Heirs of Magic

Chapter Twenty-one - Objectives

" I just need to confirm one thing, did you say something about me to that guy?" Derek asked.

" Not me, why would I say something?" asked Merilda " by the way, what do you think I said to him?"

Derek asked her to forget about it, the fact was that the young boy seemed to know his past, something that few within this academy would know, intricate with that Derek was investigating as much as he could, after all Angelo Huo had challenged him to a duel.

" You have no reason to accept it, do you?" Merilda said next to her " it's not like duels are mandatory.

" It's a good way to improve your skills, apart from that it's boring to spend the whole year without a practice isn't it?" he justified " but I'm still deciding, I just need to give an answer one day before.

" Angelo Huo, what a mysterious man " said Merilda thoughtfully " he arrived at the beginning of the year like everyone else, but only now he seems to be showing himself around.

" Maybe he was getting ready, the bullies I knew a