- With that, it marks the end of the second test: sparring, and the start of the third and final stage: dorm assignment! You can now take off the badges and one by one come up stage, in a descending order, so that I can activate your badge's final effect and get your results. After you get your results pick up your luggage and head to your dorm, you will be guided by the dorm masters.
[After twenty-four students pass]
- Number six! Abel! calls Darius.
Abel walk up to the front takes his badge in his hand and extends his hand toward Darius. Darius put his hand on top of the badge and infuses it with mana. When Darius takes his hand off the badge starts changing color. Abel's badge changes and takes the color red and blue.
- Abel! Choose, which dorm do you want to join?
- I will choose the Red dorm.
- Number six! Abel! Dorm: Red!
Abel goes to the red dorm group.
- Next! Number five! Lumia Parmekia! Calls Darius.
Lumia walks up to the front takes his badge in his hand and extends his hand toward Darius. Darius put his hand on top of the badge and infuses it with mana. When Darius takes his hand off the badge starts changing color. Lumia's badge changes and takes the color blue. Darius backs off and yells.
- Number five! Lumia Parmekia! Dorm: Blue!
Lumia goes to the blue dorm group.
- Next! Number four! Gancelot Fayrak! calls Darius
Gancelot walks up to the front takes his badge in his hand and extends his hand toward Darius. Darius put his hand on top of the badge and infuses it with mana. When Darius takes his hand off the badge starts changing color. Gancelot's badge changes and takes the color green. Darius backs off and yells.
- Number four! Gancelot Fayrak! Dorm: Green!
Gancelot goes to the green dorm group.
- Next! Number three! Sunev Laos!
Sunev walks up to the front takes his badge in his hand and extends his hand toward Darius. Darius put his hand on top of the badge and infuses it with mana. When Darius takes his hand off the badge starts changing color. Sunev's badge changes and takes the color red. Darius backs off and yells.
- Number three! Sunev Laos! Dorm: Red!
Sunev goes to the red dorm group and Darius continues.
- Next! Number two! Juliana Fayrak!
Juliana walks up to the front takes his badge in his hand and extends his hand toward Darius. Darius put his hand on top of the badge and infuses it with mana. When Darius takes his hand off the badge starts changing color. Juliana's badge changes and takes the color blue. Darius backs off and yells.
- Number two! Juliana Fayrak! Dorm: Blue!
Juliana goes to the blue dorm group and Darius continues.
- Next! Number one! Noah Arcadios!
Noah walks up to the front takes his badge in his hand and extends his hand toward Darius. Darius put his hand on top of the badge and infuses it with mana. When Darius takes his hand off, the badge remains transparent. Noah looks at the badge then look at Darius, looks at the badge then looks at Darius again. The first time he looked at Darius, he only did it quickly but the second time he does, he takes the time to look carefully at Darius's face and his facial expression. What Noah sees is pure and simple surprise, and with that surprise, a slight smile appears on his lips, one that is full of shock and pride.
- ha.. ha... ha... Is this for real? I heard that it could happen, technically, but it never did before... Kid, just what exactly are you?
{Noah}
" What is going on? Did I fail? Am I gonna get kicked out? No, judging by his facial expression it seems like it's not something bad. Nah, instead it seems like it's a reaction that simply never happened before. Does it have something to do with the reasons there are there different dorms? Tch! If I had gone to school in my past life I would've known why he is reacting like this."
- What is it, Darius? Is the badge broken? Noah asks
- No it's not.
- Then what is the meaning of this? Why is my badge not assigning me a dorm?
- Don't worry about it. It's simply because you are abnormal...
Noah frowns.
- ... exceptional, in kinder terms. Finishes Darius with a smile, and he then continues. Well, this wasn't expected but since it happened there is nothing I can do about it. Go ahead and choose, Noah, choose which dorm are you gonna join.
- I get to choose? Even though my badge didn't take any color.
- Yeah. The fact that your badge didn't take any color is actually a good thing.
- Does it have something to do with why we are separated into three different dorms?
- Unfortunately, I can't answer that.
{Noah}
" This is such a pain in the ass! The dorm that I choose could, probably, affect the future. If I knew the reasons why the dorms are separated in three I could come to a decision but the problem is I don't and Darius has no intention to tell me why. My brothers also don't know."
- Could I have some time to think about it?
- Sure! but where are you gonna stay while you do that?
{Noah}
" I didn't want to do that but I don't have much choice."
- I am gonna stay with one of my brothers.
- Eeeeh! Are you sure about that? During the Assembly, it seemed like you knew your brothers were weird.
- I know, but I don't have much of a choice now, do I?
- Right! Well, good luck. Your dorm masters are gonna bring you to your dorms and classes will start tomorrow.
A tornado starts at Darius's feet and he flies off. The dorm masters each take their groups and head to their respective dorms. The Red dorm master stops and looks at me.
- What are you doing?
- huh?
- Your first brother is in the Red dorm and your second brother is in the Blue dorm. Which of your two brothers are you going to stay with?
- I am going to stay with my second brother.
{Noah}
" At least if I want or need some help he won't say that it is a pain in the ass or that it's troublesome."
The Blue dorm master stops and calls Noah.
- If you are gonna stay with your second brother at the Blue dorm then follow me but you first should put a shirt on.
Noah opens his luggage takes a shirt in it and put it on, he then follows the Blue dorm group.
[A few minutes later]
The blue dorm group arrives at the dorms.
- My name is Marco I am one of the teachers and I also am the Blue dorm master. For now, your badges have a number that number is your room. The dorms are separated into two. The boy's side is on the left and the girl's side is on the right. The dorms are also separated into four floors. The first floor is the first year's floor and the first years are from eight to ten years old. The second floor is for the second year, made up of students from ten to twelve years old. The third floor is for the third year, made up of students from twelve to fifteen years old. The last floor is for the fourth years which is made of students from fifteen to twenty years old students, however, to graduate from the academy all you need to do is show that you have nothing more to learn from here, those that are able to do so are early graduate but most of the early graduates end up staying because of the special event that is the graduation ceremony.
- What is this graduation ceremony? asks Juliana. Even my Father, the king, doesn't have the right to divulge any information about it. So I wonder what exactly is it to make even the King unable to talk.
- You will know when you will graduate. Until then I suggest you give up trying to find information about it since you won't find a single bout of information about it. Whether it is books or words that traveled mouth from mouth. Anyways now that I've told you about the dorms, it's time for the rules. There are only three rules and they are pretty simple. The first one is that lights are out at 22h00, and after that everybody goes to sleep if you had guests over they need to leave at 20h00. The second rule is no fighting in the dorm if you want to fight you need to go to the arena and register and challenge whoever you want to fight, well for that rule you'll hear more about it tomorrow. The third and last rule is... clean up your own messes. And this is the rule I don't joke about! Keep the space clean! Now, if you don't have any questions you can go to your rooms.
Noah takes the elevator and heads up to the third floor, the elevator stops and he gets off a bunch of students are in the living room and looking at him.
- Can someone guide me to my brother's room?
- Who is your brother? asks a student.
- Jynn Arcadios.
- You are Jynn's little brother, Noah Arcadios?
- Yeah.
- Ok follow me.
The student guide Noah and leaves. Noah opens the door and...