Wolf of the Blood Moon: A Blood Magic
Book 1: Intermission 2

Within the Government Hall at the heart of the Capital City of the Terran Republic, Terra

“Can you verify these results? Are they real?” Jacob R. Ashton asks his assistant as he stares at the paper in front of him. One with the results of the new wolf girl Guardian’s evaluation.

The assistant nervously nods her head before answering, “I’ve had several people going over both the documents, the terminal on our end, and the terminal on their end, and nothing looked wrong. Everything was working. We even have recordings of her evaluations with the initial inputting of level taken out.”

The official in charge of registering new Guardians sighs as he slumps into his chair. The man is wearing a black business suit with a dark blue crystal amulet hanging around his neck over the suit. One that will transform into his armor at a moment’s notice. He has short brown hair that matches his chair as he stares at the paper in front of him.

This… this shouldn’t even be possible. So what am I looking at?

Name: Scarlet Asger

Magic: Blood

Age: 19

Physical Capabilities:

Mental Capabilities:

Magical Capabilities:

Strength:

Tier B

Processing:

Tier C

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Tier B

Agility:

Tier B

Intuition:

Tier C

Power:

Tier A

Constitution:

Tier B

Resistance:

Tier C

Control:

Tier B

Endurance:

Tier C

Power:

Tier C

Perception:

Tier A

Reaction:

Tier B

Vitality:

Tier B

Willpower:

Tier B

“And we’re… sure she didn’t lie about her level?” Jacob mutters, not taking his eyes off of the results.

His assistant answers with more confidence this time, “Yes sir. You know as well as I do that the Capacity test also judges the level of the user it is testing to make sure they didn’t lie at the beginning of the test. Furthermore, even if she did somehow manage to lie, do you think a regular person would be able to reach a high enough level to get these results from a faked test?”

Jacob just sighs again.

I know a Guardian’s capabilities aren’t everything and are only really important for people within around a dozen or so levels around your own, but still… the Guardian Research Team is going to have a field day with this… real proof that a Guardian can reach past the theoretical ceiling that was decided upon.

After gathering his thoughts together, the official finally sits up again and truly looks over the girl’s paper in front of him.

She seems like she’d make a good scout with her perception, but that’d also waste her offensive capabilities that she has with those other physical capabilities and her magical ones. But one thing’s for sure. We should avoid having her go to any Class III Fractures until she gets a skill to defend her mind, which seems to be lagging behind the others. Even if what’s lacking for her is average, or even considered good for others…

The man continues planning on how she’d best be taught, only to eventually realize that he isn’t the one who will be teaching her.

Right. I left that position when I handed down the university…

A few seconds pass in silence with the assistant nervously gripping her clipboard to her chest until out of nowhere, the man grins and says, “On the other hand, it might not be a bad thing that I stepped down from the headmaster seat.”

His assistant tilts her head in confusion.

“Oh, right,” he says, clearing his throat. “Well, the various universities are going to have a field day with her, fighting over who has the right to enroll her. But in the end, she’ll likely end up going to Lion’s Heart, as do almost all of the exceptional talents.”

But I’m not the one fighting over the talents anymore. That’s her job now.

Jacob can’t help but chuckle at that thought. Then he stops a few seconds later and says, “Get me Cipher on the phone. I would like to talk with him. And if possible, with the girl.”

His assistant – Marie Jones – hurriedly nods her head and rushes away, out of his office.

Jacob tilts his head as he watches her for a second.

Despite how nervous she is, she does do a good job. Looks like hiring her to pay her back hasn’t been a total wash at least.

He then shakes his head and looks down once more at the document in front of him.

After only a few minutes, Jacob’s phone rings and he immediately picks it up right when his assistant forwards the call she had made to him. Then, another ten or so seconds later, Cipher picks up the phone on his side and says, “Cipher here.”

“Hello, Cipher. Imagine how surprised I was to find the new Guardian’s capabilities appearing on my desk today,” he immediately gets to the point of the call.

Cipher doesn’t say anything for a few seconds before saying in a slightly strained voice, “You’re not the only one who was surprised.”

Jacob scoffs at that as he leans back in his chair. “Don’t give me that. I bet you’re jumping for joy at having such a talent in your Association. You’ve been needing more combative Guardians recently, am I right? Well now you’ve got one.”

“Yes,” Cipher says immediately in a tense voice. “But this will also cause problems with the other Associations, not to mention the other universities who want her.”

The official just laughs without saying a word.

“Seriously?” Cipher mutters. “You do know that this is her, right?”

Jacob shuts up immediately while practically shooting to his feet and shouting, “What?!”

This time Cipher laughs before hanging up the call, leaving Jacob to stew over the revelation.

If she’s really the one who White had him raise, then maybe those capabilities might begin to make some sense… maybe.

The man continues pondering over the subject for several minutes, only to realize that he didn’t get to the point of the reason he called Cipher in the first place. To ask what university she was going to go to, and to attempt to ring her into the government after her higher education is over.

“That bastard just played me…” he mutters with a frown, only to shake his head and shout, “Jones! Bring me some coffee!”

Today is turning into a long day…

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