>>5398621Pine stays silent. Listening to him right now is going to be more helpful.
Zeal vents about his old friends.
Back when he was a child, when he did not have to worry about getting into the Serpent Scholars Academy, he attended Three Plumes, a school for prospective potion makers.
It was his golden years.
Life was stressful sometimes, but he had plenty of close friends, and the adventures they had together made things bearable.
There were six of us back then.
Fha.
Sira.
Nhon.
Song.
Khao.
Xiao. (Zeal’s original name, although due to the school’s insistence on clarity, his name was changed into Zeal.)
Sira and Nhon were his closest friends, and were quite the slackers compared to him, but taught him valuable lessons on dealing with people.
Fha and Khao were the first female friends he got close to, and were able to trust fully. Fha in particular caused Zeal to take interest in weapons, and later became his sparring partner.
Song was the most distant to him, but both of them understood each other quite well, even with few words.
As they graduates from the Three Plumes, they went their separate ways.
Sira and Nhon both got a job in Clawflash. Pine heard they got decently paying jobs there, but didn’t know about the specifics.
Song and his family left the country, moving somewhere westward. Before he left, he mentioned that he plans to continue his studies at an academy there.
Khao wanted to continue studying, but she was rejected from the schools she wanted.
Last time Zeal heard from her, she is working as a maid for an wealthy family.
She was one of the hardest worker by far in their group, and yet she failed.
Fha was the only one to join him in Serpent Scholars Academy, and that didn’t work out terribly well either.
(Cont.)
[Picture of young Sira]
