Book 1: Chapter 60: Team Obsidian Part II


    <strong>Scarlet</strong>


    Yeah, theyre definitely a team.


    Unless theyre all just close friends wearing matching outfits. Or rather, matching armor. All magi-tech by the looks of it, and all ck for some reason.


    Not that Imining. ck is a wonderful color after all.


    Anyways, their armor is the typical ck magi-tech armor created by Silver Works, with ck armor and a different colored core embedded in the chest tes of each of their armor. The big guy with incredibly dark eyes and a darker toned skin than the others has a ck core, while the rather petite girl with pinkish-white hair has a white core, the man who looks to be about the same age  mid-twenties ish  as the pink haired one has full on red hair that appears to be letting out tiny sparks of me and has a red core, and thest one has ck hair with violet highlights and a violet core. Theyre also quite androgynous, making it hard to tell if theyre a guy or a girl.


    Guess it doesnt really matter though.


    Talking about someone behind their back isnt the best way to make a first impression, I tell them bluntly while scowling, surprising everyst one of them but the pink haired one. If youre here to check on me or something, dont bother. Just go help Sylver upstairs.


    They stare at me  with the exception again of the pink haired girl who just stays silent  for who knows how long in stunned silence. Eventually though, I get bored of waiting and begin walking towards them, hoping to pass them by and enter the stairs.


    But I guess it was too much to ask.


    Wait! therge guy shouts right when Im about to pass by them. How are you able to- OOF! he bends over and begins coughing when the guy with red hair elbows him in the gut. That very guy then bows his head towards me and says, We apologize for our rudeness. Please forgive us.


    I raise an eyebrow, turning my gaze between the others to find the pink haired girl still seemingly uncaring of it all  likely because she wasnt actually rude to me  and the purple cored one just standing with their hands linked behind their head. But after a second they do give me a nod, so Ill take what I can get.


    Alright, I state while turning my attention back to the redhead. You three are forgiven.


    He nods his head, only to pause for a second as he likely notices that I said three and not four.


    In all honesty, I dont really care much about what you say to me, I state while looking at the guy who is getting back to his feet while holding his stomach with a frown. But Id prefer it if you said it to my face. His frown grows even deeper and he begins to open his mouth to speak, but I cut him off again as I turn to the redhead and add, I wont let it create any problems between us though.


    After a second of silence, I nce at the pink haired one to ask, By the way, whats this young miss thing about anyways?


    She looks surprised for a second before shrugging and answering, Youre the bosss daughter, so I think itd be self-exnatory.


    This time both my eyebrow and my ear twitches.


    Im not his daughter, I tell her with a frown, making her raise a brow.


    <strong>I thought you werent going to say that anymore? </strong>Tar questions.


    Correcting someone who is saying it despite me saying hes not my father is different from correcting someone who is saying it without me having said it before. So everyone deserves being told it once, and if they dont listen after that? Theres no point in repeating myself.


    Of course, the woman doesnt listen to me as she says, Well, young miss, we were going to leave Zachary here to stay with you, she pauses as she indicates the big guy who grimaces at the same time, but I see that thats probably not a good idea. So what about you, Alex? she turns to look at the androgynous Guardian who apparently has an equally androgynous name.


    Alex nods their head and turns to look at me with a grin.


    Why do I feel like Im being stared at by a predator of some sort?


    Oh, right, we forgot, the redhead suddenly says in the silence that follows the pink haired ones statement. My name is Leon Ledger. The one with the pink hair is Bridget Harwood, the big guy is Zachary Harris, and thest one  who is a girl by the way  is Alex Barker. And our team is called Team Obsidian.


    Called it. They are in a team.


    I nce at Alex for a second.


    Also, turns out they are a girl.


    She grins at me, sending a shiver down my spine before I focus on Leon again  the most sane one of the group judging by first impressions.


    Im almost tempted to just go off on my own and ditch her, telling the others that I dont need someone to be with me here. But considering what Ive seen of this Alex girl, I get the feeling it would just make her excited about chasing me instead or something like that. Which is even creepier.


    Seriously though. Whats up with this team?


    I should ask Allen about themter.


    That aside though, I turn to narrow my eyes at the girl, creepy or not, as I warn her, Dont steal my EXP.


    She justughs.


    Of course, she does.


    I turn around and begin walking up the stairs, ignoring them as I reach the twenty-fourth floor and begin walking into the hallway, briefly noticing the very light footsteps behind me but nothing else. When I nce back, I just find Alex following me with a few meters in between us and her hands sped behind her head with a wide grin still on her face.


    Certainly carefree about being in a Fracture.


    Also very quiet, even with my hearing being as good as it is. Makes me wonder if she specializes in stealth or something.


    Regardless though, I turn around and begin hunting demons on this floor, now with a babysitter who looks to be the same age as me.