Elementalists
Chapter 08 - The Shy Princess

"Hey, how long will you ignore me?" timothy asked while pointing at him.

"Sorry who are you?" arya replied lazily.

They were both in Arya's room, that evening Arya plans to do the task and learn a new book that she borrowed at the Research Center Library but all the beautiful plans are messy after the jobless guy comes and starts telling her about thingsthe unimportant thing.

"Come Arya, when are you gonna be such a nerd? It's been 1 month since you've spent your time just reading"

"Heehhh, who do you think made me late on the first day and caused me to be laughed at by everyone for not being able to answer the simplest questions for the Elementalists?" Arya stared intently at Timothy. His words pierced sharply right at his core, making Timothy silently freeze.

But Timothy forced his ripples out of his throat, trying to defend himself.

"E..that's..e...didn't I apologize for the incident?"

"Make what? As I remember you were the one who laughed the hardest"

"T..t.but it's been a long time so let's forget about it, hahaha, and don't you have it all now?"

Arya's feelings are better than when she first participated in the exercise, this is because she spent time in the library for a long time to catch up with others. And of course it is supported by a super complete library located in the Research Center, it turns out that all these books about Elementalist are hidden in this place. Pasta Arya could not find a single one in the Library that was on the Surface.

"Do you know why I can master it now? It was all because of this thing" Arya poked Timothy in the head with the book she was holding.

"Aww, sick tofu"

"And is there no one else you can bother? Why do you always come here and chat continuously without stopping? Should I sew your mouth?"

"I'm lonely you know, I don't know what to do alone. And also I feel bad bothering the others"

"Then don't you feel like you're bothering me?"

"Of course not" he answered enthusiastically.

Unceasingly stale Arya kicked the stomach of the annoying person in front of her, she was annoyed to hear that sinless-sounding answer.

With a face full of pain Timothy forced himself to speak "Audududududuhi this you...."

"What's? If you don't like getting out there"

"Because this is why I'm always here"

"What's? You're a masochist, aren't you? Or maybe you are.....homo?" a look of disgust was seen on Arya's face as she looked at Timothy.

"No, I'm still a sane jerk. You're the only one I'm familiar with, you know? While the others were e...how are they a bit complicated" Timothy scratched his head, slowly imagining one by one the faces of other elementalists, he said, he felt that none of them could be familiar with him, their nature being the main problem.

"Explain" pinta Arya.

"Mmm you know me and Kevin meet a lot because our family relationship is good, but to be honest I'm not very familiar with him. Then when I went to his room I didn't even open the door, this was done by Zayn"

"I should have done the same" Arya muttered to herself.

"While Ali was also scaring me, there was actually nothing strange about the boy. He was kind to me and always smiling kindly, but when I was with him he never spoke even so there I just talked to myself like crazy and he just silently listened. It makes the atmosphere a bit awkward"

"I should have done this one trick too" Arya muttered again.

"So that's why I'm always here"

"Let's have another activity, why don't you do the work and study and then just sleep"

"AHA! That was also one of the reasons I came here tonight" Timothy said as he pulled out his taskbook.

"Huh? You really want to do a job with someone who can't even answer the easiest questions here?" aryan Cibir.

"Come on, the task this time is very difficult. Please help me master" he said, bowing.

Arya let out a long sigh, then helped the bully do his job so that he quickly left here.

"Wahhh you're so great Arya, how can you answer this?"

"By reading and learning"

"But I don't understand, don't you always sleep in class? How can you answer that?"

"I don't understand either, you alone. Don't you always pay attention in class? Why can't you answer that?" Arya asked back.

Timothy was speechless to hear those words, Arya was satisfied to be able to silence the chatty mouth. After explaining how to answer the task, Arya stood up and took her jacket.

"Ehh where are you going? I'm not done yet, what if I answer it wrong? " ask Timothy curiously.

"That's a risk you have to bear, didn't I explain earlier. I'm gonna go out for a second to get some fresh air"

"Fresh air? You want to go to Plant Region?"

Arya did not answer the question, she just walked over waving her hands without turning her head towards Timothy.

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Arya walks among tea plants, she is in tea plantations in Plant Region, Plant Region is one of the Regions in the Research Center. It is in this place that plants for food needs and Elementalist exercises are cultivated.

"It is fitting that they never lack anything, with this even they do not need any supply from the Surface" Arya muttered as she continued walking.

He likes to be in this place because the air here is very fresh and can calm his mind (especially if he just met Timothy), he pitted towards the ceiling. The light of the full moon shone on the place so that the sight of the place was clearly visible.

Of course the sky above it is not the real sky, he is still in the Penilitian Center which means he still remains underground. The ceiling in the Plant Region is equipped with a projection screen that functions to project the outside sky, this is used to help plants that are here easily photosynthesize. So that they can grow well.

While being engrossed in staring at the moon Arya realized something, she was not alone in that place. A few meters in front of him Arya saw the silhouette of someone bending over like he was planting something. Arya settles down on the man without a sound and sees what he is doing through the man's head.

"What are you doing Rena?" arya whispered in the ear of the man.

"YES!!!" the woman shouted in shock.

"Ah.hai, I'm sorry. Did I surprise you?" greet Arya while smiling at her.

Rena Green the Natural Elementalist with short green hair still looked surprised, she just kept quiet and did not answer Arya's question. Then Arya reached out to help him stand up, she timidly grabbed Arya's hand while looking down at the boots he was wearing.

"Hi" said Arya smiling as she brought her face closer to Rena's face.

Rena was silent for a few minutes, her face was seen blushing under the light of the full moon that night. He kept looking down while looking at his shoes.

"H.h.hai" he finally replied while stammering.

Then Rena pointed to the place where she had bowed earlier, Arya saw that the tea leaves on the part had dried and were brown.

"Wahh looks like this tea was attacked by something, do you know what Rena is?" ask Arya.

"H..h..ha..hama" he replied slowly.

"Ohh so you wanted to fix these dried leaves?"

Rena nodded her ass without a voice.

"Well then, I'll help you"

Rena looks surprised to hear it and casts a questioning gaze at Arya.

"M...m.mem...help?"

"Yep" replied Arya passionately.

Then Arya pulled the dried tea leaves on the tea plant there, after all the dried leaves had been removed Rena used the ability to grow new tea leaves. They both admired their work, the results were not bad. The tea plant looks like a tea plant around it, they both look at each other with a smile and tos to celebrate their success.

"Mmm Rena?"

"Yes?"

"Then you don't mind, let's go back to the dorm together" Arya asked.

Rena lowered her head for a while, then she nodded approvingly to Arya's invitation but turned her face away from Arya. They both walked in the tea garden while being illuminated by the beautiful full moon. Arya keeps trying to get Rena to chat so they are more familiar, but all the talks Arya gave were only responded to with nods and short answers (such as SMS-an with girls being PMS).

"Rena Eee? Do you feel uncomfortable around me?"

"Mom..bu.it is so, ha.ha..........."

"Just?"

"Actually I feel that if you are a very extraordinary person, you can easily talk and get along with others. I think it's great, because I can't do it"

"E.....Rena is your way of speaking not very polite? We're your age, just call me Arya"

"T...t..but isn't it rude to directly call someone by their first name?"

"Bwahahhaha Press"

Arya could not help but laugh at what Rena said, this child is so innocent. Surely her adoptive family educated her very well that was what Arya thought at that time, because Arya laughed at Rena's face flushed red with embarrassment, she looked down at her shoes while walking on.

"Muhhh....This is why I dare not speak to others, what is wrong with my way of speaking?" mumbling slowly.

"Huh?"

"Eh??! A.a.a.what a.you heard what I said earlier? Please forget it, I'm just talking to myself" he said with a flushed face.

"Hahaha there's nothing wrong with the way you speak Rena, just that we're friends? You don't have to talk that polite. And also we are all one team, we are all Elementalists so don't be too stiff like that dong" said Arya while holding back a laugh.

"T. t. but this is how I was educated"

"Then get used to it"

"Did?"

"Get used to talking to other people like you talked to yourself before"

"T.t..but..."

"It's okay, you can. Try talking to the girls first if you're not ready to talk to the guys" Arya said with a smile.

Rena was silent to hear those words, it seemed like she was strengthening herself to try what Arya said earlier.

"Rena?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm sorry for laughing at you and also for calling you straight by your first name, I'm really sorry" Arya said, sticking her palms together in front of her chest.

"E..e...e t.t.it's okay, you don't have to apologize. I should thank you for helping me tidy up the tea plant and for giving me advice"

"Thank God then, but Rena do you know........."

Arya brought her face closer to Rena, They had reached the front of the stairs to the dormitory.

"You're unique, you're like a shy princess who shows her true self when she's comfortable and shuts herself down when she's distracted, I think it's really sweet"

Rena's eyes widened to hear what Arya said, then Arya waved and walked up the stairs to the male dormitory leaving Rena with a face that was red.

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"It's good that Mr. Arya, it doesn't seem to be in vain that you're holed up in the library" Astral Watchdog said.

Arya had just answered the question that was given to her, in fact she was caught off guard so the Astral Supervisor realized that she was asleep in the classroom. This is why he must also be willing to accept the throwing of very hard sun seeds (Astral Supervisor always brings a snack of sun seeds (Kuaci)) and answer the questions asked by the Astral Supervisor, fortunately he had already prepared himself for the lesson that day the night before.

"But still it's not good to sleep in Mr. Arya's class, although from what I hear you have developed and have been able to follow all the lessons well but you must continue to learn especially on the control of Agnet"

"Agnet?" muttered Arya annoyed.

He had indeed mastered almost all the lessons now but the problem was that with General Knowledge which was the controlling part of Agnet, he hated this lesson. This was just like the math lesson but the Elementalist version. Agnet is the name for the inner power used for fighting, he does not like this lesson because he must try to control Agnet by dividing it throughout the body. What percentage to the hands, to the feet, Agnet is also used for Element control and many more. This frustrates him.

But his practice is still better than his lessons on Agnet's control theory, if the practice he could still attempt to try. While in theory he really could not follow it at all, he did not match anything that smelled of numbers.

After he learned it was actually an Elementalist power that was very simple, the Elementalist Power was divided into 4 levels. Master, Lord, Dragon, and Slayer. Master is the pinnacle of controlling power, Lord is the pinnacle of physical strength, Dragon is the pinnacle of concentration, and Slayer is the merging of the previous three tiers.

When an Elementalist can reach all four levels, they are called perfect Elementalists, but he only reads his theory in one of the books in the library. Actually he was very sure if the four levels of power were very difficult to control and had some conditions for it to be used, and he still did not understand that part.

"Alright the lesson until here, thank you for your attention" said Astral Supervisor while tidying up his book and walking towards the door.

They were all also tidying up their books and preparing to leave the room, but suddenly the Astral Supervisor stopped in front of the door and turned his head towards them.

"Oh yes I forgot to say something, the First stage Elementalist Examination is about to begin"