It's no use. I, Yamada Reina, really can't connect to the headquarters. I have tried all means of communication, however, by no avail. All lines are cut off, and aside from phones all the wireless communicators are useless. If only I could send something as a sign, I'm sure the one's who's at the headquarters would be able to attend to us.
"We have returned, President Reina."
As I was lost in my thoughts, the girls I have sent to warn all the teachers and their class returned one by one. The first group to arrive was the first-year representatives. On the left was the girl with a small figure. She looks as if she was a middle-schooler with how her body constitution was. She had her cheery blossom colored hair tied in a pigtail. I always treat her as a little sister figure and everyone here in student's council dotes on her seeing how cute she was. Her name was Fuji Chisaki, a Japanese like me.
Next to her, the one in the middle, was one with a boyish appearance. She has a short navy-blue hair contradicting her tall body—which has also matched her strong-willed navy-blue eyes. She was a bit taller than me despite being a year younger, and behind her handsome face is a maiden's heart—thus, the emerald earrings she has on both of her ears. Her name is Luiz Ferrier—a Brazilian ability holder.
And the last one on the right side is the girl with long brown hair. She was a cheerful girl who always wore a smile. And among the three, she has the body which was almost par with Sofy. Well, even if I say she's always cheerful, she's a stubborn girl who would always wear a jacket over her uniform and her skirt is shorter than normal. I invited her personally to join the Student council because of her loyal trait—despite being stubborn, she listens to me pretty earnestly. In our term, she may suit to be called as a gal. She can't go on her day without a lollipop on her mouth. Alexandra Pallas was her name, but we call her Alice—she's from Greece.
"How did it go, you three?"
"'Twas terrible, I tell you! At the first-year building, people wearing robes are roaming around. It was creepy, I tell you!"
"Alice, that's rude. Please pay more attention when talking to our Prez."
The first to answer was Alice, but was scolded right away by Luiz. Though, I don't really mind, Luiz is pretty serious about seniority in the organization. Alice only pouted on her reprimands. Her "I tell you!" catch phrase really never gets old.
"I don't mind. So? How was it.'
Luiz nodded at my question.
"Yes. The situation is pretty bad, Prez. They had the first-year building surrounded. White robes with hoods concealing their faces. Honestly, I agree with Alice here, they look pretty creepy…"
I held my chin and made a thinking pose. I supposed we really are in a dire situation. We can't use our abilities—and Gleren ran off to somewhere, too. I want to at least hear some strategies from him. That guy, just where did he run off to?
"How about their number? Did you have the gist of it?"
"Uhm, they numbered about a hundred. And I observed that all of them are wearing robes."
The one who answered was Chisaki after raising her hand slowly. Her voice was only above whisper but it was loud enough to hear.
"Hundred…?"
That's pretty many. Just restraining two of them earlier, I had to try harder since they both have abilities… a hundred is too much for us to handle. Who the hell are these people and what are they after?
"And, prez, there's something I'm curious about—the robes they were wearing."
Luiz said furrowing her brows.
"Oh, 'that'? Me too…"
Follows Chisaki.
"Yes! That creepy design they've got. They all look old fashioned, I tell you!"
Said Alice while putting out her tongue.
"What about their robes?"
"Yes. The robes they wore were pure white including the hoods. But at the middle of the clothes, they have an insigne. It looked like a heart that was burning with red flames. And under the sign, a phrase was engraved."
A heart with flames? Isn't that…
"What was engraved in it?"
"Sacred Omen, miss President."
The one who answered was Loraine instead of Luiz. She is a Second-year representative. She entered the room from the broken door of the office.
"Sacred omen?"
"Yes. And the ensign that was engraved at the dead center of their clothes was an image of a Seraphim."
Loraine continued. Loraine is a woman with a tender voice. I have never heard her shout nor I have seen her angry. She would just keep her lips raise into a smile. Loraine is a beautiful girl with a wonderful brown skin and long black hair that she left freely swaying. She has round brown eyes and lips as red as roses. Loraine P. Mayumi is an ability holder from the Philippines.
But there's something bothering me. A Seraphim insigne and the Sacred Omen? That old man, Jin, never told me about this. Maybe Gleren know something? Hm? Now that I think about it…
"Raine, what happened to your arm?"
"Uh… this?"
She pointed her right arm that was wrapped in a bandage.
"Wh-what happened, senior Raine?! Did you hurt yourself?!"
Luiz asked, visibly worried. And before even Raine could answer, Chisaki added,
"Did someone assaulted sister Raine? Y-you are very beautiful after all!"
And it was followed by Alice. What's with this girl's wild imagination...?
"You should be careful, I tell you! A woman's skin is her treasure, I tell you!"
Seeing this, Loraine held her mouth with her palm and laughed elegantly.
"You are worried about me? You are all so sweet. Maraming Salamat."
Oh, Tagalog. That's rare for her. She must have been so happy.
"I was hurt when we surveyed the second-year building. It was pretty tough. There were so many of them and we couldn't do anything but escape. But you don't have to worry miss president. We already informed all the second-year classes about the case. They should be all aware."
She smiled sweetly despite telling something hard to grasp.
"That's pretty serious. Anyway, I'm glad that you are alright. Where's Zenith and Serene?"
She shook her head and as she did, she made a sad expression.
"When we encountered the intruders, we were cornered immediately. They use variety of ability after all. Now that we cannot use our abilities, we had no choice but to back out. However, once we were all scaping, both of them got hit with a strong magic. I manage to carry them both out of danger, but they are still unconscious. They are both resting in the infirmary. That place should be safe since it has the strongest barrier here on the campus."
I'm glad that they are both safe. But I did a fatal error in judgement. I shouldn't have sent them out without knowing the total number of the enemies.
"I'm sorry. You got injured because of my error in judgement."
I let my precious subordinate get hurt. I'm failure as their President. But seeing me a little downcast, Loraine just smiled and shook her head slowly.
"No. It was a good call, miss President. Because of it, we already figure out the weakness of the enemies. They numbered many, but the fact that they use only elemental states that they are only low-level ability users. Their abilities are all generics too—they all use elemental magic."
"Even so, them just being able to use magic is already bad for us. Anyway, did you get other information aside from that?"
She shook her head.
"No. But—…"
"But?"
"When I carried both Serene and Zenith at the infirmary, I saw someone there. She was pretty beat up. I thought I should tell you this since this might interest you."
I nodded as if telling her to continue.
"I saw a first-year girl there. If I remember correctly, she's called Varvara Gauthier. She's a friend of your boyfriend, isn't she?"
"I-i-if you're talking about that idiot Gleren, then he's not my boyfriend!"
She giggled. She's teasing me, this girl!
"Anyway, what should we do, miss President? We surely are in a dire situation."
Miss Gauthier, huh… She must know where Gleren went to. But, she's in a bad condition? What on earth happened? Being not able to use any communication device and monitor is really bad for us!
"I'll go see her. I might get an important information from her. Also, I want to visit Zenith and Serene. Loraine and Sofy, come with me. You three, Chisaki, Luiz, and Alice, stay here and watch these two. Call me if they woke up."
"Yes, Prez/President."
They answered in chorus. Now then with things already this bad, to the infirmary is a goal that may change our situation. Gleren, where and what are you doing right now?