Book 2: Intermission 4

Book 2: Intermission 4

Terran Worldwide News Station #1

Henry Cooper looks around nervously at the five chairs seated in a semicircle in front of him, with a glass table between him and the tables. He doesnt show his nerves though, as that would be unprofessional and in the case of these four individuals, one of the five seats being empty career suicide.

Of the four individuals, Blue can be seen wearing a blue and black suit and tie as he stares at Henry without a single hint of emotion on his face, making him look almost dead inside. Meanwhile Red has a bored expression on his face showcasing just how little the two care about being here.

Red probably just wants to go back to the front lines and fight, doesnt he?

Looking at Black, Henry cant help but feel nervous. Mostly because the man keeps fading in and out of existence with a mischievous grin on his face. One that makes him look very much like hes up to something. And Purple is the opposite, her eyes glowing purple without any sorts of pupil, iris, or sclera to tell where she is looking, simply making her impossible to read as she sits perfectly still.

Ever the seer

Henry looks last at the empty chair and sighs.

No White again. Just like the last year. And the year before that. And basically every year before that the woman just refuses to go out in public.

After seeing the light flash on, Henry immediately begins his spiel, keeping his eye on the camera and not on the Knights watching him, And the time has finally arrived! The time for this years Interschool Tournaments! A time that everyone on the entire planet can never get enough of!

As for the four sitting across from me, Im sure you dont need an introduction to humanities greatest heroes of all time, he says, indicating the four Knights. Now this year is going to be just like the others in a lot of ways, but Im sure youre all very interested in some of the new up and coming Guardians! The screen next to the five people turns on, bringing the attention of the four Knights to it as it immediately shows a man with long hair wearing striking red armor akin to what one would see on a gladiator from the old world. And to start things off, lets introduce Thomas Carter!

On the screen, the man can be seen rushing through hordes of Class III demons with cat-like claws made out of shadows coating his arms.

Poor Lucas.

But he does what they desire, making the screen change to show a beautiful girl with black hair streaked with crimson, glowing red eyes, and most importantly, according to the viewers wolf ears, before he immediately states, And here we have the Class I Solo Primary candidate from the Lions Heart Guardians University for this year, Scarlet Asger!

Out of the corner of his eye, Henry notices each and every one of the Knights stiffen up slightly at both the sight of the girl and the mention of her name. And one of them Blue even stands up from his chair while staring at the screen with his eyes narrowing ever so slightly.

Henry stiffens up, not knowing what hes going to do. But all he does is walk up to the screen to the bewilderment of both Henry, the set crew in the room, and the viewers, before staring at it for a few seconds and then going back to his seat without saying a word.

No one says anything for a few seconds with even the chat pausing for a moment before immediately blowing up with debate over what that was about. But then Blue focuses his dead eyes directly on Henry, prompting him to continue, Scarlet Asger has shown herself time and time again to be a Guardian who enjoys battling the demons, fighting over and over again in every single Fracture she can find and always coming out on top, even in the most ridiculous situations that would normally never happen!

Henry continues throwing praise on the girl for a bit, making sure to keep an eye on the Knights only to find all of them seemingly focused solely on the girl while listening to his words.

Just what is it about her that has them so entranced?

However, after taking a glance at Blue, Henry blinks in surprise, suddenly stopping his spiel for a moment. But he picks it up again soon enough.

Is it just me or does Scarlet share a few similarities to Blue in appearance? Not many, and not enough to be his daughter or something, but some, thats for sure

He shakes his head at the thought while playing it off as a nod instead to go along with his words.

This session is going so much differently than I expected it to