Meruin sat in front of a marble table just outside the cafeteria and close to where she and Deus had their conversation. A magic circle was drawn all over the entirety of the table, and glowing slightly. Meruin was opening up a channel over a ley-line to contact Master Reina and Lady Chase. She smiled inwardly. It had been far too long since she had last talked to them.

In but a moment, the magic circle on the table flared to life, and two hazy screens floated in the air to Meruin's left and right.

[i][color=silver]"Aah, Meruin, my dear apprentice, it's been awhile since you've contacted me. Is everything going well?"[/color][/i]

[i][color=gold]"Gyahaha~! Meruin, so nice of you to call me! Though I see you've also chosen to give Reina a little ring~ So, what is it you need, Little One~?"[/color][/i]

The new voices came from Meruins right and left respectively. Accompanying them was the live images of two people - a tall, silver haired woman, wore wore simple white long robes, whose hair reached past her heels and flowed across the floor; the other woman was comparatively short in height, and decked almost completely in golden articles of clothing, from the golden ribbons the tied the sides of her shoulder-length hair together in a braid, to the golden silk skirt adorned with designs that seemed to change with every angle. 

Despite the physical differences between the two, however, what was common between them was the unmistakable and oppressive aura of power that the two of them possessed. Although the people staring at Meruin through the screen were mere projections of women who were so far away, they weren't even in her dimension, the power of their aura reached across space time and flooded through Meruin's spell.

Alone, this aura was already terrible to even the most veteran of mages, but together, it was downright suffocating. Meruin, however, was long prepared for this, thus the barriers around her kept her from collapsing like she did so many years ago. The same could not be said for the people around her.

Students of all ages and abilities in an area of ten meters suddenly started dropping like flies, caught by surprise by the sudden air of oppressive power. Some were gasping for air, while others had simply passed out from exhaustion. Meruin furrowed her eyebrows. Unless asked, her Master and her masters rival were loathe to keep their aura's under control, and Meruin couldn't project a barrier big enough or strong enough to protect everyone around her. 

Such thoughts escaped her mind for the time being as she faced the two most important people in her life with a smile. "Greetings, Master Reina, Lady Chase; it has indeed been far too long," she said, bowing at the waist slightly. "I'm in good health, and things are going smoothly for me, however I'm in need of advice over a recent affair . . ."