Amazaki sat with Kyle at the dining table while his face bore a look of annoyance from Kyle's stupid chatter, as if he wanted to beat him up at any moment. As soon as Amazaki was about to lose control of his nerves, Miyuki came and suddenly came with a bright smile on her face that made the sunlight lose its color with her beauty while carrying dishes. The taste is in her hand, then she puts it on the table and says
"Come in"
And then a miracle happened for Amazaki, as he found Kyle silent and silently staring at Miyuki's face, yes, silently
It is as if he is analyzing a painting by the most famous artists or contemplating a stunning scene of nature, as if he wanted to say something, but the words failed to come out and he could not find a word to describe what he saw, so Amazaki said to himself sarcastically.
"The owner of this inn has earned my respect by shutting up this talkative bastard..."
As soon as Miyuki was out of Kyle's sight, he began muttering incomprehensible words in a low voice, as if his soul had been possessed.
"Who…who…beautiful…flower…angel…"
While Kyle was muttering these words, Amazaki had already finished his breakfast and headed for the exit, ignoring Kyle
As soon as Kyle's consciousness returned to him, he saw Amazaki coming out of the inn and called out to him
"Wait for me…."
But Amazaki still ignores him to actually go outside, Kyle says to himself
"What? Didn't he hear me?
He runs to him
"You said wait for me..."
Amazaki turned around with a cold look
"What do you want? "I don't remember owing you anything."
"Come on, my friend, don't say that. I just want to help you. I even prepared the cart just for you."
While Amazaki was thinking about refusing his help, Kyle continued by saying:
"Don't tell me you were planning to go walking?"
Amazaki answers
"What do you mean?"
Kyle responds as if surprised
"what do I mean? Don't you know how far the academy is from here, even an ordinary horse would take a whole day to get there."
Amazaki turned to the carriage that Kyle was talking about to see a beautiful, or should I say elegant, carriage pulled by two black horses.
He looked back at Kyle with a stupid look
"Why are you making fun of me? You say that a horse takes a whole day, so I brought two horses..."
Kyle interrupted him while saying with a serious look
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... these horses are not ordinary, but something completely different. It is not even permissible to call them horses. They are a type of beast and are called Rosanne's beasts. Their speed is four times the speed of a normal horse. They also differ in that they are meat-eaters, so raising and caring for them is somewhat expensive."
Then Amazaki began to look at Kyle with a surprised look, as if he did not believe what he was saying
Kyle sighs after noticing Amazaki's looks and says:
"Well, even if you have never heard of them before, this is not strange. They are very rare, expensive, and difficult to tame."
Then Amazaki looked at the horses again while scrutinizing their details to notice that the horses were different. They had red eyes as if they were looking at hell and black skin. As you can see a light violet aura emanating from them and a strange-shaped collar on their neck that looked like a dog collar, it contained strange writings and symbols.
Amazaki said in confusion
"What is that thing on their neck?"
Kyle replied
"It is the seal of the master and the slave, which is often used to control monsters or slaves."
Amazaki asks in amazement
"Hmm…? Slaves? What do you mean?"
Kyle says with a sigh
"Okay... Why don't we postpone this topic for another time? If we start talking about this topic, I'm sure it will take up the whole day. Now let's hurry and get into the car so that you won't be late for the registration time."
Amazaki looked at Cale with looks of doubt and confusion and said cold words
"What are you planning? Why are you following me? I am not someone who saved you from death or even an old friend of yours."
Then Kyle showed a childish smile that did not carry the weight of his words as he said
"What are you saying...of course I just want to be friends for any reason other than that."
As soon as Amazaki heard his childish answer, he felt his blood pressure want to explode. What an answer? Are you five years old? What is this nonsense? This is what he wanted to say to calm himself down while he wandered with his thoughts.
"Hmm... I don't know what this scoundrel is planning, but it's okay as long as it's a free ride, so why not?"
Amazaki says with a smile
"Okay, I will accept your invitation."
Kyle replied
"Then come upstairs, my friend."
Amazaki then got into the carriage pulled by Josh and Rosanne, and the carriage drove off so fast that their speed seemed similar
The speed of a normal car on the highway
Unfortunately, Amazaki did not enjoy this ride, not only because of Kyle's constant chatter, but also because this was Amazaki's first time on a trip in a horse-drawn carriage, so he did not feel comfortable because of the bumpy road.
And the constant vibrations, because the cart is not like a car, it does not contain a vibration dampener, so this trip was like hell for him.
In order to forget his suffering in this carriage, he began to go along with Kyle's chatter by saying:
"What is the point of this academy anyway?"
Kyle answers, surprised
"What? "You don't know and want to register."
He replies while holding his nerve
"Just… answer me."
"Hmm...well, to put it in simpler terms, the first goal of the academy is to prepare and select the strongest warriors to appoint as assistants to the hero during his mission, because no matter how strong the hero who may be summoned is, putting all the work on his shoulders alone is just too much for him."
Amazaki responds with a childish face but with cold words
"Wow...this is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life. Just what is this nonsense? I mean, first of all, who would want to risk their life to be a hero saving people they don't know and have nothing to do with?"
Then Cale sighed sadly, as if what Amazaki said was something he already knew
Well, as I said before, this was the first goal, and since I heard that summoning rituals always fail, most people have already given up hope. Therefore, the academy's goal has temporarily changed to training and qualifying future champions. They also say that whoever graduates from that school will be eligible to call themselves a hero."
Amazaki says
"But I don't think they want to graduate for such a stupid title."
Kyle replied
"Well, I cannot say that you are wrong, because by having this title, many things will become easier for you, to put it very briefly in two words: 'A comfortable life.'"
Amazaki replied with a small smile on his face
"Well, I expected something like this...so if they happen to truly succeed in summoning a hero, will the others be stripped of this title?"
Kyle replied while he was unsure
"Yes... I think... and they will become the hero's assistants in his mission, but despite this, their success is almost impossible because the last time they succeeded in this was 900 years ago, so most people only consider it a legend, and thus they rely on themselves instead of believing in an ancient miracle that may not appear again."
Amazaki responded sarcastically
"If you have been fine for 900 years, I don't think you need this hero."
Kyle replied with a sigh
"It's not that easy… The reason we're doing well in this kingdom is because of the sacred protection of the Black Dragon and even that protection requires sacrifice."
Amazaki responded in amazement
"sacrifice? What do you mean"
Kyle looks out the window and then says
"Okay, let's postpone this topic for later, as we have arrived."
Amazaki says to himself
"It seems there are a lot of things I don't know about this world."
.............
At the top of the mountain, there is a huge building that looks like a palace. It is so huge, yet you cannot see it completely because of the high walls surrounding it. The only gate leading to it is so large that it makes you raise your head to see its end. In front of the gate are many people, some in regular or local clothes and some in green clothes for the test candidates. Most of them came just to wait. There is a fight with some of the attendees, while others start fights, all of this just to know each other's level, because the test is coming up, and everyone is clinging to any opportunity to reduce the number of participants because they do not know the nature of this test, so some of them turn towards the road to see a car heading towards them, and some of them say:
"Who owns this vehicle?"
"Hmm…isn't that Rosanne's monster pulling that cart?"
"They must be one of the Five Families, no one can buy or even take care of these monsters except them."
The carriage stops as it approaches the entrance, and then two people come out, the first with black hair, white skin, and yellow eyes as if they were a wild beast, and the second with long, golden-blonde hair and blue eyes, and of course these two are Amazaki and Kyle.