Chapter 5: Awakening

"HAHAHA! How cute are these brats! Now, all of you go through the yellow path. It will lead you to awakening grounds. Don't push each other! Go, go!"

Josh, being one of those in front got up, walked very slow compared to when he was hyped to go.

'shit! Shit! SHIT! W-what if I still don't have an element? Will they kick me out? Wait… RIGHT! These grounds should have an even higher concentration of elements than my high school. Yeah, I should delay, maybe I can get at least the lowest of the low element if I delayed before my awakening here.'

With that in thought, Josh walked very slow until he's in the very last of the 60 students.

He did his breathing in full, inhaling and exhaling as much as he can.

"A creep…"

"Is he in heat?"

He got looks of disgust as his posture is haggard due to continuous trembling because of his fear combined with his weird way of breathing. While grinning, in his thoughts,

'yeah, this way, breathe the elements, haha, breathe all I can'

"Hiii!"

The girl in front of her scrambled further forward as she got frightened on the creepy smile Josh has even though he's definitely handsome.

There seemed to be a demarcation line in between the 59 and students and Josh.

...

At the end of the path made of glowing yellow stones, there is a very huge space and a building stands in the very center of it.

The building's color is a bright orange that makes its texture look fluffy to the eyes. Although it looks like a marshmallow, it is not as it stood with 15 floors with each floor as tall as 4 men on top of each other or about 7 meters.

...

In front of the building stood a lady in casual formal attire, she is smiling gently towards the group of students.

"Good Morning! I am Temp and I own these awakening grounds. I guess you are all here. Then, while we are outside, I should explain to you what you should do before entering my precious building and what you will do inside."

"First! No one should bring anything except the clothes you are wearing to the second floor and above. There will be a reception on the first floor where you can store your things."

"Second! No running indoors! Although every room on each floor is soundproofed. I still don't want any kind of disturbance."

"Third! No, and I say NO any attempts of illicit behavior in my awakening rooms! Don't fuck in there! We have observation cameras and arrays that cover every nook and cranny of each room. We don't want to watch a live porno. Once you are caught, you will be forbidden to enter my building for your next awakening if you ever had the chance to."

"And lastly, don't even attempt to break the awakening orbs that we have placed. Shattering it accidentally will be fine since there are such cases, but doing it intentionally is not. Once you are caught, the school will expel you."

"That's all! You all should be at the age of about 18. The perfect time for innate element awakening. Now, let's enter!"

...

Josh and his peers followed Temp inside. The building has a vibrant color of orange as its walls, porcelain white as its ceilings, and bright yellow-colored tiles with touched of black stripes that made it so it is very beautiful but not irritating to the eyes.

After giving their luggage and bag to the reception, they were given a room number card alongside their keys.

"Good! Everyone should have their rooms assigned to them already. The first two numbers in the card are of the floor, so 02 means the first floor, and 15 means the fifteenth floor. The last number corresponds to the room. There are only 9 rooms per floor so it shouldn't be that confusing to you."

"In each room, there is a plaque that has the procedures for awakening written on it. It is baby instruction. You don't need any guide."

"Now, go!"