Rhys smile turns real as he takes in the real world, his eyes glistening with curiosity. Too stunned to reply the old man chuckles before patting his back before he vanishes into the building.
"Come young master we must get you to your dorm." Khin, Rhys' guard, says before taking the cases of clothes and necessities. Rhys snaps out of his awe and takes a case to help.
"Sorry!" He replyies before he's lead to by Khin into the boys dorm. His dorm about 20x20 a big bathroom and bed tucked neatly in the corner. They two set his stuff down before Khin holds Rhys' shoulders.
"Listen, this is where I have to leave and go back to the manor, but your mother told me to scold you to make friends ok?" Khin says dropping his formalities from earlier before Rhys nods.
"I'll try my best.."
Khin judging Rhys' reaction sighs before standing up straight smiling.
"See you when you return home young master!"
He says before leaving Rhys alone.
"…" Rhys sits on his bed basking in silence before a jolly voice of a familiar old man is heard ringing throughout the school "All students that are starting your year please come down to the courtyard" Rhys slowly gets up from his bed and makes his way down to the courtyard. After many turns and misleading signs clapping could be heard as many other students start to fill in behind and infront of him as they walk between their seniors clapping and grinning some professors even seen.
"I'm glad to say as your principal, consider yourself now a freshman student of Bellstrom!" The same jolly voice heard in the wind as the old man is seen standing behind a podium grinning at the many talents. Beside the man is a much younger woman that has the looks to catch most eyes of people. "I'm your assistant principal, Harley, unlike the child Headmaster beside me I will not be coddling you to the top. This is where you come to learn if you can't adapt and grow then this place is simply not for you." She says sternly maybe even pissed as she glances over the many students "Wether your a commoner or noble, you can all learn the same" she says before the papers carried by the wind are individually thrown into the freshmen's hands. "Take your schedule and move to your classes" Harley says before the old man speaks up. "Please, grow strong and look forward to the future!" The old man says before the two walk back behind the stage. Rhys left brimming with excitement as he looks down at the paper in his hands.
Schedule
-Class 1A Poly of Foundation
-Class 1A atributes
Lunch
-Class 2A practical written
-Class 2B History
-Class 1A Practical combat
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Smiled knowing the numbers for his classes catagirized students. 1 being the highest and 3 being the lowest, including the letters as another way to filter the students. (A) being the most comfortable with subject and (D) being least. Rhys headed for his first class nervous. As Rhys walks to class he hears the subtly whispers through the chatter of the halls. "He's the Fedora boy?"
"Isn't he too young?"
"He's soo cute"
"Watch for him he killed his siblings"
Rhys tried to ignore the whispers wincing and grinding his teeth a bit as he heard about his siblings. Before he gets to class Rhys bumps into a duo of boys the tallest one turning around.
"Hey man watch out"
He says seeing the small Rhys, "Oh sorry."
Rhys says lost in thought before walking past them and into his class. Luka, the one Rhys bumped into glares a bit at him before it disappeared hearing his friend, Phan, next to him whisper. "That's the kid,Rhys Fedora" he whispers before a girl walks in behind Rhys, a devious grin on Luka's face.
Rhys sits down in a seat by the corner of the room smiling waiting before Luka and Phan sitting a couple seats infront of him. Minutes pass before the class is filled leaving a spot next to Rhys the professor speaks up. "Good morning everyone address me as Ms.Yaln." She says before a see through shpere floats just above her hand. "This class is the stepping stone for learning magic being the foundation." She says as the shpere deforms into multiple polygons floats around the room bobbing up and down.
"The reason being your storages that you'll be condensing or better terms Polys. Right now if you were to use magic it would be weak and lack in efficiency. Because you have no Polys, your just taking the mana in the air and using raw this dilutes the your ability to control mana" The polygons shrink, compacting becoming less and less transparent.
"You can refine and compress them for later use" she says before it pops the mana inside it bursting out until fading back into nothingness.
"But this process requires precision and patience for most of you it will take this whole week, some a few days. Depending on your control on latent and your own mana is how you'll utilize it." She pronounces as then glares over the class "by all means if I see any of you I could care less if your some prince of a far away land you will be expelled if you mess with other students condensing progress." With that she sat slump back in her chair and opened her book.
Rhys grumbled a bit at her lack of attention for the students before Rhys fell into thought.
She's weird… why would she keep referring to multiple storages if we can't make more…
He though before looking inward of himself trying to condense the mana into his body to 2 sperate spheres. Switching his attention back and forth before they both popped in him. Grunting a bit in pain Professor Yuln smirks sensing Rhys mistake. The goal being to make them realize they can make multiple, but see that the effort just isn't worth it.
Rhys glares inwardly trying again, meeting the same result.
It's like trying to write with both hands… I can't look between the two
His thoughts float around in his head before he tries again this time not focusing on just one but both simultaneously.
Then I'll write with both hands at the same time
He thought smirking as he felts the mana form a sphere the size of his fist. Due to the mana having his will at can't harm him basically just two incorporeal spheres in his chest before he tried condensing them both again simultaneously gritting his teeth. Professor Yaln sensing the two spheres within Rhys smile grows a bit as yes it's not impossible to form two at the same time it's not exactly ideal just costing much more effort to make two at the same time then it would to make one and compress it.
Rhys struggles a bit before giving up panting a bit proud at the 2 spheres siting comfortably in his sternum. "The minimum size of your polys must be at least as small as this ball" Professor Yuln spoke out a ball popped out the wall about as big tennis ball onto the podium. As Rhys sighs his two spheres still being just barely smaller then his fist he then brings his attention outwards. Due to the entire class basically being one with the environment as they focused, he notices Professor Yuln having 5 small polys the size of grapes, but the weird thing being that when she summoned the ball the polys rotate slightly repelling the natural mana in the air and in her body rather then being one with it. Rhys glances around seeing this phenomena being repeated in a different way. Their polys weren't moving but it did cleanse their body of the natural mana as multiple students with scrunched eyes will the mana into their bodies barley coming together to make a shape subtly pushing away the mana in the air and in their body. As he scans the room his eyes land on a girl about a year older then him, surprised by both her long gunmetal hair and the fact that her Poly already being formed and trying to compres it.
The professor smirked. Getting into a 1A class was genius enough while condensing a poly within an hour was simply miraculous. The girl with gunmetal hair was talented indeed, Kulia Demores the second daughter heir to the Demores family gifted with ice. While Rhys the lone son of the Fedora family blessed with flames.
Being able to make the class was expected, but this!
The professor was even more impressed with Rhys, sure he took the unneeded route to it but he still did it none the less.
***1 Hour
Yaln smile grew most of the whole class either having a blessing or talented .
"Alright 3 minutes until the bell" Yaln says before all the students let out a collective gasp for air.
Damn
Rhys looked inwardly a bit depressed at his progress the two spheres only barely shrinking again. He glances at Kulia to see if she made any progress before their eyes met and he quickly turned away his nerves racking before Luka slams his hand on Rhys' desk "Hey, dude I need to ask you a question"
He asks smirking while Phan shakes his head behind him disappointed. "Out of all the grils in this class whose the hottest?" He whispers. Rhys a bit caught off guard, thinking Luka would be like your typical noble bully, but throws the thought away finally really looking at his class around him. There where 23 in total, 13 boys and 10 girls most of the girls already in cliques only 3 standing out the obvious one being Kulia Demores for her talent and cuteness. Beside her was Aillese Fenrir having a subtle but noticeable glare at Kulia, and Malyn Renisse being much taller then the rest and also feels more intimidating.
"I… don't know"
Rhys replies a bit blandly as his eyes look back up to meet Luka's.
"Then what about our Professor?"
He asked
"I already know her perfume smells like flowers and rainbows"
Luka fantasized before Phan nudges him aside "Damn pervert won't use his brain… sorry we never introduced ourselves I'm Phan Demores and this perv is Luka Holph" Phan says.
"He you never told me your the brother of a cute girl?!"
Luka says a bit too loudly
"And let you find my sister hell no your delusional to think I'd let you anywhere closer" Phan said more disgusted then playfully. "Aw man come on can't you at least hook me up?" Luka said with a wide grin.
Rhys stood up and held out his hand forcing an awkward smile on his face.
"Luka, Phan will you two be my friends?"