The city hall... To be ho, Elizabeth was thinking ‘Ours is more impressive’ since she was paring it with the one in her hometown… That seemed to be a trend nowadays. The one in her hometown was a moo architecture and was built almost like a temple.

  Perhaps her father had something to do with that?

  He always said how the municipality buildings should be imposing. And sihe mayor seemed like he didn’t want to make too many problems for her father, perhaps they had splurged oional building ohetics or something?

  She was feeling sorry for the poor man. She had seen him once or twice during the matches her father took part in. Especially during the sports session, and he was quite amiable with her, always bringing her dy and treats.

  But she would leave that for aime, since right now the pink-haired girl was tugging at her arm, “Let’s go Eli-Eli!” saying as sud rushed her forward to the city hall. It seemed as if the girl didn’t want to spend much time ireets.

  Elizabeth had noticed how some people were starting to keep a wide margin from them, so perhaps her friend wasn’t feeling as well as she pretended?

  “No rushing Rossie, they will not go away,” said the blonde girl while letting herself be dragged towards the stairs into the building.

  She didn’t mind it that much sihe limo that had brought them here had left without even saying goodbye after dropping both girls here. The guide made her wary. She never introduced herself, and since she was having a hard time even remembering how she looked…She was sure that some [Skill] were at py. Perhaps a passive perception lock? It was the only thing she could think that would get past the mental blocks her mother had installed in her.

  Either way, they walked towards the city hall, and ihey found….Quite a gathering, there were students wearing uniforms in different styles and colors all over the pce, it seemed that they had been among the st oo arrive, this was mostly denoted because the office work in the front desk gave both girls a number with three digits on it.

  “Let’s sit over there Eli-Eli.” Said the pink-haired girl who was still hugging her arm while guiding the blonde girl towards a couple of chairs on the bad of the gathering of students.

  They all took notice of both girls, and some smirked at them for arriving te. Elizabeth ighe looks and just sat with the pink-haired girl sitting at her side and leaning on her. Curiosity overwhelmed her as she saw everyone around and how they built the pce.

  The interior desig much to wish for. Si was quite simplistic, it seemed as if they had fotten both luxury and fort for the people ing here. The chairs were hard and unfortable to sit on, there were very few Ats to help regute temperature. And while the seati everyoh some personal space, it allowed some people to invade your space. Just like how Rossie was hugging her arm and didn’t have too much trouble doing it.

  It appeared that the seating had been arranged in odd ways, with certais some level of isotion, and these areas were clearly marked.

  A green ne on the floor denoted one area where everyone was seated quite closer oo ahis was the area where both Elizabeth and Rossie sat at.

  Then there was an area denoted by a yellow he seating was somewhat more separated, but most people here looked... Quite aggressive, the students and normal people there had a rugged appearand she didn’t o [Identify] them to know they held some type of self-enha skills.

  After them there was a red stripe with some yellow nes on the floor, here the seating was separated one from another, and a few people were there. These had some kind of energy or elements surrounding their body. Not like the student members that had elements around them.

  No, these looked...Unstable. They jumped from their owners all over the pce. Like they had a hard time trolling them.

  And then...There was that pirl. There was a girl sitting aloh a bck tape on the floor surroundihis tape had both red and yellow stripes on it.

  Why was she alone?

  The girl iion had purple hair and a band on her upper arm with yellow aripes on her. Her eyes were giween purple, brown, and then red. It seemed the girl noticed it since she gred straight at the blonde girl.

  “Oh her? She probably had a bad trigger.” Said the pink-haired girl who was still snuggling in Elizabeth’s Arms.

  It seemed the purple-haired girl had quite a good hearing since she intensified her gre on the blonde girl. She was dressed in a bck T-shirt with a picture of the Juggernaut and the legend ‘Juggernaut Smash’. She had a pair of ed jeans and a someair of sneakers.

  “Bad trigger?” Answered the blonde. “Don’t we trigger or awaken at a school?” At least Elizabeth thought they all had awake a school….

  The pink-haired girl just smiled at her and snuggled quite hard on her arm. “ Oh, Eli-Eli you are so adorable I could eat you?” said the pink-haired girl while lig her lips.

  “Stop joking around Rossie.” Said the blonde girl while w if her friend was truly okay or was just pretending to not worry her, she was still w how to breach the problem she had shown her before.

  “Miss Starbright?” Asked an office worker that had e after them. Just when Elizabeth was about to ask Rossie what she meant by ‘Bad Trigger’, stopping that train of thought.

  “Yes?” Answered the blonde girl w if they would ask them to not make so muoise around.

  “Perfect. The liaison is waiting for you….” He said then looked at the pink-haired girl who was hugging the arm of the blonde girl. “…And Miss Singh.” He said after looking at his tablet.

  “Okay?” Answered back the blonde girl while standing and following after the office worker.

  The people around them looked at both girls and started murmuring around, some spoke about how they had busted their ce of a quick registration by messing around, but among the different respohere were a few that gred their way. Among them was the purple-haired girl.

  “This way, the liaison is waiting for you both.” Said the office worker after he showed both girls to an office that seemed to be isoted from the rest of the building.

  Elizabeth didn’t mind it too mud only gave a couple of knocks on the door, after which a voice came saying “e in, it’s open.” She felt like the voice was familiar but couldn’t think of where it was from.

  Entering the office got her the answer she hough, “Selen Dawnstrike.” Said the pink-haired girl while narrowing her eyes at the secretary of the student cil.

  The office was quite simple, a normal desk with some papers that had pictures of both girls and some descriptions, the personal holopad of the e-haired girl.

  A couple of ss mounted in the wall that had some news pying, even if both ss had been muted so she could only see the anchor speaking and had no idea what he was talking about.

  And of course, the secretary sitting there taking a sip from a coffee mug, who after seeing both girls just smiled inviting them in.

  “Rosalina Singh…” Started reading the e-haired girl while the door closed behind them both. “Orphanage girl who got adopted at the age of three by a rich couple who had just lost their daughter….” Said Selen, all the while the grip on Elizabeth’s arm got stronger and stronger.

  “There were some suspis about the orphanage having sold you, but since you had beeurned by several families at that point, no as were taken by the police force.” She kept speaking, the dread about how much Rossie had suffered started settling in Elizabeth’s gut. “Also it didn’t help that your new family had both money and power.” Added with a smirk on her face the e-haired girl.

  She then shoicture of a trashed room on one of the ss on the wall. “Then we have this report that states how you awakened yic at five years old, but by that point, you had assimited into the family so you didn’t get returo the orphanage nor the goverried to grab you. Quite lucky in the adoption weren’t we?” Finished saying the girl while smiling.

  Elizabeth for her part was seething. She ignored how it seemed that Rossie had awakened magic almost 10 years earlier thahought ossible. She ighe trashed Room and the dark past that her friend had experienced, she didn’t have time to worry about any of that.

  She just feel pure a the seemingly happy e-haired girl who described the tragic past of her friend as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

  And the shadows in the room felt her anger, as they started moving, growing sharp and in the form of spears from all over the pce. “It is quite rude to snoop on a girl’s secrets.” Said the blonde girl while leveling her gre at the e-haired girl.

  Who only kept a pcid smile on her face, evehe shadow spears kept getting closer and closer. “And then we have you...Elizabeth Starbright…” Started saying to the secretary of the student cil, “Daughter to Ja Brighton an army veteran, and Catheriarlight a h no known workpce.” And after she sent a photo to one of the ss on the wall.

  It shows a side picture of both of her parents in their wedding, not much had ged from how they looked nowadays, her father in his non-powered form was quite nky even if he was good looking and of course, her mother still rog that good looking body that was obviously the produagic.

  “Native to Avalon like your Father…So we don’t have actual information about you besides the fact of where you were born and the schools you attended. No actual data. Your mother is native to Britania... But the information is g even though we know where she studied and lived...There is no actual proof of her living there. We do know that you are one of the few people that brought us a photo of the pce.” And the picture on the s was the photo of her family in front of their house, they had taken that picture on her 12 birthday and right now it should be on her nightstand.

  The mere idea of people rummaging arouhings made her angry. So much that she ighe fact that it seemed that her mother was a nurse of all things.

  “Your father obviously has his veteran’s pension. But sinother has no current work address we ihat either she doesn’t work or that she has a type of work that ’t be disclosed… But since you afford that bracelet and got permission t pictures of inside Avalon…That the sary your family has is quite the amount.” Added Selen who then pced her holopad on the desk.

  “And what is the problem with being able to carry a photo of my home?” Spat Elizabeth at the girl that didn’t seem to mind the dangerous and vicious-looking shadow spear that was encroag on her.

  “You seem to be misuanding something.” Said Selen while a white halo materialized above her head. “Eva might have a soft spot for you for some reason…” Started saying the girl who stood from her chair. “….And while she asked us, members of the student cil, to make allowances for whatever you wanted…” And she started walking towards both girls, with each step she gave a wave of energy emanating from the halo above her head.

  And with each wave of that energy, the shadows in the room started disiing, soon Elizabeth couldn’t materialize any shadow in the room, and her e with the shadows felt weak, a powerful pressure started emanating from that e-haired girl.

  And she was transf too, first a pair of white wings formed on her back…then another pair…and another, six white wings on her back. The halo above her head had materialized ara one and on her back, another extra pair of white halos were h behind her back.

  By the point she was in front of both girls, Rossie was already on the floor, her hands didn’t leave Elizabeth, but she felt as if she was about to pass out. And Elizabeth was only standing tall by sheer effort of willpower.

  “…If we think you are a dao Eva…” Started saying the e-haired girl while she raised her hand towards Elizabeth. “We will strike you down, and no matter what type of bag you have you will die before they react.” She said and then, as if it was a lie the pressure dissipated.

  And Selen started walking back towards her seat “So py nid don’t get Eva in trouble.” Said with a smile on her face, as if the whole event hadn’t happened. “We members of the student cil don’t care if your parents are Heroes or Vilins...Hell, you could bring this world to its destru for all we care.” tinued saying that girl, while saying quite dangerous things.

  “Also, Eva told us you have a [Skill] simir to hers to glean information about people, use it on me.” She said while making a e-oure. “I will allow it a you bypass my defenses. It might be better to get my point across about how you must py nice.”

  The blonde girl wanted nothing else but to ignore her out of spite and carry Rossie away, but…

  The feeling of powerlessness and the dread of not being able to feel a stable e with her shadows…She o know.

  So she braced herself, molded her will, and directed it towards the node in her soulspace where the skill was. And after opening the doors to her mana and fog almost as much as she could...She intoned “[Identify]” to see what kind of monster was this girl.

  And when the information came back, she only could say ohing “What the hell?” for the information wasn’t what she was expeg.