In the early morning, as the sunlight slowly shines its brilliant glow onto the darkness below, the calm breeze whizzes across the emptied roads of Celestia. A young man getting ready for the day as he gets dressed into his assigned uniform.

The man hummed a soothing melody that resonated with the birds chirping to morning bloom, “What a delightful start to an exciting day, aren’t you excited too, my friend?” The man smiled delightfully as he carefully checked himself in the mirror

“Yeah, exciting” Davis spoke with an annoyed look as his soul is currently in K’s crow form

Davis continues, “Can you remind me again why we have to switch places again?” K smiled at his reflection as he fixed his tie, “Every now and then we need to switch because I need to slowly introduce my soul as well as my power to your body so that it won’t cause us too much backlash if we ever end up using it”

“This is going an interesting day for us” Davis sarcastically spoke

“You don’t like you’re a morning person, want some hot cocoa to help boost your mentality before we go on with our day?” K chuckled as he turned to Davis who was watching him from the table

“No thank I prefer tea more” Davis snorted

K replied with amusement, “Oh, is that so? I didn’t think you were the type of man who would enjoy drinking tea during the peaceful morning. Hehe, if that’s the case try smiling a bit more, I can guarantee you that it will help you a lot”

“Easy for you to say you’re not the one who has to stand here and watch your body checking itself in the mirror while humming a somewhat beautiful melody” Davis replied

K giggles, “I’ll take it as a compliment” Before long there was a knock on the door, and K went to open it and let Linda inside.

“Thank you so much for agreeing to watch over Skye while I was away” K smiled as he gestured for her to come in

Linda happily came in, “Of course, no worry my shift starts tomorrow anyways, and I won’t mind spending more time with Skye”

Woof woof* Skye rushes playfully to Linda, “Who a good boy? Yes you are Skye” Linda spoke playfully as she hugged Skye tightly

“You two get along very well” K raises an eyebrow, “Yes, He’s such a good boy… Don’t worry Mr. Davis I’ll take real good care of him while you’re away” Linda reassured K

“Laugh* I’m you will, then I’ll leave you to it Ms. Linda” K moved leisurely out of the room and Davis flew after him awkwardly

In front of the Inn, “Why can’t I fly straight” Davis shouted

K laughs at him, “Imagine as if you’re walking but instead of using your leg use your arm or flapper giggle* and instead of on the ground do it in the air”. Davis awkwardly landed on K’s head, “I’ll just stay put here”

K pays him no mind and continues his walk, and soon the duo arrives at a crowded Academy entrance. Since they’ve come to gather information about the opening ceremony in the past, they knew exactly what to do

After entering the auditorium K takes a seat in the middle and quietly observes his surroundings, during his observation, he spotted some interesting people

Soon, the door of the auditorium closes and an old man walks out and takes the podium, “Greeting young aspiring magician, my name is Herald Wuldor, and I’m the Principle of Celestial Magic Academy”

After his introduction, Herald continues the welcoming ceremony. After 2 hours the ceremony came to an end, “That concludes our meeting, I wish you a prosperous and wonderful magical journey ahead, and if you experience any problem, feel free to ask any of the professors for guidance, good luck young sorcerer”

After the ceremony, every student in the auditorium left and went to explore their assigned room, Davis wished to move their stuff in today but K convinced him to move in tomorrow instead

K and Davis ended up in the Academy Cafeteria, they sat at one of the tables after picking some food, “Quite the auspicious place for your magical study, I’m quite envious of you” K jokingly said

“What’s there to be envious of? You and I are going to spend our time here together anyway” Davis replied while sitting on K’s head

“True, true” K nodded as take a sip of the tea

But his peaceful time was soon interrupted by an unexpected person, “Who do we have here? A lowly commoner dared to sit here alongside us noble?” a slam on the table

Davis turned to see someone he had never seen before, “Friend of yours Davis?” he asked telepathically, “No, but I know who he is, His name is Charles and he is the first son of Duke Hradrit. I’ve heard that he is an asshole who looks down on anyone who isn’t of nobility”

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Behind him was a group of 3 different students 2 male and 1 female and each of them was staring at K intensively

K laughs, “Ahh, MR. Charles my esteemed acquaintance! What a pleasant surprise to see one such as yourself here”

Charles replied mockingly, “Enough with the useless pleasantry, someone as lowly as you have no right to sit here and act like one of us”

K chuckled at his words, “Ah, one of us… a word hinting at unity, I’m honored to be included in such company. Laughing* and to see someone such as yourself striving so tirelessly to help keep such fairness is rather an eye-opening experience” K chuckled with each word he spoke

“Enough of your bullshit, someone like you who buy their way into our society has no right to speak” Charles continues to berate K

“My friend, I take it as a compliment that you’ve recognized my family legacy and wealth, but my appearance at this esteemed Academy is but a quirk of fate” K replied with calmness

Charles continues even more angered, “Your family respect is as nonexistent as your talent… Yeah I know who you are, a country boy who can’t even get into the 50 ranks in the Avalom Empire but somehow got into our Academy… what a joke” His little band of followers mocking laugh at K

Their conversation draws the attention of everyone nearby, K pays him no mind as he continues sipping on his tea, “Oh, did say something, my friend? I apologize if my country attitude is not to your liking…” K then turns to Charles's little group “Just like what they said, birds do fly in the same flock”

“Keep that carefree charade up and you’ll never be able to find anyone to help you, so I suggest you remain a nobody during your whole time here. No one would ever want to be friends with a country pumpkin such as yourself” Charles aggressively warns K

“Ahh friendship, nothing more than a fleeting nature of camaraderie, I’ll be sure to savor the sweet taste of solitude” K replied with a friendly smile

Charles walked away visually dissatisfied with his little group, leaving K with a subtle smile on his face

K asked in curiosity, “I didn’t think you would be so silent during the entire conversation, something in your mind?”

Davis replied, “I don’t have anything to add. Besides that, I don’t want to involve myself with someone like him either”

K laughs internally, “Who knows someone as simple-minded as Charles can prove rather useful in some situations”

They soon leave the cafeteria in search of their assigned room. But during their whole interaction, K's actions caught someone's eye.

“Karla, please find out everything about that person as well” A young lady with soft golden hair and a gentle smile

“Yes, your highness” Karla bowed respectfully before leaving

The young lady continued her meal, “There seems to be many interesting individuals this year…” she thought to herself

K and Davis soon arrived at their room a big room enough for 2 people with some esthetic design, K showed a satisfied smile and Davis was amazed by the size of his dorm room.

The competition will begin 1 week from now, “This competition will be quite a problematic for your peaceful life” K casually mention

Davis asks, “What do you mean by that?”

“During today's ceremony, I have spotted a few interesting people, there is going to be quite the obstacle in our way of getting first rank during the test”

Davis was curious, “Are you sure? Then should we cancel our wager?”

K smiled, “I said it’ll be difficult but not impossible. The problem is what is to come after the competition, Davis let me ask you this what is the point of the upcoming test in your opinion?”

Davis replied honestly, “Isn’t it to find the best of the best from all the students?”

K laughed at his answer, “That is only what’s on the surface!” K then walked toward the window

“What are you talking about? It has always been like this since 300 years ago” Davis continues to question him

K shook his head while giggling, “You’re not wrong, at some point in time that’s the main focus of the test… but now the test is not only used for filtering out those with talent but it’s also used to find promising people that the leading power of Celestia will keep an eye on”

K continues, “Why do you think Mr. Garrick would agree so quickly to the wager if the test has so little meaning? It's to ensure that no matter the outcome he’ll be profiting off of us”

Davis stood there stunned and K kept going, “Our path will go far beyond allying with one of the leading powers, I’ll unify them and use them as pawns for what is to come… this will be fun” K smiled sadistically and glim of crimson glow appeared on his pupils for a split second

Davis stood there watching K in his body looking back at him, his body illuminated by the light shining in through the window behind him, in Davis’s eye K’s figure looked divine. He unconsciously asks, “What are you?”

The tension in the quiet room grew, and K's sadistic smile disappeared and he asked Davis with a demonic tone, “Is that your question?”

Davis stood mesmerized by the unknown being in front of him, “Pl-please tell me what you are”

“I… laughing* I’m” K moved in closer and whispered, “I’m a demon, a forsaken one” K's friendly demeanor returned, “Ahh wouldn’t you look at the time I guess we should return to our dearly beloved Skye” He then proceeded to leave

Davis snapped out of his trance and shouted, “THAT NOT WHAT I’M ASKING”

K retorted, “Yes it is… you ask me what I am, and I answer”

Davis angrily replied, “I already know that much, I want to know who you are”

K nonchalantly replied, “Then you should’ve asked your question more clearly, my friend, and besides where's the fun in telling you the answer?” laugh*

Davis flew behind him, “Y-you… freaking asshole”

The two returned to the Inn, and after paying Linda for her service they started packing up all of their stuff. The entire time Davis kept on pestering K for an answer to his earlier question but every single one of his attempts was shut down with a comedic and nonserious response.