Chapter 38 - A task

At that moment, Yuna realized that the beast girl everyone was talking about in the academy was the girl with Myalis.

She looked at Myalis a bit confused and Myalis sighed before smiling and patting her on her shoulder.

"H- How? Is she an old friend or something?" Yuna asked.

"No, I lately met her, she is now living with me," Myalis responded and Yuna stared at her.

"Huh? You are letting a complete stranger live with you and a beast one at that Seraphina?" Yuna asked and Myalis scoffed.

"You and I were strangers, this is no different, she needed saving as well, she was in trouble so I took her in, are you saying I should have left her be Yuna?" Myalis asked as she leaned in closer to the girl and Yuna's cheeks flushed as she pulled back a little.

"Please answer me," Myalis said as Ziza stared at them and Yuna sighed.

"I get it, I am not saying that you should have left her be, sorry," She replied and Myalis chuckled.

"You are cute, Yuna," She said and Yuna turned away from Myalis and clutched her chest.

'What the hell is this? She has a better charm than men, this is bad, she is cute and cool at the same time,' Yuna thought.

Ziza walked towards Yuna and tapped her on the shoulder and both Yuna and Myalis looked at her and she smiled and then bowed her head.

"I am sorry if my being here is going to cause a problem, I want to stay by Miss Seraphina's side for as long as I can, please don't be angry with her for taking me in," She said and Yuna's eyes widened as she stared at the girl and Myalis smiled at her.

While looking at Ziza, a smirk appeared on Yuna's face and she placed her finger under the girl's chin and raised her head up.

"It's okay, I take it she tamed you, I understand how you feel, I accept you as well, let's get along well, friends?" Yuna asked and Ziza's eyes widened as she looked at Yuna's smiling face.

'Great, now they are taking spots in my life and I don't have a say, this is going to get interesting,' Myalis thought as Yuna and Ziza shook hands on being friends.

"I look forward to getting to know you both," Ziza said.

"Same here," Yuna replied and Myalis chuckled, then patted both of them on their shoulders as the teachers called out for the student's attention and they looked forward.

"Today we will be doing a course to test your surviving skills, this is just one of many courses, but to make it interesting, it will be like a game, students of the same level, but different classes can team up in four, this task will last until night and you guys will only be allowed to go home when all of you are out of the woods," The female teacher said.

"Now, there is a barrier in the middle of the forest to keep anyone from going any further, we will only use a part of the forest, you guys will face obstacles, work as a team to conquer them, you will be given a task, there are three artifacts, a team can only collect one, remember this is a gamble, who lose, lose and there is nothing more to it."

"There will be things watching you and as long as you return here with an artifact, the person that did the most work within the team or the one the members of the team chooses can have the artifact," A guy said and Myalis and the others looked at each other.

'I wonder what kind of artifacts, there are many different types, some can be used to help you use your abilities as well,' Myalis thought and Yuna and Ziza looked at her with smiles on their face.

Myalis saw them smiling at her, her brows furrowed as they got closer to her, and she grabbed them by their shoulders.

"I don't know what you guys are thinking but whatever it is, drop it," She said and Yuna chuckled.

"Relax, it's nothing bad, you are interested in the artifacts aren't you?" Yuna asked.

"Yeah, if they are good, it may come into use in the future, who knows," She responded with a grin and Yuna smiled.

"All right, let's do our best in this game then," Yuna said.

"Yes," Ziza replied and Myalis chuckled.

"Guys, we have to get a fourth member, who do you think it should be Yuna? You have been here longer than I have," Myalis said and Yuna began looking around.

While looking around, Yuna's eyes spotted someone who could be perfect for the team and she smiled before going to the person and he looked at her then she smiled before waving at him and he peeked at Myalis and Ziza then sighed.

Myalis realized that he was the guy who told her that Yuna was in the arena and he was in the same class as her.

"Seraphina, I think he will be a good fit," Yuna said as she approached her with the guy by her side.

"I have seen him before, what's his ability?" Myalis asked.

"Combat, agility and telekinesis are those good enough for now?" He asked and Myalis smiled at him.

"Yeah, that's good enough for now, what's your name?" She asked.

"Ivan, nice to meet you," He said.

"Seraphina, nice to meet you as well," She replied and he smiled at her.

"So you want one of the artifacts?" He asked.

"Let's see what they are first," She responded and he scoffed.

"All right, let's hope we will be able to get through this just fine," He said, Yuna nodded then Seraphina patted him on the shoulder.

"I think we will be fine, we are not weak," Seraphina replied and Ivan chuckled.

"All right, it's getting quite late, are you kids ready?" The teacher asked and Seraphina and the others looked at each other and then nodded.

"Yeah!" The students yelled and the teachers laughed before blowing a horn, the students rushed into the woods in teams, hoping that they would make it to the goal in time as well as through the woods without having to face many problems.