Chapter 13: Loranne's Power

 “Oi, are you—alright or are you hurt?”

I tried to hold back my tears but it was still easier said than done. The boy didn’t know what to do seeing me cried in front of him and was scratching his head. The truth was I wanted to thank him with a smile, but the tears won’t stop.

He might have gotten irritated, he pinched both my cheeks and started stretching them out, “Oi brat you’re noisy, do you know how much trouble you’re crying could make?” alas because of the nostalgic words he made, I ended up crying even more. The past me would love to see my master looking soo troubled, but this isn’t how I imagined it to be.

“Rick, where are you? If you skip class all the time even I can’t help cover you, you kn—” from the open window where the boy named Rick emerged. Another boy witness the scene of his friend pinching a small crying girl. Both of their faces turned pale, the boy turned away only to have Rick hold on to his uniform.

“Yo Rick, Don’t worry I didn’t see anything, I didn’t see anything like you bullying a little girl enough to make her cry.”

“Shut up and listen to me Dale.”

“Eh~ I don’t want to, in fact, please don’t let me listen to you on how you justify making a little girl cry in the hands of your wretched arms, and ow, ow, ow, ow, Rick you’re choking me!”

I’ve only been standing in daze, but after I had calmed down, my mind was made clearer than before. “Wait, he didn’t do anything, in fact, he helped me when I was being bullied so—”

The two boys looked at me fidgeting as my face blushed and my eyes kept running back and forward between my reincarnated Master and the ground. Then, Dale made a disgusted look, “Rick, I’ve known you have a peculiar taste for girls, but as expected, going after a second year is too—ow, ow, ow, ow, I’m joking, I’m only joking, please forgive me!” Without quite understanding what they were talking about, I could only tilt my head with a questioning look.

Later Rick dragged his companion Dale out the window, “Hello, my name is Dale Fillion, the scary looking guy beside me is Rick Carlton, nice to meet you.” He gave me a wide smile that I couldn’t help but smile back at him, “Claudia Roberston” and I gave out my name. Eh, since when did it turn into self-introduction?

When I look into his eyes, I was again, surprise. Dale’s past life was my master’s former assistant, Adele Bayer. I wasn’t able to hide my bewilderment, because I confirmed my eyes he was wearing pants. There was no doubt. She reincarnated into he.  

“Claudia—ah, the girl with unknown ability right?”

I wiped off my gaping expression, “How do you know me?” my face went blushed knowing even the senior in the junior high branch know me.

“You’re quite well known for studying as an esper without knowing your ability for more than a year.”

“Yes, it’s quite embarrassing isn’t it?”

“Not at all, it’s just makes you curious what kind of ability you have. I’m sure it’s something amazing considering your sisters potential.”

“You know my sister?”

“Who doesn’t, from the fifth grade class 5, Elizabeth Robertson, she has the strongest telekinesis in the whole elementary branch, and possibly soon in the whole school. Her weight record was lifting a car if I remember. She’s a beauty and popular, so she’s well liked by both boys and girls”

Wait, she already raised her record?

  “There’s also from the second year class 4 from the middle school branch, Karen Robertson. She’s deemed as one those cool beauty in class, but once it’s PE, like a gear switching, she is unbeatable and would humiliate most boys in most sports she played. It is said she mostly used her clairvoyance to find department stores that are having a massive discount in the area.”

He~ it I thought our family only knows this stuff.

“Your mother was a former reporter right, I’m actually quite a fan of her. Your father too, to be working in famous company such as a**le,” Dale sure knows a lot of things. “and knowing the Robertson Sisters were esper became quite well known in this school, I heard rumors there’s a fan club for you three, amazing right?”

Actually, doesn’t he know too much? Before I realized, my feet were slowly taking a step back. Rick kicks the back of his friend, “Don’t scare the kid idiot.”

“Ahahaha, that wasn’t my intention though.”

In the past life, Miss Adele was a resourceful, kind, efficient, and loyal person to master. I thought of her as my ideal big sister. Though I wonder why, seeing Dale I can only think him as a shady person.

Lost in my thoughts, I was late to realize my name being called and the footsteps that were getting closer. “Claudia—there you are, your dad is already waiting—” when Loranne saw my face of an aftermath of crying with two boys surrounding me. Another misunderstanding seemed to blow her way.

Her long bangs made it hard to see her expression, but raging aura was surrounding her. “I—I have no complaints if anyone tries to harm me, bu—but if you try harming my fr—friend, I—”

Ah, I forgot to tell you her powers haven’t you. Loranne has the Replicate Ability—different from Copy Ability by the way—to be able to replicate any series of movement. That’s why, by seeing only once she could replicate karate skills, wrestling skills, painting skills, piano skill, and others (her strength can’t be replicate, but the technique still could hurt people). I seem to recall she had recently watch an old movie of a certain Chinese Actor who was also a Kung Fu Master and I heard children aren’t good at holding back their strength either.  Wait, then isn’t this bad?

Before I could say anything, Loranne move in swiftly, she made a strong kick on his thigh. Rick hadn’t expected for the kick to be that strong and fell to his knees. Without losing a beat, she took the chance to pull a punch on the chin, rendering him unconscious.

She wasn’t finished. She moved in toward Dale who seemed to have given in to his fate. She kicked him in the thigh and followed by a roundhouse kick to the head. Of course, he went unconscious.

In a few seconds, she had rendered two middle school students to the ground. I swear, I shuddered at the scene seeing her great strength and flawless movement like she was dancing. I was partially awed, but mostly scared.

“Claudia, are you all right, are you hurt, did they do or say anything to you?” my words were stuck in my throat. I wasn’t sure how I would respond to her but it’s best to tell her the whole situation.

“By the way, you’re really strong Loranne.”

“Yup, the professors had given me training menu so my body could keep up with my movement easier in the future” she said with a bright smile, as if asking to be praised. I began to feel bad to tell her the truth, lately I feel I’ve been spoiling because of how much she had stick with me, now I became aware of it.

and I without any clue this was the beginning of a brewing storm. 

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