Hey, guess what? Mr. J or should I say Mr. Julius Ainsworth is waiting for us! Ahh, what a lovely look on his face. I think I should go get a metal sheet and cover my arse with it because right now, his anger had turned every living thing on his surrounding dead and withered. Pretty sure I'm next.
Boy oh boy, I'm scared… No, really. I'm scared right now.
How long did I make him wait?
On his side, there's a lady, well in fact two of them. One wears the same clothes like Mr. J and she was beautiful in a natural way, she has a grey hair and well, she just looked like Mr. J but she doesn't have that bored and angry to the world look. She has a wide smile on her face and laughing at Mr. J's face, her brows were fine, and she has a beautiful upturned nose.
She is, in fact, the total opposite of Mr. J.
Meanwhile, the other lady on the back of the two has a dignified appearance, she wore a white robe with her hands on her back. She looked bored but somehow, when she saw me, her eyes suddenly produced a cold glint, however, suddenly he turned happy and excited.
On her face… Huh?
This lady has a dark green hair similar to mine, however, she doesn't have auburn highlights like mine, but her eyes were aquamarine and emerald similar to mine, her skin texture was also similar to mine. Not only that, we share the same expressions like earlier! I usually looked bored when I'm impatient just like her earlier.
Oh boy, Is she my mother? She looked beautiful! However, I feel like we're not connected but connected… I wonder why.
"Mr. Magnus Firewood, you dared to be late at your first day!? Give me fifty push up and fifty squats!" Mr. J voice echoed that quickly made me looked at him. Ugh, this expressionless again.
"I-I'm sorry, I'll never do it again." Like a good student, one should apologize when they did know that they are wrong. Moreover, I bet, I'm doing it right.
"Pah! Sorry my arse, do it now, or chop chop?" His eyes somehow glowed with blue light and I tell you, how creepy? It's like he is already preparing his blade to cut my ding dong.
Oh dear, I don't want chop chop.
"Darn it." I muttered to myself before laying my body down and started to push up which surprised me it was easy due to the fact that I kept doing random heavy stuff when I'm a beggar just to obtain ten white crystals. And my mother's strict lecture during martial arts that I should exercise every day had engraved my mind, and during my beggar years, I kept following that.
Within five minutes, I had already finished my fifty pushups and squats. He should have asked me to do burpees; it's much more difficult than these simple things.
And somehow, when I was finished the three adults looked at me quite shocked, and Sofia on my side had this 'Just as expected' look on her face.
"Tsk, brother, you suck at punishing your disciple… That punishment is like a walk to a park to him." The lady on his left said, laughing at him once again. I guess I'm kinda right about knowing that these two are brother and sister. But hey, she's right about that.
"Shut it, Dorothy, most of my disciple always cried when they got punishment like this… I guess his demi-human blood still affects his body." Mr. J shrugged, but uhm, you know I think you're wrong. With practice and heart with it, I think anyone can do those simple things.
"I'm still not contented with this… Magnus lay down and do a plank while you listen." Oh dear, not a plank! But I'm glad that he doesn't want a body saw.
I still obeyed his want since I'm at fault for being late so I had no reason to object or complain.
Planking is easy at first, but then, you would always feel that there's something weighing you down, and the longer it gets, the harder and difficult it gets.
"So headmistress, this is my disciple that you asked for me to have, and it seems he is indeed special like you had told me." Mr. J voice said, however, I could not look towards them because it is starting to get difficult.
"Darn right, he is special but this cutie patootie right here is also special. Good work you two." The headmistress really sounds like me, and her voice was soft and I kinda like it. Soon, this lady stepped down on the stair (Yeah, she was stepping on the stairs for the whole time) and walked towards me.
I couldn't look up, but I could see her dirty boots.
"You boy and you girl is a very special asset to us mages, your background is something serious that we shouldn't let you go outside the island of Ortygia. Especially you, Magnus. You bore the eye of truth." She said.
And just like that, she just dumped an information that I am important and serious, I also wield the eye of truth? Like whaaaat?
"What? Headmistress, you're saying that this runt has actually the power of eye of truth?" Mr. J gasped in shock, even his sister seems shocked by that.
Darn it, I want to know what this eye of truth is.
"Right, you two as their suitors, you had to train and cultivate this two seeds well, I'll grant these two to use beginner's wand so you could advance lesson this two. But of course, don't teach them killing spell 'yet' we'll wait once they proved that they are worthy. Unlike your past's students who failed miserably." Headmistress' voice laughed in mockery at the two suitors, it seems they had done something on the past.
"You Magnus Firewood and Sofia Blackwood, I had a high expectation to you two. Well then, peace out."
Just like that, she vanished in flames leaving the four of us.
"Uhm… Can I stand now?" I asked, however, no one spoke. Oh dear, my body is starting to get spasm.
"Master, what does she mean by that?" Sofia asked her master, Ms. Dorothy.
"You two are very special, in fact, you two might be the key for us to gain our freedom, but also might be the result of our great fall… Moreover, that kind of responsibility had set upon us with my brother. The former great magi with the eye of the truth had left us a prophecy at his deathbed. One of those prophecies is that there will be a young man named 'The great' and a young woman named 'The wise'" Ms. D explained, she seemed to be nervous.
But I was shocked hearing that. My name Magnus meant is The great, and Sophia or Sofia meant wisdom or wise. Holy Ashdown, is that the really a prophecy? It's awesome but I could definitely tell that this is a serious one.
Sofia and I could be the result of a big turn of the history of mages, and that is either the fall or flourish of mages here in this world.
"Uh, can I stand now?" Of course, I couldn't forget to complain.
"If that was really the case… Then my mother is right, my life has been cursed and she said that wisdom would devour me…" Sofia nervously said.
"She said that? I guess I had to report that to our headmistress. You two should get going now." Mr. J said.
"Okay. Good luck brother and you too, Magnus. Sofia, let's go."
"Yeah, Magnus, see you later." I could see Sofia's foot turned around and followed Ms. D and soon enough, I couldn't see the two.
"Master, I think it's enough for me to stay like this?" I complained but louder this time.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't see you there. Go get up." Okay, that already annoyed me when he said that.
I stood up and looked at him, and not a surprise, another expressionless face. This dude is really lame.
"So, what are we going to do now?" I asked while patting my knees and shoulders.
"I'm going to explain your schedule now… You're still a freshman and you need to learn the basics of being a mage so you will definitely need to enter classes. You will attend three days in class and two days to attend private lessons. And the remaining two days on weekends you will need to train physical activities such as fist fighting and sword fighting and on the next day you would need to cultivate your mana." He explained, he waved his hands a parchment paper appeared out of nowhere and gave it to me.
This paper contains my time schedule and it seems that I only had like four hours of free time in the afternoon. I guess that's fine.
The subjects are quite common, I guess I shouldn't expect something cool at freshmen stage, anyway this is my schedule:
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Mordas: 7:00 – 9:00 (Mathematica)| 9:00 -11:00 (Scientia)| 11:00 – 12:00 (Lunch)| 12:00 -4:00 (Magicka History)
Turdas: 10:00 – 4:00 Private lesson with Mr. J
Windras: 7:00 – 9:00 (Latin and Greek)| 9:00 -11:00 (Voice of Mages)| 11:00 – 12:00 (Lunch)| 12:00 -4:00 (Study of Runes and Magic Circles)
Threndas: 10:00 – 4:00 Private lesson with Mr. J
Frundas: 7:00 – 9:00 (Meditation)| 9:00 -11:00 (Cultivation)| 11:00 – 12:00 (Lunch)| 12:00 -4:00 (Flight study)
Mondas: 7:00 –11:00 (Self Defense)| 11:00 – 12:00 (Lunch)| 12:00 -4:00 (Magic Self Defense)
Sundas: Anytime (Must cultivate for six hours or eight hours.)
Ps: I'll be watching you, boy.
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Oh god, what a boring subjects!
"Since it's already Turdas, you have a lesson with me. Come with me." Mr. J turned around and walked away.
I followed him and I guess this is the start of my academy life?
***
I followed Mr. J inside the building, he said this building consists of multiple classrooms, two for freshmen students and fifty-six classroom for sophomore students. In this campus only freshmen and sophomore study here. I guess there is another campus on this island where they turn students into their military assets.
Finally, when we walked on the veranda on the back of the building, the field behind this building is a training field. Full of obstacles, weapon racks and multiple sets of brooms.
Once we entered the building once again, we got up on the fourth floor and on the end of the west wing, we finally arrived on Mr. J's personal classroom.
The interior inside was quite amazing actually, the walls are made of marble white and there are four wide windows and lighting here was quite bright. The curtains flutters and this place is quite windy due to the windows are opened, and my favorite thing is. We had fresh air!
The furniture inside has a teacher's table, a chair on its front for the personal student, meanwhile, there are also two sofas on the living room, a bathroom and even three bookshelves containing a variety of subjects. There are many items displayed on the side of the walls, and tables.
There's also a set of tea maker, sweet! Not only that there's a free cookie! Sweet!
"This place is amazing; I thought this place is gloomy and dark. Never did I expect to be quite opposite." I muttered, yep, I did imagine that when I am thinking what his room would look like.
However, despite saying it silently, Mr. J's sharp hearing had actually caught it, "Of course, you shouldn't judge a person base on its cover. This is my haven, so do not destroy things or else, you will be studying on the training field." Mr. J shrugged as he comfortable sat on his teacher's chair.
I sat on the chair on the front of the table and still looking around while Mr. J is taking out something on his desk.
"Man, this place is really beautiful."
"Right? Anyway, what do you know about wands?" He asked.
Boy oh boy! When I heard 'Wands' my head turned towards him instantly.
Well, I can't help it. Wands are cool.
They go kablam and poof, and bang bang... You know what, I'm out.
Peace out!