[Ciel's POV]
Me and my squad members had planned to train today at 5 pm. When I reached the training area, I could see many other students training.
As I was searching for the group I heard somebody call my name
"Ciel"
I turned around and saw Alice waving at me. Alice was with Akio,Anna and Emily.
I walked towards them.Emily looked around and said"Looks like there is no spot left. Let's go to another section of the arena."
After searching for a while we found one open spot.There was other group also there.
It was Ryujin's squad. He was training with an elf.
Akio looked at him and said " I wonder how we can break through his
Emily striked his head gently with her rapier's handle and said" He is not allowed to use it in the mock test."
"Haa! Guys lets just train.No need to bother ourselves with other business." Alice said while frowning.
Akio used a sword and I also used a sword so he was training with me. Emily used rapier,Anna is a mage and Alice is an archer. These three were training together.
I was exchanging clashes with Akio but my eyes would often move towards Ryujin. I was getting distracted.
Akio noticed I was distracted and asked me "Anything bothering you?"
"No"
As I said that I could see a fireball spell being launched at Ryujin's squad.
The beast man of the group blocked it with his shield and said "Hey!Are you out of your mind?"
He was walking towards us. Ryujin,Adam and the elf were also walking towards us. All of them except Ryujin had an annoyed expression.
Anna was the one who fired it. Her hands were shaking. She was terrified.
The beastman got near Anna however Akio blocked his wayand said
" We are sorry but it was a genuine mistake."
Adam pointed his sword at Akio and replied " She is holding a wand. How can see miss her target and hit us?"
A wand helped a mage to increase their mana output and spell accuracy.Even I was shocked when the fireball spell hit them.
Anna was sweating.She bowed her head and said"I am really sorr-"
"Its fine." Ryujin said immediately and stopped her from apologizing.
"What? She fired a spell at us." Adam said furiously.
Ryujin looked at Adam and said "It was a mistake plus look closely at wand its going to break soon."
"The mana didn't flow correctly and was fired toward us. She probably didn't mean it." Ryujin said it in a clear voice.
Ryujin then looked at Anna and said "It will probably be best for you to buy a new one or get this one repaired. Though repairing it might cost even more."
Anna looked at her wand and gripped it tightly. I knew how much that wand meant to her.
Anna then looked at them and said "I am sorry. It was a genuine mistake."
Cary scratched his head and said" Its fine. I am sorry as well for getting mad."
Then their squad moved on to their spot and started training again.
"Is it true that your wand is going to break?" Emily asked Anna in a concerned voice.
"No!Its just that I dropped it from my table."
Anna was hiding something but I didn't ask her about it
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[Ryujin's POV]
I went back to my dorm after my training session. I sat on my desk. The wand Anna used was still on my mind.
Her wand was bot going to break because of mana overuse but someone had messed with it.
When I looked at her wand I could feel
black magic hidden inside it. I used my magic to take out the black magic without anyone noticing.
I gathered the black magic out of my hand and started examining it. Before, I could only sense the mana before but now using Nagis eye, I can see the mana flow.
Now that the wand was not affected by black magic,it could be repaired. Though it will cost a hefty amount of money.
The main thing was howwas her wand affected. Nobody near her and in our academy used black magic and if they used I could sense it and even the system would show me their
I called Lucas. He picked up the call immediately and said "Hey any clue?"
"Can you send me the information on Anna in the S-class from first year?"
"Yes, I can but why do you need it?"
"Its work related"
"Ok then"
He cut of the call and within five minutes he send me Anna's information.
I looked at her bio. She was a commoner. Her parents had ordinary jobs. Looks like her parents are in a huge debt.
The system then showed me a series of messages.
[The wand Anna is using is made from a deadwood tree. Itmust have cost them fifty million dollar.]
"I see". A deadwood tree was the most expensive tree in this world. The tree was special because it grew even after it was dead and the wood was perfect material to control and release mana. It would even make a magic spell a lot stronger.
So that is how her parents were in debt.They probably haven't told her about that. Looks like the debt collector was the one who infused black magic. They are collecting items and relics and a wand made from deadwood was a good item.
"Hey system can you find the debt collectors ?" I asked.
[Yes, I will scan every information available in the world and find it.]
"Wait a minute. If you could do that then why didn't you give me her information before I called Lucas." I asked system with a frown on my face.
[The information will be available in two hours.]
"Hey dont avoid my question" I shouted at it but again it gave me no response.
Looks like I have to wait for a while.
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[Third Person POV]
While Ryujin was waiting for system to gather information, he decided to take Chip for a walk.
Ryujin put a leash on Chip and took him for a walk. The dorm for S-class was quite big. Other classes also had good facilities but it couldn't be compared to S-class dorms.
Ryujin was also looking for Tuck and Kuro while he was walking. Both of these cat didn't like to stay at their house and were always roaming.
Ryujin would also walk them but they always preferred going alone. That is why Ryujin created protection items for them.
As he was walking he saw Tuck going behind a bush.Ryujin followed Tuck.Ryujin got near the bush and said "Hey! Where are you going?"
Ryujin saw a small gap near the bush and as he walked through it, he looked at his side and saw five people sitting on the ground.
They were Ciel and her friends. Kuro was sitting on Alice's lap while she was petting his head. Tuck was playing with Anna.
The five looked at Ryujin and were shocked to see him come out here.They then looked at his dog. Alice and Anna quickly took the cats on their arm to protect them from Chip.
To their surprise the cats jumped out of their hand and then jumped on Ryujin's shoulder and started licking his face.
Everybody,except Ryujin was shocked.
Akio looked at Ryujin and said " Are all of them your pets ?"
"Yes" Ryujin said that while petting Chip's head.
Anna and Alice looked at the cats and had a gloomy expression. They wanted to play with them more. Ryujin saw their expression and said "Did they bother you?"
Anna and Alice nodded their head side ways immediately.
Ryujin put the cat down from his shoulder and gave them a slight push towards Anna and Alice.His act made
everyone blush.
The cats again went to play with Anna and Alice.
The atmosphere was really awkward. None of them could say anything because they were slightly scared of Ryujin. Except Ciel she had other feelings.
Ryujin was the first one to speak "Anna do you have your wand?"
Anna was surprised that he asked this question. She only nodded and then took out her wand.
Ryujin then said " Can I look at it for a moment ? "
Anna was the most scared of Ryujin so she only shook her head in agreement.
Ryujin took the wand and sat on the ground. He took the leash off of Chip.
Chip slowly walked towards Akio and
started sniffing him.
Akio rubbed his back and Chip slowly started to sink in his lap. Akio felt happy. Emily on the other hand was playing with Tuck.
Ciel was the only one who wasn't petting anyone of them. She tried to but they all ran away. Ciel was a bit sad because of that.
While they were playing with Ryujin's pets, they were also looking at Ryujin.
Ryujin was closely looking at the wand while his other hand was on his chin.
Ryujin looked at Anna and then said "Your wand is not fully broken but you cannot use it. It can be repaired but it will cost a hefty sum of money."
Anna dropped her head. She had a lot of money problems. Her friends tried to help her but she refused. She didn't want to be a buden to them.
"Do you mind if I repair this?"
Everybody was in shock was what they were hearing.
"Can you do it?"Anna said with desperation. That wand was precious to her.
"I cannot completely repair it but I can make sure that you can cast at least D-rank spell."Ryujin replied.
Anna was about to agree but she realized that she didn't have anything in return.
She said " But I don't have anything in return."
"Hmm, then if I fix this then please keep playing with my pets." Ryujin said with gentle smile on his face.
Anna was touched . Alice and Emily were shocked while Akio was in awe.
Ciel felt proud.
Anna nodded in agreemnet.
Ryujin closed his eyes. Everybody was looking at him. The wand slowly started to levitate from his hand.
Blue colored mana was now surrounding the wand and the wand started glowing. Some of the cracks on the wands started disappearing.
Slowly the mana disappeared and the wand landed on Ryujin's lap.Ryujin slowly opened his eyes. He was sweating. He then gave the wand to Anna and said " Cast a magic spell."
Anna casted a D-rank magic spell and the magic worked perfectly.
Everybody looked at Ryujin as if their eyeballs were going to fall off.
Anna bowed the head and said "Thank you." She truly meant it.
Akio then said "How did you do it?" He couldn't believe what he had just seen.
Ryujin wiped the sweat on his forehead and said " Just pour some mana to repair the cells. The wand is made from deadwood so the cells will regenerate. However, to repair it fully a large amount of mana is needed and I don't have such a huge amount of mana."
What Ryujin said was true but Ryujin had also used Kairos to remove black magic from the wand. He couldn't extract everything in the training area.
The black magic would interfere with the regeneration.
Ryujin then stood up and said " I will get going now." His pets also followed him as Ryujin got out of the bush.
All of them looked at Ryujin as he walked further.
Akio said" I want to be friends with him."
Everybody nodded together.