Daizo could tell he had made the girls uncomfortable, but knew not what to do about it. He made a small exasperated sound and looked down. "Sorry, didn't mean to make things awkward. It's so normal to me now. I just spout it out whenever. I figured everyone knew anyways..." The youngster kicked himself internally for bringing it up. When Ari said nothing more, Anna took the stage, so to speak. Asking them two about themselves and such. "I'm doing sniper training. as well as a bit of hand to hand and knife play." Daizo sighed, he was being boring wasn't he? "Erm. Yea, I'm free after school. Do you wanna spar or something? When I'm not lazing around, I'm training." 

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Months and months had passed. The three had become rather close despite their differences. The topic of Daizo's parents and him disliking magic hadn't come up again, thankfully. They began to hang out inside and sometimes outside of school. And occasionally they even sparred together, but [i]nothing[/i] would prepared them for what the school had planned for the Final Exam. Of course, it was tradition, but everyone who took the exam or proctored it was sworn to secrecy. No one ever wanted to talk about it anyways, far too traumatic. Not even Daizo's own adopted father would tell him about the Exam. Daizo and his friends would soon find out what horrors awaited them when they arrived at school that day. 

The youngster Daizo had finally become more open and friendly thanks to his two friends. They sat together at lunch nearly every day by the same fountain that they had taken over that day at school. When they arrived at school that day, all the first years were ordered to report to docks at 1 PM sharp. Otherwise classes would go on as normal the continuance of the day. of course Daizo would travel with his friends to the docks. 

"So, what do you guys think they are making us go to the docks for, some kind of field trip to celebrate the end of the school year? Yea, that's a joke... Probably some kind of special training. Either of you worried? I am, at least a little." He had eaten lunch with them both and was told to grab any weapons he had before heading out. All the first years were told too grab whatever they could carry. His knife was reinstated and he had his special sniper rifle with him, that was all he needed for any training. Whatever they threw at him, he could handle.