveling at the luminescent refractions in the inky black of its depths.
"What does that mean?" Kir asked.
"I could get my own familiar with this... or trade it to a magic being for something... these are so rare..." Kordia's eyes teared up.
"So, uh... I take it not everyone has a familiar?" Kir asked, scratching next to his horn.
"You have to have an extreme amount of mana to even form a pact with one... without contract magic that is. And then sustaining them is something only a dedicated mage or witch could accomplish. A soul stone grade mana crystal is at least the minimum one needs, and then one has to find a magic being to make a pact..." She blushed. "I was a little jealous when I saw you have a familiar. What kind of being is she, really?"
Kir thought 'A pain in my ass' but what he said was "She was... sort of between contracts when we ran into each other. We agreed to help each other out for the time being..." he evaded.
Kordia, thankfully, seemed to accept this answer. "Well, I can't wait to see what she's like in school... It's such a shame we won't be in the same year... but maybe... if you want... we could meet at lunch?"
"I'd love that," Kir said, smiling.