“It’s
too late” I replied.
“How
do you know about the SA anyway?” he asked.
“I
got friends from the SA and they told me.” I looked to the left to hide my
face. I didn’t want him to find out that I was hiding something. How could I
tell him about the tiger?
“She’s
lying.” Abruptly I turned my head to the door where the voice came from, Yu did
the same. Sho was standing there, arms crossed, watching us. Did he hear
everything? Wasn’t that bad if he heard all that? Not just for me, but for Yu
also? When I was searching for a way to cover up for our conversation Yu
started talking: “Why are you lying, Nao?” he believed Sho. I was surprised. He
didn’t even care that his friend came inside our house without us noticing and
on top of that heard what we talked about. It seemed like Sho already knew
everything. A person hearing all this the first time wouldn’t react this calmly
just by saying that I’m lying. And how did he even know that I was lying? Could
it be...? My expression probably exposed what I was thinking so my brother
explained: “He was part of the SA in the school he was going to. He’s a
wandering lie detector, so don’t even think about lying in front of him.” now
they got me speechless. I was learning a lot of new things at once and my brain
couldn’t take more. Yu must have noticed. “I would love to tell you to rest
first, but I have to know how you know about the SA. Please tell me, tell us.”
He said after looking at Sho who on the other hand added: “And don’t even think
about lying when I am here.”
I
sighed. It was no use hiding everything. I noticed they were worried about me
being part of the SA. They didn’t want me to take part in missions. And after
seeing Hiro I knew why. After my second sigh I finally answered: “I’m not part
of the SA. I met 2 people who are part of it. Remember the guy who saved me in
the club when you both couldn’t? He is in the SA. And today when I was talking
to him after finding out his ability a teacher saw us, his teacher. He talked in riddles but really suspicious so I didn’t
tell him anything. It was like he was questioning me for having a recommendation.
Afterwards Ryuu, that guy I was talking about, explained about the
recommendation system. Before that I found an injured person, who
coincidentally is his best friend. He just came back from one of those missions
so they didn’t have a choice but explain to me.”
“YOU
HAVE A RECOMMENDATION?!” Yu and Sho yelled at the same time. When I nodded they
looked at each other speechlessly. I could see their thoughts popping out of
their heads: why didn’t they know?
“Do you have an ability?” Yu asked first. I shook my head first. But then I
remembered. I looked at Sho because he probably noticed already. Before he
could expose me I corrected myself: “Well, supposedly I have an ability. I
found out today. Ryuu and Hiro told me. I didn’t believe them but they proofed
me wrong.” I stopped here.
Sho
asked the next question: “Which ability? And how did they prove it?”
“I’m
a tamer.” Before I could say more Sho already asked again: “Which kind of
tamer?”
I
hesitated. What kind he asked. I didn’t even know what kind. Ryuu just
explained that I was the strongest type, but he didn’t name it. I tried to
explain it exactly like he did to the both guys in my room. They both listened
attentively. The more I said the more shocked they got. It sounded unbelievable
to myself so it must be worse for them. But I was wrong. They weren’t shocked
because it sounded unbelievable, they were shocked because my ability was one
of the strongest.
“You
should rest” Yu said and stood up. I could see that they both wanted to ask
more and maybe even experiment with my ability, but they needed time to let
everything they heard sink in themselves. “Please don’t let yourself be caught
by the school. I agree with your ‘friends’ to hide the ability even if you have
to stay away from them. It’s all better than being part of the SA.” He begged
before leaving the room with Sho. Left behind in my room I had enough time to
think about the upcoming day, which was my first training day.