Olga Marie kicked you out of the meeting, along with the far eastern girl.

Okay, that could have gone better. You were certain that you weren't going to win the master candidate of the month by the way Olga Marie cussed you out as she pushed you out of the meeting.

You sighed as you trudged along the corridor of Chaldea Base, absentmindedly touching the red hand print on your cheek, courtesy of the slap from Olga Marie.

"Yikes, that seems awful." The far east red head grimaced beside you. She was kicked out of the meeting too because Olga Marie had found out that she had fallen asleep right from the very start. "Thanks for taking her aggro, though. The director was so mad at you that I became a footnote. Nice play." She raised her palm in a high-five. "Uptop."

"I live to please." You met her palm. "John Doe, you can call me John."

"Fujimaru Ritsuka. Just to be clear, Ritsuka is my first name. So just call me that." She grinned. "So, you one of those magicians? Wizards? Or are you a muggle just like me?"

Magician? Muggle? Ritsuka wasn't a denizen of the moonlit world then. She was just lucky to fulfill the requirement to be a master candidate. Maybe she had a huge talent in magecraft? Or was she highly compatible with rayshift?

"I am a pure blood magus. Little advice, don't quote things from Harry Potter. Magus is the official term. What you think as magic is called magecraft. Real magic exist, but there are only five of those. I am too lazy to explain them." You gave her a crash course on the way of magus. "We don't use the word muggle either. We use... Trash sometimes. Uneducated masses on other occasion. Commoner is the most agreeable one though."

"Yikes. You magus sounds like a pain in the ass."

"You are not going to hear a denial from me anytime soon." You shrugged. "Magus are a prideful bunch. The longer their bloodline, the deeper the stick up their asses are. I am one of the few exceptions. Got tired of the whole getting to root things so I just ran from home and bought a new identity."

"So John isn't your real name?"

"Keep it a secret." You winked. Ritsuka giggled at that. "Anyway, I am going back to my room. We aren't going to be deployed for the first mission and I doubt that the director will be pleased if I show my mug around the command room. You?"

"I am going to my room as well." She replied before taking a thinking pose. "As soon as I find it."

She looked at you with expectation.