Schicksal Far East Branch, Director's Office
Inside the Director's Office, a black-haired girl was staring at Lin Maki, who stood beside Dr. Maki.
"What should I say?"
Looking at the senior before her, Wendy, a student of St. Freya Academy, tilted her head and asked tentatively.
"Hello, Senior Lin?"
"Forget it, Wendy. What kind of senior am I?"
Looking at the black-haired girl before her, Lin Maki could not help but sigh inwardly.
A few years ago, Wendy had still been an ordinary girl.
Meanwhile, Lin, already a C-rank Valkyrie, had been considered an exceptionally gifted young prodigy at St. Freya Academy.
But everything changed after Wendy was brought from New Zealand to study at St. Freya Academy.
Having only just graduated from elementary school, Wendy displayed terrifying talent on her very first day.
Though her academic performance was poor, Wendy was practically a genius in combat, learning at an astonishing speed.
Even Lin, who felt threatened by Wendy's arrival and began training frantically, was ultimately caught up to by her on the spot.
During the exam where they both advanced to B-rank Valkyrie, Lin could tell that Wendy had not even gotten serious.
Perhaps, to Wendy, the B-rank Valkyrie exam was not difficult at all.
Then Lin witnessed the very thing she had known would inevitably happen.
Wendy, who was only middle-school age, advanced to A-rank Valkyrie before Lin did.
Even though Lin successfully advanced to A-rank Valkyrie in a later exam, she had still lost to Wendy—lost utterly and completely.
If Wendy had relied on her talent to lord it over others, Lin might have disliked the girl.
But in their everyday interactions, Lin could tell that Wendy had no ulterior motives and was very friendly toward the people around her.
Whenever Theresa and Himeko trained them until