Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

She had fully expected him to have a negative reaction towards her when she revealed it to him.

Mira wouldn\'t even blame Alex if he felt betrayed by her, as she really was breaking the trust she had promised to him.

But she was thankful that Alex didn\'t react this way.

"Ahem. I have something to tell you."

After they finished their food, Alex switched topics and changed to a more serious tone.

Mira was used to Alex\'s switch ups in mood by now, so she wasn\'t too surprised by his change.

She urged him to continue, and Alex continued speaking.

"I\'m planning on accepting missions outside of the university soon."

He decided to tell Mira about his plan now rather than keep it from her right up until the moment he had to leave for a mission.

"Me too."

But Mira\'s reply left Alex surprised.

"You too? I see you want to rank up as well." Alex spoke.

It was obvious why Mira wanted to accept some missions, as her reason was the same as Alex\'s.

She felt dissatisfied and weak at her current rank, and wanted to go out, fight beasts and harvest beast cores to rank up.

"However, I plan to go out alone."

But before Alex could speak, Mira beat him to it.

\'Wait what? Did she really say that?\'

Alex hadn\'t expected this from Mira at all.

Never would he have guessed that SHE, the clingy girlfriend, would want to accept and complete missions alone.

In fact, he was about to tell her that he was planning on doing the exact same thing.

But now that he heard her say the same thing, he was more interested in hearing her reason for it.

"Why? I mean, I get it, but I just didn\'t expect you to say that If I\'m being completely honest."

He just wanted to know what led Mira to make this decision.

"I realised that I rely on you too much, and that isn\'t good for my strength and progress. I want to prove to both myself and you that I can build a strong foundation for my future by myself."

\'Wow…\'

\'I didn\'t know she felt this way…\'

Alex felt guilty for Mira, as he should have noticed that she felt like this earlier.

"That settles it then. How about we both go to the Mission hall tomorrow and pick the missions we wish to go on." Alex suggested, wanting to brighten the mood back up.

***

The next day came quickly, as Alex and Mira had slept early last night in anticipation of the fact that they were finally going to leave the university for missions after months of being cooped up in this place, seeing the same city over and over again.

They missed the sense of adventure they felt when they were exploring the Primordial Expanse, or when they were working together to kill beasts, and other students on the entrance exams.

After showering, and doing their usual morning routines, they both met up outside Mira\'s house.

"Let\'s head over to the mission hall!" Alex exclaimed, his excitement obvious.

The problem of receiving approval from the university was no longer of concern to either of them, as their requests had been accepted instantly when they applied for approval the previous night.

It seemed strange to them how quickly they were accepted, but they had the feeling the Principal had to have something to do with this.

They made their way through the city streets, taking in the sights of this place they had already become familiar with over the past few weeks.

\'I\'m kinda going to miss this place. But it\'s not like I\'m leaving permanently.\'

\'It\'s about time anyway. I don\'t get how the university would have expected us to rank up without enabling us to go out and take on missions for a whole year anyway.\'

\'It\'s a stupid system. I\'m kind of glad this whole Alien war started as it meant we were fortunate enough to skip the waiting and directly apply for missions in our first year.\'

\'Otherwise, we would have had to rely on the Primordial expanse, and who knows how that would have went…\'

The two decided to walk at a normal pace, setting them apart from the rest of the hustle and bustle on the streets as students moved at incredible speeds left and right.

After a 30 minute walk to the centre of the city, they arrived at a building they both found familiar.

"The Capital Building… I remember the last time we came here was to collect our rewards from Professor Will." Alex said, looking up and stretching his neck as he glanced at the humongous skyscraper.

"Yeah. It wasn\'t even that long ago, but it feels like it was." Mira reminisced.

"Here goes nothing then!"

Alex and Mira both entered the building, making their way to the nearest map.

The Mission hall was located on the 10th floor, so they had to find the right elevator to get there.

"It\'s this one, let\'s go."

After a short map reading, they found which elevator they needed to get and headed up.

A few more seconds passed and they were on the 10th floor, and what greeted their eyes was a Mission hall like no other.

The university used space folding technology on each floor of the Capital building, which was very expensive to install as it was still at the forefront of research and was very expensive to produce the materials needed to achieve it.

But Alex and Mira could instantly see why it was worth it when they stepped through the elevator doors.

There were probably tens of thousands of students on this floor alone, all hurrying about, looking for a mission to accept.