12 Hidekazu Fire sparked from Hidekazu’s fingertips, and he pulled his arm back to finish the stroke of the hi kigou, swinging his leg in an arc. He stomped his foot and brought his staff up, finishing the spell and funnelling ki in a spiral. The energy whipped forward, incinerating the dummy set in the courtyard outside the dragon student dorms. The cobbled ground was arranged into the shape of a cerulean dragon matching the emblem on Hidekazu’s uniform. Since the yard was exclusive to those in the dragon faculty, he had the space all to himself. The spot became part of his usual routine, where he drilled the techniques he analyzed in Natsuko’s combative class, and for him to hammer out the frustrations coating him like an irritating film. Sayuri still hadn’t returned. Where did she g

