After finding an inn to have lunch and spend the night.
We made our way to the eastern district of the city where the prison is, which is surrounded by buildings and fields used by the military and a small complex used by the guard.
Entering the eastern district did not take long for me to realize that we were being followed.
I turned to my mother, but I didn't even have to ask.
"Don't care about them. And very well for having noticed them, it seems that their perception has improved a lot in the last months, good boy "
Trying not to be provoked by my mother, I tried to identify as much information as possible from those who follow us, using the skill of my eyes you can identify that the four pursuers 3 of them had gray cores and a green one, but I could only see the elements inside the gray nuclei, the green nucleus was covered by black elements that flowed from it to cover the whole body, it looked like a black figure with a small green light in the center that passed through the black curtain.
First time I see a user of the Shadow element, it seems that he covers himself with his element to hide himself, but against my view he stands out as a black figure, but this ended up decreasing my ability to identify the interior of the nucleus, I can anticipate his approach more I have to be careful since I cannot identify if he will have more elements.
Our escort accompanies us to the guard building, but I believe he will escort us on the way out of the district afterwards.
"Boys, I'm going to meet a sergeant or captain of the guard and 'persuade' him to accept Luke as a recruit. Everything will be fine."
Watching my mother go to the building with a predator's smile. I feel that Luke is not going to have a very interesting reception when he joins the guard.
I kept my friend Luke in a posthumous silence. He was really nervous, he was already sweating, he just needed to start shaking.
It took about 20 minutes, if you ask Luke I think he would say that we waited for hours until I saw my mother leaving the building with the same smile as before, but she was accompanied by a very tall man with a corporative construction that it would make bodybuilders jealous, seriously how straight this guy walks or even fights.
It's scary and it got worse with every step he took, his shirt must be made of magical beast material to keep from tearing, it looked like a glue. That was the weirdest and scariest sight I have had in my life.
Resisting the urge to pluck out my eyes, I directed my aura to my eyes. I saw its orange core, but inside it was a storm of red mana, but without elementary seed.
They approached and so either I saw the question.
"Which of the children will join the guard?"
I turned to Luke but I don't know if it was for nervousness or it was the shock of seeing that guy, but now Luke is petrified. Poor thing, but my mother came to your rescue, at least I think that was her intention,
"Mark, the only boy who looks like me is obviously my son and the other is Luke who joined the guard. I already explained that to you."
This Mark started to laugh to hide his embarrassment, but I think that only added to the weird atmosphere of the conversation because while he laughed his muscles seemed to be aimed at tearing his shirt.
"Don't be so it would be Mrs. Kára I was just asking to see if your son wanted to accompany his friend and join the guard."
"Don't even think about it Mark my boy will not join the army, but he will be a great adventurer and will roam free around the world."
Well and the first time I see my mother talking like that, she always said that she could do what I wanted with my life but she should do it right, she would not accept a son who was pathetic or unhappy in the profession he chose.
Not that I ever said or wanted to join the army, since I don't want to do that. But his reaction was weird.
Returning to Luke, it seems that his state of petrification is over.
"Sir, Mark, I'm Luke, and I'd like to join the guard. I will do my best. "
I was surprised and disappointed that Luke did not stutter during his request to join the guard.
My mom and I were waiting for the answer from Mark who was smiling.
"Sure, young man, but you must pass the test first, but since you are a student of an adventurer with a Red plate, I think the test will not be difficult for you."
Grabbing Luke by the shoulder, Mark started to drag him into the building.
Waving to Luke who was walking towards his end, I realized that it was time for me to go to school, I wonder if my enrollment will be accepted.
Turning to my mother.
"So now, should we go to school to enroll? "
"Not"
I was confused by that answer.
After your dramatic break .
"Registration for your school starts tomorrow, we arrived early for my surprise."
"We are going to the inn and rest because tomorrow we will wake up early to enroll him in school.
With that we returned to the inn, our escort dries us to the end of the eastern district.
"Mom, will I have a test to get into school?"
"No dear, you don't have to pass the test for school, although it doesn't look like we have a title of nobility, that exempts you from the test for enrollment"
"What if I want to take the test?"
"Why would you take the test?"
"To compete I want to see how I did"
"This is a waste of time, the test is simple and boring, you don't get anything by participating. It is a simple test to avoid having students who are a waste of time and resources for school. "
With that we went back to the inn and spent the rest of the day farming, but my mother went to have fun shopping in the city.
The evening I had a conversation with my mother about our escort when we were in the eastern district.
"Mother, why were we guarded when we entered the eastern district?"
"Well. For security reasons when a group or individual with a nucleus at least at the green level it will be monitored, did you notice how many people were watching us ? "
"There were 3 empty-core and gray-level warriors and a green-core warrior with the shadow element, but I couldn't see inside his core so I'm not sure he only has the shadow element."
"Good boy, your eyes are very convenient, but don't rely on them alone. You should always use all your senses, do you know why the user of the shadow element was more distant than the others? "
"Not"
"And because the weaker warriors have the function of bait, it is very difficult to perceive a shadow user, I have superior cultivation and experience in tracking, but I barely noticed him, someone less competent and with negative intensities would act against the gray-core trio so the shadow user would send a signal to surround and capture the idiot. "
"Remember I always kept watch, never assume that your opponent is incompetent."
"Because that's how you die."
"Yes mom."
With that lesson over I went to my room to farm and sleep.
The next morning I was preparing my stuff to write at school. I'm not going back to the inn. I'm going to go straight to the dorm after writing.
With that we walked in silence to the school, when I arrived I could see the arch with her name.
Institute for Elementary Study and Development
Beautiful name. And a very large gate, we were not the first to arrive in reality there are quite a lot of people here most of them are inside carriages that are perfectly aligned in waiting for the gates to open
I stood by my mother waiting.
Well time passed and nothing happened.
That's expensive and boring.
But to kill time I checked my surroundings using my mana vision I didn't find anyone with the cultivation bigger than my hand but I found an orange core magician the stars inside its core cluster in constellations and nebulae was beautiful the most that surprised me it was its elements being fire and water from what my mother said it was rare to have opposing elements at the same time the rarest combination is light and shadow and the most common and life with death.
What I found different from what I expected and with the nobles and that most warriors are unarmed and without maturity, at least I could not get velos, but all 4 noble wizards carried a wand in their clothes although one of them did not matches his element because a fire magician carries a wand made with materials from the earth element.
After a long wait, the gates opened.
First the carriages in an orderly manner entered the institute and parked for the nobles to descend .
Then it was the turn of those who came on foot, but when I accompanied my mother, only five more families came in. The rest were left behind.
Because of the quiet climate, I wouldn't break it by playing the fool and asking my mom why the rest were left behind.
It must be something about nobility
I hope I don't have to put up with a lot of bullshit or stupid customs in the name of the nobility.
Going inside the building, I already saw the noble families lined up waiting for the enrollment process to start.
It didn't take long for a small army of officials to arrive and each of them made a bow and began to guide the noble families.
A deadly silence dominated the room even the sound of people's footsteps was silent.
Approaching us was a woman in her blue uniform and blond hair and a clearly false smile making a bow and then made a movement with her hands signaling to follow her .
I find all this silence uncomfortable, I don't know if it is respect for the school or a custom of the nobility.
We followed her into a room that only had a table.
After offering chairs for me and my mother to sit, the employee sat down and broke the law of silence.
"Good Morning."
"I would like to express my sincere thanks about your choice to become a student at the Institute for Elementary Study and Development."
Before she ended her obeisance, she was interrupted by my mother.
"I don't want to waste my time on this stupid formality."
"I am Kára Fenris and this is my son Ulric Fenris and I came today to enroll "
With this sudden change that I already expected to happen I wanted to see the reaction of the work.
To my surprise, he doesn't hear her reaction.
"Only a moment."
And she quickly wrote the form and took out an orb.
"Put your aura or mana on the orb and you will finish the enrollment process."
I put my aura on the orb that shone a mixture of red and green.
With the sudden lifting of the employee, my enrollment came to an end.
"Now I will take you to the dorm"
As she left the room, my mother jumps up and hugs me.
"I love you, my little boy. You must be careful here at school, do not put yourself at unnecessary risk . "
Hugging me too tight. Running out of air.
"Get that money for you to spend on your cultivation.
"Thank you mom.
Receiving a bag full of coins, I separated from my mother.
I started following the robot employee .