"Emery, this is Magus Xion, he is one of the instructors here."
"Apology, I'm afraid the origin stone room is currently not available for use. No one is allowed to enter as Grand Magus Zenonia is using the facility at the moment."
"Please, magus, this may be my last chance to pass the academy's requirements! Please let me in, I'm begging you!"
"No amount of pleading will work, but I feel some odd connection with you. There's something about you that makes me want to help you. So, find me next year and I will surely compensate for what you have missed today."
"I… understand. Thank you, magus."
It was a flash of memory about his first encounter with his master magus.
The sight of the lifeless body of his master lying in front of his eyes, while his body and mind being severely influenced by his killer – the patriarch of his own clan, proved to be too much of a stimulation for Emery as he found his mind breaking apart.
