The Sorcerer's Game

15. Divisions

Micheal returned with a tray of food and he smiled on seeing Azriel surrounded by people. It was good to mingle with people and seeing him conversing with the other Tethorians, Micheal sighed in relief. He was worried that the young man would find it difficult to adjust to the place, given how he had been forced into the predicament he was in.

"Azriel, I see that you have met Julian and his gang." Micheal placed the small plate of food on the table. "It's good that you are familiarizing yourself with the people around you." Azriel just stared blankly at him, not knowing how to say that it was not he who had spoken to them first. Julian and his gang had come to him themselves.

"I am sorry, son. I could bring you some chicken rice for that was the only dish that had been prepared. I hope this will keep your stomach full until lunchtime." Micheal apologized, his face losing its brightness for a moment. 

"It's okay, Mr. Glenn. I can manage with chicken rice. Please don't worry. Thank you." Azriel did not feel comfortable seeing the man lose his smile and he assured him with a nod and a smile. 

"Azriel, I have some work. I need to leave now. Julian, will you give a tour of the place after Azriel finishes eating?"

"Sure, Mr. Glenn. We will." Micheal was just about to leave when Julian stopped him. "By the way Mr. Glenn, what is Azriel? Is he a sorcerer of a sword master?"

"He is sword master. He is extremely skilled at fighting and sorcery does not work on him."

"Then, he is one of us. I am a sword master too." Julian smiled widely while Azriel just nodded at him as he chomped on his food. "When will he start his training, Mr. Glenn?"

"He is already skilled. All he needs is to learn advanced learning techniques. Let me get acquainted with the place today. We will start with his training tomorrow."

"Training? What training?" Azriel swallowed the food in his mouth and gave Micheal a confused.

"You need to start your training as quickly as possible. You need to learn the art of advanced fighting. I will send your schedule to you later in the day."

Azriel had no idea what to say and he just nodded at him and continued eating while Micheal excused himself, allowing the young people to mingle among themselves.

"Can you tell me more about, Tethoris? I have no idea what to expect here. Is it just like Hogwarts as they have shown in the movies?" Azriel queried once Micheal was out of their sight.

"Hogwarts? Is that a new spell? Where did you hear it?" One of the men, whose name Azriel had no idea asked him immediately. Even Julian gave him a confused look and Azriel gave him a blank stare.

"Haven't you watched Harry Potter movies?"

"What's that?" Julian asked a question of his own and Azriel realized that the gang had no idea what they were talking about. 

'Were is not from Earth then?' He wondered only to hear Julian speaking after him.

"No, we are not. We have been living in Tethoris since birth." 

"Did I just ask my question loud?" Azriel was embarrassed for voicing his thoughts and was glad that he had spoken anything mean or humiliating. Julian nodded at him assertively. 'That explains it.' Azriel looked around him and continued eating.

"Tethoris is an amazing place." Julian started and Azriel's head snapped to him at once. "Don't give me that look. I am just answering your question. Remember, it was you who asked me about Tethoris."

"Oh," Azriel smiled faintly. Although he had asked the question, he had not expected him to answer him, especially after their long silence a moment ago.

"There are a lot of interesting people and you will find out about them soon. We have trainers who will train is based on what we are." This caught Azriel's attention.

"Trainers?"

"Yes, trainers. For example, in sorcerers, there are masters to teach alchemy to teach people who are interested in medicine. There are masters who will teach us normal magic and only very few masters know dark magic. Sorcerers will learn all of them in-depth while only people who are interested in alchemy can delve in-depth."

"How about sword masters? What all do we learn?" Azriel was down to his last spoon now.

"You will learn all forms of fighting, with and without weapons."

"Speaking of weapons, what all weapons work here?" Azriel asked carefully. But Julian understood what he was asking about.

"I know what you are asking about. Revolvers or guns which you use on Earth do not work here and we don't know why. Only sharp blades, knives and swords can kill a sorcerer or a sword master." Julian revealed and Azriel stood up when he was done eating. 

"Where do I place this plate?" 

"You can place it on the rack over there. The cleaners will take care of them later." Azriel did as he was told and he returned to the gang, who seemed to be excited all of a sudden. They were beaming in joy and Azriel wondered what had happened. Before he could even question them, Julian spoke. 

"Let's go. I will show you this exciting place and be ready to get your mind blown."

Azriel was not sure if there was anything else that could blow his mind away. He had already had his fair share of shock. Yet, he went ahead with the gang to see what lay ahead for him. However, he was wrong for there were still a lot of things he was yet to see and learn. 

Azriel's jaw dropped as soon as the gang entered a room filled with people of his age or even lower. There was an old man in front who was demonstrating a spell. The man was using a book as the object of his experiment. "Ignis," He muttered and at once, the book caught on fire. Not only Azriel, all the other people too were stunned and they gaped at the burning book.

But the professor was not done yet. "Submergo Ignis." He uttered next and the book stopped burning immediately. More than half the book was burnt and Azriel wondered if the man would restore it next. As though reading his mind, the professor did just that. "Restitutio." He chanted the spell and the book returned to its original state at once.