The list was... not what Ale had expected to be honest, it was a great collection of schools yes. But it was...

  "And these are schools that are open to twelve-year-old children?" Ale asked turning to Miriam Eversoul, "It may come weird from me, but... Are the Saintsworths mad? Nutcase? Bad in the head?"

  The schools ranged from having csses focused on weapon development, to bioengineering, from chemical warfare to naval warfare...

  There was even one that focused on robotics and space engineering.

  These were middle schools, and Ale would be entering one of them, there was something very weird here.

  "... I know what you are saying is probably the most reasonable thing, but I implore you to look into what kind of students we will get." Miriam Eversoul said, pointing to another set of pamphlets, those were the ones that Alexa would be able to enlist.

  These were more normal, albeit the sylbus for the st years was more... exotic. But Miriam Eversoul was right, Ale knew of course what kind of students were in the cssroom of the elite. Those probably had a very specific set of pns for their whole life already ready.

  She didn't think people like An Harmonia and Glory Bckthorn had such a pn; if anything, An Harmonia had probably pnned to join his family's business.

  So he would probably start going to the school focused on bioengineering or a medical school... A medical school set up for teenagers. That would be something.

  "Fine." Ale said turning to the list of possible options, "Did Alexanders say something about this?"

  "He ughed and told me that you would hate this." Miriam Eversoul sighed as she answered, then pulling something from her inner pockets, she offered a new Pamphlet to Ale.

  "The Saintsworths Middle School for normal people...?" Ale read the name, then read it again, and stly read it again mentally while prompting Main Core to search data on this obviously fake name. "Really?"

  "I checked, that one... Is... well, what it says it is." Miriam Eversoul said shrugging and passing Ale more paperwork. "The blonde asshole sent this one too."

  Ale picked up the folder and started browsing it, it had most of the same data that Main Core had pulled, plus a note that said 'Why are you even reading this? You already have access to this data.'

  Which was true, Ale had Main Core categorize the data and sent it straight to her awareness, so Ale already knew everything that was public knowledge about this... school.

  "It's average." Ale said turning to Miriam Eversoul, "It had roughly the average entry for whoever wants to apply, average sylbus. Average testing, average facilities... It is the most normal building that could be built."

  Too normal even.

  "It promotes itself as a 'Normal environment to study and develop.' " Miriam Eversoul sighed, "I have no idea what he wants to achieve by this, but he said that you would end up going there."

  "And he is right," Ale said putting down the other pamphlets and reading again about this one, "It is the only logical choice for me."

  "Why?" Miriam Eversoul didn't seem to get it.

  "We are in the crown jewel of the Saintsworths right?" Ale said smiling, "Or well, the Crown Jewel to Alexanders Saintsworths, the Nascent Scion of the Saintsworths Conglomerate."

  "Yes?" Miriam Eversoul answered as she nodded at Ale's statement, "He is a show off and probably should not have as much power as he has, but that is about right. All the schools on this isnd are using cutting-edge technology in all their facilities. Even their track field was designed to maximise gains while training depending on the age and average status of the students."

  Ale guessed as much.

  "And among all these facilities, there is a 'Normal school'?" Ale ughed, actually ughed out loud, "There is nothing more atypical, more out of pce. And they will probably compete against the other schools right?"

  "Yes...?" Miriam Eversoul nodded yet again, her face was filled with confusion and more questions than ever. "It is normal to compare the test results and do tests with other schools, their sports team and such will compete against the other schools."

  "So a school that is teaching about space engineering, advanced physics, will have a test exam against a normal school?" Ale smirked, "Would it not be the 'Normal' outcome to at least win some of those encounters?"

  "...But they can't." Miriam Eversoul pointed, "Their sylbus..."

  "Exactly." Ale nodded, "They should not be able to win, and yet this school boasts that they will win some of those same contests. So either they will rig it to their advantage..."

  "Which they can't since CRADDLE will never allow cheating on their testing, for it will muddle the results and make them pointless." Miriam Eversoul said narrowing her eyes.

  "Or... This allegedly normal school is the most abnormal of them all." Ale had seen through the facade, this one was probably the one directly linked to the dark side of the Saintsworths on this isnd. It would probably set up a set of Elite students to carry the whole school.

  "...I see..." Miriam Eversoul turned to look at Ale, "And you want to go there because of this?"

  "Among other things." Ale shrugged at the suspicion that was now pointed at her, "Don't get me wrong, I could probably get whatever I need from any school I join. But this one seems the most interesting one, besides..."

  Ale closed her eyes while she set up in order her thoughts.

  "Alexandra would probably have picked it for me," Ale said after a few seconds, "If it was not for that, I would have picked the one that had access to the space program."

  "Space?" Miriam Eversoul asked surprised. "Not gaming or programming?"

  "I give that look?" Ale asked surprised, "I like the idea of space exploration."

  "You have a computer that is worth as much as this building." Miriam Eversoul said smiling, "Alexanders told me, that if I ever touched that computer, to have that in mind."

  "... I have what?" Ale asked surprised, she had never thought about it, but looking back on it, it kinda made sense? She had never had any issues with optimization or running any game that she picked up.

  Her Aleniated fans all specuted about the specs of her PC since the first time she did a gaming stream, the fact that she had never had any stuttering or g made them think she was using the most expensive pc and a few even theorized she used several pcs for her stream.

  Honestly, Ale had pnned to offload some of the processing to Main Core if that ever became an issue. Not that they were looking at her when streaming anyway.

  "Yes, apparently he gave you one custom-made PC. You will not need to update any component for at least ten years till the current trends catch up to your hardware." Miriam Eversoul shrugged, "That blonde asshole shows his care in the weirdest way possible."

  That he did.

  "Well, that is that." Ale said shaking the thoughts of 'Care' and 'Alexanders' from her mind, "Do I need to send paperwork? Take a test or something?"

  "The paperwork is done, the application can be done via email or by accessing their site." Miriam Eversoul pointed to a URL on the pamphlet. Ale quickly did the process while listening to the expnations. "As for the entrance test... They will start them in a month or so."

  So soon?

  "The school year is about to end, we will start the school year next month with the opening of the school district." Miriam Eversoul sighed, "I had wanted to set up a few things but it is what it is."

  Ale nodded, was this because of her? Surely not.

  Even if Alexanders seemed to show more care than she had expected, there was no reason for him to go this far just for her.

  "In the meantime..." Miriam Eversoul turned to look at the door from where she had come in, "... We have some time for you to finish whatever you want to do."

  "So I have at least a month to go back to Ohio and set up my things." Ale nodded, "And Alexanders has not finished the tool that will allow me to remain outside in Ohio."

  "...You can do that ter and just ask for some free time from school." Miriam Eversoul suggested, "It is not that rare considering the type of school cssmates you will have, they will probably set up special cuses for this reason in the schedule."

  Ale nodded at that statement. She had read those cuses in the data packet she downloaded about the school.

  "I have some things that I need to do there," Ale still said so, "And the same can be said of Alexa..."

  Ale had noticed it, as much as she was allowed to notice it anyway. The small, weird changes to the train of thought, and for some reason, that effect wasn't as pronounced here. She was able to notice them and act, and in some ways even sidestep said changes to her train of thought.

  There was something here that enabled it. And while she would love to remain here, it made it even more important for them to return. If the change was here, it was worrying.

  But if the change was not because of the pce, but because of them (Alexa and Ale), then that changed things.

  "Alexa too?" Miriam Eversoul seemed surprised by that statement.

  "Yes," Ale answered, "Besides, Alexa has not come out as much here, that is not healthy for her."

  And it was not healthy for more reasons than Ale could ever say aloud, the fact that she was not coming out, it could be said that Alexa was being thoughtful towards Ale, and it could be said that it was for another reason.

  The fact that Alexa didn't want to meet Alexanders did not escape Ale after all. There was no reason for that, as Ale had thought several times before, if anything. They were more alike than Ale would want to admit, and yet. Neither of them seemed that interested in meeting each other.

  Alexa spoke of him as her big brother.

  Alexanders spoke of her as his little sister.

  Yet neither wanted to meet? That was weird.

  More weird than the fact that coincidences piled upon them to pave their way to success. More weird than the fact that the most brilliant people they knew always came to the wrong conclusions in their favour.

  [Warning, coming close to the limit of thoughts pre set up.]

  And Ale wanted to find why. Ensuring that Alexa was out and about was the best way to find out, since most of those came from Alexa. Besides, a quick search didn't come out much about Magmo.

  But Alexa always seemed to find his content. That was weird, Ale also needed to check if Magmo only showed to Alexa or not.

  She had seen a livestream of him with other kids in [Haephestus' Forge] yes, but was that because Alexa was there? Or were those kids already seeing him?

  Ale needed Alexa to run around to collect said evidence, and if she was not coming out here in Aqui. Then she would come out (whether she wanted to or not) in Ohio.

  "I understand," Miriam Eversoul seemed convinced by Ale's statement, "I will make the preparations for it, but you and Alexa must swear that you will take care."

  "I always take care of Alexa," Ale said nodding seriously, "And I know that Alexa will do her best to remain as safe as possible."

  "Not only take care of Alexa," Miriam Eversoul shook her head, "I also want you to take care of yourself."

  "...I'm fine." Ale said sighing, "Really, I am."

  "And I want you to remain as fine as possible." Miriam Eversoul smiled at Ale, "I know you have friends there, and they are probably good people if you decided to remain with them even while thinking about Alexa's security."

  More so that she had not many options, since Alexa was the one who picked them... Or well, Ale did have somewhat of an input there, but they didn't have the divided psyche as prominent then.

  "But they are still Vilins." Miriam Eversoul stated, "Not all Vilins are Criminals thanks to the current ws we have, but more often than not, they work in dubious areas."

  Ale... knew that.

  "You do know that I have actively worked with them." Ale pointed out, "You have seen my body armor. My Minion outfit, and if you took a few minutes to search, you surely have seen me working with them."

  Ale knew that the video of her first encounter with the psycho telekinetic armor girl (Chrysalis) was out there, she had even reacted to it on stream... That was a thing.

  "... I have, and filed the needed compints to the Hero side." Miriam Eversoul sighed, "That one was Alexandra right?"

  "Yes," Ale nodded, "At that moment in time, we weren't that separated in our psyche, but you could say that Alexandra was the one who kept most of those memories."

  "I made sure to block as much as possible from that woman." Miriam Eversoul sighed yet again, "I don't have as much pull in the super hero community, since I work more towards the charity side. All my pull is on the super heroes that work in charity, and that one was not one."

  "It's fine," Ale said nodding, "We will deal with her when we are ready."

  Ale was working on a version of a pile driver. If that didn't work, she still had the blueprint that had been released before, the Anzo 20mm gun (Adjusted).

  It would fry her arm and part of back, crack most of her bones and hurt like hell, but that surely would burst open the barrier of [Chrysalis] if she shot that point bnk.

  "That is not a smile that inspires reassurance." Miriam Eversoul stated, was Ale smiling? "Whatever you have pnned, make sure your brother or your friends know it first."

  "You are not asking us to not do it?" Ale was confused by that, she had assumed she would try to stop her, wasn't that what a mom person would do?

  "Would you stop if I ask you?" Miriam Eversoul suddenly asked as thus, "Because if you would stop if I ask, then I will ask you to stop."

  ....

  "I don't think that would work," Ale thought for a few seconds, and couldn't come up with a reason to stop just because Miriam Eversoul asked, maybe if she asked Alexa. Then Alexa may stop.

  But not Ale. Chrysalis was a danger waiting to burst out open, and Ale would deal with it as soon as possible. If that one had been like V-8, which was more of an amusement than an actual danger, then Ale wouldn't mind letting it go.

  But Chrysalis had actually hurt them and attempted to murder them, so she was going to go.

  "Then that is that." Miriam Eversoul sighed in defeat, "Just be careful, please?"

  "Will do." Ale nodded, "There will be several backup pns, trust me."

  "That's all I can ask for," Miriam Eversoul turned to look towards the kitchen, "Want to grab something for dinner? If you want you can help me."

  "Sure," Ale said following Miriam Eversoul towards the kitchen, it would be a good as any moment to start learning more about that, cooking.

  Now that Alexandra wasn't around, she would need to focus more on that after all, how hard could it be?