Chapter 39: Prejudice

Chapter 39: Prejudice

The academy's expedition picked up students from each of the five major capitals in the continents, and Moreen city happened to be its last stop.

Although compartment thirteen currently only had the few of them, Evelyn knew it would not remain so for long. After all, they could not be the only ones from the Lavinian Empire who would go to the academy.

Even if there were few or even no children of the ancient families entering with her this year, there would still be dozens of commoners.

"I wonder what your classmates will be like."

Evelyn stroked little Ruru's fur leisurely, clearly not very curious about her upcoming companions for the journey.

"I don't think we'll be meeting any classmates at all. The commoners who go with us will all end up one year behind me, so they'll all be my juniors."

"Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. Still, there could be someone from the ancient families, or someone from the royalty, who knows?"

"Mhm, there will definitely be some. If not from our own, then from other regions. But they may not end up being in our compartment."

Amara nodded thoughtfully. "True."

If it had been in the past, Evelyn would never have been so unenthusiastic about meeting potential 'targets' for her missions. But she had learned a lot more about her system and skills in these two years, and now had a clearer idea on how to make progress.

Even after two years and a clearly strong bond between them, neither Amara nor Vivian's affection had crossed the line which would allow her to acquire their enhancements.Fôll0w current novÊls on n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(co/m)

Perhaps the more 'gifted' an individual was, the harder it was to max out their affection. Her parents can be considered gifted only among mortals, but it had taken her years to max their affection, and that was despite their clear adoration of their dear daughter.

This made it clear to Evelyn that the affection route was quite unreliable, and should only be a last resort. Instead, it was far better to simply defeat or kill her opponents.

It was unfortunate that this 'defeat' condition's requirements were quite harsh, and she simply could not bring herself to bully Vivian, Amara or even Bree to that point.

Of course, since people in this world could get stronger even without her system or the grand 'Calamity' skill, how could she not have any other way?

Apparently, the way people acquired 'experience' in this world was not through missions, but through 'cultivation', 'slaughter' and 'enlightenment'.

Evelyn had the feeling that although the way they went about naming and understanding it was different, this cultivation and enlightenment weren't much different from her experience and missions.

And the common point between the two was that the levels shown by her system and those that the people measured through devices and artifacts were identical.

Perhaps when the people of this world unknowingly completed a 'mission', they could undergo 'enlightenment'.

But of course, unlike her, who could just browse the missions and pick the ones she liked, these people did not have that luxury and could only do things blindly and hope for the best.

If she had not talked to Cecilia before, she would not have even known about this.

Amara was surprised by both the reaction of the children who entered, as well as Evelyn's indifference to their attitude.

"What's going on? Why do they look like Vivian fried their pet duck?"

Vivian couldn't help but whine. Why was this thing always brought up? She didn't even do anything this time!

"That's unfair, 'mara, I did that only once!"

The older redhead ruffled her little sister's hair. "One time too many, I say."

"Uuh."

Evelyn couldn't help but giggle, her mood much lighter than before. "Well, don't mind them. They're just prejudiced. They'll come around by themselves, eventually."

Amara tilted her head. "Prejudice against what?"

"Hmm... 'Spiritual' and 'Blessed' physiques, I guess. Especially those that stand out at a glance."

Amara realized just then that Evelyn's pink hair really did stick out like a sore thumb. Even if herself and Vivian can pass off as exotic mortals, no one will ever mistake Evelyn for anything other than what she was.

"Oh what if they don't come around by themselves though, shouldn't we clear up any misunderstandings?"

Evelyn clearly disdained the thought, and the displeased frown on her face made it no secret. "I did nothing wrong. Why should I go clear anything up? If they never come around, well, it's none of my business, is it? Unless they stick it to my face, in which case I will just have to teach them a lesson."

Evelyn turned her pink eyes to the commoner group with a smirk, and the children quickly huddled together in fear.

"Kyaaa!"

"Wow, such sharp eyes! I feel like I was stabbed!"

"You're just being overdramatic now. There's no way she can hurt us without even touching, r-right?"

Evelyn could only roll her eyes, blaming her own enhanced hearing for being able to hear their nonsense. Perhaps leveling up so fast had its own downsides, but she would gladly take those over being a weakling.

And it's not like she didn't understand where these children were coming from. In her last life, her condition had definitely been far worse than any of them, after all. But she would rather spend her time focusing on herself rather than finding fault with others.

At this moment, another entity phased into their carriage, one that Evelyn had clearly met before.