Zi Yun Esiah, a girl from a ruling-class family; her father is the owner of AITech Industries.

Currently in her final year at the co-educational Genuis Matter high school, contrary to what one might think, this is not a particularly elitist structure - the genuis of the name stems from a pronounced marketing strategy - nor is it a dumping ground.

Genuis Matter has maintained its accreditation over the years and is ranked among the best learning environments in the country.

Which was enough not to spoil the future of the elite that is Zi Yun Esiah.

Her presence at Genuis Matter was of her own making; she was pursuing her dreams and goals.

Zi Yun Esiah usually travelled to school by car, escorted by a private chauffeur from a security agency, but as things progressed she grew tired of this little attention and wanted a change of routine.

With this in mind, she had deceived the vigilance of poor Sébastien, who could be considered her attendant. It's not as if he was in danger of losing his job; she wasn't that thoughtless.

She was now pacing the streets of the city, all this escapade was going to cause her a slight delay, she had misjudged the distance to cover, but she appreciated her initiative it was enough.

Zi Yun Esiah was the kind of person who acted as she pleased, but every decision was calmly considered. If it weren't for her reckless side, she might not be her mother's daughter, but her stubborn side gave her father headaches.

Zi Yun Esiah was coming to an intersection -hmm; there was this alleyway she'd spotted, usually coming by car, she'd noticed some high school students taking a sneaky route to this intersection she'd heard was a shortcut.

She took the designated shortcut, but her good mood was short-lived.

The shortcut was between two buildings, wide enough for a car and a motorcycle to pass through at the same time, and you could see a few things lying around.

The further you went, the more the place looked like it was full of cigarette butts on the ground, or bottles of alcoholic beverages.

Zi Yun Esiah ended up having an unpleasant encounter.

-Aren't you having fun with us?

These words annoyed her, but at the same time it was frightening insofar as she was alone surrounded by shady guys.

It was about twenty past seven when she entered the alley -I wonder if it was a good idea to pass through here. When she got a little further into the place, she saw a group of six people chatting, sitting on what appeared to be cans and air-conditioning boxes.

Three were wearing white shirts and black pants - they must have been students, but she wasn't sure which school they went to - then there was the one who was probably in his late twenties, she thought - he had a muscular body, and the other two were in civilian clothes.

They were certainly delinquents in Zi Yun Esiah's mind, so she continued on her way, but these people had noticed her - one stood up, it was easy enough to guess the intentions of such people.

-Hi, beautiful.

He'd come up to her as she didn't respond at all to his call. She was now surrounded by five strange boys.

The sixth in his high-school uniform was still observing the scene, sitting on the air-conditioning, wondering how he could see, his hair certainly obstructing his vision.

Usually ignoring these people would be the right answer here, it was enough to discourage some and give a message ''I don't have time to chat with you etc;'' well that's what she thought, but the world is a little more complex than that.

The method didn't seem to be working and they were becoming more and more insistent, it was something ugly for Zi Yun Esiah.

-Come on, be nice. Come-we'll have some fun, I promise, it'll be fun.

-I'm in a hurry, and even if I hadn't been, I'd never have accepted strangers' invitations; Zi Yun Esiah retorted.

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She did her best to keep calm, she'd put herself in a very unpleasant situation, she regretted having come this way if she'd taken the usual route, this event wouldn't have happened.

-I've got class and I'm late.

Only one of them was doing the talking, the other four were just nodding, perhaps they would act as a deterrent if she refused!

The sixth had not made a move, sitting at the very back, just observing the scene, unlike the other three, wearing his high-school uniform.

It's simple, this kind of people are simple for the most part, you just have to not offend them and play it casually and hurriedly. So, that could be translated into, "Maybe next time", Zi Yun Esiah was thinking of a way to apply it until one of these delinquents grabbed him by the wrist.

-Let go of my hand.

Esiah had lost his temper.

-What, you're not having fun with us?

-You don't seem to have understood very well!

A disgusting grin spread across their faces, betraying their intentions.

Ele resigned herself to slapping one of them, then took advantage of the brief moment of surprise to run away.

She may not look it, but Esiah had won a few trophies in athletics when she was younger.

But a saving voice sounded nearby, a voice with a calm, flowing connotation.

-Guys, let her go!

He walked with an Olympian calm, his expression calm, it was hard to read his emotions, Zi Yun Esiah wondered if sometimes he just didn't think of anything in these cases.

Zi Yun Esiah recognized him, a friend from her class but also the man she had feelings for, Theos Martin.

She recognized him by the sound of his voice, at once empty and brimming with life.

Zi Yun Esiah looked away from these delinquents, so surprised was she that she'd said his name - Theos; who'd have thought he'd meet this morning in such a situation.

But his presence was annoying to others, so they didn't share the same feeling as Zi Yun Esiah.

They were all staring at Theos with sharp eyes.

-Dude, you're really looking for trouble? move along!

The group didn't seem very receptive to Theos's request, the most muscular of the group had spoken up, but Theos hadn't given him a single glance, he seemed to be calmly staring at the man sitting on the air-conditioning, behind his hair it looked as if his gaze had landed on Theos.

Zi Yun was thinking about what to do if the whole thing got out of hand, she was a little anxious, she looked around trying to read Theos's expression, but nothing came of it.

I think I might be able to take one of these two down; she observed the two of them who had their outfits on -So I could run away and try to find a police officer and come back for Theos? no, the best thing would be for us to run away together.

-I don't like redundancy, this is the last time I'm asking you, so please go away!

His tone was always neutral: was he angry, afraid? only he knew at that moment.

-If not, what?

Theos laid his bag gently beside him.

He had finally attracted the hostility of the group; all five were now advancing towards him.

Was Zi Yun Esiah sure this was going to get out of hand? She kept her eyes open, ready to make her move.

-Brother, we've got to teach this pretentious kid a lesson!

-Yes, it's true, I don't like his schoolboy face, and his shonen protagonist attitude!

As they approached Theos, He didn't move from his position, the person he was staring at intensely; Had reacted to his gaze as if he'd just seen something or rather remembered it, he got up from where he'd been sitting.

Until then, he'd done nothing, but now he suddenly decided to intervene and stop his own people.

-Stop, we're leaving.

This statement disconcerted Zi Yun Esiah, but the most surprised were

still the members of the delinquent group.

-You're chickening out?! retorted the muscular guy, visibly annoyed by his colleague's sudden behavior, forgetting even his level in the hierarchy.

-hmpf, let it go.

A blatant lack of cohesion between them, Zi Yun Esiah wondered inwardly if Theos had something to do with it? But he hadn't done anything yet - maybe this guy knew how to stay out of trouble.

-Are you deaf? I said we're going home.

After a quick glance at Theos, he once again asked his comrades to withdraw, disconcerted but with no choice but to withdraw.

-Tss

The muscular guy, who probably wanted to fight, was perhaps a matter of pride in the milieu; they were all heading in the opposite direction to Theos and, as they crossed, they gave him a dark look like "we'll see each other again soon enough".

Theos came towards Zi Yun Esiah as if nothing had happened.

-Are you coming? We're late!

ZI Yun Esiah had placed a yes between this sentence. She couldn't stop me from smiling, he noticed and asked her -Are you okay?

This kind of attention was only rhetorical, since neither of them was hurt, but it was still a bad experience that could have gone badly, so Theos' request was quite legitimate.

-Thanks to you, I'm fine.

Theos smiled at Zi Yun Esiah, -Thank God then!

But then the expression on Theos's face was worrying now that the delinquents had left, for the first time Esiah had the impression that something was wrong with that neutral face, what could he be thinking about?

His eyes stared off into the distance, you couldn't read his expressions, but Esiah knew deep in her heart, a look like that.

It was dangerous!!!

Having met several people on behalf of her father's business, from the ambitious to the opportunistic, she sometimes discerned this sort of thing.

So she had to return the favor.

Zi Yun Esiah had asked him in turn what was wrong; she felt worried but also responsible for the situation. He smiled as usual before answering.

-Don't worry, it was a bit dangerous, I just thought we were running a bit late.

Together they were finally heading for the school.