The fire crackled beside me as I took a sip of Xion's hot tea. After a few moments of respite, I rested the cup on the table, allowing its smoke to billow between me and the Principal who had a frown on his face. He also had a person beside him, a lady around my age. She looked Similar to Shan from earlier, albeit a bit more withdrawn thanks to the way her body shuddered when I looked at her general direction. The three of us rested on three seats by the fireplace, with a carpeted floor that seemed a bit dingy for its place.
"So young lad, what were you doing with that friend of yours? Were you one of the spies sent by their faction to obliterate us?"
I raised my hands in the air in a surrendering manner before shaking my head in disproval. If anything, I thought of her as a member of th
