“The dormitories!” Mary says. Dan looked behind the giant iron gates at the 3 buildings each over 5 stories high and over 100 ft wide. In the middle of the building’s was a square courtyard filled with students. It was a beautiful, quaint setting. Mary told Dan to register in the Bloodfire dormitory. This was the dormitory for all those who got accepted through non normal means, such as through the military. Dan proceeded to the red brick building on the left side of the courtyard. He went inside and headed to the office on the left after entering. “Hi I’m new here. I’m Daniel Morningstar, you can call me Dan though”. A pale, wrinkled old man who you would think should be spending the rest of his days at home being taken care of turned around to look at Dan. In a raspy voice he said “ Yes, your room is ready. Don’t worry about my name. People just call me Grim. They call me that cause I look old enough to be the reaper himself haha. Please follow me”. Grim slowly walked out of the office with a small bronze key. They walked to a magic elevator and Grim pressed 7. “So, where are you from young man?”. Dan grew gloomy as he remembered his past. He never liked telling people about his past but he still ended up telling Grim that he grew up in an orphanage in the capital, Azoria City. He told Grim that his parents died when he was young in a skirmish with the Vita Kingdom. He never saw them again. Grim told him he was sorry for his loss. They slowly walked through the corridor covered in red wallpaper and a red carpet. They arrived In front of Room 777. Grim handed him the keys and told him to let him know if he needs anything.
As he walked in he saw 2 young men around his age. One a muscular, blonde man. One that would be a lady killer in a few years. Another was a spectacled, skinny man who had messy brown hair. While the blonde man exuded athleticism and class, the spectacled man exuded intelligence. Dan walked in while observing this room he called home for 4 years in his previous life. And he said hi to 2 of his very few close friends from his past life. The man with blonde hair introduced himself as Romulus Augustus. His family was a military noble family. His grandfather was a powerful rank 7 mage and performed many feats which got him a baron title. Although a baron was the lowest of nobility, it was still a noble family. The spectacled man’s name was Albert Benit. While not a noble per se, he was the first born son of a high level military officer and so got resources almost as good as the first born son of a baron like Romulus. As with 99% of the freshman, they were mortals still. They made small talk and asked why Dan arrived a day late. Dan explained he was only a few day’s journey from the magic tower by magic carriage but the day he was supposed to leave was the death anniversary for his parents so the recruiting officer in charge allowed him to come a day late. But the officer explained that Dan wouldn’t be able to have time to settle in. He would be arriving only 3-4 hours before the ceremony. If something happened and he missed it he would have to wait a year. Luckily he was able to make it with no delay and a few hours to spare. Romulus hearing the sadness in Dan’s voice about his parents seat anniversary brought up the Matriculation Ceremony. “Its in a few hours. It should be an exciting sight. I heard even the Blazing Dragon will be there!”. Albert used his pointer finger to adjust his glasses before saying “ Yes one of the prodigies who graduated a decade ago. He graduated at rank 4 but they say he’s at Rank 6! I heard he’s only a bit under 30. If I can get to rank 5 by then I’ll be happy.” Albert seemed like a serious intellectual. He spoke with a calm, confident voice with little emotion. With a smirk Dan laughed before telling them “Maybe we’ll be able to surpass him soon”. Romulus and Albert broke out laughing and both said “Dream on!”. They quickly formed a bond and before they knew it a couple hours passed.
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They began preparing for the matriculation ceremony. On the way there they saw a large, muscular man with his twin cronies surrounding a girl. “Hey how bout you walk with us to the Ceremony. Afterwards we can all hang out” the muscular man said with an evil smile”. The girl was afraid and tried to escape but she was cornered. Dan stepped out behind hime, swept his feet, made the man fall, and put his foot in his chest. “Not so tough now huh?” “Do you know who I am! I’m Vlad Sarmen. A future count!” Dan said “ Well Vlad I’m Dan. I’ll be going with this girl to the ceremony. Goodbye Mr. Semen was it?” They could see Vlad fuming behind them as they walked away. The girl’s name was Sarah. She didn’t tell us much about her past but Dan knew she was a very important person. The only daughter of a general! There were only 5 generals at a time in the army. Although her father was old and would retire within the next few years he was still very influential and would be even in retirement. To be a general one must be a Rank 9 Mage! Just below the strongest and rarest Supreme Mage Rank. Dan was an exception because of his great skills and potential so he was able to become General at Rank 8. Also the many geniuses and talents slaughtered in the front lines of the war made it easier for him to become a General. They all walked together and finally entered the grand hall where the ceremony would take place. They would finally become full students of the academy.