Incubus Living In A World Of Superpower Users-Chapter 248: Seeing The Outside World

Seraphina stood next to Lilith, her hands lightly folded behind her back. Calm, collected. Not saying anything, but clearly watching.

Isabella leaned against the railing like she owned it, popping a candy into her mouth without a care in the world.

Liliana gave a small nod toward Ethan.

Not a dramatic one, just a simple, solid one that said everything that needed to be said.

It said everything.

The gate opened with a soft chime.

No one looked back.

Ethan didn’t either.

The boarding corridor stretched ahead, glowing with a faint white light. Clean. Bright. The walls gave off that soft scent of sterilized tech—ozone and pressurized filters—usually only found in top-tier launch hubs. It wasn’t loud. It didn’t feel like a spotlight. It just felt... serious.

The ship waiting at the end was compact and streamlined. Not oversized. Not flashy. Just efficient and expensive in a way only people with real pull could get their hands on.

The Astralis crest was there, near the nose of the vessel. Matte silver. Unmistakable, even if you didn’t know what you were looking at.

As they stepped on board, a woman in a silver-trimmed uniform bowed slightly.

"Welcome aboard, students of Astralis," she said.

No cameras. No group welcomes—no over-the-top gestures.

Just that.

The inside was quieter than expected.

Not dull. Just insulated. Like the walls knew how to muffle distractions, the corridor didn’t lead to rows of bunks or shared dorm pods. It led straight into a private suite.

Not a large lounge pretending to be a suite.

A real one.

Soft floor panels. Star-view windows. Embedded lighting that adjusted with your pulse. A kitchenette with preset nutritional programming.

Even a quiet corner with a meditation flame and a couch that looked more like something from a five-star villa.

They didn’t ask who arranged it.

They didn’t need to.

Lilith had made sure of this. Maybe not directly. But this level of setup didn’t happen for just anyone. Astralis wasn’t handing out luxury quarters because someone asked nicely.

Ethan sat by the wide viewing panel, elbows on his knees, watching the last few lights from the spaceport blink softly on the runway.

Everly flopped beside him a second later, stretching out like she was already home. "This is insane. It doesn’t even feel like a school trip."

Evelyn stayed standing behind them, arms lightly folded. Her eyes didn’t leave the view.

"It’s not insane," she said quietly. "It’s just the real thing now."

Ethan didn’t speak right away. He just smiled a little. Not big. But real.

Then the floor gave a low, even hum.

The ship began to move.

No sudden jolt. No countdown.

Just a smooth lift, the kind that didn’t rattle your spine or tilt your balance.

The lights dimmed a little as the system shifted into flight mode, and the view outside started to tilt—first the horizon, then the sky, then the curve of the planet itself.

The cabin windows gradually adjusted tint levels as they climbed through the upper atmosphere.

Ethan leaned in, eyes following the shrinking world below.

The capital city blurred quickly. Then the outlying districts. Then the private zones.

The forests and mountain edges came into view—uninterrupted, deep green, and still wild despite how many years humans had been building their cities around them.

And just before the clouds swallowed it all, he caught a faint shimmer of the dome over the Moonshade estate.

The last piece of home.

What came next wasn’t silence. It was scale.

Massive.

He could see lines of beast herds moving through untouched zones, some so large they looked like broken shadows drifting across the treetops.

Others swarmed like birds but were clearly something else. Higher up, he spotted fast-moving flyers cutting across jet streams in formation. Not military. Wild. But organized.

Everly leaned forward, eyes glued to the window. "That’s really what’s outside the city zones...?"

Evelyn stepped closer to the glass. "The parts the Association doesn’t want on the daily feeds."

They all watched in silence as the ship angled again.

A soft beep echoed from the wall panel.

[COORDINATES LOCKED: ASTRALIS ORBITAL PATHWAY]

[ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: 19 HOURS, 13 MINUTES]

Ethan raised an eyebrow. "Seriously? Nineteen hours?"

Evelyn walked over and pulled up the controls. "Yeah. They keep the engines in sub-warp for safety.

Astralis doesn’t like making splashy entrances. Plus, it’s further out than most universities—keeps their system secure and trade lanes exclusive."

Everly groaned, already slumped back on the couch. "So... we just float here all day?"

Ethan glanced at her. "That sounds way too exciting to you."

She smiled and flung an arm toward the ceiling. "Do you know how long it’s been since I got a full day without drills or emergency crap?"

He chuckled. "Fair."

Another soft chime lit up the kitchen panel.

[IN-FLIGHT MEAL SERVICE AVAILABLE]

Everly immediately sprang up like a kid who just heard "free dessert." She jogged over and opened the console, then pulled out a tray packed with real food, not rations.

Actual hot food. Fruits. Grains. Something that looked like meat but had a faint blue shimmer and smelled faintly roasted.

She handed Ethan a glass of something pale and fizzy.

"Taste this."

He took a sip. Blinked. "That’s weird. But good."

"Told you."

Evelyn sat on the edge of a nearby bench, still half-focused on the window.

Ethan joined her.

"You okay?"

She nodded. "Just thinking."

He waited.

She finally said, "It’s all happening really fast. The exam. The riot. This."

He nodded too.

Then she glanced at him and gave a soft smile. "But we’re here. You’re here. That’s what matters."

He didn’t say anything.

He didn’t need to.

Hours passed like that. Simple. Quiet.

They played a few strategy games. Evelyn won the last one by one point. Everly sulked but recovered with more fruit.

Ethan stayed quiet but relaxed, the kind of calm he hadn’t had since this all started.

Eventually, the lights dimmed for the night cycle.

The AI gently reminded them to rest.

And for once, none of them argued.

Ethan drifted off with Everly curled beside him, Evelyn in a chair by the corner with a data tablet.

He woke to another soft chime.

[APPROACHING ORBITAL ZONE: ASTRALIS UNIVERSITY]

[PREPARE FOR ARRIVAL IN 2 HOURS]

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