As soon as I got out of the room, I saw my calmly standing Rein, standing while leaning against the wall.
She was calm... on the outside, and for others, that is.
I could feel the fire that was burning her whole being at this very moment.
And this calmness that burned, the small smile on her face that could freeze one on the spot just like with me right now, and then the closed eyes that were just a step away from going berserk.
And as soon as I came out, and she sensed my presence, her eyes met mine, and I saw the great volcano on the verge of eruption.
I knew this was no good... and thankfully, I also knew how to calm that great anger.
Without a word, I walked forward and stood before her, and silently grabbed her hand, startling her.
And this sudden surprise was enough to calm her down, although barely.
"Took your sweet time, didn't you... bastard?" she asked while holding that hand back and interlocking our fingers.
Her angry eyes calmed down instantly, becoming the common ones she always had.
The annoyed but cute ones.
"Well, I barely made it, alright? It was important for me so, please try to understand.
It's not that late anyway, right?
We can do plenty of things you had planned for today.
And for that... we will have to first finish the practical one quickly.
And to finish something, you know we will first have to start it, right?
And to start that, we will first have to go to the place it would start, right?
And to reach there, we will first have to move from this place... don't you think so?
"You think I'm some kind of dumb idiot, you bastard?
Am I some lovesick, affection drowned chick that is adorable in those gorgeous eyes of yours?" her voice was genuinely annoyed, and I could tell just from this that she was, not so much as angry but, at least she was annoyed from that 'Right? Right?' questions I asked.
But, even though out of annoyance, what she had said was genuinely true.
"How do you know? To be this precise... you really really are amazing~!"
My voice was cheerful to her normal question and as soon as the answer left my mouth, her eyes became wide and she looked at me with shock-filled eyes.
"Y-you damn bastard?! How dare you!!!" she shouted in her 'normal' ear-piercing voice and I did expect she might just shout this loudly in the middle of the hallway.
She had just randomly said that stuff, but she didn't think I would actually agree with what she said.
There were similar, one-room classes in this corridor, and if not for the fact that I had put a sound barrier specifically for something , the others giving the test would have bled their ears and almost fainted.
'Well... thank nature...'
Sighing at her angry face that I so dearly loved, I patted her head, surprising her even more.
"Ok, ok. I'm sorry, alright. Calm down, girl…"
Patting the head of this gorgeous one with now short brown hair that looked quite good on her and looking deep into her dark eyes which were perfectly normal, I watched as she finally managed to calm herself down.
And I knew just standing here more than this would just drag things even more, so I started walking on the other side of the corridor.
She was a weird one, and I knew this was only when she was with me.
When alone, she was a very different person altogether.
A calm, silent one who knows what's going on around her and all the behavior she has to take care of.
No weirdness one, no chaos, nothing of sort.
Just a simple person who keeps calm and speaks only when needed.
Well, that was good and all but, with me, and for me, she was just like a little girl who had a bit rough mouth and liked shouting in her charming but ear-shaking loud voice.
She was loud, and she knew the consequences of that big shout but, at the same time, she could only freely do that because I was here, and she wholeheartedly believed I would have taken measures against something predictable .
I lead her to the other side and she followed without any question while glancing back at the classes that were still going as normal.
She was sorry for her behavior and then again; she was also someone who acted impulsively back there.
It was this childish, old witch's fault, and she knew what she did wrong and she would have definitely taken full responsibility if anything had actually happened.
She is a good person, a beautiful starry sky that twinkles in the endless plains of the clear night sky.
She is beautiful... and we reached the door leading to the ranking test grounds.
But before opening the door and entering the open area, I looked into her eyes with a warm and confident look.
'Don't worry. They will be alright and you didn't mean harm anyway, right?
Look on the bright side. We are almost done and things will end soon and then we can go wherever you wanted, right?
Oh, we might get the chance to speak with sir Lucius after this test.
You might have also heard from your grandparents he's a cool person, right?
As well as about his all famous chocolates?'
And as I knew, as soon as those wordless words reached her ears, her eyes shined with the stars in them.
"Really?!" she shouted with an excited smile, and I didn't know why she didn't even know this basic thing.
Anyway, this made her excited and after I cheerfully nodded at her, her slightly worried heart also calmed down and she was back to her hundred percent self.
And this was good so, this should be more than enough for now.
I chuckled internally and also heard chuckles from Lucy and Celes.
Some of the rare situations where the two of them couldn't hold themselves back.
It was funny how she was a bloodthirsty witch, far older than me, and still... this childish and special.
'Haaa... I wanna do many things with her, oh nature...'
Sighing internally once again, I opened the door, and we entered the open arena at the back of this magnificent hexagonal tower.