"Alright, your father's waiting for us at the school," Luna and Dio stepped out of their home and proceeded to follow the road. "Now then, what's the name of the city we're going to?" she asked just to make sure he knew what he was getting into. Although her real intention was to catch him lacking so that she could give him shit later.
"The city of Thresh Old, and the school's name is Hexora. Once I'm chosen, which is obvious, I'll be spending the next three years living and studying there. Potentially learning a lot. The principal of the school is said to be good friends with the principal of the Lost Supreme academy which is where you hope for me to end up after this school," Dio said with a straight face. He had no intentions of letting someone else decide his story. Although his mother's idea did sound quite enticing.
"Urgh. Nobody likes a know it all," Luna complained, "Besides, you are free to do as you want. I just assumed you would want the best place to put that brain of yours to good use." Luna stopped walking and looked at her son. "I mean it Dio. You have no idea how lucky you are to have such a gift….You'll understand what I mean once your lessons begin…"
"..." It was slightly weird for his mother to suddenly get serious. They always joked around with each other, but Luna always kept it real when she had to, and Dio understood that, "Yes, mother. Of course…." He smiled as he gestured for them to continue walking.
"You know, you're not the only one with a gift. Alex is incredibly talented as well. Hey maybe it has something to do with the neighborhood and not you," Luna said as she thought of Dio's childhood friend.
"I don't understand, how can something not be about me. Besides, Alex doesn't have a memory as good as mine,"
"Yes but she's sharp and is good on her feet. I'm surprised the two of you never dueled it out. It's pretty common for kids your age to do so," It wasn't at all. After adapting to Dio's talent and personality, Luna had a tendency to overlook certain common facts.
An example of this would be all the times when she forgot that kids Dio's age have barely touched upon the second tier. While Dio was already in "the realm of the third tier". It could be considered her adapting so that her child doesn't grow up to be too overconfident. Although, that wasn't turning out too well.
"Duel it out? First of all, it's not all that common. Most kids our age were still running around in their undergarments or something. Second, Alex and I would never get into a fight. Honestly, I don't see us fighting any time soon at all. Maybe, just maybe if we were forced into it, then we'd have no choice but to do so," Dio accounted for all the different possibilities.
His friend, Alex, was indeed strong. She was annoyingly witty and nearly right all the time. Which was something that he found irritating, although, secretly Dio appreciated that side of her, but at the same time that was something he would probably never admit.
Dio had the one thing that broke the entire system of magic. Perfect memory. However, that only gave him the ability to reach the stars, whether he put it to use or not is something that fully depended on him. Alex on the other hand was good at making critical choices, she didn't have an arsenal of spells in her mind, but she would always make do with what she had. Tenacity, it was one of her biggest advantages.
Once they had traveled for around 10 minutes, both of them got onto a carriage that took them to the city of Thresh Old. According to the historians of this world, the naming behind the city was quite interesting and was definitely a sober choice.
"We're here madam…." The old man who was taking them on the carriage had said. It took them roughly an hour and a half. A simple forest was all they had to cross. Monsters were no issue considering that the only ones present there were mutated wild boars or something that Dio could literally one shot. However, the main reason a single creature didn't even dare to approach them was because of Luna. Just her presence was enough to scare away lowly field monsters. After all, she was a mage who had stepped into the sixth tier.
"Thanks for that Will. I can always trust you," Luna said as she got down and tossed him a silver coin. To put it in context, a single silver coin could buy a week's worth of food. A simple ride to another city, especially with a passenger that acted as a free bodyguard, would simply cost a maximum of 10 bronze coins, or in some cases, lesser. Any merchant would offer a passenger such as Luna a free ride.
"Of course, madam Luna," Will replied as he graciously accepted the coin. The only reason Luna gave him a silver coin in the first place was because of the friendly relationship that was established.
"Woah…." Dio muttered under his breath. He was truly mesmerized by the city of Thresh Old. People were walking around everywhere, the streets were full of life, sellers were advertising the new products.
In the center of the street was a fountain around which was a beast tamer performing tricks for coins. It was a small pig-like creature that was jumping through water holes made by the tamer. It was completely different from Dio's hometown, Bloom.
The color was bright and rich. Yellow, green, red, blue, a mix of every color took over every corner of the street. The smell of cinnamon buns floating around, the sound of chatter and laughter exploding. Dio could feel everything.
He wasn't overwhelmed, but it was a different feeling, it was something he had never experienced. "Color…..if only….." Before he could finish those words, another voice called out to him.
"Dio!"