Faced with destruction, I did what he told me to do. I took a medallion from my pocket and threw it into the destroyed room. In the days that followed, my sister slowly recovered from the shock . She wouldn't leave her room. We would go in, but it was a dark room and the windows wouldn't open. Cecilia asked her friends for help, which worked, but she still only went out to school, which helped her.
While I was working for the council during my free periods, Ana would lie or sit in the corner of my office, she didn't see me saving her, but she knew it was me, she didn't want to go near me.
Lilia called us for a meeting. I went in with Ana. Everyone knew our situation. As you may know, I'm in the 5.5th grade and would like to invite everyone to my exhibition tournament. She handed out the invitations. She also wanted to present the situation regarding the CE (student council) presidency.
I raised my hand . I can't be because I'm too young . I hope everyone understood, we started voting. Sasha voted for Nico, João for Nico, Lilia for Sasha, Nico for João, and I voted for Nico.
After finishing the meeting and moving all the paperwork, I leaned back in my chair. "Your sister's birthday is in a week," I said to Maria. "My God, I almost forgot."
Your mental barrier has been stronger lately. There's someone you don't want me to know about, a girl maybe. Maria said in a provocative voice. I opened my thoughts to her. "It's not a bad gift," she replied.
Cecilia
You always warn me of what's about to happen, but why do you always leave me powerless? I asked him. Do you want to do something? YES! So, protect the girl during the events. The future won't change, but she'll suffer less.
Anything is better than sitting and watching.
Arthur
I dropped the papers from my hand and leaned back in my chair. " Ana, I'm going to the tournament to see Lilia, stay home ." She nodded.
On the day of the tournament, the stadium was packed. I saw members of the army, wizards, even the king. Some of the students chose not to participate, fearing humiliation.
The first battle was between her and a doctor named Guilherme. Lilia began the battle with a spell that launched two fireballs at him. The first was blocked by a vine and the other was physically deflected, but Lilia made the ball turn around and hit him in the back.
The duels usually don't last more than 2 minutes, and I wouldn't be surprised if the next ones are also short. There were other battles, but I have no interest in seeing them. 5th battle of the day: Lília vs. Vinicius. I've
Vinicius unsheathed his axes and ran towards Lilia, who conjured a fiery prison, but he cut through the fiery bars with his axe. Vinicius ran towards Lilia, but he fell into Lilia's fire trap, which created a tower of fire around Vinicius, who was now defeated.
XRUs championship . Lilia versus Joana. The host said, "Joana is a creative mage." Now. Joana threw three balls at Lilia, which exploded upon hitting the ground, leaving a cloud of dust that allowed Joana to grab a staff with a lantern and Lilia to cast multiple trap spells.
When the dust cloud settled, they stared at each other, but Lilia cast a spell. Multiple fireballs flew into the air, and Joana copied her spell. They had to physically dodge them, but Joana tripped, fell into a trap, and was hit by the fireballs, eliminating her.
When Lilia's victory was announced, a great wizard came down to the battlefield and offered her to be his apprentice. She was excited and accepted.
Isn't it noon yet? I asked Maria. If you hurry, you can get the present. I'll let Cecilia know I might be late and I'll run over there.
***
Here I am again, looking at the forest that judged my request for a worthy life, with its tall trees separated by meters of dry leaves on the ground. I looked for a cave I had found when I was 12. I found it. I entered the cave, just as I had found it.
Liz kitten, a type of feline with a modicum of intelligence, enough to understand human speech, twice as large as a house cat. I activated my stage and looked into Liz 's soul . "Now you obey me, now I am your master." Meow. Like you said, Maria, it worked.
I started running home and arrived before dark. From the balcony, I showed Liz to Ana. " From tomorrow on, you obey her." During the early hours of the morning, we started planning Ana's birthday party at Cecilia's house. A smaller party than her 15th birthday party.
"She 's waking up! " said one of the maids. She appeared on the stairs. " Happy birthday to you on this day... let's open the presents." I opened my bedroom door and Liz ran towards my sister and started purring. " How cute. It's a Liz , your new family member. Thank you. " She ran to give me a hug.
Arthur, this isn't just my birthday, it's yours too . She took a small box out of her pocket. It's nothing too fancy or expensive . I opened it and it was a bracelet . But it's made with love, thank you, Ana. I gave her a hug.
That day was filled with jokes, pranks, and games, but the next day while I was sitting in my office with nothing to do, I decided I would pick up today's newspaper.
I was looking at the newspaper, and on the front page were two news items. Royal wizards' failure to recapture Dungeon ... and a proclamation from the headmistress . As you may know, the king has increased the requirements for becoming wizards, so from now on, all classes will have special training activities.
The principal called the 3rd grade and me, for some reason, to a meeting in the auditorium. She came up on stage, along with a man in military uniform. She began speaking. " It's an honor to have General Lenin here at the school." She handed the speech over to the general. " Thank you, everyone. I'm here to inform you that the army will be finishing a dungeon . All classes here are invited to observe."
The students became anxious after the principal gave them the details. The days passed in the blink of an eye.
The army battalion was marching in while the students were preparing their battle uniforms. I moved my sword from my back, a respectful position, to my waist, a battle stance. My sword style focused on speed and power, so my only armor was shoulder pads and leg armor.
We entered, the army soldiers using magic on their weapons and armor. I began to take note of the commander's impressive sword fighting style. Floor by floor, we reached the 50th floor, the last. In the boss room, a crystal blue ball floated. We didn't all get a chance to look at it.
When apparently for no reason at all it started to shine, I covered my eyes with my arm and when I discovered I was in the boss room, everyone had disappeared, the blue ball had disappeared.
From the door, goblins and their variations began to enter. I could see hundreds, maybe thousands, from outside. I drew my sword and began killing. Arthur, they still have a conscience, so don't get excited about killing.
Nico
The blue sphere began to glow, and when it stopped, Arthur, who was next to me, had disappeared. I looked for him, but found nothing. When we did the head count, he wasn't there.
dungeon again and again , until 24 hours after the end of the dungeon . I was examining the blue sphere, it started to glow again and there was a man with long brown hair that went past his shoulder, with the bottom of silver armor with gold details and a short black shirt, his clothes covered in blood.
A sword strapped to his waist and shining golden stripes running down his arms. In the blink of an eye, his sword appeared at my throat, and as we stood face to face, I could see the man. Arthur? I said. Nico?
He looked around in surprise and fell to the ground, unconscious. I looked at the soldier who was with me and grabbed Arthur's legs. " Help me out ." I said to him.
Arthur
I woke up in the bed I knew so well, and in that room. " Thanks to you, I can teach the students," said the medical professor. " But what I saw today, I couldn't show them." His face changed from excitement to concern. " Call the CE and the principal ." I told the professor that he had passed the order to a student.
I sat on the bed, crossed my legs, and Maria, in her snake form, stayed on my legs. It wasn't important, so I left the room.
Everyone around the bed, I didn't know how to start, I took off my shirt. The surprised faces appeared, when they could see the scars from cuts and bruises . (author's note: like this L[what do you think about me putting more images like this?])
I don't know how long I was in there, but that place wouldn't let me die. Every single time before I died, the goblins disappeared and my body regenerated . The professor asked my permission to look at the scars, and I nodded. Those are scars from months ago.
"Arthur, you won't be able to participate in the camp," said a girl I didn't know. " Are you?" I asked as I put on my shirt . "I'm Gabriela. And I'm Enzo," she and another boy said . "They're new council members." João said. " Getting back to you, Gabriela, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger." I said in a joking voice. "No, seriously, Arthur." The director said , "There's time, there's time ." I said as I lay back down, and Maria came to wrap herself around my neck.
Aaaaa . Gabriela screamed and jumped . Snake, snake! Enzo put his hand on Gabriela's shoulder . Calm down, it's his familiar, like my fox. She started to stutter. But a snake, a snake . They started to leave.
The director was like , "You missed the invitation to a 5-day camp, I'll let you go." I started to get happy . To attend. Better than nothing , I said.
In the clearing of the dense forest, we began to set up camp. The tents were separated—women on the left, men on the right. A bonfire marked the center of the camp. A long whistle called everyone to the center. The teachers called their respective classes.
Inside the forest, there are multiple medallions—blue for Year 1, green for Year 2, red for Year 3, yellow for Year 4, and black for Year 5. They emit a faint magic. By dawn, each student must bring a medallion from their respective year. The head teacher of the event said. The students began to chat among themselves. "Tell me your grade ," the teacher said just before blowing the whistle.
The students run, scattering through the forest in the darkness of the night. I put magic in my eyes, everything became clearer, the medallion I was looking for became bright as a torch in the darkness. I returned to the light, the first to return. Arthur, the board told you to rest. It's nothing, professor, I'm better than ever. I returned to the tent, my backpack in the corner. I lay down.
In the morning, birdsong woke me. The activity was over, and the teachers were hunting down the stragglers. Another whistle called everyone. The next challenge was to hunt a unicorn rabbit. Anything except aggression toward other students is permitted . The students began to disperse.
Arthur Lang! I looked at the head teacher. You stay. Maria. She got out of my pants cuff and went hunting. Half an hour later she returned with a rabbit in her haste. I walked calmly to the teacher. "Here, teacher ," I said as I handed over the Rabbit. "What, just what?!" I pointed to Maria. He sighed.
The next morning, the teacher blew the whistle again. Your test today is to bring back a golden apple, which is found at the top of pine trees. The teacher grabbed me by the collar. I won't lose you today . Maria moved around my neck. And her familiar.
Maria made a copy of her body that was placed around my neck while the original was waiting for the teacher to be careless. It wasn't long before a scream was heard, followed by a thumping sound. The professor looked in the direction of the scream . Leon investigated. He spoke to the professor beside him.
Maria discreetly walked towards the forest, her green scales camouflaging her in the short grass of the field. I clasped my hands behind my head and began to whistle.
Two students appeared from the forest carrying a 3 on a stretcher, they took him to the medical tent, which was a white tent with a red cross on the roof.
Nico appeared from the forest with a golden apple. " Here, Professor ," he said. " Very well, your name is?" The professor asked as he took a notepad from his pocket. "Nico, sir."
And you, Arthur, just here relaxing . Said Nico . I'm bored . In the distance a golden glow could be seen, it was Maria bringing the apple. Nico was stunned by the image of my snake with the golden apple in its mouth. I bent down and picked up the apple . Thank you. I made a cartwheel at Maria. Unnecessary. She said to me.
The teacher was coordinating the activity with the other teachers. I walked calmly toward him. " You can go." He said to the other teachers, he looked at me, and I showed him the apple. " I give up, you can participate in the next activity."
I went to the CE men's tent and grabbed a cloth from my backpack to clean my sword. Two long whistles interrupted me; two whistles are CE and teachers. The next activity will be in classes, each will have a member of the Student Council and a teacher, the CE member will provide support if necessary and the teacher will only be there to observe. Said the head teacher. Understood.
In the morning, I was signed up for first grade. Another whistle called everyone together. The teachers began to separate us into classes. The head teacher explained that we (first years) were going to hunt a giant moth, he explained where it was and its weaknesses, and off we went.
I chose not to participate in the command network, only giving suggestions from time to time. The class castles took the lead as we entered the moth cave. When we found her, the castles held her while the dragons attacked her with fire spells. She was killed.
I received a magical message from the head teacher. The 5th grade has encountered an ancient dragon. The teachers must begin the evacuation, and the EC members must restrain the dragon.
I ran towards the dragon's cave, from afar I could see the smoke from its fire. Soon he appeared over the tree line, his gigantic wings, his red scales were made to be fearsome.
It has about 20 meters of combined wingspan and 10 meters from head to tail.
I activated my conjunction stage, drew my sword, and coated it with Maria's poison. I used Burst Step, jumped onto the dragon's back, thrust my sword into the dragon, and injected as much poison as I could, but the dragon began to release steam from its body.
Before jumping off, I cut off his left wing from tip to tip. We both fell to the ground. He tried to bite me, but I managed to cut off his tongue, making him retreat. A red fox the size of a large wolf began to attack the dragon, but had to retreat because of the dragon's hot scales.
Soon, Enzo and Gabriela arrived to help me. " Oops, " I said, "the dragon started breathing fire." Enzo conjured an earthen barrier to defend us, but it wouldn't last long. Gabriela used some kind of metal magic, pinning the dragon's legs and neck to the ground.
Enzo conjured a pillar of earth beneath the dragon's mouth, which slammed into it. I took advantage of the opening to close the dragon's mouth, plunging my sword into its mouth and piercing the roof of its mouth, its tongue, and its jaw.
He stood motionless for 10 seconds. He died. Enzo shouted in affirmation. I drew my sword and walked away from the dragon. I stood beside the brothers. " Who will choose the name?" Gabriela asked. I looked at the dragon. " I don't know."
A flaming purple glow appeared from the dragon's eyes, and it spat purple fire. We managed to dodge it. That purple fire burned even stone; it was fueled by pure mana. The dragon tried to flee, its wing healing rapidly. I could feel fear coming from Maria. "HE CAN'T RUN AWAY," Maria said.
I took another burst step toward the dragon, but couldn't reach it. "Throw yourself toward the dragon," Maria said, picking her up and throwing her at the dragon. In the air, she began to grow. At her peak, she was about 30 meters long and 1 meter in diameter, her scales naturally green now black as night. With one bite, she ate the dragon's tail and torso, leaving only the wings, neck, and head.
Before falling to the ground, she returned to her normal size and snaked towards me. I returned to where Enzo and Gabriela were, using communication magic. Threat eliminated. I said . Let's go back to camp. Enzo said.
Leaving the tree line and entering the camp, the head teacher started running toward us. " Did you kill the dragon?" he asked. "The art." I interrupted Gabriela . "We managed to kill it. Good, you can rest, we're waiting for orders from the headmistress ." I took my sword from my waist to my back. " Okay, sir."
I went to the tent and just lay down. I couldn't sleep because of the light coming through the tent and because teenagers don't know how to speak softly. After half an hour, I gave up on sleeping.
Rumors spread, but the truth would be discovered sooner or later, and there's no way I could stop it. "No, no," Maria said. "But there's no need. After all, you like fame, don't you, Arthur?" I closed my mind to Maria.
I looked for my sister, who was chatting with her friends near the campfire . "Excuse me, Ana, do you have a minute? Yes, whatever you need?" she said as she stood up . "It's nothing, I just wanted to know if you're okay, aren't you hurt?"No Arthur I'm fine.
Your brother's a bit overprotective, isn't he? Better than if he didn't care about you at all. Who's the older one between the two? I overheard her classmates' conversation.
I took a walk and got some fresh air before returning to the tent. Joao, Nico, and Enzo, with serious faces, stared at the center of the tent. "Arthur, " Nico said. " Who's prettier, Sasha, Gabriela, or Lilia? Bunch of Mongolians. " I replied before leaving their sight.
A whistle called everyone. Sorry for the incident, but camp will continue as usual. Your next activity is to bring a deer antler. You can form groups of up to 5. I could feel the eyes on me. You may go.
I left the crowd as quickly as I could and went into the forest alone. As I expected, a mere deer wasn't a difficult prey. I put the servant on my back and carried him to camp . "You had time, you didn't need to hunt today yet," the nico said when I arrived at camp.
"I have a reason," I said as I grabbed my newest knife from my backpack, grabbed the deer's body, built a fire, butchered it, and barbecued it, leaving only the antlers as proof that I'd hunted the deer. The smell of the roasting meat began to attract students and teachers alike.
It was good, but I had to work very hard because each time more students arrived I had to roast more deer that they brought to me. It was the night that the excitement began to die down as people began to sleep.
In the morning, the students were still relaxed, but that changed when the head teacher announced that half the time had passed. Most of the students who panicked at the teacher's announcement were first-year students. Poor things, they think it's a normal school.
I kept talking to the members of the group until Nico asked, " Arthur, what were those golden stripes on your arm when you left the dungeon ? I don't know what you're talking about. " I answered, but it was a complete lie. Those stripes were a consequence of Realhert , an ability that allows me to control and feel mana better, only when it's activated.
For example, if the internship improves my magic and my physique by 2x, the realhert only improves my magic by 6x.
By dusk, we started heading to the dorms. I finally had a good night's sleep, quiet, calm, and comfortable. A scream woke me up. Wake up, wake up, Arthur got a romantic letter. Hm?! I got up and opened the door. Everyone was heading to the living room. I closed my bedroom door and went to the living room too.
I'm not surprised the strongest person in school won. I even thought it would be sooner. João said, holding the aforementioned letter—a letter with nothing special, like a lipstick mark, a heart, nothing—in his hand. Wait, Enzo said. Stronger than you, João? Yes. Then why isn't he the president of the CE? I took the letter from João's hand. I'm still young, and strength doesn't mean the position is mine. I started to open the letter.
But do you take care of the documents in general ? I took the letter out of the envelope. If a child were the best doctor in the world, would you trust them with your life?It's not a romantic confession, it's an invitation. I said. I began reading the letter aloud to everyone.
Dear Arthur Lang and Ana Lang
We are honored to invite you to an evening of elegance and celebration, where we will strengthen family bonds and create precious memories together. As members of different branches of our family tree, we believe it is essential to share special moments that strengthen our connection and shared history.
This evening will be an occasion to celebrate not only our diversity, but also the values and traditions that unite us as a family. The atmosphere will be refined, with a sophisticated reception, an exceptional dinner, and opportunities to share stories and laughs.
Dress elegantly and prepare for an evening filled with special moments. Dinner will be followed by live music and dancing, creating an engaging atmosphere for everyone in attendance.
Your presence will be the greatest honor we could receive at this event, as sharing this evening with members of different branches of the family will strengthen our bonds and enrich our shared history.
Yours sincerely, lord laffy .
Day, May 7th (the day after tomorrow) at 8:00 pm.
What made you think it was a romantic confession? I asked. "I don't usually get letters that aren't romantic confessions," Enzo said. " As if you ever get any. " Gabriela said. "Lol . " The whole room started laughing.
Just today I told my sister she had also received a similar letter. Sitting in my assigned class, we waited for the teacher who came in, took the chalk and wrote on the blackboard, Camouflage Magic. I corrected my posture, interested in the new Magic that will be taught to us.
Cough , cough . The professor caught the attention of the inattentive. Camouflage magic is essential for dragon mages , doctors, and breeders. It gives a tactical advantage to castels . He's visibly gone, his sister a trail. Where did he go? There, I think. The murmurs have begun. But she has a flaw . The teacher said so. Whoever knows this flaw and hits me gets a point on the average.
Several people started throwing things at the blackboard. I grabbed an eraser; the guy is good; his mana presence is almost 0. BUT IT'S NOT ZERO . I threw the eraser hard toward the back of the room. He caught the eraser in his hand, which would otherwise have hit him in the forehead.
In my 25 years of teaching, no one has ever been able to guess me, what's your name, young man? I stood up. Arthur Lang, sir . After that class that the professor taught Camouflage Magic, I went to a suit store and picked one up for myself.
I'm back at school now, with only the last few classes left with the only one. But it was again like almost all classes—something simple or self-study. From the window, I could see Sasha's class being taught by the camouflage teacher. I'm going to take a peek at his class. I used camouflage magic to escape my current classroom.
But I was disappointed, it was the same thing he gave my class, I went back and finished the class as normal, went to the dorm and almost repeated my school day, only a little differently. The bell rang marked the end of class.
I went to my room to put on my suit. I'm having trouble tying my tie. Maria, can you help me? My physical body is like that of a snake. I partially opened my door, and Enzo was passing by in the hallway. Can you help me? Of course. *Looks cute.* Enzo said. I looked at myself in the mirror.
It's okay.
I met Ana, who was waiting for me at the school gates. She was wearing a long red dress. " Let's go," she said. "Yes, let's go." When we arrived, it was a large mansion surrounded by fences and a beautiful lawn. At the entrance, the guards asked for our invitations.
One of them escorted us to a large hall filled with well-dressed guests, decorated with gold objects and crystal glasses that cost more than my room. "Arthur and Miss Ana, what an honor to have you here," said the man in the suit who had helped me earlier.
I started talking to him while my sister was talking to some ladies . Thank you for your help to our family. Don't worry, I had my reasons, I'm the one who should be thanking you.
The knocking noise caught our attention; it was a man tapping a spoon on a glass cup. Thank you all; today is a time to celebrate our family and its branches. Let's celebrate so I can make a big announcement later.
He looked like the patriarch of the family. I went to one of the balconies, Maria, and went to the balcony's marble railing. I started looking at the street. I turned inside, but something caught my eye: a stuffed toy of a court jester, sitting perfectly on the railing. I approached. "Did a child lose it? It's better to leave it there, she'll remember where she put it," Maria said. As she was returning inside, Maria hissed at the toy.
I started looking for my sister; she was being flirted with by a guy. I took a step toward them, but the phrase " Your brother is a bit overprotective, isn't he?" echoed in my head, stopping me from taking another step.
I turned around, looking around for someone I knew, and my eyes landed on Sasha, wearing a long dress similar to my sister's, but red. I approached. "Hi. Hi. I didn't expect you here ," I said. " Well, my dad is hosting this party." We started talking about school, the new teacher (the one in camouflage), and the council's work.
"Do you have any news about Lilia?" I asked her. A knock interrupted me. I turned around. The same guy was now holding my sister against the wall, arms together, his hand on her face. "Arthur, don't kill anyone," I said to Maria. "I 'm just going to scare you a little ." I said as I activated my conjunction stage and began to release a bloodthirsty aura.
I walked slowly toward him, each step weighing like a thousand tigers. The guards entered the room but stood still in fear. I saw a blue dress rush past me, and Sasha immediately slapped the guy across the face. You idiot . He released my sister, and I shut everything down. Some people coughed, others took deep breaths.
little Liz ran towards her. " It's not enough that you harass women, you do it to our guest of honor's sister." Sasha said to her brother, apparently . "You 're crazy, don't you think?"
The family patriarch appeared. Afterwards, we talked. He said to the young man , "I apologize for my son's actions. I hope he apologizes to my sister and gets better." Yes, yes, that will be done promptly.
He caught everyone's attention just like last time. Getting back to the program, everyone knows that the Vale family was preventing us from growing our shipping business, but thanks to Arthur Lang, who eliminated them, we can now. As a gift to this man who helped us so much, I declare him and his sister another member of our family.
Applause erupted. Sasha started chatting with Ana, and I went to get some candy and a drink from the main table. I continued chatting until the party ended, and I went back to the dorm. " Good thing there's no school tomorrow," I said to Ana.
I woke up in the morning, there was no newspaper and nothing to do.
Arthur, we didn't try Realhert and the Conjunction stage together. It's a good idea. I went to the training room the director showed me last year. The door was unlocked, and the room was empty. I went to the middle of the room, started slowly, drew my sword, and activated my Conjunction stage. 1, 2, 3, I activated Realhert.
Okay, everything was going well. I focused on a spell, I started to feel my body burning, the pain was unimaginable, I started to scream, my left eye started to burn and my body stopped, only my eye was now burning. A six-pointed star became semi-transparent in my left eye, it doesn't block my vision, but I can see it.
I started to feel nauseous, my vision started to go black and I passed out.
Enzo
I woke up with a strange sensation, a weight on my body. I looked and saw a snake. I quickly threw it away and it hit my wall. I stopped for a moment to think. " You're not Arthur's snake, are you?" I asked the snake. " My God, I'm talking to a snake."
I looked back at it, which was snaking in the shape of an "S." Okay, I think it's too crazy, but if you're Arthur's snake, you can change size. I said, remembering the dragon. The snake grew to twice its original size.
Okay , but what do you need? Where's Arthur? She started to meander out of my room. I started to follow her. When she noticed, she hissed at me and started to meander faster, as if it were important. She led me to a hallway beneath the school field, with multiple doors on each side and a large door at the end.
This door was half open and the snake slithered through the small crack. I opened the door to find Arthur lying in the middle of a large training room. I ran to him and whistled to call Hades . The big red fox arrived, and I put Arthur on his back and sat on top of Hades , who was now the size of a horse.
"Let's go," I said as I ran my hand through his. He started running toward the infirmary. I descended from Hades at the infirmary door and picked up Arthur in my arms, entering the infirmary building . "Seriously again, what is it this time?" the receptionist asked. " I don't know, I found him passed out in a training room." I explained. A teacher appeared. "What do we have here? You can leave it to us now."
Mephisto
Jormungand , Rafaela, or Maria, whatever you want to call her, sister, the truth needs to be discovered as soon as possible. Your bond will begin to question sooner or later. Finally, it is weak, but more active, you saw it yourself.
Brother, what if I don't tell?! He's no longer a threat.
I will personally make your bond learn, don't test me, sister. It's weaker than ever, but you know it better than any of us.
***
Amphitrite , I need a favor...
Arthur
In a grassy field with a blue sky, there was a small snake-like dragon. Dragons, at the top of the food chain, in human knowledge, the strongest beings that have ever existed or will ever exist . Everything went dark, as if I had closed my eyes. Before all else, there were monarchs, lords, or rulers, as you prefer to call them, beings that symbolized life in its different forms.
Time, knowledge, water, air, earth, light, and destruction—these beings agreed to create the world. The lords of earth, water, and air joined forces to create the planet. The lord of light created the sun, and the lord of time created the cycle of day and night. Figures appeared and did as she said . Each of the lords created life in their own image. The lord of water created marine life, the lord of air created birds, the lord of earth created animals, the lord of light created angels, the lord of knowledge created humans, and the lord of time remained outside. The animal races of the entire world appear before me.
The Lord of Destruction tried to create his life form, but failed. In his discontent, he shouted, "Cursed be your creations, which are destined to kill your different ones." From that moment on, hatred began to spread among the races. Seeing the destruction in the world, the monarchs joined together to seal the Lord of Destruction. Lucifer, the ruler of light, sacrificed his race of angels to seal Fenrir, the ruler of destruction.
The seal prevented Fenrir from assuming his physical form, but his influence and power still influence the world.
The white ceiling of the ward appeared before my eyes, I got up from the bed, the nurse on duty got up from his chair but hesitated to stop me, my body was fine, it was a kind of overload.
Two hours. Maria answered my thought. Walking to the reception, I saw Nico sitting there waiting. When he saw me, he ran toward me with his arms outstretched as if he were going to strangle me. But he stopped and sighed. " I swear, one day I'll kill you," he said, and I replied, smiling. " Not if I kill myself first." True, true.
Come on, everyone should be awake by now. He put his arm around my shoulder. " Come on ." I replied, leaning some of my weight on him. As we walked to the dorm, he asked, " What were you doing?" "I was trying to use two spells at the same time. But why did you pass out?" "Oh, no need, I won't understand."
When I opened the door, everyone was sitting around thinking about life. " I was going to say I was worried, but after what you've been through, I'm no longer surprised," João said. "I sat down and thought, what now? I have no topic, no pending tasks."
Silence engulfed the room, each person settling into their own corner. Sasha closed her book and spoke as she stood up. " Can John help me with summoning magic? Yes, I can." He replied . "Summoning? " I asked . "It's a magic that summons a monster to be your ally. " John answered. Sasha seemed to have an idea. What could someone with Arthur's power summon ? Her words caught everyone's attention, and they stood up. Without another word, we all went to a courtyard behind the dormitory.
While João was teaching me how to use magic, I could see the others preparing barrier magic. João handed me a piece of paper with a drawing of a summoning circle. As I said, you focus your magic on this circle and then you have to make the beast submit to you.
"Are you ready?" Nico asked from about 15 meters away, peering over the semi-transparent barrier . "Yes," I said, not cheerfully. Channeling my magic, the paper circle was mirrored onto the lawn in front of me, and a small cloud of smoke appeared.
When it dissipated, I could see what I had summoned: a small white cat with tiny black wings. Gabriela flew in, grabbing and petting the cat. João approached, and Gabriela began bargaining with João. " Please, can we keep him? I promise I'll take care of him."
Nico stood next to João. He appears to be a demonic cat, the weakest of the demons, and not a threat. Nico spoke and looked at me. "I expected more from you, Arthur. Since he said he's not a threat, can I keep him?" Gabriela asked again. "Don't ask me, ask the... director, I don't know. " João replied.
But you're the president, responsible for the maintenance and management of our dormitory. I said. Okay , okay . He said it in a way that put this problem aside.
The next morning, I could see that João hadn't slept well. " How was your night?" I asked. "Horrible, that cat you summoned kept scratching at my door. And you were the one who let her keep the cat." He put his hand to his head and sighed.
Walking into the living room, I noticed something. Maria, are you still there? You didn't say anything. Did I do something wrong? No, definitely not. I realized I need to let you learn some things for yourself. I didn't say anything, not because I was angry, but because it's the truth.
After my class, I saw Enzo standing in the hallway talking to Gabi. I braced myself and started running toward him. Just before I reached him, I said, " Enzo, do you know the name of my hometown?" Hm? He looked in my direction as I slid and kicked his feet, making him fall. "Moscow." Gabi started laughing, and she laughed even harder when his fox, the size of a small cat, bit my nose.
I got up and helped him up. " You can wait, one day you'll see." He said. "I'll be waiting."
As I sat in class reviewing my notes, the teacher called everyone to order . "Alright class, since we're ahead of schedule, I want to do a different lesson today." He took the chalk and wrote on the board, " How to know which wizard is stronger?"
A student raised his hand and asked, " What kind of wizard is stronger, professor? Between two wizards, how can we know which is stronger?" From the back of the room, a student shouted . " Just do it. They fought." On what terrain? A grassy plain where castres are unprotected against dragon attacks , or in a forest where doctors with plant magic have an advantage?
And what about experience, professor? Practical or theoretical experience? The class chatted among themselves throughout the lesson, and occasionally someone would share a hypothesis with the professor, and he would quickly expand on the question or respond in a way that would stop the question.
As the bell rang, and as the students put away their materials, the teacher said, " This question is very difficult. Many wizards try to find an answer every year. Next class will be preparation for the mid-year exam."
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Test, test, test, for a week that's all that was said, it was a blessing when the day of the test passed, however, nevertheless, nevertheless, when the result of who would have vacation and who would stay in the "recovery" school was announced the director called everyone to the auditorium.
It's with great pleasure that I announce a free-for-all battle, and best of all, with prizes. A curtain descended behind the director. 10th-5th place will win a magic bag. Depending on the quality, the inside of the bag can be five times larger and weigh half the items inside.
4th place: a staff with the student's preferred element. 3rd place: a magic bag, staff, and a trophy. 2nd place: an extra point in all subjects and a trophy. First place: an all-expenses-paid beach vacation with five guests and a trophy.
When everyone read out their rewards, the auditorium fell silent out of pure respect for the principal. The tournament will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. and will end when all but one student has given up or is unable to compete. You may go now.
I didn't go straight to the dorm because I had to talk to Ana, but when I got to the dorm, everyone was standing quietly in the living room. " We were waiting for you ," Enzo said, looking at the floor. " She didn't say anything about teams. " Nico added, "No." I replied and went to my bed.
I was back in the same place where Maria explained the history of the world to me. Arthur, I came up with a plan. "You want to go to the beach too, don't you?" She looked away. " I'm all ears." At first, you activate the conjunction stage and defeat as many weak people as possible, and then at the end, activate the realhert to take care of the stronger ones.
In the morning I was woken up by the sounds of people training, from my window I saw that right behind the dormitory everyone was training, even the cat that Gabi named Nigel was helping.
I looked at the clock on the wall and yelled. " It's just 7 o'clock, go to sleep!" Enzo yelled. " Go fuck yourself !" I said before slamming the glass on my window. "I can't blame them, they're all like this, I noticed after taking a walk, and during lunch, everyone was focused on themselves."
At 1 p.m., the principal called everyone to the central courtyard and said something that broke the trust of many. I was told you wanted to form teams, but I won't let you. Anyone caught forming teams will be eliminated . I saw about 10 students leave the hall and go to the audience.
Everyone ready? 1,2,3, GO!
I activated my conjunction stage and pulled out my sword, running forward and defeating several students at the same time, a large explosion in the distance appeared and eliminated multiple students.
I could see Nico juggling some explosive balls when João, Enzo, and another 5th grader surrounded me. " It's nothing personal, Arthur ," João said. " You're too strong to stay here."
Fire appeared in the 5th grader's hands, and Enzo's fox grew taller than himself. Maria. She came out of my sleeve and began to grow to about 5 meters long and 20 cm in radius.
The student started attacking me while João prepared a fire spell. Defying a hundred fireballs and the student's punches, I was running out of options; I was being overwhelmed. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Maria beating up Enzo and Hades. And that Ana's Liz was also protecting her. Arthur, you have 30 seconds left on the stage. I released an aura of magic that made everyone back away. 15 seconds. I ran my hand over my sword, imbuing it with more magic than before, and took a burst step forward, attacking João. Before attacking João, something held my foot and my sword passed a palm's length away from his face. I looked at my foot and there was a tree branch when I felt a pain in my other leg, a bite from Hades that was now the size of a pincher. 5 seconds. Maria, I have no choice. I said before activating Realhert. My consciousness would not last long, using burst step I defeated everyone in front of me cutting them one by one each step weaker I took the last one falling face down on the ground, cold without consciousness. The pain of a shock passed through my body, I opened my eyes, the medicine professor was scraping his hands together, charging an electrical magic. I'M ALIVE, calm down . I said before he shocked me again, I looked to the side, the students were either defeated, being helped by the medical team, or sitting, resting.I looked at the teacher. "Did I win? 14th ," he replied. " Seriously, all this for nothing!" He walked off to another student nearby. I got up and went to João, who was sitting in the stands waiting for the award. When he saw me, he stood up.What the hell was that !? An imperfect technique. I replied. Imperfect?! Yeah, right, idiot. I lose consciousness after using it; it's useless for actual combat. But even so, you took down about 20-30 people. Okay , okay , who won? We both sat down, and he calmed down. Gabriela, she was the strongest of the rest. Didn't you do that on purpose? No, I just defeated whoever appeared in front of me.I stood up. "Aren't you staying for the awards ceremony?" I yawned. " No, I already know who won, and my place is going to sleep ." As I walked to the dorm, "Arthur, we have to talk about taking things seriously." "If you had fought them seriously, you wouldn't have needed to use a failed experimental technique."Maria, if I were in a war I understand, but I'm in a school, a learning institution, I have to try new spells and also you wanted me to slit the students' throats, in the end it's not a life or death situation.Arthur, you made us miss our beach vacation. No, no. No , we only lost the beach, not the vacation. She sighed deeply. Opening the door, I placed my sword next to the table and threw myself on the bed. Exhaustion got the best of me, and in a second I was asleep.Hey . You're amazing. Thank you so much, Gabi. I knew my sister was going to do this. The commotion woke me up. I got out of bed and went down to the living room to find everyone celebrating. In a sleepy voice, I asked, " What did I miss?" Oh, the missing man appeared. I was sleeping.Arthur, the thing is, my generous sister used the beach trip with us. Enzo said, "So we're all going to the beach together," Nico added. " I'm going to start packing my things now ," João said. " That's great. I'm going too."I went back to my room and grabbed a magic bag. What do I need to bring? Maria slipped out of my sleeve and made herself comfortable on the bed. "First things first," she said. "My school uniform, a beach outfit, and comfortable clothes."Hygiene supplies. I nodded and put them in my bag. Shall we take a hat? Naaan . I grabbed a pair of sandals from the closet. Better to take a sword. To the beach? Better than needing it and not having it.