The Reincarnation Room
Arlequint Academy

The girl's voice made Ryan look to the side. At once, Ryan was surprised, because the distance between Ryan's face and the girl was only five centimeters away.

But the girl doesn't care. He then said happily, "I didn't expect we'd meet in a place like this, really a coincidence."

The tone of the girl's voice sounded agile and cheerful. He looked like a reckless and also insensitive person. This was evident from how the girl was very close to Ryan, but she did not care about him at all.

Seeing her friend like that, the brown-skinned girl beside her stepped forward and asked, "Ernesta, what's wrong?"

Compared to the girl in the white lab coat, the brown-skinned girl was clearly a very firm and serious person. Her personality was completely contrasted with that white lab-clad girl.

In that case, the girl called Ernesta was just smiling at the brown-skinned girl. "Camilla, this man is Jie Long's disciple. If it's not Ryan's name."

"Ryan?" The brown-skinned girl, known as Camilla, inevitably raised her eyebrows, and then looked towards Ryan. 

"So this is the man .." he murmured.

Although their personalities are different, Ernesta and Camilla are currently looking at Ryan to assess and gather information as if Ryan is the object of research.

It's not a strange thing. Because the two girls were wearing Arlequint Academy uniforms, the school concentrated on research and technical areas.

“So so.” Ryan took a few steps back, moving away from Ernesta with a smile.

"I also did not expect to meet the representatives of the Pygmalion Faction Arlequint Academy and the Ferrovious Faction here."

Ryan's words kept Camilla quiet. But it was the other with Ernesta. "Nee~ nee~ Nii-chan, do you know us?"

"Of course." Ryan looked at Ernesta and said, "The two Factions are the ruling factions in Arlequint Academy."

In some ways, the Arlequint Academy was similar to the Jie Long Seventh Institute. There are also factions inside.

If it was at Jie Long, there was only the Water Faction and the Wood Faction, in contrast to Arlequint. There are five factions with different research, namely Pygmalion, Ferrovius, Sonnet, Methuselah, and Tenorio.

Among the five Factions, the Pygmalion Faction and the Ferrovius Faction were the strongest.

The Pygmalion faction is more concentrated in the development of Android Dolls with artificial intelligence that resembles humans.

While the Ferrovius Faction, they concentrated on developing a high-strength Lux, which was easy for anyone to use.

And the representatives of these two factions were Ernesta Kuhne and Camilla Pareto.

Ernesta Kuhne was the leader of the Pygmalion faction. With his keen observation and powerful computing power, he became one of the most talented scientists in the world.

With his ability, Ernesta changed the position of the Pygmalion Faction, from the weakest, to the strongest in the Arlequint.

For the Ferrovius faction, they were led by Camilla Pareto. With his genius and strong unyielding spirit, he and his team managed to create the Lux used in the previous Phoenix Festa Finals, where Cecily Wong and Zhao Hufeng lost.

With such an identity, it was impossible for people not to know the two of them.

"Compared to you, I thought that I was not a famous person. So it's an honor to be known to these two beautiful ladies" Ryan told Ernesta and Camilla with a laugh

Hearing this, Camilla remained silent with her sharp gaze. While Ernesta, he laughed with eyes that curved like a crescent moon.

“Ma ma ,,, don't be so low. After all, you are a Seraph user, so it's only natural that I know information about you.”

As Arlequint's student and also the faction's leader, it was only natural that they both knew about the Seraph. Information about the Seraph is valuable to people like them.

“I heard that it has been almost the last hundred years, Seraph has not found its users and continues to move from one school to another. But unfortunately, none of the schools that managed to research it.”

Ernesta said so with sparkling eyes. He leaned over to Ryan's waist and saw the Seraph still wrapped in its sheath.

“I'd really like to see it! I want to research it!”

Seeing Ernesta's maniacal-looking attitude, Ryan pouted a little.

A few moments later, Camilla opened her mouth. “Ernesta, don't act disrespectful.”

After saying so, Camilla looked towards Ryan. With her cold face, she said, "Although the power of the Seraph is mysterious and makes many people want to research it, but the Seraph is an Orga Lux.”

“This is quite different from the principle of Ferrovius Faction, where we want to create a powerful Lux that can be used by anyone and without side effects. Therefore, I am not very interested.”

Camilla's words made the atmosphere between the two tense.

“ca~ mi~ lla ~" Ernesta puffed her cheeks with eyes bulging towards Camilla. “Why do you say that?!”

“I only said the truth.” Camilla carefully said. "We Ferrovius strongly disliked the arrogant attitude of Orga Lux. Not to mention, some of the side effects of Orga Lux are very harmful to its users. Therefore, we aspire to make Lux stronger, safer, and suitable for everyone.”

“I don't deny it. In terms of information, I am also interested in digging it.” Camilla let out a short sigh, and continued her words. "But, still the Seraph is the Orga Lux. It is not suitable for us, Ferrovius Faction.”

Two talented scientists of the Arlequint Academy discuss each other regardless of anyone, including Ryan.

Ryan could only shake his head, and immediately left the two scientists.

When Ryan started walking. Suddenly Ernesta's voice rang out in Ryan's ear. “Nii-chan, we also participated in Phoenix Festa you know ..”

This speech, made Ryan's footsteps stop.

If anyone else heard it, they would be shocked. Because the number of combat students in Arlequint Academy is very small. So, they almost never participated in any Festa.

Ryan was not surprised. Ryan knew what was going on.

"It seems you also understand, that this year's Phoenix Festa has allowed dolls to participate in place of its creator.” Camilla looked at Ryan's back and said, "We'll use our skills. Instead of us fighting with our own bodies, we fought using a doll made by Ernesta and my lux.”

In other words, Ernesta has developed an Android Robot that can be used in competitions, in lieu of both of them.

"If you meet my children, you should treat them well" Ernesta said with a beautiful smile.

The smile was no longer as it had been before that it seemed crafty, but rather with deep feelings.

"Then, let's see what the power of Seraph users will look like."

Leaving behind words like this, Ernesta in a good mood left Ryan.

Camilla also slightly nodded at Ryan and immediately went to follow Ernesta.

After Ryan no longer felt the aura from Camilla and Ernesta, Ryan could not help but laugh anymore. “Hahahaha ..”

"It's interesting .. I'm curious how powerful their robot is."

After that, Ryan stepped back and slowly walked away from that place.

The Phoenix Festa preliminary round was not all held in Sirius Dome. Separated by group.

Based on the Group that has been divided, where the team of Cecily Wong and Ryan is Sirius Dome.

Of course, Cecily Wong and Ryan's teams competed in this main stadium because Cecily Wong was the previous Phoenix Festa Runner Up. Therefore, his team had the honor to compete in Sirius Dome.

And based on the schedule, Ryan and Cecily Wong's team will play in the first game.

~***~

Main Arena, Sirius Dome.

Cheers after cheers had echoed in the Sirius Dome stands, making the audience's enthusiasm even more explosive.

In the broadcast room, two women spoke in front of a microphone, letting their voices spread out in all directions.

"Hello everyone, welcome to Phoenix Festa season 24!"

"And now, we live-streamed the first match of the preliminary round from Sirius Dome. With me, Yanase Miiko as a commentator, and also my colleague, Pham Thi Tram, an alumnus of the Seventh Jie Long Institute!"

"To Pham Thi Tram, please greet the audience."

"Hello everything .." said Pham Thi Tram.

Above the arena, there is a super large screen. And two women who comment today are seen on the screen.

"Well, before the start of the game, we will explain the rules. The winner of the match will be determined if the opponent's two school badges are destroyed, lose consciousness, or the opponent has given up."

"The school plan will oversee and assess this match. So when one of those rules happens, then the School Badge will automatically announce the winner."

"Again, in the Student School Badge there is a chip that has been equipped with AI, which means that the School Badge has the ability like a referee." 

"So, we just need to hope the contestants today will give an interesting show!" yanase Miiko explained to the audience.

"I can't wait to see the contestants come out." said Phim Thi Tram.

"Then let's start the first match today!"