Returning to the group we began making our way to the Dining hall. "You was totally awesome at class Emilia!" it took me at least one week of study to cast my first spell." Jay admitted.
"Really?..." I asked.
"Yeah.... learning to cast spells isn't easy..." He said quietly.
"Yeah..... I dunno why but it all seemed abit too easy...." I agreed and patting him on the back.
"don't get too over confident controls are only the start." he replied with a smile.
"So what's Elven society like?..." I heard Daisy ask Grace and Helen.
"Annoying and boring..... Because we are.... born into noble families we were expected to learn and study other cultures and races so we can become diplomats for our city..." Helen explained.
"Ohhh I see.." Daisy replied as we joined the group and started to make our way.
"Hey guys" they greeted us.
"So how about you?... I've never seen a blue Tifeling before..." Helen asked.
"Ohhh.... It was a side effect when I began to study Holy and Divine magic, No idea why to be honest." She said as we made our way down the maze of stairs, other students began to emerge from various levels heading to the same destination.
Finding a set of seats at the dining hall, we quickly began tucking into our food, I was surprisingly hungry despite not doing much physical exercise. "So Emilia where are you from??... I've never seen anyone with your beautiful skin tone."
"Ohhh she's from a small port town..." Jay answered for me.
"Ohhh which one??" Grace asked
"London." I replied.
"Ohhh.... I've never heard of it before..... Is it a relatively new port town???....Grace and Helen asked.
"Yeah.... I think it's new..." I replied going along with the lie…...
"How about you Jay where are you from?..." they asked.
"I'm from a small town in the outskirts of Acadia...." he answered.
"Ohhh..... Are they.... safe??... I heard there has been increased activity of bandits and goblins...." Helen asked.
"Yeah I think they are fine last time I checked.... they aren't near the mountains." he replied.
"That's a relief." Grace replied.
"Is there a reason goblins are attacking???..." I asked.
"Well from what I've read.... they only leave the mountains.... if they are short on food... or something pushing then out their territory." Grace explained.
"Ohhh ....." I nodded in understanding.
"Previously goblins were enslaved by dragons..... But dragons haven't been seen in years so.... it probably something else..." Grace said contemplating.
"That sounds bad...." I replied.
"We should be pretty safe if anything big happens Atlantis can step in... but the needless slaughter of goblins should be avoided if possible...." Grace said.
"Aren't goblins bad though???....." I asked.
"Hmmm... it's all about perspective to be honest." Grace answered.
"That makes sense...I guess" I agreed contemplating.
"What happened to all the dragons?" I asked.
"It's very long and complicated history.... but to summaries, most the lesser races banded together to eradicate the dragons. Now they are more or less extinct, aside from the black dragon Paul defeated a few years ago.... There hasn't been any other sightings since." Grace answered
"Ohhh.... interesting..." I replied....." Do you happen to know.... what a Demon Lord is?...." I asked another question.
"I've only heard stories about the ancient times..... A long time ago... The forces of heaven were stuck in an eternal conflict against the Demons of hell. Eventually some of the Forces of Good were corrupted and became Devils. Then after that Devils and Demons are in a constant conflict for control over the hells, but this all happened many many thousand years ago....." Grace explained.
"Ohh wow..." I replied in shock.
"Yeah... any information on the Pantheons and Hells are all just stories...No way to know for sure if it's all fact or fiction....." Grace added... "but there are many cults that worship evil Deities so maybe there is something there..." She explained.
"Yup.... we spent way too much time learning about boring cultures and races and history, for example all elves lived in another plane but our ancestors migrated here many years ago." Helen informed us.
"And Tiefaeni are normally red because a long time ago our king struck a deal with the Lord of Hell corrupting our whole race." Daisy explained.
"Yeah.... I aunt got anything interesting about me sadly." Jay added.
"Well to be honest, I found the Human history most interesting, especially the ancient technology that runs throughout the Floating Islands of Aspa and Atlantis, ancient technology fused with ancient magic, any and all attempts to even try and replicate them has all failed." Grace explained.
"Are there any books I can read... or you and grace recommend?..." I asked curiously, getting extremely excited about everything I can read!
"Hmm I'm unsure what books you have access to, or the library even has stocked….. So probably best to ask the librarian..." Grace answered.
Finishing our lunch we made our way out together, "We still have 30 mins before class..." Jay said looking into the sky as we exited the main castle.
"Ohhh.... do you know anything about the world tree over there???...." I asked Grace and Helen pointing at the world tree.
"Hmmm... world trees are very rare not from this plane..... A long time ago elves gifted a seed to humans as a sign of peace..... But that one was planted in the grand city of Xoria... I have no idea how this one arrived here....." she answered also look curiously at it.
"We can always ask it." Helen smiled.
Daisy, Jay and I looked at her as if she's mad... "You can talk to tree..??..." Jay asked.
"Yeah it's something druids can do...." she smiled.
"Why did I not think of that.... of course druid can, being so akined to nature?" Jay said realising this mistake.
"I don't think it's a good idea though...." Grace mentioned.
"Why not ???...." Helen asked.
"Because I assume it's protected with some sort of barrier to stop any tampering...." Grace explained.
"She's probably right..... A student named Tim told me it practically powers the whole school...." I added.
"Fine..." Helen agreed with a pout.
"Lets start making our way to class." Jay said leading the way.
"Grace what do you know about Atlantis??..." I asked, as we all began following Jay to class.
"Hmmmm from what I read... no one knows the origin of it..... But there was one story back when us elves were still on our home plane, we was visited by a vast floating castle owned by a King who went by the name Soloman. He stayed for a few weeks conversing with elves, then left never to be seen again, no one knows why or how it ended up here or even what happened to King Solomon.
"Woah…. That so mysterious...!" I said in awe.
Instead of re-entering the main castle, we went to the side of the school where I met the Treant and the Dryad. As we arrived at the familiar fields and forests we headed towards a nearby shed. Helen look extremely excited looking far into the distance looking for something. "Hurry up Helen we gonna be late!!" Grace said pulling her along as bell sounds began to ring in my head.
"but but.... I heard there was a Treant and a few dryads here.... that happily left their grove to come here!!!! You don't understand how rare that is!!!!" Helen tried to explain to her getting dragged to class.
"There's plenty of time to meet them another time! Silly girl!" Grace scolded her.
"Good afternoon children please take a seat!!!" A middle aged woman wearing simple robes looking slightly scruffy welcomed us.