In the capital of the kingdom of Karastea, a leader of one of the noble houses was enchanted by his new red-haired servant, he tried to approach her cordially, but the servant had a fiancé and did not accept his advances, but the noble threatened to kill her fiancé if he did. She did not cooperate, so he sexually violated her. The servant, despite being disgusted by him, was forced to fulfill his increasingly strange and distorted sexual desires. After a year of being forced to fulfill her deep desires, the servant became pregnant. Realizing that this could be a problem for his marriage, the nobleman orders his men to beat the servant and leave her for dead. The servant was left unconscious and extremely injured, they threw her into a fetid and filthy gutter and thought she would die. Luckily, the servant survived long enough to give birth to a baby, a little girl with just a few strands of hair on her head, but it was clear that they would be red like her mother's. As soon as the baby was born, the mother could not resist and soon died, causing the baby to be left in the care of the local church, and there she was given the name Aurora, because of the color of her hair.
5 years later, the girl learned some domestic chores, so she helped clean the church, make meals and helped take care of other orphans. In the winter of that year, the priest who took care of the church died of old age, and another priest was sent to that church. This man was malicious and cruel, and he abused children, both psychologically and physically. Aura was usually the most abused, because she put herself in front so that the man wouldn't abuse the other younger children, which is why she suffered more than any other child there. For another 5 years Aurora suffered various abuses, she was molested and beaten and even so she helped take care of all the children there. When Aurora turned 11, the priest, in an uncontrolled fit of rage, hit a child and killed him, thus making Aurora create an even greater hatred for him. On one of the nights while Aurora was being raped by the priest, she had kept a small dagger under her pillow, and, using the dagger, Aurora cut the priest's neck and left him in agony to die in his bed.
She then runs away from the church and changes her name to Suzannah and goes far from the kingdom of Karastea, arriving in the Empire of Nannu. There she got a job as a lady-in-waiting for a noblewoman who had just ascended and there she remained until she was 17 years old. Suzannah, being a beautiful maiden, was courted by different men, but she was disgusted by men and what they were capable of. to do. When the war that was going on at the time was about to end, the nobleman who was a general of the empire and was at war returned bringing some men who served him; One of these men fell madly in love with Suzannah, and for 3 years he tried day after day to woo and gain Suzannah's trust, until at a time when she was gathering herbs in the forest, she was attacked by a stray wolf, however the man who The woman he was courting saved her before she could get hurt. From that day on, Suzannah allowed the man to approach her; Day after day, Suzannah saw that this man was totally different from the image she had in her head, and she gradually fell in love with the man too. They got together for the first time when Suzannah turned 20 years old and from then on their love only grew.
However, the nobleman tried to do the same thing to Suzannah as her mother suffered before. Fearing that she would be forced to go through what she went through in the church, Suzannah calls her love and the two flee from there to a village further inland. La Suzannah and the Man got married and lived happily for 3 years, at the beginning of the third year Suzannah discovered that she was pregnant with the man and the two were overjoyed with the news. However, one night, while the two were sleeping, men invaded her humble home and tied them both up; They were the men of the nobleman from whose house the two fled, and who had orders to kill them both for treason. The men killed Suzannah's husband first, making her scream in despair to the point of forcing her to go into labor; Seeing that Suzannah had begun to give birth, the men snatched the baby from her and killed him in front of Suzannah. Then they attacked her incessantly and left her to die; However, the years she lived with her husband Suzannah, who was always smart and talented, she read about how to summon beings who could help her.
She then, extremely injured, drags herself to a broken mirror on the floor and uses the shards to cut her own wrists and remembering the words in the black language, long forgotten, he repeats:
"My blood I give to you, oh goddess, so that my life you can change!"
And then, the shape of a female face, however blurred and dark, appeared in the shards of her mirror, and a voice echoed in Suzannah's mind:
"You summoned me?"
Suzannah fainting says:
"I want to give myself to the lady of lust and witchcraft"
Then, a macabre, bloody hand reached out from one of the shards and touched Suzannah's severed wrists. And then the voice echoed once again:
"You are mine, and I am yours. Now you and I are one spirit."
Even at dawn, the men who attacked Suzannah and her husband were leaving with the feeling of duty accomplished. Then in a dense forest, one of the horses suddenly lost its head and collapsed, knocking its rider down; The frightened men got off their horses and grouped together because they didn't know which side the attack was coming from. Before they realize it, one of the men is violently pulled up and after a few seconds, a shattered and dismembered body falls to the ground, causing absolute terror to the men who still remained grouped together. From among the trees, Suzannah appears, with red eyes and her face covered in blood as if she looked like she ate the horse's head and parts of the other man's body. That scene terrified the men who, in an act of desperation, tried to attack Suzannah who, with just brutal force, took out one of the men's eyes and ate him, she jumped and fell, forcing the other man's head against his own spine, crushing his head and the man's column and leaving only one man left, she tells the man to go back to the lord but says:
"Tell your lord that I'm coming to get him!"
On the night of the next day, the nobleman's mansion was full of soldiers guarding the place. At midnight the bells of the Cathedral of the Eternal Fountain rang, and, while the bells rang their 12 beats, the lamps in the nobleman's mansion began to go out, and when they all went out, the nobleman hid with his wife and two children inside. of a guarded room. From inside, the nobleman could only hear the men's screams of agony as they were massacred; until the screams stopped, and a frightening silence took over the place. The door to the room began to open slowly, a woman with red hair that mixed with the blood of the soldiers she killed and a demonic and frightening appearance revealed herself, entering the room, with a frightening voice Suzannah says:
"I will devour your children before your eyes, just as they did mine!"
The desperate nobleman screamed, offering money and all the things he owned, but nothing would take Suzannah's revenge that night. They say that the other day, the Emperor's soldiers only found mutilated and dead corpses throughout the mansion, and, inside that room, the bodies of the nobleman, his wife and two children, torn into pieces as if a wild animal had killed them and devoured some parts; but they all had expressions of extreme terror. From that day on, without hope, Suzannah was only guided by Salacia with whom she made the pact, she studied, learned magic and everything she could learn while the entity extended her life expectancy to the extreme.
The day after the events in Suzannah's refuge, Kal jumps out of bed and puts his hand on her arm and thinks:
"Weird dream."
Later in class, Kal remained strange in relation to what he thought was a dream and Relon, thinking that Kal was weird in class asks:
"Did something happen Kal?"
Kal, immediately composes himself slaps his own face and says:
"I'm okay"
At that moment, an elderly lady with gray tied hair enters the room and asks the students to take their places. She reaches her desk in the center puts her folders and says:
"Good morning students, I am Eleonora Whiteraven and I will be your magic teacher"
Many students already knew the teacher, she was a good-natured and kind-hearted person, she was a teacher at the Imperial Academy for many years and was always the favorite of almost all students who studied there. The students who already knew her were very happy because she had a reputation for being kind and always helping students be good people. A student knowing her reputation of being serene and peaceful, raises one of her hands:
"I haven't even started yet, but it's okay what do you want to ask," said Eleonora looking at the student who raised her hand.
"Why are the rules so strict this year teacher Eleonora?" asks the girl.
"I heard when Mr. Tiberius was the dean, it wasn't so hard," continues the girl.
"The new dean modified the rules, I know it will be difficult and sad for some, but we have to try our best to be one of the 6 who will graduate in the end," Eleonora responds with a calm look.
"What is your name?" Eleonora asks.
"My name is Lua!" responds the girl.
"Don't you have a last name?" Eleonora asks again.
"Sorry teacher, but in my land we don't have last names like you!" responds Lua again.
"Where are you from?" asks the teacher.
"I'm from Elaria teacher!" responds Lua.
"Of course, now I realized that you are an elf, forgive me," apologizes the professor.
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Lua was an elf from the lands of Elaria to the east of the empire, she had fair skin, long black hair and blue eyes. After the dialogue, Eleonora seeing that she lost a lot of time talking resumes her class:
"Students, as I have already said I will be your Magic teacher"
"Magic is one of the 4 great characteristics that living beings possess, however only magic has distinct sub-characteristics"
"Elemental magic is the sub-characteristic that explores elemental magics, and Arcane magic is the sub-characteristic that explores arcane magics"
"All of you took the admission tests for the Academy, and in the test you surely took tests to know your magical capacities and which type of magic you have more affinity with."
"To be here, at least some Elemental or Arcane capacity you have. The Imperial Academy does not accept students with any of the characteristics null or almost null"
"You must continue improving the sub-characteristic that you have more affinity with"
Eleonora claps her hands twice and says:
"Arcane magic of 2nd circle: Minor Illusion"
And suddenly the lights go out and on the ceiling and walls of the room, a sky is formed, with stars and colors. The students were amazed at what they were seeing, that illusion of the sky seemed so real and was within reach of all right there. Kal for his part was extremely impressed and even more motivated, while Relon seemed not to have been moved much by that. Faced with all this Eleonora merely says:
"This is an example of arcane magic"
"Arcane Magic is all magic that has no connection to any element"
"Through arcane magic, we can create many incredible things. Just like this sky illusion"
Clapping her hands twice again all that illusion is undone. And now Eleonora raises just one finger and says:
"Elemental fire magic of 1st circle: Flame"
A small flame appears on Eleonora's finger, who looks at the students and says:
"And this is an example of elemental magic"
"In the world there are 4 elements: Fire, Water, Earth and Air"
"Living beings mostly only born with one element, and you will only be able to use magics from that determined element"
"However, there are people born with more than one element, but it is very rare to see people like this"
"According to studies done by the intelligence center of the Empire, 93% of people are born with just one element"
"5% of people are born with 2 elements, 1.98% of people are born with 3 elements and only 0.02% of people are born with the 4 Elements"
"The vast majority of those with elemental affinity have only 1 element, but this does not mean it is bad"
"The greatest mages in the world have only 1 element. Tiberius our former dean is a mage who has only 1 element and even so, it did not prevent him from becoming the most powerful mage of the entire empire"
"But despite not being able to use more than one element, mages like Tiberius can use arcane magics and some even divine magics beyond the element they possess"
"This means that having more than one element in the end is not such a big deal"
Then Lua, who seemed the most enthusiastic about the class, raises her right hand and asks:
"And what about you professor, how many elements do you have?"
Then, concentrating her mana, Eleonora, without even saying the name of the magic, summons a wind magic in her other hand, besides the Flame magic that was in her right hand.
"I am one of the 5% that have 2 native elements within my spirit."
The students were even more impressed and started talking to each other impressed by Eleonora's talent. Until she asks for silence to continue the class:
"My classes will be about Arcane and Elemental Magics."
After saying this, Eleonora lowers to her desk and removes a strange device, like a stone, with 5 stones embedded in it, places it on a small table in front of the central aisle and asks the students to form lines to have each student's greatest affinity defined.
The 10 students formed a line in front of the stone and listened as Eleonora explained:
"When you touch this stone, your main element will light up with the light that represents the element."
"If it lights up red, it means your element is fire."
"If it lights up blue, it means your element is water."
"If it lights up brown, it means your element is earth."
"And if it lights up green, it means your element is air."
"There is a fifth purple light here, it means your greatest affinity is Arcane."
"Remembering that if you have affinity with more than one element and/or Arcane, more than one light will light up here."
"When you realize which your element is, remember to focus on developing that element within yourselves!"
The first students passed and the lights ascended, all within expectations, until Lua's turn came. When the young elf touches the stone, three lights ascended strongly, water, air and Arcane; making the students impressed with Lua. Kal finding that incredible and very motivated says:
"Wow, how incredible, I want to know which is my element right away!!"
Teacher Eleonora seeing Lua's result turns to the whole class and says:
"Elves have a greater chance of having more elements than normal, they are born with a naturally large predisposition for magic, so being magically incredible is not difficult for elves, is it Lua?" - said Eleonora smiling at Lua.
"It's true," replied Lua smiling back.
Gwen Redani was next to be tested and on her turn only the arcane light lit up leaving her a little dejected and downcast. After her it was Arphaxad's turn, putting his hand only the earth element lit up leaving him calm, since using magic was not so important to him. Eleonora calls another name, it was Kal, he was the second to last right before Relon who came after him; when the boy placed his hand on the stone, no light was emitted from it for a time. Kal remained with his hand on the stone for a few minutes and the room was silent, to know what was happening, and then someone whispered from behind:
"The commoner has no affinity," they whispered as some students laughed.
"That's why my father doesn't like the idea of having commoners in the academy," they continued mocking Kal.
After some time and seeing that students were mocking Kal, she goes to remove the boy's hand; but well before that, some small lights appeared on the stone. They were very small, making it difficult to see, but for Eleonora it seemed that all five lights were shining, even with a very dim light, until realizing that Kal had something special, Eleonora looks at the boy and sees that his eyes were closed, so she asks:
"What are you doing, Mr. Launno?" Eleonora asks curiously.
"I'm remembering something, I don't know what it is, but I'm remembering," says Kal with his eyes closed.
Suddenly, Kal opens his eyes, and again the color of his eyes caught attention, they were bright and suddenly the five lights lit up at the same time, but they had no other color than yellow, shining brighter than anyone before him. The students who had mocked him before, now fell quiet, perplexed by what was happening; and Eleonora just smiles and removes Kal's hand from the stone. Noticing that the students were uneasy, she calls everyone's attention:
"Don't panic, sometimes the stone misbehaves like this. Another day we can redo Mr. Launno's test to know his element."
"You can return to your seat Mr. Launno, because we still have one student left to test."
Then Relon steps forward, he was the last to take the test that day; when Relon touches the stone, they were all expecting something extraordinary after all, they were descendants of the ancient hero Morin Quid, and therefore would have to have great affinity with the water magic and perhaps others. However, the light that shone was faint and almost imperceptible, that scene made the students start talking again:
"The stone must be having problems..." commented a random student.
"Probably it would not be possible for someone from the Aquarion family to have just this affinity with the water element," replied another random student.
Looking at Relon, who had his head down and dejected, teacher Eleonora merely says:
"Very good students, now that we have all the results, let's focus on improving what we have."
When Eleonora was going to speak about the next topic, a childish voice echoed throughout the room saying:
"Kal Launno, come to the dean's room when classes are over!"
It was Suzannah, using projection voice magic to summon Kal to her room. After classes ended for the day, Kal immediately went to Suzannah's room; when Kal saw Suzannah, he looked at her well and said:
"Hey kid... are you the dean's daughter?"
Suzannah immediately said:
"I'm Suzannah, moron!"
Kal immediately starts laughing loudly and asks,
"What happened to the great Suzannah, the Red Queen?"
Even more irritated, the little one hits Kal on the head and says,
"Shut up kid, I'm older than you!!"
With his hands on his head, Kal just says:
"Ok, ok. Why did you call me here?"
Then Suzannah begins:
"Do you remember what happened yesterday?" asks the witch.
"Yesterday? No, I had a nightmare where I lost my arm, just that," Kal responds.
"Having strange awakenings after a night of nightmares, has that happened before?" Suzannah asks.
"Ah, many times... since I was a little kid," Kal responds accepting it as something normal.
"So that's how he gets after each time the entity switches places with him," Suzannah thinks.
"Do you feel anything strange with your body after these nightmares?" Suzannah insists.
"Well, sometimes I remember things that it seems I didn't live, I remember battles I was never in," says Kal.
"The other day I remembered a technique I had never trained before, and I almost executed it, I don't know what it is, but it works for me," Kal finishes.
Suzannah falls thoughtful for a moment leaving Kal somewhat uncomfortable, until he says:
"But why did you really call me here!"
The little witch wakes from her thoughts and says:
"Ah yes..."
"In 3 months, we will have a combat tournament in the Nannu arena, and the best students from the Academy will participate!" says Suzannah.
"But I'm one of the last in level 1 class for now, I don't know if I'll be able to participate," says Kal.
"You'll train with me after classes starting now!" says Suzannah.
"You're going to train me?"
"Wow, getting trained by the dean herself," says Kal very excited.
"However, I want you to pass my test first!"
"Would you be willing to do that?" asks Suzannah hoping for a positive response.
"Yes," Kal replies with a determined look.
Suzannah asks Kal to meet her that night in the Academy arena and asks him not to be late.
That night Kal leaves the dormitory to meet Suzannah. Clara, who also lived in the dorm, saw Kal leaving and secretly followed him to see where he was going. Most of the academy students were nobles from the capital, and besides that in this new school year, Suzannah drastically reduced the number of students; so the Academy dormitory was almost always empty or with few people living there. Besides Kal and Clara, only 3 more people lived there, including Lua.
Kal enters the academy arena, with Clara following him at night. Suzannah, who was already there, thanks Kal for coming and asks him to sit with his legs crossed and his arms on his legs; Clara seeing everything from afar was very confused, because so far she still hadn't seen Suzannah's new appearance. Suddenly the little Suzannah launches a direct magic at Kal's heart, opening a large hole in his chest and making Clara let out a deafening scream.
Suzannah just looks in Clara's direction and thinks:
"Damn, I didn't realize young Kal had been followed.. I'm still weak from the battle against Salacia's shadow."
Suzannah simply appears next to Clara, who, frightened, starts to move away and scream even louder. Suzannah just says:
"Stop screaming, you hysterical girl, it's me Dean Suzannah."
Looking well at the rest of little Clara realizes it was indeed Suzannah, but still very frightened, Clara asks:
"Why did you kill young Kal?" Clara asks frightened.
"I didn't kill him, I just sent him to class," says Suzannah, very calmly.
Kal wakes up suddenly on a mountain, the same mountain he was at some time ago, and again a man with the same appearance as Kal was there, but this time he was sitting on a rock and seeing him Kal asks:
"Domeh?"
"You remember me, how interesting!" responds Domeh
"Am I dead again?" asks Kal
"Have you ever died before?" responds Domeh
"It seems not, maybe this is a dream!" says Kal
"A dream seems more acceptable" says Domeh
"And why did I come here this time, do you know?" asks Kal
"Well, I asked your dean to send you to me," says Domeh
"Why?" asks Kal
"Well, you must have noticed that I and you are very similar, no?" asks Domeh
"There are few people in the world who have these white hairs without being gray!" replies Kal joking
"Actually I'm going to tell you who you really are..." finishes Domeh