Hearing Sanya’s timid question, Yui smiled happily. The earlier atmosphere was quite tense for her, which caused her to also be tense. As a young newbie, she was not used to be on the field. Moreover, her first mission was to make the link between the Union Center and Talia, a person capable of wiping the floor with D-ranked ability users. Even more, her partner was Darius Nash, known as one of the most powerful captains in the special division. So Sanya’s presence, a normal high school girl, calmed her mind.
When Yui was about to answer... “Are you serious? You can’t come because you plan to co-Mmmmh!!”
“You idiot!”
Yui and Sanya turned toward the sound. It was Darius who rose up and had a shocked face. As he was about to finish saying something, he felt an unknown force bring him down. It was like he was in the hand of an invisible giant. When he was at Talia’s height, she frankly put her hand over his mouth with a panicked face. After rebuking him, she turned toward Sanya and seeing her clueless face she heaved a sigh of relief.
“If you tell someone about it before I do it, I swear tonight Pacifica is put back underwater!” Her face was serious as she made her statement. When she saw Darius nodding, she freed his mouth.
He could not help but have cold sweat on his back. He wore a bitter face. “You don’t think you are going a bit too far. Now that you came back you can do it whenever you want. Why today?”
Talia’s face became dark as she started to whisper back. “You brat sure don’t understand.”
Her eyes were filled with a bit of insanity. “You are surely no more than 30 years old. But do you know that I passed 50 years outside of this world? 50 years! During this time, I dreamed about this moment every day, every hour, every minute and every second! So it’s not a bunch of worthless politicians and such that will make me change my mind! I will do it today! And I will treat as enemy those in my way!”
If he didn’t know what she was talking, Darius would surely have panicked. But, He knew and it was for this reason that he could only sigh. However, he was quite surprised by what she said. 50 years? How come she is still looking like a 15-year-old girl? But, he didn’t dare to ask.
“What do I say when I come back without you?” This was the part that troubled him the most. He was still the captain of a special unit with an important mission. He could not just come back with empty hands.
“Mmmmh...oh, I know. Tell them that I took the day off.”
“...Fine. can you tell us a way to contact you for tomorrow?” Darius dropped his shoulder in defeat. It was not like he had the power to force her. The soldiers were here to escort Talia, not fight her. In the end, he exchanged contact info with her.
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As she was about to go, Talia suddenly thought of something. She brought out the Chamber’s keycard and gave it to Darius. “The girl that was with me in there got it from someone in the school. I don’t think I need to say more, right?”
Taking the card, Darius immediately understood. “Got it. We will report it to the Union.” It was not really his job, but he could at least do this.
“Then, it’s settled. See you tomorrow” Talia started to walk toward Sanya. Seeing her, Yui also went toward Darius.
When Talia was near Sanya, she took back her bag and smiled. “Let’s go. I still have a lot to say.” In response, Sanya nodded with a serious face. As they made her way through the barrage made of soldiers and the crowd of students, Yui looked at Darius.
“Is it ok to let her go?”
Darius’s face was bitter. “She took the day off, so what can I do?” He started to laugh bitterly.
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Talia and Sanya made their way through the disbelieved crowd of students. The students didn’t even dare to try to stop.They, for the most of them, saw in what state Sarah came out and they saw nobody enter the Chamber besides Talia and her. This clearly meant that it was Talia that beat her like this. Without knowing, Talia’s position in the school instantly switched. Most of the students had a shocked expression, while some also started to feel a bit of fear.
In the past, they had not helped her when she had been bullied. It was possible that she could have developed a hatred for them. Now that she was stronger than the highest ranked user in the school, she could easily take revenge.
William and Arthur were among the crowd. William was not particularly worried about Talia. Since the morning, jealousy burned him so much that he would not care if she was wounded by Sarah. In fact, This would have helped him because he could have tried comforting Sanya and maybe getting closer. Contrary to him, Arthur was here for Talia. He was worried about her safety, even if it was clearly not as much as Sanya.
When they had seen Sarah’s broken expression and the unhurt Talia, one was relieved while one was shocked. It was only after realizing the meaning of Sarah’s state that Arthur also had a shocked expression.
When the army had arrived William was sure it was to arrest Sarah or something along those lines. But, no. They were here to talk to Talia. Of course, he could not hear the conversation because of the distance, but he clearly saw Talia’s calm face and the respectful expression of the man that seemed like the captain of the unit. It was like Sarah was totally unimportant for them and the real purpose was to speak to the blue-haired girl.
‘Something definitely happened these past 10 days. This Talia is dangerous and unpredictable.’
After a moment Talia, along with Sanya, made their way out of the crowd. When they were nowhere to be seen, the group of people started to disperse. William also went with Arthur. Suddenly, William spoke up.
“Arthur, you should give up on Talia.” Hearing his friend’s advice, Arthur’s eyes opened in surprise. But after thinking about it a bit, he realized the meaning behind his words. The reason why Arthur was attracted to Talia was that he liked her weak side. It might be strange and even creepy, but the past Talia reminded him of a small animal that needed help. However, he was too powerless himself to do something for her. Arthur had also tried telling the teachers, but the outcome had always been the same.
The present Talia was totally different from the one that he liked. He was even a bit confused by her sudden shift of behavior. In the end, Arthur didn’t know what he was currently feeling for her. He looked at his friend with a bitter face and only let out some words. “Let me think about it...”
Seeing his friend’s expression, William’s heart clenched a bit. They knew each other since childhood and he knew that Arthur really liked Talia. Even so, He was more concerned about his safety. Of course, he was also concerned about Sanya. “I need to speak to Sanya alone, without Talia.”
“I kind of understand, but how will you do this? They are nearly always together.”
“I know. However, there are moments when they are separated, like in the Test Ability Chamber. Talia doesn’t have to go there as she doesn’t have an ability. Even if she went, she would only be helping the teacher. They would not be together. If a situation like this arises, I will go speak to Sanya.” William’s eyes seemed resolute.