Aurelia's predicament
All her life, Aurelia wanted to be a mighty and valiant hero. She grew up in a typical hero family. Both of her parents were heroes. Her dad is an active hero working in the crime department, and her mother works in the Hero Federation.
She grew up in such an environment where she only cared about becoming a hero who would once become the greatest of all time. She considers Home Bringer as her rival, as he is the one who is the strongest now. Hoping to strive to be better than him in a short time.
With all the available top-notch resources and training, she quickly began to have control over her powers. In a short time, she quickly established the base needed for the future. All she had to do was let the natural growth takes its course, and regular training would make her the best among all her peers and, in time, the world. Or so she thought.
She thought she was going to die at the hands of the wolf. The helplessness she felt as an aspiring hero when one of her peers, one of the young superheroes, died in front of her, was immeasurable. He died simply, just like that. She saw it. It forced her to acknowledge the circumstances. She understood that she was not enough. At least for now. She was ready to close her eyes when a certain white-haired boy came into the scene. Walking nonchalantly like there was no care in the world about anything. She thought he would also die like her, but something deep inside told her he was special.
Her hope again flared up when she fought against the wolf with the Revengers, or the like the blond annoying kid refers. She thought she was admiring the Leviathan. His tactics, wits, his control over his powers, everything felt like he was an expert in this field. Her admiration grew as time passed and the battle progressed.
It was later, after Leviathan slew the wolf, she realized that what she was feeling was not, in fact, admiration but jealousy. Yes, clear jealousy bud from the depths of her heart because of her inferiority complex to the white-haired brat. How can she, who was an elite, be powerless in front of a no-name guy like him? She knew most of the elite students, but she never has seen or heard about him anywhere. For someone like a no-name to come to her rescue was beneath her.
She shook her head.
'What the fuck am I thinking? He just saved my life, and all I can feel is jealousy for the someone who saved me.' She felt disgusted with herself for thinking this way. She pushed all the negative thoughts to the back of her head and decided to thank him properly.
"Whoa, Leviathan 'the slayers of wolves.' How is it?" said the Chiseled Jaw excitedly.
"I think that suits you." Said Hannah.
"Yeah, it has a nice ring to it." chimed in Tom.
"..."
Aurelia didn't speak anything.
[Whoa, I can already feel the jealousy from here. You were right; she is, in fact, a little bitch from the very beginning.]
Leviathan smiled internally. 'Seems like her upbringing must be the problem.'
[...Elites.]
*Woosh*
Something jet-like flew across them in the air. All the plants and trees and clothes danced due to the gale produced by the thing.
"Holy shit! That was Home Bringer, right?" Annoying blond excitedly screamed.
"He must be checking for any more of the wolf survivors," Tom said while munching on a carrot.
Everyone was amused by the sudden appearance of the carrot.
"Wha-what?! I need calories for the gigantification." He embarrassingly said.
Everyone just nodded their head in agreement.
"...Wha-what are we going to do?" Hannah asked.
Everyone looked at Leviathan like they secretly voted him as the group's captain.
"...Huh, we should head to the refugee camp. We could take sufficient rest there."
"What about the milk-shake boy?" Tom inquired.
"We will get him back after taking care of ourselves. After all, we can't do anything about the dead while there are dangers lurking in the area."
They all looked silently at the dead boy for a moment and decided to follow Leviathan's lead.
"All right, sleep it is then." Then the blond started to walk. Hannah and Tom also followed them too.
Leviathan stopped on his track as he heard a small voice from behind.
"...He-Hey..."
[Oh boy, here it comes!]
"...Thank you for saving us. If it weren't for you, then we would've definitely died back there." She bowed gracefully.
"...It's all right." With that, he turned and walked to the other three.
[Wow, what an absolute CHAD! If it were the old Leviathan, then he would've already melted from her words. Good work not giving to your primal instincts.] He could feel the mockery in the stupid system's voice.
'...No. Not anymore.' He shook his head and sped up his walk.
As for Aurelia, her thought process was a mess. This was the first time someone just blandly said something like that to her. All most like rejecting her, thank you.
If it were any other people, then they would've just simply said, 'Oh no, lady, it was my duty to save someone like you.' or they would've just simply rejected it by saying something cheesy like, 'It was my duty to save you cause you deserve this world.'
No one, absolutely no one, has ever replied to her like the white-haired 'now annoying' brat. This was new to her.
"The audacity..." she spoke to herself.
Unknown to her, her lips curved a little. Then she also sped up to the group.
At the same time, they heard an announcement. The voice travels to the far end of the academies.
{Attention! This is Home Bringer. All the intruders are dead. If you can walk, please come to the refugee camp. If you can't walk, then stay where you are. The academy has dispatched medics and the heroes. They are on their way. You are safe now. So don't be afraid.}
The Voice repeated again. In an attempt to reach those who haven't heard it the first time.
"Uh... looks like the slayer of wolves was indeed correct in our destination." The blond spoke while interlocking his hands behind his head.
"That is true. Do you've clairvoyance too?" Tom genuinely asked. Everyone else also looked at him.
He just shook his head. "No. I'm just smart."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
[...]
"Bro, you dripping..."