"WE ARE JUST DIFFERENT DUDE" Marcus screams at Götz

"Yeah yeah, I know it's cool, but you're coming off as conceited. Remember, remember, we hate everyone else for that. " Götz says.

"Fine…" Marcus pouts

"Anyway, how do you think magic class is going to go"? Götz questions

"Awful, dude these people have been taught magic since they were young and now we have to catch up to all of that and surpass it in a month" Marcus says

"Keep forgetting that our lives are on the line for this lmao" Götz says

"Now who's the weirdo who says Lmao audibly?" Marucs mocks

The next classroom was very different from the other. While the other class seemed to just be a lecture hall, this one was more akin to a training ground with dummy targets with billboards above them. A large stadium was in the center of all of it, somewhat like a practice dome. There is a small door with darkened glass on the other side that the other teens are flooding into, so Marcus and Götz follow them. The seats in the class are full, so they end up having to take separate seats from each other. Götz sits in between a teen with glasses and the blond girl from before, while Marcus sits beside Theodora and a boy with his head down.

"Alright class, welcome to the first day of magic 101. The syllabus is on your desk and we will not be going over any homework on it, so be prepared." The professor says

"Sounds about right," Marcus mutters to himself.

"Let's go over the basics. How does somebody increase their magical abilities?" The professor asks the class.

"Cultivation of mana in the air" Theodora says

"Wrong genre," the professor says.

"My bad, absorption of mana through the air," Theodra corrects.

"Thank you," the professor says. When absorbing mana, there are many ways to do it. One is via breathing, which is the most advanced and most efficient. While much simpler methods such as consuming elixirs or potions exist, the ingredients to get them are rare and the payoff is not anywhere near the level of true breathing." The professor continues. "The method itself was discovered by monks who would imagine an inner fire to boost their own well-being in life. Eventually, people began to visualize the fire so strong that they burned their insides, and eventually we put the pieces together and formed what we now know as mana." "Any questions?"

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"So are we going to be taught how to absorb mana through breathing?" Götz asks

The class snickers at Götz’s statement.

"Good one, you're funny," says the blonde girl twirling her hair.

"Very funny mister, no we will not be teaching something so basic but it can be researched in the library if you ever need a refresher" the professor says.

"Thanks for that one, Götz," Marcus thinks.

The teacher then begins to write down complex formulas and different ways of imagining mana, different forms of spells, and the required activation of all of them. After 2 hours of non stop lecture the entire class looks brain dead. Everyone walks out with a confused and exhausted look on their faces. Götz and Marcus spot each other above the crowd and meet.

"Looks like we really are starting from the bottom, huh," Götz says, looking at the ground

"Yeah, we really are," Marcus says, looking at the ceiling. "No sense in complaining about it, let’s get to work," Marcus says, looking back at Götz

"Guess so, where is the library exactly?" Götz says

"I forgot, I have been here for longer than you. My bad. Here, let me give you my ethereal knowledge of everything." Marcus says

"Geez dude, calm down." Götz replies

"My bad bro, just thinking about the progress we gotta make in a month." Marcus says

"I get it, it is rather stressful." Götz replies

The boys walk to the library, both of them still in a daze from the previous class. While they are walking, they notice that people don't seem to give way to each other when walking. They oblige to this principle and start hit sticking everyone in their paths until people start to move for them. The boys find the building that the library is located in and enter. It is a huge library, with books on the top shelf being almost impossible to reach. The two boys approach the librarian, who looks bored with their life until they see two people approaching them.

"Hello you two, what can I get you today?" the librarian says in a frail voice

"Hi, do you have any books on mana absorption breathing?" Götz asks

"Sure right this way," the librarian replies. The two boys begin to walk with the librarian but notice a sudden change in scenery from a large, elegant library to a kids' section with cartoon drawings of birds and lions.

"Wait, I thought we were going to get absorption books." Marcus says

"We are. Aren’t you getting it for a younger sibling?" The librarian responds. Both of them look at each other, embarrassed, but eventually Marcus speaks up.

"Nah, it's for us, late start in life, you feel," Marcus says.

"Oh, well, we do have one book for more mature people, but you are going to have to get the ladder." the librarian says with a frown on their face. They begin to walk back towards the library shelves. When they get there, the librarian gets out a 50 foot ladder. "Here you boys go, it is the green one" they say as they go back to their desk.

"Fucking hell," Marcus says. Marcus climbs up the ladder and barely reaches the book on the top shelf, then slowly descends until about 2/3rds of the way down, he slips off. Götz does a diving catch and picks up Marcus like a princess. "I would have rather died, you fucker," Marucs says.

"Yeah, I know, that's why I did it." Götz mocks The boys go over to the librarian and check out the book. After that fiasco, it is almost night time, and the sunset can be seen barley through the cracks of the dome.

"I'm hungry as fuck. How do we eat around here?" Marcus says,

"Uhhhhh, i don't know, I think I saw a dining hall on the map for the school." Götz replies. Both of them walk towards the dining hall, and once they get there, it is huge. The silverware was made of gold, and the food was plentiful. Both of the boys didn’t speak a word and immediately began putting everything they could on their plates. While stuffing their faces, they have a semblance of what could technically be considered a discussion.

"Hey, dez foks, are hefy for gold. Marcus says

"I gnow wite" Götz says, "

After stuffing their faces, they leave with the plates on a dirty dishes pile.The rest of the dining hall stares at them as they have just demolished three entire chickens and eight cups of rice, along with two quarts of ice cream a piece. People begin to put down their forks in disgust.

"We should probably get to our dorm then," Maruc says.

"Yeah, we should," Götz replies.

The boys find their floor and their dorm. Without saying a word, the two of them flop onto their beds and go to sleep. They wake up every hour or so to some nonsense going on in the halls, but then just go back to sleep.