"Pain makes you stronger. Fear makes you braver. And tragedy...makes you wiser."
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After the unwanted conversation with the principal, I headed back to the Magic Training Room to et up with the rest of the class. When I had arrived, everything was back to normal and the students of class 2-D were all focused on their own training. It seed that this boy nad Ming Hao had indeed resolved my mana, just like he said he would...
While I was curious how he did it, I didn't see him anywhere. I decided to save the question for another day...I had a feeling we would et again. Feng Mian and Qing Yue imdiately noticed my presence and hurried over to .
"X-Xuan Kai! You're finally back. A-Are you okay? Did they hurt you anywhere?" Feng Mian asked with a worried expression on her face.
"Aha...don't worry. I'm fine."
Then, as if realizing sothing, she widened her eyes and began blushing furiously. "N-No one was worried about you!"
"I was!" Qing Yue jumped in with a bright smile.
"Right...thank you, Qing Yue," I said as I patted her head, and she hugged back happily.
Feng Mian looked slightly annoyed, so I stopped after a while. I began, "A-Ahem...anyway. There's sothing I have to tell you two."
Their ears both perked up. "What is it?" they said at the sa ti.
I scanned our surroundings. "...Let's go sowhere more private, shall we?"
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In a remote section of the hallway, three figures stood - Feng Mian, Qing Yue, and I. Even after carefully checking that no one was in the vicinity, I put up a sound barrier just in case.
"So? What did you have to tell us?" Feng Mian asked with an arched eyebrow.
I sighed. "The principal...he knows about my true strength."
Their eyes both widened and were frozen in shock. "Y-You t the principal?!" Feng Mian cried in surprise.
"I think you're missing the point here..."
"B-But...how?" Qing Yue muttered quietly.
"You probably won't expect this..." I stopped for a dramatic effect. "...But it was security caras."
"Security Caras?" Feng Mian had the sa expression as when I first heard it.
"Indeed. He had used security caras to monitor every single location in the school, the Magic Training Room included."
"Who would've thought..."
"Yeah. But - it doesn't seem like he's against us. In fact, the reason he called there today is to personally remind not to tell anyone I can use all 21 Elents." After a while, I hurriedly added, "You two are an exception, of course."
They both nodded as if satisfied, and I let out a sigh of relief. We went back into the Magic Training Room, and I, as usual, hid my strength.
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- The Next Day -
It was just like any other day. The warm morning breezes drifted into my room as I struggled to wake up. After getting out of my bed (albeit extrely reluctantly), I once again skipped breakfast (because I didn't have any) and began my walk to school.
I t up with Qing Yue and Feng Mian on the way, and we engaged in idle chatter on our way to the classroom. However - what happened next was what no one expected.
In my usual desk, was seated an elegant girl with dark purple hair and similarly colored eyes. She was soone I've never seen before. She looked our age, and Mr. Wang had yet to arrive, so I assud she was another transfer student. I decided to investigate.
"...Hey. Do you have business with ?" I approached her and asked. "This is my seat."
She didn't so much as glance up, and just gave a slight 'hmph.'
Hey now...that attitude reminds of soone, but it would be rude to say so. But seriously? Another cool beauty...one was enough, if you ask . They were hard-to-get and that caused many boys to just want them even more, but we already have Yu An Xue. In fact, now that I really look closely, the two of them are not only similar in personality but also in appearance. They were almost like...sisters.
But of course - that is impossible. I've never heard about an heir to one of the Four Great Families of Shenzhen that looked like her. Out of the four families - Xuan, Li, Yu, Qing - the Li family was the strongest, followed by the Xuan family. The Yu family was only a fraction weaker than the Xuan family, and the two swapped placents frequently, placing the Qing family in last.
Therefore, there's no way people wouldn't know about an heir to the Yu family. So I quickly perished the thought about Yu An Xue and this girl being sisters and looked around for another desk to sit at. No point arguing with soone like her.
However - then the near identical counterpart of her walked in the room - Yu An Xue. But upon seeing the girl with purple hair sitting in the corner of the room (my old desk), her eyes widened and she froze in her tracks. In contrast, the purple-haired girl showed no reaction whatsoever, though I'm sure she's noticed Yu An Xue's presence. The other students all gawked at the scene, eyes darting back and forth between the two of them. It seems I wasn't the only one that noticed their similarities.
"N-No way..." Yu An Xue covered her mouth and stuttered, which was sothing she had never done before. Then, she bolted out the door she ca in from just monts ago, and I furrowed my brows and decided to follow her.
There was definitely sothing wrong here. Yu An Xue has helped out many tis before, and had been the only one to risk making an enemy of the whole class - no, school - by defending from the insults, before Qing Yue ca. I was a person who kept my benefactors and enemies clear, and will pay back hundredfold those who have ford a relationship with , be it in a good way or bad way.
So seeing Yu An Xue act so abnormally, I couldn't just sit around doing nothing. Actually...I couldn't exactly sit down anyway since that mysterious girl had taken my spot, but that's besides the point. I dashed out the door after her, ignoring Feng Mian and Qing Yue's protests.
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- 5 minutes later, school rooftop -
I pushed open the door that led to the top of the school. And there, I saw a beautiful girl with long pink hair and brilliant pink eyes to go with it. She was Yu An Xue, one of the top beauties of Shenzhen, and the sa girl that had helped out many tis before. She didn't do much and the insults kept coming, but...the little things, they add up.
"You...why are you here?" Yu An Xue asked, narrowing her eyes.
"Hah...you are certainly a fast runner..." I panted, dodging the question since I didn't know how to answer. She was really fast at running. That wouldn't have been a problem if I used so Potentia magic, but I still couldn't control the speed very well and needless to say, many problems could arise if I were seen.
"Answer the question."
"I'm under...no obligation to...now am I?" I asked rhetorically. Unfortunately, I didn't know how to use Level Two Blessing Magic, the Restitutio spell family in particular, so I couldn't restore my own energy and hence couldn't help panting.
She stared at for a while more, then gave a decisive "hmph" and twisted her head away. Yeah...the two of them definitely had so sort of connection.
She wasn't really the type to engage in conversation, so I got right to the point.
"That girl...does she have so sort of connection with you?"
"...I don't know what you're talking about," she replied. But she had flinched ever so slightly when I asked that question. Normally no one would be able to tell, but I noticed. I decided to keep prying, even though this may bring her to hate .
"Are you two...sisters, perhaps?"
She widened her eyes, and glanced at , as if surprised I had deduced this. "What...n-no. She's not. S-She can't be..."
I sighed. It seems I was right on the mark. I had already seen resemblances between the two of them from the mont I saw the purple-haired girl, but I hadn't thought that it would actually be the case.
"There's no point in lying to anymore - not to , not to yourself. But if you are willing...I'm here to talk to."
Her eyes t mine. They were filled with tears, and not a single soul would recognize the frail girl before as the renowned icy beauty of Shenzhen. And then and there, she collapsed on the floor, crying and weeping like a girl who had just lost her family. I didn't know what happened between the two of them, but...it definitely wasn't sothing small.
Not sure exactly what to do, I sat down awkwardly beside her and just watched her cry, pouring out all of her sorrow.
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