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Charlotte was all smiles and waves towards Bonnie. Admittedly, she didn’t expect the girl to participate in the night class when she was a good deal older and more experienced than some of these fresh girls. Her roommate certainly seemed not to need it given her role as a spectator. Still, it never hurt to practice teamwork and coordination, especially with what she saw today. Charlotte made no comment on that when Chinami spoke the better half of it for them. As Bonnie departed and joined the mayhem down below, Charlotte felt another presence.

Ah. Now there was a Grimoire she hadn’t sensed in quite a long time. She had a good idea who it was that was approaching the observatory area and indeed those thoughts were confirmed with Maria’s appearance. Charlotte turned a cool gaze towards her. [color=tomato]“Maria huh. I do believe this is the first time we’ve met face to face. Must be shocking coming from girls as old as us,”[/color] Charlotte joked with a hand offered and a skittish grin. [color=tomato]“Soooo, lemme guess. You must be Lucette’s replacement, right? Well, lemme tell you, these girls are [i]quite[/i] the handful this year.”[/color]

A resounding explosion of magic and the scraping of metal echoed down below them as if emanating her point. Charlotte casually glanced behind at the arena to note the girls were already mobilizing. At least they knew enough to act when an enemy was in front of them. The display made Charlotte chuckle. [color=tomato]“What do you think of them? Despite being crude, they’re rather resilient at least hm?”[/color] The question was aimed at both Maria and Chinami and she waited for an answer by the both of them. After all, she had nothing better to do but watch and gossip.

[color=tomato]“Though, I take it, you’re also here because of the Pageless activity, no?”[/color] Charlotte added for Maria. It was no surprise and to be expected. Although the Grand Ministry didn’t make quite as big of a deal of it as she expected, it was still a point of contention and the reason why foreign girls like Valeria and Maria were called back to the Ministry’s soil. It was almost as if the Grand Minister felt she was preparing for….something unseen.
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