~Dyon didn't seem to notice, deciding to instead calmly remove Mithrandir's hand and stop circulating his celestial and demonic will.

Dyon chuckled, looking into Mithrandir's still cloudy eyes, "You should be careful with you who play with beautiful. Taking you wouldn't be difficult for me," Dyon's hand, still resting on Mithrandir's treasured place, flicked up with a last bit of his aurora.

"Mmm, oh god," Mithrandir grasped Dyon's shirt tightly from her seated position, breathing heavily.

Although Mithrandir was an outrageous beauty, Dyon felt no remorse in toying with her. He had little patience for those who sought to control him, and a beauty was no exception.

Ri couldn't hold back her laughter any longer, "HAHAHAHAHA," she wiped the tears from her face, clenching her stomach with her free arm. But, the geniuses didn't take this too well.

"It only makes sense for a human to come here with such an ugly girl," Sneered Ores, "I've seen you two together before. You must have settled for fucking a sow, it's about what you deserve."

Dyon froze, his face darkening.~

Dyon remembered Ores very clearly. It was this scumbag that scared Little Lyla in the forest. He had actually wanted to groom her into a concubine for himself, yet he dared to look down on others. Outrageous!

~BOOM!

There was no time to react, even for Dyon. A graceful figure fell from the terrace, crushing the table the male geniuses sat at.

Dyon looked at her elegant back. Her hair fluttered in the air, a layer of ice lowered the temperature drastically as a sword pressed against Ores' throat.

Ri's hair seemed to have a life of its own, Dyon looked on in anticipation, curious as to what her manifestation was. But, it never came, instead, a voice filled with a pure dense killing intent rang out, "You have a lot of nerve did you think I'd need someone else to stand up for me? To protect me? Go on, say it again. Let's see if you can get the words out this time."

Ri's gentle lake like eyes had iced over, a layer of frost coating everything.

The elders looked on in astonishment, '9th level ice will at barely 15 a true genius'

Dyon slowly walked over and lightly stroked Ri's head, seemingly unbothered by the bone chilling ice, "You don't need my help," He said softly, "But, let me do it anyway."

Ri looked over to Dyon, her eyes becoming decidedly gentler. Dyon hadn't said anything flowery about how it was a man's job to protect a woman, neither did he pretend as though Ri needed his help. He simply let her know that he wanted to do it. Ri smiled, and she suddenly outshone everything.~

Seeing that moment between them, Jade could only smile bitterly, retracting her gaze from Dyon and silently wishing the two of them the best.

Even as Dyon stood in the arena, valiantly fighting for Ri and tearing Ores' faade of arrogance apart, she couldn't help but think to herself just how great it could be if he had been fighting for her instead. If his heart had opened up for her instead of Ri, would that be such a bad thing? Why did she have to continue sacrificing herself for a decision her ancestors made? When had anyone ever asked her what she wanted?

...

When the Acacia Academy assessment ended and it was decided that Dyon and Ri would head the students of their academy for the next campaign, Jade silently walked off. After watching Dyon and Ri float away together in happiness, she felt bitter, but she pushed the feeling down.

The rational side of her shone through once more. She had only had a single interaction with Dyon, two if you counted his flirting with her during the assessments, it didn't make sense for her to feel this way.

Unfortunately for Jade, she also understood something else.

When two people met for the first time, it wasn't necessary for there to be love for them to be attracted to one another. When Dyon and Madeleine first met, they too had hit it off immediately. Obviously, neither fell in love during those moments, but it didn't take long for humans to decide that they liked one another It wasn't until Dyon and Madeleine shared life and death that this like bloomed into love. It was only after this that Madeleine gave herself and her body to Dyon

Jade had only come to decide that she liked Dyon. But, this was still a major problem. Why was it that Jade was seemingly the least effected by the side effects of her family's plight?

The truth of the matter was that Jade's soul talent was inherently incredibly high. As such, her comprehension of their Moon Manifestation far outstripped that of their ancestors already. Because of this, her ability to see into the minds of others and reflect their true thoughts were almost equal to a True Empath.

In the end, it was this ability that saved Jade. Because she could see the minds of others very clearly, she was able to avoid being affected by their emotions. This helped her easily distinguish between what thoughts were her own, and what thoughts were that of others. In the end, she was able to avoid the pitfalls of her predecessors by putting up walls that didn't allow her to easily feel for others. Even her supposed friends weren't individuals she truly saw as friends.

But, when she met Dyon, this wall was shattered. The purity of his emotions was unlike anything she had ever felt. What she didn't know was that this was not only due to his personality, but also how powerful his soul was. She had never met a person with a stronger innate soul than her own until that day

After ignoring the invitations of her 'friends' to spend more time together, Jade went on a long walk through Elvin Forest.

"An orphanage?" Jade suddenly stumbled upon little children running around happily. "I do remember rumors of such a thing appearing here But who built it?"

A small smile bloomed on Jade's perfect features. The innocent minds of the children were always her favorite to look into. Their free and pure thoughts were like a tonic for all the evil in the world.