When we finished making a plan we all got up and went on our way.
Araki, Orin and Zek all went to gather anything they wanted for tomorrow, Aaron disappeared to who knows where and Ark decided to walk with me on our way back to the dorms.
"What did you guys mean by magic earlier?" he asked
I chuckled and said "I'm not sure how you never noticed but you are a wind sorcerer. Me Araki and Zek noticed it during your exam."
"When?" he asked confused
I smiled "At one point you jumped away from the bear's attack when you weren't touching the ground. It was a spell called [Wind Run], as the name suggests it allows you to run, or jump, while mid-air."
Are looked at me in shock then raised a hand and stared at it thinking.
"I can use magic..." he whispered in wonder.
I smiled seeing his look of wonder but warned him. "you can but being a sorcerer can be dangerous if you don't control your powers."Turned to me confused
I sighed and said, It isn't uncommon for Sorcerers to discover their magic by burning down their house and sadly a large amount of them become orphans because of it."
Ark was visibly shaken hearing that and I could tell he was starting to fear his powers.
"Don't fear your magic. Sorcerers need to understand and accept it if they want to control it. if you start fearing your magic then you will lose control." I comforted him.
He nodded and we stayed silent as we continued to walk.
When we arrived at the dorms Ark went to open his door and I noticed only one bed was being used.
'so it was Ark who has the single' I thought.
"I may not be a sorcerer but me and Zek can help train you if you ever want. all you have to do is ask." I said as he entered his room
T-thankss" he said shyly as he closed his door.
I went to my room and entered Aaron wasn't there and I used magic to check if he was in the shadows. Seeing as he wasn't there sighed and sat down on my bed.
I pulled out a flower pot from my ring along with some dirt and a water skin.
I put the dirt in the pot with some water, pulled out a seed from the pouch on my belt and planted it.
I put it on the nightstand and infused some Spiritual Energy into the seed.
It quickly grew into a small daisy in bloom and I spoke a single word. "Willow"
the flower closed its petals, shook slightly, for a few seconds then stopped and opened again.
Willow was inside the petals and flew out instantly when she could.
"hi, Jackie. How was your day? I hope it wasn't as boring as listening in to a conversation for an hour and being stuck in a flower pot the rest of the day" she asked while flying around my head, hiding her anger with a smile.
I raised an eyebrow and asked, Why didn't you just leave when the conversation was done?"
She froze and slyly said, "I forgot?"
I placed a hand on my face and thought ' I feel like I am raising a child.'
"What did you learn? was it important?" I asked not wanting to continue her games
she smirked and did a flip while flailing her arms trying to make it sound bigger "The headmaster was arguing with a teacher about the Hellhounds."
"The teacher didn't think it was random and was instead planned. They reported it to the headmaster but she dismissed their claims." she finished with a bow.
I thought for a second and asked "What was the teacher's name?"
she took a moment to remember and said Her name was Amanda Arrow. I did some checking and she is the teacher for classes 1-10."
"so she will be my teacher... I will have to talk to her." I said while thinking
worried she also added "Um Jack you should know... the headmaster was also talking about moving you to another class."
I turned to her and asked, "Are you sure?"
she nodded "Yeah I'm sure"
"Did she say what class?" I asked
she shook her head "No only telling the teacher you were being moved to another class. She tried to fight the headmaster but had to back down when the headmaster threatened to fire them."
I leaned back and said "Thanks for the report, Willow. I am going on a quest tomorrow so I may summon you again."
She smiled and landed on my nose.e
"sure thing cutie but you don't need to warn me just call me when eve-" she was saying but was interrupted when a grabder her by the wings and pulled her off my face.
"don't do that again please," I said exasperated.
Willow knows I don't like girls and she has no interest in me that way, she just does this to bug meShehe smirked, and blew a kiss at me.
I let her go and asked "By the way do you know what Aconite is? Volt mentioned that in one of his visions"
she thought for a second and said "I haven't heard of Aconite in a long time but it is a type of poisonous purple flower. It is also called Devils Helmet, Monks Hood, Wolfsbane, or Leopard's Bane,
surprised to hear one of those names I went into deep thought Wolfsbane? Volt mentioned it for Ark and he is a Wolf-beastman, or at least that is what he told us... could he be...'
*Creek*
Willow interrupted my train of thought by opening the very squeaky window, somewhat scaring me with the sound.
She flinched but I waved her off and flew out the window after saying goodbye, leaving me alone.
I was still in shock about this revelation but decided to think about it later
I shook my hand and contacted Volt.
^Do you want to sleep here tonight?^ I asked
^No. I have a place for tonight.^ he responded
^Are you with Terra?^ I asked smiling
he didn't respond.
I smirked and cut the contact.
I went around the room and made sure I had some clothes for tomorrow along with some spares just in case.
I grabbed by spear, dagger and wand and also grabbed by Guild card.
I put them all in my ring and laid down to sleep.
At some point, I was woken up as I heard shuffling in the room.
I grabbed my dagger just in case and slowly turned to get a look.
I relaxed as I saw it was Aaron walking in and lying down on the bed.
I smiled but also put up a barrier of Spiritual Energy just in case the being inside of Aaron decided to have a midnight snack.
I drifted off to sleep and had dreams of going on adventures with the group and spending time with Ark.
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The next day I was waiting at the front gate of the Academy admiring the architecture as I waited for everyone to arrive.
I didn't have to wait long as Araki, Ark, Orin, Zek and Aaron all arrived at the same time.
"I hope you are all ready," I said as they all arrived and they handed me some things I stored in my ring.
Everyone nodded and I went over what everyone had and it was clear they were wearing the same stuff from the exam.
Araki had his bow and was wearing some leather armour protecting his joints and vitals while allowing free movement.
Ark was wearing some simple clothes but also had on some leather armour as well and had some cloth wrapped around his hands. 'he probably fights best with his hands, interesting'
Orin was hearing some chainmail and leather on top of that. He wore no helmet and had his large Greatsword strapped to his back.
Zek was wearing his blue and red mage robe and I noticed his staff was actually split in half. It was kind of like wands, on his left hip was half the staff with the ice crystal and on his right was the fire crystal.
I had never seen something like that so I was very interested.
Aaron was in leather Armour dyed black and had his hood on but not the mask allowing me to see his face. Interestingly I couldn't see any of his daggers, he was clearly good at hiding them.
I thought about my gear. My leather armour, dagger, spear and wand, the potions I had for emergencies, contraptions I made with my knowledge from my old world and some other items that could become useful.
Overall we had 1 tank: Orin, 1 scout: Araki, 1 Spellblade/summoner: Me, 1 wizard: Zek, one rogue: Aaron and I am not sure what Ark can do yet.
The party has a variety of skills but we have no healer and only one front-line fighter.
This was a problem we will have to solve over time but if Ark can get over his timid nature we should be fine as Volt can join in the front line.
I decided to put the matter away for now as they haven't even become adventurers yet.
"Ok let's head out. Follow me I know where to go," I said as we all left the school and walked towards the city.
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unknown POV 1
is a tower overlooking the Academy courtyard was a figure hidden in the shadows
"Tch... how did the brat survive." the figure said annoyed and they turned away and walked down the tower
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Random POV
a random female student entered a bathroom and froze when they heard heavy breathing.
she turned to leave not wanting to know but heard someone inside whispering to themself
"why hasn't he come to find me... why hasn't my jack come to find me... WHY!!!!" the voice escalated as she heard a smashing sound from the stall and quickly ran away scared.