This incident was just a misstep, but it was about to take me to a different direction that seemed more unpredictable.
I trusted the wrong person, and it failed; that was on me. This incident wouldn't prevent me from trusting anyone else, it just taught me to be more cautious.
Falling and standing up are a natural part of the cycle of life.
"What do you plan to do from here since you took it upon yourself to drop out of the academy?"
Luna asked as she massaged my shoulders. This relaxed me more than anything.
"Focus more on the alchemy. The academy was more of a distraction and a stepping stone. Although the professor offered me a bit, he was still useless."
I held one of Luna's hands and linked our hands together.
"What are you going to do about the Northern laboratory, the crown has already confiscated it."
"There wasn't really anything informative in there except for the failed experiments."
