When Lucien finally stepped out of the testing room, he was still in a daze, his mind replaying the compatibility results.
Beside him, Zephyr stood in high spirits.
The lingering clouds of indifference and gloom he always carried had completely lifted—and it wasn't because of the newly issued Esper ID in his hand, neatly listing his name, classification, and rank. It was because he was extremely satisfied with his and Lucien's compatibility results.
A 100% match rate.
Now, even if the heads of the Association wanted to, they couldn't oppose him if he chose to receive guiding from Lucien.
No one could separate them.
