[Academy of Fayrak, First year training ground with all the first year's students]
- Alright! As you already know starting tomorrow all the specific classes will be sparing sessions. says Guro. Now dismissed! We're ending class early today so get some rest.
The students leave
[With Gancelot and Noah that are currently walking]
- Master, are we heading to the training grounds? Thanks to you I am starting to get the hang of this technique.
- Unfortunately, Gancelot, I will stop overwatching your training for the rest of the week.
- Wha... What do you mean, master?? asks Gancelot in utter confusion
- Are you alright, Gancelot?
- NO I AM NOT! answers Gancelot
{Noah}
" The hell? Why is he yelling at me? DOES HE WANNA.... NO! stay calm Noah, stay calm."
- What is wrong with you? Did something happen?
- It's... It's... because you are trying to abandon me! I realized it the more time I spend with you. You are a prodigy. One that is rarely seen which probably will never be seen again and yet you took me as your disciple and after training me you realized that I wasn't worthy of your teachings.
{Noah}
"... What the hell is this guy talking about?"
Noah puts his hand on Gancelot's shoulder.
- What the fuck are you talking about?
- Eh!... huh, I mean arent you telling me to get lost?
Noah sighs
- We have two weeks left until the pointers exchange. This past few days I have been neglecting a few stuff to focus on training you.
- What! But... why?
- It's interesting teaching you. You are definitely talented and you are exceptionally sharp, in other words, you got some good eyes and when I teach you I can also see some of the flaws within the technique. Basically, training you is beneficial for both of us.
- Really? Gancelot asks with a bright smile.
Noah smiles
- Yeah. But the biggest reason why I am doing this is so that you don't get a bad habit of relying on those around you too much. That's why I have changed my mind.
- You changed your mind?
Noah nods
-I will not be watching over your training for the next two weeks.
- In other words, until the end of the pointers exchange, you won't be watching over my training.
- That's right. Show me the results of your training two weeks from now, during the pointers exchange.
Gancelot grins
- YES MASTER!
Gancelot leaves, running towards the first-year training grounds.
- Hey, Dull! Why is my Curse Sigil not disappearing?
-{Dull}
- What kind of question is that. Once a Curse Sigil appears on your body, it will never disappear.
- Then how am I supposed to hide it?
{Dull}
- I don't know. Oh! I have the Idea of the year! Wear a glove, dumbass.
- The Sigil is not the problem. The problem is the energy that the Sigil is radiating. says Noah while trying to stay calm
{Bright}
- I have an idea, Noah!
- What is it?
{Bright}
- Just like my brother said buy a glove but on the glove use a Rune on it. You learned quite a few of them when you were staying with the Wrethers tribe.
- That's true... Ok! Let's do that. Now that I think about it, I know a Rune that might be of help. Let's go to the plaza
[At the plaza]
The plaza is in the middle of the academy. It's a place where students come to take quests or simply to hang out but in the plaza, there are also four shops. The Tailor shop is where you can go to get clothing items and also get your uniform cleaned or a new one. The Potion and Pills shop is where you can get potions for magicians and Contract students and Pills for martial arts students. The furniture shop is where you go if you are in need of school furniture. Lastly, is the blacksmith where you can go if you want some weapons or armor. Noah enters the Tailor shop.
- Welcome! says the woman at the counter.
Noah walks up to the counter
- I am in need of a glove. says Noah
- A glove? she asks
- Yeah.
- Follow me.
They head to the storage room behind the counter
- Miss, do you not sell gloves? asks Noah
- No. Usually, there are no students that ask for gloves in the autumn that's why all of them are in the storage room. Now choose which one you want.
{Noah}
" They are all of good quality... hmm... This is!"
- Miss do you make all the gloves that are in here?
- My name is Kiara and no. Most are made by me but there are some that come from outside the academy.
Kiara is a 22-year-old woman with brown eyes and brown hair. She has freckles on her face. She is quite tall too.
{Noah}
" Right! there is no way someone from the Modern Age could make something like this."
Noah picks a glove and when he does the Shackles of Heaviness starts resonating with the glove and he smiles.
{Noah}
" As I thought. This is an item from the Dark Ages and it seems like it was made by Cain, the blacksmith that made the shackles that I am always wearing. It probably also has some kind of ability related to gravity but how do I find out?"
- I will be taking this one. says Noah
Kiara starts thinking
{Kiara}
"hmmm..."
- Is it not for sale? asks Noah
- No, it is.
- So what's wrong?
- I am just surprised that somebody chose this one. she says
- Why?
- I was also a student of the academy, you know. When I was my predecessor was the one who recommended me to take over the shop. As you know those who work within the academy get a special status and it pays incredibly well. So I took the job but that's beside the point, my point is that this glove was here even when I was a student and according to my predecessor, it was also here before she took over the shop. So, I wondered which owner was gonna be the one to see it leave the shop. she says while smiling
Noah smiles
{Noah}
" She has a genuine love for clothes and clothing items."
- By the way, where is the other one? The right glove?
- I don't know. We only have the left one. Believe me, I searched for a long time but I couldn't find it.
{Noah}
" That's a problem. What if the ability it poses only activates when the two gloves are together."
{Bright}
- Don't worry about it. I can teach you how to use it. Each glove has a different ability.
{Noah}
" What do you mean? Do you know how to use it?
{Bright}
" Yeah. Get out of here first.
{Noah}
"Ok."
- So, how much will it be?
- Take them.
- What? Really!
- Yeah, I am just glad that the glove finally found an owner. she says while smiling
- If you ever receive the other one, could you tell me?
- Sure, add me to your contacts
- I don't know how to do that.
She stretches out her hand which has the watch on.
- Do it too.
Noah also stretches out his hand with his watch. When the watches are next to each other, their profiles show up on the screen. They both make the screen comes out and accept each other.
- I will contact you if I get the other glove or if I hear something about it.
- Thank you. says Noah while leaving the shop.
{Bright}
- Are you not gonna visit any other shop?
{Noah}
" No, I just needed something to hide my Curse Sigil but to think I would make such a great discovery. Anyway, let's get back to the matter at hand. How do you know how to use Cain's item? I find out how to use the Shackles of Heaviness because I was lucky."
{Dull}
- It's because we knew him. After all, Cain is a person from our time.
- WHAT! yells Noah out loud
{Dull}
- Kid did you forget that you were in public
- Is something wrong with him? asks some students to each other
- Wait! Isn't that the youngest Arcadios? another says
- The one that broke all of the records at the dorm assignment?
{Noah}
" Tsk! This is getting annoying. I should have bought a hat too."
- So this is the youngest Arcadios... He is quite the handsome one. says a female voice
The woman that was simply observing Noah starts running towards him. Noah turns around because he feels something approaching him.
{Noah}
" Something or someone is approaching and at an incredible speed too."
When Noah turns around there is nobody rushing toward him. Just students walking around, some talking about him because he yelled earlier while others are simply minding their own business. Someone is watching him, without him noticing, on a tree.
- He felt me approaching him even though I didn't exude any killing intent... Was it by instinct?
{Noah}
" What was that?... I definitely felt somebody approaching me.... was it just my imagination?"
[In Jynn's dorm room. Within Noah's Inner Realm]
- So, Cain was a person from your time? asks Noah
- Yeah, he actually was a human from our time. That's why we know about the times he made. says Bright
- Items? How many did he make?
- He made a lot of them but the ones that you are wearing were part of the best items that he ever made. The glove and the shackles are part of the Alpha set, the very first items he made. They all, physically look the same, completely black with a purple dot on it(On the back of the glove).
- So what is the ability of the glove? asks Noah
- All of the Alpha set has the same ability and it's weight control. Bright answers
- I see... What are the other items to complete the set?
- You need the other glove, the ring, and the sword. A total of five items. says, Bright
- Apparently, starts Dull, When the set is complete something special happens.
- Something special? What is it?
- How am I supposed to know? He never said anything about that. He only said that completing the sets is what someone who wants to use his items at their full potential should do.