The Legendary Demon Hunter’s Cursed Brother Chapter 23: Ch 23 - First Day

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As the train slowed to a stop, Evan stretched his stiffening joints and limbs. He waited patiently for the other passengers to collect their luggage before making his way toward the exit. The station stretched wide beneath layered ceilings of light panels. People filtered through the platform, while security officers stood at fixed points along the exits. For a moment, Evan looked over the moving crowd and felt like he might get swallowed by it. A man in a suit brushed past, bumping his shoulder without so much as a glance back, still talking into his phone. Evan’s jaw tightened as he briefly considered kicking him in the back of the knee, then exhaled and forced himself to let it go. He should find Reid. But in this sea of bodies, could he even spot him? He searched through the crowd, uneasy, until his eyes landed on a tall figure near a support column. Reid straightened and lifted a hand in a wave before pushing off and walking toward him. Thanks to his height, and perhaps his looks, people naturally shifted aside to make space for him. “How was the ride?” Reid asked with a bright smile. It was so bright that even a few passing girls and boys glanced over, some of them blushing as they looked away. “It’s fine,” Evan said dryly, lifting his luggage slightly. “Help me with this. I don’t think I can carry them through this hell.” Reid chuckled and easily took the carry-on and duffel bag, leaving Evan with his backpack. “Yeah, it gets pretty crowded here in District 1. Follow me.” Dodging and weaving through the throngs of people like small fish swimming through a creek, the two brothers made their way out of the station and onto the street. Reid led Evan to a nearby transit stop, where a bus pulled up moments later. They boarded the bus and took their seats as District 1 unfolded beyond the windows. People moved in steady streams while buses and private vehicles flowed smoothly through the streets. Unlike the capital city Evan remembered from his previous world, traffic here rarely came to a standstill. An extensive public transportation network kept the roads moving and prevented congestion from ever becoming overwhelming. Outside, District 1 stretched in every direction, lined with soaring buildings of glass and light. Elevated walkways linked entire blocks above the streets, while luminous signs floated between the structures. Yet amid it all, nothing drew the eye more than the Tower. Even from a distance, its scale had been overwhelming, rising far beyond the horizon. Now, up close, Evan had to tilt his head back fully just to see where it ended. Even then, he couldn’t. The upper half vanished into cloud, an impossibly smooth pillar of white that seemed to swallow the sky as it climbed. “Want to go inside?” Reid asked. Evan elbowed him. “Don’t joke. I know you don’t have your Awakener license yet, and even then, what’s so great about going inside the Tower? Just more monsters and uppity elite people.” “But you were staring at it so hard.” “Yeah, because it’s filling my entire view just by being that big.” With a hiss, the bus soon stopped not far from the sprawling Central Awakener Academy. Standing before him, tall structured lines of pale metal and stone framed the entrance, leading into a vast campus. Reid led the way, taking Evan to a shuttle bus that would bring them closer to the Student Residence. Passing through wide pathways, Evan observed clean divisions separating towering academic buildings from open training grounds. To one side, enclosed fields and reinforced arenas sat under faint protective barriers. On the other, structured halls rose in orderly rows. Soon, they reached deeper into clusters of residential buildings that stood slightly apart from the main academic core. Too expensive. Way too extravagant. Was this a school or a small city? Evan felt even more uncertain about being here. Aside from the fact that he was an F-rank Awakener getting in through nepotism, he had never experienced anything like this