Chapter 16
"So, have you all been assigned to base duties then? Or are you heading out with a team?"
Despite her timid appearance it was Jasmine who answered first "Since I’m a non combat specialist, I’ll be staying here at the base hospital, Zelda too. Mary would never survive being locked indoors for extended periods of time, so she’s hoping to find a mentor to take her on missions, and Meg is on a team already."
"What sort of mentor are you looking for Mary? Maybe I can help, the senior mages here have all been really nice to my team" This response caused them all to look at me strangely, like I’d grown an extra head.
"Um, I hate to bring this up, but you do know what they are saying about your team, right?" Mary started softly, likely hoping to avoid my anger.
"They gossip about us? Hopefully not about the clothing incident. Lala didn’t know any better" Mary now has a huge smile on her face, and it’s spreading to everyone else as they recall the incident.
"Well, yes, but that’s not the big part. They say your team are all sociopaths, unsafe to be around because you’ve started to like killing too much."
Frowning sadly at the thought that nobody actually liked us I stuttered out "wait, is that why you haven’t come to say hello, and nobody else will stay on our floor?"
Mary pulled me into a tight hug "Sorry that we believed them, you seem really nice."
I shrugged, trying to put the nastiness of others behind me "what sort of mentor did you need Mary? What’s your specialty?"
"I’m an arcane mage. We’re pretty rare, so I’m not sure there’s even another here to learn from. But I really do need a mentor, there’s so few books on advanced arcane magic, only the basic daily magic that every specialty learns to use"
Pulling her back into the hug I whispered "Come with me my darling Mary. I know exactly the mentor you’re looking for"