"Seele, Seele, I heard you transferred here from another country. Can you tell me if there's anything fun over there?"
"Uh... I'm not really sure. I've always stayed at home, so I don't even know what's famous in my country."
No matter what her classmates asked, Sirin always answered like that. She couldn't help it. She had been disconnected from society for over a decade, and had forgotten almost everything she should have remembered. She had never cared about anything from her homeland, either. Besides, being questioned over and over was starting to irritate her.
When Bella was asked the same questions at first, she had hidden behind Feng Chen without a word. The classmate questioning her seemed to understand immediately and shifted their target to Sirin.
"Why do they keep asking me all these questions...? Am I not scary enough? I feel like these Valkyries should overthink things or even reject me when they hear my name."
During lunch break, Sirin lay facedown on her desk and complained like this.
"Because Sister Sirin doesn't look particularly frightening. And Sister Yae is a Herrscher too, so everyone probably thinks, 'Even if a Herrscher comes to St. Freya, she must be harmless, right?'"
Seele sat beside Sirin and comforted her.
"But it's a little surprising that Seele ended up in the same squad as us. Shouldn't she have been assigned to a squad with Bronya, whom she knows better?"
"I don't know why the principal arranged it this way either... Huh? What's wrong with Brother Feng Chen?"
Feng Chen had been looking out the window, but he quickly turned back and waved his hand.
"Nothing, nothing. I just feel like there's someone familiar outside."
Stare—
"You actually have someone familiar here? I remember that aside from those girls in the Fifth