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Eleni enters her bedroom, plopping her bag the side before pulling out the small glass bottle from her pocket.

The dark blue smoke inside was moving around, signifying that the chimera has woken up.

"I hope you are abstentious," Eleni says, opening the bottle and gently place it on the floor.

She takes a few steps back as the smoke makes its exit from the bottle. In a matter of seconds, the chimera was in its full form.

It looks at Eleni, not moving nor growling.

"Are you okay? How are you feeling?" Eleni asks softly, her voice almost in a whisper but they heard it clearly.

The chimera starts to walk towards her very slowly. They threw a threatening look at her but she remained unfazed.

"If you are planning to scare me away, I am not scared." She says, her eyes on the chimera.

The chimera stops in front of her, staring into her eyes. The dragon leans forward to her quickly but she didn't move.

"I told you I am not scared." She says, closing her eyes, unsealing her astral magic to be able to speak to the creature.

"Not scared? Not scared? How so?" She heard the chimera thought.

"I've encountered more deadly and uncontrollable chimeras in the Mystic Grove." She says, a straight look on her face.

"Mystic Grove? Mystic Grove? Girl from the Mystic Grove." It leans even closer to her.

She could smell the lion's breath with how close it is. It gave a disgusted look on her face as she gently pushes the lion away.

"Please, your breath stinks." She said, fanning the smell away from her face.

"Funny girl. Funny girl." She says as the lion gives the snake a threatening look.

"You're still a young chimera, aren't you?" Eleni asks and the chimera grew silent.

"Do you have a name?" She asks and the chimera slightly shakes its heads.

"I am Yoo Eleni, I am an element controlled and as you can tell, I control astral." She says, her eyes turning blue and gold like before.

The chimera sits down on the floor, mesmerized by her eyes which they have fallen for in the enclosure.

"Beautiful. Beautiful eyes." She heard them thought and she smiles, softly thanking them.

"I want to take care of you, chimera. I want to take you under my care since you are still young." She delicately pats their heads.

The chimer feeling itself get comfortable with her delicate touch.

Eleni delicately caresses their scars. Her lips frowning as she starts to feel guilty for the horribly treated chimera.

"What kind of monster would treat a beautiful creature like you horribly?" She mutters, hugging the chimera.

The lion's giant paw has wrapped itself around her. The four heads frowning and whining.

She breaks the hug and softly smiles.

"Let's get your injuries treated for better feelings. Do you all trust me?" She asks and they nodded.

She lets the chimera sit on the floor as it watches her make a potion to heal its wounds.

The chimera falling asleep in the process of watching her.

Eleni turns her gaze to the creature and smiles, patting its heads before going back to mixing the potion of healing.

Once she has finished brewing it, she has created a splash bottle with mana, so when she throws the bottle, the shatters will turn back into mana.

She carefully pours the potion into the splash bottle and makes her way to the chimera.

"Hey, big fella." She softly wakes it up, wanting it to be aware of her presence before she heals its wounds.

The chimera raises its heads to look at her.

"I'll be splashing this potion of healing. The glass is made of mana, so it won't be able to hurt you." She says, sitting down in front of it.

She lets the chimera sniff the potion for it to not be nervous nor scared.

"It is a potion of healing. Once I throw this at you, your wounds will start healing, okay?" She asks, standing up.

"Okay. Okay." She hears it say.

She counts down and once she says one, she throws the splash bottle at their direction.

She coughs at the slight smoke that came out from the potion. She opens her eyes and sees the chimera's scars and wounds disappear.

The chimera starts to jump around her, feeling all giddy and happy.

It then jumps into her arms, making her fall to the ground. She chuckles, petting its fur.

"Okay, okay! You're welcome." She laughs, hugging her beastly creature.

Eleni gets up from the floor and starts to think of a name for the chimera.

"Let's call you Astro." She says and the chimera jumped into her arms again, letting her know it's happy.

"Haha~ okay, okay!"

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It was early in the morning when Eleni has woken up. She gets up from her bed and climbs down the stairs.

The chimera has been sealed in its bottle again. Eleni brushes her hair and looks at herself in the mirror.

She sighs at the sight of herself.

Nightmares have been hitting her hard these days and it's doesn't seem to be going away.

She removes her nightgown, gently folding it. She then places it on the couch before putting on brown leather pants and a loose blouse.

She exits her room, being extremely quiet to not wake her roommate up.

She exits their dorm, sighing in relief when she has made it out. She takes the stairs to go down the story she is in.

She was on the second story, going down the stairs brings her to the first story.

She looks down the baluster and saw students still around in the main hall of the school.

Students ordering snacks, talking with their friends, playing with them as well.

She sighs at the sight of students playing around with their very own friends.

She grew up alone, never had real friends. She only talks to the people in her village who had helped her survive.

Other than them, she is still insecure around others, including Jeno and Jaemin.

She notices some students flying around, trying not to be too loud as they have a fun time.

She gets down from the first story and makes her way to the main hall. She sits down by the fireplace, feeling the warmth engulfing her.

"Hello, are you alone?" She turns her head, her gaze landing on a boy.

He has scales on his neck, just like Seulgi whom she hasn't seen for quite a while.

"Yes, I am. If you don't mind me asking, are you a merman?" Eleni asks, just noticing his wet hair and ruffled clothes.

The boy smiles, almost letting out a chuckle when he saw the curious and pure look on her face.

"Yes, indeed I am. You're Yoo Eleni, am I correct? People have been talking about you and that chimera since yesterday." He says,

Eleni sighs, her guess being correct when people have already started recognizing her.

"It's not my fault that coward unleashed a chimera without being aware." She says, rolling her eyes as the boy laughs.

"Excuse you, I am not a coward." She looks up. She sees the same man who unleashed the chimera standing by the stairs, looking down at her.

"Why'd you run away then, coward?" She glares at him.

"Because I was too shocked and was about to call a teacher but when we came back, the chimera is gone." He says, glaring back at Eleni.

"Yeah, right, coward." She continues to ignore him whenever he says something.

The boy watch the two bicker about the other being a coward and making excuses while the other won't take the excuses.

"By the way, who are you?" Eleni asks the boy as he softly smiles at her.

"I am Daehwi and that coward right there is Park Woojin."

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