Two months later in Grey's room.
Grey woke up feeling that today was going to be a terrible day, call his mage talent's intuition or sixth sense, but he was sure there was going to be trouble today.
'I don't feel well today, I don't think I am sick I have been taking of my health.'
When Grey went for breakfast in the dining hall, the feeling he had been feeling got even more worst, he stopped in the front of the door of the dining hall to think for a while.
'It looks like the trouble will be coming from this place.'
Grey did not stop for too long in front of the door and entered the dining hall.
Grey heard the gossiping of the dining hall staff like they usually do, but there was certain severity in their voices today, even Mr Ruov did not have his usual happy face, but it was replaced by a serious face that is hardly ever seen on him.
"I heard there was a big skirmish in the Dralia mountain range near Wipouria pass a few days ago."
One of the staff said with a little tremble in his voice.
"A mountain ranger from Rawyth wondered to the Arin side of the Dralia Mountain range, the poor fellow fell into an earth crevasse, but luckily he did not die."
Mr Ruov continued the story.
"The fellow broke his leg and could not climb out, thus he had to find a different exit or wait for his leg to heal so he could climb out by himself."
The Mr Rouv paused for a second to get the most attention from the children and the dining hall staff.
"This is where gets interesting, the fellow could not have thought that what he had found was a new opening to a large magic crystal lode."
The people in the dining hall that were listening to Mr Ruov, were surprised, magic crystal lodes were usually small, to find a large one is considered a rare thing.
"Mr Ruov, can a crystal lode actually make people to have fight for it."
An older child around 8 years old questioned Mr Ruov.
"I know most crystal lode are highly full of impurities and are not considered a high value product, but this crystal lode found in the Dralia Mountain Range is a high purity magic crystal lode. You should know that high purity lodes can be used by mages to help in their magic accumulation of magic."
There a pin drop silence when Mr Ruov said that the crystal lode was a high purity lode, the magic crystal that are found in high purity lodes can be used to increase the rate at which mages can reach higher tiers, so they have high value.
"The fellow managed to heal his leg enough to climb out of the crevasse, they said he was eating mushrooms found inside the crevasse, but he did not manage to go back to the Rawyth side of Dralia mountain range. The fellow was found by Arin's mountain forces, they managed to find that he was stuck inside the crystal lode."
The people in the dining hall had some understanding to how the lode was found.
"The Kingdom of Arin tried to keep the information, but such information is very difficult to keep hidden from people who are trained in finding information."
Grey now understood why he had the feeling that he had this morning, it was because of this information.
Grey could not help but ask Mr Ruov a question of his own.
"Mr Ruov, so who were the people fighting, were mages involved in the conflict?"
"Ah Grey."
Mr Ruov remembered this kid with grey hair, he does not usually comment when they are gossiping, he only listens.
"Officially it was the bandits of the Dralia mountain range, but unofficially, it was Arin's mountain forces that intercepted Rawyth's mountain forces, it is believed that they were going to Edward's Crevasse. Mages were not involved, but I would not be surprised if they start getting involved."
"Oh, by the way Edward was the ranger that found the earth crevasse, people thought it was apt to call Edward's Crevasse."
Mr Ruov bitterly chuckled about the guy called Edward Smith, he was just a normal human that would be forever be remembered, but he would never benefit from the find of the magic crystal lode, he was only a human after all.
"Some people believe that there is going to be a war in the next few years for the magic crystal lode."
One of the dining hall staff member commented to what most people were already thinking.
"Generally it is given a war will happen. It might even become a three way war if Ruhen Kingdom was a piece of the magic crystal lode. It is said that the country that can get the crystal lode will be able to quickly develop its low level mages, and get ahead of the other countries."
Mr Ruov further commented as well.
Grey went to seat down with an indifferent face, he was thinking of the direct implications of this.
'A war in the next few years, if the war drags on, there is a high chance of me joining in. I hope this will make the Academy make us do Source Ignition earlier.'
As Grey was in his thoughts, Scarlet came and sat in front of him, there was also Miranda with her.
"Grey is something wrong with you?"
Miranda and Scarlet were not in the dining hall when the dining hall staff were gossiping and they did not hear Mr Ruov.
Grey instead observed Scarlet instead of answering Miranda, Scarlet saw that Grey was observing her, she started to feel awkward.
Scarlet knew Grey was not really interested in her in a sexual manner, so why was he observing her so.
"Scarlet it looks like you might that chance to accumulate merits after all."
"War is coming."
Miranda and Scarlet were both surprised and then shocked, as much as they have done war simulation, that was never the real thing.
Grey explained what Mr Ruov had said to them.
Scarlet was a little bit lost, as someone who wanted a war to accumulate merits, it came too early, she was not even a tier 1 mage, she would not join anytime soon.
There was no much talking after that in their table, it was not only them, as the information started to circulate in the dining hall, the hall started to get quiet as the children had to internalise the implications of a war.