It was another day inside Lumin Academy, students chatting in the hallway, athletes hurriedly coming out of the classroom to attend Etherball practice, and girls gossiping about the latest news.

He felt someone circle their arm around his shoulders that somehow startled him "Ivan?" he said and looked at the green haired who grinned at him.

"Have you seen Ignis anywhere, Denovan?" he asked "Sorry, I have not Ivan. You know that the young duke always disappears whenever the bell rings. He must be wandering off again somewhere along the academy grounds. What do you need with the young duke anyways?" he asked.

"I kind of need him to help me out on witchcraft. You know that he's the only one who has the talent for that subject amongst the three of us and I can't even risk getting a D- from Professor Wilford again. " Ivan explained, as his face darkens when he remembers the strict Professor.

"How about you ask for help from Lady Ana?" Denovan suggested as Ivan stepped away from fright just by mentioning her name "No... No way! You know how scary that woman can get! She's a monster!" he whispered as he paled.

"Who you calling a monster? I can hear you idiot." both of them flinched hearing the voice "A-Ana, I didn't mean that.." Ivan stuttered.

The woman had her arms crossed against her chest while her pointing finger tapped her arm as if she was impatient, and stared at both men with a raised eyebrow.

She was the proud heir of the Empire, Princess Anastasia Ashia, she was a perfect fit to be a ruler and the Empire's people dote on her, especially the Emperor.

"If you say it like that I will not be tutoring you anymore even if you pay me" she said with a huff "I'm sorry.." Ivan apologized with his head down "By the way, have anyone of you seen Ignis?" Anastasia asked.

"He's not with you? He was taking casting lessons a while ago but the Arcane Hall was already empty when I got there. " Ivan said as he tilts his head. "Why are you looking for him though Lady Ana?" Denovan asked so Anastasia showed them the file in her hand.

"I have to show him the information about the new student. He's supposed to be the one assigning her to her room" she explained as the two gazed at the form.

Ivan gasped at the ID picture while Denovan stared "Wow, I haven't seen someone so beautiful as you Ana. " Ivan immediately regretted his words as Anastasia glared at him.

"What did you say?" he stepped back "I-I mean you look like you are surrounded by white feathers while she looks like she's surrounded by red roses." he said with a nervous chuckle.

"Do you get what I mean?" he hesitantly said "I agree. She has a unique beauty." Denovan said with a nod "The other members of the student council are already going crazy because of the unexpected new student." Anastasia sighed and took the paper in Denovan's hands.

"Although I must say she is indeed pretty." she said with a shrug before walking away "Sigh... I really can't properly breathe around that girl" Ivan said.

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"Because only foul things comes out of your mouth." Denovan said as Ivan gasped as if he was offended.

"I do not! You're mean to me, Denovan!" Ivan whined which made Denovan chuckle.

While the man who they had been looking for was sprawled in the grass beneath a tree and had just woken up from his nap.

The first thing he saw was the bright sun that was covered by the tree's silhouette as he slowly sat up.

'That was a good nap..' he thought.

He yawned as he stared at the lake in front of him, the one inside Lumin Academy. He looked down to see a round-looking object come rolling towards him and stopped at his thigh.

A necklace? Where did it come from?

His question was soon answered when he noticed a figure covering him from the sun as he looked up. The sight soon took his breath away.

She wore a red dress, catching her breath from trying to catch the round object, white rosy cheeks, hair that reminds him of chocolate because of the color, and beautiful pair of greenish gray eyes.

She looked plain, and yet, she was able to shine this brightly as if she was an angel who went down from heaven. A beauty he hadn't seen before.

"I'm sorry about that" those words came out of those pink lips of hers as she took the object "It's alright." he said, still awestruck by her.

"I'm sorry for bothering you." she said and stepped back "You must be...?" he said, the only words that came out of his mouth.

"Oh, I'm new. I only just enrolled yesterday and am now looking for the Headmaster's office" she said with a small smile "I..." he was about to say something but was cut off by a shout.

"Ignis!" he looked back to see Anastasia running towards him and when he turned back to the woman, she was gone.

"Ignis! I've been looking everywhere for you! Were you sleeping again?"

Anastasia nagged as Ignis stared at her "I do not appreciate you nagging at me, my dear cousin" he said but Anastasia only rolled her eyes and handed him the form.

"It's from the new student. You're supposed to be the one taking care of her dorm, Ignis" she said as Ignis studied the form.

'Callista Alberts' the name he read in bold letters.

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Callista looked around and stopped in front of wooden double doors, enchanted by a strong protection magic.

She studied it carefully and wondered if she would trigger an alarm if she disabled the protection spell casted on the door.

"Oh, who might you be?" she turned around to see a young man, not older than thirty, his ginger hair was striking under the light with a monocle on one of his green eyes.

"I'm sorry for disturbing. I'm the enrollee, I was told to come to the Headmaster's office to get my schedule?" she politely said.

The man assessed her "Oh, yes! I remember you!" he exclaimed and beamed a smile "I'm the Guidance Councilor, Calvin Wrenford" he introduced himself.

Callista's eyes widened "Oh, good morning Sir" she politely greeted when she realized.

Calvin only smiled at her "Unfortunately, the Headmaster is in the South taking care of some important business" he explained.

"Oh..." She looked down on her feet "How will I able to get my schedule then?" she asked in confusion.

"I can help you with that" he smiled and suddenly pushed the door of the office open.

"Only chosen faculty members are given access to the Headmaster's office when his not here" Calvin explained as he walked towards the desk.

"Will it really be alright to suddenly be intruding like this?" Callista worriedly asked.

"It's fine..." Calvin assured as he looked through the files on the desk "Besides, the Headmaster already instructed me to look for the students' schedule in his office" he shrugged.

Callista watched as Calvin look through the papers "Ah, here it is!" he exclaimed holding some papers.

He walked towards her and gave her schedule "You are one of the excellent students we were able to discover during the opening exams, I hope we'll be able to give you knowledge that's worthwhile" he smiled.

She looked down at her schedule before smiling up at him "Thank you Sir Calvin."