Everywhere bustled with activity as
students prepared for their first day of
school. Drake, dressed for class,
stepped out of the dormitory. He spotted
other students either directly staring at
him or through their peripheral visions.
Drake realised that their actions were
related to the rumour about him and
Xena, which has spread like wildfire. Just
as he attempted to ignore, a familiar
voice called to him.
"My Crux. Wait, let's walk together.
Instantly, Drake recognised the voice.
He quickened his pace, trying to avoid
the voice, but before he could gain any
distance, Xena caught up, wrapped her
arms around his right arm, and pressed it
tight against her chest as they walked.
"Why are you avoiding me? Is there
anything wrong?" She asked and tried to
lock eyes with him.
"Hey, are you stupid or are you just acting
up? Don't you realise that the rumour
about us has spread all over the
academy?" Drake muttered.
He tried to free his right arm, avoiding
eye contact with her. Xena instantly burst
into tears. "Is that why you are avoiding
me? You are so mean. I just came to your
room to discuss the divine." Knowing
what she was about to spill out, Drake
quickly covered her mouth with his
hands.
"Fine, you win. Let's walk together."
"Really ." She glanced at him to confirm.
"Yes." Drake noded. Xena wiped away
tears from her face; her arms tightened
around Drake's right arm as they headed
towards the lecture hall.
The academy building housing the
lecture hall has four sub buildings. the
lecture hall located on the east side. A
male dressing room is situated to the
north, a female dressing room to the
west, and a training and evaluation
center located at the south.
There are three entrances to this
academy building. The male and female
dressing rooms each have doors, and
the last door at the east leads to the
lecture hall.Drake and Xena entered the
hall. The lecture hall has a seating
capacity of 100, arranged in a tiered
fashioned.
All students fixed their gaze at Drake and
Xena whispering to one another.
"They are the rumoured being discussed
everywhere."
"Really, who would have believed such a
guy can do such a thing?"
"But one thing is unclear: if what the
rumour said was true, why are they still
together?"
"Hum, what you said really makes
sense." All this murmured made Drake
uncomfortable, while Xena didn't care as
she continued to smile at Drake. They
both find an empty seat in the second to
last row.
A few minutes later, Professor Leo
entered the lecture hall and climbed the
podium. "Good morning, class."
All students in the hall also reply in
unison. "Good morning, sir." He stepped
towards the edge of the podium, moving
closer to the students.
"There's an announcement to you all to
be delivered through me, and it's related
to the rumour circulating the academy.
This is to inform you that the school has
officially recognised Drake and his
partner's relationship. Which means that
from now on, they are allowed to leave
together in his dormitory.This sudden
information piqued the curiosity of all the
students in the hall.
"That means they will be leaving as
couples from the academy."
"That seems to be..."
"That's not what got my interest. What
their identity for the institution to
acknowledge their relationship." A wave
of murmured echoes roared from every
corner. Griffin raised his hand.
"What is it?" Professor Leo asked.This
caused the murmur to subside.
"With all due respect, sir. Isn't this giving
special attention to these students over
the others?" He enquired hypocritically.
The hall erupted in noise once again.
Griffin turned Drake and smirked as he
sat. Professor Leo claps his hands to
regain their attention.
"Please be quiet. To be sincere with you
all, I was against it. But the principal
himself couldn't turn down the person's
request. So that's that. Let's talk about
today's topic." He turned back to the
board.
Drake turned to Xena, who smiled in
return, her arms still tightly wrapped
around his.Only Drake knew that only
Xena could request such a thing,
especially in such a short time. Which
made Drake start recollecting his
memories with Xena.
As you may have all speculated, I am a
professor specialising in magic. I will take
you through Mana in nature.
Mana existed in different forms. For
instance, water and ice mana existed in
moisture form. The process of absorbing
mana is like breathing in; you can't see it
but feel it, just like oxygen we breathe in.
Let's imagine that the air around us is a
moist tea bag. This moisture contained
in the tea bag is not water but a special
energy called mana, which flows through
anything in the world. When mages
needed to assimilate in mana, they
essentially squeezed this invisible tea
bag, drawing mana from it. just like how
plants absorbed water from the earth's
crust. Mage pulled this moisture towards
themselves and drowning it in intotheir
mana pool for mage and mana core for
warriors to act like a magnet, attracting
the mana with their unique family
assimilation techniques. That brought
about each family having their own
unique way of mana assimilation. So any
question?"
Victoria raised her hands up, catching
professor Leo's attention. "Victoria,
luthor right,he pointed at her. "Yes sir."
She nodded.
"Okay, what's your question?" He said,
placing his hands on his waistband.
Victoria stands to speak. "Please, sir, my
question revolves around mana circles.
Different mana circles are used when
casting spells or techniques, which is
understandable between mages and
warriors, but between mages it gets a bit
complicated. Can you explain to us?"
She asked, then sat down.
Professor clears his throat. "Let me start
with the purpose of the mana circle. You
see, mana circles serve as the gate for
the summoned element for mages or the
mechanism that transforms aura
warriors into a befitting technique for
warriors. While spells cast from the
mouth help mages and warriors to
concentrate, control, and reduce stress
on their mental strength.