A few days later the carriage finally arrived home, Leopold helped Isabelle to exit and Maxwell went with haste inside the manor, he isnt in a hurry to report the results of his trip as he knows how much Isaac, the father of Maxwell, loves Isabelle and how worried he is for her health
All of the guards and maids bowed to him, as he was the only son of the current family head but he paid them no mind as he went into his father chambers
Before he could go in he heard some people inside
'How many people are inside the room in front of me?' He asks while activating his power
{3} was the answer, making Maxwell aware that he couldnt go inside like other times
Tidying up his appearance he knocks the door a few times, careful to not be too loud
The voices inside the room stops for a second and his father voice come fron inside
"Come in"
After hearing his approval, Maxwell opens the door to his father chambers and there he could see his father and another man wearing a typical mage robe who was looking at him with interest
"Is this your son, Isaac? I heard that he went to awaken his power, i wonder if he got something good or if his look was bad" Chuckling a bit he asks to Maxwell father
"I also hope so, Max, come here, this is Velagor, a teacher of the mage academy at the Mystic order, introduce yourself"
Stepping forward and doing a noble bow, Maxwell starts to speak
"Hello sir Velagor, im Maxwell Silverwing, its a pleasure to meet you" With a calm and confident face he introduce himself, making an perfect salute like he saw it moments before in a book
"Good, you son has the manners of a noble, and if he becomes a mage at out academy then it will be better" With a smile Velagor compliments Maxwell
But at this moment Maxwell was inspecting the room, like he was searching for someone
'The power clearly said that there was 3 people inside, lets recheck' He thought and then asks the same question as before
{4} The anwer changed to 4, as right now he is inside
'Then the answer was right, and with me inside there are four but the question is... where it is the other one?' All of this was made in less 1 second by Maxwell, he still has a very high thinking speed thanks to his previous life
"Thanks sir Velagor, i also hope to enter sir's great academy, can you please enlighten me with the academy name? It wasnt mentioned in the books, it only said 'The Great Mage Academy'" Maxwell asks respectfully, not acting like this at all as he has a very deep respect for this unscientific powers
"Mmh... Its seems that we need to keep an eye on those publishers as we want our prestigious name to reach far and wide. Listen well Maxwell, our academy name is 'Arcanum Academy', storing the most advanced and forbidden knowledge of magic in the whole continent" Velagor said with a proud face of being able to teach there
"Arcanum Academy... Thank you sir. I dont want to bother your meeting with my father so with all due respect im going to leave" After mumbling the name he makes a bow and starts to leave the room in order to let them talk important things
"Ah dont worry i was about to leave as our meeting was already over a few minutes before you came in" With a smile Velagor adjust his robes a little and starts to walk out the room
"Thank you Velagor, i hope you have a safe travel" Isaac says with a smile, calling Velagor directly by his name, meaning that he is atleast an equal in standing in front of him
"Sure Isaac, Goodbye" with that he leaves the room, leaving Maxwell and his father alone
"Okay Max, tell me everything about your travel and which power you got, i hope its something good" With a fatherly smile, his father asks while moving a chair for Maxwell
Maxwell, who got many questions on his own starts to tell the whole story, also adding some things about {Numeric Sigh} and asking how to use it better, after all his results were recorded by those mages at the arena
...
Outside the manor, Velagor was walking when a voice sounded beside his ear
"Hoho, its seems that kid got a good power as he was able to sense me somehow"
"Really? Then i hope he can come to the academy sooner" Velagor smiles while walking when he remembered something
"By the way, Sir... you need to stop going around for fun, the headmaster will be angry again"
"Hmph, that old guy is just jealous that i can exit the academy at will and he needs to stay there to work" The mysterious voice says with a gloating tone
"... Sir please have some respect for the headmaster or he is going to punish you again... and also me " Velagor said the last part in a low voice, with a drop of sweat falling from his face
"Sure sure, if he tries something then i will just pluck some feathers of his griffin"
'... Are they so carefree after reaching their levels?' Velagor thought seriously while traveling back to the academy
...
Right now Maxwell was in his room, ready for some tests
'Door, locked. Energy, maxed. MInd, clear. Some materials, ready' He double checked in his head while preparing to test his {Energy Controller} power
What materials does he have? Nothing precious or eye-catching, he just found some wood things, some little stones, a little of grass, etc. Many of the materials were things that one could get from the ground
But Maxwell knows better, that even the simplest material could get many results depending on how or who is doing te tests
After arranging each thing he is prepared and ready for his new journey in controlling energies