PATH OF THE STAR HUNTER

Beep * Beep * Beep *

The sound of the alarm made me wake up as I always did, I left my bed lazily as I always did and walked to the mirror as I always did, my life has always been one of constant habits; but ... what I saw in the mirror had changed.

My hair was now an extremely light blue color as if someone dropped just a couple of drops of blue paint into a pool of white; Of course, due to my ability, it was easy to relate it to the color of ice.

Something similar had happened with my eyes that were now a crystalline aqua blue color, anyone would be envious of my appearance now, but I couldn′t find the appeal of it; for some reason when I see my new appearance in the mirror I feel... lonely.

And my appearance was not the only thing that had changed in my life, now I had a job, although it isn′t like I have had much choice in the matter taking into account the attitude of the person who hired me; so instead of looking for comfortable clothes to wear today, I had to wear a dull gray military uniform instead.

Before leaving home I at least had the opportunity to enjoy one of my favorite pleasures ... coffee, there is nothing better than drinking a steaming cup of coffee in the morning, and strangely enough, since I acquired my skill my taste for warm coffee increase instead of decrease.

It was not exactly what one would expect from a powerful ice user like me, one would think that I would acquire a taste for cold things, but it had been the opposite; now my taste for all kinds of warm things had increased quite a bit.

To be honest it wasn’t something particularly important to me and it hadn’t changed my lifestyle if it wasn′t for the fact that I believed it was related to a secondary skill that I acquired during my awakening I wouldn’t have even thought much about it.

.....

It is assumed that on the day of awakening, I had acquired a powerful ability to create and manipulate ice; but accompanying that ability I had also acquired what I can only describe as a thermal sense.

I had become able to see the thermal presences around me, it hadn′t seemed like a very useful skill so I didn′t mention it to the military, but I think it will be useful if I get to face invisible enemies or something like that.

Having finished my beloved cup of coffee, I left all unnecessary thoughts behind and headed to the military barracks, today was my first day in the army and today it is supposed that the training of newbies like me would begin; Although I wasn’t exactly anxious about it, I still knew that it was something necessary to lead the kind of life that I desire.

“Nina, I’m going to work; do not leave the house. ”

After saying goodbye to my dear sister without receiving an answer, I went to the barracks; the place wasn′t far from home so it only took me ten minutes to get there.

“Excuse me, I’m a recruit and I’m looking for the recruiting office” Tired of wandering around without finding the place I was looking for, I decided to ask the first person who crossed my path.

The person in question turned around when he heard my voice and as soon as I could see him well, I got a big surprise, the man seemed only two or three years older than me, but he wore a black and red uniform that was much more elegant than my own; besides he was quite handsome.

He had blue eyes like mine, but he was like deep and intense sapphires while mine was like pure, crystalline ice; his hair on the other hand was the opposite as it was black as obsidian.

Normally I wouldn’t pay that much attention to someone else, much less a man, but there was something about him that caught my attention and it wasn’t the fact that he was devilishly attractive; it was something else, it was some kind of familiarity, as if we were... similar.

Completely ignoring my daze, the man responded with a smile that was seven parts kindness and three parts devilish charm.

“The office you are looking for is the personnel office and it is following that corridor second door to the right, ask for Leila tell her that Lieutenant Astryd sent you; she will solve all your problems in the blink of an eye ”

The man was apparently a lieutenant and he didn’t even bother to wait for my answer before continuing on his way; It was only when I almost lost sight of him that I heard him say one last thing to me while he gave me a dangerous smile.

“I’m sorry miss, but I have a business to attend to, I hope we see each other again; It would be a shame to see a work of art only once, don’t you think? ”

From start to finish he didn’t let me say a single word, he moved at his own pace in a carefree way and didn’t even bother to hide his appreciation for his beauty; there was a certain appeal to his demeanor, but he also seemed the kind of man I hated the most... a womanizer.

Even so, the man had been kind to me and never treated me or acted inappropriately so he is already better than most of the men I have met so far and I still could not forget that strange familiarity I felt when seeing him; there was something else, something strange ... his temperature was almost twice as intense as that of a normal person.

I had to shake my head to get all unnecessary thoughts out, it was unlikely that I would ever see that man again so nothing I thought or felt mattered; now I just had to go my way like I always had.

Following the instructions I had been given, I managed to find Leila from the personnel office and she resolved my papers in a matter of minutes; I heard from her that there was a new training officer at the base and his qualifications were extraordinary, so many soldiers were eager to have their children trained by him.

I wish I could be trained by a person like that, that would facilitate my path to become stronger and achieve the kind of life I want, but I was more than aware that with my background it was almost impossible to be assigned to the group to be trained by the new officer.

“Well, with that everything is settled, since Lieutenant Astryd sent you, I took the freedom to assign you to the squad that the new officer will be in charge of, it is a great opportunity for you young lady, do not waste it ... Oh, and do not forget to mention me to Lieutenant Astryd if you get the chance ”

I could hardly believe what I had heard, that simple I had been given something that was supposed to be impossible for me to acquire and it was all because I asked the first person who crossed me for directions.

Although there was something strange in the tone of the woman’s voice when she spoke to me about not what a great opportunity it was, I decided not to pay much attention, and judging from the last thing she said it seems that I was right about Lieutenant Astryd ... he is a womanizer.

He’s a ladies’ man, he probably only recommended me because he found me attractive, but I guess I should still thank him; I don’t want to associate with that kind of man, but considering how much I benefit from him it would be too selfish of me not to even thank him.

“I wonder if I’ll meet him again soon?”