The first day of school had arrived and Author didn't know if he was ready yet.
The only reason he decided to go to school was because of the prophecy he got from the witch, Linda.
' From what that witch told me, there will be a boy coming for the Duchess, so I must get ready for him. I must go to him before he comes to me.'
The life of the Duchess was in danger but he had decided not to tell anyone of the prophecy because he never wanted to make the Duchess live in fear.
" Author are you ready?" Mara's voice sounded from outside of Author's door.
" Yeah I am." Author replied standing up, then he went out and met Mara.
The both of them went outside to a carriage waiting for them. The Duchess had tears in her eyes as her children are gonna be away for a long time and she will be alone at home.
This was because the school had a dormetry where all students lived.
" Don't cry mum, everything will be fine. Mara told her mother as she kissed her good bye.
" Stay safe." Said her Mum.
Mara and Author entered the carriage and off to school they went.
Mara and Author arrived at the school located at the centre of the kingdom and there were so many students on campus.
The bell rang and Mara took Author to the Assembly hall wich was very large enough to accommodate everyone.
There the teachers stood on the stage while the students sat down.
An old Man stepped forward to make a speech.
" Dear students I will like to welcome new students to the Zulu (Sun) Kingdom's school and on the other hand, for old students, welcome back. As you all know it is the first day of school, and each new student will be given a test to acquire their power level."
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The time of the test had arrived and Author was among the new students. They had stepped forward because they were asked to, and they were about to begin the test.
So the stage was cleared for them and the test was about to begin, but first the rules were read.
A female teacher called the puppet mistress stepped forward and waved her hands in a strange pattern, with her fingers moving strangely. As she was doing this, a group of wood carved puppets, the size of a human, started moving. They moved forward and stood on a line like soldiers.
" If any of you defeat this puppets before all of this sand runs to the bottom of the time glass, then you pass the test. Your grades will be given according to the time you used to pass the test and no weapons are allowed. Magic or other abilities are not allowed.
Each of you will fight against these puppets. if you defeat all three in time, you win.
Now let the test begin." The Puppet mistress said, while sending three puppets in front and she gestured for the first student to step forward.
The three puppets were sent forward for an attack. The student punched and kicked them with all his might, and in return he received some damages. Honestly, it wasn't a fair fight because even when the student punched the puppet, he felt the most pain.
when the puppet mistress was satisfied, she decided to drop two puppets and concentrated on one, indicating that the boy had defeated the other two.
Then finally, she dropped the last one before the sand ran down to emptiness. The boy became very happy and he was given a green belt.
The test continued for a while and Author was getting pissed off the more it went on.
That was because some fights lasted longer than others even when a student is a good fighter, he could be failed.
' What sort of test is this? We are all at the mercy of the puppet Mistress. If she decides to fail anyone, then she is free to.'
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It came to Author's turn for the test, and Author had made up his mind no to put too much strength in the fight because it could make a scene or it could cause everyone to believe that he had used an ability or magic.
Author stepped forward and so did the three puppets.
' Where have I seen him before? Maybe it's just my imagination.' Thought the puppet mistress.
The battle began and Author was trying his best to control his strength. It lasted for a while, with Author just fighting like any regular person wich made the fight boring.
" Who is this idiot, doesn't he know to fight? The puppet mistress should end this quickly."
" This sucks."
Everyone kept complaining except for few people who knew what Author could do. That is; Mara and Princess Kora.
' Why is he holding back? However, he must have a reason' Thought Mara.
' I can tell he is holding back because my body is connected to all the puppets. His punching power is fluctuating, signifying that he is struggling to hold back his strength. Let me test him harder.' The Puppet mistress increased the fighting level of her puppets in order to make Author to reveal his true strength.
Author became pissed as the puppet mistress never wanted to stop the fight early and worse of all, the puppets had increased their level of fighting. Author became more frustrated and his anger grew rapidly wich caused him to destroy all the three puppets at once.
His eyes were glowing a little but only the puppet mistress noticed. blood was dripping from her nose and she cleaned it off.
" He has passed the test and should be given a black belt." The puppet mistress said with an evil smile as she looked towards Author.
The test continued and Author was looking eagerly to see if he could spot the assassin.
and finally a student stepped on the stage and with a single kick, all three puppets were down. Then he was given a black belt.
At the end of the day, most students were given a green belts and just five students given black belts.
There were a total of 4 belts, Green, Red, Black and White.
White stood for the training of a regular knight.
Green stood for the training of spear and arrow shooters, called snipers.
Red stood for the training of horse men and beast taming.
And finally, the black belt stood for the training of ninger assassins.