Humanity Return
Ch. 97 – Reunions
Massive repairs are taking place throughout the city, all residents can be seen repairing cracked windows and roads with some old parts of the city also being refurbished again.
Large explosions and shocks in the past had caused panic in the city, but the announcement later calmed them down.
Not only that, now the atmosphere throughout the city is feeling like a festive festival.
Because the announcement made it clear that the reason for all the big shocks was none other than the two overzealous youths in their fight.
The two great geniuses that appeared together, followed by a few people who had extraordinary abilities as well, it was an incredible news for this city.
People ended up thinking of the damage this time as an opportunity to repair the entire city and did that with a smile on their face, like to celebrate the two great stars that came along with it.
The famous Prince of Lightning and the mysterious Youth they heard had already known each other before entering the Academy.
And the two young men that the whole town was talking about...
“Aaaah... I cannot move..”.
The entire head was wrapped in bandages until it only showed its left eye, with its black hair visible coming out from the crevices of the bandage.
With both his hands and feet covered in thick bandages, he let out a voice like he was in a lot of pain.
“...”
Next to him was the blond young man who was just sitting still, in the same form.
His right eye was only looking forward without responding to the reaction of the young man next to him, with both his hands and feet also wrapped in thick bandages to the point of being unable to move.
The two young men were taken by their Contracted Beast into a large hall in the previously locked building, along with the other new disciples. They sat in the front row and managed to grab everyone's attention.
The teachers who were diving them from the large podium in front of them also looked nervous when they met the gazes with the two young men in front of them.
“Aaah..” the black-haired youth let out a weak voice again.
“Leinn..”.
The aura sitting behind him looked at the young man's behavior with a strange expression, with Adeline sitting beside him who was also looking at the two young men with the same expression.
It had been seven days since that fight and four days after they had regained consciousness, it was still not strange...
But the two of them suddenly requested that all efforts to speed up their healing be stopped and simply asked to bandage their entire body with a bandage.
Behind the academy uniform the two young men were also bodies that were already like mummies.
The first two days after they asked for this, the two girls were still worried.
But after recalling the abilities of these two young men and their natural healing abilities, they only felt strange seeing the two people who were pretending to be unable to move.
“...and also let's give a festive greeting to our two stars who force present even though still can not move freely..!”.
Loud cheers and applause exploded there, it seemed that none of the students and teachers here were aware of the strangeness of the two of them.
Only the healing team and the two girls realized that their condition was stable.
So this new student welcome event continued to run without any problems.
The hall that could fill several hundred people without any problems was now only filled by new students, teachers and a few supervising disciples alone, not allowing senior disciples or outsiders to enter.
The building is in a fairly deep part of the academy and can only be accessed when there is an event like this.
The magic circle makes the walls and windows of this building much sturdier than other buildings, plus the supervisors on various sides of the building managed to make this Hall a very safe place.
And in the front row were the four most famous people of today.
“How are you... will get out of here later?”
Adeline was seen moving her seat beside Roland and started to ask after seeing Twig and Clear had already left after driving them here, like having other business. His little body could not possibly carry the young man out of here later.
“Leinn...?”
Aura lifted her chair and sat down beside Leinn, looking like asking her the same thing. He was also curious as to what the reason for the two young men's strange behavior over the past few days was.
Surrounded by two girls who were much smaller than them, the two young men began to rack their brains.
“...ah! Congratulations on getting rank three!” leinn said quickly.
“Huh? Um, thank you..?”
Aura was slightly surprised by the sudden welcome, considering that several days had already passed since the announcement of the tournament's winner.
He and Tenma were supposed to fight first before Leinn and Roland, but after seeing Tenma's unfavorable condition, the fight was scheduled for the next day.
Then the stadium disappeared.
So the two of them declared together to get a rank three.
And also...
“...welcome once again to our two junior tournament winners!”
The screams were heard once again after it was announced.
Yes, Leinn and Roland were declared the final winners.
No one could determine the outcome firmly and finally seeing them as equally unconscious, the fight was considered a draw.
Leinn and Roland only chuckled when they heard that a few days ago.
So as a result, this year they got two ranks three and two ranks one.
“A-a.. um..”.
Adeline's face started to blush after seeing Roland who was just staring at her without saying anything for a while.
The young man only looked at the girl in front of him very seriously.
“...”
...She couldn't find a way out, so she just stared at the girl as she continued to look for an excuse.
And it turned out to be much more successful than the black-haired young man beside him.
The teacher who had continued to talk had finally walked away, replaced by the man who turned out not to be dressed in style today.
“Halo all! I'll just make some important announcements, it won't be long and you'll be free from here!”
A small laugh could be heard from the group of disciples in front of him after hearing that.
“First, you should have started your school year today. but due to unexpected things and ongoing renovations throughout the city, you will have one free week!”
This time a variety of different reactions could be heard from them. Most of them became confused and surprised when they suddenly received a day off before receiving the slightest teaching.
“Of course you can use the facilities of this academy as a disciple of Red Dawn as well, no need to hesitate! If you want, you can also browse and run missions under Rank D to collect Merits early!”
Excited reactions came out from the students who heard that, as they were already impatient to visit facilities such as the library, gym, and many others that were famous in this academy.
“Secondly, all your daily needs for this month will be delivered to your room this afternoon. For the following months, you will have to buy it yourself from the Merit Exchanger in the Task Center!”
Isaac looked at the reaction of the disciples in front of him and smiled, then started to take a deep breath and let his gaze stop at the two youths in the front row.
“And last.. you will get one new friend”.
The sound disappeared from that hall, replaced by an unusually large pressure.
Most of the new disciples recognized this feeling and of course, they found the source.
“Haha..”.
“...”
The two young men in the front row let out tremendous pressure and this time, it seemed like they were unconsciously doing so.
The two girls sitting next to them also received that immense pressure but were still able to endure the large amount of Mana within their bodies.
“A-what's Leinn..?”
“Roland..?”
The two of them started to worry after seeing the gazes of the two youths fixated on Isaac looking different from before.
“...see this bandage... it is impossible not..?”
“...but.. could have..”.
The two of them continued to mutter and were seen not hearing the question of the two girls beside them.
Somehow, their faces that were almost entirely covered by the bandage looked extremely pale.
“He just got here this morning, after completing a special mission from the academy-“
Isaac's sentence was suddenly cut short when the two young men in front of him suddenly jumped up from their seats, remembering they had not moved at all for the past few days.
Realizing that there was something wrong with this situation, he intended to ask them.
Until suddenly, from the entrance of that hall...
“Haia!”
The bham!
The pressure in the entire hall instantly disappeared along with the sound of the impact and they could all exhale a sigh of relief, then turned to look at the source of the strange sound.
At the large door of the hall that looked like it had just been kicked open, stood a female?
Wearing the same uniform as them, he stood with both his hands resting on his waist. With a height of almost 180 centimeters and straight white hair that flowed all the way to his waist, and his two white eyes already showed his excited feeling.
“Shishishi..!”
The plain smile on his face was opposite to his adult body, giving rise to a strange feeling from the person who saw it.
While people were still confused and wondering, the teachers on the podium and the two girls sitting at the very front saw another surprise.
Leinn and Roland who had been motionless for so many days suddenly started running after exchanging a glance in a single glance.
Before Aura and Adeline could crack anything, the two young men had already reached one side of the hall, a wall with a small window on it.
And they jump, strong.
Prangs!
The sound of the broken window panes took the attention of everyone in the hall, as well as the people outside the building who could not enter the Hall.
Several tens of people saw two young men clad in bandages all over their bodies running with all their might with panicked expressions, like they were running away from something terrible.
Booms!
“LEINN! ROLAND!”
A loud voice called out the names of the two youths but instead of slowing down, they instead accelerated their pace.
The two of them also turned their heads without stopping their run, and they found the building which now had a three-meter-wide hole in its wall.
Standing in the middle of the new hole was the white-haired girl who was still smiling broadly at them.
In that lively Blazing Sun city, Red Dawn Academy had become the starting point of the most profound change that would occur in the history of mankind.
The generation that future chroniclers will talk about as ‘Hope’ Generation, where heroes are popping up across the continent simultaneously, as influenced by an invisible destiny line.
The ropes of destiny have already begun to form between them, which will eventually affect the destiny of mankind as a whole.
But now, they were still ordinary teenagers...
““Aaah..!””
...almost ordinary.
...
[That's the End of the Beginning of This Story]
Arc 1: The Meeting of Destiny, Old and New.
