Angel Monarch

"Am I familiar you ask?" Sera had a goofy smile on her face which she quickly hid.

"Of course I am! She is our groups leader!" The man stared at her, then continued.

"Okay then. We reached the second part of this interview. Tell me about what happened since the Fall of Copen."

Hearing that Sera started to panic a little. It was one thing for them to know her title, but to learn she wasn't from Copen. That would be certainly devastating, which meant she had to do the thing she hated most, lie.

"Uh... I became an Evolved, when Copen fell... Bea was already one... and with the help of some other people a large group survived... about 20 thousand."

'Shit, what happened next?'

Suddenly a sound came from in her arms, Vicky spoke.

"We went on a long journey and eventually arrived in an abandoned city named Havel. We survived there for a few months, then made our way here. About 150 of us made it."

Sera was stunned, yeah she technically was there through the whole way, but she wasn't prepared for her to answer in Sera's place. A small smile crept onto her face and she kissed the top of her head.

'I will have treat her with something. What is her favorite food, I don't even know... wait, what is my favorite food? I don't remember!'

The man was typing away, then he looked at the two of them with discontent.

"You say Queen of Nature is your leader? Then explain to me why multiple of your people say otherwise, Angel Monarch or should I call you Queen Seraphine?"

'FUCK! I forget about those idiots! They think this is a way to honor me! Dammit!'

A weary sigh escaped Sera's lips, there was no point hiding it anymore then. She looked up at the man, who was patiently waiting. She took a deep breath and began her story.

"First things first... I'm not from Copen... I'm the last survivor of Newber." The mans typing froze. He was surprised, but not like the other times. He knew that a 4th Class Gate destroyed Newber, just surviving that as a regular is impressive and achieved by literally by no one other than her.

But Sera didn't wait for him, she continued and as she said more the man become more frightened. When she reached Havel and began talking about the fight on the roof the man finally spoke.

"I think this is enough. Please go to the University to began your studies. Transport has been already arranged." The man spoke like a robot and he couldn't even look at her. Sera only noticed it now, but the man was trembling and was so white he might be dead.

"O...okay...uh... sir, are you alright?" The man still didn't look at her and just said.

"I am fine, thanks."

'Yeah, that was very convincing!' But looking at the man she didn't linger, instead holding onto Vicky she left the room.

On the outside the others were already waiting for her. Bea looked at her embarrassed.

"How did it go?" She asked. Sera just sighed and began walking, after a few seconds she said.

"Well, the others very kindly said that I'm the real leader and when I began to talk about my journey I got sent out of the office." She felt kind of weird about it, the others had different feelings. They began to die from laughter.

"You... you were sent away?! Just what exactly tell them?!" Asked Lucy while stifling her laughter. Sera looked at her with a pout, then began telling the same story.

The more she told the more the others understood and the more they laughed. It was quite annoying.

"Of course he sent you out! You basically said, 'I'm the strongest person to Evolve.' Most Evolved have one or two stories to make them special. You have a dozen, and all of them are basically impossible to achieve!" Said Bea with a wide smile.

Sera just looked awkward and didn't speak until they reached the exit. But nothing and no one prepared them for what happened next. As they opened the door suddenly there were flashing lights everywhere. All of them went on high alert and nearly summoned their weapons, but they stopped.

'Why... why are there... a bunch of people standing here... and why are they taking pictures?'

The exit of the large temple was filled with reporters. And after they noticed Sera and the others they exploded with questions.

"How did you survive the journey from Copen?"

"Angel Monarch, are actually from Newber?"

"Could you please explain more about your journey?"

These were the kinds of questions all of them asked. But none of the group knew what to do. They were never in front of reporters before and after spending months in the wild, they were very much on edge.

Sera's hand began to tremble, but she realized it wasn't because of her own agitation. Vicky was desperately holding onto her, she was scared out of her mind. Noticing her daughter getting terrified by the flashing cameras, Sera's face soured.

Her whole body began to glow and two massive wings appeared behind her back. She only used a very small amount of Essence, but suddenly all the flashing stopped.

They were only regular humans after all, with no defense against her Wings of Despair. With that the reporters froze, some even pissed themselves from fear. Sera just smirked and motioned everyone to go.

The others were holding back their laughter, but Sera only cared about her daughter, who was still trembling. There was a long line of black cars waiting in front of the building.

'The man did say transportation was already arranged.'

They got into a car, it was big enough to fit all of them. The driver was separated from them by a wall, so they couldn't see who was in the front. The car lurched forward and began its journey to somewhere.

As the cityscape passed them by Vicky was beginning to calm down. Sera's humming and caress helped her as well. The others laughed for a couple of minutes, but soon a silence spread between them. They didn't want to discuss anything afraid that the driver might hear them, but they also had no clue what will happen next.

They were heading to a school where they will learn things, but that's all they knew. The silence became more and more uncomfortable.

After a couple of minutes they began to approach something. They couldn't quite see it yet, but it looked like a huge complex of interconnected buildings. It didn't take a genius to figure out what it was.

"This is the so called Evolved University?" Asked Bea with awe in her voice.

"It's huge!" Said Vicky, she looked very excited, not even a hint of fear remained in her.

They went through the massive gate and into a huge courtyard with an exquisite fountain in the middle. The car went around it and stopped in front of its main entrance. There were a couple people in the door waiting.

Sera and the others looked at each other, then taking a deep breath they got out of the car. One of the people an older man stood in the front of the group of people.

"Good day to all of you! I'm the Director of this humble school, behind me are a couple of our teachers and helpers. I welcome all of you and hope you will learn many great things, that you can utilize for furthering of humankind."

He took a deep breath before continuing.

"We already got your files and made the necessary preparations for your stay to be as comfortable as possible. My daughter Helen will lead you on a tour of the school grounds."

The Director thought for a couple of seconds.

"I think that's about it. You can access most information about the University on your Watch, but if you prefer real life conversation. Just ask one of the teachers or any student with a badge like Helen has."

With that he stayed silent and a kind of average looking but cute young girl came out from behind him. The girls smile immediately brightened seeing Vicky.

'There must be very few little girls in a university. Maybe they can play together, it would do good for Vicky to have friends of her age.'

"Hi everyone, I'm Helen! Please follow me and I will show you around!" Her voice was happy and light, like she didn't have a care in the world.

They began the tour of the campus, but unknown to all of them something else happened in the city.

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-In the castle grounds, in a large room-

A man was walking with hurried steps, he reached his chair and sat down. The room had a large table in the middle with about a dozen people sitting all around it. There was silence in the room, until the younger woman sitting next to the man who just arrived spoke.

"All of you know why we gathered here correct?" Her voice was emotionless, but there was a smile on her face. The smile was confusing, it gave her face a touch of happiness, but her voice was the opposite. The people around the table nodded and she continued.

"So what do we do about them? They are only Evolved now and fairly knew as well. We can either kill them or convince them." Silence spread around the room until the man who arrived late spoke. His voice was strong unlike his face which had a feminine touch to it.

"I think we should find a way to integrate them. The person named Angel Monarch especially. You read her accomplishments, they are unlike anyone's. The others are similarly amazing. Killing them would be a mistake."

Prince Otto looked around the people with a small smirk on his face, the other people were convinced by him pretty easily. Only her sister saw trough him, but she was on his side.

'Easier than I thought.'