"Say, saoirse and Serena have already moved into the academy, right?"
"Yep, even though there's still two months left, Serena has to as she is an apostle of harmony, saoirse just got dragged along"
Two boys, standing in a forest were casually chatting.
The boy with a black tank top, swiped his black bangs to the right, revealing his ruby coloured eyes
"Say Azreal.. do you want to go into an academy too?"
'Why ask? It's compulsory anyway, we'll have to register soon won't we? Speaking of which.. where's Kevin?"
Azreal, tucking in his shirt, scanned around the vicinity for Kevin. He then wiped away his sweat on his forehead before adjusting his white, curly hair.
"Ah.. there he is"
"Elijah! Azreal!"
Kevin was running towards them at light speed.
"I got adopted! Some family decided to adopt me?"
He immediately pounced onto Elijah, hugging him tightly.
"Ah! Let go! Let go- wait you got adopted???"
"Some family decided to adopt a 16 year old..?"
Elijah, after having been pushed off Elijah, stood on his own two feet on the rustling leaves.
"Yep! And they're rich too!"
"You sure they're not looking for a body guard in the academy..?"
"Nope! If they were, they'd have also brought the kid here, wouldn't they?"
"Makes sense"
Azreal sighed as he dragged Kevin near him by pulling his jacket
"So, when are you leaving?"
"In 3 days"
Kevin then looked at Azreal straight in the eyes
"…? Ah- why are you suddenly hugging me?! Your sweat is getting on me! Get off"
'I don't wamma weave wou…." (I don't wanna leave you)
"Well, it's compulsory for all of us to go to an academy, we can meet there, right?"
Elijah patted Kevin's back, patting his sweat stained jacket before pulling a towel and throwing it onto him
"Wipe yourself, it's so sticky.."
"Oh right! To the academy! Have you all decided to go into an academy? Let's go to the hero's organization academy!"
"That academy..? Isn't that an academy for hero's in training? Saoirse and Serena are inside, it wouldn't make sense for us to be there too"
Elijah asked Kevin in a slightly confused voice
"Both of your combat skills are similar to saoirse no? I think we can all join! I've always wanted to be a hero after all! To save the world and civilians, to get praise! Those can all start by going to the academy"
"In our dreams maybe.. we'll have to make it past the entrance exam"
Azreal quickly shut down Kevin's dreams, who then began chomping on his shirt
Taking out his phone, elijah took a photo and pointed it at them
"What re you doing?"
"Taking a photo"
Kevin immediately pounced onto Elijah who used his superior height to have the phone out of Kevin's grasp.
I'm just kidding, we should inform saoirse and Serena of the good news no?
"You're right!"
Kevin looked at Elijah with sparkling eyes, before being hit in the back of his head lightly
"You can't act like this outside anymore you know, people would probably kill you for pouncing on them"
"Oh please.. what if I told you I got adopted for my personality?"
"Then the family has a bad taste"
Elijah placed the phone back into his pocket and looked at Kevin
"Say Kevin.. where's the swords?"
"Ah.. shit"
"You forgot?"
"Mhm"
Azreal sighed before turning back to the direction of the orphanage. "I'll go get the swords, stay right here"l
He then started sprinting.
Looking at azreal's figure disappear among the numerous trees
Elijah sat down on the floor.
"You know Kevin. The orphanage is getting quite empty now that I realize it"
"Empty..?"
"Yea.. there has been a lot of adoptions since 2 years ago, and children stopped entering the orphanage about a year ago. It feels like it's shutting down soon, no?"
"You're right.but.."
Kevin sat down next to Elijah, planting his butt on Elijah's hand
"Ah- what the"
"What's the point of feeling so down? You're both leaving this place soon. This place is also old as hell and the director is a step away from his death bed. Besides, it's not like you"
Elijah, hearing Kevin's reason for sitting on his hand, laughed before smacking the back of Kevin's head before taking his phone out
"Hey!"
"Serena replied, she said she's coming here soon"
"She is..? Isn't she in the academy?"
"She is but she got permission, saoirse can't come since she needs to train though"
They then heard rusting footsteps coming forwards them, and also the sound of a branch snapping behind them.
Elijah looked to the back before looking back at the front, seeing azreal's figure appear before them once more.
"You're always so fast at running, why is your swordsmanship so shit?"
"Not my fault the scythe broke and I can't use it anymore.."
Saying that, Azreal threw the sword at the other two before being briefed about Serena's arrival which would be about tomorrow."
Elijah then looked back
"Did you.. see something?"
"I heard a branch break"
"Maybe I broke it by running here..?"
"It came from behind"
Elijah got into a stance ready for battle.
"Calm down.. you look so stupid right now, it's probably your imagination"
Azreal hit the back of Elijah's leg with his sword, or at least, he tried to. It was blocked by something.
Azreal was then tripped.
"What the-"
"Azreal!"
Elijah immediately pointed his at the blond haired male, grazing his cheek, who was pointing a rapier at azreal's throat
The blond haired male stared at the blade that had glazed his cheek.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Kevin also prepared his blade and pointed it at him.
The blond haired male glanced around before kneeling down. His pants that had a slight tear were on the ground. His jacket seemed to be messy and slightly torn on the sleeves, and the pocket of the jacket seemed to be holding something
"I am here to support you"
Looking up, he placed his rapier into his spatial ring.
"Hero"