Chapter 1

## Departure

**Departure** is the first chapter of F4.

## Summary

### Brief

It all started when two sisters were saved from a monster who attacked them by a certain vigilante ten years ago. Since then, they have been pursuing their dream of joining the Heroes Association.

### Detailed

Astia and Anne Pray-Anri are two sisters who were saved ten years ago by a hero (later revealed to be Érik Dfiblim). Since they dream of joining the Heroes Association.

We learn that they are not really sisters, but that they consider themselves so, they were in the same family with the same parents but Anne was adopted by Astia's father when the latter with eight years. Today they are 19 and 16 years old respectively.

Three years ago, their father, in accordance with their wish to become heroes, enrolled them in the dojo of Ōgai Gurētosēji, in the Sugamo area. The latter is an old man who is very strict and easily carried away, despite everything he is very loving and wise. He is a very gifted man in the art of fencing, who therefore teaches this style of combat to Astia and Anne.

At the dojo, Astia often causes concern for Ōgai, very playful and naive, she tries to help all the inhabitants of the district. She then takes care of recovering Ms. Yoshimura's cat stuck in a tree, and takes care of young children who adore her. In the chapter, we also see her say hello to Milky, a street vendor next door, who gets along very well with Astia. The latter helps her carry the boxes of products she has just received. For her part, Anne is someone very serious and very withdrawn, who speaks little with people except Astia, the only person she seems to love, as we can see at the beginning of the chapter where she hugged her. Although they are very different, they share the same dream, to become members of the Association, in a world where all humans are more or less capable of manipulating Energy. Milky explains in the chapter that there are more and more monsters in the forest west of Restarion, to which Astia, confident, says that she will soon be there to hunt them, because this is the role of heroes, defend the population.

A few days later, we see the two sisters training in sword fighting. Astia tells how happy she is to find her after Anne's disappearance shortly after being saved, and that they are both sharing the same dream, but she does not answer, and disarms Astia. Ōgai then intervenes and says that it is well done for her, and that in a fight life hangs by a thread, while congratulating Anne. Shortly after, after taking a shower, the old man sends Astia to do the shopping, giving her 15 minutes. The young woman then replied by making a military sign and went away. After having finished the races in less than 8 minutes, despite the distance of several kilometers, and thanks to his innate gift giving him spectacular hearing, Astia hears the sound of an explosion. She then runs to see Milky, kneeling, crying, her store has just exploded.

## Information

### Characters appearing in the chapter:

* Astia Pray-Anri
* Anne Pray-Anri
* Ōgai Gurētosēji
* Miel Nae
* Ms. Yoshimura
* Rukh
* Milky
* Érik Dfiblim *(flashback)*
* Roc Pray-Anri *(mentionned)*