Chapter 36: Depression

After they finished scrutinizing each other, Jean said: "Hello Emma, I heard that you are already here and came."

Although Jean was trying to act calm, Emma could feel a little awkwardness in her tone, but what was frustrating to Emma was that she wasn't sure if Jean could hear her thoughts.

From the way the latter was acting, it seems very likely not the case but what if?

Emma took another look at Jean's face, and she said: "Hello, Jean, you are the third person to say to me that I was earlier today; it started to make me feel a little embarrassed."

It wasn't Jean but Storm who replied: "In fact, it's not really whether you are earlier or not, it's just that the school rarely has a guest; this couldn't help but make us a little enthusiastic."

Emma nodded, but well, she started thinking that the academy would probably have too many guests in the future after the plot started; it would also become one of the many battlefields on Earth.

"Okay, let's not dwell on this; it's already time for the class to start. We will continue our discussion later; and by the way, you're the one cooking at that time; I would really want to try your food."

Emma was surprised; she didn't expect Ororo to have watched her live session; in fact, what she didn't know was that Storm was a foodie; she was even the one who informed Charles about Emma's livestream.

Emma replied: "Alright, but you would have to wait for my invitation."

The truth was that she was a little happy; these two can be considered one of her first few friends in this world; of course, we have to let Kitty aside as she is an online friend.

When they walked towards the corridor this time, it was basically empty; the students had already gone to their classroom.

Jean also left them, saying that she had something important to do while Ororo was guiding Emma to the new class she would teach; it took them two minutes to reach class A-19.

Storm said: "This is for the students who are 19 or will reach it this semester; some of them have, in fact, joined the X-Men during some mission."

Emma nodded and wasn't surprised, she thought Charles wasn't training them to become fighters, but the reality of mutants isn't that good, and he has to need their help most of the time. Even in comics like Shadowcate, she literally joined the X-Men just after being recruited to the school.

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"Hey, Rogue, let me tell you a secret; I learned that we are going to have a new teacher."

The Shadowcate that Emma was thinking about was there, finally unable to guard the secret she had learned, and told it to her best friend, Rogue, aka Anne Marie LeBeau.

"Oh?" although she said this with her usual deadpan face, Rogue was a little interested in this; it wasn't every day that something new happened in this monotonous life at Xavier School.

Truth to be told, she was already starting to have enough of this life at school. It's too boring, always locked at the school for protection, but this just made her feel like a prisoner.

As strange as it may seem, the only thing that retains her in this academy is Kitty and not the protection she is receiving.

Though her face was usually stoic since she awakened her power, it doesn't mean that she didn't have any sentiment, but on the contrary, in terms of reading emotion, she didn't feel that she was inferior to anyone.

What she saw on Kitty's face wasn't the cheerfulness that the latter was showing as if she didn't care but a face full of depression.

Kitty didn't know what Rogue was thinking or she would be thankful for Rogue misjudging her for someone depressed and not leaving the school.

Kitty said: "What's with your reaction, can you be a little more enthusiastic?"

Rogue just asked: "How did you know the news, don't tell me you hacked into the professor's computer again."

"Of course not, the professor convoked the X-Men, and I learned it then; also, here's another secret that I learned."

"The new teacher is an Omega-level mutant, at the same level as Jean." Kitty, who wasn't able to control her mouth, told another secret.

If before, Rogue's interest was only picked; then after this news, she wanted to see this so-called professor who can be compared to Jean.

Her power was to absorb the power or the life force of the people she came in contact with, and among the people she encountered, Jean was the one who had the most life force.

It was almost infinite as if even if she gave her all, she wouldn't be able to drain that much life force; of course, she wanted to see how much life force the teacher possessed.

That's when the classroom door was pushed up, and Ororo entered behind hair with a blonde woman who looked not much older than them. This woman had probably the biggest b*obs she had seen in her life.

The class, which was full of murmurs like Kitty speaking to Rogue, suddenly became silent; this surprised Emma because she could also hear the discussion before entering, and now it strangely became quiet.

Then, some students who were playing carelessly before changed their temperament as if they were being another person to trying to be cool and express this new classmate; some even regretted not knowing this and putting on their best clothes.

Most of those students just thought Emma was a student like them, but of course, some people are watching TV or following any news involving mutants to know who she is; this makes them have weird expressions, asking themselves why she is here.

Ororo didn't give anyone any time to arrange their thoughts before saying: "Class, I'd like you to meet our new teacher, Ms. Emma," Ororo announced, gesturing toward Emma with a smile, knowing what these students had in their heads.