After advance battling class was the study of the environment. It was held at the same build i had language lessons. It was very easy to understand as the subject was very similar to science class i had in Holakur. I zoned out through the whole lecture as i planned out how i could be friends with the black haired girl.

After the lesson, i followed the black haired girl to the cafeteria as i did make any packed food in the morning.

Arriving at the cafeteria, i could see one table that wasn’t filled with people. I could see one girl alone on that table. For such a huge table with six chairs, she was the only person on the table. This was a huge contrast to the rest of the cafeteria as most of the other tables were filled with people.

There were many students scouring the cafeteria, looking seats to have their lunch. When the students saw the lonely island at the corner devoid of people, the students would run towards it. However as they got closer and saw who were sitting there, not one student didn’t turn away and look for another table.

I went and sat on that table, sitting directly opposite the black haired girl.

I did not really expect her to say anything as she’ve been ignoring me since yesterday but unexpectedly she stopped eating and turned to me “ Why do you keep hanging around me? Everyone else will hate you and ignore you too if you do.”

“ Because i want to make a friend.” I answered.

“ Then go friends with other people, surely there would be people who want to be your friend!” She snapped.

“I don’t want to be friends with people who bully someone just because her element affinity is death.” I said.

“Haven’t you heard what people said about me? I killed my father!” She hissed.

“I don’t believe in rumors.” I said.

She gave me a blank look before returning to her meal. She left without even a glance at me after finishing her meal. I decided not to follow her, i didn’t want to be the creepy type.

It was a friday today, meaning that i had no more classes till next monday. I decided to head back to my room to train my enchanting. I still had to catch up with the rest of the class. At the end of the semester, there was a test for every subject. If i failed any of them, i was going to be kicked out of class zero.

While during the weekends,i would try to complete my spirit core as it was just about to be complete.

====Monday=====

I was in class again. This time however, the lesson was Element training. Unlike the other compulsory classes, i was not together with class zero. I was in a class with other wind element students. Due to the fact that wind was a basic common element, there were a large number of students who had this element.

The class was held in lecture hall and our instructor was a young women around the age of twenty. I eavesdropped on some of the other students conversations and found out that her name was Mrs Emily.

“ Good morning class!” Mrs Emily said with a smile. I could immediately tell that she was those enthusiastic teacher.

“ Today, i’ll be teaching you u guys a new spell called ‘Floating Technique’.” She said confidently.

“As you all know, Saint level mages can fly, yes, but our academy can only produce one every few decades! But we mages with the wind elements can execute the ‘Floating Technique’.” she said confidently.

From the previous magic casting class i had last thursday, i already knew what Saint level mages meant. Saint level mages were a name given to mages who managed to comprehend some of the true meaning of their element. Upon comprehending their true meaning, they could challenge human limits and fight away the shackles of gravity.

However doing this is no easy task, many have tried comprehending the true meaning of their elements but very few people succeeded. Currently, there were only four mages in the academy who were Saint level.

“Moreover, Using floating technique in conjunction with ‘windrun’ and ‘supersonic’, it will allow us to fly just like Saint level mages.” she said cheerfully. “ For the majority of you, you do not have enough mana or skill to be able to sustain the floating technique for more than a few minutes. But fret not, in the future, i’m sure u guys will be able to fly.”

She taught and showed us how to use the floating technique. She float upwards to about five meters above the ground as she demonstrated the floating technique. Almost everyone started to mimic her actions but only some were able to float. However for those who were able to cast it, they were only able to float up by a few centimeters.

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The first time i tried to cast it, i had failed. However after she came back down and explained to us our mistakes, more people were able to cast it. I too was one of those people. Mrs Emily told to everyone to try maintain their spell and to not fall down. Thus for the rest of the lesson, everyone was trying to maintain their spell. Whenever someone fell or ran out of mana, they would take a break before trying again. At the end of the lesson, i was able to float up to float up to half a meter.

After class, a boy came to me and asked me if i wanted to have lunch with him. In this class, since no one know about me spending a lot of time with the black haired girl, i was quite popular. I politely declined before heading off for lunch.

After eating alone at lunch, i headed to my next class, Study of spirit beasts. It was located near the edge of the academy grounds which was surrounded by a vast forest. At the edge of the forest, i could see a large green building.

I was very excited about this class as i always had a love for animals. I had always wanted a pet but it was too expansive in district two. Only those in district one or the capital could afford one. During the day of my admission when i was choosing what subjects i wanted, I had ticked this class as one of my choices immediately when i saw it.

When i had read the description of this class that day, i had immediately fell in love. It said that in this class, i would interact with local small beasts and learn about some of the bigger ones. It would teach me about how to interact with them and how to become a spirit beast tamer.

When i arrived, i saw that there were about forty students and a tall muscular man. On his shoulder was a red eagle about the size of the man's large muscular arms. The instructor introduced himself as Instructor Marun.

“ Okay, since we have a new student today, why don’t one of you tell her the rules!” Instructor Marun said with a laugh.

“ Yes Instructor Marun, the number one rule is always listen to what you say and never do anything stupid near or to the animals.” one boy said.

“Good,now we’ll begin lesson.” Instructor Marun said as he pointed at the eagle “Today we’ll be learning about Farels.”

“This species of eagles are called Farels, named by Mr Farel himself when he discovered it thirty years ago.” Instructor Marun said.

“When being near this species, do not make loud noise near it, or else it will attack you. Is that clear?” Instructor Marun shouted.

“ Yes Instructor Marun!” Everyone answered.

He began to tell us more about the animal, teaching us on it’s life cycle and history. He taught us about its attack patterns and weaknesses before letting us pet it. When i pet it, i could feel a slight heat as my hand ran down it’s red feathers. My face lighting up into a smile as the bird nestled its head into my hands.

After letting everyone pet it, Instructor Marun dug into the bin by his side and pulled out a few mice. He released the mice into the wild after ordering the Farel to chase them.

The Farel flew up then dove down in an arc before grabbing a mice with its talons. After catching one mine, it threw it up the mice into the air before spewing a cone of fire at it through it sharp yellow beak. After eating it, it flew in a red flash as it tried to catch the other mice that were running away.

We all watched as it caught and devour every mice before returning to the top of Instructor Marun shoulder.

“Farels like are a species of eagles which are born with the affinity to fire. Its ancestor is the mythical vermillion eagle. As it eats and devours fire type herbs in the wild, it has a chance of evolving and awakening some of its bloodline. These type of beasts are called spirit beasts.” Instructor Marun said.

Aftering teaching us more about the Farels, he allowed us to play and pet it for the rest of the lesson.

While eagerly waiting for my turn to play with it, a short girl walk towards me.

“Hi, My name is Ciri karter, what’s yours? The girl introduced herself.

She had green twin tails that came up to her back. With she short stature and twin tails, she had the look of a cute and innocent girl.

“Hi, my name is Ariana but you can call me Ari.” I introduced myself.

“You must like animals very much.” she said.

“ Huh?” I was confused.

“ When i saw your smile when you pet the Farel, i knew that you loved animals as much as me!” She said in confidence.

“This is the first time i found someone who loved and appreciate animals as much as i do.” She said. “ Everyone else here just don’t appreciate them, they just treat them like battle pets.”

“But you’re different, come look.” She said as she showed a picture of me petting the Farel. “Look! No one who doesn’t love or appreciate animals would have a smile like that.”

When i looked at the picture inside the magical artifact, i saw myself with an innocent smile and sparkle in my eyes as i was gently petting the Farel head.

OMG! I look so cute! Dammit! Why do i have to look so cute. If only i could date myself.

She showed me more pictures of other cute and fluffy animals as we talked and squeal at the magic artifact whenever we saw some really fluffy ones. For the rest of the lessons, i spent time with Ciri as she spoke of her collection of cute animal pictures while i patiently listened to every word. It was so focused in talking to her that i had completely forgotten about the Farel.

“ Class over!” Instructor Marun shouted.

After he dismissed us,i left the class with Ciri in tow.

“ You should totally visit me at my dorm, I have a pet Blucarl there that we could play with! Her name is Katti” Ciri said enthusiastically.

“Sure, i would totally love to visit and play with Katty” I replied.

I followed her back to her dorm room. Her dorm room was three floors above mine. The insides of her room were almost identical to mine except for the fact that hers were a lot messier than mine. Not only that, she had a few family portraits and picture hanging on her walls.

As we enter the room Ciri shouted “ Katti, i’m home!”

Kitti ran from her bed and leap into Ciri stretch out arms. It landed on her bosom as Ciri cradled it like a baby. Seeing the small animal nesting deeply in Ciri breasts brought out deep feelings that i’ve been trying to suppress.

The Blucarl was light blue in colour and looked like a traditional household cat. However, as i got closer to pet it while it was it Ciri’s bosom, i noticed that it had small dark blue stripes. As i pet it, i felt a cooling sensation. However, the Blucarl was not my main focus of attention.

As i pet it, my hand would slightly graze Ciri’s breast. It felt soft but firm.

No! Don’t do it. I shouldn’t take advantage of a girl like that. Especially a girl who is 13.

I stopped petting it allowing Ciri to place Kitti on the floor so that i could continue playing.

After we played with it and talked for an hour or two,we went out to have dinner together. I wished we were having dinner as a guy and a girl and not as two girl friends.

After dinner, we said goodbyes and promised to meet again tomorrow as i found out that we had adventuring studies together tomorrow during our talk.

As i was walking back to my dorm room, a sudden realisation dawned on me.

WAIT A MINUTE! When did i ever act like that! Even when i saw cute pets before when i was Tate, I had never acted this way before! I had never ever acted so cutesy and girly before when i was with animals. What the fuck is going on with me! What happened to me just now!

I went to sleep thinking and rationalising about what just happened to me.