Chapter 267: Side story- 6 years ago Kellen and the Captain part 2
There were a lot of people on this side of the front lines. He normally avoided areas like this, where the bustling of others could be noticed. He was mainly worried that someone would see him and think of his Mom. It was the reason he’d buzz cut his hair. You could barely tell he had black hair like this, and blue eyes were a common shade.
No one would be able to say he was Esper Woods kid when he looked like this.
He could pick out the few Guild tent cities over here and Kellen clenched his hands around the straps of his backpack.
He wasn’t envious of those who joined Guilds. It wasn’t something he could be envious of. C Classes were treated terribly in this world because they were considered ’common’. He’d realised that reality when he’d been trained with C Class Espers and had been expected to perform to the same level as them.
Even though Guides were known to be slightly weaker then their same Class Esper counterparts. Even though Guides had different duties. Even though Guides were viewed as fuck toys and then discarded once they were of no more use.
How many times had he heard stories of Guides being thrown away in gates because they were ’just C Class’ and could be easily replaced once they left the gates? It was infuriating, and honestly, it didn’t matter if you were with a Guild or not.
All C Classes were treated that way. It drove Kellen up the damn wall, but that was the reality he was in now.
He hadn’t realised how damn privileged he’d been before when it was assumed he’d turn out as an A Class like both of his parents. Hell, no one had expected him to be a Guide. He’d been assumed to be an Esper until he’d awoken.
He’d even thought he was going to be an Esper. It had been quite the shock to find out that he wasn’t going to get cool powers like his Mom and instead was going to have to be a safe, warm spot for Espers to heal.