-Asher Frostblade's point of view.
Crunch.
The door opened to reveal the entire disciplinary committee room.
As long as the disciplinary committee chairman uses his key, there will be no problem getting in.
It is as if he owns the place; however, if a cadet who is not a member of the disciplinary committee enters without the chairman's permission or without using the key, then he will be punished for entering a private place.
However, being the chairman, you can enter as you please.
At this time, Asher entered alone; he had something important to do inside the disciplinary committee even though it was Sunday.
The day before, Luna and Gloriana had not left him alone, so Asher could not go to the disciplinary committee.
Today's goal is to activate the teleportation door; however, at this time he is alone and his friends are not there to help activate the door.
Of course, Asher will use the mana crystals; after all, they are of high rank and only one mana crystal is needed.
Previously he had planned to activate the door through the help of his friends and with the mana crystal, however, that changed.
"It is not necessary for me now, that I have a lot of mana crystals."
The problem is that Asher will enter through the door alone and, in the event that he is in danger, he will be alone.
Fortunately, Encrid seemed certain that the door does not lead to a dangerous place.
Rather, it is likely to be a place that will help him and his friends.
Clank.
He slowly pulled out the book and then....
Crunch.
The bookshelf shifted to the side and revealed the stairs leading down, cobwebs everywhere, the walls cracked; yet it was safe.
"I wonder how old this academy is?"
For the moment an answer wasn't necessary; however, the age of the academy really is an interesting thing.
Asher walked down and finally stood in front of the round door.
Mana moved to his dimensional ring and then....
Muffled sound.
Several purple mana crystals fell to the ground; after a few seconds of arranging them, everything was finally ready. Now it was a matter of using the mana and transferring it to the door, right at its edges.
Of course, Asher was worried in case something went wrong, but he wasn't sure if it was really safe to do this either.
Still, he continued.
He stood in front of the door.
He held out both hands.
He closed his eyes and then let the mana flow through his hands.
The feeling of letting his mana out without using spells was really satisfying, it gave a tickling sensation in his hands and also a massaging feeling.
At the same time, the crystals levitated and were suddenly floating, forming a circle around the door.
Then, the mana that was in the crystals began to slowly flow out, as did Asher's mana.
All the mana went to the edges of the door, and yet the light from before still did not appear.
"I need to be faster."
It was then that the mana came out at great speed; the mana from the crystals slowly diminished, yet it was hardly noticeable.
Muffled sound.
It was then that a blinding glow appeared in the center of the door, the mana began to spread throughout the center and was slowly connecting to the edges of the door.
Unbeknownst to Asher, the mana had reached the edge of the door and it was then that a thin layer of condensed mana covered the center of the door.
It was shaped like a portal and yet it was pure condensed mana that was continuously flowing in the center of the door.
"Haa... Okay, now let's go inside."
The door was activated, so Asher took a step.
Whatever was on the other side of the door, there was no telling whether it was a danger or not.
However, this didn't matter to Asher. If the other side turned out to be a dungeon or lead him to some ruins somewhere in the world, Asher was prepared.
Of course, in the event that it is a dungeon and turns out to be grade 5 to 1, Asher will simply have to escape.
He simply has no chance of getting out of a grade 5 to 1 dungeon alive.
Therefore, it is a risk he is taking.
Tap.
Asher then took a step.
"Haa..."
He sighed and then...
Tap.
He took another step and his body pierced the dense layer of mana and slowly began to disappear.
It was then that he had crossed to the other side of the door.
He closed his eyes in case there was some blinding light or something to hurt his eyes.
However, that wasn't necessary because what he found left him speechless.
It was simply something he would never have imagined.
"This is..."
Encrid's voice sounded extremely surprised.
"The fairy world."
Asher didn't know what "fairies" were; however, from the tone of Encrid's voice, what he had in front of him was something truly impressive.
***
-Scene change.
-Wilbek Laosa's point of view.
He was about to leave when he suddenly felt that the door leading to that world had been activated.
"So you activated it. I wonder what companion you'll get."
However, he was not so impressive as to be surprised.
Upon entering that "world", you would be tested to determine if you were worthy of having a partner.
"You're really interesting."
His thoughts were quite normal.
However, if he could describe Wilbek's personality, it would be one like....
"He's kind."
"He's not a mean person and he's quite nice."
These were comments from many wizards.
But there was also curiosity about a certain cadet.
"I trust him."
He simply trusted the cadet, and sensing that the cadet had just activated the door, Wilbek only sketched a broad smile.
He was curious as to what would come out of that door in a few hours.
Whether it would be a companion he had never seen before or a regular one.
"After all, it is the fairy world."
Exactly, the companion refers to a fairy signing a contract with the wizard.
It is still unknown which companion will come out of that world.
Therefore, Wilbek was curious.
What if it is a fairy, no, rather, what if it is the strongest fairy ever seen?
Then it would be a breakthrough towards his goal.
The goal of seeking the power of the tenth circle and emerging victorious from the coming war against the dimensional rift.
However, it is difficult to know if this cadet will achieve that goal and therefore Wilbek will only observe.
If nothing Wilbek thinks happens, then the next war will be a complete disaster and even all of humanity could perish.
However, he had faith in this cadet since the day he met him.
"Haa... Well, then I'll wait for you. I hope you come with a different companion."
***
-Scene change.
-Asher Frostblade's point of view.
The world before his eyes was simply like a fairy tale.
Even after reincarnation, everything was almost the same; however, what he had in front of him was completely extraordinary.
Floating islands, fields with flowers, waterfalls falling from the sky, a blue sky with shades of green, a sun shining brightly over all the floating fields.
Extraordinary birds were flying, the manna was incredibly dense, trees with indescribable shapes, and above all, a tree that stood out: it was incredibly giant with a purple forest around it, colors everywhere of different types, some blue, purple, green, yellow, etc.
It was all unbelievable.
Asher, however, couldn't tell anything.
The grass was strange and yet it looked like a soft sponge; flowers sprinkled everywhere, strange animals and birds but so friendly looking that even a baby could live with these animals all his life.
However, the most shocking thing was....
"What is that?"
"That's... a species called 'fairies'."
Encrid answered him.
They were almost unseen because they were right in the area of the giant tree that overtopped and displaced the clouds.
They were like humans with wings and an incredibly beautiful face, about the size of the palm of your hand; the fairies were small and not so big as to say "they are tall"; they were small.
In particular, they were hardly visible because Asher was too far away from them, however, he could tell that all the fairies he looked at in the distance were female.
"Why are they all...?"
"Because there are only female ones, I don't know."
Encrid spoke.
However, it wasn't of much use.
But the real question was.
"Why does that door lead to this world or whatever it is?"
"It's a different dimension, like a world, but it's part of our world, and why the door leads to this place, equally I don't know."
"I've been here a few times already, though."
"Fairies are neutral beings, but if you get a contract with them, your power will be much higher, and depending on the fairy you have a contract with, you will be stronger or weaker."
Encrid's explanations were understandable.
But it is an amazing thing to have a contract with a fairy.
There's the risk of being weaker but also stronger; so what's the point?
However, all that was interrupted when a certain voice reached Asher's ears.
"A human."
This left Asher paralyzed.
It was as if the mana had him bound and every part of his body couldn't move.
"I hadn't seen a human in thousands of years."
"..."
It was a soft, sweet voice like that of a fond child; yet it sounded at the same time like that of a grown woman. It was confusing to tell exactly the tone of voice.
But Asher was sure it was a fairy.
Although he tried to move, he couldn't; his mana seemed unresponsive, but strangely he felt that he was slowly controlling his own energy.
Which meant he could move at any moment.
"Mmm... Your mana looks familiar."
"I think the queen had a friend with the same mana, but I don't remember."
"..."
"You are interesting, human."
"I will take you to the queen."
"..."
However, it was long enough for Asher to be able to use his mana again.
He then used his dark field ability and a thirty meter radius was filled with dark mana.
Multiple arrows, swords and spears materialized; purple lightning fluttered everywhere, the surrounding mana began to move faster.
Asher had complete dominion over the mana within a radius of thirty meters.
However, the fairy's voice returned.
"Uh, hey human, what are you doing, do you want to play or something?"
This left Asher speechless.
He could even definitely control the mana around him; his abilities were active and at any moment they would be cast.
Multiple spheres and weapons were scattered everywhere in the radius of the ability.
However, nothing was enough when he felt someone leaning on his left shoulder and the fairy's voice returned.
"If you want to play, then it'll be for a while, how about it, human?"
It was then that he finally saw her.
Asher looked at the fairy; her size was quite small, about the size of his hand. She had strange eyes, they were blue, and instead of round pupils, they were like stars. Her hair was blond and long, and the fairy had large, blue wings like those of a butterfly.
She wore a white dress, her skin was white and also looked quite smooth.
Asher looked closely at the fairy on his left shoulder as the fairy and he stared at each other, she with a smile and Asher in shock.
"Hello, human, so shall we play for a while?"
Asher couldn't respond, however.
The fairy seemed to have some way of manipulating his mana and, for some reason, prevented Asher from being able to move. The fairy gave him a sense of fear and panic.
It was as if she had an opponent that was impossible for her to defeat, and Asher could feel it.
"She's too strong. I could say she's just as strong as the mystery woman."
However, Asher was unaware of the mystery woman's power, but he had a feeling that this little fairy was equally or even a little stronger than the mystery woman.
She was, of course, an impossible opponent to defeat; her small size made her look like an easy opponent, but in reality....
"She's too strong for me."
Asher then was in trouble and his body was unresponsive....