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Chapter 8 - Who are you?

Yves went back to his home; when he opened his door, he nearly cried at the beautiful present that was there for him.

Yves, with tears in his eyes, saw a clothing rack with five sets of clothing with simple, monotonous colors and another one that was separated that caught his eye.

He grabbed the clothes, inspecting their colors. It is a simple black and white suit but with hints of lavender in the collar and the cuff. The pants don't have the hints of lavender.

Yves took out his dull gray clothing and changed into the suit. 

Yves looked down and was surprised to see how perfectly it fit; he went to the bathroom to see himself in the mirror. 

Yves was inspecting himself, but what captured his attention was his long black hair. The outfit was very scholarly, but he couldn't get his eyes off his long, messy hair.

Knock, Knock, Knock

Yves was caught by surprise by the sudden knock; he went on alert to not be stabbed again.

"Who is it?" Yves kept his distance from the door while extending his hands like last time.

"Yves, I will guide you to the training center." 

"I don't trust you, woman, or are you even human?"

"Yves, you can trust me; I will keep my distance if that makes you feel better.

"..."

"Let me do one better. I am a Canotila, a C-rank." 

"What are your abilities?" Yves thought he got her.

"I am primarily a healer and can control nature."

Everything she said was true, leaving Yves no chance but to open the door while keeping himself prepared for any secret attack.

Yves opened the door and saw a young woman radiating nature and calmness. Her skin is silky light brown, complementing her brown hair and green eyes, relaxed Yves.

Yves felt calmer just by being in her presence, lowering his guard and accepting that she wasn't a threat.

The woman walked and Yves followed her, then passed through many rooms and went downstairs, walked until they saw the exit, and left.

Yves continued following her as they passed through many buildings and factories. Yves was very interested in how factories are even working, but the state of the outside of the factory reminded him that it wasn't very developed.

Yves continued walking until he saw a massive building resembling the Colosseum if it was built with the idea of having ten colosseums inside.

Yves continued following the woman until they reached a barrier; the woman could easily bypass the barrier, but Yves struggled to place his leg inside the barrier. 

Yves pushed with all his strength, but the barrier felt immovable. The more he entered, the more pressure all his organs felt; he could feel himself getting compressed. The barrier felt like a jelly-like substance. 

By anyone passing by, Yves looked like a mime pretending to struggle to enter an invisible wall. However, Yves was dying the deeper he went inside.

"Hey, why is a person without any powers here? Are you trying to kill him?" 

Yves was caught by surprise hearing the voice of a young man. He tried to look back, but he was so focused on entering that nothing could stop him.

The young man grabbed Yves by his collar and pulled one-fourth of his body outside the barrier.

"Wrap it up."

A barrage of cursing from Yves was heard throughout the entire block. Yves is fuming; he believes that if he could have not been pulled away, he would have entered. 

"Hey man, why are you so aggressive? You aren't strong enough to be here." The young man glared at the woman.

"Hey you dull blue, why did you pull me? I was going to enter!!" Yves was not letting him go.

"Hey, my hair isn't that ugly, but…" He could hear the young woman trying her best not to laugh.

"Sis, why are you laughing?! It was your fault that you brought this clearly underqualified person here."

"..." The young man looked at Yves with confusion.

"..." Yves looked back with even more confusion.

"Hey…" They both interrupted each other.

"How do you have that clothing?" The young man asked Yves.

"Um… I don't know what is happening. I just arrived here, and now I feel like a total stranger." Yves raged past and was replaced by confusion.

"You are a stranger? But answer my question?!"

"I don't know what is happening. I was following her, and these clothes I found in my room," Yves responded truthfully.

"Sis, why did you bring this poor, weak soul here? Do you want him to die?" 

"I was just following an order by our leader." 

Yves's two brain cells finally clicked. He was now shocked to know that they were siblings. 

"Wait, you are siblings?" Yves's brain was overheating.

"My bad; I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Fabio, and my sister is named Leia." Fabio stared at Leia with disagreement in his eyes.

"My name is Yves. And why can't I enter? You easily entered it." Yves saw Fabio enter as if the barrier was not present. 

"It is because I am strong and you are weak. You have to control a mythological being to enter; that is why I am very confused to see you in that outfit." Fabio shows off his clothes. "As you can see, I have the same."

"But I do have a mythological being in my control?" Yves's brain again went blank.

"Wait, for real?" Fabio looked back and saw Leia nodding.

"What rank?"

"I don't know, but I thought I was here for that?" 

Leia looked at Yves confused, and something clicked in her brain. She started searching her pockets and took out a badge.

"I am sorry, but I forgot to give you this, which will allow you to enter, as it will illuminate if you have a mythological creature." 

Both Fabio and Yves looked at Leia with a blank expression. Fabio forgot how incompetent his sister is.

Yves walked up to Leia with some shame and grabbed the badge. 

It was illuminated, and Yves could enter the facility without any problems. 

When Yves entered, a wave of awkwardness consumed them.

The entire walk to the entrance was quiet. Fabio and Yves were dumbfounded while Leia walked as if nothing happened.

"We are here."