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(Spade POV)
Who the hell is he?
It's been a while since a mage joined the mercenary guild. Most mages don't like tedious work— many of them are nobles. And the others are commoners; loyal to noble households.
It just doesn't make sense for a third circle mage who's probably graduated from the academy— if he's a noble. Or completed his merit; if he's a commoner, to apply for a license in the mercenary guild.
Worst part is, I don't even know what the young man looks like.
He wore a black, blank mask that had two eye slits where his fiery red eyes shone from, reminding me of him. And he was donned in a red hooded robe with intricately designed golden veins on them. The quality of the robe..
He reeks of nobility. But.. both the aura he carries. His rigid composure, and those crimson eyes that look like they've seen the vicissitudes of life. They don't belong to a noble brat.