"So, what will you guys do after this year as next year we will be send to a military camp to get training for monster hunting"
"I will just sleep and try to excuse myself out from military camp" Otiosum said it tired but Ira replied to his statement fast
"Not so fast the government won't leave you alone as we all are required to do training to be able to hunt monsters and all species agreed upon it"
"Ugh but it is so useless not like I will actually go hunt for monsters" Otiosum complained and Ira started to nag him.
Malum was smiling he was happy to have these two as his friends. Ira and Otiosum were childhood friends Otiosum were a dragon while Ira a cultivator. Otiosum was just a normal human being who was neither a magician nor a cultivator he did not want to become either of the two as he had no talent in both. Being a magician or cultivator requires a person to be able to feel and sense the mana or QI not only that but be able to absorb large amounts of it otherwise it could take years to even be able to beat the weakest monsters. Ira then looked at Malum and her look started to become a glare with her eye browns frowning
"You why don't you try becoming a magician or cultivator too you know that we two can help you"
"No I wouldn't help because I want to sleep-…"
Ira punched in Otiosum stomach making him fall on the ground and make him smaller while pressing his hands on his stomach letting out sounds of pain out. Malum looked at Otiosum with big eyes and started to sweat out of fear of Ira.
"I just thought these two things are not for me that's why and not like this is uncommon Ira"
Malum was smiling trying to show that he was fine with it.Malum was aware that he had no talent in both these two categories, he had tried that in the past already to become a magician or cultivator and while he could feel the mana and QI it was faint so faint that he could even barely absorb either of the two. Malum gave up his dreams of becoming someone special long ago, so his mother doesn't worry about him.
"Still, that means you will just use the guns in the military which have almost no use against the monsters because of their high regeneration"
What Ira said was right the monsters that everyone was fighting often to gain resources and that society as many know can function is hard to kill with guns. All monsters even the weakest possess a regeneration capability that is near impossible to defeat with beating a gun especially as the guns were never advanced, they all looked the same just like millennials ago.
"It isn't so bad Ira really"
"I need to disagree there Malum but take the side of Ira too even if some people like you exist making them use guns which would only annoy monsters and more aggressive seem to be like that they want you and all the others to be cannon fodder and buy time for the ones to arrive that can use magic and QI"
Malum was not saying anything but instead just scratching his neck he did not have any idea what to say to change the conversation.
"Hey boy" Malum heard the voice of someone and looked around but didn't see anyone there.
"Don't look away Malum just because Otiosum agreed with me right now too"
"No I don't look away because of that but didn't you hear a voice?"
"What voice there is no one except us three here and if there was someone else you know Otiosum would have noticed it by now no matter how lazy he is"
Otiosum just sighed to Ira words as he didn't see his powers as a blessing but just annoying if Otiosum he would just sleep all day not caring for anything around him but that was impossible for him.
`But I was sure that I had heard a voice´ Malum was thinking to himself but did not bother with it for too long why he should when a dragon and a cultivator are right in front of him, they would know better if someone was near them.
The were talking so long that and loud that they didn't even hear the bell causing them to miss the last lesson of the day when they realized that they missed the last lesson they just escaped fast from school leaving their bags there. Ira was carrying Malum while running around as Otiosum had just simple teleported back home. They stopped at a nearby bus station with both sitting on a bench waiting for the bus.
"You don't have to sit with me here Ira"
"Don't be like that Malum I won't leave you alone there even if we still have 4 months left till school ends. After that we won't have any more time to talk with each other as we are in different sections at the military"
She had a sad smile which Malum couldn't understand why she would be this much sad as they could still find at least some time to meet each other.