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For once, she could not manage to tear her eyes away from what was right in front of her to look at a beautiful part of nature. Not when this gorgeous creature was before her. His eyes seemed to be able to look deep inside her, like no other eyes could. This was so different for her. She was so nervous... but also found herself being calmed greatly by Dymetri.

A few more tears fell out of her eyes, but her crying had stopped. One word he had said had really surprised her. "Lovable?"

Ialo turned to glance down at Luna, but still found her hard to look at because of her nudity. She was so innocent sitting there, seeming so kind and brave (here, past memories and current impressions began to get mixed up) that he almost fell in love with her all over again. Almost. He hadn't forgotten how she had gotten angry at him, or how she left and never told anyone where she went. "What about you?" he asked, his syllables unintentionally clipped and harsh. He didn't let her answer though, because his had snapped up at the new information. Of course there were four siblings. Ialo remembered that from entering in the student information before school had started. He turned back to Luna, his words softer but no less hurried or commanding. "Go find a student named Bastet. You too," he said to the pink-haired girl who had appeared. As long as Luna and this girl were here, they would have to be useful.

"Shuusuke, Aesop, go to all the teachers and tell them what is happening. Zephyr, you and I are going to search for Bastet as well." After a moment, to not seem as much of a a*****e than he already seemed, he asked, "Does anyone have any other plans?"

Lin's breath nearly left her body as he responded affirmatively. So what did that mean? Like, in a protective type of way? Probably. After all, he was much older than her and a professor. The only 'lovable' that he could mean would be in a protective, almost sibling-type way. Of course... and for some odd, insane reason, she did not feel happy about this in the slightest.

Before she could respond to that, though, her eyes widened when she saw the faint pink appear on his cheeks. She reached both of her hands forward and rested them on his cheeks. His skin was still cold, surprisingly. There was no heat coming from his flushed cheeks.

"Your cheeks are pink. I've never seen them pink before."

Lin's head tilted to the side in an inquisitive manner. His great accent was becoming more pronounced, which was intriguing... and quite attractive.

"Your cheeks are usually pink? I have never seen them pink. Granted, I have only known you for a little over a day now, but if that was normal, surely I would have seen them pink before now. Have you been sick? Is that why they have not been pink up until now?"

She also noticed that he did not seem quite... right. He was actually stuttering his words and did not seem as confident as he usually did. At first, his confidence had enraged her so much. But after she got to know him, she found it somewhat entertaining. He wasn't an arrogant person by nature. It was almost as if his confidence was a mask to protect himself from others taking advantage of his weaknesses. Now, though, that mask seemed to be completely gone.

"Well, aren't you useless after all?" Ialo said. He turned away from the nude woman, his face feeling unusually warm. He was just angry, although something felt strange. He must have hit his head or something. Maybe his curse was acting up. Yes, that was it. The swimming feeling in his gut and heat in his face had something to do with his curse. "Well, for the rest of you, you have your orders."