Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 38: 38-I Have A Question

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“I REPEAT, ALL THE FIRST YEARS ARE TO MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE AUDITORIUM IMMEDIATELY!! THE ORIENTATION WILL BEGIN IN THE NEXT TWENTY MINUTES!!” The sound of the broadcast filled Merlin with a sense of ease, because he had run out of ideas on how to hold his sister from losing her screw. And even the ones he had always failed. This way, whatever disaster had been brewing was quelled—at least for now. Nora scoffed, looking up at the speakers hanging from the stone walls of the auditorium, as the announcement continued on and on. “Ya see, Merlin, King Arthur arrived and suddenly they’ve got we measly peasants time. Horseshit, me tell ya.” Now she was using him as a means for a pun. Merlin could only sigh. The large doors of the auditorium opened and the students lounging about did not leave a minute hanging. They instantly rushed in like ants swarming into their nest. “Let’s go in,” said Merlin as he pushed Nora from behind. Thankfully, she didn’t hesitate, although not without shooting the president’s grandson one last cursory glance, perhaps as a means of telling him that he was not as significant as he thought he was, and even if he was, she didn’t care. Merlin was not his sister, so he instead waved the dazed boy goodbye and went in without making the situation any more awkward than it already was. Be that as it may, he could have sworn that he had seen a solemn expression on the boy’s face. It was almost like he did not like the fact that there was a misunderstanding. Sure, he had claimed to have approached them to clear it up, but Merlin had thought that celebrities really didn’t care about what the average person thought of them. He had probably just seen wrong. Finding good seats this time didn’t take as much effort as it had on the exam day. After all, the auditorium was large enough to contain four hundred people; they were a lot less than that now, so there were even spaces to spare. In fact, Merlin had picked the best seats possible. It had taken him standing for a minute or so, flashing his eyes about, and Nora sneering at him, but he had come around to finding Chima after all. He knew there was no way the boy wouldn’t be granted admission if even him could get in. And he was right. “You’re not with your bag today,” Merlin joked, Chima seated to his left and Nora to his right. Chima chuckled. “Didn’t go back to Nigeria,” he said. “Waited the whole time.” Merlin blinked himself into a frown. “Then you should have said something! We could have hung out!” Chima scratched the side of his head. “We don’t exactly have each other’s contacts now, do we?” Oh… Merlin retreated into himself. He had forgotten that on that day he had been out of it after the exam and had not exchanged contacts with the boy. He clicked his tongue in mild annoyance. How could he have forgotten to do something so important. “Don’t mind my brother,” Nora chimed in. “Half of his brain goes poof sometimes.” Chima laughed. “No one asked for your opinion,” Merlin shot Nora a glare and she replied with raising two fingers towards his eyes as a threat. She would never dip them into his eyes, but Merlin turned away just in the case that she went off the rails. He never knew with her sometimes. “Anyways,” Merlin turned back to Chima. “Let’s stop that from ever happening again right now. I’ll have your number.” “Sure,” Chima replied. Then after a second… “I told you getting in was possible, Deficient Mage or not.” Merlin smiled. “I doubt I got in just because of that, you know?” he said. “Doesn’t matter,” said Chima. “Everyone has something going on for them, don’t undermine yours. And besides, our party might have failed without you. I’m grateful.” “Haha…” Merlin chuckled stiltedly. “It’s fine.” He’d never been good at receiving thanks. He hardly ever received any in fact. It was not like he’d ever been particularly useful to anyone before. “Let me have your contact info.” He quickly tried to change the topic. But just as he was about to pull out his phone,