The Valdios Vector Academy was a self-contained environment. Despite the fact that it was a school it was more like a city in how it operated. The AD has many buildings for things like registration etc. And it is just outside one of these buildings that Johann was, sitting on a bench with his palms covering his face. Only a fool would not realize that this was a stressed young man.
Juan was sitting next to Johann with an amused expression on his face. Johann still wanted to confirm that Juan was indeed a Fallen. Alas, this was neither the place nor the time to discuss such things.
Johannn knew how sensitive the topic was and decided to approach it at a more appropriate time. Juan was expecting to be barraged by a cacophony of questions, but instead all he saw was Johann take a deep breath. The small embers of hope within the boy's eyes burned brightly as he contemplated certain matters by his lonesome.
Juan smiled at this.
'This kind of composure, he does indeed have potential. The old man was onto something here. I can give him some more responsibility then.
The usually depressed Johann was now surprisingly smiling, but he calmed himself down. From time to time Johann would create a gap in his fingers and observe his counterpart, trying to see through the latter. Alas, even with his skills of observation and vast reservoir of knowledge, he still fell short.
Juan tried many times to distract the young man with funny gestures but to no avail. All Johannn did was stare and contemplate. Hence, Juan decided to sit and wait for Johann to accept his fate, and surprisingly he did. With a youthful vigor that wasn't present before , Johannn got up and faced his new roommate and Mission Partner.
"Alright, I have decided, let's go and register you." Said Johann with a grim expression.
Juan frowned, "Register me for what?"
"Before I explain that I need to know which major division you are in and the name of your ability. Please describe it if you can." Said Johann with a look of resignation.
Juan's face also became grim as soon as he heard Johann's face. This piqued Johann's interest, as he had not seen Juan reveal an unpleasant expression before.
'Could it be that he has a really embarrassing ability?'
There are many abilities that are useless and even amusing to others. Johann once heard of a person who had the ability to increase the size of men's manhoods. That rumor spread like a wildfire among nobles.
Yet what Johannn heard was not quite what he was expecting.
"I...I'm a Beta type and my ability is Electromagnetic Wave Manipulation....and I have no idea what that is."
When Johann heard the answer he opened his mouth in surprise. Beta type students were usually logical and emotionless to a certain extent. There was a saying I'm Valdios, 'If you see a beta then you better not crack a joke.'
So when Johann heard that the seemingly happy go lucky Juan was a beta type he was more than surprised. As for Juan's ability, it was neither embarrassing nor shocking. EM wave manipulation was a very common ability among beta users. Or rather it was better to say that it was a common category.
"Um Juan, what you said is a category, not a power." Said Johann with an awkward smile
"What do you mean by that?" Juan asked.
"Well EWM is a category of abilities. It's not an ability. What I mean by that...is ...um.." Johann started sweating bullets under Juan's intense gaze. Johann was not a person who was used to socializing much, and Juan had not realized that he gave an intimidating look. Juan ws no longer simply a boy but one of the 'Fallen', hence his gaze carried much more weight in Johann's eyes. Johann doubted that Juan was lying about such a matter as it was easy to verify. As to why Juan had been willing to reveal such important information, he reserved his questions on that for when they had privacy, and it was a good thing he did.
"What he means is EWM is a phrase to describe a type of ability rather than one particular ability." The source of the voice was a young man who was walking past the duo. He was quite tall, reaching almost 2 meters. He had long limbs and was wearing a black uniform with gold regalia. Gold level origin. An extremely rare sight in the academy. Whenever a student with gold regalia walked they would receive stares of envy and respect.
Yet despite his clothing what was most eye-catching about this young man was his face, or rather his beard to be more precise.
The young man without a doubt of eastern descent, with eyes that gave a sharp feeling of intelligence and an asian hairstyle forming a neat bun atop his head. He had a long mustache and an even longer beard. His beard was incredibly well maintained to the point that Juan believed the tip could pierce through iron.
"Ah! Thanks for the tip bro!" Juan immediately got up to greet the bearded youth and thanked him.
"No sweat. I'm Keanu. What's your name?"
"I'm Juan. I'm a freshman." Replied Juan with a friendly tone.
"Ah, freshman Juan, nice to meet you bro."
The two seemed to hit it off quite well and started having a conversation. After a few moments Juan realized something and spoke, "Oh yeah, before I forget this is my roommate and partner Johann. Johann this is Kea-"
Before Juan could finish he swallowed his words because Johann was shivering in fright while staring at the floor. Juan looked at Keanu to see if he knew what was happening but the latter shrugged his shoulders.
'It's him! It's him! It's him! It's him! It's him!'
Mentally Johann was screaming because he knew very well who the young man was before them. Almost everyone attending the school did. It took all of Johann's strength to remain conscious due to his fear of this man. Beta type Enigma users were easily affected by their state of mind, they were usually emotionless, but when reactions were elicited, it would affect them physically as well. Johann was constantly bullied over his lack of talent, and gold level origin students were a constant reminder of how pathetic he was. Thus he avoided them whenever he could.
Last year a certain group of gold level origin students had bullied him to the point that he wanted to kill himself. Had it not been for the senior who was his partner last year Johann might not have been standing at that moment. Thus gold became a bane in his eyes and the cause of many of his nightmares.
Keanu's eyes flashed with understanding. "Let me take my leave. Juan, Johann, it was nice meeting you. I hope we can be friends." With these words and a flick of his thin beard Keanu departed.
Juan smiled in amusement and also bid farewell. After Keanu was gone Johann sighed in relief. Juan raised a brow. "What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?! Do you have any idea who that was! How can you be so casual?! Do you have a death wish?!" Johann fumed.
Juan scratched his head, "I am far too lazy to answer all five so let me just answer the last one. Nope."