The young guard stood with his back turned. When he heard Aella's voice, he turned to face her.

"Oh, Miss Aella, good morning," he said with a friendly smile.

"Good morning...mm Sir? ..... guard" Aella then remembered that she still didn't know the name of the guard. How uneducated she was, she hadn't even bothered to ask her Saviour for his name.

Uncertain how to ask him, she looked at the guard.

The guard noticed that Aella seemed hesitant and uncomfortable, as if she wanted to say something but didn't know how.

After a few seconds, he smiled: "My name is Esen, miss".

"Oh! It is a pleasure to meet you Mr Esen, I wanted to thank you again for the food yesterday," Aella said warmly.

"No problem Miss Aella," Esen smiled kindly, of all the young students he knew she was the first and only one to thank him for something.

"Mr Esen, sir, I think I am lost. Would it be possible for you to show me the way to the F class building? I don't know how to get there."

"Of course, let's go."

They walked down the corridor of the dormitory and then out into the large courtyard of Oasis. It was full of green grass and there was a lot of students dressed in different styles of uniforms.

Aella turned around and looked at the building of the SS Class Residence, it was well painted and beautifully displayed, while the building of the F Class Residence next to it was "...".... Waa, it was too easy to see the difference in treatment.

Tsk.

"They all have different uniforms," she noticed. Some students wore the same well-decorated uniform with short red capes, while others wore different coloured uniforms such as green, white and yellow.

"Oh, yes, each class has its own uniform. It was designed by the most famous designer in Sion City," Esen said.

"Ah, and the F-class..."

"Uh... F-Class don't get the same benefits as the other classes..."

Esen looked at Aella, waiting for her reaction, but when he saw that she was still expressionless, he continued, "Because of their lack of..." he struggled to find a reasonable reason so that he didn't have to say it, "that's it was because F-class hasn't shown any growth in mana cultivation so far. And had yet to prove their worth.

Aella replied coldly to Esen's surprise, "Hm... to me, it seems more like the whole school was bullying and ridiculing that particular class.

"In order for a person to prove his or her worth, they should at least give them a chance to, right? Have they done that?" She asked. Esen shook his head.

"Ha," she blurted out in a sarcastic tone.

Esen tried to comfort her, assuming she was upset about being in a class like F.

"F class isn't as bad as it seems. The students are young just like you, it's too early to judge them and label them as trash just because they can't cultivate mana."

Aella remained quiet. Esen looked at her and then went on to speak.

"Besides, they all knew how to cultivate to begin with and were doing very well.... I don't know what happened. Suddenly, none of them could do it anymore."

"I see," Aella said thoughtfully.

"That means that those kids had more than just one power, apart from the elemental ones". Esen moved a little bit closer to Aella and said: "I don't know if I should tell you this, but I think that someone must have done something that caused them to turn out the way they did. If they hadn't lost their powers, I think they would be the ones standing in the SS class today".

Aella was listening carefully.

"For example, there was a student in class F named Aisha who awakened her power... but that power was not fire, water, lightning, earth or air, but it was a summoning power."

"Oh~" Aella said with interest. This young girl just needed a little training, then she could have even summoned a dragon.

"To be precise, in F-class, there was a summoner, a magical archer, one with the power of nature, one who could communicate and understand the languages of magical creatures and beasts, and one with the power of invisibility," he finished explaining, "In my opinion, these kinds of powers are special and strong, but for those in F-class, these kinds of powers were considered trash and useless," Esen said.

"Well, it's because they didn't have anyone who could train them properly, they still had no idea how powerful they could have been once they had proper training."

Aella had a cold, indifferent expression on her face. But inside she was smiling.

"That is true." Esen replied.

They walked past the place where all the students were talking. As soon as they saw Aella, they were amazed not only by her beauty, but also by the noble and cool air she exuded.

"Hey, look! Is she a new student?" someone in the crowd said.

"So beautiful, I knew that there were beauties in our school, but hers is unmatched, she is a goddess".

"I feel it is a sin to look at her, what should I do? My eyes won't look elsewhere."

"What class is she in, in your opinion?"

"Orien, why do you need to know her class? Don't tell me you want to court her?"

"A beauty like her can only belong to me, the most handsome guy in the school, ohhh look, they're going to class F. Hahahaha, that makes it easier for me," the brown-haired boy named Orien laughed evilly.

"You're so mean!" They all laughed,

Beside Orien and his group, a group of girls were eavesdropping on their conversation, one of them teasing.

"Hmph... .what's the use of being beautiful if she's an F class student with no talent, Bwahaha, look at our Queen, Laria, she's not only beautiful but talented and belongs to the Z guard SS class".

"Orien, did you just say that you are the most handsome man in the school, since when? Have you forgotten that our handsome, sexy and incomparable Cain is still in this school?" a girl teased.

"You dare to dream of being the most handsome guy in Oasis when Cain is here hahahaha how funny," another girl scoffed.

"All of you..." Orien growled angrily, "you're all so annoying..."

"Guys, I heard something crazy yesterday." A student said interrupting Orien.

"What is it?"

"He said again: "I'm really speechless.

"Say it now, what is it?" another girl urged him on.

"I heard that our Queen Laria and our Goddess SCAE have known each other for a long time." he said.

Everyone was taken aback to the point that no one said anything for a short moment, even those who had been laughing earlier came over in shock, until one of the boys broke the silence and said.

"What are you saying," he said, refusing to believe her, "how does she know the legendary 'SCAE', are you sure? "It's SCAE we're talking about."

SCAE is someone who is admired, loved, feared and respected by everyone in the world.

All of them nodded their heads in unison, agreeing with him.

The girl felt frustrated when she saw that no one wanted to believe him.

"I'm telling you guys; Laria has said it herself."

"I like and admire the SS Class Z guards, but you should know that SCAE is not someone you can take advantage of and use their name to gain fame and influence," the boy said again. "I won't let anyone use the name of our goddess."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

As much as they liked the Seven Guardians, they worshipped and respected the SCAE far more. Of course, they would believe everything Laria said if it was about anyone else.

But it was SCAE they were talking about. No one had ever seen SCAE except for that one time when she was a child, and that was because of the poor-quality video footage they got after the Eclipse Kingdom incident, the video quality was so bad they couldn't even see her face.

So until now, no one had seen her face or knew what she looked like. Yet, to everyone, her importance was greater than that of any politician, emperor or king.

In other words, humans looked at SCAE as a being above all and everything, as a goddess.

The students simply couldn't believe that Laria and SCAE were friends. It was impossible, until she had proof, they wouldn't believe her.

Aella, who was walking with Esen, heard everything the students were saying. She stopped in her tracks with a confused look on her face.

"When did I ever have a friend called Laria? And why do these people keep mentioning my nickname?

Only Otiz, Uncle Juhen, Grandma and my brothers and sisters know my nickname."

'How strange'

Never mind, I don't have time for that now," he said.

"Did you say something, Miss Aella?"

"No, let's keep walking."