Everywhere was still quiet, no one talked or even made a sound.
All of a sudden, Master Ril stood up and walked around the room. He walked from the first row down to the other rows as he looked around.
"you!" said Master Ril as he pointed at a fat boy in Brown robe
"What's your name?" asked Master Ril.
From his seat, the boy replied,
"Gawr,"
"oh! What a fat name" replied Master Ril as the crowd burst into laughter.
" Why do you want to be a Brown Knight? "asked Master Ril. He had no expression on him.
" because I am bold enough to" replied Gawr. Master Ril looked at him and beamed as he walked away from him.
" You see, the Knight school was the idea of some brave knights. To be succinct, the coalition of wizards and knights is what gave birth to the Knight school"
Master Ril noticed Klora at where he was sitting and walked slowly towards him as he spoke.
" Each Dept. as a reason why it was brought into existence."
"You!" said Master Ril, he was already beside Klora.
"yes sir!" exclaimed Klora from his seat, he could feel his armpit itching him.
" where are you from?" asked Master Ril.
" From Daorah Kingdom sir" replied Klora. Master Ril kept his look on him for some moments before moving away from his side. He moved back to the front row and back to his seat.
" You're all expected to be in black robes on your first day in class. I see you're all already seeing yourselves as knights" said Master Ril.
" Get the recommended books and read about the history of Wizards and knights and what caused their coalition. Intelligent students would be rewarded". He closed the opened book and returned it back among the other books. He rose up and packed up the books and made for the door.
" The boy in black robe!" exclaimed Master Ril as looked straight at Klora. Klora stood up so that he could see him.
"Come over here!" said Master Ril.
There came whisperings from the crowd as Klora walked past them. He got near Master Ril and stopped, staring below.
" class dismissed!" Master Ril said to the crowd as he went off with Klora.
The corridor they were walking through wasn't familiar at all. Different thoughts crossed Klora's mind as he walked behind. The corridor was almost the same thing as the ones he had been walking through all day except for the oil lamps on the wall, there were much more of them there than the other corridors. Master Ril cleared his throat all of a sudden and stopped walking. Klora almost walked into him.
Master Ril turned back at him and reached for his right hand. He held it up as he opened his palm. He looked at Klora at his face and touched the scar the golden coins left on palm.
" tell me who gave you the coins" said Master Ril.
" what!" Klora exclaimed as he forced his palm off Master Ril's hand. He glared at him, thinking of what to say.
" sorry sir, I don't know what you mean by that" Klora replied.
Master Ril beamed as he turned his back at Klora and started walking again. Klora followed him.
Not long, they got to the front of a door. Written at the top was Ril.
Master Ril drew out a key from inside the cloak he was putting on. He inserted it inside the keyhole and gave it a twist to the right. The door opened and Master Ril entered.
"come in " said Master Ril. Klora hesitated but later went inside. His office was a good example of a mess. There were sheets of paper everywhere.
Master Ril's portraits were hung on the four walls in his office. There was a sheath with sword with sword in it hung on the wall behind his seat.
There was also a large table in front of his seat and at the back of the table were two chairs set . each other.
"Have a seat" said Master Ril as he pointed at the chair at the right hand side. Klora sat quietly with his hands on his laps.
" Klora, you don't want to tell me you got those coins all by yourself, did you?" asked Master Ril.
Klora was shocked by how he knew his name without even asking. He wasn't even sure of what kind of reply he should give.
" should I tell the truth" he thought in himself.
" I won't spared if he knows that I'm aware of the Green Dept. secret."
" no sir" replied Klora.
"Very good, now tell me how you….."
" I did not do it by myself, I did it with the help of my teammates" Klora interjected. He was getting fumed and at the same time scared.
Master Ril looked at him and nodded his head.
" You should go back to your dorm now, tomorrow is going to be a busy day for everyone." Said Master Ril as he drew out a quill from the ink jar in the table.
Klora was already up, he was almost out of the office when he looked back at him as he bit his lip.
"Sir!"
Master Ril did not reply, he kept in writing something on a parchment with the quill.
" I don't know the way back to the dorm sir" he muttered.
Master Ril raised up his head and look at Klora again.
" just move out and keep on walking through the corridor" he turned back to what he was writing.
Klora went out of the room and started walking along the corridor. This was the first time he was walking all by himself along the corridor. He looked around and noticed that the oil lamps turned few, there weren't many as he saw when they were coming from the history class.
Some moments later, he noticed the stairs ahead.
" yeah! I made it back to the dorm!" he exclaimed as he fastened his movement. He walked pass the stairs at the right and left and headed for the one in front of him. The one where Brown Knights is inscribed on it.
He stepped on the first stair, second stair and then stopped all of a sudden. He scratched his forehead.
He turned back and retreated back to the floor. He moved around the staircase and headed below it.
" it was here" he muttered as he rubbed the brick beneath the staircase.
" Who's there!" exclaimed a voice. Klora was startled that he was almost knocked off his feet. He looked around for who it was but he could see no one.
" Maybe I'm seeing things" he thought and hurriedly went up the stairs. He was breathing heavily.
He walked towards the third room along the corridor and opened the door. The corridor was quiet like it was the previous day. He went inside the room and closed the door. There was no one inside, it was quiet.
He glanced at the window and noticed it was noon. The whole castle is always dark whether in the day or night.
He drew the curtains and sat on the bed below. He took off the black robe and moved closer to the luggage in a corner of the room and opened it.
What!
He gasped and stared inside the luggage for some moments. He dipped his hand in it and brought out a parchment with four books placed on top of one another.
"what's going on?" he thought as he unfolded the parchment.
" A map!" he stared at it as he traced the lines drawn at the middle of the parchment with his finger.
Below the lines were some texts written in an uppercase handwriting.
Think and walk towards your thought.
Klora stared at it for some moments and then placed it aside. He reached for the first book and stared at the cover, written on it was THE ADVENT OF UNITY.
He browsed through the pages and closed it as he reached the end of it.
" This must be the book Master Ril was talking about." He beamed as he reached for the other book.
" TAME A SWORDON?" he muttered as he rubbed the text with his palm. He opened the first page and read out the content.
TAME A SWORDON AND BECOME THE BROWN KNIGHT YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE.
"What's a Swordon?" he thought as he closed the book and reached for the third book.
He stared at the title bold and clear.
THE POWER IN YOU
He opened the book randomly and found himself at the middle of the book.
He glanced at the sky through the window and noticed it was getting dark already.
" maybe I should deal with the history first, I shouldn't mess up now that I'm the target of everyone." Klora thought as he closed the book and reached for
THE ADVENT OF UNITY.