No Romance Tag! [GL]

Ina had her mouth agape from astonishment. The small curve formed on her eyes expressed her confused yet surprised smile. 

"So umm You like me?", She asked. 

Amara just praised her looks which was also not her first time in doing that, she also told her to seek her help the other day and now she told her to see her as the 'real deal'?

What could possibly ran on Amara's head? What did she wish to achieve by doing this? Why is she acting so nice and willing? What is wrong with Amara? 

She has no other conclusion to reason with this benevolent Amara except that she was actually fond of her.

Ina boldly waited for Amara's answer, eager to see her exposing her intentions if she did hide anything and was just pretending. Will the Proud Amara admit that she takes a liking to a mere commoner like her?

"W-Well yeah.. Kinda?"

Amara understand that Ina has failed to comprehend her words. But the words that came out of Ina's mouth also meant a different and important thing for her.

She knew Ina would not meant it 'that' way but she still blushed hard. 

"Then I am honoured to have your interest, my Lady", Ina calmly replied her.

Amara then gave Ina an awkward laugh and started to run her mind to shift their topic. 

"So... you were looking at the library?", Amara cleared her throat and asked Ina. 

"Yes"

A memory flooded Amara's head about the day they were at the Library, reminiscing Ina's excitements.

"Are you also interested in the books?"

Ina was a little reluctant to say 'yes'. Amara would eventually asked her the same question as Roderick and she still cannot expose her magic capabilities without a thorough plan for her future.

"I guessed you are too. I also learned so many thing from the books.". But Amara never bothered to wait for her answers.

"Ah! You were at, 'The beginning of Magic' Shelf right? Do you want me to borrow books from that shelf for you?"

"Can you?", Ina was obviously shocked at Amara's suggestion and with the fact that she also remembered the name of the Shelf. 

Amara stood up apparently realising how dumb she was. She assumed, Ina was bitterly staring at the Library because she could not enter it herself and Leon almost never came to the library. 

"Come, Ina. Let's go borrow some books for you", Amara happily smiled and pulled her hand out for Ina to grab.

After staring at Amara's harmless smile for a while Ina finally decided to rest her skeptical thoughts about Amara and accepted her proposal by gently placing her hand on Amara's. 

Ina led the way to the shelf again because Amara had already forgotten the way. 

Amara also bend to looked at the contents of the Shelf with Ina.

"The Library set a limit of 5 books to borrowed at once per student. I already borrowed three history books. So Ina, you could still take two books", Amara suggested. 

"Do you understand that you could be in trouble if they find out I had the books?", Ina has her gaze fixed on Amara with a sly smile.

"No, I trust you. Besides, I could make use of my father's title if it ever happened"

Amara sheepishly grinned.

Amara then turn her head back to the contents of the Shelf, picked out one of the book that piques her interest and proceeded to sit on the ground to open the book. 

Ina was looking at her every movements with a small smile before she continued her search for the books.

After Ina finally decided on the two books, they left the library. 

Since Amara insisted, she accompanied Ina to the Boys dormitory. There were still a few minutes left before the last bell and Ina wished to keep the books in the dormitory before she made her way to the Lesson Building.

"We have one month period for every book and can be renewed again. So Meet me again at the Shed after a month okay?", Amara informed Ina to which Ina nodded immediately.

They finally heard the last bell rang

"Shit. I gotta go"

"Alright"

Ina watch Amara sprinting away again..

She will never forgive Amara for what she did to her in the past but the present Amara feels nothing like her past. So, for the time being, she decided to observe her and make her decisions later. She was not foolishly blinded by her resentment towards her, to not noticed that all the things, the present Amara did to her was helping her.

While Clara who was waiting for her Lady at the entrance of the Lesson Building let out a deep sigh seeing the Lady she has waited for, sprinting her way inside the building, obviously skipping her class again...

....

"mmmmm", He let out a moan.

He reached out his right hand and placed it down on her head while his other arm grasped hard on the arm of his left chair. 

"Ha! I'm close!", He gritted his teeth to suppressed his voice.

He abruptly moves his arm away from her head and desperately clenched on the arms of his chair. His waist forbids him to rest his butt on the cushion and jerk him as it pleased. 

"Argh!", He finally let out a deep groan of relief gradually making his butt finally fall flat on the cushion. 

The girl beneath her gulped down whatever was on her mouth and beamed a smile at him.

"My lord, you have become bolder with age", The girl commented. She lifted her knees off the floor and cleaned the corners of her mouth. 

"I believe so, Jane", Prince Roderick's gaze followed Jane's every movements. 

"Why don't we take another step, Jane?", He suggested. 

Jane who was tying her hair in front of the mirror turned her head at him and shook her head. 

"My Lord. If only taking another step, have to endanger your life", Jane turned to the mirror again. 

She tensed up a little watching Prince Roderick coming closer to her from the corner of her eyes but forced a smiled on her reflection in the mirror which soon reflected Prince Roderick who was on her back with his hands slowly grabbing her hips.

He bend his neck over her shoulder and because he closed all space in between their body, Jane could immediately feel a poke on her lower back. 

Looking at their reflections on the mirror, Prince Roderick smiled and started stroking his dick on her back. Although, she was fully dressed, she could still feel his dick pressing up and down on her back.

"My Lord?", She would not dare to scold him but express her discomfort on her reflection in the mirror. 

She placed her hands on his and strongly held them. 

"Hmm.. If I have become bold then you might have become more irresistible. How am I suppose to hold myself back?"

Using his distraction as an opportunity, Jane swiftly turned her body around and had her hands on his shoulders. 

"You will, My lord and proved that you are the most fitting for the Throne" 

Prince Roderick had a light laugh and went back to his chair. 

"You and your ways with words, Jane. But that's why I like you", He complimented. 

Jane finally had a chance to excused herself away from Prince Roderick's room. 

She sat on her bed and was deep in her thoughts. She started pleasuring Prince Roderick with her mouth a year ago when he asked her to. She believed his request would not escalated at that time because he was a prince and would obviously tried to avoid the penalty. 

There were a lot of other servants in the Imperial Palace. The second prince noticed the servants that he would bring one of them while the third prince gave noticed that he would bring none. 

All the servants wished to be the one because they would be paid thrice their salary with each month. And Jane was one of them. She needed money to treat her father who was diagnosed with a critical illness. Although, she felt that Prince Roderick was closer to her than the other servants, she could not take risk.

So, one night, the young prince asked her to do something she would have abruptly declined to if she was not drowned by her desperations.

"After this year, my father's treatment will be done and I will quit my job"

She clenched her fists and resolved herself. 

....

Amara has her first [Management Class] after skipping it for two times.

Since management is the last class and after physics class, Amara was dearly hoping it to be a theory class. When she saw the teacher started to explain his lessons, she steadily rest her arms on the desk for her pillow. 

Although she felt sleepy and tired a little while ago, the more she tuned in to the teacher's lesson, the more she became awake.

"Meditation and Management as explained before stands strongly opposite to each other. Meditation Class was taught to use your full concentration with one focus while Management Class was taught to divide your concentration in parts"

Amara positions herself straight and intently listens.

"As you may know. Pure Bloods have two to three elemental capability and Mix Bloods have one. For users like Pure Bloods, they will have to concentrate on their dual elements to use it to their full potentials. But that was found impossible throughout history so Dual and Tri Users choose the element they mastered as their core element and use the other element for other simple purposes", The teacher explained further. 

Amara had heard about this before but what piqued her interest the most was the possibilities of having to master her four elements. She had recently found the holes in the original story and the possibilities of such impossibles. 

In the story, the pure bloods used their core element for offensive attacks and defensive measures and their inferior elements for minor purposes. They cannot use their inferior element for offensive attacks but there are much possibilities for defensive measures like using water element healing capability- though the inferior element healing capability will not be as effective as the core element's.

What if she could learn to manipulate and manifest all her elements to their full potential? 

Amara grinned at her own thought. 

.....

Since the Grade 1- First years are not allowed to manifest their elements, Amara and Theo would practised their manifestation inside their own room and together when they have time. Hector would be also be found practising his sword arts early in the morning. Ina was also busy reading the books she took from the library and hid them away from Leon. 

Amara and Ina would usually meet after a month to renew or borrow new books. Although Amara would usually done most of the talk, Ina would also smile and sometimes laugh along with her, dropping her guards over Amara gradually on while doing so.

And soon six months has passed...

Ina was surprised to see Leon coming back earlier than the other days. She has to meet Amara for book exchange that day but there was still one class left before the classes were over. So, after she packed her books in her bag, she decided to clean the room to chase time.

"The History teacher was absent so I decided to skipped it and came back early", Leon smiled and started undressing.

"Hmm"

"I am going out later, I will be late", she continued.

Ina told Leon who was just done dressing up in his casual clothes. 

The only time she would only bother to have a conversation with him was only during this time of the month.

"Are you going to practise magic again?", He asked.

By the end of every month, Ina would excuse herself to practise magic and came back late.

"Yes"

Hearing her short replies yet again, he sighed.

"Why do I feel like you have been very distant lately, Ina?.", Leon rest his back on the wall, fold his arms and have his gaze fixed on Ina. 

"It's just your thoughts, Leon", 

Ina was cleaning the desk and did not bother to spare a glance at Leon as she answered him.

Leon always thought Ina's change of behaviours were due to their shift in place but it has prolonged way too far. He now was sure Ina was intentionally avoiding him.

"Look at me, Ina", Leon requested.

Ina ignored his request.

Leon cannot help but remember the little girl who would always happily follow him around and would be eager to have his attention, the girl who would always initiate their conversations and care for his well-being so much, she even use her impure magic to protect him..

Leon frowned with his thoughts and immediately felt a sting on his heart. He was so loved by the little girl before.

Agitated by his thoughts, he grabbed her wrist and pulled it to his side, forcing Ina to face him.

Ina then met with his fiery eyes.

"What are you doing Leon?", Leon was sure it was his first time showing his displeasure at Ina and was expecting her to feel uneasy and scared but why were Ina's eyes looking so bold? They were looking straight at him as if he had done this to her many times.

Because of her reaction, Leon regretfully retreats his hand away from her wrist and fake a cough.

"I'm sorry", He apologised.

"It's okay", Ina gave him an indifferent answer and went back to her cleaning work.

"Have I done anything wrong?", He asked her with a gentle tone.

She ignored him again..

There he felt that sting on his heart again. Why did he felt like he did not matter to her anymore? He undoubtedly hate how he felt. Maybe it was fear or just a sudden rush of emptiness. If he stopped confronting her here- he was afraid.

"I will not permit you to go unless you tell me what the fuck is wrong with you, Ina", He demanded. His anger decided to fill in for his sudden emptiness. 

He took away the cleaning cloth from Ina's hands and grab her hand. He then pulled her away from the table and force her to sit on the wooden chair. He was making sure he has her full attention.

"What did you just say?", Ina finally snapped because of his choice of word. She never asked him for his permission. 

"You hear me", He saw and hear the change in her eyes and tone but instead of feeling guilty, he hate her actions even more. Why was she not behaving like she used to?

"You have been acting off ever since we arrived at this place. You stopped coming to pick up from the Academy. You hardly spoke to me even though we lived in the same room. Ina, do you hate me for taking your place at the Academy?", He continued with a hint of irritation in his tone.

"You should calm down, Leon"

Ina did not wish to anger him more and she may not be able to hold back herself either if he continued.

He walked to her, squatted down and held her hands..

"Did I not matter to you anymore?", He asked her with a gentle voice this time

Ina looked at his hopeful eyes which were desperate for her to decline his question. 

"You do", She answered and she did not lie. Why would she still be by his side if she does not.

She free herself from his hold and got up. She wished to leave early now. She picked up her bag.

"Wait!"

Leon ran towards the door and block her way. Since Ina was close to the door, their body almost collided.

Leon with his smile slowly bend closer to her. 

Ina was not expecting his action and was caught off-guard.

She immediately push herself away and her sudden action swings her bag causing one of the book to fall.

Leon laughed at her reaction and quickly picked up the book for her.

"Why are you always so shy~", He teased her and hand her the book.

Ina was about to take it when Leon pulled it back and saw the symbol of the Magic Academy on the book. 

His smile immediately fell and was replaced by a deep frown. 

He knows it too well that only the student of the Academy were allowed to borrow the books.

A sudden thought ran through his mind causing Leon to let out a hurtful chuckle.

"So this is your answer. Ah~ I understand", Leon used to be so sure, Ina would only look at him. No. She was obsessed with him. So why?

"Give it back Leon", She throw a glare at him and demanded.

"You sneak behind my back just to meet this boy huh?!", He shouted in anger.

Leon pulled and roughly pushed Ina on the door and pinned her. 

"Tell me who the fuck gave you this?!"