Dean Noyan, who was bored with his work, got up from his seat and went to the window. While he was trying to look at the view outside, a warning notification suddenly appeared on the window. While the photo of teacher Celest was shown in the notification, the following was written below it: "The vital features of personnel number 226 working in room E-13 were lost. Please check the status and confirm accuracy."
It took Dean Noyan a minute to leave his office and arrive at the scene. When he opened the door to the classroom and entered, he was met with a large black sphere standing in the middle of the classroom, among the altar bowls. His self-preservation instinct reacted immediately and he released all his aura and perceptions.
Although the Black Sphere was right in front of his eyes, his perceptions told him there was nothing there. He began to observe the surroundings carefully without getting too close to the sphere. There was nothing in front of the sphere, but a part of the wall behind the sphere was completely stained with blood. And right under this blood picture was teacher Celest's torn body.
Dean Noyan said, "Lock the department and don't let anyone approach here," and moved towards the place where the dismembered body was, without getting too close to the sphere. There were blood stains on the floor, starting from the sphere and ending with the wall. Teacher Celest seemed to have been thrown from where the sphere was to the wall and torn apart in the air as he was thrown.
After examining Teacher Celest's torn body for a while, Dean Noyan turned and started looking at the black sphere. It was obvious that the sphere was responsible. Maybe there was something inside the sphere. If Dean Noyan had looked at the classroom footage before coming here, he would have known the truth.
But it was too late. Left alone with the sphere in front of him, Dean Noyan finally gathered his courage and started to slowly approach the black sphere. He was a few steps away from reaching the sphere when the surface of the sphere suddenly swelled with a threatening movement.
He immediately stopped in his tracks and did not dare to take even a step. The movement on the surface of the black sphere continued, but it no longer had a threatening aura. He carefully looked at the surface of the sphere, which was constantly swelling and becoming smooth again. He finally realized that it was a black water sphere.
After examining the sphere for a while longer, he was convinced that there was no danger unless he got too close to the sphere. He turned back and stood in front of the mutilated body of Teacher Celest. "Send the team and let them clean this place. Also restart vital protocols for staff 226," he said.
Even though the room was very quiet and everything seemed calm, Dean Noyan did not let his guard down. He continued to observe the black sphere in case a tragedy occurred again…
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About an hour after the classroom was carefully cleaned, Dean Noyan noticed a change in the black water sphere. A small white dot appeared on the black sphere. This dot slowly grew and grew until it was the size of a fist, and a bright beam of light shot out of it.
Then another dot appeared. And another, and the process repeated itself over and over. In a short time, the black water sphere changed completely and a very bright light sphere appeared in its place. This light sphere glowed for a while, and then its energy began to fade like a dimmed lamp. The bright light faded, faded, and finally disappeared into Demir's body.
When the classroom returned to its normal light, it revealed the large water sphere and Demir inside it. Demir was still in a meditative state. The fire, earth, and air elements that were constantly circling around him seemed to protect him.
A little later, when Demir slowly opened his eyes, all the elements lost their orbits and shapes and suddenly dropped to the ground. The water sphere distorts and fall it wet the Demir.
- But teacher... What you did is not funny at all.
Then he raised his head to look at his teacher, but there was no one there. As he looked left and right, he saw Dean Noyan.
- Welcome, Sir,
This monster... So you were the culprit. Dean Noyan released all his anger and killing intent, but there was no change in Demir.
- Sir, I wonder if you have seen my teacher Celest?
Dean Noyan couldn't understand whether Demir was acting like this on purpose. He had taken a few steps towards Demir when he realized a fact. He had to observe first and then act. (I should watch the footage of the incident first. I can kill the child later) he thought and immediately controlled himself and put a fake smile on his face and answered.
- Since teacher Celest had a job, I replaced him. Teacher Celest gave you the day off. You can go home and rest now.
Demir wanted to share the experience he had just experienced with his teacher, but his teacher had work to do. There was nothing to do then. Going home now was the best thing to do. After saying "Okay sir. I wish you a good day" he left the classroom.
After Demir left, Dean Noyan examined the puddle of water on the floor and the soil pieces and found blood stains on the soil pieces. He couldn't delay this any longer. So he hurried out of the classroom…
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When Dean Noyan entered his room, he said, "Turn on the video recording of room E-13" and walked towards the window. The window went dark and the video recording of room E-13 started to be shown. Dean Noyan, who watched the video recording carefully from beginning to end so as not to miss anything, finally reached the part where teacher Celest was torn apart after about two hours.
Teacher Celest first prepared herself and then directed her inner energy to the fingers of her right hand. When the tips of her fingers gained a slight shine, she extended her hand and just as she was about to touch Demir's head, the image suddenly turned pitch black ...
Five seconds later, a portion of the room began to appear in the corners of the screen. As the seconds passed, the blackness decreased and the visible parts of the room increased. A little later, the black image surrounded Demir in a circle. Teacher Celest was at the bottom of the wall, torn to pieces.
Dean Noyan, who stopped the image, said to himself,
- Element control... No, the child does not yet know how to control the elements. An instinctive reaction... No, someone in a meditative state loses touch with reality. It is impossible for him to notice this.
Someone protected him... (He extended his hand and turned the image in the window, looking at every corner of the room) No, there is no one here. There is only one option left. There is a protective talisman or rune on the child…
Dean Noyan, who looked at the black sphere in front of him for a while, went to his desk and sent a message to Kunt to investigate the protective talisman or rune. Although he could not understand how the Celest teacher suddenly torn apart, it was certain that it had something to do with the child.
He knew that if he could not kill the child with the first move he made, the protective talisman could instantly activate and kill him. Because even though he was a supreme master, Celest could not tear the teacher into pieces like that in five seconds. This talisman in the child was even stronger than Dean Noyan.
Dean Noyan, who was in a state of hesitation and dilemma, decided to leave his room and take a long walk in order to think more clearly. As he walked away from the desk and towards the door, he saw the shattered form of the Celest teacher in the window and said, "How is the progress?"
Immediately, the picture of teacher Celest appeared on the window screen along with the countdown numbers next to it: "63h:21min:06sec". Dean Noyan looked at the remaining time and then left his room...
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Demir had come home because his education was canceled. He was excitedly telling Nurse Oya about what he had experienced,
- Sister, my new teacher is a wonderful person. She treats me kindly and teaches me very nice lessons. She is much better than that Elina instructor.
- I don't understand who you are talking about.
- From my nature element teacher.
- So you're talking about Celest.
- Yes. Miss Celest. How did you know? Or do you know her, sister?
- Of course I know. There are no other nature element teachers in our academy.
- She left early today because she had work to do. My lesson was left unfinished. I wish we could do a little more lessons.
- Teacher Celest is good. As you said, she is very kind. But who would be rude to a cute child like you. Come here and let me hug you, okay? (Nurse Oya continued her speech after hugging Demir lovingly.)
Actually, there are not many nature element users in our world. That is why teacher Celest almost never had any students. But now there is you. I'm happy that she finally has a student. Get along well, okay?
- Okay…
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The next afternoon, in Dean Noyan's room…
Dean Noyan, standing by the window, was absently looking into the distance…
Kunt had said that he couldn't find any talismans or runes on the boy or among his personal belongings. Since a health screening was performed by Nurse Oya every week, there was nothing inside or outside the child's body. Since there was no protective talisman, rune or spiritual symbol on the boy, Dean Noyan's talisman theory had collapsed.
No matter how much he thought, he still couldn't find a logical explanation. Finally, his thoughts about the dismemberment incident turned to teacher Celest. Could he have suddenly lost control while checking the elements and harmed himself? Maybe…
Since the incident hadn't been fully clarified in Dean Noyan's mind, he decided to leave it to time. But this time, he would observe these two closely…
The sound of the room door clicking brought Dean Noyan back to reality. As he corrected himself and turned to the door, the door opened and teacher Celest entered.
- Welcome Celest. Come in please. We can sit here. (Dean Noyan, who guided the Celest teacher towards the desk, continued his speech when he took his seat and sat down). How are you feeling? Have you gotten used to it?
- Yes sir. I'm almost used to it. I have a bit of a headache from sleeping too much, but I'm sure the pain will go away soon. Don't worry, I will get better and better.
- You were informed about this place and what was happening, right? If there's anything else you want to know, don't hesitate to ask.
- Thank you sir. My friends have provided the necessary information...
- While you were sleeping, we had a new student. His name is Demir. He's nine years old. He just woke up his God blood and then we did the element test. And the test revealed that he has the nature element.
- (Celest teacher suddenly stood up and answered cheerfully) Really?
- Yes. That's why we woke you up. I want you to be his teacher. You must guide him and train him thoroughly.
- I will try my best and I hope I will not disappoint you.
- Good... I will send you the details about the child. You check it in the evening. You have a lesson the next day.
- Okay.
When teacher Celest left the room, Dean Noyan came to the window and started thinking about teacher Celest's lesson and the events that could happen there...
After a while, he said, "Open the element test recording." After watching the time-lapse video recording, he said, "Remove Celest from the content. Then open the video recording of room E-13." Dean Noyan, who changed and prepared the video recording as he wished, said "Send these two images to Celest" after putting himself in the teacher Celest's place and went to his desk and started to prepare for the next element lesson...