Eve awoke from her deep sleep and quickly got ready for a new day. it was the first day of term. Her days were finally going to be filled with teaching, and dealing with teenagers.

Eve could already feel a headache coming along as she entered her car on the way to work.

It was always important for teachers to be earlier than usual on the first day of term. Organisation was key to this profession, books had to be out, supplies had to be ready and more importantly, teachers had to be mentally ready.

Teaching is an difficult yet rewarding job, and if anyone asked Eve, she would tell you it was an amazing job. She truly loved it with all her being. Someone had to do it, and Eve would gladly do so.

It was coming up to her five year anniversary of securing her first teaching job.

'I feel old'. Eve internally complained about being 27. It felt like her life was just passing her by and she was a spectator. Time just moved too fast for her liking.

'Well, thats life. Everyone has the same complaints'. Eve chuckled to herself as the children walked in, preparing her speech of new term new you. It almost felt robotic.

"Okay then!". She clapped her hands together as everyone sat down. 12 blank faces stared back at her.

"I understand everyone's qualms, however the two weeks of term are now over, and school life will be restarting". Eve glossed over the same 12 children she has seen for the past 7 months. She spent so much time with these students, and they slowly wormed a place into Eve's heart.

Having a class of 12 was quite unusual in the great scheme of schools, but this was just a small school. One form entry, with around 10 - 20 students in each class. Eve obviously had no complaints, it meant that she would be able to do her job to the best of her ability.

Jackson sighed. "Miss you do this speech every time. We get it. You get it. Sir gets it. Lets move on". He rolled his eyes whilst speaking.

Evan, otherwise known as Mr. Smith slowly looked at Jackson. "Enough of that please Jackson. Let's not be unnecessarily rude". Evan was pretty ready for Jacksons' attitude, and Eve was not surprised either. Routine is important for students, so after every term she would say more or less the same thing.

The other teenagers let out a chuckle, but that was all. It was the first day of term, and obviously nobody could be bothered in socialising.

Eve readied the maths books, but just before that, something out of the ordinary happened.

Something that 5 years of teaching couldn't have prepared her.

The class of 14 were warped into a white room.

Eve was shell shocked, and if she, a 27 year old woman was shocked, then God knows how a group of 15-16 year olds felt.

Before anyone could react, a bright yellow figure appeared, and spoke instantly.

[Welcome to the Tutorial Tower. Today is the commencement of the tutorial towers across the world. Every individual on earth will need to complete 100 floors to be allowed back onto earth. This Tower is known as Tower of Nurture. You will face consistent danger in order to be reassimilated back onto earth. There will soon be a greater in-depth explanation about the specifics of your tower, but for now, can everyone please choose a class.]

Thinking under pressure is something that has been embedded within Eve throughout her career, however her instincts completely took over when she saw 2 pieces of floating equipment.

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One was a long staff with a crystal on top that had Mage in writing underneath it.

Yet, the other was a shorter staff, with a crystal on top of it also. Other than the shortness, and the different colour crystal. This one was green, and the other was a deep blue, there really was no different.

The writing read Support.

Eve chose Mage without even thinking and purely based upon instinct.

She quickly looked around in bewilderment, just like the other 13 people did. They were met with equipment that was identical to what they chose.

Eve had a long staff with a blue crystal in her hand. She looked around and saw Evan who is the teaching assistant with a shield and sword.

Lee, a young boy in her class had a shorter staff with a green crystal. Eve instantly knew that it was the Support class. Lee was also joined by a girl named Kimmy. She also held a shorter staff with a green crystal. Kimmy looked at it with great interest as the orb sparkled off her huge glasses.

As she scanned the room, she was met with different objects, but also some similar objects.

She saw a young boy with the same exact staff in her hand. This was Grant. He was a lovely lad who was always quite outgoing and was quite intelligent for his age.

A unique item she saw was held by Grace. She held a short wand of sorts, that had a blue crystal on the end she is holding. Eve had no clue how that was any different, but never really questioned it as she continued looking around.

Jackson was holding a sword, along with Amy, Alex and Lement.

Louise and Dexter held a bow, and had a quiver strapped to their back.

Another unique item was held by Finn, who for 16 years old was huge in comparison to everyone else. He held a long hammer that was a bit more than half his size. Eve simply looked over and felt intimidated by him. But she knew that wasn't the case. Finn was a caring boy who simply didn't match how he looked.

And finally Rose. Who Eve just didn't see due to her height. She was stood next to Finn, and she simply overshadowed completely by him. She also held an item that was identical to Eve's.

It only took a couple of seconds for Eve to scan the room until she suddenly heard the same robotic voice again.

[Everyone has completed their class selection. As previously mentioned, this is the Tower of Nurture. Quite simply, you will be facing constant fear of death due to monsters across the floors. They are simple, they will always be hunting missions to move onto the next floor. Although in some cases, for you to move upwards you will need to progress. But that's for later! Before you get thrown into Floor 1, you will be given 30 minutes to recuperate. But before I go, one piece of advice - follow your innate talent. This will be the cornerstone of your path].

The robotic voice faded, but Eve felt like his head slowly turned her way as he faded into nothingness.

'Innate talent? I wouldn't even know how to find that'.

And with that single thought, Eve finally saw the system. It was almost too game like.

Name: Eve

Race: Human (F)

Level: 0

Class: Mage

Innate Talent: Affinities (B)

Recognised Title:

Skills: Mana Manipulation (F)

Eve saw her Innate Talent called 'Affinities' with the letter B, which could only be assumed to be the grading system.

She took a heavy sigh.

'I can work with this'. She was almost delighted. Almost. How could she be delighted when she could only see terrified children surrounding her. They needed her protection.

"Everyone! Gather round. We need to stick together no matter what". Eve shouted out to everyone, and suddenly the 12 teenagers as well as Evan came walking towards Eve,

"It's okay to be upset. But unfortunately you need to wipe those tears and save them for later. I have no idea what is happening and to be honest, I am just as scared as everyone here, but we need to just survive. Survival will always be our priority". Eve's voice could be heard cracking almost throughout her talking. It was obvious she was just as scared as everyone else.

Everyone just stared at her until Kimmy said something.

"Miss Jenkins is right. We cannot crumble under pressure". Kimmy pushed up her glasses as she was speaking.

Eve wasn't sure what she was expecting, but it surely wasn't that. How was Kimmy so calm?

Eve instantly suspected that it was an innate talent.

The hour came quickly, but after reassuring everyone Eve had a quick look at her innate talent closer.

[Affinities: B

Is able to master more than one affinity. In fact, it would be harmful to this mana core if more than one affinity is not incorporated. This mana core has the ability to consume multiple different affinities].

Affinities? Mana?

Eve didn't really have a clue what this meant, but for some reason she sort of knew. It was a weird sensation. This mana core was deep within her body, but she felt it quite clear.

There was multiple colours swirling around, assuming these were the affinities.

But alas, Eve had to discard these thoughts for later, because now was time for Floor 1, but nobody knew what it would entail.

[Floor 1: Slay 20 Goblins.

0/20].

Everyone was teleported outside of the white room, and was met with being inside of a forest.