[u][b]Luke Schwarz -- Oh no[/b][/u]

[i]W-What?![/i]

No way! Cian too? This was a terrible miscalculation! His only available backup was just as stumped as he! He'd expected too much from his fellow classmate, freshly transferred in in her own right! Was this the price he payed for committing such a flagrant act of unfairness towards her?

[i]Repent!

I fully repent![/i]

[b]"You too, huh?"[/b] he mumbled, not [i]angry[/i] so much as [i]flummoxed[/i]. [b]"I'll keep asking around, then. If I get an answer out of somebody, I'll let you know." [/b]

The problem then became, though...

[i]Who to ask?[/i]

...

Warily, he turned to the pair from Mistral situated behind him. Having done well enough to be selected for a foreign exchange program, they had to have the answers, right?

R-Right?

[i]A-hm.[/i]

[b]"Excuse me."[/b]