We enjoy ourselves at the festival, watching people performin front of the crowds, dancing to music, and taking rests to eat.
It seems the people of this kingdom forgot about what I looked like because no one ever looked at me in fear.
While the festival was ongoing a group of mages started to perform magical feats. A huge crowd gathered around them, and after watching them for quite some time they had every quiet down so they could announce something.
"We would like to announce that Auralion will be having it's first Magic tournament this year!"
The crowd erupts into cheers. 'A kingdom this big hasn't had a magic tournament yet? No wonder everyone is so ecstatic!'
"The reward for said tournament will be 100 gold coins, 5 magic books of your choosing, and a chance to meet the king himself!!"
The crowd suddenly gets louder. 'They got even louder?!'
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As the festival ends we end up going back to the house. I end up talking to my new family a bit more before I pass out. I didn't realize it but I was exhausted.
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I'm woken up by Chuzen. He looks super excited and urges me to go downstairs with him.
When we head down there's a man I don't recognize sitting at the dinner table with Norren and Silica. As we walk up to them the man looks at me and his eyes open a little. "Woah, you adopted that little monster?!"
I almost feel insulted but I get the feeling he didn't mean it in a bad way.
Silica slaps the mans arm, "Jace! He's no monster!"
He puts his arm up in defence, "I didn't mean it like that! I just ment that his aura is even more powerful then it used to be! I meant monster in the strong way!"
Silica crosses her arms and Norren begins to laugh, Jace joins in, laughing at his mistake.
I'm slightly confused by what Jace said and start trying to remember him. "Wait a minute..."
I deactivated my aura sight awhile ago because it was annoying me but as soon as I reactivate it I instantly remember who he is. "...Investigator?!"
Norren, Silica, and Chuzen look a little surprised. Norren looks at Jace, "You two know eachother?" Jace smiles, "Yeah! You know I was the one who Investigated the massive threat last year don't you?"
Norren, Silica, and Chuzen look even more confused then before. Norren arches his eyebrow and leans back, elbow on the table. "Yeah, the one with a huge aura on par with the titan? What's that have to do with Seiran?"
Me and Jace instantly freeze, looking straight at eachother with the same thought in mind...'They don't know do they?'
Jace turns towards Chuzen, "I get how your parents might not know since they don't have mage training but you're a mage, why haven't you told them?"
Silica and Norren look at Chuzen expectantly. Chuzen however, is beyond confused. "Wha-What?! Uncle Jace what are you talking about?"
Jace facepalms and then looks at me with sympathy. Meanwhile my thoughts are...'UNCLE?! What are the chances in that?!?!'
Jace looks back at Chuzen, "I want you to hug your new brother, and know that he is very kind and innocent okay Chuzen?"
Chuzen is practically breathing confusion, "Okay???" He kneels down a bit and hugs me, I return the embrace. 'Wow, I never even got a hug from-'
Jace speaks in a lower tone, "Now activate your aura vision."
Chuzen is confused but closes his eyes, "Passive, aura vision"
As soon as he opens his eyes his pupils almost become non existant. He stands there for a few seconds before falling backwards. Jace jumps out of his chair and catches Chuzen before he hits the ground.
Silica and Norren look confused and worried. As soon as Jace places Chuzen on the couch he comes back in the dining room and looks at Silica and Norren, a serious look on his face.
"Seiran was the threat I investigated last year. The one who summoned a flying turtle that talks."
Silica and Norren look at me and then back at Jace, then at eachother. "huh..." They say in unison. They both excuse themselves and walk out of the room.
I look towards Jace and he gives me a reassuring smile. 'I just got a family too...'
After a few painful minutes they walk back in with smiles. When the see me they walk up to me and hug me. After a few seconds they end the hug and look at me.
Silica holds my hand while Norren rests his hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry, you'll still be our new son no matter what! And who would turn away such cute paws!"
I completely forgot I was a demi-human.
Norren picks my up by my armpits and places me on his shoulders. "You're a part of the family now Seiran no- we need a good nickname for him don't we honey?"
Silica practically beams, "Yes! He definitely needs a nickname! It will be...Sei-Sei!!!"
Norren nods in agreement, "Perfect!!! So Sei-Sei, how do you like your new family?! Aren't we the best?!" He looks up at me with a wide smile.
I start to laugh. 'These people are so kind...I've always wanted a real family...' I give a wide smile and fling out my arms In excitement, "I love my new family!"
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'Thinking back on it now, it's so embarrassing! I'm an adult now! I can't be acting like a little kid!' I rest my chin on my palms, 'Maybe being a kid again is influencing me.'
After Chuzen woke up we explained it to him qnd he needed time to process it with his parents. He luckily was fine with it but he also said he wasn't going to waste my talent, and now I'm being enrolled into a magic academy. 'This is going too fast, do these people not think about things??'
The woman in front of us is having me and Chuzen fill out an application for enrollment, and once we're done we'll go do a physical test.
I have one problem though...this test is asking for my age and I don't know it. I could guve them my mental age but I doubt it would be accepted.
I show the paper to Silica and Norren, pointing at the age question. "I don't know how old I am."
They both look surprised, Norren looks at the woman for help and Silica places her hands on my shoulders. "You don't?! Oh my poor baby I should've known!"
The woman excuses herself for a moment before returning with another woman. "Don't worry we'll use observation magic to figure out his age!" The woman gives us a bright smile.
The woman she brought in places two fingers on each eyelid, "Observation magic, observe opponent."
Norren and Silica tense up for a second but Chuzen reassures them.
The woman gasps, but quickly regains composure. "Ahem, he is 12 years old, I would like to tell you that his aura is at SSS+ level. He has been accepted to the academy. Same as his brother."
While she's trying to maintain her composure she has goosebumps all over her arms.
I frown, 'I don't want to scare people. If I can get in some good light then maybe I can reassure them that I don't mean any harm.'
Silica, Norren, and Chuzen jump out of their seats, grabbing me and doing a group hug. "We really did it! We really did it!" They begin to chant.
I'm stuck in the group hug trying to escape but giving up after a few seconds, "eheh...this is great."
After a few more seconds of the group hug they finally let go and another man walks in, except he is dressed to absolutely impress.
He's in a very decorative blue suit, he has a sword sheathed at his waist and shoulder cape that's a slightly darker shade of blue. He greets us with a smile, "I've come down here personally to welcome you! I've heard that we have some talent amidst you two! Please follow me!"
He begins to walk away but freezes and turn back towards us, "Oh I forgot to mention! I'm the aura manipulation teacher Mr.Toshio! Sorry we couldn't get you a proper tour guide."
As he shows us around the Academy I see many other students talking, dueling, and practicing magic.
When he's finally done with the tour he has me and Chuzen go to our dorms while he talks to our parents some more.
Luckily, me and Chuzen are in the same dorm. As we settle in I look out the window, enjoying the view. 'Such a beautiful view, this is so cool! Going to school at such a big academy is something I dreamed of!'
Me and Chuzen talk a little bit and as time goes by it starts to get dark. We hear a knock on our door and our parents and Mr.Toshio are standing in front of us. Mom and Dad are crying and Mr.Toshio is standing behind them uncomfortably.
Mom and Dad grab me and Chuzen and pulls us into a hug. Chuzen is flustered, "Wh-What's going on?? Why are you you guys crying??"
They pull away from us and look us in the eyes, "You'll have to live here from now on to attend the academy! Such a terrible turn of events!" Dad starts to tear up again when he says that. Pulling Chuzen into a second hug, reaching out and pulling me into it aswell.
Mom starts to dry her tears with a handkerchief, "We'll miss you both very much! To have to leave you when we just started getting close breaks my heart Sei-Sei! Oh how I'll miss my Chu boy while you're gone!"
They both begin to sob and I feel both uncomfortable and heartwarmed. This time I pull everyone into a hug. "I love you both, I can't wait until we see each other again."
As we finally say our goodbyes Mr.Toshio tells us to get some rest and he'll give us our schedules before classes start in the morning.
Me and Chuzen go and get washed up before we go to bed and I pass out as soon as I get in bed.
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I wake up earlier then I expected so I go out into the academies courtyard and start to train my aura.
'I learned an extremely powerful ancient aura flow when I was back in my world. I was extremely lucky and while digging a whole in the ground to stash away the jewels I stol from the rich I ended up finding a small box with an ancient book in it. I never really looked at it until a week later and started learning how to read so I could figure out what it was saying. Luckily the book was written in a non ancient alphabet. However that's what confused me the most, the fact that it was definitely an extremely old book yet it was still written like it was new.'
'I learned of an powerful way to manipulate my aura, in many ways. How to absorb the aura that was abundantly floating through the air. How to move aura throughout your body to amplify it's power. How to hide and show your auras presence. The most significant was how to master the control of your aura.'
'After using the ancient aura manipulation fora few months, my aura had grown by triple of what it used to be.'
'It is the main reason I'm so poweful. Yet I never wanted to share it with anyone else. I was and still am selfish and greedy and that made me feel guilty, but no matter how guilty I felt I never shared it with anyone and ended up burning the book.'
*BAM!!*
I'm broken out of my trance by two students in the middle of a fight. I see one student, a girl slumped against a wall, and the other student is covered in flames smiling, and it's a boy. 'Hold on, she's definitely weaker than him. Does he have no manners? He's even using flame possession?!'
I start to walk towards him, "Hey! What's going on here?"
The boy looks at me and his flames grow in size. "Back off! This has nothing to do with you beast do stay the hell out of it!"
'Beast?!'
I look back towards the girl, she looks like a demi-human too. I look back at him, he's an elf. 'Does he have a thing against demi-humans, just a jerk, or does he have some kind of grudge against her?'
"The hell are you looking at pipsqueak?!"
He flashes me the middle finger, "Go back to your dorm or something or I'll kick your ass!"
'Element manipulation, water and ice high rank possession.'
One half of my body gets covered in water, and the thebother half is covered in ice. I create a ball of water and a shard of Ice, having them float above my shoulders in reserve.
"Just end this fight and leave. Nothing good will happen from facing me. You already beat her so just leave."
He grins, "Hey, you're pretty strong! If you think you can scare me with that then I'll go all out!" He starts to laugh hysterically. The part that annoys me the most is he completely ignored what I said. I feel a vein pop out of my head.
'What kind of cocky, power hungry, and conceited kid like him could get in this school? Seriously, who would let this kid in here?!'
I start to see his flame change color to blue, white, and then...black. My eyes widen, 'This kid is insane! I can barely do black flame possession myself! What a monster...'
He sends his black flame my way, and before I can defend myself I'm already being scorched.
I feel myself bleeding and look down. There's a gaping hole in my side. I look up at him, 'When did he?' I try to remember what happened, 'He must've covered another spell with his his flames.'
I grit my teeth, 'This won't be an easy fight.'