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Aina Saionji, the 16-year-old daughter of one of the world's wealthiest men on the planet, held a secret in her heart.
No. It wasn't the ridiculous amount of butterflies that fluttered in her stomach whenever she thought of Luke — who, by the way, was in NO WAY related to her.
Aina cleared her throat as she walked through the big, decorated hall, blushing at the thought of strolling with Luke here.
The secret was related to her Quirk — Snapshot Prophecy!
It was 31st May — her and her brother's birthday.
Just yesterday, the UA High School had seen the worst attack from Villains who had infiltrated a secret facility.
When she had learned that Luke had been there, she had run out of her class to find him.
Fortunately, All Might had defeated all the Villains timely. Moreover, Luke wasn't even much injured, unlike another boy named Midoriya from his class. So, that was something, she guessed.
Still, if someone were to go in the past and tell her Luke — the same Luke she had seen growing up in the Saionji Mansion — would join Hero Course, would have an awesome Quirk, and would be the most handsome man…
Aina hurriedly looked around.
When she found no one listening to her thoughts, she patted her chest.
These days, it felt like the entire world was trying to listen to what she was thinking.
To hide the blush on her face, she held up the Polaroid camera and took a photo. After a while, by the time the photo was generated, the blush had already settled down.
The photo showed the scenery as it is, Aina noted.
In one corner, she saw her mother directing the workers about where to put the cake.
Even her mother didn't know the secret about her Quirk. Ah, yes. The Quirk's secret. It wasn't something big, but it was crucial enough for Pro Hero Sir Nighteye to forbid her to tell anyone.
Of course, her father knew it.
He knew almost everything.
In the official records, Snapshot Prophecy was a Quirk that let Aina see an event that could/would happen in the future, given she took the photo when there were no people present there.
However, slyly, the Saionji Group had forced the authorities to modify the explanation to this from the original one, omitting something very crucial.
The future event that the Snapshot Prophecy showed was always an event that Aina never wanted to happen.
Being a good girl, in 9 out of 10 cases, the snapshot taken by her, if it showed something, was about the Villains — as she didn't want innocent people to get hurt.
However, sometimes, her emotions took over her Quirk, resulting in something very different.
Standing in front of a round table, Aina suddenly smiled. This table was in a corner, with only two chairs, and wasn't even that big. The more she saw the table, the more she pictured Luke seated there, making her smile.
That's so Luke, Aina thought, taking a snapshot. Sitting all by himself.
She hadn't expected anything from the snapshot, though. But when she shook the snapshot and looked at it casually, her breath gave away.
An image was coming alive in the photo.
With wide eyes, Aina saw Luke was indeed seated there, with Nyx on the table.
And, standing by his side, was a white-bearded, bald man in a tuxedo, his hand on Luke's shoulder.
…
"Be careful," Luke told a waiter, "this wine is from Indonesia. One glass is worth five million dollars."
The waiter carrying the tray almost stumbled, his breath giving away.
He had served the richest people in the country — but five million dollars worth of glass of wine… with ten glasses per tray?!
"Whoa!" Luke suddenly approached the waiter as he saw the man's face going white. "I was just joking…"
"…?"
"…"
When the waiter was gone, Luke stumbled his way to a table in the corner.
"Boy, do you suck at it!" Nyx cawed. "Whiskey on rocks, Waiter!"
The moment she shouted, another waiter passing by just ended up laughing, putting a glass of juice on the table.
Luke just stared at Nyx, gobsmacked.
…
[You don't necessarily have to follow the same Acting as others, Luke. You need to do what suits you the best. Only then you can receive the best feedback, letting you properly digest the Clown Potion.]
…
Luke frowned, but his face didn't show anything.
"And what are you planning to do for Acting, Nyx?" he asked, feeling a bit jealous.
"That's so easy-peasy!" Nyx cawed, taking her beak out of the juice. "We will find a man with a pet who does this Seering business in the streets. Like a parrot. We will then hypnotize him, replace the filthy parrot with me.
"People will dig a funny, beautiful, and majestic lady like me. They will line up just to talk to me, you know.
"I will use those moments to read their fortune or whatever… will also flash my stolen… bought diamond pendulum on their faces.
"Boom! Seer Potion digested within weeks!"
"…"
…
[…]
…
Luke, and Miss Justice in his mind, stared at Nyx with open mouths.
"Luke, there you are!"
Luke looked up and found Dr. Donald walking toward him, making him frown.
If he didn't remember wrong, then Dr. Donald was a Villain extracted from America by his father. However, since then, the Villain had already modified his face enough to never be recognized by anyone.
His father never let the doctor come out of the Blue Site, even then.
Combined with his previous life till now, this would be the first time Luke was seeing him outside.
"Donald," Luke nodded, letting out a fake, genuine smile as if he was delighted to see the man here. "What a surprise!"
On the other side, seeing Luke's exhilarated expression, Donald's entire body trembled with pleasure.
He reached out with his hand, barely controlling the urge to touch him.
Meanwhile, all hell went loose in Luke and Nyx's minds, their Danger Intuitions screaming bloody murder.
What's going on?! Luke and Nyx thought, glancing at each other.
For a moment, they even thought that this was a delayed reaction to their last night's stunt — calling out to Conformity by the name.
Not so surprisingly, none of the two even thought that it was the hand about to land on Luke's shoulder. Why would they, when Dr. Donald had put the same hand on Luke thousands of times by now?
However, just as Luke and Nyx were about to throw themselves off the table, and just as Dr. Donald was to touch Luke, Aina came rushing in. She then stumbled into the doctor, spilling all the juice she had been carrying on his tuxedo.
"Oh! I am so sorry!" Aina apologized. "Waitress! Please take Mr…"
Donald looked between the waitress and the girl, who he recognized instantly. "… Ms. Aina, I am Donald. I need to…"
"Take him to the washroom and let him select a tuxedo from father's collection."
"No… I need to…"
"Thank you, Mr. Donald," Aina said, the waitress forcefully grabbing Donald by the hand. "I will be seeing you again."
Meanwhile, the dangerous feeling bombarding Luke and Nyx vanished as they saw Dr. Donald being taken away by Aina's personal maid.
They had no clue why Aina called her waitress, though.
"What are you doing here?" Aina asked, pulling Luke up. "Let's go. We are about to cut the cake."
Luke wasn't sure about being near the cake. Rikuya would lose all the smiles the moment he laid eyes on him and Nyx. Still, with Aina being so cheered up, he couldn't say no.
Suddenly, Luke reached out and tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
Aina's breath got caught in her throat. "What…"
Luke pulled back his hand and showed her a coin. "Magic!"
Going red beyond redness, Aina punched Luke and ran away.
Frowning, Luke looked at the coin and flicked his hand, making it disappear.
"Even this didn't work? I thought kids liked Magic, no?" he mumbled to himself, walking forward. "Sigh! This Clown Potion going to be a hard one…"
This time, Miss Justice and Nyx stared at Luke with their mouths hanging open.
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