《GODDESS OF THE EMPIRE》 First Meeting I It was a warm and quiet morning in Sion city, the residents were already awake, fully dressed and ready to carry out their daily activities. Though, not everyone wanted to get up, amidst of all these noises, a beautiful white mansion was located far away from everyone, the mansion had detailed and luxurious landscapes, waterfalls, and a large swimming pool. Its main front screamed wealth with its adornments, tall pillars and grand curved steps leading up to the entrance The interior was decorated in a noble yet extravagant style. The sound of an alarm was heard inside the mansion, seconds later a middle aged woman appeared, she walked up to the second floor, she then turned to the left, stopping in front of a blue colored door, where the alarm was ringing non stop inside the room. The woman then pushed the door open and walked into the room, it was a huge bedroom with a king size bed placed in the center, the room was quite simple, there was only a bedroom chair, an extra large mirror on the wall and a seven-piece set of colorful abstract art paintings. The woman strode over toward the bed were a young girl was sleeping placidly as if the alarm noise didn''t exist. "Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!" The alarm rang for the tenth time, and yet the young girl remained still. Upon realizing that the girl was not going to get up, the woman turned off the alarm, then she looked at the sleeping young girl and said: "Aellaaa, wake up you lazy girl!" Still, there was no reply "Sigh!" the woman sighed in exasperation. She walked over to the large bedroom window and then opened the curtains allowing the sunlight to stream into the room.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. "UGH!" Aella finally moved; she grunted displeased. "Maisie, how nice to see you on this annoying morning," she sarcastically said while she slowly got out of bed. Maisie burst out laughing when she saw how slow Aella was. "My goodness, Aella, when you wake up in the morning you are slower than a sloth, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha," she teased. "Leave me alone, you are the lazy one, your whole family are lazy " Aella calmly replied but her voice sounded a little annoyed, however she only got another laugh from Maisie. When Maisie finally stopped teasing her, she wiped a few tears in her eyes for laughing so much, she stared at Aella for a while remembering when she met her for the first time four months ago. **** **Four months ago,** On that day, the Pearl family contacted Maisie informing her that "Trinity", the daughter who they raised, educated, nurtured and cared for over all these years, was not the Pearls'' true descendant. They explained they had indeed located where the true and legitimate daughter was, but due to fear didn''t go looking for her, as they didn''t know how to interact with her. Until now they had always been raising "Trinity" who was still living with them, so they were a little afraid to look for her right away. However, throughout Trinity''s growth, the Pearls had their doubts due to her traits, Trinity indeed is a beautiful young girl, but she did not bear any similarities with them. Unlike Trinity''s shiny dark brown eyes. The Pearl Family is different, they have similar facial traits. They possess the two most beautiful eye colors that distinguish them from others, that is, Turquoise and Golden colored-eyes. Though, only two peoples possess golden eyes in the family while the rest of them have turquoise eyes color. The Pearls had always been a mixed family of light, brown, and black skin since their ancestors'' era, they are a tall and extremely good-looking family, with that aloof, intimidating, and elegant aura. They are kind and polite with people who are kind to them. They are highly admired and respected by many, especially by everyone in the business industry. They are known as monsters in the business industry. They have always had that dreamlike appearance that provoked the envy, admiration, and respect of many. For that reason, they are referred to as {Celestial Pearls} in Sion city and the other four kingdoms. After all, they seemed like they came out of a fantasy world. They possessed that unparalleled and imposing beauty, which was the complete opposite to Trinity, who is also a very beautiful girl, with average stature, pale skin, and long shiny blonde hair. She has that submissive, gentle and friendly atmosphere around her which didn''t match with the Pearls'' dominant and oppressive aura. Yet, even after knowing that Trinity lacked some of these characteristics and similarities, the Pearls didn''t mind her too much. Yet, even after knowing that Trinity lacked some of these characteristics and similarities, the Pearls didn''t mind her too much. Not until that day when they received a phone call from the hospital where Aella and Trinity were born, the doctors explained of the possibility that the daughter they are raising might not be their legitimate daughter. Ever since then, the Pearls have been investigating and searching for the missing legitimate descendant, leaving Trinity in complete ignorance about the whole situation. Month later, they were informed about Aella, who was scheduled to come in Sion City in order to be transferred to the "Oasis Z Institution". After gathering all the necessary information regarding Aella which matched with their missing daughter, they were nervous, excited and worried, since they didn''t know Aella very well. In order not to scare her too much about the whole situation, they asked for Maisie''s help. First Meeting II On the day when Maisie went to meet Aella at the airport, she was accompanied by her butler Estelo, her two bodyguards, three servants and her two friends, Rayen and Nia, She was very surprised when she first met Aella, it was not because of her resemblance with the Pearls family, but because she was identical with her second brother "Glacier Pearl", who is also the CEO of the Pearls Corporation, it is thanks to him and their grandfather that they could become the most influential families in Sion City. Maisie thought that it was a bit odd that Aella bore such a strong resemblance to her second brother Glacier instead of her first brother Lucien Pearl, who''s supposed to be Aella''s father. It was Lucien who informed her about Aella''s existence. Lucien and his wife had a child who had been missing for years, so Aella could be that child. But then again, Glacier also had a daughter who disappeared sixteen years ago right after her birth. "Aella supposedly is Lucien''s daughter and not Glacier''s...... mmh¡­. how strange" said Maisie thoughtfully. "Hm?! Huh? Wait..." "Don''t tell that it''s possible that..." she yelled excited, "Aella is Glacier''s daughter and not Lucien''s?" she wondered as she stroked her chin pensively "It''s quite possible because even though Glacier is a man who is known for being cold, tyrannical, indifferent and domineering, and who only care about working. He too fell in love and got married" Maisie stated loudly freaking Estelo and the others out as she walked over to where Aella was standing in a cool manner with her suitcase. She has lost her mind, why is she yelling and talking to herself?'' everyone wondered and gave their Mistress a strange look. But Maisie didn''t even realize that people were staring at her, because she was too busy thinking about Glacier, Aella and Lucien. The story of Glacier Pearl and his wife is very well known in Sion and the other four kingdom, mostly because everyone believed that the cold, tyrannical and workaholic Glacier Pearl would never get married, they thought that he would stay a single since he never showed any interest in any woman and only spent all his time working. However, to everyone''s surprise, it was reported that the feared cold man had finally fell in love and was about to get married, the news attracted everyone''s attention. The story goes like this, Glacier had always loved only one woman who he eventually married, that woman was called " Violet Tempest", the married couple even had a baby girl on their way. Sadly, on the day Violet gave birth to their daughter, while Glacier wasn''t nearby, both her and the baby had vanished mysteriously. Glacier mobilized all the soldier and military units in Sion and the other kingdoms searching for his wife and daughter. Alas, they were nowhere to be found. Years passed, unable to locate his beloved, Glacier became depressed, and turned even more cold-hearted than he was before, a workaholic tyrant, compassionless and ruthless. He estranged himself away from everyone, family gathering or events, he only devoted himself to his work. This was Glacier''s story When they reached Aella, Maisie opened her mouth to talk, but no words came out. Since the moment she stood in front of Aella, she felt an incredible pressure, startled and alarmed she stepped a few feet back. She stared at Aella with wide eyes. ''What a terrifying Aura, her Aura is nothing compared to my family, hers is much more terrifying. '' She tried to calm down, and after a while she said. ''Umm... Hi, I''m Maisie, I''m not a bad person, I just wanted to talk to you for a few minutes."If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Aella simply looked at her, then looked at the bodyguards and servants behind her. Realizing what was happening, Maisie quickly told the others to back off. ''She seems to be a very cautious person and dislikes having a lot of people around her... just like Glacier.'' " ''How can I help you?" Aella''s cold voice echoed. Surprised, Maisie looked at her nervously and said, "W-well.... Aham, you see, this may sound ridiculous but... you and I are families," she blurted out. Aella raised an eyebrow and stared at Maisie in amusement. "I....i''m your aunt," Maisie said again thinking she didn''t hear her. Maisie then began her explanation about the Pearls family, of course, she skipped the swap topic, it wasn''t a good idea to explain it to her now, as they weren''t in the right place to talk about it. Aella looked at Maisie like she was crazy. As if reading Aella''s mind, she said, "Don''t look at me like that, I''m not crazy." Maisie swore under Aella''s gaze. " Oh, I see" she replied nonchalantly. "S-so what do you think?" Maisie started saying "I was thinking of bringing you to live with me, what do you think"? "No" "Th-then, would you like to meet-?" " No" Aella reiterated uncaring. Maisie sighed in exasperation. ''I knew it wasn''t going to be easy, but.... Haaaa, she''s so hard to deal with, just like Glacier. Aella ignored Maisie and headed towards the exit looking for a place to sit while waiting for the butler that her master Otiz sent to her in Sion. She walked to a deserted area away from all the noise, and sat down on the bench, with her leg crossed she leaned against the back of the bench as she scanned the entire area. Maisie and the others followed her, her two friends Rayen and Nia who had been watching the whole interaction between Maisie and Aella felt frustrated and angry, ''who does this girl think she is?'' "Hey!" Rayen rudely called out to Aella but was ignored. She clenched her fists furiously, causing her sharp nails to dig into the flesh of her palm. "How dare you ignore me? Hey... I''m talking to you!" growled Raven. "What''s so good about you?" Nia said looking from head to toe at Aella. "You just have some beauty, and you think you''re some big shot" she glared with jealous eyes. it didn''t matter how much she hated Aella it was obvious that her beauty was out of this world, which is what irritated Raven and Nia the most. "There''s absolutely nothing special about you." "Well, compared to you, her beauty is out of your league," one of the servants said offhandedly. "Am I talking to you, how dare you disrespect me like that?" Raven was furious. Maisie and Estelo were dumbfounded by her attitudes. "Unforgivable! Is this how a servant should speak to her Master?" Maisie''s maid glared annoyed at the two girls and spoke. "I don''t work for you, so you are not my Master, and at this moment I am being honestly respectful to you only because our Mistress is here!" Maisie looked at her proudly ''These two thought they could bully my people like they want to'', I''m so unlucky to have run into them while coming here. They''re such pains. "Y...y-you" Nia pointed at her "A peasant girl like you dare to..." "So loud" Aella coldly interrupted. Raven pointed her finger at Aella and spoke. "W-who do you think you are? It''s your honor if Maisie and I talk to you, how dare you ignored me earlier." "Do you know who we are? We are d-" "Keep pointing at me, if you don''t want your finger anymore," Aella''s eyes turned cold and murderous. "You..." Aella''s eyes gave Raven chills, she could only swallow the rest of her words. Maisie quickly interjected "Um.... Aella, where are you going, let me take you?" "No need, you''re all too noisy." Annoyed by Aella''s attitude, Raven again felt the need to teach her a lesson, she ignored Aella''s warning and pointed at her again. Just at that moment the atmosphere became tense. Aella stared at them sending shivers down Rayen and Nia''s spine, suddenly a strong and dense wind rose around them. The ground between her, Nia and Raven were crushed by Aella''s strong pressure. In disbelief, they all held their breath and their eyes, watched in shock and horror as Aella''s Aura engulfed the whole place. Minutes later they heard Aella''s chilling voice say: "If you have nothing good to say, you''d better keep your mouth shut, don''t you agree?" Faced with Aella''s tyrannical Aura Rayen and Nia could only nod fearfully. Maisie and the others stood there frozen in fear and amazement. Amidst the suffocating silence, Maisie swallowed anxiously, ''I know I shouldn''t mention this now and that my life may be in danger but ...... I have no choice.'' "A-a-aella about the Pearl family thing." "Your family''s problem are none of my business, Ma''am." Aella said calmly retracting her aura. ''Snap'' The veins in Maisie''s head were visible, she was clearly irritated. "Old woman!!! who are you calling old, I''m still young...., I''m not old! HUMPH!" Maisie shouted angrily, completely forgetting the fear she had before, they all looked at her in horror. They thought ''My lady, are you trying to get us killed? So, what if she called you old?'' "I have never in my life been called old," she continued. ''I said Ma''am, not old''" Aella defended herself. ''Oh, she''s not mad, thank God'' The servants and all the others including Raven and Nia sighed. They were all relieved when they saw that Aella wasn''t angry, she was just playing along with Maisie. " It''s the same thing." -No, it''s not the same," Aella replied slightly amused by Maisie''s attitude. ''Why are we talking about young and old now," Everyone thought seeing how they were still arguing. "Anyway, changing the subject, I don''t care much about the Pearl''s family either. I don''t live with them; they are very bad people" she said throwing her own family into the mud. The servants looked at Maisie in astonishment ''Eh! You change the subject that fast? And your anger from before?'' ''My Lady is it okay to say that about your own family'' Estelo thought. Maisie stared at Aella and spoke. "Then how about living in my house in the meantime?" "Why should I? I already have a place to stay" Aella said sincerely, she didn''t see why she should stay with others when she has her own place. "It would be more convenient for you to have someone who knows everything about Sion." "My butler knows everything about Sion city." "I know lots of places too" Maisie replied "And, moreover, my house is large, and we have teatime with cakes and cookies" Maisie declared. At the mention of cakes, Aella stopped, after half an hour of Maisie trying to convince her, Aella finally yielded and spoke. "Alright." "Huh? Really" said Maisie in surprise Aella nodded, Maisie seemed like a nice person and gave off good vibes and energy, so she didn''t see why not live with her for a while. She just had to let Otiz know and that was it. And even if Maisie was a bad person, she''d just go eat the cookies and sweets and then kill her and that was it. Estelo, the bodyguards, Rayen, Nia and the maids were stunned and amazed, they thought. ''_ WHAT? Just like that, just because she mentioned the cakes and you yielded. ''_ What kind of an ending is that?'' DNA TEST "Let''s have breakfast, it''s almost time for you to leave for Oasis," Maisie said to Aella after waking her up. "Okay" replied Aella as she headed to the bathroom to shower. Before she left the room, Maisie shouted: "I''ll wait for you downstairs, don''t take too long." "Okay" Aella replied As Maisie walked down the stairs, she kept thinking about her family, she had no idea what was going on at the Pearls mansion or what their plan was, it''s been a while and she hasn''t heard from them, she didn''t know what to think and didn''t want to rush to a quick conclusion on how Glacier and Aella being father and daughter. In fact, she had long since distanced herself from her family, because she didn''t want to get caught in the heir selection battle against her siblings, but it seems she will have to pay a visit there to get more information. On the one hand, she would prefer it if Aella was Glacier''s daughter so that at least he could have some happiness in his life. But, on the other hand, she is aware that Glacier and Aella have the same temperament therefore she felt that if they lived together Aella and Glacier would spend all their days ignoring each other. They really were alike in almost every way Glacier is a very tall man with a statue of 1.98 meters, light skin tone, broad shoulders, majestically handsome, he is the second member in the Pearl family apart from his grandfather who had golden eyes, well-defined natural white hair, white eyebrows and eyelashes, he''s like someone out of a fantasy book just like Aella, he always has that stone cold attitude which makes others afraid of him, and his whole persona and Aura screamed danger. Meanwhile if you look at Aella, there is not much difference, except for Aella''s skin tone which is dark brown, which is the same skin tone as her mother Violet, Glacier''s grandfather and some of Pearl''s family members. Aella have long, curly white hair that reached her waistline, she has well-defined white eyelashes and eyebrows with two beautiful golden eyes gorgeous just like Glacier''s, she is tall with a stunning figure as well as two slender long legs. She and Glacier have a majestic and incomparable beauty. Maisie went to her room, applied some makeup, she dressed elegantly and then went to the dining hall, where she found Aella already seated at the table enjoying her breakfast. "Aella dear, I have a favor to ask you", she said with a smile. " What is it?" "I need a sample of your blood and hair," she blurted out. Aella raised her eyebrows as she looked at her questioningly. "Hm, what are you plotting?" "Ashh, it''s nothing, it''s just... it''s nothing really," Maisie flustered. "EEHEMM! MMHH" she cleared her throat "it''s just to see if you''re healthy, in case you have health problems." "Is that so?" said Aella without taking her eyes off Maisie lying to her face. "Yes, it is." "...Okay, then what do I need to do, shall we go to a hospital?" she surrendered upon realizing that Maisie was not going to tell her the real reason behind the blood sampling, anyway, she trusts Maisie and knows that she has no ill intentions "T... there''s no need for that. I already contacted a friend of mine who is a doctor, he''s on his way here" Maisie said rubbing her hands together with excitement,If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. FINALLY!!! after waiting for four months, she was finally going to get their DNA test. This morning Lucien contacted her, after days and hours trying to convince Glacier and Lucien (through lies of course), they finally agreed to take the samples, she told them to send him to Dr. Travis. While they were talking, Estelo the butler entered the dining room announcing. "Dr. Travis is waiting in the living room, Mrs. Maisie." "Thank you Estelo, let''s go Aella" Maisie dragged Aella into the living room. Watching as she literally dragged Aella, Estelo muttered to himself "as expected of Madame, she is the only person who would treat Miss Aella like that without suffering the consequences." *** Minutes later*** "Travis, it''s been a while since I''ve seen you," Maisie said shaking hands with a short elder with long grey beard sitting on the large sofa in the living room with a cup of tea in his hand. "Yes, we haven''t seen each other since you left the Pearl mansion" he smiled "how have you been Maisie?" " Everything fine.... all good, did you bring it all?" Maisie said hurrying over to Mr. Travis, who was still quietly sipping his tea. "That''s right-..... Cough! Cough!" Mr. Travis choked; he was caught by surprise at the sight of the stunning young lady that emerged behind Maisie. He pulled Maisie''s arm, they moved a few feet away from Aella, he softly utters. "Maisie, who is she, why does she look so much like young Glacier, what''s going on?" "Right!!! she looks a lot like my second brother, that was also my reaction when I saw my niece for the first time!" said Maisie excitedly "Niece!" he gasped, dumbfounded. Aella, who was standing behind them watched as they murmured to each other, took out her phone and saw a message from her Master, Otiz. [Hello, my dear and precious Aella, how are you on this miserable day...eh...? You are very well? How great I''m glad]. ("....") [Aella: Oh, what a MIRACLE, you still remember that you have a daughter disciple. What happened, did you run out of money?] [Otiz: E..e..e..ehh! how can you say such a thing, I didn''t call you to ask for money, why do you think so poorly of me? SCAE I just wanted to tell you about what that annoying godfather of yours did to me]. [Aella: Mmh..., are you sure that''s all it is? you call me SCAE only when you need something]. [Otiz: Ohh My dear disciple, listen to your handsome master''s grievances. That good-for-nothing thief godfather of yours stole all the money I keep at home. Whenever I confronted him, he had the nerve to say that it wasn''t him who took the money, can you believe it? I am so miserable and poor. When Aella was done reading the dramatic text message sent to her by her Master, she wrote [Aella: It was me who took the money.] [Otiz: ("...." Eh! You? Aellaaa~ why?)] [Aella: Leaving that money with you would be a HUGE waste, after all the work and trouble I went through looking for magic crystals and jades to sell in order to make money, you just spend it all. [Otiz: B..but] [Aella: No but, do you know how many times I put myself in danger when I was in these wilds full of high-ranking beast monsters]? Aella finished writing, she then glanced at Maisie and Mr. Travis quietly before she continued chatting with Otiz. [Otiz: ..... but SCAE all these forests are being ruled by you; the beast are the ones who should be afraid of you] Irritated, she replied. [Aella: And who was it that threw me into these forests filled with magical and demonic beasts? Who do you think is at fault? Hm?] [Otiz: .... It''s my fault. But it was part of your training] [Aella: Anyway, I used the money to open a jewelry store with Uncle Juhen''s help, I didn''t want it to go to waste in your hand]. After opening the jewelry store in Sion, with Juhen''s help, Aella invested the rest of the money in a company that was about to go bankrupt. She and her Uncle Juhen met with the owner of the company and with his help they came to an agreement with the owner. Uncle Juhen even helped her set up two more companies. First: the company she invested in is called Mayen S Company (S for Scarlet), the aim is to research, upgrade and provide healing pills, elixirs and potions. There is another building right next to Mayen''s company, which is a training school for future doctors called "Sion Medical Training Academy", which was set up by Juhen Uncle. The other companies is called Blue Ocean, its a jewelry company that she started using the crystals and jade stones she had found in the wilds to create unique and beautiful jewelry. And finally, the last company is ''Red Force Association'', which is a martial arts academy, that was Grandma''s idea. But she wasn''t going to tell Otiz about any of them. [Otiz: ..... (^_^;)] [Otiz: W-what? Wait... [Juhen was also with you? that useless brother of mine who is only concerned for his business and work?] [Otiz: I see, it''s his fault that you''re so invested to learn about businesses. Instead of helping me, he helps you, isn''t he supposed to be my brother? Ahh my life... Ahh my nights out... my parties£¨¦Ð ©` ¦Ð£© [Otiz: So, you opened a jewelry store behind your Master''s back? Ouch, I''m so hurt! Ouch the betrayal!] [Otiz: You should have told me; I could have helped... somehow] [Aella: Of course, I wasn''t going to tell you anything, I didn''t want to go bankrupt because of you, lazybones] [Otiz: ¦² (? §¥ ?) how can you say that] [Otiz: Uhuhu, you guys didn''t include me in anything....sniff....I don''t want to talk to you anymore I feel hurt] [Aella: Okay, bye bye]. Aella shut off her phone and walked over to Maisie. [Otiz: Are you really going to leave like that?] [....] [Otiz:...£¨£þ ¡õ ||||] [....] [Otiz:.....Aellaaaaaaa] Aella ignored her phone and focused her attention on the two busybodies who had their backs to her. "Maisie, did you just say she''s your niece? Is she really Glacier''s daughter?" asked Mr. Travis. "That''s what has me confused too because she''s supposed to be Lucien''s legitimate daughter." "Lucien?" Travis gossiped. " Yes " "But she doesn''t look anything like Lucien and his wife, she looks more like Glacier and Violet" he said puzzled. "Have you told Glacier yet? They just handed me their samples; they didn''t tell me anything about it. I''d be happier if Glacier was the father," Mr. Travis said, sighing. "They don''t know yet. I invited them here today because of that," Maisie said bluntly. Travis looked at her in surprise and said. " Who?" "Glacier and Lucien." His jaw dropped in shock. "They need to know," she said trying to persuade Travis. DING DONG the doorbell rang, minutes later Estelo entered the room and spoke. "Madame young master Lucien and young master Glacier are here. Petrified with astonishment were Maisie and Travis. Glacier and Lucien Pearls "Maisie! They''re there already!!!" Mr Travis shouted in panic swearing Maisie from head to toe. "Why do you look more nervous than I do?" Maisie who looked like she had seen a ghost shouted back at Travis in panic, "Estelo, don''t open the door yet, let them stay outside." Sweat covered Maisie face "My God!! what am I doing, what have I gotten myself into, why don''t you think before you act Maisie," Maisie scolded herself. "Ahh why did I get myself into this mess? It''s all your fault!" Mr Travis kneeled crying. "All right, let''s just calm down." "Are you really going to leave ''The Glacier Pearl'' waiting outside?" said Mr Travis awestruck, to which Maisie nodded. "You really are amazing, Maisie, may you rest in peace" he continued. "..." "When do we start taking the blood?" Aella interrupted. "Ah, hahahaha" Maisie nervous laugh echoed "Yeah......Travis!!, in the meantime, why don''t you and Aella go to my office, it''s behind the manor house," Maisie instructed Travis before heading outside where her brothers were waiting. A few meters away from the manor stood an office, its doors and walls were mostly made of crystal, allowing the sun''s rays to enter. As they were on their way to the office, Aella picked up her mobile phone and without a glance at Mr Travis, she asked. "What does Maisie need my blood sample for?" "And don''t lie to me, what exactly are you going to do with my blood sample?" she added coldly. Mr Travis swallowed nervously, ''Why am I so nervous when I''m older than her?'' The only person who scares me like that is Glacier, and now I have to deal with someone who gives off the same cold vibe. Travis was worried: ''Damn Maisie, if I don''t stay away from you, you''re always going to get me into trouble''. ''What am I supposed to say? He cleared his throat, ''Ahem. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. "D-don''t worry, she''s just looking out for your wellness. She actually wants to have your blood tested to see if you have any health problems," he explained. He looked at Aella as he explained, "These tests are only to check your health, so it''s important that we use as many methods as possible, such as blood, saliva and hair samples. "You''re a pretty good liar, just like Maisie, who is already a pro at it." With a thud, Travis'' heart almost stopped in fear, "S-She realized it! "I-I..." "Don''t explain, let Maisie do what she wants, nothing will change even if it''s positive," Aella replied coldly. "Eek....cough cough'' Travis was so surprised that he choked on his own saliva. He looked at Aella with his mouth agape, ''She knew Maisie''s whole plan all along''. Scary!! Ignoring Travis, Aella checked her phone to see that her butler had sent her a message. [Miss Aella I''m waiting in the Nio coffee shop] [Ok] Aella answered the message. Upon reaching the entrance to the office, Travis pulled a key from his pocket and opened the door for them to enter. They entered a room full of all kinds of mechanical devices, to the left was a large metal robot, 3m high, connected by thirty long cables. "This robot will be the one that does the scanning and analysis of your hair and blood samples," Travis approached the giant robot and pressed the power switch. As soon as it was switched on, a robotic voice could be heard saying: {Welcome, dear patients} "Just stand in front of it and it will do its job" Travis said. Aella stood before the metal machine. It started with a hair and blood test, followed by a full body scan. Once done, Mr. Travis turned to Aella and spoke. "I''m going to take a sample of your saliva. Could you open your mouth a little bit, please?" Mr Travis asked politely and took her saliva sample. When she was finished, Aella tied her hair back into a ponytail. This revealed two thunder-shaped crystal devices covering both of her ears. They looked like magic wireless crystal headphones. Travis looked at Aella with bright eyes, curious about the devices in her ears. "They don''t look like headphones. May I ask what they are?" "I have no idea what they are either," Aella replied calmly, "I''ll be on my way now that we''ve finished." "Huh?!" You''re wearing them, and you don''t know about it.... Travis thought to himself "Are you on your way? Maisie is in her office with some people. Do you want to go and have a look?" he tried luring Aella to go to Maisie office. "No," she simply answered. "I''ve wasted way too much time already. I didn''t get to Oasis today because of you and Maisie." "See you," Aella said to Travis before she left. Leaving Travis staring at her back in Awe ''I think I need one month vacation'' *** One hour later***. In Nio''s cafe, a tall, muscular man sat at a table, a long scar under his left eye, looking like he was waiting for someone. A few minutes later Aella entered the cafe, she checked all the tables until she saw the muscular man, Aella approached him and said: "Khaled". At the sound of his name, Khaled raised his head and saw Aella''s two intimidating golden eyes staring back at him. Khaled greeted her respectfully, "Good afternoon, Miss Aella". "Hello," was her cold reply. Khaled''s eyes lit up as he looked at her, they had only ever spoken on the phone and on video, so they had never met face to face, and he was happy to finally meet his idol. ********************* **Meanwhile, back at Maisie''s mansion. Two handsome and elegant men sat in Maisie''s office. The first man, with slicked back black hair and turquoise eyes, wore a formal navy-blue suit without a tie and was constantly checking the time on his wristwatch. To his left was another man of majestic beauty and stature, almost equal to Aella''s beauty, with white hair slicked back at one side, two beautiful golden eyes, dressed casually in black pants, a simple light blue shirt with long sleeves that clung to his well-formed chest. His back leaned against the leather chair. Maisie said with a bright smile, "Long time no see, dearest brothers" "....." "....." "What''s this all about?" Lucien asked straight to the point. Maisie had a worried look on her face. "W-well, where do I begin?" "Does it really matter?" Lucien asked again. "Yeah... Well, I wanted to wait until I had the test results before telling you, but I can''t keep my mouth shut any longer, I''m too excited, it''s better to tell you everything," she started. Lucien and Glacier were silent. After a few seconds, Lucien spoke. "Is this about my legitimate daughter?" He began to worry. "Yes, but the problem is... There is a possibility that she might be Glacier''s missing daughter. Lucien frowned, "What?" For the first time Maisie and her brother Lucien saw a shocked expression on the ice cold king. Glacier looked up in astonishment. Maisie was taken aback; she wasn''t expecting that reaction. When her brother came here his eyes were empty and emotionless, but after hearing the single word "daughter" his eyes glowed with hope. His deep voice rang through the office, "Explain" THE FIVE RACES *Inside Nian''s Coffee Shop "Did Otiz tell you why I am staying in Sion? Or did he inform you about the mana outbreak that might happen in Skyland and Kirsi''s realm?" Aella asked. "Yes, he told me everything Miss Aella, but for now Mr Otiz has only placed a barrier around Skyland and Kirsi. Everything is under control for now, as long as the portal connecting Earth, to the other five planets is stable, Earth will not be invaded or have a mana eruption." "I see. Well," Aella said thoughtfully, "if the portal collapses, we will certainly be invaded by the demon race from DRYA planet. There are five planets known for now: EARTH (OR GAIA) -NYX- JUPTIER- DRYA- ACRUX. The first planet is called NYX: It is the home planet of the elves, dryads and dwarves. The Elves are known for their speed, magic and are powerful archers, they live with the Dryads, elemental spirits, they are the eternal protectors of nature, the Dryads are excellent spellcasters due to their natural abilities. And the dwarves are known for their fearlessness, they are skilled warriors, miners, stone and metal workers. Nyx is known as the most peaceful and tranquil planet in the universe. Then there is the planet Drya: Located in the dimension on the opposite side of Earth, Drya is the planet of the Demon race. After the gods and elemental spirits, the demon race is known as the third most powerful race. They have an extraordinary ability to use magic. They are expert warriors and are naturally violent. Planet Acrux: A resting place for the Elemental Spirits, they were the first beings to exist after the universe was created, they''re in charge with maintaining the balance of the universe. They''re known as the most powerful beings in the entire Universe, so powerful that even the Gods themselves don''t want to get involved with them. The spirits of Light, Darkness, fire, earth, air, lightning, water, wood, Mist, and Ice are the most powerful elemental spirits. The dryads, who live alongside the elves and dwarves, are the elemental spirits of nature. Lastly, we have Juptier: This planet was not inhabited by anyone at first, until the arrival of a few humans who call themselves the . They were humans who have mysteriously acquired divine powers. Some of these so-called god descendants split into two groups. The first group left Earth and moved to planet Juptier. The rest remained on Earth, creating their own empire, now known as the Mystic Empire of Azua. This is also where Otiz and his brother Juhen came from. Aella sighed. "That aside, what did you find out about Oasis School?" "This school was founded by Zei. At first, we thought he was a citizen of the ''Azua Mystic Empire'', but he''s not, he''s a Juptien, he founded that school to teach young people how to cultivate Mana and use Magic," Khaled said.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "Hmm? Azua Empire and Juptier?" Aella crossed her leg and leaned lazily against the chair, thinking to herself. "Yes, they''ve been teaching Mana cultivation for more than four to five months now. As you know, Mana is a magical spiritual energy that can manifest in the form of Magic, and knowing how to control Mana means having the ability to awaken magical powers." "Hm" Aella nodded, "cultivating mana requires a strong aura, mentality and will, it can be very dangerous if someone with a weak constitution and mentality tries cultivating mana". "Exactly, this was the first thought I had when I first heard about the purpose of Oasis, but there are already some students who have succeeded in cultivating their mana, seven of them have already awakened the power of two of the five elements, water and earth," Khaled said. Aella raised her eyebrows and looked at Khaled before she said, "Oh that''s good, I thought it was going to be a boring school, but it looks like it will be rather entertaining for me". Khaled said hurriedly, "Don''t, Mister Otiz told me to tell you that ... one simple hit from you is enough to destroy an entire country>" "Tsk!" "And..." Khaled added. Aella stared at him. "There''s more? "He said you can only use two percent of your power, at maximum" Khaled got up and walked over to Aella''s seat. "That low? ...." Aella complained. "Right, sorry," he reached for the two crystal devices in Aella''s ears. He pressed a small blue diamond-shaped stone that was in the middle of the device, which resembled an ornament, after pressing it the device glowed and then a number two was marked on the diamond stone. Slightly surprised, Aella touched her two devices and said, "I remember when he put these two devices in my ears, I was twelve years old, and he didn''t even explain what they were for". "Ha ha ha, maybe he didn''t get a chance to tell you," Khaled said. "Miss Aella, did you know that you are very famous in Sion city and in the other kingdoms? Everyone admires and respects you," Khaled suddenly changed the subject, "Although the people of Sion, Gaia, Kirsi, Willow and Skyland didn''t want to acknowledge the existence of mana and mystical powers at first, but after the incident in the Dark Realm, everyone wanted to meet the girl named SCAE who destroyed the entire Dark Realm," Khaled said, admiring Aella with shining eyes. "It wasn''t intentional," Aella rolled her eyes. The story goes back to when Aella was ten years old. She, Otiz, Grandma Grace and Uncle Juhen went to the forest of the Eclipse Kingdom, which was a place where the most notorious criminals from the other kingdoms escaped. The dangerous monstrous beasts from the royal ranks also lived in the same forest. On that day, Aella, Otiz, Uncle Juhen and Grandmother Grace were walking in the forest when they encountered both the criminals and the monsters at once, the criminals trying to rob them and the monsters trying to eat them. It was a day of chaos. As Otiz and Juhen prepared to fight, they felt a strong and huge earthquake, not only those in the forest, but also the people in the Sion city felt the earthquake that day. Otiz and Juhen slowly turned their head and looked wide-eyed where Aella stood. They saw a quarter of the forest frozen, and dozens of ice-shaped swords floating in the air, ready to strike. The criminals'' eyes were wide open, and their mouths dropped to the ground, shocked and terrified. They all turned their heads in slow motion to Aella, accumulating lightning in her left hand and a huge purple fire in her right on. She began to merge the two powers as she finished accumulating them. Horrified, Otiz and Juhen ran towards Aella, shouting at her. "SCAE STOP!" Otiz could be heard shouting Aella''s nickname. But it was too late, Aella had already merged both elements. RUMBLE! CRACK! BANG KAACK BANG BANG! A deafening and terrifying sound could be heard as it exploded across the entire kingdom. The beautiful green forest, houses and villas were nowhere to be seen. Everything had been reduced to ashes. "It was an incredible sight! At first everyone thought there was no way such a little girl could destroy an entire kingdom, until the scout team found a video from one of the miniature flying robot security cameras, in the video they could only identify Sir Otiz and Juhen by the angle of the camera, but no one could identify who the girl was, they could only see her silhouette and then they heard Otiz shouting her name, SCAE," Khaled explained. "Everyone knew about the existence of the monster beasts thanks to you and the scout team''s investigation. "Thank God, the only people who lived in the realm of the Eclipse were only criminals and the Monster Beasts," said Khaled. "Since then, everyone has been looking for who SCAE was" "Like I said, I didn''t do it intentionally, Otiz was the one who told me that if I encountered this kind of people and dangerous situations, I should fight with everything I have, also everyone was safe because Uncle Juhen teleported them out of the forest when that happened," Aella defended herself calmly let a sight out. "Right, that is what Mr Otiz had told me!" "Aella stood up, "Ah... forget it, I''m going home. " "Miss Aella," Khaled called. "Mmm." As they left the cafe, Khaled asked, "Will you still be staying with the lady from Pearl''s family?" "I don''t think so. I have to go to Oasis tomorrow ...... She replied, leaving Khaled behind, "I will be staying in the residences that Oasis has. DNA RESULTS Outside in the garden, Lucien''s children, Hyacinth Pearl, Aspen Blue Pearl, Ainsley Pearl and Robin Pearl, were seated around a long, elegant crystal family table, Hyacinth Pearl, is a very handsome young man, working as a director in the finance department of the Pearl Corporation. Aspen Blue Pearl is an actor and singer within the entertainment business. He uses his middle name "Blue" as his stage name. Ainsley Pearls, a young cosmetologist, has set up her own cosmetics business and has a clothing brand called "PX FASHION". Robin Pearls is a young actor who has just debuted in a film called ''The Phantom Warrior'', which he co-wrote the script. Seated at another luxurious table were, Glacier Pearls, CEO of the Pearl Corporation Lucien Pearls (CCO), Chief Operating Officer of the Pearl Corporation, Glacier''s second-in-command, and seated next to him was his wife, Fushsia Jade Pearl. Also present were the rest of Glacier''s siblings - Dave, Shoaen, Iris and Ivy Pearls. And sitting at the head of the table was Skyrio Ray Pearls {the President}. Skyrio is Glacier''s grandfather and the head of the Pearl family. ''Ahhh, how did we end up there?'' Travis wondered with a sigh. "Travis, how long until the results are in?" Skyrio asked in an impatient tone. "About two minutes," Travis replied calmly. "Arghh! By the way, where is my great-granddaughter? I''m so curious. I really want to see her," Skyrio said dramatically, throwing his arms up in the air. "Tsk!" Lucien''s second son, Aspen, was totally against the idea in having Aella in the family. He had no idea where this new girl came from or how they found her, but he did not like the idea of having an impostor in the family. ''I''m sure she''s just an impostor trying to take advantage of our wealth,'' he thought. Maisie''s mind was blank, she was restless. She heaved a long sigh and then began to shake her head in exasperation. "....." Everyone looked at her strangely. "Hey sis" Shoaen waved his hand in front of her face "Heeeey sis......" Maisie didn''t respond "MAISIE" Shoaen raised his voice looking strangely at her. Finally, Maisie looked at him "are you alright?" Shoaen asked her again. Seeing Shoaen dumb face, Maisie got annoyed "You idiot," Maisie slapped his head.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. "You busybody, I only told you about the situation because you asked me to," she slapped him a second time, "but what did you do? you brought them all here, do you know the trouble you just got me into? "Useless," Maisie kicked him. "Ouch! Glacier, save me, sister... no, this madwoman wants to kill me," he ran to Glacier only to get kicked. "Y..y..y..you''re all bullying me." He felt they were treating him unfairly. "So what? I only told them a little bit, not all the stories. It''s not that deep to react like that," Shoaen felt unfairly accused. "And you, Glacier, should be supporting me instead of kicking me like that, look at the way I helped you to find your daughter! "You did nothing, Aunt Maisie did everything," Robin said. "And we are still not sure if she is his daughter" Glacier didn''t even glance their side. He just was all quiet waiting. Irritated, Maisie ignored the shouting and then looked at Travis as she said, "Mr Travis, is everything ready?" "Yes, everything is ready for the announcement." When he finished, Travis pressed a green button. Suddenly, a robotic voice spoke. {} Everyone swallowed their saliva in fear and nervousness at the unexpected announcement. Everyone was silence. Glacier, with an expression that could kill, clutched his mobile phone tightly in his hand. {In the case of Lucien Pearl vs. Aella, it has been determined that ...... Aella is not the biological daughter of Lucien Pearl.} In shock, Lucien clenched his fists, then looked at his wife, who was equally shocked, before turning sad. Maisie, however, wasn''t too surprised by this result. Lucien looked at Glacier who was sitting apart from them, for the first time in his life he saw all kinds of emotions on his brother''s face, there was curiosity, worry, nervousness and fear. For the first time in his life, his brother appeared and felt like a human being who was capable of many emotions. He too started praying that Aella was the daughter his brother had been looking for so many years. His eyes were hopefully fixed on the robot. {}, the robot began to say. GULP! Glacier swallowed nervously. He was all tense and nervious THUMP THUMP. Glacier''s heart pounded so loud that if someone was standing next to him could hear it. {} the machine announced. Everyone trembled when they heard the result. The little baby who had mysteriously disappeared with her mother sixteen years ago........was Aella. Glacier''s hands trembled as he walked over to Travis, who pulled out the DNA report and handed it to him. The word ''happy'' was not enough to describe the feelings and emotions that Glacier was going through at that very moment. He then walked over to Maisie and reached out to shake her hand. Maisie looked at him. Her eyes were wide with surprise. Her brother looked so happy and full of joy,'' she thought. Then she saw something she had never seen before in her life. She looked up at Glacier. He was smiling so broadly that everyone gasped at the sight. Damn that smile could be fatal for an entire continent They were all thought that they were staring at someone else; there was no way that this smiling person was the same cold and cruel demon CEO. "Kwaaahahahahahahaha," Skyrio laughed, "At last, .... now go find my great-granddaughter." Glacier''s siblings were overjoyed to see this, especially since they had seen how miserable Glacier''s life had become after Violet and Aella had disappeared. "Congratulations, Uncle," Ainsley said as she approached him. "Congratulations brother," Iris said sincerely. "Ayoo brother, I''m so happy for you," Shoaen came over with Dave. He gripped the report paper tightly as if his life depended on it "Thank you," Glacier replied sightly, his voice was small and a little less cold than it had been. Amidst all this emotion, a maid ran out into the courtyard, shouting " Madam Maisie!" Skyrio looked at her in annoyance, "Now is not the time for interruptions, we are in the middle of a celebration." "I am sorry to interrupt, but young mistress, Miss Aella has returned." "....." "I''m completely dead," Maisie said Zylos Scroll Aella held her phone to her ear as she stood outside the mansion. "Miss Aella, when I registered you at Oasis, I only put your first name on one of the documents, I didn''t put your last name or nickname because it would be dangerous as we still don''t know Zei''s true purpose." " Ok, I''ll hang up now" "All right, have a good night" After hanging up the phone, Aella walked into the mansion. **** Maisie walked to the maid who was trying to catch her breath, "What did you say, she''s here already? Aah, Aella''s going to kill me." "What''s all the fuss about, she''s not that important," Aspen said unfriendly as he stood with his arms crossed and looked at them all with disinterest. "Why so much fuss over this girl, I don''t understand." "Are we finally about to meet the famous missing daughter?" Aspen''s older brother, Hyacinth Pearls, asked with no interest. They both felt a chill run down their backs as they looked up and saw Glacier glaring at them coldly. Gulp! They swallowed nervously. The one person they feared the most was their uncle, Glacier. He was the strongest and most powerful member of the Pearl family. He was the only A-class member of the Pearl Family, along with Grandpa Skyrio. " Madam," another servant said to Maisie. "Miss Aella went straight to her room as soon as she came in." "Okay, thank you..." Maisie sighed in relief, while Glacier was in a state of disappointment. "Hm?!" Ainsley Pearls stopped abruptly. She looked around the manor in shock, as if in search of something. "What is it Ainsley?" Skyrio looked at her in surprise. He was sure his granddaughter could sense the strange energy he felt as well. Ainsley wasn''t quite sure what she was feeling, so she just answered: "It''s nothing. Skyrio was really surprised. In the family, Maisie and Ainsley were the only ones not involved in mana cultivation. How could Ainsley feel this energy? Could it be? Could it be that she saw Master Zylo''s calligraphy and decided to cultivate? It''s true that at first, most of the citizens refused to believe that Mana and magic could exist. But that all changed six years ago, thanks to little Aella. She turned the dark realm also known as ''Eclipse Kingdom'' to ashes and left a lasting impression on the citizens of Gaia, Kirsi, Willow, the Skyland Kingdoms and Sion City. They began to visit the deserted and abandoned area, where they found mana stones that could be used to enhance and increase the strength and martial arts skills of humans.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere. However, unlike the people who focused on the collection of mana stones, others were more concerned with the exploration of the area. They found an eerie, mysterious cave in an opening at the base of a cliff; the cave was wider than it was deep. When they explored it, they found many treasures hidden in the ground, as well as a piece of calligraphy. It turned out to be a diary scroll. It was written in a mysterious kind of calligraphy: *** ~Day 1 To the people of this world I am a former member of the ''Azua Mystic Empire'' known as ''Zylo'', I know none of you have a clue what the ''Azua Empire'' or the planet Juptier is, nor do you know of the existence of the other four races, but I hope one day someone will find my calligraphy and inform the common humans of the dangers that may come in the future. ~Day 2 To help you understand where I come from, I will tell you a little about the Azua Mystic Empire. Those of us who live on the planet Juptier and in the Azua Empire are all humans. However, we are a little different because of our powers. ~Day 7 The story begins with a group of eleven friends who decide to go on an adventure. They left their countries and families to travel the world. They wanted to learn and practice new forms of martial arts and become more powerful. One day, on their travels, they came across a large tower. It was over 700 metres high. Out of curiosity, the group of friends approached the tower, and when they got close enough to it, they saw a myriad of golden lights surrounding them. Then a transparent panel appeared directly in front of them, with a strange text message on it that read: "You can achieve and obtain whatever you want. If you wish to enter the tower, press the blue button that says ''YES'', and if you do not wish to enter the tower, press the red button that says ''NO''. Everyone chose to press YES. When they had made their choice, they felt their whole selves begin to change, an immense pain invading their bodies. For three days they were in agony in front of the tower, fighting the pain. When it was finally over, the pain was gone. They rose from the ground, feeling a refreshing sensation, as if something was welling up inside their bodies. It was Mana. It is a supernatural spiritual base, which is also the energetic core of the world. Then the group entered the Tower. It took many years for the group to emerge from the Tower. Once outside, everyone had changed. They had become different, possessed strange and powerful powers and had become stronger. They had become so strong that they decided that it would be best for them not to go back to their lands and their families. Many of them had the feeling that the human world wasn''t good and powerful enough for them, so they created their own isolated kingdom, far away from the humans. Years went by and one day six of them went their separate ways, they didn''t want to stay on Earth anymore, so they moved to a planet called Juptier, while the other five stayed on Earth and built their own empire. ~Day 10 The elders of the empire refused to tell me anything more about what happened after the eleven friends parted ways, so I decided to investigate, but I didn''t find anything. One day, however, I came to know that the current Emperor of Azua was planning to invade the ordinary humans. ~Day 17 I was so shocked and angry that I had a confrontation with the emperor, who was also my best friend. But he put me in prison. ~Day 22 I escaped. ~Day 26 Right now, I''m hiding in an ancient ruin so the guards can''t find me, ''I didn''t say anything that wasn''t true... stupid emperor, I have no regrets about what I said.........'' ~Day 30 I will warn all humans, it''s the only thing I can do to help. ~Day 57 Now that I''m on the run, the whole of the Azua Empire is after me. I have no idea if I''ll be able to make it to the land of Sion. ~Day 110 I managed to escape from Azua!!.... This is it! ~Day 114 In the eyes of all the other races, the human race is known to be the weakest of all living creatures. Just because they were stronger than normal humans, these people considered themselves invincible. They hated and were ashamed to be associated to human, and they longed to change their human nature, so they detached themselves from normal humans and looked at them in a condescending, contemptuous and arrogant manner. Hmph! I hope one day someone will kick their asses. ~Day 127 I wonder... Was if it was good decision to leave Azua? ~Day 530 I have finally arrived at the land called Eclipse, and I have received a report that the people of Sion City are martial artists, I hope that my cultivation methods can help them to become stronger. ~Day 1000 Humans aren''t weak, they just don''t know how to cultivate mana, I hope they just concentrate on cultivation and follow my training guide, only then will they level up and unleash the dormant power within them. ~Zylo It was the Pearl Family, alongside six other families, that found the calligraphy on that day. They had an agreement that no one else should have any knowledge of its existence. Under the guidance of Zylo, the Pearls and these families began cultivating mana. but then Zei appeared and there was no need to hide Zyle scroll anymore In the world of martial arts, a person''s rank determines their strength and ability. Those who cultivate mana in order to gain power from the elements are referred to as rankers. The ranks of the classes refer to a ranking system from F rank to SS rank. A Ranker is a person who possesses magical abilities and who radiates mana from his or her body. The lower ranks are as follows -Rank F-: Those in this rank are considered the weakest. They are shunned by other ranks. - Rank D-: These people always had to work with other rankers of a higher rank to level up. -Rank C-: They use a defensive style of fighting rather than an offensive one. The upper ranks are -Ranks A and B: These are the rankers who have both offensive and defensive abilities, and they can also contract beasts. -SS rank: Rankers who have the SS rank are those who are much more powerful than the A and B ranks, but so far there are only 10 of them out of the entire human population. And then there is ROYAL SUPREME (SR): Rankers of this class are characterized by the fact that their levels of mana and power are so high that it is impossible to measure them. SR Rankers are very rare among humans; this type of Ranker is only found among other races. Reunion "Grandpa Skyrio, are you feeling that terrifying energy? "Ainsley inquired in terror. Skyrio was stupefied "You can feel it too? "He Asked Ainsley nodded. "I just... I''m sensing a really strong and strange vibe right now... but it''s really strong and heavy." Glacier also felt how the whole atmosphere suddenly seemed to drop, it was strong, tense and heavy. ''Who could be that strong?" he thought preparing to fight " Is it an enemy?" Skyrio asked "If it''s an enemy, we will have a hard time dealing with it, can you guys not feel that terrifying energy" Shoaen said to which everyone nodded Skyrio looked around the courtyard trying to find where the strong energy was coming from. He looked at Dave and Iris, but they too were trying to figure it out. Finally, they all suddenly turned their eyes towards the back door of the mansion. The next thing they saw were two piercing golden eyes exerting an intense and strong and cold intimidation. As they saw the incoming person stepping outside the door, they shuddered. At the sight of the intruder, Glacier and the rest were shocked, they saw a majestic, breathtaking beautiful young girl walking into the courtyard and heading towards where Maisie was standing. Everyone was so shocked that they couldn''t even utter a word. They stood frozen in their places, staring at Aella "A-aella, you''re back," Maisie greeted her nervously. "Mmm." "Why are you back so early-....ahemm, I mean why are you back so late young lady?" Maisie scolded "I had some business to take care of" Aella replied coldly, she looked over to the table next to Maisie and saw some sweets and cakes, she sat down and took a sweet to eat. "I see" Maisie replied lazily as she sat down next to Aella. "So, I am healthy?" Aella asked Maisie "Eh" Maisie responded confused. "Didn''t you have me go thought all those tests to see how my health is? So, what was the result" Aella stared straight at Maisie without breaking eye contact "Eh eh ha ha ha ha ooh yes th-the result for y-your health hahaha" she stuttered. ''Wahh, she knows exactly why those tests were needed but still annoying and picking at Maisie, as expected of Glacier daughter'' Travis sighted To Glacier it seemed as if time had stopped, he was frozen in his place, staring at the stunning girl or more accurately looking at his daughter talking to Maisie as if everyone else didn''t exist. Skyrio, Dave, Shoen, Iris and Ivy were as shocked and bewildered as him. "She looks exactly like Glacier and her mother Violet.... but more like Glacier, and a little bit like me" Skyrio said. Hyacinth, Ainsley and Aspen were equally in shock. Especially Aspen, who has been badmouthing Aella nonstop. ''She is Aella? She''s different from what I imagined?'' he thought dumbfounded. Everyone stood in a state of awe, it felt as if they were staring at a female Glacier. In the middle of the intense silence, a cold and somewhat deep voice was heard speaking, startling everyone, they looked in Aella''s direction still astonished. "Maisie" called Aella with a confused expression ''Why are you shaking?'' asked Aella. ''Why do you think, you are to blame'' Maisie wanted to say but shut her mouth.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it. Aella sensed Maisie''s nervousness "Did anyone do something to you?" Aella questioned looking at those present. They all trembled under Aella''s pressuring gaze. "Hm? No, no, I''m fine, don''t worry, they didn''t do anything to me" Maisie quickly calmed Aella down, Currently, Glacier was feeling very jealous of Maisie. He too wished that Aella would be as overprotective of him and could talk so freely with him as she is doing with Maisie. But he needed to be patient For the first time in his life, Glacier felt useless. At that very moment Aella looked over to where Glacier was, and their gazes met. Surprised by his daughter''s sudden stare, Glacier felt stiffened, he was a little delighted that she was finally looking at him, but deep down he was extremely nervous and didn''t know what to do, even though it didn''t show on his face. Aella stared at the man whose face was pretty much the same as hers, then looked at Maisie who was becoming much more flustered at Aella''s steady gaze. "Haa!" Aella sighed slightly. She wasn''t stupid; however she looked at him, this man looked exactly like her, also the Gramp next to him looked just like her and the Man. "Didn''t you previously say that you and your family weren''t on good terms?" she asked casually. She knew of Maisie plan, but she didn''t care and wasn''t going to be around for long, she let her do whatever she wanted She knew exactly what was going on, since the biggening. By the time she had returned to the mansion, she had sensed the presence of several people in the backyard. Maisie nervously jumped before muttering "I''m sorry, Aella, but I assure you I only called Glacier and Juhen, the rest of them weren''t my doing, they all came here uninvited on their own." Aella stood up ready to leave "Well it''s fine, it''s none of my business anyway, you can do whatever you want after all this is your home and they are your family, so it''s normal for them to come visit you." Ever since she got here, Aella has been sensing the man named Glacier stare and for some reason he looked all depressed. "Oh right, Maisie!" Aella remembered why she came looking for Maisie "As of tomorrow I''ll be staying at Oasis." "Oh yeah, I completely forgot that was the reason you came to Sion was to be transferred to that school" she said loudly drawing everyone''s attention. ''Eh! That''s her only reason coming in Sion, it wasn''t to meet them?" everyone thought. ''Well, I''m going to sleep'' Aella said calmly ready to leave, she didn''t want to stay in this place for even a second longer. Maisie felt distressed, she looked at her brother, who looked all desperate looking as if he is about to be abandoned. This was the first time she was seeing that side of Glacier. Wooshh! Aspen suddenly stood in front of Aella blocking her way, he released all his aura and pointed his finger at Aella. "I disagree to have her in our family, who does she think she is?" although he wasn''t particularly close to Trinity, he rather accepts Trinity than having a stranger in the house. "We already have Trinity, even if we are not of the same blood, we all grew up with her, she is the only one we will accept, you can go find yourself another family elsewhere" Aspen hardened his gaze. He looked at her with arrogance, anger and superiority. Aella looked at the finger pointing at her, suddenly, the atmosphere became uncomfortable. "ASPEN, shut up" Maisie snarled angrily scaring everyone. Aspen opened her eyes wide in surprise "Yo...you yelled at me because that bastard" shouted Aspen angrily. "You want me to personally change your last name?" Glacier''s cold and stern voice echoed throughout the place. Aspen''s eyes widened; he was extremely shocked. "Uncle you...." WHOOSH WHOOSH! Glacier''s aura was heavy and bloodthirsty. He looked at Aspen blankly and coldly said "Don''t call me uncle, I don''t have a nephew like you!" Everyone looked at Glacier with their mouths open as they noticed his aura, this is an aura of an SS ranker! He leveled up just like that! And he did it without even realizing it! Aspen glared at Aella. "It''s all your fault, so what if you''re Uncle Glacier''s daughter, you''re just a bastard who''s after our money!" he shouted angrily pointing his finger at Aella. When his eyes met Aella''s, his body stiffened and his pupils constricted, Aella''s fierce and indifferent gaze made his whole-body freeze. "Who is this little puppy" Aella stood facing of him "Do you know what happens to those who point fingers at me?" Aella''s voice landed like thunder throughout the place. Glacier, Skyrio and the rest were shocked. '' Aella''s didn''t release her aura but everyone could tell and feel how strong she was based only on her intimidation. ''She is much stronger than all of us''. She maybe on par with Glacier'' they thought ''This kid never learn'' Maisie was about to intervene again but suddenly stopped herself ''I''m not going to meddle in this, I tried to save him, but he keeps spouting nonsense'' She stepped back, glared at Aspen ''Stop provoking Aella'' she warned him for the last time. Aspen felt offended and humiliated, she gave Maisie a stern look "Aunty, why are you such a fool? Look how she is causing discord between us, she will bring us bad luck if we accept her into our family" Glacier gave Aspen a dangerous look, then looked at Aella. Suddenly, The ground began to shake. An intense and strong oppressive air descended on everyone present bringing them all to their knees, except for Skyrio and Glacier who grabbed the nearest tree. They felt weak and overpowered. Then they heard the shrill, fierce, terrifying sound of the air. "I do not have time for insect" Aella terrifying voice sounded Aspen opened his eyes wide, at this moment he seemed to be enveloped in a strong black energy, he tried to move back but found that his body could not move due to Aella''s strong intimidation. Just as Aella raised her hand ready to attack, Maisie quickly intervened. "Calm down, Aella" she stepped between Aella and Aspen. Maisie was the only person not affected by Aella intimidation. Because Aella only focused on all the other except for Maisie Still with her arm in the air, Aella eyes looked down and noticed Maisie''s desperate look. "Do you want to destroy the mansion?" she screamed "I will have nowhere to live if you destroy that mansion, are you planning on letting me live in the street or what?" "I have many villas and mansions; you are welcome to live in one of them" Aella replied calmly trying to attack again. "Noo!" hurriedly said "I prefer this mansion so don''t destroy it!" Irritated Aella told her "At least let me land just a little punch." "Your little punch could kill him and destroy everything instantly." "Tsk!" Aella was not satisfied with this outcome. The rumbling, the intense blowing wind and the strong intimidation all disappeared instantly when Aella put her hand down. Aspen felt how the strength in his legs weakened and he fell to the ground. Aella lowered her eyes staring at him without moving her head and icily said, "You are very a very lucky kid." Aspen''s heart sank. His back was instantly drenched in sweat ''If Aunt Maisie wasn''t here...I would already be.....'' he didn''t want to think about what might have happened. The whole place fell into stony silence. Glacier and Skyrio looked at Aella in astonishment. ''Wh-what'' Everyone looked at the girl in shock. ''What is that, ''she''s worse than Glacier. She''s a demon. Going to Oasis In the early morning hours, the people of Sion and the other four kingdoms awoke to the shocking news that SCAE had arrived in Sion City. Social networks such as Redat, Yatude, and other social sites crashed. Many users were logging in, posting, commenting, and sharing tweets. Away from the city, a black car was parked in front of an abandoned building. In the backseat, inside the car, sat a very handsome young man with black hair, broad shoulders, and a mole on the side of his left eye. His back was leaning against the back of the seat. His eyes were closed, and his hands were covered by a thin black glove. His eyelashes, like feathers, glistened and sparkled as the sunlight streamed in through the window of the car. "Young master," a man wearing thick black glasses in the driver''s seat called to the black-haired youth. "Young Master Cain, there is news about SCAE." "Hmm," Cain kept his eyes closed, but the corner of his mouth curved into a beautiful smile, full of intrigue and interest, a smile that could take someone''s breath away. The chauffeur had a surprised look at his young master, he was amazed that he actually had that kind of smile on his face. ''No, that''s not possible! He must have seen wrong, yes perhaps he saw wrong. It''s impossible for this demonic young master to be smiling like that''. He took a deep breath and calmed down. On second thought, the young master would never show interest in anything unless it involved SCAE and Otiz. The chauffeur checked his cell phone once more and started to click "Like" on all the posts that were related to SCAE, after all, he was a fan as well. There were more than a thousand websites reporting SCAE arrival in Sion, her name ranked number one on all the most popular social networks in the kingdoms. There were thousands of hashtags with her name, including #GoddessSCAE #ArrivalOfTheGoddessSCAE #FinallyWeCanMeetOurGoddess There were fans videos with millions of followers expressing their excitement and anticipation for her arrival. "Drive," Cain ordered coldly. "Yes, young master," the chauffeur replied, placing his phone on the armrest of the car before starting to drive. ''So, you''re finally in Sion. You''re here at last, let''s see how strong you truly are. *******The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement. At the Pearls'' mansion "Yesterday was a crazy night, to think that the young lady is that strong" Dave commented "Right!!" Everyone was in the living room. " But she totally ignored us!!" "Yes, I thought she came to Sion in order to meet us but.....ah" Ivy lay of in one of the big sofas. " From what I saw. It''s seemed like it was a bother for her to meet us" "True" Skyrio Approached to the other couch "Is it true what they are saying in the news?" Skyrio sat on a big red couch in the living room, next to him were Dave, Iris and Shoaen. "If what they say is true, we must do everything to get her on our side," Dave commented. "Get SCAE on our side? Skyrio looked at him coldly, "You really are ignorant," Skyrio furrowed her thick eyebrows, "We''re talking about SCAE, not some any random person. " Do you have a death wish?" Skyrio glared at him. He had thought that Dave was a smart man, but it seemed that he had been very wrong, he couldn''t believe what this stupid son of his was saying. "Not even the royalty of the kingdoms would dare to say what you just said," Skyrio''s look was sharp as a sword as he said, "If she knew what you are thinking, our whole family would be in the underworld right now, standing in front of Hades. Dave was stunned. When he finally realized the gravity of his words, he trembled with fear, his forehead covered in cold sweat, he said in a trembling voice, "I''m sorry, I didn''t know what I was saying". Skyrio just ignored him: "Besides, we''re not strong enough to have someone like SCAE on our side... I realized that when I met Aella yesterday, that strong pressure we felt that time wasn''t even her aura". "Imagine what would have happened if she had decided to fight yesterday," Skyrio looked at Iris and the others, seeing them all nodding in agreement. They all thought the same thing when they met Aella yesterday, ''she''s not easy to deal with at all''. Everyone had the feeling that if they had taken any one wrong step yesterday, it''s would have been the end for them. "I don''t understand how a sixteen-year-old girl can have such strong, frightening and intimidating energy," Dave said. Ivy thought for a moment and then said, "If we can''t have SCAE, then we should have a talk with Aella. Having her would help us greatly." At that moment Glacier entered the living room. Everyone turned around looking at him. ''Bad timing'' they all thought. Glacier''s piercing, cold, golden eyes rested on Ivy. "I would like to see who would dare to approach her for that stupide motive." Startled, Ivy''s back shivered. She knew only too well what kind of man her brother was. She immediately explained, "No, no, no, no, no... of course we would never use her for our own benefit. She glanced at her brother. Glacier smiled coldly as he scanned everyone present with his cold eyes, including his grandfather Skyrio. It was clear what he meant by that cold smile, that smile did not even reach his eyes. Skyrio sighted ''Those kids...'' "We would never do that, and what''s more, Aella wouldn''t help us either," the frightened Shoaen felt goose bumps on his skin. "B-brother, can you stop smiling, please? My poor heart can''t handle it. It''s like you want to kill someone". " By the way, where is Aspen, isn''t he supposed to be at Oasis today?" Iris quickly changed the subject. " He''s definitely not going today; he''s been very depressed since last night''s fight with Aella." Ivy replied. "You call that a fight?" Shoaen wondered "Aella didn''t even do anything to him," he raised his eyebrow in confusion. "..." "..." The atmosphere was gloomy in Aspen''s bedroom. He was sitting on his bed. His head was down. "How embarrassing," he muttered. He got carried away and provoked someone he should not have. In front of Aella, he was like an ant. For the first time in his life, he realized how arrogant he had been. He felt weak and useless. Furthermore, Aella is two years younger than him, she is sixteen years old, and he is eighteen years old. Ashamed, Aspen kept on wondering why he was so angry about having her in the family. Perhaps it was because he had the feeling that, all the attention, privileges, and luxuries that he, Hyacinth, and Trinity had been receiving and enjoying would cease to be theirs. After all, she is the only daughter of Glacier, who is responsible for all of the luxuries, money, fame, and the status that the Pearls have been enjoying. ********** Meanwhile, the girl in question was standing on the top of a cliff, looking in the direction of a certain island that was located a few miles away from Sion, in the middle of the ocean. Aella was wearing a black turtleneck sweater and a purple backpack slung over her shoulder. "I really thought this school was located near Maisie''s mansion.... Ah" She sighted "I guess I was wrong." [Actually, the distance between the island and where the cliff was located wasn''t that far, but to lazy people like Aella, it seemed like traveling between heaven and earth]. " I mean: Do I really have to go all the way there? Tsk, why didn''t they build this school here in the city instead of doing it in the middle of the ocean?" she said with no expression on her face. But her tone sounded annoyed " Besides, those people didn''t even prepare a means of transportation to get there," she complained quietly, a bit annoyed. After complaining, she jumped off the high cliff. Once down, she kicked the ground with her left leg and disappeared instantly. Oasis Z Island Aella moved with quick steps on the water. She used the Shunpo technique, which allowed her to move with great speed. Shunpo is a technique which allows the user to move faster than the eye can track. This technique is part of the elven race, specifically the green and dark elves, who were known as the most powerful elves due to their fighting methods, strength, speed, and endurance. Aella reached the top of the high cliff of the island in a short time, and she took a look at the magnificent view. The island was huge. It was full of trees and flowers of different colors. She jumped up into one of the trees so that she could see if there was more to the island than just grass and trees. About ten minutes away, she spotted a huge castle. Crack! She heard noises coming from the bushes around her. She jumped to the ground and peered through the bushes at the sight of seven figures approaching. "Mm.....Seems like I''m not the only one who''s late," she said before disappearing without a trace. **** Four people arrived where Aella had been. They were Aspen, Trinity, Amari, and John. "It''s our second semester in this school without proper training, they only made us cultivate mana for the whole last semester, I already want to awaken my power... aya," a young blond boy by the name of John shouted in despair. "Well, I hope we can start training like the SS class this semester." He said. "Me too," said Amari, a purple haired girl. Amari walked over to Trinity and Aspen. "John, Amari and Trinity don''t talk about SS class around me, how annoying," Aspen said annoyed. Trinity stood next to him, she seemed like a cute na?ve girl, "I think we should all try getting along, I am very close to the SS Class, I could talk to them an-" Aspen looked at her with disdain, "We know that you''re close to them, you''ve said that more than a million times already." "If you like them so much, why don''t you go beg them to let you join their group... Oh, yeah, you''d probably get kicked out for being useless," he taunted. Trinity shuddered in surprise. Amari and John''s eyes went wide. It was the first time Aspen had spoken so harshly to Trinity. "Let''s go," Aspen said, heading for the castle. ****** Meanwhile, Aella had already arrived in front of the majestic white castle, 600 centimeters long, with towering buildings. Next to the entrance were extravagant Flamboyant trees, forming a long tunnel entrance to the castle, creating a spectacle and flooding the street with their red colors. CLUNK! Aella heard the sound of the castle door opening, then two middle-aged men walked out, one in a blue robe and the other in a red robe. Each held a small green book that seemed to have the names of all the students written in it.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. They seem to be professors," she thought to herself. "Good morning, I''m a new student, my name is Aella," she greeted politely and calmly. "You are too late, all the students are already in training, go back to where you came from," said the man in the red robe. He was indifferent at students like these, who arrived at the time they wanted to, what do they think this school is? Only strong and talented people come to this school. The other man in a blue robe stepped in front of him to prevent him from intimidating the students. However "Hm....." Aella tilted her head to the side "I thought you were a teacher, but you''re an idiot!" Aella''s icy voice could be heard. The face of the man in the red robe was full of anger. "What-" Aella got up so early to come here, she didn''t even had breakfast and say goodbye to Maisie, and this one comes around to disturb her as soon as she set a feet here, she yawned and looked at him lazily. "Didn''t you hear me say I''M NEW here? How the hell am I supposed to know what time school starts when no one send the schedule to me?" She was hungry and tired. "What did you say, little-" "First, can''t you look up my name in that stupid book you have in your hand? I specifically said: ''Hi, my name is Aella, I''m a NEW student. Are you deaf? Is that book you are holding in your hand some type of decoration or what?", Aella said coldly, looking straight at the red-robed professor. Shocked by her blunt and passive-aggressive tone and words, the two men had a look of surprise on their faces. "How dare you speak to your teacher in such a manner, how can you be so rude to me?" The red-robed man shook with anger. "Huh? My teacher? When Khaled enrolled me in this school, he specifically said that every class has its teachers, so obviously I''m not going to yours no matter what, I don''t want a teacher as rude as you. Why don''t you try to be more like that blue-robed teacher next to you? He''s so patient, polite and respectful," Aella sneered calmly. She wasn''t exactly the type of person who would just disrespect someone she met for the first time, but this red robed man was the one who started it. No matter how she looked at it, he was trying to ridicule her for no reason. The red robed man stared at Aella condescendingly "Look at you, you look weak, your country bumpkin," the red robed man let out a cold laugh. Aella didn''t flinch at his words, she just looked at him with disdain. "Are you done? Well, thanks for the compliments. You should learn more, how to swear" The red-clad man was so angry that he felt his veins constrict. Ignoring the madman, she looked at the astonished, blue-robed gentleman. "Hi, sir, my name is Aella may I enter your classroom?" "Hahaha, trash befriends trash, that Professor Tony and his class are the worst and the lowest, it''s the weakest class in Oasis," the red-robed man laughed at the duo. The blue robed lord lowered his head in shame and humiliation. He was sure that the young lady would no longer want to be in his class after hearing her class status. "On the other hand, I am Darius, I am the teacher of the SS class, my students are called the seven Z guardians, do you know what that mean?" "Not interested" Ignoring Aella indifference he continued "It means," he announced with pride and superiority, "that they are the most powerful students in Oasis Z and all the schools in the realms. "Many emperors, kings and queens from prominent kingdoms came to Sion hoping to work with them. Even the head of the Pearl Family and the second young Master Glacier praised them." While Darius was still in the midst of his self praise and glorification of his disciples, Aspen and the others arrived. Aspen, who had just arrived, saw Aella and was at first startled with surprise and then looked at her in horror. "Ahh right, Aunt Maisie did tell us, you came to Sion to study at the Oasis." Darius finished his yapping with an air of superiority, "Now that you know who I am, I can let you join my class if you kneel down and apologize while banging your head on the floor". "Huh? What are you talking about?" Aspen was at a loss for words. ''Did he call Aella weak? That girl! the one who almost killed him and overpowered the entire Pearls family yesterday? he called her weak?'' ''Is he trying to take the entire school down with him? Aspen thought as he rubbed his chin. "What are you waiting for? Get on your knees," Darius said again. Aella just ignored his existence. The whole time Darius was talking, she was only focused on the other Professor. "So, can I?" Aella spoke respectfully. "Huh?... Huh? What..." The Professor was speechless "I said: Can I join your class?" "Y-Y-Yes, of course you can, but are you sure...you know, like Professor Darius said, we''re the weakest c-c-class-" "Professor, your name?" asked Aella "Y-yes, I''m Tony, the F-class teacher," Tony introduced himself without realizing it. "Do you always pay attention to what insignificant people have to say? "....Huh? Insignificant-" A loud laugh could be heard coming out of the mouths of John, Aspen, and Amari. "What did you say? are you calling me insignificant" Darius was furious "Ahem... ," Tony replied, trying to hide the smile on his face. "Ignore those unimportant people, now then. Can I come in now?" she asked looking towards the castle entrance. "Oh yes, since you''ve just arrived, it makes more sense for you to get some rest, you can start with the lessons tomorrow." He pulled out a blue key. The number 201 was written on it. "That is the number of your room, the guard inside will take you there," he pointed to a guard who was standing in the castle. "Okay, thank you Professor." "Us too, let''s go in." Trinity said with a strange expression on his face. When Darius saw that everyone was ignoring him, he was furious and was about to explode with rage, but then he heard Tony speak. "Can I ask you a question before you go?" Tony asked Aella. "Yes, of course, what is it?" Ever since he had seen Aella for the first time, he had wanted to ask her this question. Her posture and features were identical to Glacier Pearl''s. "Um, you look exactly like the young Master Glacier Pearl from the Pearl Family, do you know wh-" "No, I don''t know who that is," Aella rapidly said. She quickly went into the castle so she wouldn''t have to answer any more questions about that family. "Oh," Tony said. He looked over to where Aella had already disappeared. Trinity Zeiner Aella wasted no time. She entered the castle. "Good morning, I''m a new student, Professor Tony said you''d show me to my room," Aella told the guard. "Good morning, please follow me," the guard led the way. ****** Aspen and her group were still waiting outside the castle. "Guys, don''t you think? That girl was extremely beautiful. Wow, I thought I was looking at a goddess." Amari said in awe. "Yeah, she''s really beautiful, I''ve never seen anyone as gorgeous as her in my life," John agreed still in shock by Aella''s beauty. Trinity''s eyes narrowed; she looked fiercely. She cursed Amari and John in her head, biting her lower lip in annoyance. "She is not that beautiful. Am I not the number one most beautiful girl in the whole school? Who is this girl? why does she look identical to Uncle Glacier?'' Trinity''s thoughts were in turmoil. ''D-don''t tell me... No, there''s no way she''s .....''. Trinity thought that Lucien''s biological daughter was the one who had returned. That was why the Pearl family was meeting at Maisie''s mansion. Aspen told her that she had nothing to worry about. He said he would convince the family not to kick her out of the mansion. He said he would help her and speak well of her at the meeting. But until now, Aspen hadn''t told her how the meeting had gone, She''s waiting for him this morning to ask him about the meeting. And she wanted to know how they all reacted. But alas, Aspen didn''t tell her a thing. Instead, she felt he was not treating her as usual. Even though Trinity knew that Aspen didn''t like her very much, she still knew that he would never raise his voice to her the way he did this morning. Until now, she had enjoyed the fame and money from the pearls, they gave her everything she wanted and pampered her very much. She was not about to lose all that luxury. Trinity felt uneasy; she looked over at Aspen who was talking to Professor Tony. Tony was skeptical of Aella''s answer; it was impossible that she and Glacier were not related. Not only does Aella resemble Glacier, but she also resembles Skyrio, Glacier''s grandfather. He turned to Aspen and said. "Aspen, do you know her? She looks just like Young Master Glacier," Tony asked. Is she related to Pearls family?" "Don''t be ridiculous, Young Master Glacier is the best businessman in Sion City and the other four kingdoms, and he is also the strongest man alive after the great swordman Otiz. Someone like her is not worthy of his daughter."This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. "Darius said: "Besides, everyone in Oasis already knows that Trinity was the missing daughter that Glacier was looking for". Trinity had a smug on her lips. She was pleased with Darius answer. Aspen furrowed his brow, "What are you talking about, where did you hear that nonsense?" Cough! Trinity almost coughed blood in surprise and anxiety, "Shit, I forgot Aspen was still here. "What?" Darius looked puzzled. "How is that nonsense? There have been rumors going around the school that, saying Trinity is the missing daughter of Glacier." He then pointed at Aspen, "and since Trinity has always been by your side and you have never denied these rumors, everyone has assumed that it is true." Aspen glared at Trinity. He was sure she was the one spreading those rumors. The matter of Uncle Glacier''s family, especially his missing daughter Aella, had always been a sensitive one to talk about, but Trinity had used it to her advantage. Aspen was unaware of any of these rumors, and besides, it had been more than two years since Trinity had been reunited with her real family, the Zeiner''s. However, for some reason she refuses to leave our mansion and go back to them. He has always protected her. Only because her mother told him to. How many people had he insulted because of the Trinity stupidity and selfishness? How many had he blamed and accused just to protect her? Like last semester, the teacher sent Amari to the training room to get combat weapons. When she went there, Trinity followed her, pretending that she was going to help. However, upon their return, Trinity was in tears and Amari had displeased expression on her face. Both of them were covered with bruises. Then Trinity explained that they accidentally bumped into each other and all the dangerous weapons Amari was carrying felt her hand, so they both ended up injured, but her condition was worse. She cried more and told her companions not to blame Amari, that it was her own fault for not paying attention and that she should have been more careful. To which Amari answered with: Yes, you should have. Why come to help, if you actually did not want to help in the first place? I was literally minding my own business until you appeared. You are just a pain in the ass no matter where you go". Amari approached her with contempt and a "Do you think I don''t have any idea what you''re up to? If looks could kill, Trinity''s murderous stare would have killed Amari long ago. "Huh?" Now that it was on Aspen''s mind, it was so obvious what kind of personality Trinity have. Anyone would be under the impression that Trinity had nothing but good intentions for Amari. But the meaning behind what she said and did was the same as that of trying to warn and blame Amari for everything. Trinity was well aware of the amount of influence she had in the school, so no matter what she said, everyone would be on her side. After all, they all believed that she was the rightful daughter of Glacier Pearls. And who was Glacier? Someone everyone both feared and admired, a prodigy in both business and martial arts. That''s why when this happened, everyone obviously took Trinity''s side. They started criticizing Amari, insulting her, saying things like her priority should always be to protect Trinity. After that, everyone started to ignore Amari. Aspen knew this and saw the sly smirk on Trinity''s lips. And saw how she was the only one who was talking to Amari, as if she was doing her a favor by talking to her. She scolded her classmates and told them that they should treat Amari better. Since then, she has been included in the group again. But Amari couldn''t care less about who wants to talk to her and who doesn''t. She just waits for her time with those annoying flies to come. Back then Aspen thought: Trinity was a kind-hearted girl. But now, as he looked back, he was filled with guilt, shame and regret. Ignoring Trinity''s puppyish eyes, Aspen looked at the teachers and said. "She is Uncle Glacier''s daughter." "You see, Tony, I told you that Trinity was the daughter of the young master." Trinity was delighted and overjoyed to hear this. She thought Aspen was talking about her. That was until she heard his next words and saw his glare. How can someone be that shameless? She knows very well that she is not related to Uncle Glacier, but she has the nerve to lie and use his name to get what she wants. ''What do you take me for? Do you think I would let you take advantage of my family?'' He thought "I''m referring to the beautiful white-haired girl who just walked in... .... Aella." "She''s Uncle Glacier''s only legitimate daughter, the one who went missing. She''s also my cousin," he explained. Trinity shivered. She stared at Aspen with bloodshot eyes. Aspen smiled. ''It wasn''t enough for her to take advantage of my mother and father''s money and luxury, now she wants to take advantage of the head of our Pearl family, Uncle Glacier. She has a lot of nerve. "How greedy," he blurted loudly, for everyone to hear The classes Trinity''s eyes quivered as she looked towards Aspen. I am doomed," she said, "I am really doomed this time. ''Still, how could Aspen humiliate me like that? And what does he mean: The girl who just entered the castle is Glacier''s daughter? Wasn''t it said that she was Lucien''s daughter? " Why did it have to be Glacier?" Trinity bites her fingernails anxiously. Panicked, Trinity thought, "What am I going to do? She was the one who made up the rumor about her being Glacier''s daughter and started it. I But now everyone will know she''s been lying all along with the arrival of this new girl ''What am I going to do?'' She bit her lower lip anxiously. There''s no way she''ll let this girl take her place and steal her wealth and the Pearl''s affections.'' Trinity thought. But when she remembered Aella''s beauty, she was overcome with jealousy. Meanwhile everyone watched Aspen astonished. Professor Darius was scared, he was just mocking Glacier''s daughter a minute ago. If that cold demon man finds out about this, he''ll be done for. "Pff HAHAHAHAHAHA" Amari let out a loud, mocking laugh. Trinity glared at her. This woman is mocking her. "You''re lucky I can''t do anything to you here because there are people around." She pointed at Trinity, "Who? You?" then pointed at herself, "to Me? HAHAHHAHA." Amari raised her eyebrow, mocking Trinity, "So after all that bluffing, your father this.... your father that..... Turns out it was a lie all along PFFHAHAHHA THIS IS RIDICULOUS. This girl played with everyone, mocked everyone, belittled everyone, and now she plays the victim. WOOAH surprise, surprise" They all stared at Amari, without saying anything. They too were too dumbfounded at how Amari was mocking Trinity to even react. "Now miss I''M THE BEST what''s will your excuse be today" Trinity wiped a non-existence tear off " I really didn''t do anything. I would never lie to you brother. As for the reason why this rumor had started, I had no knowledge of that either". "KUUAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHA" Amari collapsed on her knees while laughing loudly, she reached for her stomach ¡° Hahahahaaha my tummy hahahahahha" she just couldn''t stop laughing Trinity wished that she could kill Amari right now. She began anxiously looking for a way to divert everyone''s attention away from her, "B-b... brother Aspen, didn''t she say she didn''t know you? She didn''t even acknowledge your existence." Aspen felt as if a knife had been stabbed through his body at Trinity''s word: "Right, she doesn''t." He grew somber. "Ehh....Yes that''s right! Tony asked her and she said she didn''t know what he was talking about" Darius quickly jumped in. "And from the look on her face, it''s almost as if she doesn''t want anything to do with you or your family. Like a delicate flower, Trinity looked down at Aspen and said in a low pitiful voice. "That''s right brother, how can she do such a thing? I understand she''s Uncle Glacier''s daughter. But that doesn''t mean she can belittle you and treat you like air." "I would never treat you like that if it were me. Aspen and Amari stared incredulously at Trinity. "GUAU" Amari covered her mouth dramatically. That girl is something else. She''s trying to divert all attention from her to Aella. Aspen was completely exasperated. "Of course she is going to treat me like air. She has turned us down already." All of them were confused at Aspen words. ''What did he mean?'' "She didn''t accept us, the Pearl, as part of her family. She does not want to have anything to do with us"Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. "!!!!" "WHAT!" "What, she refused to accept the Pearl? why?" Darius asked without hesitation. Who doesn''t want to be part of one of the biggest families in the Sion? Trinity clenched her fists, "Yes brother, w.... why?" she asked gritting her teeth with a fake smile on her lips, feeling very jealous again, She was consumed with envy, who did this girl think she was, does she think she''s all that? Trinity was eager to tear Aella to pieces, but she was trying to keep her composure on the surface. "Huh!? Trinity, how come you didn''t know about her? Didn''t you say you had to go to the pearl family meeting?" Everyone fell silent when this was asked. Tony and Amari were not interested. But John and Darius were a different matter. Ever since the bigenning, everyone had recognized Trinity as Glacier''s daughter, but now that Aspen had just cleared up the misunderstanding, well then: What is she to the Pearl family? "Trinity," Darius called. "Yes." "Could it be that you were never invited to the meeting at Ms. Maisie''s house?" "Ehh..n..n..it''s not that." Trinity had her head down in shame. Her whole face was red with embarrassment. She hated Aspen with all her soul now, he was the reason for her humiliation. And this damn girl!" "U-um, I...I," she opened her mouth to speak, but her words were stuck. Aspen looked at everyone, "No, she wasn''t invited." "Because this was a very private and sensitive matter for Uncle Glacier." Amari had a surprise look in her eyes. What''s going on with Aspen, why does he seem to be humiliating Trinity, shouldn''t he be protecting her as usual? "Even I wasn''t invited. I just happened to sneak in with Uncle Shoen. The only ones invited were Father and Grandfather. Then we were all curious to see my uncle''s daughter, so we snuck into the mansion. "Huh!! Wait!" He stood there thinking. "Isn''t Trinity to blame for almost get himself killed by Aella?" Just thinking about it made Aspen furious, he shot Trinity a murderous glare. "Yeah, it''s her damn fault too. I never should have listened to her. Now he''s too scared to even walk past Aella''. " I see!!" Darius replied, "So, It wasn''t just her who didn''t have an invitation." Trinity let out a breath of relief. "Anyway, none of this is my problem, I''m finally transferring to another class today. Amari''s face was aglow with joy. "I''ve been waiting for this day since last semester. No more hypocrites, no more two-faced people, I''ve had enough of this Neon class. "Whatever, Professor Tony, I''ll be in your care from now on," she said as she bowed her head to Tony. "Umm, likewise," Tony replied, smiling. "Huh, Amari, what do you mean?" Aspen asked feeling uneasy. "Oh, I didn''t tell you? As of today, I will no longer be a servant to all of you assholes. I am now an F-class student, I hope I will never see you again or be around you guys, I''d rather be in a lower class than be around scumbags like y''all. I will make all of you pay for what y''all have done to me" she pointed at Trinity. "She jumped up and down with joy as she entered the castle, "I don''t want to breathe the same air as that trash girl y''all been protecting so much, goodbye trash class Neon, I hope nothing good happens to all of you," she said while laughing. Aspen was stunned. She watched her go in without looking back. Just when he had a chance to fix everything, this happened. "Huh?! Wait, F-class?! ...." Does that mean Amari and Aella will be in the same class? Knowing Amari''s personality, I''m sure she''ll be friends with Aella right away. Besides, Aella seems to be the kind of person who only protects her own people... If she ever finds out how badly the Neon class treated Amari, they''ll be done for...... "....! my goodness" Aspen got a sudden chill down his spine. *** Meanwhile... Aella and the guard entered the glowing hallway leading to the student dormitory. They entered the shining corridor. There were several illuminated chandeliers and large windows. The residence hall was divided into many different hallways that lead to a large number of dorm rooms. The doors to each dormitory were numbered. Depending on the dorm, the hallways have from 28 to 16 rooms on each side. Every dorm door was luxurious and extravagant. " Everything is so....shiny," Aella narrowed her eyes. "This is the SS class residence hall, the F class residence hall is behind that door," the guard explained, pointing to a bright yellow door. "Oh, so the high ranked ones are basically treated like Kings and Queens?" "Yes, unfortunately," the guard replied sighing. "This is..." as they passed through the door, Aella looked down the miserable hallway of the F-class residence, unlike the bright, elegant and luxurious SS-class residence, this residence was simple without a single extravagance. It was obvious that the F-class residence had been neglected, as the walls and floor were colorless with many cracks. The only thing the two residences had in common were the huge windows. But even those were shabby and neglected. "Oh... this is how they treat the F-class," Aella muttered to herself. They entered one of the corridors and stopped in front of a blue door with the number 12 written on it, just like the key the guard was holding. "This is your room," the guard said, looking at her with pity. Every time he led a new student into the F-class dormitory, he always felt sorry for them. Aella opened the door and saw a simple but cozy room with soothing colors and natural materials, soft elements throughout the room that gave a welcoming feeling, there was a comfortable medium bed, a small sofa, and a balcony overlooking the sea and trees. "This is actually perfect!" "This is exactly my style of room, I like it more because the bathroom is also separate from the bedroom." Aella explained. Inside Aella bedroom there were four more door. one leading to the living room, then the kitchen and the other to the bathroom. It''s was like an apartment. "I''m glad you like it, and you use the same key for all the doors. Well, have a good rest," the guard said before leaving. Aella simply replied, "Bye. Aella made her way to the bathroom to take a shower. Later she came back to her cozy, clean room and plopped down on the bed. "Now let''s review what I''ve learned so far about this school." "According to Khaled, the classes are divided into the SS class, the F class, the Neon class, the Phoenix class, the Nine class, and the A class. ''The SS class only has seven people with rank A, that''s because they are the only ones who have awakened their elemental powers so far. They are the so-called ''Seven Z Guardians'', I believe." Since this class is called SS, you''d think they''re SS-rank students. But they are only A rank student. Then there is the Neon Class, the second strongest class after the SS Class, with twenty B rank students, Aspen and his group are in this class. The Nine Class is made up of C-ranked students. The Phoenix class has a mix of C rank students and D rank students. And finally, there was Class F, known as the weakest class due to their constant failure to level up. Those who belonged to this class were the laughingstock of Oasis and the whole country. "Hmm, Class F huh..." Aella muttered, still lost in her own thoughts. "Well, that''s enough for today." Aella sighed. The room was quiet, her eyes slowly began to close. Without any disturbing sounds, with just the sound of the trees dancing in her windows she fell asleep. Starving Aella jumped to her feet and went out into the hallway looking for the guard. When she finally found the guard, standing in front of the entrance that separated the SS dormitory from the F dormitory, she walked up to him. "Oh, Miss Aella, is there anything else that you need?" The guard said as he saw the young girl approaching him as if she was about to die. "Food, I need some food. Don''t tell me that Oasis doesn''t feed its students," Aella said calmly to the guard. But you could see a desperate look in her eyes. When it comes to food, she forgets about everything and everyone else. "Oh yes, I''ll get you some food right away," the guard replied with a smile. It was the first time he had seen a young girl''s request for food as if her life depended on it. Normally, all the students here were spoiled brats who would rather boss everyone around. It wasn''t that they didn''t feed their students. It was just that it was past lunchtime. "Okay, I''ll wait for you... "Aella paused for a few seconds and said: "...don''t you dare run off with the food," Aella said, looking at him with narrowed eyes. "If I starve to death, I''ll make sure my ghost follows you for the rest of your life." She said with a serious expression. The guard laughed loudly, "Yes, yes, I know". Ah...she reminded him of his little brother when hungry. For people like them, food was the most precious thing in the world. Aella went back to her room in anticipation of her late lunch. It was almost five o''clock in the afternoon. "Well, what am I going to do if this place doesn''t serve desserts or pastries?" Aella massaged her forehead, looking stressed. "Ahh... I don''t want to stay here anymore," just then her phone rang, she saw the caller''s name ''Joy''. "Is something the matter?" Aella answered the call. She was back to her usual nonchalant self. Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. "Boss," someone on the other end of the phone yelled. "How can you open up a business and then just walk away from it?" Joy exclaimed. "We need new jewelry, new stone rings, pendants, and a thousand other new things. And didn''t you say you wanted to add makeup products to the store?" Joy continued. "We need an ambassador for our jewelry brand. And it can''t be just anyone. A celebrity would be best, we could choose from the best actors or singers. Also, although we''re very popular at the moment, we can''t let ourselves get carried away, there are so many new stores opening these days, we need new products to keep us going. "He concluded, gasping for breath. "...." Aella was speechless. She didn''t know that opening a business would be so stressful. "Hello, little boss, hello, Aella, are you listening?" Aella sighed "Yes, yes, I''m listening. Don''t worry about the new products, I''m already working on them." she felt her head throbbing "Excellent, so the makeup products..." "As for the makeup products, I don''t know anything about them. If you want to open a separate branch to sell them, go ahead, I have no problem with that. I''ll leave everything up to you, I''ll finish the new jewelry as soon as possible." "As for the matter of the ambassador. Well, take care of that too, I just hope you''re not just looking for someone because of their social status in the entertainment industry, just remember, I don''t care how popular an actor or singer is, if he''s rude, spoiled, disrespectful, I''ll go there myself and kick him out of my store, got it? " "Yes~, little boss lady!" said Joy smiling. One of the reasons Joy agreed to work with Aella was because her boss was very talented, respectful...very kind to those who are kind to her, and treats everyone equally, even though she is still very young, she''s the type of person you cannot take advantage of. "Oh, by the way," she heard Aella''s voice. "Yes?" "I introduced you to Grandpa Zan from Mayen''s company, correct?" "That''s right." "And the ones from ''Red Force Association'' and ''Uncle Juhen''? "Yes, boss, I know them all. After all, I am your personal secretary." "Right." "Then let Grandfather Zan know that I have already sent the new healing potions with Khaled. As for the Red Force Association .... umm, Uncle Juhen will take care of them." Aella said, leaving all her responsibilities and burdens to her uncle. "Ok~" "If anything happens, go to Uncle Juhen and ask for help. TOC Toc Toc Aella heard someone knocking at the door. "Ah, my food, bye Joy," she said and hung up the phone. She opened the door, and the guard handed her the food. A few seconds later he placed the food on a small table. There was roast pork, rice with peas, side dishes, vegetables and an orange juice. "So... no dessert?" Aella asked in a sad tone. "I''m sorry," the guard replied sympathetically. "It''s all right, thanks, sir" "You''re welcome, enjoy your meal," the guard smiled, then turned and left. Aella sat down to eat her meal. "Thank you for the food." When she had finished her meal she lay down on the bed with a full stomach and fell asleep again. The next morning, not wanting to be late for class, Aella got up early. After showering, she dressed in a casual, sporty outfit, tied up her beautiful white curly hair, and headed out. She didn''t want to go through the SS hallway to get to her class. There was another exit, but since that exit was longer and more complicated, she had no choice but to go back through the SS hallway. She entered the hallway and noticed that the dormitory was just as empty as it had been yesterday. ''Tsk, the people around here get up so early,'' Aella thought. As she walked down the corridor, she met the same guard from yesterday. He came up to her and tapped her on the shoulder. "Hi Mister," Aella called. "I believe I''m lost. F class students The young guard stood with his back turned. When he heard Aella''s voice, he turned to face her. "Oh, Miss Aella, good morning," he said with a friendly smile. "Good morning...mm Sir? ..... guard" Aella then remembered that she still didn''t know the name of the guard. How uneducated she was, she hadn''t even bothered to ask her Saviour for his name. Uncertain how to ask him, she looked at the guard. The guard noticed that Aella seemed hesitant and uncomfortable, as if she wanted to say something but didn''t know how. After a few seconds, he smiled: "My name is Esen, miss". "Oh! It is a pleasure to meet you Mr Esen, I wanted to thank you again for the food yesterday," Aella said warmly. "No problem Miss Aella," Esen smiled kindly, of all the young students he knew she was the first and only one to thank him for something. "Mr Esen, sir, I think I am lost. Would it be possible for you to show me the way to the F class building? I don''t know how to get there." "Of course, let''s go." They walked down the corridor of the dormitory and then out into the large courtyard of Oasis. It was full of green grass and there was a lot of students dressed in different styles of uniforms. Aella turned around and looked at the building of the SS Class Residence, it was well painted and beautifully displayed, while the building of the F Class Residence next to it was "...".... Waa, it was too easy to see the difference in treatment. Tsk. "They all have different uniforms," she noticed. Some students wore the same well-decorated uniform with short red capes, while others wore different coloured uniforms such as green, white and yellow. "Oh, yes, each class has its own uniform. It was designed by the most famous designer in Sion City," Esen said. "Ah, and the F-class..." "Uh... F-Class don''t get the same benefits as the other classes..." Esen looked at Aella, waiting for her reaction, but when he saw that she was still expressionless, he continued, "Because of their lack of..." he struggled to find a reasonable reason so that he didn''t have to say it, "that''s it was because F-class hasn''t shown any growth in mana cultivation so far. And had yet to prove their worth. Aella replied coldly to Esen''s surprise, "Hm... to me, it seems more like the whole school was bullying and ridiculing that particular class. "In order for a person to prove his or her worth, they should at least give them a chance to, right? Have they done that?" She asked. Esen shook his head. "Ha," she blurted out in a sarcastic tone.Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. Esen tried to comfort her, assuming she was upset about being in a class like F. "F class isn''t as bad as it seems. The students are young just like you, it''s too early to judge them and label them as trash just because they can''t cultivate mana." Aella remained quiet. Esen looked at her and then went on to speak. "Besides, they all knew how to cultivate to begin with and were doing very well.... I don''t know what happened. Suddenly, none of them could do it anymore." "I see," Aella said thoughtfully. "That means that those kids had more than just one power, apart from the elemental ones". Esen moved a little bit closer to Aella and said: "I don''t know if I should tell you this, but I think that someone must have done something that caused them to turn out the way they did. If they hadn''t lost their powers, I think they would be the ones standing in the SS class today". Aella was listening carefully. "For example, there was a student in class F named Aisha who awakened her power... but that power was not fire, water, lightning, earth or air, but it was a summoning power." "Oh~" Aella said with interest. This young girl just needed a little training, then she could have even summoned a dragon. "To be precise, in F-class, there was a summoner, a magical archer, one with the power of nature, one who could communicate and understand the languages of magical creatures and beasts, and one with the power of invisibility," he finished explaining, "In my opinion, these kinds of powers are special and strong, but for those in F-class, these kinds of powers were considered trash and useless," Esen said. "Well, it''s because they didn''t have anyone who could train them properly, they still had no idea how powerful they could have been once they had proper training." Aella had a cold, indifferent expression on her face. But inside she was smiling. "That is true." Esen replied. They walked past the place where all the students were talking. As soon as they saw Aella, they were amazed not only by her beauty, but also by the noble and cool air she exuded. "Hey, look! Is she a new student?" someone in the crowd said. "So beautiful, I knew that there were beauties in our school, but hers is unmatched, she is a goddess". "I feel it is a sin to look at her, what should I do? My eyes won''t look elsewhere." "What class is she in, in your opinion?" "Orien, why do you need to know her class? Don''t tell me you want to court her?" "A beauty like her can only belong to me, the most handsome guy in the school, ohhh look, they''re going to class F. Hahahaha, that makes it easier for me," the brown-haired boy named Orien laughed evilly. "You''re so mean!" They all laughed, Beside Orien and his group, a group of girls were eavesdropping on their conversation, one of them teasing. "Hmph... .what''s the use of being beautiful if she''s an F class student with no talent, Bwahaha, look at our Queen, Laria, she''s not only beautiful but talented and belongs to the Z guard SS class". "Orien, did you just say that you are the most handsome man in the school, since when? Have you forgotten that our handsome, sexy and incomparable Cain is still in this school?" a girl teased. "You dare to dream of being the most handsome guy in Oasis when Cain is here hahahaha how funny," another girl scoffed. "All of you..." Orien growled angrily, "you''re all so annoying..." "Guys, I heard something crazy yesterday." A student said interrupting Orien. "What is it?" "He said again: "I''m really speechless. "Say it now, what is it?" another girl urged him on. "I heard that our Queen Laria and our Goddess SCAE have known each other for a long time." he said. Everyone was taken aback to the point that no one said anything for a short moment, even those who had been laughing earlier came over in shock, until one of the boys broke the silence and said. "What are you saying," he said, refusing to believe her, "how does she know the legendary ''SCAE'', are you sure? "It''s SCAE we''re talking about." SCAE is someone who is admired, loved, feared and respected by everyone in the world. All of them nodded their heads in unison, agreeing with him. The girl felt frustrated when she saw that no one wanted to believe him. "I''m telling you guys; Laria has said it herself." "I like and admire the SS Class Z guards, but you should know that SCAE is not someone you can take advantage of and use their name to gain fame and influence," the boy said again. "I won''t let anyone use the name of our goddess." Everyone nodded in agreement. As much as they liked the Seven Guardians, they worshipped and respected the SCAE far more. Of course, they would believe everything Laria said if it was about anyone else. But it was SCAE they were talking about. No one had ever seen SCAE except for that one time when she was a child, and that was because of the poor-quality video footage they got after the Eclipse Kingdom incident, the video quality was so bad they couldn''t even see her face. So until now, no one had seen her face or knew what she looked like. Yet, to everyone, her importance was greater than that of any politician, emperor or king. In other words, humans looked at SCAE as a being above all and everything, as a goddess. The students simply couldn''t believe that Laria and SCAE were friends. It was impossible, until she had proof, they wouldn''t believe her. Aella, who was walking with Esen, heard everything the students were saying. She stopped in her tracks with a confused look on her face. "When did I ever have a friend called Laria? And why do these people keep mentioning my nickname? Only Otiz, Uncle Juhen, Grandma and my brothers and sisters know my nickname." ''How strange'' Never mind, I don''t have time for that now," he said. "Did you say something, Miss Aella?" "No, let''s keep walking." Dispute between Class Nine and Class F Aella and the guard walked on until they came to an old building. They stopped in front of the old building. Esen looked at Aella and explained. "This is the Class F building, used for teaching and practice." "Thanks for everything Mr Esen." "No problem, Miss, well, I''ll now take my leave now, good luck," he said before turning around and walking away. After Mr Esen''s departure, Aella heard loud noises coming from behind the old building. She walked in the direction the noises were coming from. When she got to the back of the old building, Aella saw that there were two groups of students who were arguing with each other. The first group consisted of six boys dressed in flashy uniforms. It was obvious that they were from the other elite classes. The other group consisted of five students. Two boys and three girls, dressed in ordinary clothes. "You bastards really think you can do whatever you want to us just because we''re F-class students," a tall, thin boy with glasses growled in anger. Oh, so these are the F-class students.'' Aella observed the plainly dressed students. We will inform the dean that you..." the boy with the glasses said again. "Hahahaha, you fools," laughed a muscular brown-haired boy in the flashy uniform, "you''re all nothing but worthless weaklings. "Who do you think the dean would be in favor of? You pathetic losers or us from Class Nine, let me remind you that we are one of the most powerful classes in the school," said another student in the same garish uniform. Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. I see, those in the shiny and flashy uniform are from Class Nine, huh?" Aella muttered to herself. "We''re not asking for much, we just want to borrow Naya, Sara and Kathlyn, the three thieves," said another boy from Class Nine as he looked at the three girls who were hiding behind the boy with the glasses. Two of the girls named Naya and Sara were twins and the other was named Kathlyn. "Go away," Sara spat angrily, "we don''t know what they''re talking about, Junior, we haven''t done anything wrong," she looked at the boy with the glasses. "Junior, Adam, I''m being very nice to you, and this is the way you''re behaving, what am I going to do with all of you?" The brown-haired boy said with a smile and looked at Junior and the others with an arrogant air. "Recently some burglars broke into our residence and stole our training weapons, when we checked the video camera, we saw these three girls leaving our building in the middle of the night.... so, what do you think we should do about it Junior, Adam?" a muscular guy called Jean said. Junior`s eyes narrow, then he looked at Nara and said. "Nara, Sara, go back to our classroom and call Professor Tony." He knew that the girls had indeed gone to the class nine building and stolen their weapons. But they couldn''t admit it, especially not to the class Nine students. Besides, the sparring weapons Nara, Kathlyn and Sara had stolen were old. They had been thrown away by those people. These guys are just using this as an excuse to pick a fight with us. After all, we''re powerless and easily intimidated in everyone''s eyes. Just as Junior was about to respond to the accusation, Nara shouted at them both. "You have gone too far. How can you slander us like this?" "Jean, are you trying to tell me that we are the one who stole your training weapons? Hmph..." a brown-skinned boy with curly afro hair named Adam said, "Even though we F-class students do not have the same privileges as you, we still have our pride, we would never do something as low as stealing from you. Adam also knew that the girls had indeed stolen the items, but at this point they couldn''t do anything more than lie. What was done was done. "That''s right, now get lost, this is our territory, you are in front of our classroom building, how dare you come here with such a lame excuse just to harass and threaten us?" the Junior said angrily. "You trash, y''all really are stupid. You don''t know what''s good for you," said one of Jean''s classmates. "Jean, let''s give them a good beating so they know their place. How dare they talk to us like that when we''re so nice to them?" said one of Jean''s classmates. "I can see you idiots don''t understand the situation you''re in," Jean said angrily. At the same time, he raised his fist and with a malicious grin on his face, he charged towards the students of the F-class. Junior and the others hadn''t expected the situation to escalate so much. They panicked when they saw Jean charging towards them, ready to attack. Jean was famous in the school for his powerful beast fist, a single blow from him could be the downfall of a whole building. So when they saw him coming towards them, they were terrified. All they could do was try to cover themselves from the impact. The five of them crouched down and hugged each other. They closed their eyes and waited for the impact. WHAM! They could hear a loud noise. They felt a gust of wind. When they realised that nothing had happened to them, Junior, Adam and the girls began to slowly open their eyes. The first thing they saw were the faces of the boys in class nine, who were in shock at the sight of something, or rather someone, behind them. Then they saw Jean, who was already standing in front of them, also shocked, his hand being grabbed by someone who was standing behind them. They gulped and slowly looked behind them. Aella enters Slowly, they turned to look behind them. By the time Jean had lunged towards the guys to attack them, Aella was already standing behind them. Whoosh! A light breeze blew around them. As if time had stopped, they saw Aella''s beautiful sight. "....!" "....!" They were so absorbed by how fast everything happened that it took Jean and his classmate time to react. ''Where did that girl come from? Adam, Junior, Sara, Nara and Kathleen, who were now sandwiched between Jean and Aella, had their jaws on the floor in wonder, ''How long has she been standing behind us? Jean gulped weakly, grimacing at Aella''s strong grip, "Y-you bast..." Aella was indifferent. Without warning she twisted Jean''s arm. SNAP!" The sound of his bones breaking was audible. "AAARRRGGGG Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Jean''s excruciating scream echoed throughout the area. He held his arm and fell to his knees. He began to curse and shout at everyone. "MY ARM!" he cried in a continuous shout. Everyone was horrified at Aella''s behavior. One of Jean''s classmates regained his composure and shouted. "What the hell are y''all doing? Hurry up and attack her!" It was only then that Jean''s other classmates came to their senses and realized what was happening, just as they were about to step forward and attack. Aella looked at them and disappeared. "Where has she gone?" Jean''s followers shouted fearfully and nervously. After a few seconds, Aella reappeared in front of one of Jean''s companions, she was very calm, she pointed her finger at the boy''s head and gave him a light push, but; BAM! As if hit by a powerful unknown force, the boy lost consciousness and was sent flying several kilometers away. The rest of Jean''s followers, who had witnessed this, stood frozen in their places, shaking with fear. Jean, who was still lying on the ground in a miserable condition, held his broken arm. He gasped in horror when he saw what had happened to his other friend.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website. Junior, Adam and the three girls were in the same state of shock as the others. Adam looked at Junior, his eyes wide open. "S-S-So strong," he gasped, his voice shaking. "With only one f-f-finger!!!" Junior looked back at him with the same expression. He gestured trembling. "Could t-that person be helping us?" "You think so too... b-but she... w-with just her index she easily defeated...". Sara choked on her words and stared at Aella in horror. Kathleen was also slightly stunned, but she remained silent. "Shiiiiiiii, shut up... Don''t draw her attention to us, we still don''t know if she''s on our side or not," Nara shushed her twin. They glanced over at Aella again. Their eyes were sparkling with awe. "L-let''s just admire her for now." "Waa so cool," they said in unison. One of Jean''s classmates was puzzled, "Why would someone so strong help those trash?" With Aella''s arrival, they had lost their arrogance long ago. "Who would be arrogant in front of someone like her?" they thought. "Everyone saw it right? Another of Jean''s classmates shouted, "I wasn''t the only one who saw what had happened, right? "C-certainly, y-you''re not the only one" "One of you go get him, I think he landed very far from here," Jean said to his classmate. " But who is she? Could she be a new SS student? With a strength like that, I could say that she is as good as Cain," Jean said, though. Jean and his friends exchanged glances. "What are we going to do now?" "Let''s go back to our dormitory." They whispered to each other. They helped Jean to her feet. Just as they were about to flee, they saw Junior and Adam blocking their way. "Get out of the way," Jean growled. "Why would we do that?" Adam raised an eyebrow in an arrogant manner. "It''s just a gamble, but since the girl only fights against the Nine Class, there is a chance that she won''t do anything to us and that she''s maybe on our side. I don''t know who she is or where she''s from. But if she''s helping us, I can''t let such an opportunity go to waste. From today on, we have to make everything clear. "Every one of you humiliated us, bullied us, destroyed our property whenever you wanted, and now you want to get away so easy?" he said. Junior growled angrily. "We''re all human too. It doesn''t matter if I have power or not, that doesn''t mean you can do whatever you want just because y''all a little stronger than us. Maybe I''m not strong enough to fight y''all now, but we will make every one of you pay for today, MARK MY WORDS!" Kathleen opened her mouth after a long period of silence, "I hope I don''t see any of your faces after today. Just as Jean and her companions opened their mouths to curse them, they saw Aella''s approach. Surprised, all of them froze in their tracks, including Adam, Junior, Nara, Naya and Kathlyn. It was instinct. Her presence alone caused them fear and feel overwhelmed. As Aella approached, they grew increasingly anxious. Aella looked at the Nine class with cold, piercing eyes. They shivered nervously as they stared at the diabolical beauty in front of them. "Li...little sister, we were wrong, p-please let us go now," said one of Jean''s followers. "This is a conflict between class Nine and class F, may I ask why someone as strong as you are intervening in our fight? "S-sister, you shouldn''t be helping the F-class, they''re worthless trash," Jean said with a trembling voice and nervous smile. That person...she''s strong, if we had someone like her in our class, we''d become invisible," he thought. Nara took a deep breath, full of courage, she looked at Jean "O-our class.... is not trash, you all are" Junior and his group nodded slightly. They agreed with her. Jean sniffed, "AH, all you F-class are rubbish, you''re nothing more than useless cowards! Insignificant little bugs! This class shouldn''t even exist. You people are..." He couldn''t go on ridiculing the F-class anymore. He heard Aella''s cold voice and flinched. "Looks like breaking one arm wasn''t enough. Shall I break the other one?" Aella''s cold voice startled Jean and her classmates. "N-no no no, I wasn''t referring to you," beads of sweat began to run down his face. Class Nine felt like crying. No matter how they looked at it, Aella didn''t seem to be easy to deal with. She took on two of the strongest boys in Class Nine as if they were nothing more than ants. And she did it so casually, without having to move a Hinch. They would have been dead from the start if she had wanted them dead. For now, the important thing was to get out of here. They looked in Aella''s direction, then at the F-students. ''How did the F-students come to have someone like her?'' they asked themselves. ''Someone with a presence like that of Cain and the Dean''. ''No... her presence is more terrifying.'' Aella glared at Jean, who shivered as she stared at him. "What do you mean when you say that I shouldn''t get involved? As of today, I am a new student of Class F, so why shouldn''t I protect my new territory?" she asked. The mouths and eyes of the Class Nine students were wide open in horror. It was as if someone had given them the worst possible news. On the other hand, those in Class F had the most shocked and happy expressions on their faces, They were both surprised and delighted. New F Class Student A tall, red-haired man sat on a large green couch in the main office. It was Zei. He was the founder of Oasis School and a Juptien from the planet Juptier. Standing next to him was a man dressed in a black robe. "Sir, a new student arrived yesterday." "Is she SCAE?" "No sir," he sighed. The man in black poured a glass of wine for Zei. Zei sipped his wine, raised his head and looked at the man in the dark robes and spoke. "How many new students do we have this semester?" "There are currently ten new students this semester, three from the Skyland Kingdom, one from the Azure Kingdom and another five from the Gaia Kingdom. Then finally a new girl named Aella, we still don''t know where she''s came from,'' the man dressed in black explained". "Ok then, another question, how many of the students have awakened their powers?" "Um, in the Neon Class, there are only four students who have awakened their powers. In the Nine Class, there are two, and in the Phoenix Class, there are two as well. I don''t think I need to mention the F class. The SS class is the only class where all of the students have awakened their powers, but ....'' the man dressed in black paused before continuing. "They are still far too weak, so we took them to a low-level demonic beast forest to evaluate their strengths and abilities. But the result was not good, it took them three whole days to beat three small demonic beasts, and even though they fought as a team it was against just one beast..." "The only one in the SS class who was able to defeat two of the three demonic beasts was Cain. He alone defeated two of the beasts, while the other six only defeated one". Listening to his personal guard report, Zei frowned. These humans are really useless." Zei was displeased with these results; they were supposed to be the most talented and outstanding class. He let out another sigh. "When is the SCAE going to arrive?" he asked. "We have no idea, do we? We''ve been waiting since yesterday morning to greet them, but..."You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. "I see, what about the new student?" "She is in class F," the man dressed in black replied and spoke. " Hah another useless one," Zei rubbed between his eyebrows. "Since the day I opened this school to the world, there have been academies and other schools that have copied us, they have recruited a lot of students to cultivate mana....." "The worst thing is that these new schools have been more fortunate than I have been, they have students with more power than my own students, it''s a shame, isn''t it? We were the first to teach these humans, but now we are the ones left behind, ahhh honestly human brain and intelligence is the scariest thing," Zei complained to his guard. "Sir, are you sure humans didn''t know mana cultivation before? Because it''s a bit strange, I have a feeling that some of them had knowledge about cultivation way ahead and were just waiting for the opportunity to open an academy. "Although I don''t know how they came to know about the existence of mana. After all, only we Juptien and the Azua Empire knew about it, so it is impossible for normal humans to know about it. As for the other races, elves, dwarves and the like, mana is a common thing for them. It seems to me that the humans have some information that we don''t know," the black-robed man commented. [Author Reminder: The planet of Juptien and the Empire of Azua are former humans who created their own empire and moved to another planet in order to no longer be referred to as humans. Five Races Chapter] I don''t think so. Unless someone from the Azua Empire has passed on some information about this to them... it''s impossible, they''re just imitating us.'' Anyway, I don''t know where they came from or who''s responsible for these schools, but I feel like they''re mocking us,'' Zei blurted angrily, wishing he could vent his anger somewhere. ''Should I just wipe them out? ''You can''t do that. These kingdoms ......or should I say, Earth is under Otiz and SCAE protection.'' ''But I''m talking about these new schools, not about the Earth or the kingdoms,'' Zei said in an irritated tone. ''Still...'' the man in black said. "Can''t we wait until the day of the tournament? "Why should we?" Zei said after he had calmed down. "Can''t you see how weak our students are here? It''s obvious that we will lose in the World''s Strongest Kingdom Competition". ''Master, can''t you have a little faith in your students?'' The black-robed man thought in his head. ''Either way he can''t do anything bad in Earth, since he''s to scared of SCAE, Otiz and Glacier'' **Meanwhile, in Class F, Professor Tony cleared his throat: "A new student has joined us today". As the teacher spoke, the noisy classroom quietened. Then they saw a young girl come out from behind Professor Tony. The girl walked to the front of the class. The students could see her beautiful, perfect features as she stood before them. The bright sunlight that streamed in through the window of the classroom shone on Aella''s body, making her beautiful, glowing black skin shine even more brightly. Her natural white, long, curly hair fell below her waist. And was tied back in a ponytail. Her white eyebrows were perfectly aligned and defined and her clear golden cat-like eyes shone brighter than the sun itself. There she stood. Cool and calm, she watched them nonchalantly. Most of them were gasping in awe of her breathtaking and magnificent beauty. Junior, Adam, Nara, Sara and Kathlyn, who had met Aella earlier, still couldn''t adjust to her beauty. Tony smiled politely at Aella, ''Please introduce yourself. ''Aella,'' she spat out the word coldly as she stared at the thirteen students in the class. The students shuddered under Aella''s intimidating gaze, but then thought, ''Ahhh to be looked at so coldly by such beauty, they could die in peace. One of the beautiful female students, who could no longer keep her mouth shut, suddenly blurted out. "A goddess!" she gasped in astonishment at the sight of Aella. "Waaa," said another. "Ahh, it''s that gorgeous girl from yesterday," another stunningly beautiful girl with purple hair exclaimed in surprise. Aella looked in her direction. She recognized the purple haired girl who was with Aspen yesterday. It turned out to be Amari. ''Wasn''t she supposed to be in the same class as Aspen? What is she doing here,'' Aella thought. Apart from that, the F-class itself was a paradise full of people with incomparable beauty. "Let us present ourselves" One student stood up. Presentations Aella stood in front of the class, scanning everyone''s faces, trying to remember them. Then she saw Amari smiling as she pointed to an empty chair next to her. Aella did not pay attention to her; her mind was focused on something else at the moment. She wanted to ask for everyone''s name, but she didn''t know how to proceed. Aella wasn''t a very social person, let alone friendly. She''d spent her whole childhood talking only to mythical, magical beasts and demons in the forests and mountains, so she didn''t know how to talk to normal people. Growing up, Otiz told her "Aella, when you meet someone for the first time and they want to be your friend or you want to be their friend, introduce yourself like this, it always worked for me". With a twisted grin and an arrogant look on his face, he said, "You are all going to introduce yourself to me! "What are you called, huh?" "I''m Otiz. What do you bastards call yourselves?" Aella looked at Otiz in awe: "You look just like those bandits, Otiz". That''s how Otiz showed her, but after a while the same Otiz scratched his jaw and said: "That''s how I always introduce myself to people, but for some reason, when they look at me, they always tremble with fear. And they always try to avoid me when they see me. .... Weird" It was then that her uncle approached and smacked him, saying: "What are you teaching little Aella, you good-for-nothing, no matter how you look at it, you threatened those people, how can that be called a friendly introduction, you idiot". Remembering these moments, Aella realized that she needed to review everything Otiz had taught her. Her eyes were on each member of the class as she considered how she should approach these students so that they would introduce themselves to her. Some of the students felt a little intimidated by the fact that they were being watched so intently. But Aella was confused - she was supposed to be the new girl here, not them, so why were they the ones who were feeling shy and scared? In the end, Aella gave up and walked over to where Amari was sitting and sat down next to her. She planned to sleep a little on her desk, but before she could lay her head down, she felt some presence. When she looked up, she saw pairs of eyes staring at her. "Hello Aella, my name is Nara." "Mine is Sara." The twins introduced themselves to Aella first. "I''m Kathlyn, nice to meet you," she said softly with a small smile. Kathlyn is a beautiful, brown-skinned girl with blue eyes. She has long black hair, the tips were of a purple color. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. They were the three girls involved in the class nine incident. But Aella still couldn''t understand why Kathleen did nothing during the conflict with Class Nine. Aella could feel her energy. It was not a powerful energy like those whose powers had already awakened, but it was a martial arts energy. And she knew that Kathleen would have been able to handle the situation against the Class Nine in some way. Maybe she couldn''t fight all of them at once, but Aella would say that Kathleen is on par with the muscle guy and could even defeated him, despite not having awakened her power yet or train properly. Moreover, she thinks that the reason why those Class Nine guys didn''t attack right away before she walked in was probably because they were on their guard since Kathleen was there. "Hi, my name is Yui," Aella heard a timid voice say. Bringing her back to reality Yui had long blonde hair tied up in twin tails, she is a lovely looking girl with a pretty, delicate face. "I''m Amari. We met at the school entrance, remember?" Aella didn''t answer, still surprised to see that she didn''t have to go out of her way to find out their names. To be honest, the reason she wanted to get to know each of the F-class students was because she had already decided to train them personally... But she wouldn''t be the one to reach out to them, they would have to come to her themselves... if they wanted to become stronger. Aella had specifically chosen Class F group as her future comrades. [Little did Aella know that this F-class group was going to be the most powerful and most notorious beings in the world. And that they would become her most important and loyal friends/companions]. "Thanks for helping us this morning, you can call me Junior." "Yeah, yeah, yeah! man if it weren''t for you, who knows, we''d be in hospital right now, by the way, my name is Adam." "And I''m Aisha." Aisha was a tall girl with beautiful features, a fair-skinned. She had long, straight, blue-colored hair that fell down over her shoulders. "I am Nian." A beautiful, brown-skinned boy with shoulder-length black hair introduced himself. Nian was one of the tallest students in the class, along with Aella, Aisha, Yun, Junior, Adam and Kye. "My name is Francois," said a very light-skinned boy with blond hair and a friendly smile on his face. Francois had that handsome gentleman''s air. "I''m Shian," said another handsome fair-skinned boy, with curly brown hair and freckles on his cheek and top of his nose. "Kye," another good-looking boy said, his voice was cold and serious. "And I... am the great, amazing, incredible and awesome Yun," said a cheerful, cute-looking boy, smiling broadly as he looked at Aella. In short, there were thirteen students in class F, six of them girls: Sara, Nara, Kathlyn, Amari, Yui and Aisha. And seven boys: Junior, Adam, Nian, Fran?ois, Shion, Yun and Kye. Including Aella, there are currently fourteen students in class F. "A pleasure," Aella replied. At the sight of Aella''s confused face, everyone except Kye and Nian had a smile on their faces. Aella was obviously someone who had few friends. She didn''t know how to respond to everyone''s positive energy. But they all took the time to talk to her and introduce themselves. Aella started to have good impression of everyone in the class. ... Three days had passed since Aella had arrived at Oasis. But within those three days she had realized something. "What exactly do you guys do?" she asked the students lying, sleeping and eating lazily in the class. "What do you mean?" Amari, sitting beside her, looked at her and asked "No matter how I look at it, you guys really are a neglected group of students, what about training?" Aella asked vaguely. Don''t they at least give y''all a martial arts book or some training equipment? Amari lowered her head in shame, "No. Even though she was talking to Amari, the whole class had overheard her question. Junior and Adam approached her, looking gloomy. "um... That''s because we can''t," Junior answered. "Can''t what?" "Train.....We are not allowed to use the sparring equipment, the training ground or even to have any instructors other than Prof Tony. At first we had two Tutors along with Professor Tony to train us, but when they saw that we failed to make progress, they got frustrated and left. Professor Tony was the only one who stayed with us. "Ooh!" Aella said as she leaned back in her chair. Stop talking about that already. By the way, how about we give our new classmate a welcome party tonight? Aisha suggested. "After three days?" Kye said, because he thought it was ridiculous and a waste of time. Aella''s eyes lit up at the mention of a party. According to her dictionary, where there is a party, there will be food. At the sight of Aella''s bright and excited eyes, the guys ignored Kye. "Then you don''t need to eat Kye" "Yeah, yeah go cry us a river in your room without eating" "Ugh" he sighed at their merciless remark Amari sat down on the classroom desk and said: "I think it''s a good idea. "... but after further consideration she said, "But there''s nothing in the fridge, it''s empty. Where are we going to find the ingredients to cook? You know we only eat twice a day in this school, we''ll have to go to a supermarket in Sion city. "They don''t even provide y''all good food? Waa, you guys are really miserable" Aella dissed "D-do you really have to say those merciless words" everyone grimaced at Aella remark I''ll take care of it,'' Aella said to Amari as she took out her phone and sent a text message to Khaled. Amari looked at her confused. ''Just make a list of the ingredients and give it to me. And don''t ask any question". They all closed their mouth at Aella words. They were so curious about her, but they couldn''t ask anything. After a while, Aella got up, " I''m going for a walk". she said as she left the classroom. Phoenix The building of the F-class is old, but it is also quite spacious and has about four floors. Aella walked into an empty classroom and when she saw that there was nothing in it, she walked out. The next classroom she passed was also empty. She checked all the classrooms. She noticed that apart from the control room, all the other rooms in the building were empty. "There''s literally nothing here! Like no one''s actually going to be teaching here." Tired, Aella made her way up to the roof of the building to get some fresh air. She sat cross-legged on the ground. Her back was against the wall and her eyes were closed. There was a calm and warm atmosphere around her. She lifted her face looking at the sky and a cool breeze blew across her face. "Your Grace". Just as Aella was beginning to enjoy the peace and quiet, she heard a voice in her head calling out to her. "Mm," Aella replied, still with her eyes closed. She was well aware of who was calling her. Without disturbing her peaceful relaxation, Aella simply lazily waved her right hand and a barrier was instantly created across the roof, blocking out all noise and disturbance. Then, suddenly, a huge, magnificent creature appeared. It''s feathers were of a beautiful gold and red colour. Its body was covered in intense gold and red flames. It was a phoenix. According to legend, the phoenix was a mythical bird. It was associated with the sun. Known as one of the symbols of rebirth, the legendary phoenix was said to be a magical creature symbolising fire and passion. It is also known as a creature that brings balance and abundance. This was the main reason why the kingdoms were always looking for such a legendary mythical creature. If the kingdoms knew that what they had been searching for so desperately was in the territory of the students who were most shunned and blacklisted by Sion city, their mouths would have fallen to the ground. Aella opened her eyes. The first thing she saw were the fiery crimson and gold feathers of the Phoenix. "Can''t you make a more discreet entrance? If I hadn''t put up a barrier, you would have burned the whole place down,'' she pointed out calmly". Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. "I''m sorry," the phoenix replied pitifully, looking back at Aella, "Your Majesty, the other mythical and magical beasts have already been moved from the pagoda to the Crystal Palace". "Mm...Nix," Aella called to the phoenix. "Yes, Your Highness". Aella opened the palm of her hand and at the same time a small red box appeared, which she then handed over to the Phoenix. "Send Eagle to Sion to deliver these items to Khaled for me," he then placed a note on top of the box and said, "This is the address, also tell Khaled to go shopping for me, please. "Buy it all. I have nothing to eat here, the fridge is empty. We need food and... some desserts too." Aella paused and then went on to say " And tell Eagle that I need the groceries by this afternoon, if possible. I want him to bring them to the F-class residence. I will be waiting for him on the roof." "At your command, Your Majesty... but there are many residences here, which one are you staying in, I assume it''s the most luxurious one, right?" Phoenix thought. Obviously their Aella was staying in the most extravagant residence. "No, it''s the oldest and the ugliest.'' Aella blurted out abruptly. "... What!? How come our goddess stays in such a place?" Phoenix was annoyed, "I should just kill those humans!" Aella spoke up again: "You can go back to the palace after you deliver those things, Nix". ''......'' Seeing that Phoenix was still looking at her with no intention of leaving, Aella said with a sigh. "I''ll be home soon." Aella tried to convince Phoenix. "So be good. Go back for now." "Yes, Your Majesty. Phoenix couldn''t say anything since Aella was here, although he was unhappy with how these people treated their goddess in such a shabby state he will retreat only this time. He knew it would be impossible to persuade her to return to the palace at this time. So with no other option, Phoenix disappointedly left. Aella sighed in relief, removing the barrier around her. She stretched out and then lay down on the floor. At the same time, Junior and the others were in the classroom, discussing and explaining about what had happened to Class Nine that morning, when Aella first came here. "Was what you were saying true, Junior?" Yun inquired. "I mean, really?" Shion came up from behind Yun. They were in disbelief at what Junior had just told them. "If she''s as strong as you say, shouldn''t she be in an elite class, what''s she doing in F class?" Nian asked. "If you don''t believe me, ask Adam, Sara and the others. They were with me that day". Kathlyn walked up to Junior and said. They''re not going to believe us with just words''" They all stood in silence. They did not believe the story. ''Let''s have a look at the CCTV then,'' Kye said. Right, our building has cameras too, Kathlyn." Junior pointed at Kathlyn, who was the best of all of them when it came to hacking and technology. All the cameras, software, audio and technical stuff in the building and the residence had been installed and some had even been inventions by Kathlyn, that was her area. They all made their way to the surveillance room. Inside, Kathlyn sat in front of the large screens. She was so engrossed in the computer that she forgot about the others standing next to her. Her long fingers were dancing across the keyboard at a very fast pace. "When Kathlyn''s holding a computer, she completely forgets that we exist," Shion said. He couldn''t understand a word of what he was seeing on Kathlyn''s computer and the monitors. "The same goes for you with the plants, right?" Amari countered. Shion glared at Amari with a fierce glare. " I wasn''t talking to you!". Irritated, Shion rolled his eyes at her in an exaggerated manner. While Amari and Aisha were laughing at him. "It doesn''t matter if we find the video. Me, Sara, Nara, Kathlyn and Junior witnessed the coolest fight we''ve ever seen that day, hehehe!" Adam exclaimed excitedly. "W-well, it wasn''t really a fight..." "Hmph!" Yun pretended not to care. But he kept glancing sideways at the monitors. After a few seconds, Kathlyn managed to find the video footage of the fight. "I found it," she said with bright eyes, at the same time Nian, Francois, Shion, Yun, Aisha, Amari and Yui, who pretended not to care about watching the video, came to Kathlyn like lightning. She looked at them with a smile on her face and said "I thought you guys didn''t want to watch the video". "Ahem, yeah Shion, I thought you didn''t care about the video." Yun accused Shion blatantly. "You-you.... you''re the one who didn''t want to watch the video, shameless" "Be quiet, let''s watch the video," Kye sighted. The Fire While Aella was resting on the roof of the building, the other students were in the surveillance room. "Shut up and watch the video," Kye said as he reached over to the computer and pressed the play button on the video. In the video, they saw Junior, Adam, Sara, Nara and Kathlyn arguing with the boys from year nine. Then they saw Jean and her minions pointing their fingers at Sara, Nara and Kathlyn with ugly expressions, it looked like they were swearing at them. Even though there was no sound in the video, you didn''t have to be very intelligent to figure out what was going on in it. It was obvious they were accusing Junior, Adam and the girls. Amari thought she was the only one in the school being bullied by her classmate from the Neon class, but watching this video, the F class had it harder than her, she didn''t think those students would come here just to bully everyone, she was furious "Dumbasses!". Kye was a very rational and calm person, so when he saw Nine''s anger being directed more towards Sara, Nara and Kathlyn, he studied the girls'' expressions with suspicion. "Have you been taking stuff from the other classes again?" "!!!" Startled and embarrassed to have been caught. They ignored Kye''s question and questioning look and looked away. But Kye continued to scold them, asking why they were stealing other classes items again. They stared at him, "Can''t you just keep your mouth shut?" "Why are you asking this now?" "We have no idea what the hell you''re talking about." They replied. Yun, who was standing next to Kye and the girls, growled in annoyance. They were talking non-stop and distracting him from focusing on the video, he looked at them in irritation. "Damn it, I can''t concentrate on the video because you guys are talking so much". "Then just ignore us," Kye looked at him strangely. "No, because I also want to know what you guys are talking about... so let''s have a look at the video first, then after, you guys go". "....." They stared in disbelief. "Gossipy," Katheryn blurted out as she rolled her eyes. Yun simply ignored them and focused on the video instead. Following Yun''s example, all of them turned their attention back to the video. Then they saw Jean running towards Junior, Sara and the others with a raised fist. His intention was to attack the guys, but as he ran towards them, they saw Aella''s figure appear on the screen like a flash, standing behind Junior, Sara and the others. They were taken aback by what happened next. A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. "S-so... fast," Yui exclaimed with her mouth wide open. Kye and Nian were so shocked that they didn''t know how to react. At first, they thought that Aella was just another useless student that would be ridiculed and bullied by everyone like them, but now.... They all thought that Junior was really lying, but now that they had the evidence in front of them, what else could they say. It was a revelation they hadn''t expected. No matter how they looked at it, Aella seemed to be a lot more powerful than she appeared to be. They played the video over and over again. They could feel her aura throughout the screen, even though she didn''t release any, which could only explain the strong nature of her strength. "A being that so strong that even though she did not release her aura, you could still feel it and tremble with fear". Nian rubbed his jaw "That tells you a lot about what kind of person she is". "Also, during the whole fight. She didn''t make any exaggerated movements" Kye shared ''Wh-what is this?'' they asked in still in shock. "With just a....flick," Shion couldn''t believe it. "She was so calm when she was beating up on Jean and his lackey?" "Was that even considered a fight?" They all stared at Junior in disbelief "Why would someone like her choose to join us when she could have easily joined the SS?" Yun asked as he looked at the others in confusion. "....." "That''s what we all want to know, why our class?" Fran?ois crossed his arms Kathlyn''s clear voice echoed in the solemn silence, "I don''t know about you guys, but ever since we met Aella, she''s given off that indifferent feeling of someone who doesn''t care about the status of others, rather she seems the type to do everything her way". "So, I don''t think she care at all about the other classes" "I don''t know about you, but that''s the feeling I had when I first met her," she continued. "I feel the same way," the shy Yui approached. "Before Aella came here, I was afraid that the other students would still come here to pick fights with us and bully us like they always did. But for a while now," a small smile appeared on her face, "none of them have come here. "I used to have nightmares because of them." Yui looked at everyone and continued. "You know that day," she bit her lower lip as a tear ran down Yui''s cheek, "when the other classes gathered together and set fire to our building while we were still inside. "We were terrified and who knows what would have happened had the teacher and Mr esen not been nearby. She remembered vividly how desperate they were. Shion and Sara were already unconscious, and Kye''s back was badly injured as he tried to help Junior and Nara. Francois, Yun and Asha had inhaled so much smoke that they spent a month or two in hospital. "Yui," Kye''s cold voice made her jump. Remember? We promised not to talk about this until the day of our revenge," he said firmly. Yui looked around her and saw the faces of all of them and she quickly closed her mouth. "S-sorry everyone". The others looked pained and filled with hatred as they all remembered that day. "They will pay for this. I Swear," they frowned in hate and anger at Kye''s words. Amari was horrified, she knew nothing about such incident. It was only now that she remembered that for a whole month, everyone in the Neon class had been looking scared. They were always on their guard, as if they had done something shady. They would flinch every time she and Aspen asked them what was wrong with them. and she just brushed it off as them ignoring her again. "So, it was about this". "I''m sorry..." she stammered as she tried to speak. "I didn''t know anything about this," she thought. "Why? Why do they have to go to so much trouble to ruin everyone in Class F? Her eyes were full of sadness. "What do they gain by doing all these awful things?" Kathleen looked at Kye, Yui, Junior and Nian. She knew that the four of them were the ones who had had the hardest time in the fire. "There was a bet." Nian blurted out, disgusted. Kye closed his eyes quietly for a minute and then opened them. He sighed. He really didn''t want to talk about it, but since Amari asked and everyone started talking, he said. "There was a bet between Class Nine, Neon, Phoenix and Class A." "The bet was on which class could make Class F disappear from the school the fastest", Kye''s voice was cold. Adam pulled out a chair and sat down. "As you know, in everyone eyes, we are useless. Their teachers have been discussing with the Dean to remove Class F from Oasis.........". Adam leaned back in his chair. "These words reached the ears of all the students, so they began to see us as objects of ridicule and entertainment. They would throw stones and objects at us and beat us to a pulp if we walk past their classes". Amari''s expression broke. She stared at Kye in disbelief, then at Adam, Yui, Yun, Francois, Sara, Nara, Kathleen, Nian, Shion, Junior and Aisha, all of them had their faces dropped with hatred. "They made sure that I wasn''t here that day. But they didn''t expect Kye and Nian to still be inside the building. So, they ran away scared," Kathleen explained. "Well, even if the three of us had been together, there''s nothing we could have done. Just be glad you didn''t have to experience that." Nian told Kathleen. "Mm" "But what if something happened to y''all? They have everything while you guys have nothing, so why are they still bothering y''all? What if you guys had died in that fire? And that damned Dean didn''t say anything?" she cried, frustrated, "Is he here as a decoration? This is not fair!" tears streamed down her beautiful face. She had so many questions. It was ridiculous what these people had done, and they hadn''t even paid for it. "We asked the same question... and what they said was that even if we were dead and gone, no one in Oasis would care," Nian said blankly. Adam looked at Amari and spoke up. "Even if the Dean knew, he wouldn''t do anything... so they threatened us, using their teachers, and said it would be best if we kept quiet," he said. Amari stared at them with her eyes wide open, but then she heard Yui say the following But ever since Aella came here, I haven''t been afraid and didn''t have any nightmare. Besides, the other classes don''t come to our building anymore for some reason. F class students decision Aisha recalled the hatred they had received on the Internet. Not only did the students target their class and set it on fire. They also spread rumors that the F students were worthless, greedy and thieves. This caused the newly established training academies to look down on Oasis. And because of that the dean put all the blame on them. He said they were ruining the school''s reputation and that they should keep a low profile. The teachers stated that they should not take part in the two upcoming competitions, which were to be held a month later. "Well, they didn''t even have to ban us from taking part in the competition. We weren''t going to participate anyway". They received all kinds of nasty comments online. They were known as scum not only in the school but also in the other kingdoms and countries. At that time, they felt like the whole world hated them. It was as if the other classes weren''t satisfied with just bullying and shaming them. They also had to let the whole world hating on them too. Aisha felt her hatred and resentment rise again as she looked back on it all. "For me, the fire is nothing in comparison to the backlash we received from the kingdoms." Yui said. "SS class, Nine class, Neon class, Phoenix class and A class, I will make them pay for everything they have done to us," Shion clenched her fists tightly. They are all cruel, especially Neon Class, Trinity, Ye and that heartless Laria from SS Class. I hate them all so much!" On top of that, they couldn''t leave Oasis because they had been blacklisted by all the other cultivation academies. The process of being blacklisted was a standard system used by the higher institutes or academies. Once a top academy blacklisted a student, the others would follow suit. For a school to blacklist its own students and keep them in the shadows was a big deal. And so, none of them could leave Oasis even if they wanted to, because no other academy would accept them. This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. "Guys" "Do you think that if we were to ask Aella, she would teach us how to cultivate and how to fight?'' Yui asked shyly. "I know Kathleen, Kye and Nian don''t need anyone to show them how to fight. But me and the other........a-at least the basics." All of them turned their eyes to Yui. "What do you mean, we don''t need anyone to teach us?" Kye lifted an eyebrow. "We''re also in need of her help. We only have self-defense skills," Nian explained. "And we have to learn how to cultivate as well, since none of us knows how to use mana". Kathleen shut down her computer, leaned back in the chair and crossed her leg. "That''s true." Yui reflected Ever since they saw the video, they all had the same thought: If Aella could at least teach them the most basic aspects of mana cultivation, they would be happy. But on the other hand, they were afraid of being a nuisance. After a long period of silence, Adam finally said "I don''t know about you, but I will even ask her to guide me, or even better, I will ask her to be my teacher". He wasn''t sure if Aella would agree, but there''s no harm in asking. "I-I" Junior looked at everyone in the room, "even if I have to beg her, I''ll do it, I''m tired of everyone bullying us, humiliating us and looking at us with contempt and disgust, I want to be strong". Aisha sniffled a little as she remembered the past, they had endured so much in Oasis "Me too, I want to be strong, and you guys too, right?" she looked at Sara, Nara and the rest They all looked at each other, and after a long silence "Yes" they answered in unison. "Let''s ask her then," said Fran?ois. They all nodded, full of hope and enthusiasm. They had wanted to level up for a long time. But due to their difficulties every time they tried to cultive mana, the Dean got tired and abandoned them. If they could have at least some swords, spears, healing pills, or a mana cultivation guide so that they had some idea of which step to start with, they would have been happy. Unfortunately, the reality of their situation hit them hard in the face. "Not only did the dean abandon us and leave us with nothing, but he also forgot about us," Nian said, irritated and disappointed. "If it hadn''t been for that kind guard who would give us food, we would''ve starved to death long ago," Nara remembered. "Though Mr Esen lied. He and Tony always say that it was the school that sent us the food. When in reality it was him and teacher who were the ones who feeding us the whole time," Sara answered. Kye leaned against the wall and said, "Let''s stop talking about this and go back to the dorm," as he felt torn about the miserable state of the class. " Remember we have to cook for Aella''s welcome home party". "Oh, let''s go". They left the room and went ahead to let Professor Tony about the homecoming celebration. "Aella said she would take care of the supplies for tonight''s meal. But how and where is she going to find them?" Adam said vaguely as he crossed his arms behind his head on the way out. "Now that you mention it, is it true... don''t tell me that she''s going all the way back to Sion to buy them?" Kathleen asked. I doubt it,'' Nian replied. After talking to Tony. They went back to their classroom looking for Aella. When they reached the classroom, they realized that she still hadn''t returned, so they grabbed their things and left. "I think she already left. Let''s go, we have a lot to do" Glacier Pearls daughter. Meanwhile, news spread throughout Sion City and the other four nations that Glacier''s daughter had been found, and that Glacier was an SS Ranker. At the same time, news of SCAE''s arrival in Sion resurfaced. For a long time, Glacier had been known as the second strongest human. However, no one in the world was aware of his rank. What they did know was that his strength was beyond the understanding of humans. And his power was equal to Otiz''s. Therefore, he was ranked second as the strongest. "Young Master, please accept our interview." "Young Master Glacier, is it true that your daughter has been found? After so many years?" "Young master, do you have any information on the whereabouts of SCAE? It is said that she is currently in Sion City on her way to Oasis Academy. However, the Dean stated that he knows nothing about it. And there''s no news about her whereabouts." Everyone wants to meet the legendary SCAE. But there''s no news about her, and rumor started spreading that she''s not in Oasis either. "What do you think of this young master Glacier?" "Young master, since you are ranked as the second strongest person in the world, are you going to join forces with the other empires to fight against the demonic beasts that have invaded the border of the Skyland Empire?" a certain reporter asked. The Skyland Empire has been dealing with demonic beasts that have been trying to take over the city, and the emperor of the Skyland Empire has summoned thousands of rankers to help them protecting the border. The emperor naturally wanted all top ten strongest to come. But he knew that would be impossible, as they were not people who followed anyone''s orders. Reporters swarmed Glacier with endless questions, never giving him a break. There was no space for him to pass through. The place was filled with reporters. They were scattered everywhere. "Young Master Glacier, have you met your daughter yet?''" "Young Master Glacier, it''s been months since your daughter was found, but none of the Pearl family members have confirmed anything. Is it because Old Master Skyrio refuses to recognize her as a Pearl Family member?" Surrounded by reporters, Glacier stood at the entrance of the Pearl Corporation. He was irritated by the reporter''s last question. "...? Grandpa doesn''t recognize Aella as family member. What a nerve!" The Pearls are known throughout the Five Realms and other continents and countries as one of the most powerful and influential families. To insinuate such a thing was the same as wanting to damage Aella''s reputation. Frowning, he walked towards the reporters. His cold eyes swept over the crowd. People are quite bold these days... .... I see you no longer fear death. Glacier''s voice was deep and commanding as his stunning golden eyes scanned the crowd. Everyone watched as the sunlight shone off his body, and every move he made and every step he took seemed to carry the Storm. He radiated an elegant, yet masculine and glorious aura. If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Somehow, inexplicably, everyone held their breath. Their eyes were wide open. They had completely forgotten what kind of man Glacier was. They had rushed in front of his company, bombarding him with questions without thinking of the consequences. They knew that Glacier never showed his family in public. The only time he spoke about his family was on his wedding day and the day his wife and daughter disappeared. Expecting the worst, they gulped in fear. "Garen, go handle this. I''m busy". He ordered to his secretary. Then he turned his back and entered the company. "Yes, boss." Garen, who was left standing alone outside, went to the reporters who kept asking about Aella. "Please refrain from asking regarding the young miss." He then looked at the reporter who early had commented on Aella and Pearl''s relationship. He adjusted his glasses "Hopefully, there won''t be a second time," he instructed, to which the reporter quickly nodded his head in disbelief. An uneasy silence fell over the place. All the reporters stood like statues, not making a single sound. ''The young master is in a good mood today. Even these reporters were saved from him,'''' Garen thought. " Well, it''s no wonder, right. They CEO is trying his best to win his daughter''s affection, if these people go around spreading unnecessary rumors, the young lady won''t want to have anything to do with Young Master Glacier. Garen remembered what Hyacinth had told him. "Aella and Uncle are the same." He had to tell Garen. Hyacinth told him: "Aella''s temperament is like Uncle Glacier''s". That is why he has to be careful with what he is doing. Hyacinth also pointed out that the Young Miss was so strong that even the Pearl family wouldn''t mess with her. So, he had to be cautious not to offend her. Listening to what Hyacinth told him about Aella, Garen became curious. He couldn''t wait to meet the young lady. Garen walked into the company building. He and some of the employers took the elevator. Ding! The elevator stopped in the basement. They met up with Glacier in the employers parking lot. And then in silence everyone walked all the way to their CEO''s parking space. "The young master seems to be in a good mood these days thanks to her hehe" "He spent his time planning and scheming how to approach Aella" an employe said as they walked behind Glacier It was the first time he and everyone in the company had seen him so happy. At first, everyone thought they were hallucinating. It was impossible for their cold-blooded boss to go around asking for ideas on what to buy for a daughter or where they as parents take their children when they go out. But thanks to this, all of those who had been afraid of Glacier were beginning to feel more at ease around him. Garen remembered. He had asked him about Aella. It was the first time he had ever seen the young master talk so much, and he did it all day long. "My daughter is the most beautiful girl in the world". "My daughter is extremely talented and extremely beautiful". "My daughter resembles me more than her mother. My daughter is this, my daughter is that. If Hyacinth hadn''t told him that Aella was just as cold and intimidating as Glacier, he would have thought she was someone innocent and easy to get close to because of the way the young master talked about her. Garen let out a sigh. The apple doesn''t fall far from the tree. "Garen!" Glacier''s deep voice broke the intense silence. "Y-yes CEO." Did I say something wrong,'' Garen thought, his heart pounding so hard out of fear that he thought it was going to stop beating at any moment. The whole crowd of employers in the company fell silent in anticipation of what Glacier would have to say. "Princess," Glacier said. They were stunned, "Huh?" Everyone had a confused look on their faces as they tried to guess what his meaning was. "Princess what...?" They all said mentally. "You have to refer to my daughter as Princess. ''Young Miss is too ordinary." Glacier said coldly to all of them before he walked over to his car. "No....maybe Angel is better!" Glacier was in deep thought as he arrived at his car. Everyone looked at him wide-eyed and thought the same: "It seems our mighty CEO is an overprotective and spoiling father. Garen recovered from his surprise and followed Glacier to the car. No wonder the young master had bought two pastry shops. And built an amusement park. "It was all for the young miss...ahhh, I mean princess~". "He said to refer to her as Angel, Garen!" one of the employers yelled at Garen who was already going inside the car, reminding him. "Oh yes yes Angel..." Garen couldn''t stop laughing. THE RINGS Two hours earlier, before everyone returned to their dorm ***. In professor Tony''s office. " What''s wrong guys? Why are you all here?" asked Tony, looking at his students faces with a gentle smile, they all stared at him. "We''re going back to the dorm early today so we can start the preparations for Aella''s welcome home party. So... you''re coming as well," they all approached Tony. Kye grabbed his right arm, while Nian grabbed his left and pushed him out of the chair. Amari moved behind him and pushed the chair out of the way so he couldn''t sit down again. "Hey, I''m not done with paperwork!" Annoyed, Adam moved his desk, which was full of unorganized documents. "That damned dean and all the teachers are always sending all of their work to Professor Tony." Everyone at Oasis thinks Tony has it easy because he only has good-for-nothing, useless students. That is why even the teacher of the F class was bullied by the other teachers. They would always order him to keep quiet and obey if he didn''t want the Dean to kick him and Class F out of Oasis. "Teacher, we have to leave early today. Let''s go celebrate together. We''ll help you tomorrow, okay?" Yun tried to convince Tony. "Huh....no, you guys can go without me. I''ll go later" He wouldn''t let his students do his work for him. "Hm.... you''re not coming?" They all heard a cold. nonchalant voice and knew whose voice it was. They all looked towards the office door and saw Aella leaning against the door, looking impatient. " ! " "Ahh... he said he has too much work to do, so he won''t be coming," Kye said giving up. Aella stared at her without saying anything. That''s when she noticed a thick gold ring with a blue crystal stone in the head of the ring on their fingers. Her eyes narrowed, and her face stiffened. She wasn''t surprised because they wore matching rings, but because of the smell of poison coming from the rings. "Your rings..." Tony noticed Aella staring at his rings and raised his hand showing it off. "Ohh, are you interested in our rings? Do you want one as well?" Aella looked at him and responded. "Sort of. Well, I would like to ask you a question." They stared confused at Aella "Where did you get the rings?" Before Tony could answer, Aisha said, admiring her ring. "Mm.... Professor Darius gave it to us as a gift" "Darius? Who is that?" Aella really had no idea who he was. "Pfff hahaha." Amari laughed. "You really forgot about him. Do you recall the day you arrived here? outside the school?" "No, no idea." "Hahahahahaha" Amari couldn''t stop herself from laughing. "It''s the arrogant man who was standing next to teacher Tony. Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! "Ah, that clown," Aella said with a detached attitude. "...!!!" "Pff HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" they all burst out laughing while Kye, Kathleen and Nian only smiled. "So... he''s the one who gave you these rings? why is that? Aella asked, her eyes still on the rings. ''It''s strange, especially knowing that Darius, like all the others, was part of those who bullied the F-class. In addition to the malicious energy she felt from him every time the F-Class was mentioned. It was obvious that he did not like F Class students'' Aella was lost in thought. "Gifts, huh!?". ''How ridiculous, with the poison he put into those rings, it''s obvious that he wants to destroy their core essence''. Aella scratched her head sighing. " it''s one thing after another" Kye had the feeling that there must be a reason why Aella was asking so many questions about the rings, "Well, he did give us those rings back when Oasis was just starting up and recruiting students" "Honestly, we weren''t always like this until last semester. I know we''re having a hard time cultivating mana right now, but it wasn''t always like this. In the past, we used to have two teachers. One was Professor Tony, and the other one was called Ohyo, who was also Darius'' best friend. "Although he no longer works at Oasis. According to him, our mana was the highest among everyone in the school. Even though half of our mana was still sealed, he said that our future was promising, but we just needed to focus on cultivating and practicing in order to unleash our talents". Nian nodded in agreement with Kye as he added, "We even had some unusual abilities. They weren''t elemental powers, but they were still very powerful. Darius was also present that day, along with the students who are now known as SS class, when Ohyo explained everything about our powers and mana. "Back then,'' he paused,"...........we and those of the SS class were all together in one class. And would soon be assigned to our new classroom. No one else knew about our powers except the current members of the SS class, Trinity, Noah, Professor Tony, Darius and Ohyo. Nian explained. "Not even the Dean?" Aella asked. "Hum," he nodded, " the dean didn''t know anything either". "?Ah! But Cain wasn''t there that day either. He was training outside the Oasis. Darius instructed us to keep a low profile and train until we could control our powers. Until then, it was best to keep it a secret he said". "You are some of the biggest idiots I have ever met. Or should I say, you guys are a little too trusting. So, none of you found it suspicious? And who''s Cain?" "He''s a former classmate....But huh!? Suspicious!!!? Is something wrong with us, Aella?" Yui approached Aella, her hand clasped to her chest. You could see on her face that she was starting to feel worried. But it wasn''t just her, Junior, Sara, Nara, Nara, Aisha, Shion, Kathleen, Nian, Francois, Adam, Yun, Nian, Kye, they all stood there staring at Aella in distress. "Is there something wrong with us, Aella? Are the rings .... the reason why we cannot cultivate?" Kathleen also asked. "I can''t say that there''s nothing wrong with you guys.... But first, finish what you were saying," Aella asked. "Well, from that day on, our class only focused on cultivating mana with Professor Ohyo''s help..." Aisha paused. She had a hunch that there might be something worse going on. One night, I had to go back to the classroom because I forgot something. As I was gathering my things to go back to the dormitory, I heard two people arguing in the hallway. It turned out to be Professor Ohyo and Darius. Professor Ohyo and Darius were having a very intense argument. Ohyo seemed to be upset about something. It seemed that Darius was asking him for help with something, which made him very angry. When I got a little closer, they seemed to sense my presence there. "The only thing I heard was Darius yelling at Ohyo: ''We can''t let the SCAE and them meet, we have to stop them from getting stronger or we''ll be in trouble! Have you forgotten the profecy! We are supposed to stop it from happening! So, do your job and follow my plan. "That''s what he said," Aisha narrated, "I told the guys about it, but at the time we didn''t think much of it. " In fact, Aella, there was no F class or SS class, our class and SS class didn''t have a class rank at that time. We were the last to prove ourselves and our strength in order to be assigned a class rank," Francois leaned against the wall with his arms crossed. Yun sighed, "We were supposed to tell the dean about our powers in just a few days. We were also going to be named as students of the SS class and chosen as the strongest class, if we proved our strength to the Dean. And we were sure that we would be chosen because our powers exceeded the numbers and criteria that the Dean had set. And we were also the first students to have mastered Mana. All of us here and Cain except for Amari, we all trained together and were going to be the students of the SS class. Ohyo was the one who had our mana level results, he had to be present that day to take the tests. But on the next day, something happened". Adam sat down on the desk, "The next day, Darius came to our class and told us that Ohyo had resigned from his position. Cain had some stuff going on with his family at the time, so he had to leave Oasis temporarily. He didn''t know anything about what was happening." "We thought that Darius felt sorry for us because he started to blame himself for Ohyo leaving school. He said he only asked him for a small favor and Ohyo got angry with him. He felt bad that we lost a precious teacher and trainer because of him and gave us these rings as a form of apology and said that he would give Cain his when he came back. Yui bit her lips and clenched her fists. "Those rings were supposed to help us cultivate in a much safer way... But from that day on, our misfortune began," Yui explained. "Haa," Aella said very calmly, her eyes smiling and a distinct sneer on her lips. "Every time we tried to cultivate, we would end up vomiting blood, with severe chest pains, severe headaches, our hearts would start pounding as if it would literally stop beating at any moment, and sometimes we would even faint for days. So we had no choice but to stop cultivating," Yui explained. "Okay, I understand. Well, of course you will feel all those symptoms." Aella said before she looked at Professor Tony. "So, why did Darius give you a ring too?" "Ahh umm... that''s because he said it would help me become stronger if I wore it for a year. The stone in the ring is a stone that has pure energy, which will help me a lot." Tony softly said "Ah....yes yes," Aella looked at him as if she was looking at an idiot. "Well, let''s go back to the residence," Aella said as she turned to leave. "Wait Aella, I want to ask you something," Adam called. "Ask me at home, I''m hungry, jeez." Progress I Aella stopped halfway when she saw them hurrying after her. She turned to them. Her abrupt stop startled everyone. All of them, including Professor Tony, stared at her. "What do you want to ask?" Aella addressed Adam. Adam glanced nervously at Junior, then at Kye, Aisha, Amari, and the others, hoping they would back him up. But the idiots just nodded their heads at him to keep talking. "These guys... tsk, you cowards". Adam swallowed loudly, gathering all his strength to look at Aella as he said. "Could you please train us? Dumbfounded, Tony looked at everyone. They all nodded in agreement. He didn''t quite understand why they were asking for Aella''s help when she was still new here. When he saw the confused face of his teacher, Nian explained. "Aella is very strong. With her help, we could start from scratch.... I think". Tony was speechless for a moment. His eyes were wide open, he looked at Aella and spoke. ''What? Really? Really! Unh...'' He still didn''t believe it. Aella looked at Adam and then at the others. They all seemed very set in their decision. Their eyes sparkled with determination. Seeing this, a small smile tugged at the corners of Aella''s lips. "Now, why would you ask me that? If skilled people like your professors couldn''t help you with this, what makes you think I can? I''m just as weak as the rest of you.'' Aella said with a mischievous grin. While the F''s rolled their eyes and looked at her hopelessly, Professor Tony nodded in agreement with her words. "Look at that, she''s playing us for fools." ''She''s messing with us?'' Nara couldn''t help but say. You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. ''''It''s no use pretending, they''ve seen the surveillance footage, and those of us who were here that day with Neon class already know too. It''s pretty clear to us how strong you are,'''' Adam replied. Besides, we trust you,'' Amari added. Heee trust huh.......We''ve only known each other for three days and you already trust me, how na?ve. How do you know that I won''t betray you in the future? Or you guys to me? They noticed Aella''s beautiful eyes full of mischief, and a sly smile on her face. "Ahhh,"they sighed. ''I see, she''s that kind of person, huh!'' "That''s not going to happen," they all said in unison. ''We''re going to stick together through thick and thin, trust-''. Aella grimaced as she said this. "Ya, ya, ya, stop being so corny already. Tsk, you''re giving me goose bumps just looking and listening to you all." They grinned like foxes and approached Aella as they rubbed their hands together. "Will you train us then?" "If you don''t train us, we''ll be cheesier with you day and night." Aella looked at them with speechless eyes, sweat trickling down her forehead as she saw their eyes full of ambition. "We''ll never let you sleep again until you agree kekekekekehehehehe," their mischievous grins got bigger as they said that. "Eek, such insensitive people," Aella laughed. "We don''t want to hear this from you." "Fine, but let''s eat first, I''m starving," they all walked towards the exit. "Yes Hooray!!!" they shouted excitedly, "Now let''s get ready for the party". "No party, just food," Aella interrupted, causing Amari to give her a dirty look, "Tsk, you''re so boring." After leaving the F-Class building, they walked for about three minutes. First, they entered a desolate corner next to the Neon class dormitory and turned left. They walked for a few more minutes before finally entering another empty corner of the SS class building, which was much narrower than the previous one which led directly to the back door of their dormitory. "Hmm... I don''t remember walking this much when I left the residence this morning." Aella was always the last one to go to class because she wakes up late. Every morning when she woke up, everyone was already gone. "That''s because you take the normal route, which leads directly to our class building. We can''t do the same thing as you, Aella. You''re strong and you can take everyone down, but we can''t... yet. ...... So, we never take the SS class route." "Why? Our residence is right next to the SS residence, and we share the same entrance and exit...ah" Aella paused, already knowing the answer. "Pff hahaha," she covered her mouth with her hand and laughed. "These students are really interesting, they act so arrogant just because of the tiny amount of power they have." Kathleen walked next to her, "We are forbidden from taking the same route as them." "Ohh! but just so you know. We are going to use that route. It was made for both classes, so we''re going to use it. Do we understand?" They all looked up and stared at Aella with big smiles on their faces as they answered "Yes". They all entered their dormitory through the back door and went straight to the kitchen. When they got there, they saw all kinds of food taking up all the space on the long dining table and counters. Surprised, they all looked at Aella as if they were looking at a goddess. "Y-You... How? Did you buy all of this?" Tony asked Aella. Actually, it was Khaled who bought them and delivered them to Eagle. ''Eagle came pretty quick with the groceries, knowing his big ego... how suspicious,'' Aella thought. Though Aella still replied with a ''yes'' and then walked over to the table where the groceries were, she started rummaging through the bags looking for something. "Y-you bought a lot," Shion said, trying to hide his happiness. Everyone felt the same way, especially Yun, it was the first time after so long that they saw so much food in front of them. "Mm... here it is!" Aella''s excited voice could be heard, as she picked up a yellow bag and pulled out a small square transparent box. They wondered what Aella was so excited about, so they moved closer to where she was standing and saw a piece of chocolate cake inside the box. "Ah aish this little thing isn''t enough for me, and he knows it. Damn you, Eagle!" she cursed Eagle in her heart. " Come and sit down we need to talk" she called everyone. Progress II They went over and saw all the goodies Aella had in her hands. ''Ahh, so she has a sweet tooth,'' they all concluded. Seeing everyone staring at her, Aella tucked the cake away before saying: "I-I''m not sharing my cake.... Th-there are a lot of other cakes and pastries in those bags," she said, pointing at the other shopping bags. They stared at her as she hid the cakes in disbelief. "Yeah, yeah, we don''t want your damn cake either," Amari rolled her eyes as she pulled out another cake. Aella gathered a pile of pastries in her arms. She took them and walked in the direction of the living room. The class F dormitory had a living room that was furnished with a large L-shaped sofa, and next to the sofa there were three soft brown chairs. In the middle of the room was a coffee table, on which Aella placed all the pastries she had in her hand. The residence had a kitchen, which wasn''t as big as the living room, but it wasn''t small either, there was a small dining room and a spacious balcony. "All of you come over here. It''s time for a chat," she called to everyone. They all gathered in the lounge. Some of them stayed standing, some of them sat on the floor like Aella, while others sat on the sofa and in the chairs. They watched as Aella stuffed a large piece of strawberry cheesecake into her mouth. There was a silent exchange of glances between them. ''Where is all this food going?'' they thought, staring at her from head to toe. ''This place needs a good renovation. Aella sat down in front of the coffee table and continued to eat all of the pastries that were in front of her as if there was no tomorrow. "Whew, that was delicious," she licked the corner of her lips. "Now," she said, "I''m going to need one of you to come over here and start cultivating. Everyone looked at each other. There was not a single one of them who wanted to do this. Because they already knew what was going to happen if they tried to cultivate. As soon as they get in position and start absorbing mana into their bodies, their core essence and their blood vessels, they will start vomiting blood and suffer a lot of pain all over their bodies. Aella took another slice of strawberry cheesecake and shoved it all into her mouth, she glanced at Aisha, then Adam, her eyes watching each of them without saying anything as she devoured the cakes. They flinched under Aella''s gaze, but they really didn''t want to go through that kind of pain again. Well, I can''t blame them for being afraid," Amari thought, noticing that no one wanted to go. She wanted to volunteer, but it looked like Aella only wanted those who had the ring on their fingers to cultivate. "I''ll do it." Just as she was about to ask Aella if she could do it, Kye approached and said. "Oho," Aella mused, "then come over here". Kye pushed the coffee table, which was now empty and only had some waste wrap and empty boxes on it, to the side and sat cross-legged in front of Aella. The two of them were facing each other. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath and focused on his five senses to gather mana energy. The air around him began to change. Kye could feel the flow of mana into his body. But when the mana energy reached his core essence, Kye''s body shook. He felt his whole body burning. It was as if he had been thrown into a pit of raging fire. His heart was beating at a high rate, and it felt as if someone was pressing down on his heart. Blood poured out of his mouth and down his nose, and he tensed and frowned as he tried to endure the searing pain that was rising in his chest. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. "You can stop," Aella urged him. Kye abruptly opened his eyes, "Haa haa, ugh". He was struggling to catch his breath. Even though he had already stopped cultivating, he was still feeling the aftereffects. He wiped the blood from the corner of his lip and tried to stand up. However, he felt dazed, as if he was going to faint at any moment. He heard Aella say just as he was about to get up. "Sit back down, don''t get up." Aella stopped him. "Until your body has recovered, do not get up. The Mana you''ve just cultivated hasn''t settled down yet, if you get up right now, you''re going to get knocked out for a long time," Aella looked at him. Adam stroked his chin: "Aha, that''s why I always feel like this when I cultivate?" "But eh??¡­, mana, but we don''t have any, even if we cultivate it''s a waste of time since we can''t store mana inside our bodies anymore". Aella stared at them and shook her head, "I honestly don''t know how you guys have managed to survive up until now with that kind of attitude." Then she held out her hand to Kye and said, "Give me that. Kye looked at her confused, "Give you what?" he didn''t understand what Aella was referring to. "The ring. Take it off and give it to me." "Huh!" his eyes opened wide. "Take the ring off your finger," Aella said again patiently. She saw him frozen like a statue. "Huh!" there was a look of surprise from all of them. ''Is that ring really what''s causing all this?'' Kye looked at Aella once more, his eyes wide with surprise. Seeing her serious expression, he stared incredulously at the ring on her index finger. Slowly he removed the ring from his finger. Upon removing the ring, Kye immediately felt his body become light as a leaf, he felt a thin energy forming inside his body. Aella''s eyes narrowed and she immediately cast a barrier around him. It was at that moment that an intense force erupted from within his body. Kye gasped in surprise at the power he was displaying. He looked at Aella to confirm his suspicion. Meeting Kye''s gaze, Aella nodded: "It''s the mana you''ve been cultivating all this time." "H-how is that possible?" Kye couldn''t believe it. "I thought that all the time we suffered from these symptoms when we cultivated, it meant that we didn''t have any talents anymore. And that it was impossible for us to have mana stored in our bodies. What is going on?" "Well, you guys were wrong. "WHAT!!?" Then please explain to me all the problems we''ve been having every time we''ve tried to cultivate. Like the pain we would feel every time, or the blood we would cough up. Like all those symptoms, where did they come from?" "That is naturally caused by the ring. The ring doesn''t make you unable to cultivate. Rather, it prevents you from activating the transformation of the mana in your core essence, thus making the awakening of your power impossible. Aella clarified. "When cultivating, mana enters your body. It begins to travel through our blood vessels and core essence. Once enough mana is stored in the core essence, it will start to transform when it feels that the individual body, mind and physique is ready, and that''s when your power is born," she finished. "So, the whole time that you''ve been feeling this intense pain, it wasn''t caused because you cultivated, it was caused because of the rings that y''all have in your fingers. "What did you just say..." Nara, Yui and Junior collapsed on the couch. "Are you saying that everything that''s been happening to us has been because of our own naivety and carelessness when we accepted these rings?" "Correct," Aella was very straightforward, because it was actually their own fault for not keeping their guard up in a school where everyone was competing against each other to be the best. "Well, your problems are far from over," Aella spoke again. Their eyes trembled with fear as they stared at Aella. "W..what do you mean?" "I mean it''s a lot worse than you guys could have imagined," they gulped. "So, what do you think happens when a person''s mana is trapped inside them with no way to release it? Aella asked them. ".....!!" Each of them felt as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water on their heads. Adam looked at his hand. Then he touched his body as if searching for something in panic. "And what will happen if this person continues to cultivate mana non-stop, and this mana continues to build up inside of him without being released?" Aella continued Kye, Nian, Kathleen and the rest of them were stunned, unable to believe what they were hearing. They stared with horrified eyes. Shion''s eyes were on Aella and then on the ring on his finger as he stroked it. He wanted to take it off, but Aella noticed him. "Don''t take it off now... I''m hungry, I can''t work without eating". Aella opened her mouth wide and signaled with her finger and spoke. "You guys are not going to die.... well not now. Feed me first. Otherwise, I''ll starve to death here". "Eh!!?" they all shouted. "You have just eaten a whole bunch of pastries." "Yeah, that was just the appetizer, now it''s the main course turn. Don''t think that I''m going to be satisfied with this little food". She got up from the floor and sat down on the big L-shaped sofa. She crossed her legs, raised her eyes and looked at everyone''s astonished faces and said. "Don''t worry. We''ll have time to talk about the poison in the rings". Core Essence They were all gathered in the living room, Aella was sitting on the main couch, she glanced over at Kye who was planning to go back to cultivating instead of going to the kitchen to cook, she frowned. "Kye, that''s enough." He turned to Aella and said, "S-since I don''t have the ring anymore, I think I can keep on cultivating, I still have some energy left". "No!" Aella said firmly. "B-But I-I-" "You think just because you don''t have the ring on you that everything is solved now? And the poison''s gone from your body?" Aella glared at him. "No shit." "If you''re going to do whatever you want and ignore my words, then there''s no reason for me to help any of you." Although her words sounded as if she was very angry, her face said otherwise. Her expression was very calm, but her intimidating and intense eyes pierced through the guys faces. "Um... Sorry, Aella. I think it''s because everyone is feeling a bit sensitive right now, they''ve been through a lot and now something like this is happening, it might be a bit too much for them to deal with right now. I think they feel a bit betrayed because they really believed Darius wanted to help them but now .....". Professor Tony couldn''t finish his words. He himself felt betrayed by Ohyo and Darius. Aella just gave Tony a glance before turning her attention back to the others. "So-sorry Aella" Seeing Aella''s irritated state, Kye was slightly shocked. He felt bad that he had ignored Aella''s words because of his greed for power. Now she might not even want to help him anymore. "Do you know what happens when you cultivate too much mana, and what happens when the mana in your body comes into contact with the poison that is left in your body? You will go into a state of paralysis, the mana energy will get out of control because you won''t be able to condense it due to the state you are in, and eventually the energy in your body will explode... like a BOOM... and you will die. And I have only told you half of the nightmare you will go through before you explode". "But since you insist, continue, but do it outside. I don''t want you to stain the room with your blood," Aella snapped, her words were very harsh, but you could tell she was worried about them. "....." No one expected Aella to give such a gruesome and bloody description. They all looked at her in horror, surprise and fascination. "Errr" Junior gave Kye a look, as if to tell him that he should listen to Aella. After a moment''s hesitation, Kye got up from the floor and sat down next to Francois and Aisha, who had grim expressions on their faces. Aella sighed at the sight of everyone''s gloomy faces, "Listen, I completely understand your feelings. You''re hurt and upset by the constant lies and humiliation you''ve endured at everyone''s hands. You all want revenge, and I completely understand, it shows on your faces." "But I also need you all to know that there is a time for everything. Right now, each and every one of you is in a very delicate situation. Although none of you can feel it, you are all standing on the thin line between life and death. This is because of the poison that has already settled into your core essence," she explained. If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. In order to purify this poison, everyone will have to be very patient, you will need all your willpowers to endure what is to come, and have a strong determination to fight for your lives in the process. "Now let me ask you a simple question. Aella looked at all of them and said, "What do you think would happen if a person who has an old, cracked bucket and fills it up with too much water? " Nara raised her hand and said, "The water will overflow from the bucket. And there will be water spilled everywhere". "Correct, and what else is there?". ''This is more than a simple question,'' Yui pouted. "Huh, wh-what else?" everyone started to think until Kathleen raised her hand and said. "Since the bucket was old and had a lot of cracks in it, once it''s loaded with too much water, it will either burst or break." ''Exactly, and if the bucket breaks, what''s left?'' Aella asked once again. "Nothing will be left. Only fragments of the bucket will be left," it was Adam''s turn to answer. "Again, correct. Of course you can try to put all the pieces back together, but it won''t be the same, will it?". Aella looked at the astonishment in their faces. "No, it won''t." "That''s exactly what could happen to you all." Everyone was horrified at the mere thought of it. "When I look into your cores, you guys don''t have a very stable core essence right now due to the poison. Therefore, having too much mana in your core is the same as trying to destroy your core essence, making you completely useless for the rest of your lives. So be patient and let''s eat," Aella said brightly at the thought of food. There was a long and uncomfortable silence in the living room, and finally, after a long and intense silence, Aisha looked at Aella and said. "I can''t believe what''s happening to me. I mean, I know I''ve been a pretty unlucky girl but......It''s one thing after another." Nian looked at Aisha who was laughing madly and sighed, "We have too much going on. We all have a deadly poison in our core. And that poison can literally kill us...have I forgotten anything else?". "Exactly, we are doomed," Yun leaned against the couch and sighed. The atmosphere was bad, everyone''s energy and determination was dropping. "Huh!!!" Aella felt like they were ignoring her mentioning the food part. They were thinking of everything but food. Yun stroked his chin and sat down on the empty chair next to Aisha, "Does it also mean that Darius has something to do with Professor Ohyo''s disappearance?" "This has become very complicated, there are too many holes in the story and we need to get to the bottom of it? And what did Darius mean when he said he couldn''t SCAE let us and meet?" "Sigh... Right! We don''t even know her. Well, I wish I knew her, but she''s way out of our league." "So, first of all, this isn''t just a simple matter. There''s a lot going on," Shion felt a headache coming on. Aella was tired, hungry, sleepy and hot. She massaged her forehead and sighed. "I shouldn''t have trusted you guys when you said you were going to cooking for me," she gave everyone a murderous look. "Ahh, we almost forgot about Aella''s party," Sara mused. "Like I said, I''m hungry, don''t you know talking for so long makes one hungry? Get me something to eat first, and if I don''t get lazy after eating, we''ll talk some more," Aella said. "Well, it''s true, we were going to cook for you until you mentioned the poison in the ring. A crack appeared on Aella''s face as she looked at them in annoyance. "Aisha, when I''m hungry I''m very sensitive, I''d appreciate it if you''d keep your mouth shut." "Erg..." Aisha wanted to keep talking but Aella was startled by Aella''s murderous expression. Professor Tony clapped his hands to get everyone''s attention, he stood up from his chair and walked towards the kitchen while saying. "Alright guys, I know you all have a lot of questions about the poison, but Aella is hungry like the rest of us, we haven''t eaten since this morning... so let''s start cooking." They all stood up and followed him into the kitchen. Aella followed them. And she arrived in the kitchen, her eyes shining as she sighed at the last slice of cheesecake left on the table. Shion, Nara and Yun were in charge of washing and chopping the vegetables. Kye, who was the main cook, seasoned the whole chicken after cleaning it. Later he started to make the white rice, then he took out three packages of bacon and started to fry them without oil. Kathlyn, Aisha and Francois washed and dried the groceries and then sorted them in the small refrigerator. Yui and Amari were preparing the ingredients for tomorrow''s breakfast. While Sara and Junior washed the dishes. Nian and Tony cleaned the dining room and living room. Aella felt uncomfortable seeing how hard everyone was working while she was just eating, so she put her cheesecake down and walked over to the group in charge of cleaning. "What can I do to help?". Two Cores Essence "What can I do to help?" Aella said as she walked over to Tony and Nian. Tony and Nian were cleaning the table and arranging the silverware and tablecloths. When they heard Aella''s voice, they stopped what they were doing and looked at her. "We''re almost done, so we don''t really need any help," Nian replied. Aella looked around and saw the living room and the whole place was sparkling. "I see," she said as she turned around and started to walk towards the Kitchen. Then she approached Junior. "Is there anything I can do?" "Ohh, there''s our youngest!". Amari was helping Junior put everything in the fridge and smiled at Aella. "We''re all good over here". "We''re done and Kye''s almost done with the food too." "Go and sit down at the table. Dinner''s almost ready," Junior hurried her out of the kitchen. Almost half an hour later, everything was ready and served, all sorts of dishes and side dishes were on the table, everyone sat down ready to eat. Aella was at the head of the table, her mouth watering at the sight of all the delicacies that were on the table. "Where should I start? Soft white rice with garlic, crispy fried plantains, roasted chicken, baked pork ribs, creamy pasta!! yum!" Aella looked at every dish except the vegetables. Instead of starting to eat, they just stared blankly at Aella, who was serving herself a second large plate of food in a very short time. Kye was pleased to see Aella enjoying the food with such gusto. Although Aella was the only one who seemed to want to eat in such a gloomy atmosphere. The rest of them were worried about something else. "What are we going to do for tomorrow''s meeting?" Fran?ois asked. "Are we going?" At this mention, everyone put down their forks and spoons with a collective sigh... There is an assembly tomorrow where all the classes are going to meet. And none of them had any intention of going. Amari took a sip of her juice, "The assembly we have tomorrow is to talk about the competition. Didn''t they say: Class F doesn''t have to go to any competitions? Why do we have to go?" As Kathleen tried to pick up her fork to continue eating, it fell off the table. "Yes, we are not allowed to go to any competitions, but for this meeting, the dean made it clear that he wanted all classes, including F class, to be present," she said as she bent down to pick up the fork from the floor. Then she got up and went to the kitchen to wash it. Immediately, the air in the dining hall became a bit gloomy. They didn''t want to go. "We''re going". Aella''s firm voice interrupted their thoughts. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. They looked at Aella without knowing what to say. Most of them didn''t want to go, but they just couldn''t not go, since the Dean asked all classes to be present tomorrow. Actually, Kye, Kathleen, Nian, Adam, Adam, Sara, Nara, and Shion were all very calm and didn''t seem to care about the meeting ''''It''s an important meeting.'''' The teachers and students from the other academies will be there. So, we have to go,'' Kye said firmly. Besides, Aella has already decided for us, whether you like it or not, she will drag us there,'' Nian leaned back in his chair. Only Yui, Junior, Yun and Francois were scared. "mmMhhaa" Adam yawned "If it was before, I''d be scared because we didn''t have anyone on our side" he laughed "But now.... we have Aella. Why do I have to stand by and let them humiliate me when Aella can literally blow them away. They better be prepared". Professor Tony had his head down. As their teacher and guardian, he couldn''t even help or protect them. He knew they would be the target of everyone tomorrow. Especially since the meeting was going to be broadcast live. That means: The whole world will be watching. Aella raised her gorgeous face. She looked directly at everyone and said with a firm voice, "So, are we going?" "Yes," they all replied. They swallowed excitedly. Despite the cold tone with which Aella spoke, they felt strangely happy because it was the first time that someone was encouraging and helping them. " One more thing, last term when you awakened your abilities, what were they? The powers you had before they poisoned you all." "One had the power of summoning, another had the power of nature, one had the ability to become invisible, and finally one who has the ability to communicate with different animals, who are they?" she asked. "I already know that Aisha was the one who had the power to summon, who were the others?" Everyone exchanged glances, then Shion explained as he scratched his head, "Ahh the good old days!!." he tried to remember. "Well yes, Aisha could summon any beast, I could control all kinds of plants, flowers and roots, although Amari wasn''t with us at the time, but we were friends and we knew that her power was that she could talk to animals, and Junior could become invisible..." "I see." "Hm... I understand," Aella was lost in thought for a while. Aella fixed her eyes on each of them and looked at their core essence. First she looked at Kye''s, he has two small blue lights inside, one near his heart and one on his lower abdomen, next was Nian who also has the same small lights but his two lights were transparent, then she turned her gaze to Kathlyn, her two lights were of a violet color and one was on her chest while the other one was on her head. She looked at the others one by one, Aisha, Shion, Francois, Adam, Yun, Yui, Junior, Sara and Nara and Amari. "Wow, look at that. You guys aren''t as useless as people say." "What do you mean?" asked Tony. They have two core essences within them. These two cores are the sources of their powers and abilities, although they are not yet activated. But the point is that one of the two cores represents a special ability totally unrelated to the power of the elements, while the other represents the power of the element itself. For example, looking at Yui''s. She has two shiny grey core essences, one representing an ability and the other representing her elemental power, which must be the metal element because of its colour, even though they are still inactive and filled with poison, but with training she will be able to master the metal element. The same with Amari, she has the ability to communicate with magical beasts, but she still has her second power. ...which is the power of one of the elements,'' Aella said, staring through their cores. BANG!'' something fell to the ground, everyone rushed to Aella in disbelief. "Are you serious? Do we really have two powers within us?" "You''re not lying, are you?" "How do you know?". One by one they bombarded Aella with questions. They were amazed, delighted and excited. "Is what you''re saying true?" asked Kye, trying to calm his emotions. He refused to have any false hopes, but at the same time he couldn''t resist wishing that what Aella had said was true. And when he heard Aella say ''true'' he stared blankly at F''s. "So does this mean that we''ll be able to kick everyone''s asses in the future..." Yun let out an evil laugh. Nian sat back in his chair in disbelief, "I can''t believe it!" he said in amazement, even though he is the quietest and calmest of the group, you could also see a glimmer of hope in his eyes. "In fact, you all have an amount of mana that exceeds the normal limits of humans, and it circulates through all the circuits of your body, so it is to be expected that you have more than one ability," Aella explained before getting up from her chair. "The only problem is getting the poison out of you. And tomorrow we''ll start training you". Everyone''s eyes gleamed with excitement. "That''s why we have to go to the meeting tomorrow". But... Aella didn''t want to go to the meeting herself, as she was too lazy to get up so early, but with the situation the F-Class are going to face. She can''t let these people hang around here and do whatever they want. Everyone will start training tomorrow, so she can''t let them get distracted by these people. So the only way to put these people in their place is to show them that they are nothing more than ants who think they are lions in front of a giant.