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Clara's POV:

Finally!

Only two people are left, in my three years at this job, I never met this number of people, like more than the total number of people I have seen in three years, today is special, the human's wave finally arrived after that prophecy before fifteen years, I was really excited when lady Thalia stood before the moonlight to hear the prophecy of the lords,

[the last race will arrive in 15 years, the humans, sons of Adam and Eve, so rejoice for they will save you, and mourn for the peace era shall end]

I was so excited that I wanted to become someone of high status to be one of the first to meet them.

Contrary to what my younger self dreamed of, I was one of the weakest two-stars with the lowest stats potential, all I can do is make fire to cook, mix the heat and the wind to dry my hair and my washed clothes and most importantly, engrave infrastructure information on some magical cards, the thing that allowed me to work here

"Name?"

"Ricardo Milas"

'Record data' this process takes like 3 seconds every time.

"Here is your identity card, mister Ricardo Milas, room 294"

Augh finally, he's gone, what is wrong with him, he kept staring at me in a disgusting way, not to mention the dance he was doing no wonder a one-star…

the last one, ahh my legs are numb…

Hmm? he is not registered? And...he doesn't have a star in his hands, was he not checked by the fairies?

What a pain? I will check him myself

Male, well duh of course, 1,67m, he consumed 18 years' worth of his life force, the last one on the list so ID:1256341254

"Name?" I asked him with my receptionist voice, a work mode I acquired in the last two years in this year

"G-Gustang Lijk" why the hell does it feel as if his whole life force was consumed in this sentence?

I took an empty card from the drawer, ah there was only one left, and it was an extra, just how did they know the numbers of humans that are coming?

Gustang Lijk…typed and…. 'Record data'

The guy's eyes were glowing with curiosity looking back and forth between the typewriter and the empty card

"Done!" I notified him that the process finished and that he is registered, now he can legally go to the prison

"Wow! That was amazing, the way the letters were jumping smoothly to the blank card in such harmony, was simply the most beautiful thing I have ever seen…" marvelled the guy, Gustang. What was he talking about? hey kid if you want to hit on me, go ask my grandmother directly.

"Uh… what are talking about? What letters?" of course I wasn't going to tell him that

"No-nothing, I'm just so tired that I started seeing things, my bad" was his answer

Well, "…anyways, here is your identity card, it is as important to you as your ID in the old world" you can even go to the prison with it for sexually harassing females

"Thank you, miss…uhh…" as I was about to introduce myself, when he spoke again

"Miss Clara Asteria, what a gorgeous name!"

Try again shorty, I'm used to this behavior…

"W-wait how did you-" he was already running away to the stairs…

how did he know my name? it is indeed written in the nameplate.

But it is written in the draconic language, in the oral communication we speak each his language, but it auto-translate itself when received by the other person that is why we understand each other, but in the written literature it is impossible only our race was able to understand and decipher other race's original languages, come to think of it he did mention something about letters and stuff. It is weird…he is not blessed yet, so I don't think it has anything to do with blessings, maybe he heard someone call me by my name.

Whatever…I'm done with today's work,

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I was rearranging my desk and cleaning my workplace when, I suddenly felt cold, even though it is spring time but it was cold, I warmed myself by increasing the heat around me, but now it appeared, it was not cold, I was shaking in fear, something weird is happening today…

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Gustang's POV:

56, 57, 5…8…

59, 60

'Phew' sixty push ups…done!

Really! my stamina is worse than what I had in mind; I have a lot of time to develop it.

Let's check the plan…thirty minutes cardio, two minutes sit ups, and push ups…all check, what's next, food, yeah food, wait where can I get the food?

Oh, silly me! I should ask Clara…

I took a warm shower as usual, then changed to the tracksuit I had in my suite case, I was planning to go the gym at the day of the incident, it was my first day…f--king Beyonders, if only I didn't pay for the membership before, I would have forgotten about it.

Going down the stairs, I met couple of familiar faces, some of them were people I often see at the university, Kai, Aiden, Gerick, and Thana…I'm not an acquaintance of them, I just recognised them because they are already popular in the university, they were sitting on the stairs chilling with each other, I guess they all became one-stars.

I arrived to the reception, but Clara was not there, another receptionist was working at the moment, a vampire this time, S-Saskia…Saskia, what an unusual name,

"Pardon? Where can I get some food?"

"Your identity card please" asked me politely.

I handed her my card, then she typed something, a couple of letters appeared to me were emitted from the typewriter with each click.

"Here is your card, sir"

"Your daily ration of food will be in your room, by the time you arrive there"

Delivery? I don't think so, but what I care the most about now is filling my stomach.

I retrieved my card from her, and ran straight to my room, I'm hungry…yes, but also I will consider myself working on my stamina, I met the same faces again but this time Aeron was with them, he greeted me with a nod and a smile, I remember this guy, he was the one to guide on my first day in the university, a tall guy with handsome features, a black relatively short hair, with a slender physique, he was in the football club, before we were transferred.

I greeted him back as I passed running beside him, then my habit kicked in, I checked on his hands, he was a three-star blessed, no wonder…people like him are the ones who deserve to be blessed, Liam, Ruby, I too deserved a blessing but I skipped the evaluation, anyways I will receive my blessing by the next evaluation.

I arrived to my room to find one meter cube box, let's check what is inside it.

'Unboxing of a daily ration box you can't believe what I found there :0 !!!!!'

I found a small bag of meat…it's at least 500 grams, 2 baguettes and another bag of fruits…that looks good and delicious … don't forget to support us down below

"Are you thinking about this food's source?" someone asked, behind me, in my room, my privacy…is there no security in Chamenopolis?

Wait, this voice?

"Ruby?"

"Din ding, correct!"

Ah what a scenery to behold, a girl sitting on your bed, not even thinking of what war crimes you have committed there last night, it's…f--king embarrassing…

"Wait, how did you get in there?" how did she get into my bed, in her pyjamas…Hoh cute pyjamas, f--k no! the door is closed, and I didn't even hear a sound.

She disappeared as if she dived into my bed sheets, to appear right behind me.

"Through your shadow…I can teleport between shadows" then she put her index finger on my neck like a weapon "my legendary blessing, shadow manipulation"

"I discovered it yesterday, and kept experimenting on it...I didn't get a strong hold on it, but this technique was pretty useful for to teleport to certain locations…every shadow in Chamenopolis"

"Woah, you really aren't a four-star for nothing, with this technique you can become a great assassin"

"Ah, you think so?"

Her countenance turned sombre, indicating that the topic of becoming an assassin had taken a toll on her. It was apparent that she was not keen on pursuing this path. Sensing her discomfort, I decided to switch to a different subject for the time being, hoping to lift her spirits and give her a break from her worries.

"What brings you here, Miss Ruby?"

"Boredom! Nothing more, you were going to prepare something, you need some help?"

A single tear drop rolled down my cheeks, I wasn't expecting this turn of event

"Ruby, no…Honey"

"aren't you overreacting a bit?"

"I was never this serious" I replied immediately in my manliest loudest voice tone, I feel a moustache and a beard growing in my face, even though I shaved just 30 minutes ago

"Honey…"

"Don't call me Honey randomly!"

"Anyways…prepare me please a nice grilled steak, I beg you"

"If you won't do it, it's okay, I have already set my mind on killing myself" I added.

"What-, calm down and just wait in that corner" she put on the apron that was next to the oven

Oh…

Am I dead already?

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