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Aether scanned the room of people warily , but he made sure to keep a smile plastered on his face . Mr Albedo said he needed to come to this place for five days a week , and that it would help him develop . The blonde didn't quite understand , but if it satisfied Mr Albedo , he would do it . He owes him for keeping him safe all this time after all .

" Everyone , this is your new classmate , Aether . Aether , do the honours and introduce yourself if you will . " The brown - haired lady at the front announced , gesturing to him . Mr Albedo told him that this was what you would call a " teacher " .

" Hello , my name is Aether ! It's very nice to be acquainted with you all , and I hope we will get along well in the future ! " Aether smiled , offering a small bow as well .

" Very well . Go take that empty seat back there . "

Aether nodded , walking to the back row of the classroom , passing by a boy with an unnatural amount of gel in his hair . Aether thought this was strange , as it kind of looked like he had a helmet on , but Mr Albedo said it was rude to stare , so he just kept his gaze glued straight forward until he got to his seat .

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" Hey , Aether right ? "

Said boy looked up curiously , and saw a blue - haired girl staring at him . Her smile seemed unusually wide , but he figured it would be rude to point out so he just smiled back .

" Yes , I am Aether , hello classmate ! "

The girl seemed to be questioning his choice of words , but she didn't say anything out loud .

" It's nice to meet you - you're super pretty as well ! But anyway , I'm sure we're all curious , so I'm here to ask ...

What's your ability and your level ? "

Aether felt the mood suddenly drop , as if everyone was staring at him , and the gel - helmet boy from earlier even spared him a glance . Luckily , Mr Albedo had already informed him what he should say in this situation .

" Ah , my ability is called ' elements ' , it makes me able to control seven different elements , and I believe I am a ... 5.7 ? " He believes that's what Mr Albedo told him to say , but he might have gotten some of the specifics wrong ... What did it mean anyway ? And why did it matter so much to this girl ?

Audible gasps were heard across the room . " Woah , you're nearly a god - teir ! I'm glad you're not weak , we've had too many low - tiers recently in my opinion . Well , I hope we can become friends , come to me if you need anything ! "

The blonde tilts his head , he doesn't know what a god - tier is or why it makes him strong in their eyes , but he doesn't mind as long as they like him . Mr Albedo said it would be good to keep up appearances anyway , so this meant it was good , right ?

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The blue - haired girl exits the classroom and immediately sends a text to a certain other blonde , informing him of the valuable development that has just appeared in their school .

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Arlo does not consider himself an exceptionally kind person ; he does what is needed if he deems it necessary .

So ... why is he helping this random kid who bumped into him in the hall ?

Wait a second - blonde hair , tied into a braid , not particularly tall - was this the new student Elaine was telling him about ? If he recalled correctly , she told him that the student was also a high - tier , and had a seemingly powerful ability as well .

As he handed him the final notebook , the shorter male smiled at him . " Thank you so much , sir ! "

Why was he calling him sir ? Did he look that old ? Well , no matter , there was more pressing matters at hand .

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" You're the new student , correct ? "

" Oh , yes I am ! Did you need anything ? " The boy blinked , he had not been told how he should respond to additional questions so he hoped he wouldn't say anything that upsets Mr Albedo .

" Hm ... where are you from ? "

Crap . Aether had not been prepared for this question . What should he say ? What would Mr Albedo say ? Wait ... could he just say Mr Albedo ? It wasn't entirely a lie , he did come from Mr Albedo's quarters .

" Uhm , I guess you could say I'm from Mr Albedo ? Well , if nothing else , I'll get going now , have a good day strange person ! "

He wanted out of there as soon as possible - what if he had actually gotten it wrong ? Well , no time to worry about that , he had to worry about getting to his next class .

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What . The hell . Was that .

Was Mr Albedo a place or something ? It should be a person because of the " Mr " suffix , right ? But how could someone be " from " a person ?

This boy was definitely very suspicious . Perhaps he should have Isen look into him more , along with looking into John .

Still , he did not seem normal at all . Did he maybe misinterpret the question ? No , it couldn't have been that , his question was worded extremely simply . Was this person literally born yesterday and somehow age around 16 years in one day ? No , that was absurd .

Why was he even getting so involved with this person anyway ?

Either way , there was definitely something fishy going on with him .