[center][h2]Liliac de Blanc[/h2][/center]

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Liliac followed Leon, though she quickly fell behind as her legs were shorter than him and she had more trouble pushing the dolly containing her luggage. To her annoyance, the boy left her behind as he hurried on after realizing that the ceremony was about to start.

Well, it's not like she really cared that much about it. She was used to do everything by herself in this academy after all. She could push her luggages just fine last year. No reason why she would need help this year.

It took her quite a while to reach the hall. She noticed how there were already a lot of students there. Certainly they had arrived here earlier than her. It was like that too the last year. She arrived right at the last minute before the headmaster began his speech, thanks to her problem with her luggage. Thankfully, this year, she arrived in time it seemed.

She looked around, trying to find a good spot where she could see what's in front of her. Thanks to her short height, in comparison to the other students at the very least, even when she stood on her toes, her sight would still be blocked by the taller students in front of her.

She hated this. Once again, it made her feel self-conscious about her build. She remembered when she was younger where her parents would take her to a festival in which there were crowds blocking the view. Her father would lift her up and carry her on top of his shoulder. As a little girl, she was perfectly fine with it, but now, when she was already a young lady, it would just be an embarrassment.

They also blocked her of the view of the Sun Hall, which was a terrible shame as she loved staring at the magnificient room. The aesthetics simply oozed the grandness of magic. Whoever designed must have a great taste in architecture for sure. And the choice to add ambient buzz and pulse, along with the slight change of temperature in random and a little wind coming out of nowhere was brilliant as well. They simply added to the mystery of the room.

And so when the headmaster started his speech, she couldn't see him on the podium at all. But his charasteristic voice and speech were enough to tell her that it was indeed him who spoke. He told them to legend of the Magi. Of course, she was well-versed in this legend as well. She didn't know whether it was true or not, but if it was, then she had a secret wish to become a Magi herself. She imagined being able to cast powerful spells after powerful spells, without needing a familiar for the source of her power. Imagine the freedom she would have from that power!

Then, the ceremony finally started. Once again, she had no idea what the people getting called looked like. Not that she cared. She wasn't the kind of person who would go out of her way to remember the faces and names of people, especially those that had nothing to do with her. She only waited until she got her turn. She only hoped it wouldn't take so long as she just wanted to get this over with.

She heard Leo being called before her. It seemed he got a girl as his partner, judging from the name. Well, she wished the best for him. Judging from his personality, he would be best with a calm girl just like him, she thought.

"Liliac de Blanc and Marth Carter!"

Finally, it was her turn at last!

So that was the name of her partner, huh? It sounded like a boy's name for sure. Hmph, she just hoped he was more of the quiet kind rather than the flirtatious, teasing kind, like most of the boys in her classes last year. What a rowdy, annoying bunch. She remembered how they would call her cute and doll-like behind her back, like she was the class mascot or something. Some of them even dared to ask her out just for a dare with their friends, which she coolly refused.

She quickly headed out towards the podium, by going out from the line she was in first. However, somehow she ended up right in the middle of the crowd, so she had trouble escaping from all the taller people around her. Meanwhile, the headmaster kept calling her name over and over again, adding to her embarrassment. No doubt her familiar already reached the podium before her.

When she finally got out of the crowd, she hurried towards the podium, half-running. Indeed, her familiar was already there before her. Now she certainly looked like some clumsy girl, which was certainly not the first impression she wanted to give to him.

She looked at him, noting his looks and features. First of all, he was quite taller than her. Not as tall as Leo, but still pretty tall nonetheless. She had hoped she would at least get a familiar as tall as her, but she knew it was quite a distant possiblity as another person with her height was quite rare indeed. His face was calm and collected, and a litte aloof as well. It seemed she wasn't the joker type, which sat well with her.

"Greetings." She curtsied towards him. "My name is Liliac de Blanc. I hope we can work together well." She stared at him, waiting for his response.

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