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Lilac's conversation with Leo was suddenly, and rudely, she might add, interrupted by the appearance of a young, bespectacled man. Without even introducing himself, he went for the attack right away and corrected what Lilac had just said about her wish for her familiar.

"And you are?" she responded, her eyes giving a glare towards him and her words empathizing just much she had just been rudely interrupted.

Cylde quickly interjected, saying that she didn't mean any disrespect. Hmph, if he wanted to apologize for her, then she wouldn't have any problem with it. Just don't expect her to apologize as well.

And he said it with such an unsure tone too, which made her think that he really did think she was being disrespectful.

How foolish. It was simply a fact that mages need familiars to cast spells. She was simply saying truth. She didn't have any delusion of mage/familiar special bonds or anything like that. She was not a dreamer. And if she were to have a dream, it would be about magic, something you could attain eventually if you worked hard enough.

Of course, this didn't mean she would treat her familiar badly. Of course she would treat them with respect. But if they thought they had a right to be closer to her than a mere work partner, they would be terribly, horribly wrong. She shuddered at the though of some boy thinking she must be his girlfriend just because she was her mage.