"Mom"
"Yes, Haruki?"
"I want to be a hero to save people, just like you."
"Aww, really? Why not?"
"Yay!" young Haruki says
"I will help you every step of the way."
That momentary flashback comes into the present where Haruki is being beaten by True North. Suddenly, an umbrella appears to diverge the attacks from Haruki.
"Not what I expected, but who am I to blame?" A pure, loving voice says as she holds the umbrella.
"Now, hit him!"
"What? I cant"
She takes Haruki and uses her Variant (Shapeshift Manipulation: Butterfly Series[1]) to turn her umbrella into a jet-pack and flies with supersonic speed.
"Whhhhaaaat is Haaaapppeenning?" Haruki says as he's moving so fast.
"Whaaaat aaarreee uuu saaaayiiing?" She says as she loses focus and crashes into an abandoned warehouse.
"Ouch. What was that for?" Haruki mumbles as he sees her beauty shining so bright like the...
"Shut up, you idiot. I told you to use your powers, and you didn't! What kind of non-variant guy are you?"
Haruki remains speechless.
"Sorry for that... It's just—"
Hahahahaha!!
Haruki is taken aback.
"You were soooo serious there. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Charlotte, but my name when it comes to fighting is Queen Alexandra's Bird wing, or just Queen Xandra is fine. So, what's your name?"
"Haruki. Haruki Amakusa."
"Is that so?"
Haruki then asks,
"Are you a hero or a villain?"
...
"Let's just say I am in between, kind of like an anti-hero sort of thing."
"Why did you save me?"
"Cause you saved me."
"How?"
"I was the girl who was about to fall, and you helped me."
"What!? But how did you come to my aid so fast?"
"I used my butterflies to make a copy of me and just, you know, came to your aid."
"Thanks."
"Now it's my turn to ask questions. Are you a hero or a villain?"
...
"A hero."
"What? With that costume?"
"I dunno how it came about... I just clicked some strange link."
"Which link?" Charlotte says in a dark tone eagerly waiting for his response.
"A link saying, 'Wanna be a hero? Click here.'"
"Who was the messenger?"
"He was called Unknown Mask... or I dunno, might've forgotten after taking all those blows from True North."
"That person is the one of many that gave me powers as well. They said they are from the system and made me into this former villain now dead."
"Is that why True North called me a villain?"
"Wait, then that means—"
"Yes, you can transform into a villain."
"No, someone left cookies in the oven and it's burning!I can smell the scent"
"WHAT?!"
Charlotte goes to check, and...
BOOM!
The house explodes.
Haruki wakes up in his room, confused out of his mind. He goes to check, and his dad is fast asleep. The news reports that a house had exploded. Suddenly, someone knocks vigorously at the door.
"Who is this person? Charlotte? Or was all of it just a fluke?"
[1] She has the ability to transform butterflies into her own weapons.The butterflies type changes how the weapon or object in her mind is.She can only use five a day.One she uses six , her body will paralyze for 30 minutes straight and after that, she cannot remember all the things she did before she used the sixth butterfly.That is why she forced Haruki to use his variant but does he even know what it is ?