Chapter 45: Under the Moonlight
The training rooms that the academy provided are a pretty private space, allowing Sagar to let loose a bit. He even released Berith and Sarasvati from their kuda tubes to allow them to stretch a bit. Sagar also engaged in some sparing with the both of them which he's hardly ever done with the two of them in the first place which was an interesting experience.
When one first enters into a training room all they would be met with really is just an empty white space with some sort of console located in the center of it. In the console are crystals that a students should activate depending on whatever sort of effect they want. Whether it be changing the environment of the room, generating some dummies, or maybe some weights, there was a large variety of things you could do in these rooms.
Sagar spent the rest of his day within the training room as the next time he would be able to rent out this place would probably be after two weeks or so. It was a rule of the rooms to only allow a student to use it consecutively after a few weeks time and that wasn't always set in stone as more people would arrange appointments within that time making the amount of time you had to wait increase to up to a month. If it became too much of a problem for Sagar then he would just try to find some sort of alternative to it.
After finishing with his training Sagar made his way outside of the training grounds going back to his dorm. It seemed that Sagar spent as much time as he could in the training room as the sun had already set with the only sources of light being the moon along with the random lamp posts located around academy grounds. As he was walking he was thinking more about what he would be doing during this year at the academy until he spotted a familiar figure sitting on a bench not too far from one of the girl dorms.
Umbra was sitting on this bench for a while now mainly for a breath of fresh air but she also got lost in her own thoughts making her lose track of time. She was looking at the moon currently hanging in the sky with it's light casting on her glasses making it hard to see her ash colored eyes. She would have been in this trance for an even longer time if she didn't feel that someone had sat right next to her. He was a boy who she has been getting acquainted with and became friends with over these past two weeks since he's been here at the academy.
He was still in his academy uniform probably just coming back from training that he had mentioned he would go to whenever he had separated from Talia and her. Talia and her have known each other from a young age, becoming fast friends shortly after meeting each other. It surprised Umbra a bit whenever she reunited with her friend a couple of weeks ago and she started talking about a cousin of her's that she had recently met. He was the only person among the Drak family around Talia's age that was friends with her.
What surprised Umbra further was the amount of praise she gave her cousin as well including about his most recent fight against Klaus Ortnit. If there was anyone that Umbra thought would give the most amount of trouble in a fight among her peers then it would be Klaus. He was simply a monster incarnate in battle with almost nothing capable of blocking his path. If this was a what was thought of about Klaus than what about Sagar here who not only matched him blow for blow but did so whenever he was a level lower than Klaus. He might not have won but his performance was worthy of admiration.
This just rose Umbra's curiosity about Sagar even when she met him in person. He gave off a simple and calm aura causing those around him to feel relaxed in his presence but Umbra couldn't help but feel that there was something else underneath it. Not that Sagar was hiding behind a mask to hide his true personality but that there was another aspect to him that he keeps under wraps. Along with this is was entirely impossible to tell if he even gave off any sort of energy at all. From a distance it would seem that Sagar was entirely powerless but if you looked closely you sort of make out some energy but it was hard to tell for sure.
Before Umbra could continue with her thoughts she started hearing Sagar call out to her, "..bra, ...mbra, Umbra are you okay?"
Shaking her head a bit to help her refocus Umbra responded, "Yes I am, I'm sorry about that. Did you need something Sagar?"
"Not really I just finished my training not too long ago and was making my way to my room but then I saw you sitting her, so I came by to say hello. Who knew that you would be in such a daze that even when you acknowledged my presence you didn't say anything.", putting his hand on his chin Sagar continued, "Along with the empty look in your eyes, I freaked out a bit thinking that something had happened to you but I'm glad that it was just me overreacting."
Umbra had a little smirk as she let out a light giggle at Sagar's concern, "I appreciate your care but as you could see I'm fine. I was just thinking about some things and it seems I got too lost in my thoughts."
Sagar nodded a bit as if he was agreeing with her, "I know what you mean, I sometimes do the same thing.", feeling that he may start rambling a bit Sagar tried changing the conversation a bit, "Is that all you were doing out here?"
"Well I originally came out here to get some fresh air, there was a bit too much activity going on in the building so I became a bit stuffed."
"Oh, what were they doing?", Sagar asked out of curiosity.
Umbra sighed a bit but answered his question, "Apparently the girl's throw a little party of sorts to not only welcome the new students but also celebrate the start of a new year here at the academy. This celebration spans the entire building so you couldn't really walk anywhere without there being some sort of noise. Talia and I joined in for a while but she feels more comfortable in this sorts of events than I do, so I told I was leaving and made my way out here."
"I'm not too sure how I would be at these sorts of things really. Most of my life I lived a small village and even then I didn't really go to any of the events or celebrations we had or even hang out with the other kids in the village.", Sagar remembered going to gatherings and such in his past life even if he couldn't recall the details too much, but he couldn't necessarily say that could he and it wasn't like he was lying either.
"What did you do instead then?", Umbra said.
"Well besides the times where I was taking care of my mother, I mainly trained really. Oh and I also read every now and then.", finishing his sentence Sagar leaned back a bit on the bench to stretch his legs a bit.
Umbra was a bit silent wondering how that was for the younger Sagar to take care of his mother. She knows that Sagar's father is a mercenary so he probably wasn't around much to help take care of Beatrice. Sagar didn't seemed bothered by it in the slightest she wondered why as when it comes to her family...
"Anyway do you mind if I rest here for a bit?", Sagar's voice rang out cutting off Umbra's line of thought. She simply responded with a nod and moved her gaze back to the moon she was looking at before.
So the two of them relaxed in the presence of not only the night but each other as well, only saying goodbye when the time for lights out was coming up.
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