"What is the colour of your underwear?"
My body moved on instinct. Mana surged through me and in an instant I was right in front of the boy, my leg snapping toward his face.
CRACK!
He never even had time to react before the blow sent him skidding across the ground until he slammed into a tree at the side of the path.
Then… nothing.
No movement or any sound.
I stared at the motionless body, heart still pounding. "What the fuck was that thing?"
After a moment, my surprise calmed down.
I walked toward the boy slowly, each step echoing through the dead night.
He wasn't moving.
A dark, greyish blood was spreading beneath him.
"Oh… fuck," I muttered. "It's a demon."
I crouched beside him.
Is he dead?
For a second I just stared, then leaned closer, reaching out to check for a heartbeat.
There was a very small beat I could hear.
Ahh, he is alive, huh?
For a second, I almost thought I killed someone on my first day at the academy, no less.
