"Uhh?...so Trinity really isn't Glacier's daughter?"

  "Pfff.... and she's been bragging about it for so long hahahaha." Laria gave Trinity a look, "How pathetic."

  "If she's not, then .... .... Who is it? And where is she?"

  Glacier tried to calm down. "No, I need to calm down. Aella's here and I don't want her to think I'm a cold-blooded father."

  "Aren't you?" was the thought in everyone's mind.

  The crowd of people looked at Glacier in disbelief. They couldn't believe what had just come out of his mouth. He, who had never cared about anyone, was now afraid of what Aella might think....Why?

  Unaware of the stares they were all giving him, he made his way over to where Aella was standing. As he got closer and closer to Aella, he felt nervous for the first time in his life. And when Aella saw him coming, he could see her whispering to a small light, which disappeared as soon as he had reached her side.

  Glacier did not pay any attention to the small light at all and his only thought was "What if she hates me? What if she ignores me and won't talk to me? What will I do? Despite his cool expression, Glacier was nervous. All sorts of thoughts were running through his head.

  Amidst the commotion of the crowd, father and daughter just stared at each other and said nothing.

  "What's going on, don't tell me they're going to fight?". The crowd followed.

  A couple of minutes went by and they still had said nothing. "No wonder they're father and daughter. They have the same temperament," Aspen sighed.

  "Huh?" everyone turned to Aspen. One student asked shakily, "W-w-what did you just say, Aspen?"

  Aspen was surprised; he hadn't realised that he had just said it out loud.

  "I-I-I think I-I think I heard it wrong."

  " I said..." just as Aspen was about to repeat her words, they heard Glacier's deep, deep voice, in which they detected a hint of nervousness and excitement.

  "H-hello my daughter," Glacier addressed Aella softly.

  "...!!!!!!!" he is nervous.... Glacier Pearls is nervous. "What's going on? Is it the end of the world or what?" they all wondered.

  "No no no, didn't you hear what he said!!!".

  "Yes...he called Aella...d..d...daughter!!!".

  "HOW? !!!!! GLACIER'S DAUGHTER IS AELLA!!!".

  "waaaa-I can't believe it!".

  "Uh!!! I-if she's Glacier's daughter, doesn't that mean we're screwed?".

  "What does that mean?"

  "What the HELL!"

  "You guys... We were about to ask Glacier to help us beat up his own daughter.

  WAAAA" Everyone stood there with blank expressions on their faces. The students felt a sudden chill run through them.

  " FUCK, THAT'S TRUE!!!!".

  "AHHHH!!!! I FORGOT ABOUT THAT...."

  "No, no, no, no, I..." Trinity shuddered.

  "How can it be a no when Glacier himself just called her that!"

  "Shhiiiiiiiiiiii shut up, I want to hear," Laria shouted irritably.

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  "Daughter," Glacier called out again, a little more carefully this time.

  Aella stared at him, looking indifferent. "Yes," she replied, making Glacier smile.

  He said curtly, "Glacier Pearls".

  Aella just stood there staring at him.

  "My name," he explained, in case Aella didn't get it.

  "Aella Scarlet," she said as she introduced herself.

  "Mm...I know."

  Everyone thought, "no, no, no, is it normal to introduce yourself in such a dry manner?

  'And who doesn't know the name of Glacier Pearls?

  "Wow, what kind of idiots we are not to have noticed such an obvious resemblance".

  "I.... " Glacier started, "I never left you. Your mother and I would never do anything that would put you in any kind of danger".

  "I know," Aella said. She could detect the sadness in his voice.

  Glacier's eyes were wide open. 'She knew, how?'

  "I'm going away for a while, when I get back... we'll talk."

  Glacier's eyes widened again for the second time, "ah....." unable to hide it any longer, a beautiful, mesmerising smile broke out on his face "mm.... I'll be waiting for you." I said.

  "What the hell did I just see, Cain?" Zei asked. He blinked a few times in case he had hallucinated.

  "A smile," Cain replied amused. Of course, everyone was at a loss for words, as Glacier would never have that kind of smile. So it was no wonder they were all surprised. He was caught off guard too. He hadn't expected Aella and Glacier to be related at all.

  "H... HE SMILED!!!"

  Seeing his students hypnotized by Glacier's smile, Zei hurriedly said, "Guys....Breathe, breathe!"

  Breath in Breath out.

  "Phew, I thought I was dead".

  "So did I, we're finished. Glacier's going to kill us. We messed with his daughter".

  "No, I have a feeling Aella will do it."

  The students talked among themselves, "with Glacier around..."

  "Did you guys really thought you could fight Aella? " Someone said, no one knew who it was. They scanned their surroundings until they saw Zei's bodyguard approaching.

  "Number Five!!!!"

  " Defeat her? You guys? How brave!"

  As soon as he finished saying that, Laria, Trinity, Cain and Zei looked at him in surprise. Especially Zei who was in shock. "What's that supposed to mean?"

  The reason why he was shocked is that Number Five is the most respected and most loved guard in his family, due to his skills and his experience on the battlefield. His family has been fortunate enough to have had him in their service for more than 27 years. He is extremely loyal.

  He's very quiet, and just like Glacier, he doesn't talk much. But just now, his eyes were shining with awe as he spoke of Aella.

  " Do you remember when I tried to stop you from fighting with her earlier on?".

  "Y...yeah."

  "Look at Aella and you'll see what I'm talking about."

  "Haven't you noticed anything strange?" hinted Five.

  Zei focused his eyes on Aella, then gave up and said, "I don't see anything unusual, except that she looks really cool with that tracksuit and the gadgets she's wearing on...her...!" Zei's mouth dropped open.

  "---- ears," he finished.

  Cain and the foreign students realised immediately what he meant. His eyes widened in surprise, and the students who had also been listening to the conversation stopped to stare at Aella's ears.

  Curious, they wondered.

  "Huh? What's in her ear?".

  "I don't know. But it looks pretty cool."

  "It's embarrassing to say. But she looks so cool."

  "Maybe it's a fashion thing."

  When Number Five heard this, he couldn't believe how stupid these kids were, so he turned to Cain and Zei: "You guys do know what these gadgets are, right?

  They all nodded their heads, still in shock. They looked at Aella with shocked eyes, not knowing what to say.

  Number Five muttered "God Ears", seeing the students' confused expressions.

  Upon hearing the name that Five said, everyone, including the F students, were in shock. Just hearing the name of Aella's gadget sent the whole place into an uproar.

  Junior, Kye, Nian, Kathlyn and F Class were also wide-eyed in shock.

  What kind of being was Aella? They knew she wasn't normal, but...

  "W-what did you just say? God's ears!"

  "The legendary God Ears.

  "Am I dreaming, did I hear that right?"

  God's ears' was the name of the gadget Aella had in her ears.

  Who hasn't heard of God's ears? All humans know about them. Even the other races.

  "That's impossible, isn't it?" muttered Trinity.

  Zei took a deep breath, "Every planet has a ruler and a protector. These protectors are known as the Gods of their own planet. These planets were like a whole empire. The protector had to ensure it's safety at all costs. For example, we have SCAE. She was chosen by the Almighty Creator to be the Goddess of this whole empire, which is Earth. SCAE is the Goddess Earth planet," Zei explained.

  "GOD'S EARS. Not just anyone can wear these devices. They are used by those whose powers exceed the limits of a human or any other race, which are those protectors. In other words, those who possess the God Ears are beings beyond human strength. The purpose of the device is to control the immense power of such people so that it doesn't get out of control and be a threat to their planet and the universe. So far, only two person in the human world has ever possessed such a device. That is Otiz Scarlet and SCAE," Five explained.

  "But I've never heard of anyone whose power could be on the same level as SCAE's.

  But... but right now Aella was wearing it. That could only mean one thing...

  "Then A... Aella's power," they stammered nervously.

  "Is she a demi-god or something?"

  "What the hell for the third time."

  "We should just be thankful that she didn't kill us when she attacked us earlier."

  Stomp stomp! The place was so quiet after the revelation. They could hear Aella's footsteps approaching.

  "Dean."

  Cain and Zei raised their heads. Startled, they saw Aella standing before them. They had all forgotten how to breathe.

  "Y..yes."

  "Class F will be part of the selection tournament," Aella said slowly. "Starting today, they will train with me outside of Oasis, since none of you offered to help them."

  "So," she raised her eyes calmly, "I hope that all of Oasis students will take part."

  Everyone shivered. They couldn't even hear the sound of the air. Until a boy called Leon approached them. He was a member of the Phoenix class.

  "S.... sorry, but this m.... m... means you'll be taking part too!". The first competition is the selection tournament between all Oasis students. They will choose the best and the strongest ones to compete against the other academies.

  Aella looked at the boy named Leon and just smiled.

  ".....!!!!!" We're screwed.

  "Are you guys ready?" Aella asked the class F boys.

  "Yes we are," they nodded their heads as they looked for transport.

  "Now that I think about it, where is Teacher Tony?"

  "I haven't seen him. And where is Darius?"

  "Forget it. By the way, Aella, where are we going and how are we going?" Kye asked their heads as they looked for transport.

  The other students looked at how calmly Class F was talking to Aella. They seemed so at ease, without a trace of fear.

  "Yes, how do we get there? Remember, we are broke."

  "No need for transport!" Aella looked at them. "You're going to a forest full of beasts," Aella had a big evil grin on her face.

  "HUH!?"

  She raised both hands and "CLAP".

  "EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..." WOOOPP in the middle of the crowd, all F students disappeared.

  "Eh! Where did they go?"

  "Who cares where they went? We have to start training too, otherwise we're screwed."

  "Training time hurry!!!!" They all rushed in their respective training class.

  "We must become stronger. I thought Cain was the only monster here. I didn't know they had someone like her here. Even the foreign students excused themselves to go back to their academies to train.

  "And Oasis might have more monsters. She took the whole F class with her."

  "Who would have thought that we would have been so afraid of the class that was the subject of everyone's contempt". The foreign students talked among themselves as they left.