Six Warriors

Academy Presentation - (Jack)

Fenrir returned to his seat with a face that looked tired.

"Hey man, everything ok?" Jack asked, "Did something happen?"

"It was not a big deal." Fenrir replied indifferently.

"Just forget about it, look, we're coming!" Sam pointed to the window and Jack saw them coming to a large castle in the distance with several smaller buildings around it.

"Uhul, that's the famous magic academy!"

Jack exclaimed looking with his face pressed to the window glass in wonder.

"It's not just a magic academy after all." Marcus said, sitting in his chair with his arms crossed.

As the train stopped, Jack knew they had arrived.

"Yooshi! I'm excited, aren't you?"

"Sounds like it's going to be fun or something." Fenrir said without looking directly at him.

As soon as the doors opened, Jack ran outside, Sam followed close behind, and Jack realized he wasn't the only one. Several students left too, chatting animatedly among themselves, and others more shy walking slowly. A great gleaming stone wall surrounded the school. On this wall there were reliefs of drawings of the most varied types.

"Welcome to the biggest and best school and teaching center in all of Khand." A man shouted from atop a plinth, "Welcome to the Academy of Magical Teachings and Other Crafts Professor Myrddin Spellon Drakonischen! Freshmen, come with me!"

The gates opened, and the students were entering, only when most of the students had left did Fenrir appear, he didn't like crowds very much.

"Ok, I found you guys, let's try to keep it together." Said Ethan emerging there, with Miguel, Victoria, Stanis.

"Yoshi! Well then let's go!" Jack yelled.

The moment he entered the school gates was like a movie scene. Upbeat music was played loudly, to make the students more excited about the school, he would look around the corners and see pretty girls, strong guys pestering the weaker ones, some of the strong guys already in their school coats, and some of the pretty girls in something that looked like cheerleaders uniform. Some girls let out hysterical squeals when they saw their best friends, and hugged them. All normal for a first day of school.

“That's it, it's going to be here, at this school, I'm going to be awesome. YOSHI! And then I'm going to find a girl, I'm going to bump into her by accident, and help her pick up the books, and we'll get to know each other and then…well, maybe I'll get my first kiss.” Jack thought.

"I'm going to introduce you, newbies, a little bit of our noble school, how you should behave, things like that. My name is Takehiko Usugi, professor at this institution and responsible for showing some of it to students." Takehiko was a slender man, with small brown hair and a sparse brett beard in the same color. Takehiko stopped in front of a panel that showed a kind of map of the school. "Well here we have a map made with magic, it's interactive and helps newcomers to find themselves in this great academy, go for me, within a week you'll be used to walking around here and this map will seem unnecessary." Takehiko pointed to a certain place on the map, "They don't go to these places named Abandoned Places, seriously, these are buildings that haven't been officially used by the faculty for a long time, so there are dangers there, be warned."

They walked along a paved stone path, which led towards the Main Castle, that is, the rooms and where the main materials for studies were. They came to a small square, which had a fountain, some neatly trimmed trees, an obelisk, and a bronze bust of someone famous.

"This is called Myrddin Square. It's a small leisure area, if you want to chat with friends, play on the playground, breathe a little fresh air, that sort of thing. There, on the other side of the stone lane you can see that there is a statue. It is the statue of our founder, Professor Myrddin Spellon, who founded this school in the year 542 of the Tenth Age, during the reign of King Alvaro Belyst Des Sorlige III. On the other side are also the stables, where we raise our animals, from cows to griffins. A small curiosity of this academy is that the great wizard Professor Myrddin, distributed several spells throughout the building, one of them increases our magical powers. That is, while they are inside the academy's land, their magic powers will have a small increase. Nearby there are also some trees. Now let's continue, let's see the vegetable garden and the orchad, which is not that far away."

They kept walking. They reached the vegetable garden, which had several types of vegetables, in the place there was also an orchard, full of fruits of all kinds.

"It is important to have a certain discipline, attention and care on the part of the students, creating and caring for a type of vegetable, a life, believe me, helps to control magic, so many come to this place or go to the greenhouses and spend a lot of time , believe me, it helps. Now come on, we're near the boys' dorm."

They arrived at the scene. There was a small wall around it, with the sign saying "Men's Dorm". It looked well kept from the outside, a large stone building, painted blue with orange or red tower roofs and with a wooden double door with embossed patterns at the entrance that had a small sign that read “Boys Behave This Year. Sincerely, Management Nucleus”. There were several glass windows dotted around the place, with beige curtains. Then they passed by Glass Lake, which was about 400 meters from the male dormitory, saw the Verdant Woods, Wolven Hills, the sports field, the gym, the sanctuary, the small shop, in the distance they saw the corral again and then they arrived to the female dorm. It was a small white castle, with some turrets painted in a zinzolin color and others in fuchsia, and a large wooden door painted in the same color. In addition, it also had glass windows, but with curtains in pastel colors instead of beige. They continued the tour until they finally reached the main castle. It was a huge castle, with towers that had cone-shaped roofs, and some without roofs, with battlements and things like that instead. It was grey, the natural color of the stones that made it up, with two huge red wooden doors with gilt ornaments. Above it a huge cloth with the symbol of the school, a coat of arms, which had a crown and wings drawn and which moved as if they were beating, with the design of a round wooden shield, pierced from behind by a sword and a staff, below them the year of foundation and above it had written the name of the school in ancient Argian, in addition to its motto, "Sobriety of teaching, adventure of learning". The huge gates opened, followed by “ooooh’s” from the students. Inside, the castle was so beautiful it actually sparkled. The white marble floor was so polished and shiny, Jack could see his reflection, and he was afraid of slipping. In the great hall there was a huge red and gold carpet with the school symbol on it. The same symbol was also present on the walls and columns, through flags and paintings. A large crystal and silver chandelier hung from the ceiling, majestic and beautiful. The ivory staircase had a handrail of carved gold in the shape of lion's heads at the ends. There were several corridors in the place, which led to the students' lockers, the cafeteria, direction, classrooms and countless other things.

"How awesome!" exclaimed Jack, totally impressed.

"I think I'll even enjoy studying here." Sam said smiling.

"It's a lot of pomposity, I don't think it's really helpful for studies." Miguel shrugged, "but I have to admit, the architecture of this place is really enviable."

A woman dressed noble but sober and not flashy appeared coming down the stairs. She was serious looking, wore half-moon glasses, looked between fifty and sixty years old, her hair was combed into a bun and her lips had a slightly dark hue.

"Good morning and welcome, newbies" she greeted, "I'm Coordinator Amelia. The principal unfortunately was unable to attend, so I will be responsible for welcoming you. Professor Takehiko, you are excused from your task."

"Yes ma'am" the man bowed without serious and left.

"Congratulations for all being here at this school" Amelia said "the bests, and only the bests study here. If you're not one of the best, don't worry, you will be. We don't accept lazy people here" Jack gave Fenrir a suggestive look "We don't accept people who don't believe in themselves. We don't like troublemakers, bums, delinquents, all this ragtag is for the scum, that is, for the other schools. Any problem you have, you can tell me or the principal, or to the countless professors and monitors who work at this institution. Be winners, strive for it and you will be well rewarded here! Glory awaits the best!" some students whispered, others clapped. Amelia continued; "That's not to say we demand you to be perfect, we don't want you to be mere tireless constructs, we also have a place for creativity and fun..."

"Whenever they say that, believe me, they take your toll on chores and are no fun at all," Fenrir said with an annoyed look.

"We just want you to work hard, for your own good. You all are no longer children. Be like the great names of our world. Be heroes, and not simply adventurers!" A moment of awkward silence passed before everyone there understood that Amelia wanted to be applauded. After a few warm applause, Amelia cleared her throat and continued talking; "The lockers are linked to each of you by magic, they will be like your inventories at this school, so anything that is in your rooms, or in your luggage, can be accessed through the lockers, with the exception of weapons, which are prohibited, all weapons, magical or not, will be safe in our arsenal. Now, raise your dominant arms!"

Everyone did it, even though they didn't quite understand the purpose of it. Amelia closed her eyes, folded her hands in a circle, and began to whisper charming words. A glow came out of the circle formed by their hands together and then, a kind of magical glow was surging around everyone's wrists. When Jack realized, there was a kind of bracelet made of some transparent material or at least it appeared to be, inside it was what appeared to be liquefied fire and it glowed slightly orange and red. That was different on the wrists of others. Fenrir had a black bracelet with purple streaks like liquefied darkness, and Ethan's was the one that glowed brightest, in white and gold. In the middle of those bracelets, there was a kind of display, something that looked like a clock, but there wasn't any kind of hand or something, actually there was nothing, it just looked like a dark void, but soon it changed and magic runes started to pop up inside that little display.

"Listen carefully now, these devices are the Student Bracelets, every student at this institution must wear one, they will present a summary of each student, you can consult their grades, their classes and the like, they are also able to send short text messages to colleagues who have authorized such a function. The lockers will also be accessed through yours unique bracelets.They work by feeding off a tiny percentage of each one's magic power and emit a slight glow depending on the magical nature of their user. We do not tolerate brawls, confusions or riots, this is an indisputable fact and any and all warnings will appear on the bracelets, which will serve as files for teachers to consult. It turns out that we know about the competitive nature of students at this institution and we realize that rivalry is a good thing for growth, so while we don't allow fights, we do allow fair duels. Therefore, both parties must agree when a duel is to occur, which also includes fights. A formal request must be made and if both accept they must fight in a place that does not compromise the structure of our school, preferably the arenas we have spread across our land. Winning a formal fight awards Duel Points, which brings prestige at this school, counts as academically extra hours and can even be exchanged for some goods or prizes, so, yes, fair fights are tolerated and encouraged in this school. In formal fights, the bracelet will let you know when one of the combatants can no longer fight, so fights that could result in the combatants' death or permanent damage will not be tolerated. Any fight that does not take place under these conditions will be considered an informal fight and the participants will be punished. We have a Student Council and Monitors who are here to carry out order-keeping duties, so you owe them respect. "Anyway, with the introductions and arrival, the initial plan was for classes to officially start tomorrow." The students cheered. "However, I know you are excited to learn it, so I convinced the other employees to vote for classes to start today!" there were mass laments "Why wait? Why waste time? They will receive the materials and schedules today, as well as the uniform and the keys to the rooms. Quick, time is short, learning is long.""