Waking up a little earlier after that strange dream, Celine got up, spending a few minutes trying to understand what happened.
Leaving the small resting place, she sat down on one of the benches on the ferry, Suna was no longer there to look after her. A little bored, she started to choose a book to read.
Celine then stared at the spellbook she just received and opened it, there were some basic spells in it like the tongue twister enchantment, silence spell, levitation, lighting, and others.
Although they were the most common, Celine watched them with great interest, her mother had tried to teach her magic once, but it was as if something blocked her power, making Celine not able to use it at all.
She ran her fingers over the words, memorizing each one, she was too engrossed in the book to notice her surroundings.
A man approached her and called her. The princess replied without looking at him, who said right away – Miss, we are already here, do you need me to help you with your bags?
Celine finally looked up at him, recognizing him as the head of the escort that Suna had prepared for her, looking around, she saw that the other passengers were already collecting their belongings and leaving the ferry… 'That was so fast'
She accepted the man's help and followed him. Remembering something she asked – Is there a booth I can use to change?
The man waved and took her off the raft, on the docks, there were some buildings, he took her to one of them – You can come in here, there are some rooms that people use to change, I'll wait for you here.
She nodded in agreement and entered one of the booths. As soon as she left the man stared at her, she was like a completely different person, her long dress was exchanged for an 'apparently' masculine garment, the man suddenly remembered that in some more northern kingdoms women also wore trousers, as he never did leave that little region to the south, he obviously wouldn't have seen something like that.
'This lady looks more like a noble -duke' he thought.
Celine was dressed in waist-length pants, a long-sleeved white blouse, and tall boots, her hair pulled back in a ponytail.
If not for her obviously feminine face she would definitely look like a bright young boy.
He looked away and led her to the carriage, they quickly set off towards Kesla.
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Two hours later they arrived at Kesla's town gate, Celine peered through the curtain at the bustling city streets, her eyes brightened as she saw the many stalls displayed along the way, biting her lower lip she suppressed her desire to go down and take a look, closing the curtain she tried to focus only on her lines when meeting the director and the excuses she would give, thinking too, what would her classmates be like?
A smile broke out on her lips as she thought about it, what races would they be...
So as not to disturb the students, the school is a little far from the city, and a few minutes later, Celine could see a large gate ahead, beyond it, a huge castle.
The carriage was stopped in front of the gates, and a guard approached to ask who was inside, both the guard and the escort team apparently already acquainted with each other since this group escorted many students to Kesla each year.
The guard nodded when he had heard what the escort leader had to say and approached the carriage, tapping it lightly.
Celine opened the curtain with one hand and faced the guard, who asked for her enrollment in the school. Celine withdraw an invitation and handed it to him.
The guard stared at the invitation for a moment before raising his eyebrows and facing Celine again, he returned the invitation and waved to the other guards to open the gates, thus allowing Celine to pass.
The carriage soon reached the entrance, rounding a small central garden. The coachman opened the door for Celine, helping her down.
Celine stared at the front of the school that was really beautiful. Picking up her bags she said goodbye to the escort team and gave them some silver in thanks. Turning around, she finally climbed the steps towards the grand entrance door. The soldiers guarding the door pushed together, opening the way for Celine.
She thanked them a little embarrassed and entered.
It was all just magnificent, the lobby was filled with tapestries, the marble floor seemed to reflect the people walking on it, a long navy blue carpet stretched towards the grand staircase in the center that split in two after a few steps. Celine stood there, a little stunned.
What woke her up was a small bell, and soon, many people developed to move where she was, they seemed busy, some held books, others just a small case in their hands.
Some suddenly noticed her presence and couldn't help but stare at her, they were probably trying to guess what she was.
Celine ducked her head a little and headed for the stairs, watching her new colleagues out of the corner of her eye. There were so many races she couldn't even count. The easiest to guess were those that showed something related to their people, such as wings, for example, there were some there that had beautiful wings, each of them of different types. Celine couldn't help but feel excited in a situation like this.
Apparently, these students didn't have much time to look at this new student who suddenly appeared, returning each one to what they were already doing, there was only one more time before they returned to the dorms, so they all hurried to their respective classrooms.
Seeing that the place was getting emptier, Celine hurried to find the Headmaster's office, there was only one problem, she was already lost in the hallways, Celine had been too excited before to remember to ask anyone for directions.
Feeling a little frustrated she stopped in front of a huge window, in the distance she saw two more huge buildings, few students came and went, there were probably the dormitories.
She focused her gaze in that direction until she felt someone approaching, Celine thought it was probably some student going to their own classroom, so she didn't look.
But this person suddenly stopped and touched her shoulder.
– Excuse me, are you new here?