Mystical Magic Academy: The Young Wizard

Chapter 2

Lucas sat down on his bed made of hay, thinking about everything Aurelia had just told him. In more ways than one, he was happy he wasn't in his own world anymore, and he didn't have a burning desire to get back there.

"I don't have to worry about the hunters anymore, that's for sure," he said to himself. He looked up at the blue haired girl who was his master, Aurelia- he couldn't be bothered to remember her surname; he had a few more questions for her.

"So summoning a human as a companion is very rare?" I asked.

Aurelia nodded. "Rare, and looked down upon."

"Well I guess that means summoning something like me is probably never even heard of." Lucas said to himself. "And all the mages in this academy are nobles?" He asked.

Aurelia nodded "Yes, only mages who are from a noble family may attend the academy.

"Great so I'm surrounded by nobles." he let out a sigh.

Lucas found his situation very ironic, he had never liked nobles, in fact he thought he hated them, after all, they were the ones who had been trying to kill him for nearly his whole life of almost 18 years. Yet now he was a servant to a Noble, the class of people who, back in his world, were responsible for his parent's deaths. As much as he disliked the situation, he figured it was better than trying to survive in this world on his own.

As he stood up, he suddenly got an idea for how to make the best of the situation, and probably drive Aurelia mad. As he got on his feet, he mockingly bowed to Aurelia. "What does my master request of me?" he said in a tone to match his bow.

Aurelia stood up straight, she didn't catch his tone. "Good to see my companion knows its place." She said with an air of superiority.

"You will take my laundry and go wash it, then afterwards dry it and bring it back here." Lucas bit his tongue and looked up, and saw a pile of clothes on the table. "Of course master it would be an honour to perform this task for you." Lucas said, in a voice dripping with sarcasm. As he gathered the clothes and walked to the door, Aurelia realised the tone he was using, and she got furious.

"I will not allow a familiar to take such a disrespectful tone with me!" she yelled at him.

Lucas turned to face her and gave another bow. "My most sincere and humble apologies master, I had no intention of being disrespectful to you, now if you will excuse me, I must complete this most vital task you have given me." Lucas got through the door and shut it before she could say anything else; he bit his tongue even harder and made his way down the stairs. He wasn't doing this just because he was Aurelia's familiar, he wanted some fresh air and this was a perfect excuse to get some.

On his way down Lucas walked past a boy and a girl, but barely took notice, all he noticed was the girl had brown hair, and the boy had blond hair. He continued downwards until he got outside. As he reached the bottom of the stairs he collapsed and started laughing for the first time in what felt like his whole life. If I'm stuck as a noble's servant, I might as well try to enjoy myself he thought to himself, and kept laughing. I can't believe she thought I was actually going to act all servant like.

He stopped laughing and looked around; he saw a fountain that had a bucket next to it. He walked over to it and then he remembered something I have no idea how to wash clothes he said. He suddenly became very self-conscious; he couldn't remember the last time his clothes had been washed, he laughed again no wonder they could find me so easily, I probably can be smelt from a mile away he laughed again then sat down next to the fountain.

After a while he stopped and looked around, he noticed a girl who seemed to be wearing a maids outfit, and he got up and ran over to her. "Hello." He said, smiling at her. The girl was surprised by the sudden introduction. "H-hello." She said

"Oh sorry, didn't mean to surprise you like that." Lucas said.

"N-no its okay." The girl said smiling. Suddenly recognition dawned on her face. "Wait, are you the commoner that was summoned to be Aurelia raven?"

"Yeah, that's me alright." He said word about me sure got around fast he thought to himself.

"My name is Celine, and I have the honour of serving the nobles that live here." She smiled at him.

"An honour, that's an interesting way to look at it." Lucas thought to himself.

"My name is Lucas Walker, it's a pleasure to meet you." Lucas smiled back.

"Hey could you help me with something?" Lucas asked. "Sure." Celine answered.

Lucas led her to where he had been washing Aurelia's laundry. "Mind lending me a hand? I kind of don't know how to do this properly..." He let out a nervous laugh, Celine just giggled at him.

Their conversation continued, it was mostly just Lucas asking Celine about the academy, and him watching her do the laundry. When she was done he gathered it up, waved goodbye to Celine and climbed the tower. When he got to Aurelia's room, he was tempted to shout through the door and ask for permission to enter, but decided against it.

He entered the room and was surprised to find Aurelia asleep. He put her clothes on the table and walked over to her. "She actually looks cute when she's not yelling her head off, or acting like a spoiled brat." Lucas thought to himself. He lied down on his hay bed. Compared to what he'd been forced to use as a bed before, this was a massive improvement. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

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The next morning Lucas went to breakfast with Aurelia, and wasn't at all surprised at how he got such a small amount of food. He was basically a servant, so expecting to be given large amounts of food was unrealistic. He took it and left the hall, going on a walk to explore the school. After a while he took a nap until the end of breakfast, he met up with Louise as she left the hall.

"So master, must I accompany you to class?" he asked, in the mocking tone he knew Aurelia hated. She gritted her teeth and replied, "No, today there are no classes for the second years, instead we are supposed to spend the whole day communicating with our newly summoned companion." Lucas suddenly got a sinking feeling in his stomach, and dread creped over him. A whole day just talking to her? He closed his eyes and made a silent prayer to whatever gods that existed that she would not spend the whole day talking to him.

"But I've decided that instead of communicating with you, you can help serve tea and snacks. I'm going to take the day to relax."

"Oh thank God!" he thought to himself. He then thought about it and realised what he would be doing. Serving tea, to nobles. He thought maybe spending a whole day communicating with her isn't such a bad idea after all, it's better than running around serving a bunch of nobles.

"Hello, Aurelia." A voice said.

Aurelia and Lucas turned around to see a girl with red hair who had a large red skinned beast next to her. Aurelia frowned. "Hello, Annie." She said in a spiteful tone. "What do you want?"

"Oh nothing, just to congratulate you again on summoning a commoner as a companion." She chuckled. Lucas wasn't really paying attention and was focused on the strange animal next to her, Annie noticed Lucas looking at her familiar. "Have you never seen a salamander before? They are quiet rare and powerful familiars to summon." She said proudly, "But not nearly as rare as human companion." she added, looking straight at Aurelia, who was starting to get annoyed.

"A salamander, looks different from the ones in my world." Lucas thought to himself. The salamander looked up at Lucas and turned its head, it almost seemed to have a curious look on its face. I wonder if it can tell what I am he thought to himself. "I have seen a salamander before, quite a few actually." He looked at Annie, "I don't think any were bigger than yours though." He said. Well not the normal ones anyway he thought.

Suddenly he was being dragged away from Annie and her familiar, which still seemed to be looking at him. Aurelia dragged him around a corner then turned to face him, she was angry. "You may not talk to her again! And you may also not compliment her either!" Lucas took a step back. "I was just saying the truth; I wasn't meaning to compliment her." He said, he decided he would drop his act for now; it would be a waste of time.

She narrowed her eyes at him. "Bring me some tea." She ordered, before storming off. Lucas sighed and walked after her.

While he was talking around the tables he bumped into Celine again, she had a tray with tea cups on it. "Hello Lucas." She said smiling at him. "Hey Celine." Lucas said, smiling back at her. "Why are you serving tea?" she asked. "Aren't the second years supposed to spend today communicating with their familiars?"

"Yeah they are, but my master decided she'd rather take the day to relax." Lucas answered.

"Oh okay then, well I'll see you later, I've got to get back to work." Celine said and walked towards a table where students were waving her over.

"Same, see you later." Lucas smiled and was about to keep wandering around when he heard a voice. "Hey you, fetch us some tea." Lucas turned to see where the source of the voice. When he saw who it was he recognized him, he was the boy he had walked past last night and across the table from him was a blond haired girl. Lucas could tell immediately he wouldn't like this boy. He gave off an air of arrogance, his outfit was flamboyant, and Lucas guessed his personality was the same, he then noticed the rose he was holding wonder who that's for he thought.

He went to fetch the tea, and as he put it on the table the boy said. "Ah, you must be the commoner Aurelia summoned, I'm not surprised she has you acting like a servant." He waved his hand as if to shoo Lucas off, and Lucas found it extremely tempting to punch him right in his smug little face. Lucas decided against picking a fight and walked away, as he was thinking what to do next he bumped into a brown haired girl.

"Um, excuse me I'm looking for someone his name is Gyle, do you perhaps know where he is?" she asked him.

Lucas looked at her, she seemed familiar. "Well what does he look like?" He asked her.

"Blond hair, carry's a rose around with him..."

Total snob? He felt like asking but didn't "He's over there." He said, turning and pointing to where the boy was sitting. "Thank you." The girl said, and hurried off. Lucas wandered around then suddenly heard shouting. He saw Gyle being shouted at by 2 girls; suddenly they stormed off in tears.

Gyle looked around, trying to find a way to hide the embarrassment, and then he saw the companion who had brought him tea earlier laughing. "You!" he said, pointing his wand at him. "You have cause 2 lovely ladies great pain today, and I will not stand for it." Lucas stopped laughing and looked at him. "Me? I just told her where to find you, it's your fault they are crying." He took a few steps forward. "So what do you intend to do?" Lucas asked, curious.

"I intend to duel you." Gyle said, boasting an arrogant smile. "Aren't duels banned?" someone asked. "Yes, but not if it's between a noble and a commoner." Lucas chuckled.

"I thought that a noble as snobbish as you would never dirty his hands in a duel." Lucas said.

Suddenly Aurelia charged out the crowd that had gathered. "Companion! Apologize at once!" She shouted at Lucas and turned to face Gyle.

"I apologize, my companion can be very disrespectful sometimes, please do not take offense." She then glared at Lucas.

"You will not accept this duel do you hear me?" Lucas opened his mouth to speak but Gyle cut him off. "No offense was taken, and do not worry. The duel will be a quick one and I will not kill your companion. I am of a family with a military history, whereas your familiar's parents were most likely a tavern wench and a drunken bri-"

"DO NOT SPEAK ABOUT MY PARENTS LIKE THAT!" Lucas roared at Gyle. Everyone took a step back from Lucas, and Gyle seemed to have lost some of his confidence. "Companion, you do not shout at a noble!" Aurelia said, grabbing Lucas's arm. He turned to face her and she suddenly got a cold feeling down her spine.

Lucas's eyes were filled with anger, and his green irises seemed to have gained a faint glow. His face was one of anger and pain, Aurelia barely recognized him. "No, I will never apologize to someone who insults my parents. Never." He said in a voice full of anger. He turned to face Gyle, who almost seemed to shaking a little bit.

"You want to have a duel? Very well then, let's have a duel." Lucas said, with an evil smile.