I couldn't believe my eyes, the school was simply astonishing. It's architectural beauty was unmatched and as we were passing by the greatly adorned stone and what I assumed was concrete corridors, I heard occasional snickers from the other students, I guess to them I was acting like a country bumpkin but I didn't care because that day was an eye opener for me. Annalise and I first went to the Dean's office. Mrs McCain was a kind lady, as soon as I went into that office, I felt at ease and she welcomed me with kindness which I would later on repay.
Judging by the shape of her ears I guessed that she was an Elf since the ears were pointed. Her skin was slightly on the pale side and her eyes were just beautiful. They were a soothing shade of grey which complemented her hair which was a color of midnight black. Her face was perfectly symmetrical and she was an overall beauty. Her body was voluptuous but petite in proper proportions. She exuded a mature kind of appeal which was enticing if I'm being honest. I kept a straight face whilst she continued to drill the school rules to me but frankly I was not paying attention. I mean who would pay attention to nonsense such as rules when facing a woman who made you feel like you were in the presence of a succubus.
"By the way how old are you anyways, I need to know your age group before assigning you to your class", said Mrs McCain.
"I'm 21, turning 22 next year I guess", I replied though I was a bit worried that I was a tad bit older to be attending high school.
"You can't possibly be telling the truth!", exclaimed the Dean, "How can someone so young, be able to attend this school and I sense that even though you're a Rank 1 Aura Master, you have the potential to do so much more".
Apparently since Rank 1 and 2 Aura Masters could live for 250 years due to the Mana in their bodies, most people were only eligible to attend prestigious schools at 28 years at the very least or even 30 years old therefore I was quite young. It turns out that most Adventure guilds and the Army wanted Rank 3 Aura Masters and above therefore most people broke the threshold of Rank 2 at 50 years old hence it was the age that most people graduated at. And since there was Mana in every Aura Master, people aged slowly hence a person who was below a 100 years was regarded as a child in this society. Truly magic was amazing, and since my magic power was enough to make me an Aura Master, I vowed to myself that I would become strong so that I could live a soft life in a big house just like my initial plan on earth.
Mrs McCain continued on, " I acquired enough magic power to make me an Aura Master at the age of 28, it was quite an achievement but to think you made it at the age of 21. You are quite the specimen Durale", she added with a smile that I failed to understand the implications at that moment. Annalise on the other hand was eyeing me with curiosity, I bet that after I was done talking with the Dean she was going to bombard me with questions.
The Dean then went back to sit on her chair, it seemed like she was contemplating something so we both kept quiet to give her some space to think. "Okay. Schools for Aura Masters usually accept those at 30 years but for you we shall have to make an exception. Usually most individuals train in small dungeons to gather enough Mana to refine their bodies into Aura Masters and they usually have enough when the body matures at 30 though I find it hard to believe that you managed it at such a young age ".
'Maybe it's because I have an entity clinging onto me that was siphoning magic onto my body for thousands of years', obviously I didn't say it out loud but I was thinking it. It seemed like telling her my age might have been a major mistake because right now what I wanted was to lay low and find out more about this world without revealing that I was a Newly Appeared. It seemed that everyone had Mana but that it came in different proportions. Some had miniscule Mana that they weren't able to become Aura Masters therefore they usually lived for 90 to 120 years at most. They also aged faster as compared to Aura Masters. For those who managed to break the threshold and move onto the path of Immortality before the age of 30, their aged bodies would then revert back to when they were 18 years old. That logic also answered the question that had been bothering me such as why I was looking like my 18 year old self, it also meant that almost every student in the school was over 30 years old. The only downside was that if an individual failed to break the Rank 2 threshold, the Mana in their bodies would culminate until it killed them thus failing to break into Rank 3 before 250 years was considered a death sentence and shameful since other's did it between the age of 50 and 150. After that time frame it was almost impossible to break that bottleneck.
I then looked at Annalise and I started to wonder what her actual age was but I reserved that question for later when we would finish the tour. "I'll just have to place you in the class with the first years in Class C with Annalise, she'll tell you all about it when she finishes the tour. Don't go making trouble now alright, if you have any questions you can always come back later", said Mrs McCain with a kind smile, or was it a sexy smile. Maybe my eyes were just playing tricks on me.
We left the Dean's office after she had made sure that I understood everything. Annalise showed me the classroom that I was going to be in as well as all the classes that I was to attend. The school campus was divided into 5 parts overall. Each department catered for every affinity hence why there were 5 parts.There was a campus for Air Affinity students, Earth Affinity, Fire Affinity, Water Affinity as well as a campus for students focusing on their Unique Affinity. Classes followed the same numerology hence why I was placed in Class C since Annalise and I both possessed the Fire Affinity. In general there were 10 classes on campus, 5 were for the first years then the other 5 were for the second years.
She showed me around all the five campuses including the Library, the Great Hall were announcements were made as well as the Arena were most people issued challenges or simply trained to sharpen their skills. I was also shocked to find out that the boys and girls dormitories were in the same area. First years lived on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors whilst the Second Years lived on the 4th, 5th and 6th floor. Annalise said that the rooms were so large that they had a private bathroom as well as a kitchen, a living area and 2 bedrooms. The rules stated that boys and girls could not share the same room but staying over did not seem to be a problem according to Annalise, I had a feeling that she was hinting something and I wasn't gullible enough to miss it. I assumed she meant that in the future if the opportunity was to arise, then I was supposed to take it which I had no qualms with.
After a long day, I finally took my small luggage of clothes given to me by the Knights since I arrived with just the clothes on my back and proceeded towards the dorms. Since I was a Low Rank 1 Aura Master, I had to be on the 1st floor but Annalise was apparently a Mid Rank 1 Aura Master so she lived on the second floor. I had a feeling that she was kind of strong to be Mid Rank during the first semester but I intended to catch up soon. Hopefully. I bid her farewell and she said that we were to meet in class tomorrow early morning at 0800, I guess the time system still worked the same way as that of Earth .
I opened my room door hoping to get a good night's sleep but it seemed like fate wasn't having any of it for I discovered that I had a roommate and worst of all, he was in the middle of a copulation session. Just my luck that he had decided to have sex in the middle of the living area, I swear I could feel his gaze which seemed to instantly label me a cock blocker and a voyeur. I recovered quickly and did the most sensible thing, which is quickly saying hi, not waiting for a response and retreating into a room which I assumed was mine. Sleep quickly overtook me as soon as my head hit the cold pillow. What a day it turned out to be. Hopefully sleep was going to erase the obscenity that I had just witnessed.