[Claire Bladeheart POV]
The morning was really amazing and beautiful, having woken up around 5 am, I was able to enjoy a beautiful sunrise, while having a cup of coffee in the Disciplinary Committee kitchen area.
Yes... the Disciplinary Committee. I had been the first of all the members to get permission from Director Goodsky to sleep in the room assigned to me. The reason for this? Simple, she had left me as a temporary leader, because of that, I was responsible for tidying up the basics, before I could meet the students who would be joining me in this group.
As I continued to observe the scenery in one of the windows, I heard someone knocking on the door. I was wearing my new assigned black uniform, so if it was any of my new classmates, I'd have no problem letting them in. Unlike what I imagined, when I opened the door, I saw a package on the floor, along with a paper. I grabbed the items and closed the door, eventually leaving the package on the head table while I read the paper, still drinking coffee.
"Hmmm... Interesting." I whispered to myself as I read.
That was a list of the committee members. It was pretty simple and said everything I needed to know. It had a name, year, age, mana core stage in the beggining of this school year, elemental affinity, and a small photo of people's faces. The names were all written in different colors which confused me.
I looked at the other side of the paper, and saw some sort of explanation. Apparently, in the package there would be items that would serve as sorts of glowing communicators, and the colors in the names that were on the list symbolized which color each one represented.
I returned to the front of the list and started reading from top to bottom, as I'd only had a quick look, but I felt like I'd seen familiar names.
[Arthur Leywin, first year, age 12, Dark Yellow, Fire(Lightning) - Water(Ice) - Earth - Wind Augmenter]
[Claire Bladeheart, fifth year, age 17, Solid Orange, Wind - Fire Augmenter.]
[Curtis Glayder, fourth year, age 15, Solid Orange, Fire Augmenter.]
[Doradrea Oreguard, first year, age 14, Light Red, Earth Augmenter.]
[Elijah Knight, first year, age 13, Solid Orange, Earth(Metal) Conjurer.]
[Feyrith Ivsaar III, first year, age 15, Light Orange, Water Conjurer]
[Kai Crestless, fourth year, age 16, Dark Orange, Metal Augmenter.]
[Kathyln Glayder, first year, age 12, Light Red, Water(Ice) Conjurer.]
[Luz Leywin, first year, age 13, Light Yellow, Fire(Lightning) - Wind(Sound) Conjurer.]
[Theodore Maxwell, sixth year, age 18, Solid Orange, Earth(Gravity) Augmenter.]
Initially, I didn't realize it, because it had famous names of some students, and even had the prince and princess of Sapin. But soon I noticed the name of 2 specific people, I ended up dropping the coffee mug, spilling it on the floor, but not breaking it because it is made of a resistant material.
"Leywins... Diamond... Note... On the disciplinary committee...?" I started to do some light chuckling as I held the paper tighter.
"And they're the only ones above the Orange Stage and they're only in their first year.. And my god, I never realized how insane it is that he's Quadra Elemental! Ah... I couldn't be more surprised than that!!! Wait... Does she know?! Director Goodsky knows about them?!?" I was a little panicked about the situation and soon took a deep breath to calm myself down.
"Claire Bladeheart... Calm down... It's going to be okay... If they're on the list, it means they're within the Director's limits... But wait... Will I be my mentor's leader? This seems so wrong..... I think we'll have a vote between us later to find out who will be the official leader." I thought as I took the mug and left it on the table, using wind magic, I cleaned the mess on the floor.
Once again there was a knock on the door, I gave a sigh, still calming myself. "I'm on my way!" I warned, as I approached the door and opened it, revealing a man approximately 2 meters tall, with a musculature that I could have compared to a bear's, if it weren't for the photo on the committee's membership list and the uniform he wore, I would think it was an invader.
"Good morning Miss Bladeheart, it's been a long time." he said as I made way for him to enter.
"It's really good to see you Theodore, and please call me Claire." I answered him, soon noticing another person coming along with him.
"Good morning Claire. How are you doing?" Said a tall boy, but not as tall as Theodore, he was also thin and the thing that most caught my attention was his light gray hair.
"Hello Kai, nice to see you. And I'm fine, I just had a little accident as you can see." I spoke, pointing to a small stain I had on my uniform from when I spilled my coffee.
"Well, we just ask some water mage for help and then you use wind magic, simple." Theodore provided an easy alternative to the situation, and I agreed.
"Oooh... And what would that be?" Kai Crestless was pointing to the package on the table.
"From what I understand, inside that there are several communication devices for us. I'm waiting for everyone to arrive to open. It's still 5:30 a.m, isn't it?" I spoke, closing the door and walking towards them.
"Yes, I hope the other members don't take long to arrive. I want to see who we're working with." Kai said smiling and rubbing his palms together.
"Hmmm... Really, do you know who the members are?" Theodore asked as he sat down in one of the chairs.
"Actually, I already knew about you, and a few others. But I received the list just now along with this package." I had say, a little reluctant to show Theodore the list.
"Hmm... Any problem?" He raised an eyebrow.
"None, it's just that... I feel that the newbies who have joined are very... Powerful." I said trying to lighten the situation.
"Oooh? Powerful? Well, we're here because our beautiful Director Goodsky was looking for powerful people with strong morals. What's wrong with powerful people?" Kai asked curiously.
"It's just... Two first-year students... They're in the yellow stage, and they're both deviants in two elements." I said handing the paper to Theodore, who got a face of intense happiness to hear this, but when he looked at the list, I swear, his smile was shining with excitement.
"WOAAAAH?!?! THIS IS INSANE!! And they're BROTHERS on top of that?!? I want to test them! Now! Especially this Quadra-Elemental!" Theodore said super excited.
"Q-Quadra-Elemental?! Are you crazy? Give me this!" Kai said pulling the paper out of our giant colleague's hands, I saw his smile turn into something super sinister, probably because his facial features are naturally sinister.
"Wow... This committee is going to be super interesting. It will be amazing to meet them..." Kai said, leaving the list on the table.
"I agree. Well, do you want to talk something before—" I was interrupted by another knock on the door, this time Kai went to open it for me and I ended up seeing two more people entering the main room next to him.
Next to Kai, I saw a boy with very long and blond hair, with pointed ears that betrayed the fact that he was an elf. The other boy had short black hair, with bangs covering his right eye, with the exposed eye having a very deep cyan colored iris.
"Hello!! It's an incredible honor to be here with you, my name is Feyrith Ivsaar III! I'm an underclass student." Said the blond elf, introducing himself.
"Yo, I'm a first year too. My name is Luz Leywin, it's a pleasure to be here." he said, noticing that I was there and smirking as he walked to the central table.
"Luz Leywin? Ohoho! So you're the one with the most developed mana core in the entire Committee?" our giant colleague said approaching him, it looked like he was going to do a handshake.
"Hmm...?" He looked confused and accepted the handshake.
I noticed a great force surrounding the two of them, while the ground under Luz's feet was being slightly deformed, as if his weight had increased a lot, but even so he didn't seem affected. Clearly, this was some gravity magic from Theodore.
"W-what?" Theodore said confused now.
"Are you trying to do something?" Luz smiled and let go of his hand.
"No big deal, you've put up with my magic quite a bit. My name is Theodore Maxwell, it's a pleasure to work with you in this group." He sat on the edge of the table.
"My name is Kai Crestless... And as for your doubt from what you heard our colleague saying, here it is." He would introduce himself to the two and take the list of members, handing it to Luz.
"Hm...." He read the list and made a super confused face. "Why are you listed as Metal Augmenter and not Earth, Deviant Metal, Argumenter?" when he asked Kai this, I also noticed that it was kind of weird, he was the only one that wasn't mentioned for the element, just his Deviant form.
"Oh, that's simple, for some reason I can't use earth magic, but metal magic is something I can do very well. Let's just say it's an anomaly." He said, smiling.
"And you're not a dwarf either. Does this have anything to do with this anomaly? Since in theory it's impossible for a human to have this deviant form?" Luz asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Hmmm??? But what about the boy listed as Elijah?" Kai said with a little laugh.
"Oh. This one I know, he's one of Darv's representatives, he's half dwarf, half human." Luz explained and laughed.
"So there's a chance that Kai's family had a dwarf at some point?" Theodore raised the theory.
"Hmmm... Honestly, I never thought of that." the Crestless boy said.
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"Yeah, the world is crazy sometimes. Sorry for the question." Luz said giving Kai a light tap on the shoulder and then looked at me.
"Luz! I think people will like your idea." the elf said, and I got a little confused, and I wasn't the only one.
"Oh! Of course!" My mentor took a dimensional ring from his pocket and take something out, putting it on the table, it was a big tray with cupcakes on top.
"Oh, where did you buy it?" Theodore was picking one up and tasting it.
"I didn't buy it, I made them myself." Luz said giving me a smirk and I blushed.
Each of the members present took a cupcake, but I, I couldn't bear it and took two. Feyrith helped me get and make more coffee. It was already 6 am and all five of us were having our breakfast. Until someone else knocked on the door, Luz went to open the door and soon we saw that the people who arrived were Curtis and Kathyln Glayder.
"Good morning everyone! How are you?" Curtis said, with a mana beast walking beside him.
"Good morning...." Kathyln spoke, and strangely she was hugging Luz's left arm as if she was a mana beast hugging a tree.
"Good morning Princess Kathyln and Prince Curtis. Have you had breakfast yet?" I asked with a smirk, I already knew Curtis well enough to know that, since the creation of The Council, he hates being called a prince.
"Hm, yes, but a cupcake wouldn't be a bad thing." Curtis said snobbishly to tease me and then took a cupcake off the table, taking a bite.
"Thanks.... I'm not hungry." Kathyln said, still hugging my mentor, while he was leading her to the table so they could sit down.
"Really? It took me a long time to do it, at least taste it." He said.
"I'm hungry." Kathyln said in her completely neutral voice and advanced already putting a cupcake in her mouth, it was even cute.
"Heh. Light Yellow Boy, aren't you too close with the princess?" Theodore questioned, I was also curious.
"No big deal, it's just that there was a bizarre incident a few years ago and then I saved her and Curtis. Since then, I always interact with them whenever I can." my mentor said it simply while drinking a cup of coffee.
"Interesting, are you the bounty type?" Kai asked now.
"No, he is honorable." Unintentionally, Kathyln and I ended up saying the same thing, finally she expressed something, the princess had a super confused face.
"Ha! How cute! They spoke at the same time to describe me!" Luz had a few laughs saying that, and soon Curtis slapped the back of his head, but now it was the two of them who were laughing.
"One of my great rivals really has an incredible reputation for Honor! Perfect!" Feyrith spoke animatedly.
"Oh, great rival? Have you guys met before?" Curtis asked this time.
Luz didn't answer anything, just put a medal on the table, making some of the members look silly, while I didn't express so much for already knowing. It was a medal of elven royalty.
"You are in front of the first human with elven title. Hehehe" He gave a proud laugh and now relaxed in the chair, actually.... He tried to relax, because the way that Kathyln kept holding him was getting in the way a little.
We stayed talking a little longer, waiting for the others. When it was around 6:30 a.m., Doradrea arrived. She was already an acquaintance of mine and I introduced her to the others, she is a dwarf, tough, and who is similar to Theodore in the sense that they both think strong people are incredible, the difference is that Theodore looks at general strength, while Doradrea sees only the muscle strength as important. But it was fun to see that when she accepted to eat one of the cupcakes on the table, she went straight to get 3 more and go to one of the sofas to lie down.
I'm not the only one addicted to sweets, Uncle Kaspian.
Another 15 minutes went by, and finally the last two members arrived, one of them had dark hair, wore glasses that were stylized, but could be considered simple if I didn't look closely, and the other had beautiful brown hair, with a small ponytail, in addition to walking with a certain class. All of us, with the exception of Luz, looked at them a lot, or I could say we were looking at only one of them, the first and only Quadra Elemental that we knew existed.
"Good morning everyone! My name is Elijah Knight, nice to meet you!" Said the boy with the glasses, excited.
"Good morning everyone, my name is Arthur Leywin, I hope we can do great things together?" the boy, whom I knew as Note, was speaking.
No, I shouldn't consider him as Note anymore, now he's Arthur, just as I shouldn't consider Luz as Diamond. Now they are not adventurers, they are students and they are in one of the two elite groups of this school.
The two new members were being introduced to everyone else who was here and soon I noticed Theodore using gravity magic on Arthur, and the same thing happened when he did it before with Luz, it didn't seem like it had any effect. Feyrith, Curtis and Doradrea saw this and asked him to do it on them too. Feyrith fell to the ground instantly, Curtis took a few seconds to fall, and Dora managed to hold on, but unlike the Leywins, she expressed an effort to keep up.
"Enough of kidding with magic, people, let's get things straightened out. Today we're going to perform in the auditorium, so we can personally introduce our group. Does anyone of you want to give a speech, or will I, as temporary leader, do this job?" I caught their attention while I was opening the package, there seemed to be some daggers, but something caught my attention, one of the daggers was connected to a shield, while another was connected to a piece of arm equipment, made of leather.
No one answered what I asked, but Luz held up his hand. "Maybe I can, since I had a fight yesterday and I kind of disciplined the guy without being in the group." This made everyone laugh as I handed over those items to the designated people.
"Okay, you can reinforce the points you see I miss during my speech." I spoke looking at my mentor as I handed him that shield, I handed the leather arm piece for Arthur as well.
"Huh? Why do you have different things?" Elijah asked looking at Arthur and Luz, and they both looked confused not knowing why they got that too.
"Okay guys, you all received these daggers, and in the case of Arthur and Luz, you received the daggers along with stylized supports for them. They work as a blade and as a communication artifact. When someone is in trouble, the dagger gems of all other members, will glow a specific color." I said, now taking the list.
"The colors are, Gray for Arthur, Pink for me, Red for Curtis, Dark Red for Doradrae, Orange for Elijah, Green for Feyrith, Silver for Kai, Yellow for Theodore, Blue for Kathyln and Black for Luz. Any questions?" I said what was on the list and looked around everyone, Arthur raised his hand.
"How are we going to differentiate when Kai and I need help? Won't gray and silver be a little similar?" he asked.
"Turn it on so we can see the difference, Art." Luz spoke.
Therefore, Arthur activated his first and then Kai activated his. The differences between gray and silver were quite distinct, as silver was closer to white than gray.
"Great, does anyone else have any doubts?" I asked and no one seemed to want to talk. "Okay, let's go downstairs to meet the Student Council, and we'll go with them to the auditorium."
"AYE!" Everyone nodded and stood up as I walked out of our main room.
We went to meet with the student council and from there, as I expected, we went straight to the auditorium, we could see some students starting to arrive in the audience, while we were all behind the curtains. Luz, Curtis and President Tessia seemed to sense my anxiety and were trying to calm me down.
It was even interesting to see how the people from the student council and disciplinary committee interacted with each other, but the person who had the most reactions were Luz and Arthur. They both seemed to know the Student Council President, Tessia and the secretary Lilia very well. I was quite curious, but decided that I would wait until some free time to ask these questions.
As the intros began, Tessia and the rest of the student council took to the stage, they seemed to reinforce a bit what was said on the first day, along with important notices such as the existence of extra clubs that students could have if they weren't full of classes. When she commented on this, I was reminded of the club I was at last year, it's a shame that with my job of being in the disciplinary committee, I may not have time for those clubs.
"Before the club rush commences, the student council would like to formally introduce to you, the students of this academy, a group that was personally picked by the director in hopes to resolve and prevent disputes amongst students as well as enforce penalizing measures for troublemakers. While the student council's main job is to help the director make sure this academy and the events held run smoothly, this group's job allows them to use magic appropriately to uphold the peace and safety of students, whether against other students or trespassers. Please join me in welcoming the disciplinary committee!" Princess Tessia's voice rang at her last words.
The auditorium filled with applause as the red curtains we stood behind were raised. We stood there, shoulders square and hands glued to our sides. I had to admit, the fact that Curtis was with his mana beast, the world lion Grawder, behind him, made us look cooler than what I was expecting.
As we stood in front of the students of Xyrus on the stage, side by side, we pulled out our daggers and held them out in front of us so the insignia in them was showed. I could see a little of Luz and Arthur, they were directly beside me, the way they put out their daggers for their costumized glove and shield, made them look more as the Elite part inside the committee. Unsheathing our daggers, I started to give my speech.
"Hello, my dear colleagues at this amazing school! I, Claire Bladeheart, am here to let you know that, our committee will not be easy on anyone who decides to disturb or cause trouble. Here, in our view, you are neither famous nobles nor unknown nobles. Here, we are all students, we are all in the same boat. So that there are no misinterpretations coming from our way of seeing situations, we have in our group, humans, dwarves and elves, in addition to two incredible students, who are commoners, but even so, they got a spot in this beautiful school, for working hard and demonstrating exactly what this disciplinary committee represents: effort, trust, loyalty, honor and above all, an open mind to new ideas. I'd like to introduce you to these students who will be the vice-capitains of the committee, both brothers, Luz and Arthur Leywin!"
A lot of applause started to rise as the two boys looked at me super confused, I hadn't spoken to them, but as a temporary leader, I was already seeing both of them as possibilities to replace me or to be my assistants, since I knew what they are capable of, I knew about them being adventurers. I took a step back and the two boys took a step forward.
"I honestly found it quite surprising what our friend Claire Bladeheart did. I wasn't expecting that we would be called to this speech." Luz made the comment, causing some students to laugh, the situation really was a bit comical.
Arthur made a move for them to stop laughing and then Luz continued talking. "My brother has no words at the moment to say, for not having rehearsed, but I would like to speak and reinforce a few things. My dear colleagues and veterans, we went through a lot of trouble to get here today, we gave our sweat and blood to be able to go up, I know what it's like to be betrayed, I know what it's like to be loved, and I know what it's like to have life and death problems, and in my thirteen years of life, I know how the relationships between races are extremely complicated, especially in the present times, when we will now have all three races, united in this amazing school. My colleague, Claire, introduced me as a commoner, but I think that some students here, more specifically the Elves, know very well my current situation. I, Luz Leywin, am the first human to receive a title as a noble and royal knight of the elven realm, and I achieved this by doing incredible deeds for the Kingdom of Elenoir, along with my brother. While he politely declined this offer, I accepted it as something that I honestly would view as an affront to the awesome kings of Elenoir and parents of our adorable student council president." Some students started to applaud, especially the elves, who even stood up to clap their hands.
Arthur again made a motion with his hand for everyone to be quiet, and Luz continued talking. "In a period like this, I see myself as an example of unity between races that have recently gone to war with each other. I may be a human, but I'm here to be one of the individuals to represent all my fellow elves, who start studying this year in Xyrus! And that said, I would like to comment on reports against other students, if you, elf, dwarf, human, student of this magnificent place, have a report to give about people causing problems, disturbing order, or whatever. Don't be afraid to reach out to us to comment, we of the disciplinary committee, will listen. If you don't find us in the halls of the academy, you can also look for student council members, they will redirect these reports for us, whenever possible. And don't be afraid to interact with us during classes or when you see us walking in the campus, just like you, we are students. I hope this year is a great start, no only for this committee that was created to protect, but for all the new students that are coming to our school. Thank you, and have a nice day."
The audience went wild with several students clapping again with his words, we all bowed as the curtains went down and hid us. Lilia gave Luz a little punch on the shoulder and Tessia walked towards him too.
"It was a nice speech, you know?" the elven princess said smiling.
"Oho! Thanks, that was the best I could think of, since a certain girl didn't tell me she was going to do this." He looked at me with a neutral face.
"Heh, what's up? You were good, weren't you?" I said while chuckling.
"Well...yes, but you've drawn a lot of attention to us for being the only commoners here." Arthur soon retorted.
"At least Luz used the fact that Claire commented on it for him to comment on his title to support the fact that we are a group that listens to everyone, regardless of race and background." Curtis said caressing Grawder's fur.
"Fine. But I think you, first-years, have classes now, don't you?" Theodore raised this point.
"Okay, me, Luz and Art have the same class now, so let's get going. See you later." Elijah said as the other two walked with him.
"See you later!" I waved at the trio that had always been together since their adventurer careers.
"So are you going to do anything else?" Tessia Eralith asked me, after all she and I were the leaders of our respective groups.
"Well, I'm thinking about starting to make a list in relation to the routine in which we will have to watch. Due to the function of our group, we always have to have someone watching the corridors, don't we?" I spoke, giving her a smile.
"Oh, I understand, if you need any help, just let us know, I think Fable is the type who loves to walk around." When she said that, the PR director, Fable Kristwood, would complain, as if it were a lie, but the way the other members of the student council looked at him showed that Tessia was being honest about the comment.
"No need to worry, we'll see what we can." Curtis said smiling and then looked at Feyrith, Kathyln and Doradrae. "Hey, don't you guys have class now too?"
"Oh Right! We'll meet you later. I think Kathyln and I have the same class right now, don't you?" Feyrith spoke.
"Basic Element Studies I?" Kathyln asked.
"Yep, this one, so let's go together." Feyrith said as she led Kathyln out of the auditorium, Doradrae followed them, not to mention which class she would have now.
"See you around guys, I'll walk around for a bit." I was waving to the student council members, leaving the auditorium and going looking for Luz and Arthur, but as they left well before us and didn't say what class they were going to have, I was a little lost.
"Ouch... I hope they don't find Lucas in the hallways." I thought with a big sigh as I adjusted my dagger and started to walk confidently, I was the leader of the committee, I can't show weakness.