"Right… that's half true and half false. I was robbed on my way to the academy because I blindly trusted someone. But even then, I was skeptical of everyone. I didn't fully trust Dapper on enlistment day either. I have this ability, to see people's life force. And what I saw in Dapper wasn't just mana. He had the aura of someone who's taken many lives."
"I've seen that kind of tainted aura before on assassins or soldiers who've survived blood-soaked wars. For example, all the teachers here carry that same aura. But Dapper's… his is just on another level. Honestly, he scares me, and I'd never want to get on his bad side. If I had to choose between being on that guy's bad side, the one who just threatened us, or Dapper's, I'd pick the burly guy any day," Shinro said, tossing the stone aside.
"What do you mean by seeing people's life force? I've heard something like that from someone else before," Riley muttered, her eyes narrowing with curiosity.
