Before lunch rumours of the demonstration between Princess Marina and Malcolm Slate spread through all four campuses like wildfire.
"Did you hear?" whispered a girl to her friend in the campus for those blessed by the spirit of wind.
"They say she is almost as fierce as a Bestiae." whispered a boy in the campus designated for those blessed by the spirit of the earth.
"Others say she is unflinching and won't stop despite being blinded." said a boy with dark green hair and red eyes.
"Are you sure you're describing a Princess?" asked a bit with dark brown hair and yellow eyes.
"You must not be from the capital." said the boy with dark green hair and red eyes.
"Princess Marina's two older sisters are already forces not to be reckoned with." the boy with dark green hair and red eyes whispered to his friend.
"Princess Esmeralda, the first princess, beat the cut off and has already advanced to her fourth year and Princess Zarya ranked first for the hunt two times in a row before Princess Marina's debut!" the boy with dark green hair and red eyes exclaimed.
"Wait!" the boy with dark brown hair and yellow eyes said in shock.
"Doesn't Princess Marina hold the record for the highest points in three years?" the boy with dark brown hair and yellow eyes asked and his friend nodded.
"Then isn't she more of a beast than her sisters?" the boy with dark brown hair and yellow eyes asked and Princess Zarya just happened to pass by.
Seeing her pass by the boy with dark green hair and red eyes froze instantly. The boy with dark brown hair and yellow eyes, not understanding why his friend would freeze, asked what happened and the friend replied with "Princess Zarya just passed by."
Gasping, the boy with dark brown hair and yellow eyes asked "Do you think she heard us?" in fear.
"Princess Zarya." her friend, Vaelira Frost said softly.
"What?" Princess Zarya asked with a hum and once her friend said nothing, Princess Zarya chuckled.
"Do you think I will lose my temper from a couple of statements?" Princess Zarya asked with a chuckle.
"She is merely a sapling who has gotten a bit too lucky." Princess Zarya said with a smile.
"She will fall off her high horse soon enough" Princess Zarya said with a shrug.
"But even if she doesn't," Princess Zarya said with her eyes straight ahead.
"She is no concern of mine." Princess Zarya said as she marched to her next class.
"Liar." whispered Vaelira Frost.
The dining hall for first years.
Princess Marina.
"Well if it isn't our little star?" Rassera asked as Princess Marina came to the table for lunch.
"Don't tease me." Princess Marina said as she swatted the air in front of Rassera Dawnspire's face.
"I am not teasing you." Rassera Dawnspire said with a smile.
"The rumors of your demonstration have spread across all campuses." Rassera said and Esmira and Maria nodded.
Trying her best not to be embarrassed, Princess Marina asked "When are your physical classes?" to divert her friends attention when she heard a girl's voice say "What is all this buzz about a common demonstration held by those blessed by the spirit of fire?"
"Her again." Esmira said as she glared at the girl with light blonde hair.
"Can their weapon training classes even compare to ours?" the girl asked and murmurs broke out in the dining hall.
"What can they use from the power they borrow, 10%, 15%?" the girl asked and people around her began to snicker.
"Slabs of ice?" the girl questioned with a laugh.
"It probably was paper thin." the girl said and someone laughed.
"Trust those blessed by the spirit of fire to make things up to seem powerful." the girl said with a scoff and laughter exploded from all corners of the room.
As the laughter continued ninety nine point nine percent of those blessed by the spirit of fire gripped their cutleries with different expressions. Some with embarrassment, some with regret and some with anger but the remaining zero point one percent which consisted solely of Princess Marina ate her food with indifference and continued to chat happily.
"How does she do that?" a girl blessed by the spirit of fire asked as she stared at the completely unbothered face of Princess Marina.
"I don't know." whispered another girl.
"But I am glad to be in the same class as someone as amazing as her." the girl said as she watched Princess Marina in awe.