Kyi Zafri. Aire knew him from back then at primary school. They had gone through classes together for an entire academic year. However, they weren't exactly friends or anything like that. They barely ever talked with each other during that ti. Not that they hated each other, of course. They just didn't have that many things in common.
Kyi was the polar opposite of Aire. He was good at sports, which made him quite popular back then. He wasn't too bad at studies either. As for Aire, well...he was just your average student. Not good or bad at either of them, just normal. Of course, there was also the fact that Aire never tried to put effort into anything due to how lazy he was.
Aire and Kyi were then sent to different classes in the next year, so they stopped interacting with each other completely after that. Aire heard a thing or two about Kyi gaining a few titles in his junior years in sports. Then again, they were local competitions in their own city, so it wasn't anything that impressive either.
Eventually, Kyi received a scholarship, which required him to move to another city. That was the last thing Aire ever heard about Kyi. In a certain way, it was quite surprising that they even rembered each other. However, there was a reason for it, and it was linked to the 'sothing in Aire' that Stella ntioned so ti ago.
"It seems like you really kept my secret, huh?"
Kyi scratched the back of his head, sowhat embarrassed as he replied, "That's obvious, no? If not for you, I would be done for. It was thanks to you that I even had the chance of getting that Future Riser's scholarship." Kyi then looked at Aire before asking, "Do you still have that power?"
Aire nodded in response as he raised his hand. There, a white light began to accumulate little by little. A few seconds later, Aire stopped doing that as he gasped for air as he muttered, "Shit, it's still hard as hell."
This was a secret that only he and Kyi knew about. Not even Aire's parents or sister ever heard about it.
Kyi then laughed after seeing Aire's condition. "Hahaha! Well, that ability of yours really saved all my efforts." Kyi's expression then turned serious before asking, "By the way, have you gone after an explanation for it?"
"No. I told you before, I just want a calm life. If I went out and showed this skill, many things could have happened. Perhaps, I would have even beco a lab rat."
Kyi nodded, not finding it strange.
To understand the peculiarity of Aire's ability, we need to talk about Stellar Energy itself. Stellar Energy wasn't invisible. It's just that it's so spread in the surroundings that one couldn't see it with the naked eye.
However, for Stellar Risers at the Stellar Manipulation Level and above, they could gather Stellar Energy independently. The na of the level already said it. They could manipulate Stellar Energy. When that happens, the Stellar Energy that they gather around them was silver in color. The higher the level of the Riser, the more Stellar Energy they could manipulate, and the easier it beca to see that silver color.
That was the point here. Aire's ability was definitely related to Stellar Energy. However, his energy was colored white! Not only that, Aire found out through his own tests that it had a ridiculously high healing capability. After researching on the internet about it, he soon found out that such an ability didn't exist. Not that Stellar Energy couldn't be used to heal that. In fact, many dical devices used Stellar Energy nowadays, which gave several tis better results than old electrical machines.
Nevertheless, he didn't find anything about Stellar Risers using Stellar Energy to directly heal others. Well, information about high-level Risers was confidential, so perhaps they could do it at higher levels. Of course, Aire didn't want to risk it. After understanding that, Aire completely stopped using his healing ability. Aire already thought that the reason Stella chose him was most likely because of it as well.
"That's not bad either. However, you're now in the Ascension Age School. You can just practice so Stellar Energy skills and pretend you ca up with this idea. Isn't that perfect?"
Aire sighed after hearing that. The reason Kyi even knew about it was because of an incident. Kyi had seriously injured his leg one ti. To make things worse, it happened right before a decisive match. Kyi would eventually recover from it. Health care at this age had really advanced a lot that even a serious injury like that could be completely healed in just a few days...which Kyi didn't have at the ti.
Don't misunderstand, though. Aire didn't try to help him because he felt pity for the guy or anything like that. It was basically a mutual agreent. Aire's family was at risk of losing their small shop because of a financial crisis. Aire might be lazy, but he wouldn't simply ignore his family. That being said, he found out about Kyi's problem and invited him for a private conversation.
Kyi's family wasn't rich, though they could be considered well off. That match where Kyi would take part was his chance to enter a better school dedicated to future Stellar Risers. It was sothing that only powerful people could buy their entrance into. If not that, one could only hope for a scholarship, which didn't co by easily. How could Kyi wait for a few days to recover? Unfortunately, no dicine or equipnt would help him in that situation.
The deal was very straightforward. The first condition was that Kyi would never tell anyone about Aire's ability. Even if he did, Aire would deny it to the very end. Second, he had to transfer a certain quantity of money to his family's account after Aire healed him. It had to be anonymous. As for what reason would be given to the bank for the anonymous 'donation,' that was up to Kyi's family to decide.
Kyi imdiately agreed and had his father and mother transfer the money. Just like Kyi, his parents were desperate for a solution to the point they didn't even ask how it would work. Besides, it might be a lot of money to Aire's family, but it wasn't that much for Kyi's. That being said, they thought it was worth a try even if they lost it.
Sure enough, Kyi t Aire in a hidden place in school. His parents tried to find out who would heal him, but Kyi was successful in deceiving them. He couldn't risk scaring Aire away just because his parents ca together. Not to ntion that he didn't think Aire was a bad person to start with.
In the end, Kyi ca back to his ho with his leg completely healed, much to his parents' delight. Once his parents asked who healed him to thank the person, Kyi didn't say a single word. He wasn't well acquainted with Aire, but he wouldn't break their deal. After all, he really got that scholarship because of that, which led him to get the necessary abilities to be accepted in the Ascencion Age School two years later.
Last but not least, there was Aire's ability itself. Suppose he tell others about Aire's power. The problem wasn't whether others would believe it or not, but that Aire would probably never use it on him again in case he needed it. For Kyi, that was an advantage that he simply didn't want to lose.
Now, these two acquaintances t up again as if fate was playing with them.
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