Kron, Ichika and the other three were guided outside the building. They were asked to wait for the people who would fetch them. Surveying their immediate surroundings, there were multiple makeshift open cabins around and people who have finished their exams are gathered dividedly amongst them. There were also people who are wandering aimlessly around the plaza who seems to be the transported who were not accepted by the great academies.

Carl subtly pushed Kron behind. "Ichika right?" He then extended his hand towards Ichika. Kron, who doesn't really want any trouble, decided to step back.

"Yes." Ichika replied, bowing her head instead of shaking Carl's hand. Aman stepped closer to the two. "Uhmm Hello-" He wanted to introduce himself but he stopped when he saw Carl glare at him. Carl and Ichika continued conversing while Aman occasionally butted in.

"What's so great about that bitch!" Ruth whispered, looking away.

Kron heard what she said. He didn't really got angry but just thought that she must not have the best life on Earth like him. "I think she is a kind person." Kron softly said.

"Can you not talk to me emo kid and go simp on her if you want." Ruth said, walking a few meters away from the group.

Kron's appearance was not really that friendly looking. He has this long black hair covering almost half his face; coupled with his almost expressionless face, he looked like a loner. And Ruth was not really that far from the truth. Kron used to avoid any attention and preferred to hide in his room. Even in the orphanage, he didn't really have that much friends. That is until this year. So most of the time, he didn't really care about his looks.

"Kim did told me that I looked better with a shorter hair-" Kron blushed, feeling bashful of the memory he remembered. "and Ana said she'll date me if I fix myself. No! No!" Kron slapped himself together with his two hands. "Ana always do those things to everyone! I really should stop deluding myself but I wonder... how are they now."

Not long after standing outside, the first representative finally appeared before them. It was someone from the Santalum Training Grounds.

"You are my new junior? Do you not work out?" The young man from Santalum frowned, criticizing Carl. He was not as big as Bahaar but he still looked muscular for his age. "Well, Follow me. We will soon need to change that."

"See you soon Ichika--" Carl waved goodbye at Ichika but he was pulled away by his senior.

The second representative was from Anthurium Conservatoire. At first, she thought that Ichika was the one chosen for Anthurium causing Ruth to even get more irritated. Fortunately, she was not stupid to offend her senior so they just went away in peace.

The third representative that came was a man reading a small book as he arrived. He was from the Oryza Center of Learning.

"You don't look intelligent and neither do you," He first looked at Aman then at Kron before finally stopping at Ichika. "Which leaves you!"

Kron felt quite hurt because he was not actually that stupid. He might not be the best but he would usually be one of the top students in school.

"Its actually not me." Ichika chuckled, grinning at the two.

"Wh-Who are you saying not intelligent? Its me! I'm the-" Aman protested, closing his fist, showing his indignation.

"Yes. I know you're not intelligent. No need to tell me again." The representative replied, shoving Aman's face away.

"He is actually saying that he is really your new junior." Ichika continued, feeling a little bad for Aman.

"That's impossible! Are you saying that you are stupid and he is the smart one! My deductions can't be wrong." The representative replied, ignoring Aman.

"It means that she is not the one you are looking for!" Kron who is starting to get annoyed, interrupted.

"Professor Parvula couldn't have made a mistake!" He then looked at Aman, scrutinizing him from top to bottom. "I see! He must be thinking of training you as an assistant. Come with me future assistant." He then turned around and walked away.

"I'm not your assistant!" Aman shouted, running behind the representative.

Finally, Kron and Ichika was left again.

"Hey! Why did you suddenly left me with those two!" Ichika pouted, placing her hands on her sides.

"Well, I thought that you are more than capable of handling them yourself, " Kron chuckled before looking down. " and I don't think that I have even the right to defend anyone right now."

Ichika suddenly frowned. "That's not true. I won't even be here if you didn't help me."

"I don't think that I would even be chosen if-"

"Stop it!" Ichika scowled. "Are you still going to lie? Even if there is only the two of us here? I have seen it you know!"

Kron seemed confused, not knowing what Ichika meant. "What do you even mean?"

"Hello! Is anyone of you accepted to Dracanae Institute?" A chubby looking girl asked. They did not immediately notice her arrival.

"Yes. Its the two of us." Kron replied agitatedly.

"Oh! So you two are my new juniors! Sorry for not receiving you earlier." The girl joyfully said, placing her two palms together near her chest. "I'm Joanna!

"We'll continue our talk later!" Ichika angrily muttered at Kron.

"Oh! Its a couple and they are even quarrelling." Joanna commented, placing her fingers in her lips, giggling.

"We are not a couple!" The two said synchronously before looking away from each other but the embarrassment they got, temporarily calmed them down.

The three arrived at the Dracanae cabins. The students around are trying to socialize with one another. There were at least 2 dozens of the transported here and 5 seniors.

*Clap* *Clap* "Everyone, we have another two students. Say hello to your classmates." Joanna shouted.

The two of them are greeted passionately by the others or to be exact, they were greeting Ichika eagerly. Most of them just looked at Kron a bit before focusing at Ichika. Many of the boys were smiling and even the seniors were elbow bumping each other. As for the girls, most of them are just happy that there is another girl in the group. It wasn't really a problem for Kron. In fact, he felt like home because this is the usual scenario for new students which is to be expected because the people around him are mostly from Earth in the same age range as him. Kron and Ichika returned the greeting by introducing themselves and the others also casually introduced themselves.

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"Hey come! Sit here!" Elijah said, pointing at the free sit beside him. He seemed to be one of the more friendly looking guys.

"Don't sit there Ichika! Sit here with us." Cahira said as she and Isara made space on the sofa they were sitting at.

Kron and Ichika looked at each other momentarily before Kron decided to sit with the men and Ichika with the woman. It was not really an issue because the students rearranged the sit to be facing each other creating some sort of a circle. This is a way for everyone to be able to interact with each other.

"So what abilities did you two awaken?" Gibbes asked, looking alternately at the two with his raised eyebrow.

Ichika and Kron suddenly looked at each other. Ichika seemed to be waiting for Kron to say something but he kept quiet which caused her to frown a bit.

"What's her problem all of the sudden?" Kron thought to himself.

Isara noticed the interaction between the two and might have gotten some misunderstanding as she smiled. "Yeah Ichika! What abilities did you get?" She reiterated as she rested her head on her hand that was supported by the armrest of the sofa and gave focus to Ichika. This caused the rest of the group to also focus on her.

"Are you all really gonna start with that?" Elijah frowned.

"Why? What's wrong? Everyone did ask that anyway." Isara said, smiling innocently.

"It's fine. I am attuned in water and fire-" Ichika paused. "At least." She whispered.

Isara frowned for a bit but smiled again. "That's really nice. Would you like to demonst-." She said before she got cut off.

"Just nice? That's great!" Cahira said as she tapped Ichika at the back, causing Ichika to straighten up. "You see, I'm a Mutated and an Attuned."

Cahira suddenly moved her hand in front of Ichika then her nails elongated and electricity moved around them.

Elijah shouted. "Cahira! Be careful with your abilities!"

"Just chill! I'm just showing her my abilities. Elijah, why don't you show yours?" She retracted her nails and leaned towards Ichika. "He is probably the most fortunate one around here."

"That's not true. Cahira is just as good. I am an Invoker and an Attuned. I am attuned with the wind and I can invoke a spirit of a type of bird." An ethereal bird formed behind Elijah. Its image was close to that of a falcon. "Anyway, have you forgotten that our seniors are still here?" Elijah turned his upper body, facing one of the seniors.

"I just showed you my ability once and you already kept praising me but I understand if you can't help it." Duke touched his forehead while shaking his head but it was obvious that he was not disappointed as his lips are slightly curling up.

"Oh shut up Duke!" Joanna chuckled. "You can't even beat Arch!"

Hearing his fellow classmates, Arch can't help but to join in. He was a serious looking guy wearing a transparent visor eyeglasses. "Don't mislead our juniors. I'm nothing great. Wait until you see next level Superhumans, Attuned masters or even Gifted awakened. Also, I'm a scholar not a combatant. Plus, Beating Duke was nothing special."

Duke kept quiet, not daring to respond. Soon, two other people arrived in the camp.

"Pablo where have you been?" Joanna shouted then smiled at the other person. "Hello Junior!"

"What are you saying? I'm doing my job! Look! Meet our new junior." Pablo presented the guy beside him. "Go greet them."

"Uh hello! I'm Min-Joon!" Min-Joon meekly waved his hand. He was a bit of a short guy with a gentle looking face.

"He's so cute!" Some of the girls said.

"Doesn't excuse you for not guiding the two others before him." Joanna replied, pointing at Kron and Ichika.

"Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. Their interview took a long time so I looked for food." Pablo apologized, placing his two hands together near his face. "Let's not scare our juniors."

Luckily for Kron, his turn to answer the question on his abilities did not come as transported after transported arrived in the cabin. He did not really have that much presence so he was just quietly listening on the discussions. A few hours later, the quota for the new students was filled up. The total was close to a hundred. It was even hard to maintain a circle so multiple circles were created.

Professor Aves finally arrived in the Cabin. Everyone was waiting for him before they could proceed to the academy. They rode a bus before arriving at a train station. The station itself was large and quite majestic but the state-of-the-art vehicles was even more striking. There were hover cars, AI powered helicopters, an armored titan and a sleek high speed train.

"It seems that you guys are fascinated with those vehicles. Well, you should try those next time." Aves said, stopping for a while as he looked at the students. "Except for the titan since that's for military personnel. For now, we will use the train."

Kron and the others arrived in no time. To everyone's surprise, the train has a station inside the campus itself.

"That was fast! Much faster than what we have on Earth!" "This is like a hotel lobby but on a scale of an airport!"

The transported cried out as they arrived at the station.

"Welcome to Dracanae but we are still just on the public lobby. Follow me, many people use this place so we should not stay here long." Aves said as he continued walking.

The architecture, the scale and the complexity of the view in all directions astonished the group. From the glistening walls and holographic guides to the mystical plants in pots and students floating in their hover boards. If there is any fear left of the transported, it was now replaced by excitement. The feeling of experiencing something new in a seemingly safe place overwhelmed their emotions.

The group crossed a glass enclosed bridge, arriving at another building. They didn't stay here for long as they took an elevator to the ground and left the building. They continued to walk towards what seemed to be a courtyard. The group saw twin towering octagonal shaped buildings from a distance. Each buildings would reach more than a hundred floors.

"Are we going to stay in one of those?" One of the transported asked, pointing at the towering structures.

Aves chuckled. "Maybe in the future you will. Right now, you will stay in that."

He then pointed out another building. It was not to say it was small per se but compared to the other buildings around, it was like a pet house. It will be their temporary home until they can pay for a better one or at least be sponsored if they are worthy.

The seniors guided them to the reception of the dorm. To their surprise, they were also given free uniforms and casual clothes in their correct sizes. Additionally, they were provided snacks. There was really no rule if men and woman can choose rooms close to each other but as the people before them did, the men got the higher floors and the women got the lower floors. They were then asked to rest first which they badly needed from all the experience they had on this single day. It was the same for Kron and Ichika. Kron took a room in the 42nd floor while Ichika took a room in the 38th floor.

*Knock Knock* A knock was heard in Kron's door. Luckily, he was still awake as most of the other guys were already snoring.

"Wait!" Kron shouted. He then looked at the small glass on the door and he saw Ichika. He immediately, opened the door. "Uh, Hi!"

Ichika entered the room and observed the surroundings. "The rooms are just the same. That's disappointing."

Kron doesn't really know what to say. It was his first time that a girl entered his room. "Uhmm, at least it was clean."

"Yeah, you're right." Ichika chuckled before closing the door. She then sat on Kron's bed then looked at him straight. "Is there a reason why you act powerless?"

"What? Is this what it is?" Kron shouted, his embarrassed persona was replaced with vexation.

"Hey, if you don't want to tell it. That's fine. I just want to know your reason!" Ichika shouted back.

"Oh yeah? Then what about you? Weren't you hiding your skills too? Don't think that I didn't notice it!" Kron shouted, leering at Ichika. He was not really sure of what he said but he had a hunch that she was actually concealing something back then. "Do you want to know why I'm weak? or you already know and you just enjoy hanging out with the weak. Is that why you are here?"

"Is that what you really think?" Ichika replied softly, her eyes seemed to suddenly tear.

Kron was perplexed by her reaction, not really knowing what to say.

"I see.." She stood up, opened the door and ran away.

Kron was stunned by how quickly that escalated. He looked at the door for sometime, trying to make sense of what just happened. He doesn't know whether he should be angry or sad. Ichika was the one who kept on forcing him to get angry but then she suddenly cried.

"Does she think I want to act weak?" Kron thought to himself as he laid on the bed. He was really sensitive of his weakness. What's more is that he was greatly disappointed of himself after the assessment. Still, he felt guilty when he calmed down. He finally understood that he acted poorly. It was the first time that he got so angry at another person. No, it was more accurate to say that it was his first time shouting at another person he doesn't hate.

He had been angry at other people before. People that caused him harm or did him evil things. But during those times, he only kept his feelings to himself. But this time, he felt that he could freely say what he feels. Was it because he knew that she won't hurt him or because he didn't want to hear those things from her? He didn't know. What he knew is that he probably took out his feelings to the wrong person.