In Class 3, everyone become silent and looked at the beautiful pink eyed, dark glossy black haired professor on the lecture platform.
Teacher Elara "Welcome everyone to the Core Mage Academy. I am your Homeroom Teacher Elara. I am an Advance Yarn Realm Mage. Since it is your first time here we will start with introduction. Now one by one please tell you name and one thing you like. Let's start from the front bench."
Everyone looked at the left first brench where a spike haired boy stood up and said "Leo Drakmor! I like high-speed Mecha!".
Teacher Elara "High speed Mecha's. Nice."
"Sora Ishigami. I... I like studying plants." the girl with glasses whispered.
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"Mina Valerius," Mina said, her voice like a soft bell. "I like to look at stars."
"Kaelen Veyron. I like reading books."
Once the introduction was finished, Professor Elena clapped her hands. "Perfect. Now that the introductions are done, let's see your fiber's but before that follow me to a Mana Chamber".
Teacher Elara "Make a row starting from left student in first bench and follow."
Everyone followed behind Elara and moved toward Mana Chamber.
They entered the specialised training wing while looking at various facilities in the academy.
Mana Chamber was a cylindrical room with a large fan rotating slowly at the top. The walls of the room was made of glass from which person can look outward but no one can look inward.
Mana was coming into the room from the top.
Elara moved to the centre of the room. "Everyone circle up around me and sit down in the same position around me. In Mana Chamber it will be easy for all of you to manifest your fiber because of assistance of mana."
Everyone begin to relax and manifest there fibers.
Leo Drakmor fiber's color was Yellow which look like defensive type.
Sora's fiber was green which lean toward vitality.
Mina's was silver fiber which was very stable and represent her family heritage of precision.
Kaelen fiber color was dark red with thickness more then others.
Everyone looked at each other fiber and begin to compare.
Teacher Elara also note down the characteristic of each colour.
Once everyone had shown their fibers, including other kids like Hana (pale blue), Ren (orange), and Toby (a flickering purple). Teacher Elena clapped again.
"Great job! You all have a wonderful spectrum of colors. Now, follow me to the Main Auditorium. We're going to look at the map of the Milky Way and see where the different neighbouring Galaxies are heading!"
Everyone was surprised by teachers announcement They were moving around non stop today it look like academy want them to become accustomed to the environment while not to waste time by having a class.
As the group started walking, Leo bumped Kaelen's shoulder. "Hey, Kaelen. Why are you so quite?"
Kaelen looked at Leo's yellow fiber around his wrist, which were still leaking mana then said "I just do not like to talk much."
Mina walked up on Kaelen's other side, her silver mana aura fading into a soft glow. "Don't mind Leo. He's just little introvert."
She looked at Kaelen with those wide, red eyes. "I liked your fiber color. It look cool and calm."
"Thanks," Kaelen said, a small smile tugging at his lips. "Your silver fiber are also very beautiful. It's a good color for celebrity."
Mina's eyes lit up. "You think so?"
"I'm sure of it."
Sora also followed three of them and form the group.
Kaelen, Mina, Leo, and Sora walked into the giant auditorium together.
The auditorium was build of specialised fabric of the Master Fabric Realm mage who was specialised in hallucination, after creating the fabric the fabric was feed with specialised materials to completely stabilise it so it does not fade from existence.
The whole experience was wonderful the exhibition was like a dream in which all of them looked at galaxies like they are gods.
After this everyone was allowed to go to there personal rooms assigned by academy for now.
The actual class took place exactly one week after the introductory class, a calculated delay designed to ensure the students had fully transitioned into the Academy's environment.
The air was thick with the ozone scent of high-grade capacitors and the low, rhythmic thrum of the building's atmospheric stabilizers.
Kaelen sat in the third tier, his red fibers vibrating slowly.
Next to him, Mina was busy cleaning her face with wet tissues and combing her hair, trying to shake off a lingering sleepiness.
Kaelen looked at her and said, "I told you to go to bed early last night since we had class today. What were you doing so late at night?"
Mina pouted, her red eyes narrowing slightly as she looked at him. "You do not know! I was giving a video audition for a pop group, but it did not go well. I was nervous so they said I need more practice."
Kaelen looked back at the holographic display and said softly, "Just keep going. You will eventually get the hold of this. Your voice is really good, so do not worry."
Mina sighed, leaning her head on her hand. "I hope so."
Leo, who was sitting directly behind them, leaned forward and whispered, "Mina, I think if not for your voice, they will accept you just for your beauty. You are really too beautiful. If I wasn't your friend, I would be intimidated by you."
Mina's cheeks flushed a soft pink, and she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, looking both flattered and a bit flustered by the blunt compliment.
She turned her gaze back to Kaelen, her curiosity piqued. "Kaelen, why don't you ever become shy or intimidated near me?"
Kaelen went quiet, his gaze fixed on the podium.
In his mind, he thought. I was already older than thirty in my previous life. In this life, although my biology affects my mind and makes me behave like a child, I still have my memories.
As Kaelen was lost in his thoughts, his face took on a distant, almost aloof expression.
To the others, he looked strangely arrogant, like a philosopher contemplating something profound.
Mina, Leo, and Sora all exchanged glances, looking at the aloof five-year-old beside them, and they started laughing softly at his serious demeanour.
Just as they were about to continue there chat.
A new teacher walked into the class.
Teacher : "Hello everyone my name is Vane, Master Yarn Realm Mage and I will teach you History of Magic."
The holographic emitters hummed, casting a sharp light above the students.
"To understand our world," Vane began, his voice amplified by mana of master yarn realm mage.
"You must understand the fiber. And to understand the fiber, you must understand the Veyron Lineage."
A holographic bust of a man appeared, sharp features and deep black eyes with abyss like depth exactly like Kaelen's.
"Alaric Veyron" Vane said respectfully. "He was the first who proposed how to use magic fiber's."
"He was the first one to realise how similar magic fiber's were to simple fiber found in nature and therefore called them magic fibers. He used fiber's in the best way known till now and almost optimised his DNA to work well with magic fibers. This is the reason that the veyron family understood magic fiber so well. They have powers to stabilise the weak zones in our galaxy to protect it from other galaxies and even universes. This ability to stabilise the environment has come down to them throw the modified DNA of there ancestor."
"Veyron family together with the other Ancient Mage families are responsible for safe guarding our galaxy."
Kaelen leaned forward, mesmerized by the black eyes of his ancestor.
"The blood of Veyron is the most vital factor in our Universe now." Vane continued.
"Veyron family member currently sit at various weak nodes of our galaxy, using their Magic fibers which has there ancestors DNA and defence fortresses wrapped in defensive garments to keep our galaxy safe."
"They hide our existence from higher level beings who view smaller galaxies and universes as mere resources. Other families provide the support, but Veyron provides the main stability to the nodes and are called the anchors of our galaxy."
The projection shifted, showing twelve distinct ancient mage family crests orbiting the Veyron family crest in the center.
"While the Veyron DNA provides the stability to the nodes, the other Ancient Mage Families provide specialized support," Vane explained:
Veyron: Anchors of the weak nodes in our milky way galaxy.
Valerius (Mina's House): Mage engineers who create the massive Node guarding defense fortresses for the Veyrons to reside in.
Drakmor: The enforcers who keep breaches at various points in the galaxy in check through there specialised battleships and there defensive yellow magic fiber's support.
Aetherion (Lyra's Lineage): Diviners who create the most advanced AIs. They are literal calculating machines in human form they can predict a near future based on available facts.
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"They are all powerful mage families who can get there resources themselves not like us who require to get them from others. But as we know from history. Power require management" Vane continued. "So, Unified Council of the Cosmos (UCC) was formed which make rules for all the human society as a whole and also provide materials to common public gathered by UCC fleets or ancient mage families."
"There main way of operating is through the Genetic Contract System. They distribute materials based on merit or contract to common people to work for them. So that these normal mages can create there machines like magic armour, mecha, mover and mother ships and also provide enough fighting power to UCC to keep everyone in check."
Then hologram displayed the materials provided by council to the general public to create there machines and advance in rank.
A student from the back row, a commoner named Ren, raised his hand.
"Teacher, why aren't we allowed to use materials directly like the ancient mage families? If everyone had the resources wouldn't the galaxy be safer?"
Vane's looked at the ron and said "Ren, these resources are hard to found plus are in dangerous areas. Secondly free distribution of material can cause rise of peoples who have bad intentions."
"If a group of space pirates or those with ill intent can disguise themselves and take these resources , they could accidentally, or intentionally, cause a war which may result in the fall of Mage securing one of the weak node of our galaxy which may cause the destruction of our galaxy."
"They could cause disruptions at the nodes that keeps us hidden from the higher beings."
Vane walked toward the center of the stage. "However, the Ancient mage family status is not just about materials, it is about the mind."
"If you, or anyone, discovers a truly new technique or way to use magic fibers that adds a new layer of security to our galaxy. You too can be recognized as a Mage Family and get various special privileges."
"But until then, let UCC keep materials in check for you to maintain the peace."
Kaelen looked at his hands. He suddenly realized his peaceful life was a luxury bought by his family members.
In future may be he also will need to do the same.
"They expect us to be the next generation of guards." Mina whispered. "But I just want to sing, Kael."
"Maybe singing can be done while doing what you required as I told you before." Kaelen replied.
"If the galaxy is held together by nodes guard by your family created fortress, then music is way to guard the people hearts and hopes. You can do both. Silver thread for creation of music and fortress what is wrong in that."
Mina looked at him, surprised. "You really do see everything differently, don't you?"