"And here I am very sure that some of you, there are definitely those who can use high level magic. Especially for those of you who were born into nobility, since childhood you must have been given instructions on how to control mana and magic well." The Professor walked back and forth while explaining the essence of magic and mana itself. His long explanation, which we couldn't understand, ended with a question that was a bit controversial. "Most importantly, history has never even discussed it. Why do we have to learn about magic?"
The class ended without further explanation from Professor Russell. I also woke David up, who had been fast asleep since the start of the lesson. When he woke up from his long sleep, he looked like he was in a daze. But strangely, Professor Edmund didn't reprimand him at all, even though from the book I read there was a moment where the teacher was scolding his student for falling asleep in the middle of class.
Next I have to immediately go to fighting class. The teacher in the fighting class was a slender looking woman with long flowing hair as white as snow, her pointed ears also showed that she was part of the Elf race whose name was Anara Pamiere, who were descended from elf royalty. I got that information from David who seemed to know more and I don't know where he got all that information. In contrast to her appearance which looks beautiful, it turns out she has a very tough nature like fighters in general.
The location of the fighting class is in a fairly large field area, with in the middle there are lots of dolls to help us practice using close range weapons and on the edges there is quite a large number of circular target areas.
"Welcome to the academy, let me introduce myself, my name is Anara Pamiere, here I am tasked with teaching you basic physical combat techniques," said Professor Anara loudly, in contrast to her appearance which looks beautiful and beautiful like nobles, it turns out she has a very good character. firm like fighters in general. "I know some of you must be wondering, why do we have to train for physical combat? why do we have to train our physique? why do we have to train martial arts? shouldn't we practice magic control instead of our physique? but allow me to tell you you guys, that in actual combat, sometimes you have to fight using the martial arts techniques that you master."
Yes, I also saw that among the students there were several children from noble circles who had very strong physical bodies. Meanwhile, commoners like us only have less well-trained bodies, except for a man named Carl who has a rather sturdy body shape, although not like those from the nobility.
But there is one person from among the commoners who I just realized has a slightly less physical form, his name is Steve, he uses a wheelchair instead of his legs to walk. Professor Anara, who was also aware of Steve's physical shortcomings, walked closer to him, stood in front of him and bent his legs to match Steve's height.
"I'll be honest with you, with the physical deficiencies you have, I doubt you can follow the lessons I give," she said.
Followed by screams from the children of the nobility who teased his shortcomings with immoral names while laughing at it as if it was a funny joke to them. David, who was standing next to me, was furious with the increasingly violent behavior of the nobles, as could be seen from his eyes glancing sharply at them and his hands clenching tightly into fists.
I feel sorry for Steve, but honestly I agree with what Professor Anara said, it is very difficult to train your physical abilities with a body condition like that.
However, instead of feeling pessimistic or gloomy about the ridiculing sentences thrown at him, his face actually smiled broadly, "Who says I can't follow the lessons you give, Professor? It's not you who decides whether I have the right or not? When I was in the North,there was someone who had the same shortcomings as me, but instead became the most respected king in the North," he said.
"Are you talking about Elijah?" asked Professor Anara with a slightly surprised expression, because she didn't expect the answer that came out of Steve's mouth. "Elijah Ragnarsson, or better known as Elijah the Boneless. The Northern Warrior who succeeded in conquering three kingdoms together with his brothers."
Ragnarsson? is the warrior related to Einar? they have the same surname and both come from the north.
Professor Anara straightened up again and smiled, "You chose the right person to emulate, Steve!" she said and walked back to where he came from. "As long as you don't hinder others, I won't mind your presence in this class. Also don't expect me to give you special treatment, just because you are different from the others."
"No problem Professor, in fact I am grateful because you treat me as an equal."
"Okay, now I will choose two people to spar with. I will choose randomly without looking at physical differences. For today, before I start training you, I will just see what you can do!" Professor Anara ordered. "You are free to choose whatever weapons you want to use, and you are also free to use whatever magic power you want to use."
For us commoners this is a bit unfair, but for the nobles this is an excellent opportunity to oppress the commoners. While the nobles choose their weapons with expressions full of joy, we on the other hand choose weapons with expressions of fear. We don't know who to fight, but most of us pray not to fight people from the nobility.
"Don't worry, I won't let you die. You can also surrender or resist if you feel too scared to do so. But there will be a punishment for those who refuse to fight."
And David whispered to me while we were choosing weapons, "As long as we don't resist and surrender, we won't get punished. So, don't be too excessive if you fight with them. For now, we have to be aware of where we are!" he said.
I understand why David said that, but... I took a small sword and shield. For now I will show you what Margaretha has taught me. "Regardless of his position, a man should not be afraid just because he knows the abyss before us."
"Stop your reckless actions, friend, not your chivalrous principles. You will endanger not only yourself, but all of us!"
"Sorry but if we continue to remain silent with this oppression, then we will continue to be oppressed forever." I quoted a sentence from one of the books I read. "I was never taught to run from a fight."
"Have you chosen the weapons you want?" asked the Professor in a very loud voice when she saw that we had all gathered together again.
Most students took weapons combined with fairly small shields, some wore long-range weapons such as archery, and only a few wore a large sword. I think the reason is because two-handed swords are very heavy for people our age, it seems like those who use them have the stature of adults.
"Unnamed people, please leave the field," Professor Anara ordered. "This will probably just be a normal practice match. The rules are when one of you refuses or gives up the fight, or if I feel it is too dangerous to continue. But even so, as the supervisor I will guarantee your safety, so don't hesitate to show all your abilities!"