Aryan sat in his seat at the very back of the large hall that served as his classroom. His exclusive classroom. His right hand twirled a strand of the gold part of his hair on his right side while his other hand played with an ink pen tapping its pointy end on the desk made of dark wood, the native plant of Navalia. His heterochronic eyes of purple and gold were set on the tutor of his currently tasked with teaching him for the next two hours.
"Professor Gremlin, you don't actually plan on teaching me anything do you?" he questioned with a tilt of his head after spending nearly thirty minutes simply staring at the older demon that stared right back at him.
Gremlin clenched his jaw, the muscle there ticking in mild annoyance. He had received news from the head of the academy that he would be taking care of a special subject and was full of excitement and expectations. His joy, however, came crashing down when he arrived at the isolated tower of the academy only to discover he was to teach a mixed race. If that were the only issue, he could have bore with it but not only was the mixed race a brat, he was a brat with a horrible sense of distance and extreme mana talent. Coupled with the fact that he had already completed 7 years of his academy years, this made him nearly impossible to control.
The century old demon sighed deeply, rubbing his temples to ease some of his tension as he could not but anticipate the struggles he would be aced with.
"Professor Gremlin" Aryan called and Gremlin cursed under his breath at the sound of the name. 'That cursed name! Who the fuck told him that name?!' he exclaimed in his mind, the raging bull ransacking his mental state a stark contrast to his stoic face that held emotionless apathy.
"That's Professor Grem to you. My name was changed in the last solaroid and yes, I will not be teaching you anything. As I've observed from your mana flow, you have been taught everything within the school curriculum for your seventh year" Grem finally spoke. His deep voice resonating within the classroom and echoing so that no matter the distance a student sat, they could hear. That didn't really matter in Aryan's case though as he already had hyper-aware senses.
Although the Grem had informed him of his completion of his 7th year curriculum, there was still an undertone in his voice that made him believe there was more. Also, the old demon could read his mana flow. That was something none of his previous tutors could do so he found himself squeezing his hands into fists to control the tremors caused by excitement.
"You say you've observed my mana flow?" Aryan asked. For some reason that was beyond him, Gremlin found there to be an excited glint in the mixed race's eyes and he got a foreboding feeling. His brows scrunched up in confusion and wary as he stepped back. "Yes I did say that" he replied, the cautiousness of a prey being stalked by a predator unmistakable in his voice.
Aryan's lips curved upwards in a smile that made him seem creepy. His eyes curved into crescents and his sharp white teeth glittered between his blood red lips curved so high Gremlin thought it filled half of his face. Scary was not a good enough word to describe the feeling that the smile evoked, disturbing was more accurate. Gremlin found the smile to be extremely disturbing.
"Can you teach me how to do that Professor? You see, none of my previous tutors or even the academy tech has been able to give me any insight on my mana. I am basically a walking, ticking time bomb" Aryan explained, his smile not dropping even for a second as he spoke. His words were however, enough to distract Gremlin from his disturbing lips.
The demon folded his arms, one hand reaching up to cup his jaw in thought. 'No wonder his mana seems so out of control. If I'm not mistaken, the only way to mediate out-of-control mana with so great a magnitude is-' His eyes widened in realization as a purple light bulb lit over his head. He waved his hand above his head to dispel the bulb as he walked towards his new student.
"How old are you?" he asked, his steps towards the student hurried but deliberate. Being a higher demon, he could have simply flown over there as the classroom was big enough or him to fly in but he walked towards his student. Taking the time to watch the teen's reaction as well as prepare himself for the confrontation he was about to start.
Aryan raised a questioning brow but answering nevertheless, as he watched his tutor stalk towards him, excitement vibrating off his body. "I'll be 18 on the next solaroid" he replied putting his pen down and folding his arms.
"Does my learning something of my mana have anything to do with my age?" he added, eyes remaining fixed on those of his new and seemingly brilliant tutor who nodded in response. "The night of your 18th birthday, your graduation into your 8th year at the academy is also your coming of age. It seems you know nothing of this so I will explain. On your coming of age, your mana capacity will spike. That spiking is transient though and only lasts for 48 hours, this provides time for candidates with strong enough mana to summon" Gremlin explained slowly, his eyes scanning Aryan's face for a reaction. There was none as the teen simply kept quiet urging the tutor to explain more.
"When a mana bearing being summons, their mana levels are greatly reduced sometimes depleting completely. For you who knows nothing of your own mana, that significant mana loss should trigger your awareness and feel of your mana hence my proposition!" he concluded, steps landing safely in front of Aryan's desk as he stretched out his hands, a brown parchment appeared in a puff of purple smoke. The parchment bore the school's emblem of black demon wings printed on the top corner and contained words expressing details of his plan.
'COMING OF AGE SUMMON' was boldly written as the heading of the plan. Aryan looked up at his new tutor, excitement bubbling in him as well.
"Professor, I really look forward to learning from you."