"That's correct Adrian" said the professor his eyebrow slightly raised "it's nice to see you're finally sharing in the class, in that case you wouldn't mind if i asked you a couple more questions would you?"
Adrian replied uncaringly "go ahead"
as the professor went on asking a multitude of questions ranging from the most basics of the basic about magic to the most advanced theories senior students still suffer to understand Adrian replied to each question with horrifying accuracy
"This can't be..?" one of the students looking at the situation gasped "how does Adrian know all of this?" another student interjected "this is crazy, could it be that he was working the entirety of summer break? and on such advanced theories?" "but how could that be" a third student questioned
"this is Adrian we're talking about, the magicless talentless prince, how could he be so adept in theory when he hasn't even tried out the real thing?"
this was true, as anyone can become a magician it became the norm to learn the basics of the theory then apply it
in this sea of confusion only one held an intrigued face, Aria
"What game are you playing at 'pitiful prince.'" Aria muttered while staring at Adrian
Adrian turned his head and his and aria's eyes met, adrian gestured her a wave then went back to answering the professors questions
"you truly are adept in this topic" the professor called Adrian onto the podium
"i would enjoy if we could continue talking about this some other time, for now you're free to go"
Adrian replied with a kind tone " you give me too much credit, but thank you"
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while Adrian was heading towards his dorm room he thought to himself 'that should have been the last push needed for aria to seek me out, now its just a waiting game..'
Adrian reached his Dorm room and closed the door behind him "status window, synchronization panel" he muttered
User: The Fool
Age: 18
Title: one who is loved by the world
Magic power: 40 (max 100)
Will power: 30 (max 100)
Strength: 10 (max 100)
agility: 14 (max 100)
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Passive Skills: System's grace, Mana sense, Magic compression
Active Skills: Spell deconstruction, Element Conversion
"haha.." Adrian couldn't do anything other than laugh "This is absurd.. what 18 year old has these stats?" His eyes concentrated on the skills portion of her status "and what are these skills, as if two skills dedicated to perceiving the flow of mana and lowering the mana cost wasn't enough she also has active skills??"
Adrian massaged his temple from how crazy this sounds
"and what's up with this skill?" Adrian pressed on the translucent screen leading to a new window opening up
System's grace:
may ???"s blessings guide you oh dear fool-
as Adrian finished reading he felt an intense zap hit his entire body starting from his fingers "AGHH" after Adrian regained his composure he noticed the description window disappeared "so i cant look into that skill for too long is that right.."
he laid down on his bed "..." "well i can't be left in the dust can i?"
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"Brother!!!" kaya waved at her brother who she hasn't seen in 3 weeks time!
her brother who just finished his workout waved to her back "Kaya, have you been well?
Adrian in just three week's time has gotten significantly fitter, this pleased kaya as she was worried for her brothers health
"Sorry i haven't been able to come to you in a while, the academy's curriculum is unforgiving
Adrian brushed away her concerns with a wave of his hand "don't worry about it, i have been pretty busy as well, you're doing well in your classes right?"
kaya puffed her chest out and replied proudly "First in all of my classes people call me prodigy girl you know?"
Adrian let out a small laugh
kaya mad by this says " Hey! whats that laugh supposed to mean"
Adrian still trying to hold a chuckle back replies "i mean you? did you forget the amount of times you used to trip when we were younger"
Kaya flushed by this embarrassing past hits Adrian in the leg " that was when we were younger!"
Adrian laughs even harder "yeah yeah im so sorry miss prodigy"
kaya somewhat content with that reply said "just get ready for the therapy session"
Adrian looked solemnly at kaya "I Don't think that will help anymore"
kaya having understood what he meant replied " What do you plan to do in that case?"
"i have an idea on what to do, don't worry about it" kaya saw Adrians eye's, eye's that showed he was in deep thought and understood that her old pitiful brother was no more
"Fine, ill trust you." kaya's voice returned to being playful "in that case, do you want to go grab ice cream together? i heard a new place opened up by the academy"
Adrian looked behind him for a second before replying "of course you go on ahead and ill be right behind you okay? i forgot something in the locker room
kaya looked brightly at Adrian and enthusiastically replied "okay!! ill be waiting infront of the academy!" she started running and waved behind her "you better not take too long!!"
Adrian waved back with a calm composed smile, that changed into a cold calculating one as he spoke "you can come out now."
"aha? it seems our magicless snob knew we were here" out of the darkness three people showed up to surround Adrian
'seniors' Adrian noted in his head
"what do you want" Adrian asked coldly
"nothing in particular we just wanted to see how our good buddy was doing!"
one of them a particularly big guy with a buzz cut, he wrapped his biceps around Adrian's neck and started ruffling his hair
Adrian ignored their antics "do you know what it means to attack a member of the royal family?"
the one whose been speaking until now, who can best be described as a wolf from his actions all the way to his silver hair replied "oh we know."
Adrian having understood what was going on chuckled "and here i thought my brother wouldn't dare to pull a stunt such as this one in the academy of all places"
"has this guy gone crazy?" the third skinny person in the group asked in response to Adrian's chuckle
"it doesn't matter just break his legs so he knows his place and let's leave"
Adrian took a deep breath regulated his breath
'don't think Adrian, just normalize this as your normal breathing' Adrian chanted this to himself over and over again over the span of a few seconds
Then his entire body radiated a golden glow as a message appeared
[The System has Noticed the activation of a martial skill!]
[Activating Skill: Body Enhancement!]
[Current Body anatomy isn't compatible with both mana and ki! skill will be half as powerful]
[current strength 30]
[Warning! stamina is largely inequal with current strength! skill time has been reduced 30 seconds until skill cancels!]
Adrian quickly punched the big guy with his elbow leading him to retch from the pain
"huh? is that ki?" before the wolf can fully comprehend what's happening Adrian quickly took out the big guy with a swift knee hit to his head
"ahh crap!" said the skinny person right next to the wolf as he prepared an ice shard spell
"take this!" a blue blur flashed by leaving behind snowflakes falling down
Adrian unable to dodge in time due to his low stamina got hit with a direct hit to his shoulder- the freezing spreading to a large area on his shoulder
the wolf prepares a spell himself "Quick! buy me some time as i prepare this spell!" electricity can be soon overflowing from the wolf "lets show this fool his place"
Adrian wasting no time at all dashed in to deliver a swift hit on the wolf "as if id let you" as the hit connected Adrian felt something was off
"a barrier?" his eyes widened in surprise as he turned his head to face the skinny person who had cast a barrier spell
"tsk" he ran towards the skinny person and as he was about to drop a swift attack to his head he stops at the last second and jumps
"Quick!! dodge!" the wolf yelled out to the skinny guy but it was far too late
"AGHhh!" his entire body was flooded by electricity leaving him passed out on the floor
right as Adrian was about to pounce on his last enemy, the wolf smiled "you idiot, i prepared two shots for this spell"
before adrian could comprehend what was said a zap of electricity headed his way, electricity strong enough to mess with the lights of the area was heading to end this fight in one decisive hit
Adrian got ready to block what he could of the spell but what flooded his eyesight was a barrier of pure blue which blocked the spell entirely
right after in amazing casting speed a sleep spell got put on the wolf
"Adrian." Aria said looking coldly at Adrian
"Aria" Adrian said, chuckling