Eryk was standing near the admission office again waiting for the professor. Finally, all my preparation is done, the professor really did me dirty by not providing any information on the university.
Dr. Khell came out of the office wearing a clean checkered coat.
" Hmm he seem to have groomed himself quite well"
Hello Dr. Khell good morning.
Khell looked at Eryk and smiled " you seem to be eager with anticipation, should we head out or do you want to have some breakfast "
" No Sir, I am not hungry, I am worried if I eat anything I might become sick later" he lied
Dr Khell shifted his lax posture into a more formal pose " Then we shall wait no longer, are you ready there is no turning back, I have told you some of the hardships you will face but not all, physical, emotional and others. Your uncle mentioned you are prepared for it."
Eryk looked at Dr. Khell and smiled, his uncle and grandfather prepared him for this.
Randy " You must remember in the supernatural world killing is as normal as drinking water, Magic has many applications but the biggest use of it is used in killing, I don't know what ability you are going to end up with, however you need to at least learn to protect yourself, I have talked with old man and he has agreed to provide you guidance on survival and combat, remember uncle is a veteran of war, the next 6 years you are going to train under him and try to learn as much as possible."
" I am ready, professor."
All right, Dr. Evan Khell nodded and grabbed Eryk's shoulder, opened a mystical door and entered through it.
Eryk felt kinda hallucinating throughout the entire journey. " You are gonna feel nauseous, but it's gonna be okay."
" I feel fine si oh no uggh" after a good minute of puking the nauseousness finally came down.
Dr Khell chuckled and replied " It seems you had a hearty dinner last night."
Eryk looked at him with some resentment but didn't rebuttal him, "fuck this guy really is a bad person, he has a problem with providing information and even asked me to have breakfas oh no uggh"
After spitting out the last bit of food he had in him, Eryk finally took a moment and looked at the surroundings and felt disturbing.
A majestic castle was standing in the middle of a crater. The castle was encompassing with eerie darkness and solitude, birds were roaming around the castle.
Eryk was standing in a combative pose with vigilance.
Dr.Khell "Calm down, we are in the east side of The forest of darkness, this is one of the places where the Spirit world and Astral world has interacted with the physical world and created a forbidden region"
Eryk looked at Evan with disbelief " this fucking madman has bought me to one of the fucking forbidden zone halfway from home, where the fucking monsters lives what the "
" Relax this is a safe zone the area is under our control"
Eryk narrowed his eyes " I have to live in this spooky place for the next few years, this Aurar might better worth it"
Eryk and Dr. Khell walked through the tar road leading towards the castle gate and when they entered everything shifted the gloomy darkness shifted to bright light. The castle changed into white marble and red bricks.
"It's majestic isn't it this castle was built before our organization was founded, let's go towards the registration office also the sun here is artificial"
" What the actual fuck, I think I am going ask questions later today is a day to watch not react"
Outside the office a tall lady with a curvaceous body, was wearing a form fitting one piece dress with a slit on both sides, her hair was braided and she generally gave a very intoxicating vibe.
Eryk " Holy lord of fate she looks so sexy, from the dress type she is from Oharu, a teacher or .."
Eryk was thinking when a girl came out of the room with short hair and a slim body with a flat chest, Eryk knew she was her childhood friend Mei.
Mei and his uncle stayed in the village for 7 years, she came to visit Eryk's family bearing the bad news after his parents went missing.
Mei looked at Eryk with an obvious pout " If you ogle her any longer your eyes may pop out from the socket"
Eryk looked at Mei and smiled " yo flat chest, so finally are you going to answer my questions."
Mei started fuming she was about to punch him but a hand was placed before her to calm down.
"Ara is he the child of Ivan and Eshana, little boy it seems you inherited your father looks but your mother eyes"
"Do you know my parents' young lady?"
Eryk sincerely asked
"Young lady you compliment well little boy, but I am much much older than your mother. I knew your parents when they came to visit my abode with my niece Mei's mother, your father was the adventurous one but your mother was the brain of the operation, you"
Dr Khell stopped the conversation with a cough
" I think family reunion can be done later it's time for you registration, I have some assignment and I think the Arata family needs to visit the great dome for the mandatory seminar"
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" What seminar? "
"It is for the students who brought their individual guardian along with them, The university invites people from any part of this planet. The important families sends a guardian to protect their scions from any mishaps although the university protects very well, the families with irrepressible hatred tried to kill each other many times and succeeded, and the university was under heavy scrutiny, so later many things were changed …. you should read the guide book later when you have some time."
Eryk wanted to ask more, but the registration seemed much more important from the looks of the professor.
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After all the procedures, Eryk took his items and went towards the east side of the estate, this was the location of the student dorms,the Area was divided into five segments. The castle in the middle segment was the biggest part, it contained the great dome, the front court, the auditorium and the library, the laboratory and classrooms was on the west side, the north side had the colosseum, and the south side was the commercial district.
The dorms were located in the east side it took him 20 minutes to reach his dorm from the registration office, Eryk Dorm house was quite far and looked somewhat shabby compare to the others, university was quite generous they provided personal room for each individual student.
"Not too shabby I got a bed, table, closet, fireplace and a personal washroom too" This is far better than the hotel I was staying in the capital.
In the evening there is going to be an orientation, I should head towards the cafeteria to get some food, Mei didn't even wait for me
Hmm Mei really knows a lot about aura, I should have asked her about my parents when I had the chance.
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During the evening Eryk took a shower and changed into his university uniform which was in the closet. I guess no one staying in this dorm building haven't seen a single soul nearby.
Whatever, Eryk went out and saw few students were making their way towards the auditorium for the orientation, as he was walking towards the auditorium more and more students were in view wearing their formal uniform, Eryk took a seat near the back to observe, it was a type of habit.
Many people from different ethnicity was taking their place among various seats, Eryk was looking for Mei wasn't able to locate her.
A slightly chubby boy came and sat near Eryk, he was pretty average with dark except for his eyes, his eyes were shining gold and a loose gold rimmed glass hung on the bridge of his nose. .
" Hello my name is Nerthus Medici and you are"
" I am Eryk Wright, do you have relation with the Medici Bank"
" Yes, my family is from the main branch of Medici Enterprise, I never heard of Wright family before"
" I came from a rural village, my family is not that known. My uncle is from the imperial naval military, I somehow lucked out and was able to join this university."
"Uhh you must be one of the lucky ones, you are probably like me then not an initiate yet."
"Initiate?"
" Oh a green horn then, An Initiate is a person can basically harness Aura, Do you know what Aura is?"
" I have read what an Aura is and I have some knowledge about Zen"
" Ah so you have some basic knowledge, then let me ask you how do you maintain a place like this without any workers have you wondered"
"Isn't it magic? I figured everything in this castle runs on magic"
" You are correct but not in a way that you think off" he took of his glasses and handed it to Eryk " wear it and you will see"
Eryk took the glasses and put it on to see small green humanoid creatures walking all around the auditorium doing various tasks
" Aren't they goblins from the so called story books"
" Yes, they are but we basically use them for menial work"
Eryk was surprised this was the first magical creature he saw in reality
" Aren't they aggressive, vile creatures who only know how to steal, rape and murder"
"Oh according to history they were more like a carnivorous pest, but many centuries ago a researcher found a deadly virus that targeted goblins and used it to decimate most of its population in earth by spreading it across the globe the remaining population became so low, the goblin threat was neutralize. Nowadays, goblins are used as slaves."
Eryk was surprised from the response
" Slaves isn't that bad, and why haven't I heard about any goblin accident ever in my life, shouldn't there at least be one or two attacks in the paper"
" Hahaha goblin working as a slave is way better than killing them. Don't worry we don't torture or kill them as they are punishable by law and as for not hearing any cases it's because your local church handles all this buisness, they place a certain potion across the region which helps to repel them"
" Are they capable of human interactions ?" Eryk couldn't help but ask slavery was legally banned across all the nations except the hateful malbeckians
" They are humanoid, with monkey like intelligence from what I remember some are capable of understanding human language, But you must know all them are monster, the ones that were made into slaves are perfectly neutralized"
Eryk didn't reply but the conversation they were having was so off the topic and inhumane it's like he is a different world.
" Are all the magical creature capable of hiding"
"Goblins doesn't have abilities to hide from humans , they are not spirit world creatures, the university provides a charm ,it's a more of a concealment then invisibility"
" What's the point of providing a charm to them, isn't everyone here knows about aura"
" Hmm lot of people especially girls do not like their appearance so a charm of concealment was provided to them"
Eryk returned the glasses and asked " Isn't the charm deadly"
" To ordinary people yes to an Aurar it means nothing, the advantage is you can use your eye of perception to always see them or you can ignore them it's up to you."
" Don't get the wrong idea, this university has the right to use this charm as it is an official organization recognized by the Church of Fate of Vinterland, Church of Mother of Oharu, Church of Sun of Al-Sayf and Church of Liberty of the Republic of Liberty only Church of Dominion of those stupid Malbeckians doesn't approve of this place . That's why many powerful families from the five nations sends their youngins to study here."
By the time they were chatting more and more students took places on their seats there were roughly 200-300 students.
After some time a group of people sat on chairs on top of the podium Dr Khell was one of them.
An elderly woman started walking towards the lectern and started speaking
"Dear students, welcome to the university of Visdam, I am your vice principal and Head of the Discipline, I will be introducing you to the teachers who will be guiding you for the following year.
First I would like to welcome Ethan Gunther, Head of Dueling and Combat he is………
Second, I would like to welcome Dr. Evan Khell Master of Potionerring,
Ms. Emma Von Leigh Head of the House of Healing, she is one of the best practitioner in the arts of healing, medicine and surgery.
Mr. Brian Smith Head of Metallurgy and Inscription, He is one of the most experienced artisan in the whole world, many of your family has artifacts created by him.
After a good two hours of Introduction finally it was time for closing.
An elderly man with stocky build, white hair and and clean shaven face started walking towards the stand, the surrounding was suddenly drawn toward him.
" Hello students I am your principal Henry Enzo Thierry, I would like to say this is a university with the indoctrination of creating warriors, Now warriors doesn't only mean someone who fights to protect, a warrior is a person who leads humanity forward, who fights against repression. My fellow children, many of you came from powerful backgrounds, some of the students this year are also royalty but I am stating that everyone here will face a lot of physical, mental and emotional hardship. If you don't want to face them you may leave, we do not welcome those who are not prepared to face adversity are not welcome here, If you like to bully the weak with your status or power you are not welcome here, This is a place for creating warriors not cowards, With this the orientation will come to an end."
" Oh I forgot to mention since this year we have an influx of student, your basic evaluation is going to take place now and failing it might lead to expulsion, you know we have to thin the herd sometimes for other to grow better"
And with that a state of commotion began among the crowd Eryk couldn't help but think " What dog shit luck do I have, haven't even learned the basics yet students are being kicked out before any wrongdoings."
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