Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

Chapter 855: A week before the midterms

[Rein's POV: ]

"Oh, it's connecting. Come, everyone!"

Today was one of the special days of the week where we all gather and talk with our families back home.

And by 'we' I meant Carla, Alf, Zoe and me.

[ "Hello, hello. Am I audible~?" ]

We had gathered in Zoe's room as always, and as always, Eon wasn't here.

And as always, the one that appeared before us as soon as the communication device had connected, was our dear little Anna.

And her friends, of course.

"We can hear you fine, Anna. Stand back from the crystal ball now!" As always, Anna was being too excited about this talk so Zoe was shouting at her.

And, before her shouts, even Anna could not do anything.

"It's fine, Zoe. Let her be." We couldn't shout at her like she does. We couldn't even be angry at her.

Her position in this family was so important that neither anyone from his family nor someone from mine could ever actually get angry at her and tell her off when she is doing something wrong or inappropriate.

'She was a pretty, cute, and special child so aside from loving her and doing anything she asks, there wasn't much that we could do about her behaviour or actions.'

But thanks to Zoe, she had learned how to behave. How to not show her special powers to inappropriate outsiders, and how to better handle herself.

'Both of them were important components of this family, and they pretty much complete one another.'

Everyone in this family knows that. Even right now, everyone standing behind her looking at the two of these sisters were smiling like they usually do.

"Hmm? I don't see mother Nol?"

[ "Ohh~! Mamma said she has some important work to attend to so she went to the castle~! She said she will call you all later~." ]

She seemed particularly happy today for some reason.

There was a distinct smile on her face while there was a subtle look of concern on her grandpa.

A similar look was present on the face of the knight captain standing on the other side of the room behind them… though it wasn't visible clearly to the others.

'Hmmm. Seems like she is making good progress as Eon predicted.'

And her progress is a little too good so even people like them are concerned right now.

I can understand that much already, but according to him, this was just the start.

Soon, she will actually awaken her power and with a completely stable body that could handle those powers and then… well, after that a trial will begin for him, and for me as well.

But, that is still not something we have to be concerned about.

[ "Is big brother coming~?" ]

"Anna… you ask that every time even though you know the answer."

We do these weekly talks regularly.

We talk, we see each other, we tell them things that have happened in the academy, while they tell us things that go on there.

They are just regular talks and the four of us are usually the only ones here, sometimes Chry joins us as well but that's it.

'Some of them couldn't make it sometimes because of the impotent things that they have to take care of, so it's understandable that she asks about them in their absence.'

But, asking about the one that has never seen her through this crystal ball, asking about the one she loves the most and knows the reason for his absence, isn't something surprising for us anymore.

She asks it anyway even though she knows the answer, and she gets the same answer from Zoe everytime.

"Big brother couldn't make it due to some important matters that he had to attend to. He asked me to apologise… again."

Anna knew he would be unhappy after seeing her through this glass ball, this communication device.

He won't be able to hold her, hug her, talk to her the way they usually do, and then, he knew after their talk like this, he could not help his desires to go back to her and see her himself.

He was greedy and he did not like how they had to be away from one another. So, if he talked with her like this… he knew he wouldn't be able to do anything properly for a while.

And he couldn't have that.

Not with all the things in the academy, especially not with the exams and the grand conference on the way.

[ "Hehe, it's fine~. I wrote him a letter so his reply should arrive soon anyway~." ]

She did not like this either.

'She loved him too much to handle not talking with him for such a long time.'

After we came back from that break after the Lakmer incident, he had not talked with her even once.

They only exchange letters, letters that are mostly covered in teardrops. And they somehow cope with it.

It's their brother sister thing.

"Anyway!"

Carla jumped in and broke off this little uncomfortable atmosphere we had between us.

"Anna~. Do you know our exams will be starting next week~? It's only going to be around two weeks long and then we will be back~!"

"Ah, that's right."

A week was left before the midterms, and the atmosphere in the academy was an all time calm one.

'We were done with all our classes and courses so we had holidays for now for preparations, and most of the people were doing exactly that.'

Of course not everyone was preparing for the exams but even the ones that were enjoying their holidays knew well what they were going to face in those tests.

They knew it wasn't going to be simple or easy, but for the ones that only wanted to pass the tests with basic markings, this 'midterms' was no big deal.

[ "Yessss~! I know about your exams! Big brother already told me about them in the last letter and I wish you all good luck for them~!

I know everyone will do well~!" ]

Her positivity was more powerful than any kind of healing magic or good luck. And her smile as well.

[ "It's still far so I'll be waiting for all of you! And we can play for longer this time!" ]

She knew the exams were happening early and that the holidays this time will be longer than a few weeks.

When we go back, we can happily have some time to ourselves and play to our heart's content… we will have to be away for a few days because of the conference, but she can handle herself without the three of us for a few days.

She is a smart girl that knows how to take care of herself. She is taking care of herself without us even right now so there isn't much to worry about.

"Yes, we will play as much as you want when we get back… though, that's for after the exams."

The exams were a big concern at the moment not just for the few of us but for every single student currently present at the academy. There was no one that wasn't thinking about those tests right now.

People were worried and they knew they had to pass those tests at the very least,

And for passing, they were studying or doing whatever they thought was necessary.

[ "Ah… right! You all have to go and sleep and study as well!" ]

"We have to do that, yes. But we have time for a little chat as usual."

He wasn't going to show up so, at the very least, the rest of her brother and sisters had to be here.

"Alright then? Why don't we start with you, little one? How was your week~?"

Eon and I weren't worried about these tests since we already knew what the results were going to be like.

There were other things that we had to worry about and our own personal straining was something that we had to keep up with.

Those mentors of ours were unexpectedly ruthless with their methods and even Eon was having difficulty since the last few days thanks to the new training program that they had started.

They were doing it like Sapphire and I had started in the beginning, but they were a little more aggressive with their training.

'In archery, cuts and wounds were a common thing.'

And every day since last week, I'm seeing his hands looking even more cut and red than usual.

'He tries to hide it but he also knows well that it isn't going to work.'

But it's his training. And he's doing it to get better and stronger, so I couldn't complain about all that.

Anyway…

He wasn't here right now. So Anna was all ours~!

[ "Yessss~. Hehehe, you know big sister! I learned the sword swing today! Grandpa even showed me the coooooooooool blue thing!" ]

"Cool… blue thing?"

Is she talking about… wait. What?

"Anna? What's this cool blue thing-."

[ "It's as you all are thinking. She means Aura." ]

"What?!"

"What the hell?! How's that even possible?!"

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"How could you do that grandpa?! You know best how dangerous it is!"

Carla had a sudden shock when she heard that while Alf was panicking. Even Zoe was shocked by this new information since we all knew seeing— perceiving Aura was no simple thing, much like magic.

Not everyone can do that, and certainly not everyone can see the 'colours' and feel the aura of another individual.

'But when she said the 'cool' blue thing, she meant cool as in not attractive but cold or chill.'

And one cannot just feel that while observing an aura demonstration from afar.

"Everyone, calm down a bit."

Anna herself was confused why we were so shocked since for her, this was just cool news.

But for us, it was more concerning than she could imagine.

And for Eon… I don't even know how he is going to react when I tell him about this.