{Maxwell Miltri's POV}
"Ana, is that you?"
I was going to my usual favorite bar went someone interjected me, this student of mine was Ana Hildeberant, a genius that join the magic academy this year, she is quite the good student, although her social skills are a bit off, everything else is good, plus, she become the only student of the principal.
That's quite an honor, I would be lying if I said that I am not a little envious, however, is a good type of envy.
"Teacher Maxwell, is good to see you well!" She said.
"Now that's weird, for the usual Ana that never goes out to be here… Did you come with your friends?" I asked.
"…No…" Said Ana with an awkward face.
Ops…
"Maybe… Did you come with him?"
"Don't talk about that traitor…" Said Ana with a sad face.
To abandon your partner… that's a low move, even we, teachers, after hearing this, become a little disappointed, although student Gulliver has good grades and is, in fact, also a prodigy along side Ana, his morals since to be a little bit… off.
"Teacher, I need your help" Said Ana.
"My help?"
"Yes! Someone is targeting me!"
"What!?"
"This is what happen…"
I heard the story of Ana… I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"Feringro… this time he really went too far!" I was pissed off.
How could a student attend to kill another student!
"I don't have actual prove that it was him, however, you know my enmity with him, so he is the principal suspect" Said Ana.
"It's pretty obvious that he is behind all of this, however, as you say, there is no prove to accuse him"
It's unfortunate but, without proper probe, we can't do anything.
"That's right, about this child with the flow of magic… is true?"
I had to ask, I mean, I have heard of geniuses that have awoken their magic core at a very young age, however, this was with the help of a lot of rare materials, and, all in all, the youngest of these kids awoke as a magician as the age of eight, according to history records.
That magician was our current principal, Mare Jupiter.
"It's very hard for me to believe that such a kid exists…" I said.
"I knew that you wouldn't believe me, so I will present him to you, come with me, however, after that, you will have to escort us to the magic academy" Said Ana.
To sacrifice my one-in-a-month day off for the sake of seeing a genius…
Totally worth it.
"Let's get going"
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"Is this him?"
Mmm…?
"Yeah, he's name is Noah"
Who is speaking? Can't you see that I am trying to sleep here.
"Certainly, I can the flow of mana, however, what I can't figure out is… what element this kid has… I feel at least… four elements!"
Elements…? What is he talking about…?
"Aren't you seeing wrong teacher? How could a mage have more than two elements? Only a prodigy among prodigies could have three elements and that if he or she is in the grandmaster level… not talk about four, even my master can only control three elements, and she is a supreme mage"
"Hey, I am trying to sleep here" I finally said.
I opened my eyes and saw a man with brown long hair and green eyes looking at me.
"You are…?"
"I am sorry, how rude of me, My name is Maxwell Mitri, I am a teacher of the mage academy of Flurial Town" Said the man with a smile.
He looked quite young, almost at the same age as Ana.
"Hello, my name is Ana, here is my sister Hope" I said.
"It seems that you have a lot of tell, however, for now, let escort you guys to the magic academy" Said Maxwell.
"Sure, come little girl, time to go" I said while waking up Hope.
"Au?"
"Come, let's go"
"Ah… wait a moment please…" Said Maxwell.
"What is it?"
"Could you… do that spell?" Said Maxwell.
"What spell?" I ask while looking at Ana.
"The one that burns the mana" Said Ana.
Maxwell looked quite enthusiastic…
"Okay?"
I took a deep breath…
Feel the mana flow…
"WEX, WEX, WEX"
"What- what kind of enchant is this!?"
"[Invoke]!"
The power of Wex flow from my chest towards my hands…
"[EMP]!"
"Shit!" Said Ana while running from the room.
"WHAT THE HELL!?" Said Maxwell while looking at the purple vortex that was in the middle of the room.
*PUM*
The vortex exploded and Maxwell looked like an idiot as the already disappeared vortex.
"Impossible…"
Maxwell tried to use another spell, he could use it, however, his eyes were quite terrifying.
He grabbed me from the shoulders and said.
"YOU HAVE TO TEACH ME THIS FORMULA!" Said Maxwell.
"I-"
"I WILL PAY YOU WITH TWO…NO… THREE MAGICAL ARTIFACTS OF OUSTADING QUALITY!" Said Maxwell.
"I don't think-"
"HOW ABOUT I ALSO GIVE YOU FOUR OF MY OWN UNIQUE FORMULAS! COME ON, PLEASE!"
"…" I was speechless.
"Hey! Teacher, what are you doing to a kid!?" Ana entered the room and hugged me, sheltering me from this maniac.
"Ana! You don't understand! Almost a quarter of my mana pool was empty in an instant! This is a deathly spell for a magician! This spell is priceless!" Said Maxwell.
"Come on teacher, knocked off" Said Ana.
Maybe… I made a mistake coming here after all?
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After almost an hour of convincing Maxwell that the formula wasn't for sale, we went on our way towards the magic academy, it was quite far away, outside of Flurial Town is a small forest, if you walk one kilometer inside of it, there is a small cave there.
"Matilda, I am back!" Shouted Maxwell.
Suddenly, a cat appeared at the entrance of the cave.
"Meowelcome~ teacher Maxwell, student Ana" Said the cat.
"Oh? Meowho is this little one~?" Asked the Cat after seeing me.
"We have a situation; I want to enter with them so we can talk to the principal" Said Maxwell.
"You Meowknow I can't let strangers in- oh, Meowait, I have received some orders from the principal, you can Meowcome in" Said the cat.
"Thanks" Said Maxwell.
I also thank the cat.
"Meowne more think, Ana~" Said the cat.
"Wha-what is it?"
"You better Meow prepare, the principal said she is specially Meowaiting to see you~" Said the cat with a cheeky smile.
I could see the body of Ana trembling a little.
"You see that Hope, that is what happens when you are a bad girl and don't obey, don't become like that okay?"
"Auu~"
"Shut up Noah!"
"Hahah" Maxwell laughed a little.
We entered to the cave, in an instant the scenery changed, in front of us, a huge white castle could be seeing.
It almost like…
"A fairytale…" I murmured.
"Yeah, it's quite impressive isn't it? You will get use to it" Said Maxwell.
The whole castle was surrounded by a huge lake; the water was incredible clean, I could see my reflection perfectly on it, like it was some kind of mirror.
"Can I drink it?"
"Sure, you can, however, I don't recommend it, sometimes, the aquatic creatures there jumped out and can bite your lips" Said Maxwell.
We walked through the green lands until we arrive to the entrance of the castle.
While we get near the castle, I could see a lot of young men and women walking… the majority walked in pair, they all had a cloak on them, however something was also different between the cloaks.
"The people who were blue cloaks, are apprentice mages, the ones who were black ones, like me, are mages, the ones with red cloaks, are master mages and the ones with green cloaks, like teacher Maxwell, are grandmaster mages" Said Ana.
"What about supreme mages?" I asked.
"Those were white cloaks" Added Maxwell.
"I see…" I said.
"Well, here we are, let's go to the time tower" Said Maxwell.
"The time tower?" I ask.
"It's the tower where the principal lives in, only she and her students can live there, inside the flow of mana is richer, making it quite a good place to practice magic" Said Maxwell.
"I see"
Inside of the castle, all was decorated with paintings and white pillars.
"The paintings were made by magicians of incredible talent, everything here is covered in magic so it will last forever, on the other side of the castle, there are the classrooms, at the back of the castle are the door rooms" Explained Ana.
"Woah, that's awesome" I said.
"Au!"
We walked to the very mid of the castle.
"Here is the Time tower" Said Maxwell.
I looked up; a huge black tower was greeting at me.
"Teacher Maxwell, Miss Ana, the master is waiting"
A woman with a nun outfit great us.
"Hey Ilia, is master… upset?" Asked Ana.
"…" The nun didn't answer.
"?" I looked at Maxwell.
"Ilia doesn't speak to anyone but the principal" Whispered Maxwell.
"Why?"
"Nobody knows; however, some master mages try to force to speak a couple of years ago"
"What happened?"
"They were found outside of the castle without tongue and their eyes sewed, be careful when you interact with her" Whispered Maxwell.
I felt a tremor running towards my body.
"Let's go in" Said Maxwell.