"She's calling for us?" Silvia, the one with a number Ace, asked.
"She seems to be but it doesn't look like she was trying to return, did she perhaps found a clue towards him already?" the white haired man who pulled Astra replied.
"Hiro and I shall be going then," Silvia replied.
She was referring to the green haired young man who pushed Astra.
"You inform the others Kiryu," she then said to the white haired man.
"I understand."
Currently it was Silvia who was leading them.
*****
Astra sat on the living room with a frown. She had been trying to call for them but she still received no reply.
She even started wondering whether this kind of communication was really possible. She indeed heard those people when they were coming up but she was now doubting whether they just thought about it or did they use another mean.
It's not like she was asking them to let her return. What's taking them so long?
Her door bell rang as she wait.
Her frown deepen knowing full well that it could only be her neighbor who would visit her. Though it was the weekend and the classes will start in another week or so.
She was wondering if he was here again to pull her into going out, which she was adamant on not doing it. Going to that academy was already too much for her, she would rather spend her break inside than go and explore the city.
After checking the peephole she was stunned to see Silvia and Hiro with a different eye color, in her doorsteps.
"What are you doing?" she asked upon opening the door.
"You called us," Silvia gave her a smile before entering.
Hiro didn't know what to do at first before he slowly entered as well.
But just as the door closed behind him, he received a strong kick from behind and a hard slap on his back.
"Astra!!" he complained as he looked back at her.
"I told you I'd get you back for what you did, it just so happens that you have to come here with Silvia. Bringing yourself as the sacrificial lamb," Astra then said before passing by him but not forgetting to step on his hand.
While agonizing in pain, a sudden realization came to him before looking at Silvia who was already sitting on the sofa.
"You brought me here for this, didn't you?" he pointed at her.
"I wonder what you would be talking about? I just need a companion to visit our beloved Astra here," Silvia replied with a meaningful smile.
Hiro felt betrayed after seeing that smile, she really did brought him here to receive Astra's anger. If she were alone then Astra would have vented out on her.
They knew Astra so well, she may not hit Silvia and the others who was far older than her but she would vent out through words non stop.
If they were not mistaken then the last time she got so mad and vented out, it lasted for about a day in their place.
From then on, they barely made her get mad. They'd rather not bother her than receive such treatment from her.
The only one who still pestered her and received her wrath was the one she calls a jerk right now for disappearing just like that.
"So why did you call for us?" Silvia finally asked.
Astra pursed her lips before sitting opposite of Silvia, just as Hiro was about to sit though a flying pillow came to him.
"What was that for?" he complained looking at Astra.
"Sit on the floor," Astra answered while pointing at him with a glare.
'Yup she really holds every possible grudge out there,' Hiro thought as he could only resign to his fate and slumped down on the floor.
"And?" Silvia asked again.
"I..."
Astra looked away as she mumbled what she wanted from her and Hiro who was listening laughed out loud receiving another hard kick on his stomach.
Silvia was shock to hear what she had just asked. Astra always wanted to stay away as much as possible with the matters in the land. Not even trying to understand the levels of abilities.
"So you want to understand what how it works? The abilities of the people of the land? The difference in their strengths?"
Astra was still not looking at her as she nodded her head.
Hiro wanted to laugh again but knew he would receive another kick or so once he does. The person who was adamant on not learning about this things and found them troublesome was actually asking about it?
"Say, before I answer your question, is it possible for you to tell me the reason behind this change of mind of yours?" Silvia asked.
Astra sighed before finally looking at her, "I have entered an academy."
And there goes another laughter from Hiro.
But it was stopped abruptly when Astra stood in front of him.
"Uhmmm sorry?" he said with uncertainty.
Astra was looking at him with squinted eyes before Silvia could only sigh and shake her head as Hiro was pummeled almost to death by Astra.
She started thinking that it may not be the right thing for her to bring Hiro here.
Astra huffed after being contented with hitting Hiro before she returned to her sit opposite of Silvia.
"Will you teach me then?" she then asked.
"Why did you enter an academy?" Silvia asked.
It was known to all of them how much Astra hated the crowd, that is why this is truly a shock to all of them that she was actually entering an academy.
"Well, if he didn't get old and remained as a sixteen year old boy. My current best choice of search was an academy and since you lot just threw me down here without understanding where to start searching for that jerk. I can only start at this, don't you think so?" she answered.
And this time it was Silvia's turn to smile uncertainly. It was true that they have imposed Astra with such mission without prior knowledge to anything about their fourteenth companion at all.