Chapter 2 : Entering school.
Today is my first day at school, I am looking forward to it.
My mother walked me to the towns school building, it's the first time im allowed out of the house and the outside world looks beautifull but at the sametime scary. there are a lot of people and they are all very big. . . or i am just small.
When we get to the school building i see a lot of poeple and many children going into the same building. At the entrance to the school there is a big gate and behind the gate is a lage empty field where everyone is gathering.
After about one hour of waiting two old men closed the school gates, i can see some people running to get inside before the gates close. After the gate closed a man with golden armor and a big horse comes to the gate and starts yelling at the old men.
"OPEN THE GATE FOR ME!" the man yells to wich the two men reply at the same time.
""We have no obligation to open the gates for those who come late"" Its kinda creepy how they said it without emotions in thier voice but the man keeps yelling.
"I AM A NOBLE AND I DEMAND YOU LOWLY PEASANTS TO OPEN THE GATE!!"
""I warn you once if you do not leave now your family may never again enter any of the magic academys in this country"" The Old men said.
"We'll see about that when the City lord hears of this" The man in armor said and left.
The old men each walked to a table on a levitating platform and started a speach, this time only one spoke.
"welcome everyone to the Primary Macic Academy, I am the principal of this school, I am Grandmaster Gray, Today you are here for the entrance exam for your children i assume ? The rules are simple if your child has above average talent and an elemental affinity they can be admitted to My school if they don't however i can give a reccomendation for the magic academy in Greda Village wich is a 3 days ride from here". I never heard of this village but i guess there is a magic school there too? i looked at my mother but she just smiled at me. The other man continued from there.
"Would all children between the age of 5 and 6 please come on stage and form two lines, one before me and one before Grandmaster Gray". I hugged my mom and went onstage. . . i was the first one to go, i felt kinda awkward as everyone stared at me but i continued to walk and stood before the old man. After me other children got in line too, next to me in the line before Grandmaster Gray stood a beautifull girl with green hair and eyes she looked at me wierdly but i ignored her. After the lines were made Grandmaster Gray told the procedure on how to test our magic aptitude and elemental affinity.
"To test your affinity and aptitude you just have to put your hands on the crystal and infuse some of your mana into it. Now would the first participants please step forward?". He said devoid of emotions.
I walked up to the old man and asked.
"Sir May i please know your name ? My name is White Rain, i am a commoner" He looked at me funny and said
"Kid, if you have a high aptitude and an elemental affinity ill tell you my name" So i put my ahnd on the crystal ball and infused a strand of my purest mana into it, I refined my mana as mother told me not to absorb more before the mist turns into a stream. As the mana went in the crystal ball it shone with a black and silver light and then it exploded . . . The old man was startled and fell off his chair. When he got back up he looked at me as if i was a monster and then read the readings on a white stone like plate, then he looked at me again but this time with a bit of envy mixed in his eyes and said outloud,
"White Rain : Aptitude: Divine. Affinity : Darkness, Spatial, Unknown, Unknown. The crowd was silent and stared at me in confusion. I looked at the old man and said softly and a little bit afraid,
"Sir.. Waht do you mean by U..unknown?". He looked at my eyes and said.
"I do not know the Crystal could not recognise the element . . ."
"He will be put in class S And his parents do not have to pay admission fee as the school will arrange for everything!" Suddenly Grandmaster Gray said as he got out of his daze. Then the crowd started to whisper things i could not hear, i did not care anyway.
Next the girl next to me got her test, she had Supreme aptitude and water and wind affinity, the otheres i forgot however out of the 134 people who came only 30 were admitted to the school the others were guided to the other school And From the 30 in this school only 4 got into the S class wich it the highest class. The other classes are A, B, C and D. D is the lowest where the people with mid Aptitude and only 1 element go. Our first Class was about the diffrent classes and other graded things. The Teacher Mr. Shoma started our lesson with :
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"Everything not just classes is graded by this system from high to low S > A > B > C > D > F. Only our school doesnt have an F class
The classes of our school are :
S - True Genius class - Aptitude Supreme < and atleast 2 elements.
A - Genius class - Aptitude High and atleast 2 elements.
B - Lucky class - Aptitude High and 1 element.
C - Good class - Aptitude Mid and 2 elements.
D - Normal class - Aptitude Mid and 1 element.
Aptitudes are from lowest to hightest :
Low, 30-50% slower than normal.
Normal, /.
Mid, 5-25% faster than normal.
High 25-40% faster than normal.
Supreme 40-60% faster than normal.
Divine 100-?% faster than normal.
The Divine aptitude means that someone has been blessed by the gods thier growthrate depends on the enviroment they are in as they cann instantly absorb all mana to raise thier level."
The teacher told a lot, i think he likes his own voice or something.
after an hour of lectures about things i already knew the teacher finilay started explaining the magicians grades and levels.
there are more grades than the teacher knows but those haven't been achived in atelast a thousand years.
from low to hight the grades and levels are :
Primary mage - Level 1 - 10.
Aprentice mage - Level 11 - 20.
Advanced mage - Level 21 - 30.
Great mage - Level 31 - 40.
Supreme mage - Level 41 - 50.
Archmage - Level 51 - 70.
Grand Archmage - Level 71 - 90.
Element Lord - Level 91 - 100.
"Now lets introduce ourselves shall we ?" Mr. Shoma said as we were all dozing off a little bit. Then the girl with green hair stood up and walked to the front of the class.
"Hi~ My name is Ema, My daddy is the minister of finance so i am a noble. My elements are Water, Wind and Fire" She said sounding as if she was better than all of us. I could hear the other kids sigh in admiration for her, i did not get that.
" I am william, you can call me will. I am a minor noble and my father is a merchant. I have Water and Earth magic " This guy looked like a typical prince or hero from storys, blue eyes and blond hair. Then the othery guy stood up. He had black hair and brown eyes.
"I am Marc, I am a noble aswell, My father is a General in the army. My elements are Light and Wind" Why am i the only commoner in this class ? i am going to get laughed at, but i walked up to the front anyway.
"H..Hello My name is White a..and i am a commoner i guess... My elements are Darkness, Spatial and two unknown elements " I saw them all look at me like i don't belong here, even the teacher!
"Okay kids now that we're all introdused lets al take a seat at the front row of the class. White you can sit a little further back if you want" . . . What !? I went to the front row and then ema saidto me "Commoner he said sit a little farther to the back! we dont need filth here!" I was startled by the sudden loud voice. All the kids and even the teacher were laughing, but my mother taught me to be nice so i just let them be and walked out of class as i didnt want to be with those peaople. "Where do you think you are going little comomoner" The techer yelled at me when i opend the door so i said " Sir i may be a commoner but why be so mean to me ? I am going home now goodbye" then the teacher said with a wicked smile "Fine leave It's better for the school not to have someone like you in it!"
When i got to the gate it was closed and there was no one here, so i tried to walk along the walls to see if there was another gate open.
After about one hour of walking i was back at the main gate where i started, no way out. 'i could go find another teacher and ask him about the gate' And so i did. I walked to the cclosest classroom and knocked on the door. A gentle vouce told me to open it. I walked in and saw the 'Old man' standing there. I asked him to open the gates as i wanted to go home and he told me the gates only open when classes are over. Then he asked why i wanted to go home, i tild him the whole story and he said he feared that something like that would happen and he llet me stay in his office for today.
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Class is finaly over and the gates opened so i ran out and found my mom standing at the gates. I hugged her tightly and we walked home where i ate and slept.
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I hope you all enjoyed it. This story is probably a bit slow and a lot of info and only a little bit of taking from the characters My apologies for that. Do point out if i made any mistakes and grammar errors as i would love to correct them if i did make mistakes. Thanks :P