Ivan, the older brother was sitting next to his mother and little brother at a wooden table inside a shabby shack. They were eating the very bread that they had stolen.
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"Careful Isaac, you don't want to eat too fast or else you'll choke." said their mother, Diane.
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"Yes Mum but how am I supposed to enjoy the flavor more if I don't eat it in one go?"
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"Only you can enjoy eating everything in one go pffft!"
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"Mom! Ivan's being mean again!"
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"Ivan sweetie, don't be mean to your brother!"
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"It's just a joke, it's just a joke..jeez..don't have to be so uptight about it.."
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"Anyways.." said their Mom "are you excited the Mana Exams next week?"
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"Heck yeah! It's my dream to join The Knights of The Round Table!" said Ivan excitedly.
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"Mom, I forget what are Mana Exams again?" asked Isaac.
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"Well the Mana Exams are held Every year for children at the age of 6. The nobles, commoners and peasants, that's us, are put into different Exams. The nobles go first then the commoners then us, the peasants."
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"Mom why do we go last?"
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"Because the world is unfair."
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"Oh" Isaac deadpanned.
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"Yes well anyway the noble exams should have ended today. So the commoner exams are gonna start in a few days."
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"Oh well" said Isaac "It's not like I want to be a spellsword anyway..I actually want work at the local orphanage."
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"That sounds nice Isaac!" supported his brother.
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"Wait...how do we become spellswords again?"
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Their mother sighed.. how could her children be this naive?
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"Well you have to first have at least a decent amount of Mana training to become a spellsword. If you have a decent amount of Mana then you can enroll to Zuase Academy for Magic and swords, a very prestigious institution of education where you can learn to hone Magic."
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Steam started coming out of Isaac head "Too...many..big boy..words..urggh..my head hurts.."
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His mom sweat dropped "Well that isn't very important..huh?" Diana looked to where Ivan was sitting noticed he was gone. "Do you know where your brother went?"
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"Nope, he probably got bored and went outside to play."
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"Well go fetch him back, it's getting late and I don't want to get lost."
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Meanwhile..
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Ivan was walking in the forest mumbling something about "big boy words..tch" when he wasn't looking where he hit his head against rock "Ouch!" he yelled as he fell to the ground while rubbing his head.
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he then looked up and noticed something stuck in between the rock: a completely black sword. Nothing was odd or unique about it's shape. It look like a normal sword except for it's material. It looked like it was made up of a black crystal. Odd, thought Ivan I've never seen a real sword, much less one made up of weird black crystal.
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Curious, Ivan grabbed the hilt of the sword..then something even weirder happened. The sword disappeared!
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A very surprised Ivan had a shocked expression on his face. 'WHAT. THE. CHEESE-WHIZ!'
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At that same moment Isaac came behind Ivan and gave him his second scare of the day "There you are! I've been looking for you!"
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"Ah.." was all Ivan could say.
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"C'mon let's not keep Mom waiting!"
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"...Right"