For the magic portion of the day, Aegis had a very simple plan.
[I'm going to put Rosanna's magic on display.] She nodded to herself as the students took a break before the next test. [I mean, it's magic that I got straight from the first empress. It has to be impressive enough to let me pass.]
She had no guarantee of that, of course. And, it was unlikely that the judges would believe her if she said "hey, this is from Rosanna. Yes, Queen Rosanna."
[Unless I sell it well, I guess.]
"How are we feeling, Country Mouse?" Scarlett threw an arm around Aegis casually as she sat on a bench. Aegis instantly treated her arm like a pillow, letting her head fall on it.
"Cautiously optimistic."
"The best kind of optimistic!"
"How many different kinds are there?"
Up ahead, various students chatted away about how powerful they were and how their fireballs could melt more stuff than so-and-so's fireballs and so on and so on.
The noise cut away, though, when Aegis spotted Talia.
