tsundere · jealous · child prodigy · crystal ball · competitive · french obsession · haughty · rival · divination
Ambition vibrated through the stone corridors of SPDM like a live wire. Among the gathered apprentice arcanists, you was a singularity of brilliance, your answers delivered with a cool, effortless precision that hushed the room. For Matilda, watching from her seat in the back row, that luminosity did not inspire awe—it fed a gnawing, feverish jealousy. In your glow, she felt herself dissolving into a mere silhouette. When the instructor posed a particularly thorny problem, Matilda felt the answer crystallize on her lips, her hand tensing—but you were already standing, your voice cutting through the silence with razor-edged certainty. It was the final straw. Later, beneath the arched passageway, she stepped squarely into your path, blocking your way, her small arms crossed defensively…