[TheSpatialWeeg]

Both girls looked as surprised as both Schezo and Lemres...at least for a little while. Soon their expressions turned back to normal.

"...Ya know, once you stop and think for a small instance, it was kind of to be expected."


"Y-yeah..."

[Rina]

"E-expected what? I was hoping I'd have a room for my solitude!"

"Oh come on, Dark Wizard~ You really need to stop being so glum!"

Lemres waved a lollipop in front of Schezo, trying to loosen him up and at least give it to him. On the sheer contrary though, Schezo just slaps it out of his hands, leaving him to scramble and catch it before it hit the ground and shattered.

"I don't want your confounded candy!"

"......"

Lemres seemed a little hurt by that sentence.

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Amitie and Rider stood frozen as the event happened. Amitie reflexively opened her mouth to yell at Schezo about his rudeness, but she stood silent, mouth agape.  Before she could say anything, she turned to Rider, whose eyes were covered by shadows.

"R-rider...? What's wrong...?" Amitie asked, worried about her friend. The only answer she got were horns sparkling with electric energy. Knowing very well what this meant, she took a couple of steps back.

"U-um...guys...?" Amitie tried to call their attention.

[Rina]

Lemres and Schezo turned to Amitie. Lemres is wondering what's up, Schezo's outright confused. Lemres felt something stand on end, caused by Rider's involuntary sparks.

"Is something the matter?"

[TheSpatialWeeg]

With zero forewarning, Rider suddenly went to face Schezo.

"Hey, you. Listen to me, and listen well." She began. Her voice sounded almost the same, but...something felt...different. "I do not care who you are, what is your title, how old are you, how long have you been practicing magic, where did you come from. It does not matter. You do not treat people like this, do you understand? You must've known there was a much calmer way to approach this, so you do not have an excuse to stand on. Apologize to Mr. Lemres. Now."

Amitie, who was just watching it unfold, let out a sigh of relief.

"O-oh, hehehe...I almost thought that would be worse..."

[Rina]

Passive aggressive flags everywhere! But Schezo still tried to keep a straight face. It would dearly tarnish his pride if he were to crack from someone that's less than 1/10th of his age.

"...fine."

Schezo turned to Lemres...

"..............................................................................................sorry."

Well, that took him a long time to even try to say. And despite that, Schezo still has a bit of a hostile look to him, only saying that because he had to. Lemres lit up, offering the candy...again.

"How about some chocolate as a peace offering, then?"

"................"

Schezo begrudgingly took it, knowing he's likely going to get fried to a crisp if he pulled off that stunt again.

I feel as if my pride got spat on by an imp.

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Rider took a deep breath as she...immediately returned to her usual self...maybe.

"All right, it's nice to see everything okay now...!"

Amitie stepped forward, clearly thinking of something.

"Um, Mr. Lemres, I loved this afternoon, but...I think it's about time Rider and I go back home. I don't your roommate won't appreciate it..."

[Rina]

"Okay, then~ It's good to speak to you again! Oh, and here."

With a little wave of the wand, Lemres conjures up two little candy bags for the two of them. The Red/Pink one was Amitie's, the Green/Yellow one is Rider's.

"A little treat for the both of you."
"...You really are incredibly generous with your candies."

[TheSpatialWeeg]

Amitie and Rider excitedly grabbed the lollipops Lemres offered to them. Before they could savor the sweets they got, however, both waved at Lemres...and Schezo, albeit the Dark Wizard got 'em a bit more reluctant.

"Bye bye, Mr. Lemres~  We'll see each other again, surely!"

"Y-yeah...Bye...!"

With the two girls done with their goodbyes, they went back to their apartment, enjoying the sweet delicacy within their hands.

((I'm just gonna mark my End Of Presence here, since apparently there's nothing else to add and I have no idea on what else to write.))

[Rina]

"Bye you two!"

Lemres waved and saw them off before turning to Schezo.

"Well~? Why not try the chocolate I gave you?"
"Okay fine!"

Schezo unwrapped a small portion of the end of it and took a bite.

...

"How do you like it?"
"...it's too sweet."
"Hmm...too sweet huh? Maybe I'll get a darker chocolate for you next time, then. Dark chocolate for the Dark Wizard. Haha, it makes sense now that I think about it!"
"Confound it! I only took it out of obligation!"
"Let's continue this talk in our room though. Wouldn't want to cause a clamor in the halls."

((End of Social Thread!))