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Chapter 4

"As supernatural beings, we all have powerful auras deep within our bodies. If we can each focus on this energy, we can manipulate it, making our powers stronger." Winwin explained to the group of sophomores in front of him. Today, he was teaching them how to harness their inner energy through meditation techniques.

"Now as you sit here with your eyes closes, I want you all to rid yourself of any negative thoughts you may have, focusing only on your feeling the blood pumping through your veins, reaching every inch of your body." Winwin continued. He watched as the agents followed his commands.

Yuta and Jaehyun who sat in the corners, observing Winwin's lesson, were discussing how the agents were doing. Soon, many of them began glowing as they began feeling their auras.

"Rena, Jaemin, and Haechan are doing well. Jeno and Jiwoo are almost there, but surprisingly, Renjun, he has nothing." Yuta pointed out. Jaehyun agreed, it was abnormal to see the witch in this state.

Winwin had noticed this too, as he told the group to open their eyes.

"Renjun, is something on your mind today? It seems that you couldn't harness your power." Winwin asked the young witch. His friends turned to look at him while his ears turned red with embarrassment.

"I'll work harder on it." Renjun said, giving Winwin a small bow. Winwin made a mental note to go speak with the male later.

"That is it for today, you're dismissed." The class bowed to Winwin before making their way out. Renjun watched as his friends left, Doyoung walked in, buckets and sponges in hand while Minjee followed him.

"Since both of you are lacking respect with one another, I suppose you two can bond over cleaning the training mats." Doyoung said, handing the materials over as the two of them groaned.

"As witches, I know both of you are going to use spells, so I suppose it won't take longer than an hour." Doyoung said, before making his way out with the other leaders, leaving the two witches alone.

"I hate you." Renjun said as he started on the first mat.

"The feeling is mutual." Minjee responded. The two of them cleaned the mats, too exhausted to engage in proper conversation.

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Jeno scrolled through his phone as he ate alone in the dinning area of the male dorms. His friends had eaten earlier but he had wanted to finish one of his assignments first so he told them to go ahead and eat without him. He looked up as a person slid into the seat across from him.

"Hyung?" Jeno said, surprised to see Doyoung. Doyoung flashed him a smile as he got comfortable in his seat.

"You seemed lonely." Doyoung responded as Jeno put his phone down.

"Ah, I was finishing an assignment so I told my friends to eat first." Jeno told him with a smile.

"I see." Doyoung said, taking a bit out of his food.

"Hyung, what is the solo mission like?" Jeno suddenly asked. Doyoung thought for a moment before answering.

"It's typically not to bad, something small but sometimes they assign difficult ones." Doyoung told him.

"Like what?" Jeno asked, curious.

"I remember mine was working on a portal spell with the faerie kingdom, but that was probably one of the lighter ones." Doyoung said.

"What about the more difficult ones?" Jeno asked. Doyoung tried to recall some of the missions previously given to the agents.

"I know Jaehyun had an infiltration one in the Underground City, that's probably the hardest one I've seen. It was given to him during the summer and it lasted quite long, about a month." Doyoung explained.