I will strive beyond this cursed bloodline!

Chapter 22: About Heroes and Villains, super and otherwise

The classroom, it felt like an eternity since she was last here. Even if it was just a day ago or so.

So many things happened since her last class after all.

She found her true powered skill, she found a good Magical Girl outfit.

And more importantly, she found out the tier she was expected to have was...higher than she wished for.

So now she sat in the classroom, wondering what to do about that.

Wondering what to do, since being a background character wasn't on the list anymore.

That ruined most of her plans to laze around during school, so should she aim for a top scorer again?

It was a good way to keep the aloof persona and to use her "Study hours" to sleep in the private rooms in the library.

But perhaps they wouldn't give those rooms...

She got access to meditation rooms on the magical side though...

Maybe they could get a few of those on the powered side too?

"Greeting students" came a voice she didn't recognize as the crazed old man.

It was...A gentleman? He couldn't be described in any other way than that. He was dressed in a classic suit from the old British empire. One tailored from high-quality materials even. It was well-ironed since the crease was well-defined and as straight as possible. She wondered how he was walking around without messing that up. And perhaps she could ask for advice on that since she somedays struggled with the creases on her clothing. Still, she was wondering more about how that unassuming man had managed to infiltrate so deep into the school. Perhaps he was another teacher? She didn't feel anything from him, unlike with the crazy old man who she could feel some kind of pressure. "My name is...not relevant since almost none of you are paying attention I guess." Said this man nonchalantly. How... Odd... "But I'm here to tell you that in your tier assignment..." And at this point, this mysterious unnamed man made a dramatic stop. By now most of the other students had taken notice of this man too, so that pause served its purpose. "You failed the first semester. Most of you anyway." And so the whole class made a ruckus. At this point, the blonde girl was now wary of this unknown man. "WHAT?!?" came the voice of Akira the second strongest in this class. "Why?" and soon enough the cold silent rage from Rena the red-haired girl that was currently the strongest. That man didn't even look bothered. Even though both students were radiating undiluted bloodlust. He just stood there and dusted his shoulders like he had some dirt on them. "Easy enough, as an example we will use one of the few that passed that evaluation, let me think..." Oh... The blonde girl could almost feel how it would go wrong. The tropes her mother liked to talk about had taught her about the dangers to come in this type of situation. So she started to edge herself down in her seat like she wanted to pick something that had rolled below her seat... No such luck though. "Yes, that will work." Said the unknown man, "Tell me, what is the [Skill] Miss Starbright used on her evaluation" and so this suited man pointed at Elizabeth. "Anything will do, if you can we will pass you." And so he finished with a smirk. For their part, both pairs of problematic students glared at her. "She is a self-strengthening user." Came the answer of Akira with a smirk like it was nothing. "...No... The wounds on the dummy don't correlate with self-strength, since it had gashes and piercing wounds...So a curse user." Came the answer of Rena. What? Curse are magical users though... "Wrong in both, she hid her powerset. Even though I'm sure that her father told her the same crap every one of you got told at some point." Said the unknown man "That it was 'Pointless' to try and hide her power... Probably was her mother the one that told her to hide it or something." Oh right, why did she try to hide her power? It came as an instinct...Maybe it was for her magical side? "You see...Not everyone in this class will be heroes, and not all will be villains either... So unless you are very sure about your companions... Even if your power is easy to identify. Try to hide it" said the unknown man "Information is the key to your survival after all" And now she was getting pissed at this man. He didn't even introduce himself. "Who are you to Judge us anyway?" Said the red-haired girl, she also was getting angry at him. "Well... I did try to introduce myself, but very few of you took notice of me... Even though I came and stood here for a few minutes trying to grab your attention" Said with a smirk the man. He did? Not that it mattered to her, she would shut him up soon enough by saying his name loud and clear! [Identify]!