The competition between the Ateniya Kingdom and the Robinhood Realm ended with the victory of young supers from the Ateniya Kingdom under the age of 25.
Supers under the age of 25 were called "Silver Generation," which was the most important generation of every nation.
The Ateniya Kingdom was a kingdom in name only, just like other kingdoms and empires. The president of each nation was selected by the people, just like in a democratic country. But the system of nobles remained firm even in these democratic nations. They didn't have political power but superhumans as their manpower.
Whenever a family gained a certain number of superhumans with great strength and potential, they got the title of nobles like baron, count, viscount, etc. But some noble families were categorised as high-class families.
Just in the Ateniya Kingdom, there was one duke, two marquises, two counts, four viscounts, and 16 barons.
Compared to the strongest nation, Zero Empire, Ateniya was way too weak. Because Zero Empire had three dukes, 7 marquises, 13 counts, 18 viscounts, and 29 barons.
...
But Eron was not interested in any of the power struggles.
He was out on a date with his classmate Kim Su-ah, who got kidnapped and had the superpower of space, allowing her to fly in almost every medium.
They went to a hilltop restaurant in Eron's town.
While she was grateful that Eron's immediate action alerted the nation's strongest forces that pressured the Robinhood Realm to keep the hostages safe, she couldn't help but fume with anger when their date, which ended up being all about eating expensive dishes... Mostly by Eron who wasn't even paying for the bill.
"I can't believe that younger brother of a superhero, son of an incredible detective and a surgeon, can't pay bills on his first date, " said in a low voice, because she didn't want to embarrass herself by the fact that she came to a date with such a cheap guy.
Eron really didn't know shame, he stuffed his mouth with a spoonful of strawberry flavoured ice cream, and mentioned, "You forgot to mention my sister, she is not well known in her workplace yet. But she is quite a good researcher."
"Oh~" she smiled, with hate in her eyes, "My bad. I did a quick background check since it was also my first date. But look at the mess."
"I get you are angry because I am making you pay. But you are the one who asked first, saying that you want to repay me. So do it. Or you can go with my other wish, " Eron asked her for a date since he will be graduating in winter, 7 months later. His college life was about to end without a love story.
"You mean, with my body, " Her eyes darkened. She wanted to wrap the space around him into a singularity (black hole) without any return ticket.
Eron nodded his head with a casual smile, "Our story will be like just some adventure tale straight out of a novel, don't you think? A man saving a damsel in distress. The woman repays the debt with her body. How romantic that would be."
"Over my dead body. I will never trade my life for my dignity (virginity especially). The original people of this world are crazy who are so casual with sex. But my family is still cultured, so am I, " She was talking with almost spitting fire from pink lips, "What did you say? Adventure tale? It is more like an adult tale."
With a pondering expression, he filled his spoon with dessert, "That sounds erotic, but makes sense. Su-ah, how about we write such a story? You can be my fellow author or editor, maybe a sexy assistant wearing pantyhose."
He took the spoon in his mouth, and smiled with his eyes closed, thanks to the cold sensation.
A/N: I want some ice cream too.
"Ugh~ Just finish it already. I want to go home already, " She really couldn't stand this guy anymore.
Before this date, her impression of him was that he came from a decent family (she didn't know about Siya's deeds)... had a great future thanks to his talent in design and art and he was also talented enough to make his own body suit with his supernatural powers.
He wasn't handsome like her favourite idol or some rich third generation from a big conglomerate family. But still, she thought he was husband material by 60 percent.
But now, she didn't even want to see him again.
"Monster alert! Monster alert! A group of minotaurs has been sighted on hills, 2 km away from here. Superheroes have been dispatched to eradicate them. Please, leave in an orderly manner. Customers who have only received their orders will have to pay 30 percent of their bills, and the rest won't be charged."
An announcement was made through the speakers installed in corners and other places of the restaurant.
People stood up, paid bills quickly, and began leaving the restaurant. It wasn't a daily occurrence but they were trained to do so.
"You are lucky, Su-ah!, " Eron remarked that she got to save money.
They were both from middle-class families. But Eron's family was a little wealthier than hers.
Su-ah didn't waste a second to leave her seat and went to the bill counter on the floor to pay.
She thought Eron would have left while she was standing in line for a minute.
She checked the table where they were sitting, just in case.
To her surprise, he waited, making her think, 'Maybe he has some traits of a gentleman. Not leaving a girl in danger and waiting for her return... Not bad. A second date is possible if he pays next time.'
But as she got close to him, she wished she had left by herself.
"Do you mind giving me the 70 percent amount of the bill as repayment for saving you?" Eron asked while leaning on the chair.
"You... Make me sick, " Su-ah made a disgusted face.
Eron smirked, "Sick? Are you pregnant? Did I do it? How? When?"
"Youuuuuuuu!" Her anger made her body tremble, her eyes turning blue because of her superpower.
"Just kidding! Let's leave before those come here, " Eron didn't add fuel to her anger anymore.
They began walking towards the emergency exit stairs.
Inwardly, Eron was satisfied, 'I have no qualm in dating Su-ah. She is smart, pretty, cool, cultured, and wife material for a lazy guy like me.'
'But it is because of these reasons I don't want her in my family. Especially when I have weird family members and a naughty mother to boot.'
'Yeah. I will just some a non-flashy girl that matches with my lazy personality. An energetic and extrovert like Su-ah is a no-no.'
Eron gritted his teeth, "So annoying."
He made a "U" turn, taking aback Su-ah, "Where are you going?"
But he didn't respond as he was going to the closest balcony on his right side, giving commands to Anna, "Activate attack system. Shade 1, transform."
A grey ring spread out from the center of his body... Morphing, spreading, and covering around his body completely in less than a second.
Stak!
He slid the glass-made door to enter the balcony, followed by Su-ah. he spoke, turning his head slightly, "A minotaur is approaching. I will take care of it."
"What? How do you know? Forget it, we don't know how strong it is. I thought you were a guy who only cares about his comfort, " Su-ah couldn't believe that she got to his transformation, a little happy. She had a faint smile on his lips.
"Ha! Don't get me wrong, chick. I just don't want to see blood on my first date. It is always about myself, " Eron jumped from a height of 39 feet.
Su-ah involuntarily got to the balcony's edge to look down. She didn't get to see how he landed safely but he became a blur after leaping over the restaurant's wall with a jump.
She looked in his direction with a speechless expression.
"Ma'am, what are you doing here? We have to leave. Hurry up, " a male waiter shouted from behind her.
But she just used her superpower to shoot herself into the sky like a rocket.
Though she was fast, the male waiter didn't miss the chance to quickly run over to the right place and look upward. His instincts told him to do so.
"White... She is a vanilla type. Her ass wasn't great either. What a letdown, " he commented with a disappointed face before going back inside.
Meanwhile, Eron had already approached the monster which was growling at him.
It was a 7 feet tall minotaur with a muscular brown body, a head of a cow with two black horns, but the rest of the body was similar to humans... A black piece of cloth was wrapped around its waist to cover its private parts.
"Let's do it, " Eron started gathering strength in his right hand from his first super circle.
"Moo!" But the minotaur charged at him with the intent to bust his head with a punch.
"What the—, " Eron made a swift escape to his right side, climbing the hill a bit.
Eron started climbing the hill easily with his body suit's gripping power.
But the monster didn't let him. It climbed the hill like a squirrel and tried to bite off his head from his body.
Eron kicked the hill's slope to fall back and far, "So persistent."
The game of cat and mouse had begun between them. He could set off a super circle to self-destruct and kill the monster. But it may attract other monsters, also, he could only use it once, and wait until the super circle recovered.
It wasn't long before Su-ah found them with all the noise the minotaur was making. Stopping in mid-air at a height of 40 feet. Her pink skirt was fluttering in the winds that were touching the bottom of her pants slightly.
She panicked at the sight of Eron being chased by a minotaur relentlessly, "What should I do?"
"Su-ah!"
"Huh?!" she got surprised, "Can he hear me from here?"
Anna told Eron about Su-ah's arrival.
Allowing Eron to run his brain.
"I need you to distract this monster for at least ten seconds! Can you do that?" Eren shouted while running and dodged the minotaur.
"But I am not a fighter or have the ability to distract it, " she answered hurriedly and in a loud voice.
"There's something only you can do. It will work, you just have to do as I say, " Eron said, dodging another attack of the minotaur, which made a small hole on a hill's slope.
"What is it?" Su-ah asked hurriedly.
Eron took a moment of silence before shouting, "Get close, lift your skirt... And show your panty."
Anything for survival, right?