"Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing"
- Aristotle
Chapter 1:Who here Haven't heard about Peyton Kalid And hadley smith
"we humans are.... , a culture-bearing upright-walking that lives on the ground and very likely first evolved in about 315,000 years ago...Scientific evidence shows that the physical and behavioral traits shared by all people originated from apelike ancestors and evolved over a period of approximately six million years... Miss Kallid could you please read the next para- she's not here again? where is she? does anyone know where's peyton kallid again?"
a tired voice echoed in one of the classrooms of Quincy Academy, Students in that said room were just shrugging their shoulders as if the person in question was not their classmate.
the teacher sigh and stared at the only empty desk in the classroom and then to the know opened window. she really want to stop the child from leaving the room especially when it's class hours but she could not find herself telling that to her student because after all everyone knows peyton kallid is a genius.
She always ranked first in every exam and semester, she perfected every test and completed every projects in excellence, the only trait that the teachers doesn't like about this particular student is... she does not socialize, she never attend classes, and not once participate in any fun events.
there's only one person the teenager always talk and seen with, Hadley smith.
hadley smith is popular, she's pretty and kind.. everyone loves her, every student adores her, and every teacher favors her. She's smart but not a genius everyone knows about this that's why whenever they saw the duo walking together one thought would always flashes in their mind. 'opposite'
peyton Kallid is a genius, she never attend classes but always aces, she never studies but always seen at the top. hadley is smart, her attendance is always complete, the president of her class, hardworking and always participates in school events and recitations, and the second rank in overall ranking.
Peyton kallid is a tigress, a brute, An aspiring athlete, excellent in every sport, she's a person with martial arts background and Hadley smith is different, she's fragile, bad at sports, clumsy but reliable, responsible but weak.
Peyton khallid is beautiful but she never seen smiling, the frown is always pasted in her mouth, her laughter does not exist, her eyes are filled with boredom, her posture is always filled with laziness and listlessness, When you bump at her she would ignore you, if you spilled a coffee on her she would glare at you and ignore you, she's filled with arrogance.
Hadley smith is the ideal, the model of everyone, she's beautiful and always seen smiling, her laughs are like an angels, her eyes are filled with cheeriness, warmth and gentleness, she's graceful and always in an elegant manner. The kindest person you'll ever met, she wont hesitate to help a person in need. She would forgive you in a blink of an eye, The epitome of perfectness.
Those are the thought people have when they seen the duo walking together but little did they know they are very different.
"Kyahhhhhhhh!!!! what is this? what is this? what is this? The full episode of anime adaption of the priestess?!!! i'll go buy it immediately!!"
A very high pitched voice exclaimed in the rooftop of 2rd year high school building of Quincy Academy.
A girl with shoulder length brown hair was kneeling in the ground while holding her phone up in the air as if she was doing a posture of worshiping a god. opposite to her is a girl laying on the ground, her hair is black and long , her eyes are close and her breathe are even, a sign that she is sleeping.
"Wake up you sloth!! i want you to buy this for me!" the girl with black hair opened her eyes slightly and stared at the girl she's with, she lightly sigh and lazily stood up and inserted her hands inside her pocket and started to walk out the rooftop.
"and and buy me 2 pieces of cheesecake, a float and and doughnuts!" the girl just glance at her and opened the door of the rooftop.
"Hadley time for class" her last words before walking closing the door.
Hadley only stared at the now closed door and went back to her phone. The priestess was her most favorite story, She does not understand why peyton never considered her offer of playing the game with her, but anyway she generally don't understand the mind of a genius.
ah speaking of genius, she remember that she still have home works and a project in math that she haven't started yet... eh, oh well she knows peyton could finish it for her.
Anyway back to her game. The priestess is about a girl who holds the card of The Queen and got the blessing of the God of light -- Apollo. she received the ability to heal and the power of light which perfectly fits the role of a priestess. She was hidden for so many years, so no person knows about her existence except for the kin and her family.
Years later when she reach the age of 16 she was sent to study to Licht Academy, there she met her love interests. The game was about capturing the hearts of three main love interest and a hidden character. And like every otome game there's an antagonist, The fiancee of The prince, Lilith Avaleon, the villainess the Card holder of the joker. The Black Joker per se
So After capturing all the main characters and defeating the villainess, You need to defeat the main antagonist, The holder of the deck of cards, the most powerful being, The most dangerous person in whole Kosmos, he goes by the name of The devil. no one knows the devil's name except the creators.
What makes this game very popular? well because of its difficulty, the difficulty of capturing the main love interest is extremely difficult and if you fully captures them, The hidden character would be your obstacle on finishing the game. Only few manage to finish the game, but no one shared their experience of winning the game, they said it would be cheating if they would share a tiny bits of information, it's because when you finish the game the main reason on why it's hard to win the main love interest would be revealed and it's unfair to those who made an effort to finish the game.
Hadley played the game many times but she never manage to capture the hidden character and she started to get impatient.but quitting never crosses her mind.
she pouts and once again played the game.
Peyton stared at the Dvd in her hands, she's hesitating on buying it because first of all she doesn't know if this is the one her best friend wants but the big The priestess word is pasted in the cover tells her it is but something in her mind says that it isn't. She never thought that a day were she would find something difficult would suddenly arrive without her knowledge.
She heave a sigh and drops it in her cart and stared at the three versions of The priestess placed in the shelf, she scratches her head and pick up the other two and drop it in her cart as well, buying these stuffs made her sigh in 58th times. She inserted her hand in her pocket and put the lollipop she was holding in her other hand inside her mouth again and pushes the cart towards the cashier lazily.
In the corner of her eye she notice a person with black hair leaning on the wall, his eyes were close and the earphones were in his ear, he was beautiful and the ladies around her confirms that. she shifted her eyes back to the cashier lady and stared at her blankly.
"miss" she silently said but the lady seems very distracted and keeps on staring at the man while drooling. Peyton isn't a person who get pissed easily, no she doesn't get mad immedietly too, so she did something that a sane person would not do.
first she removes the lollipop in her mouth and held the chin of the cashier lady, leans towards her, and places her lips on her. yes she kissed her.
The lady was startled, shocked, and flustered. when peyton finally leans away the cashier's attention was fully on her.
"This" she placed the dvds in the table, puts her lollipop inside her mouth and inserted her hands inside her pocket.
"wha-what, why?" the poor cashier was very flustered and did her job shakily with her face red.
"t-T-t-t-t- thank you f-for " before she could finish her sentence, peyton already left the cashier and walk out, but unknown to her, a pair of black cold eyes were staring at her during her stunt till she walks out.
"nicholas, i already bought what i need let's go back to school" a plain young man said and the gorgeous young man nods and walks out the store.
"i never thought The priestess would still be available, i tell you nicholas it would be a shame if you wont play this game"
the man beside him keep talking but nicholas' attention was not to him but to a lady buying a two box cheesecakes, she was wearing the same uniform they were wearing the difference is, she's not wearing the blazer, and her necktie was untied and was just place around her neck.
"wait that's Peyton" Nicholas stared at the man he's with and the man immedietly understand the hidden message of the handsome man's stare.
"Peyton Kallid, she's the genius of the 2nd years, she's a year younger than us that's why you never saw her in our building, Rank first in her year, Good at sports but no one saw her with anyone, except Hadley smith, hadley smi-"
nicholas tuned out the teenager and stared back at the lady who's now carrying a plastic bag of he thinks the priestess dvds she bought, a float and box of doughnuts, and the two box of cheesecakes are in her head.
Nicholas didn't know why but he let out a tiny laugh of amusement seeing the girl carrying two box of cheesecakes in her head.