For the past 10,000 years the Floral Academy as always ruled the world, the school surpassed other schools for being able to produce twenty different world class mages. But one day the grandmaster who was responsible for guarding the Roots suddenly disappeared, it's been over 500 years since the disappearance of the grandmaster and in that time the school was now a shadow of its former self

A dark-skinned girl was running across the hall, her long curly brown hair blew along with the wind. She wore a white dress with blue flower patterns, it complimented her big brown eyes.

'' Esther '' a voice called out, she stopped and turn back

''ohm it's Teacher Tope'' she said with a smile and headed over to greet him

'' where are you running to'' Esther said as she looked at Mr. tope who was holding a small book

''Am heading to the library'' Mr. tope said as he adjusted his glasses '' where are you going Esther''

'' sir am just going to train; I just finished all the books you gave me that's related to activating the roots. So am going to go and train now''

''just don't destroy anything again, the school cannot afford any more damages. It has been over 200 years since we last maintained the school building''

''yes, sir am not even thinking of harvesting, instead am looking at how to activate our roots back''

''alright you can go, just do not stay long''

''This girl is so strange, she decided to still come and learn in a shabby school like this even though she possesses tremendous aura, she is one of the twenty student that stays here, she is no doubt the most exceptional both in mind and root'' Teacher tope thought to himself as he watched her walk away

''alright I can start'' Esther said as she looked around and did not see a single person around, she closed her eyes and started meditating, soon after when she opened her eyes but all she could see around her was darkness she already knew that she was in her mind. The only source of light that was emitting was a bright red string that stretched deeper into the darkness, she decided to follow it

After walking for two straight hours, she stilled could not see the end of the string so she decided to end the mental training

''Esther'' a familiar voice called out her name

'' oh! It is you James, what are you doing here I honestly thought you would be busy with your training to unlock your roots''

''yes, I was but I did not see you in class so I thought you were busy conducting some mischief'' he chuckled as he sat down on the floor beside her

''Hey I don't just go and start causing trouble, you are making me sound like a maniac who only goes and start causing troubles''

''well, you do, I mean just look at the first month you came to the school, you destroyed half of the school''

'' it was a mistake and have learnt that …. Or rather I was banned from harvesting anywhere near the school again''

'' To be honest you are so special, I mean you are the only person here in the entire Floral academy …... No rather the entire Floral Territory who still have their roots''

'' Am not that special, and besides just keep doing what I told you to do then you should also be able to activate your Roots''

'' Well, I have been doing that for the past 4 months but they are still no improvement at all''

'' Be patience, you will definitely activate your roots after all I was the one that made the technique so just have faith'' Esther said as she stood up and sighed heavily '' where are you going Esther'' James asked                                                                                                                                                                      

'' Am going to the forest, I want to become stronger and make people stop mocking our school'' Esther looked at James, she had such a resolve that she was not going to be shaken by anything

James sat silently as he stared was admiring her resolve

'' Alright, I will cover for you just do not stay long. In the meantime, I think I should go and continue training, I cannot be lazing around when you are thinking of restoring our honor so the least, I can do is unlock my roots, so when you get there, I will be beside you as an equal or I might even surpass you'' James said to break the short silence between them.

Esther stood smiling at James and thinking at James was a good friend

'' wait how many Gates have you Harvested'' James asked curiously

'' I think I have opened up to 4 gates'' Esther stretched her hand forwards

'' 4 gates that's really amazing, alright I will head back now take care and do not run into some demonic beast'' James stood up and left  

Esther went to her dorm to change into a black shirt with blue jeans, she also wore a blue bracelet that she infused with mana to help her with mana control and it also serves as mana reserve incase her root get blocked for whatsoever reason, after changing she decided to leave the territory of Floral and enter the Forest of CURSES that serves as a border between Floral and Rose.

The forest is filled with a poisonous aura emitting from there, this poisonous aura makes it impossible for humans to safely travel through it, the poisonous aura was also responsible for the crazy spawning of demonic beast in the forest

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AUTHOR NOTE: I hope you all enjoy this first chapter, I apologize for any grammatical error or punctuation error

The roots in this book are defined as a power system that makes one able to use aura

Harvest is a way to ascend through the gates but it is also very dangerous cause lightning strikes an individual based on the amount of aura they possess.

Gates: This are stages in which an individual attains more powers the higher the individual climbs