It was the next day when Eliza and the others arrived from the Celestine Territory. With them were additional servants and so of our things, most of it were mine. Aunt Zaira inford that since we were all studying in the capital, there was no need to stay in the main manor all the ti. So she moved half of our staff from our hotown, as well as our things.
"It's a hassle to always teleport there from the capital every day."
Upon hearing her words, I actually felt guilty. Aunt Zaira was the empire's pri minister and she had many things to attend to but she had always teleported back and forth just so she could supervise my training. And from what I knew, long-distance teleportation uses up quite a lot of magical energy. And she had been doing it until recently because of .
"Don't be guilty." she retorted as if reading my mind. "I'll make sure to use you to the fullest in the future."
I only sighed.
-Of course. As expected of her.
At a young age, Aunt Zaira had taught us the principle of give-and-take. Once you give sothing, make sure to get compensation. And once you take sothing, you have to return the manner of the sa value; whether it was good or bad.
It was a weird principle, but it was rooted into the children she had taught all these years.
Three days before the entrance exam, I ca to talk to her again about a matter I had been worrying.
"Aunt Zaira, which departnt will accept ? I don't think Mystic Arts will be counted as magic." I said.
"Enroll at the Magic Arts Departnt."
"Huh?"
"Mystic Arts is an uncommon form of ability, but it's quite identical to magic, rember?" I nodded my head upon rembering what I learned when I was younger. "Their tool to asure magical energy in a person's body should work on you. But you don't have to worry about that, the tests usually asure your skills and abilities rather than just your power. Whichever you are the strongest at the academy's higher-ups will determine it for you."
"We won't have to learn the basics again, right?" I asked again. "That would suck."
"Don't worry. They will asure your knowledge as well. They have a system for it."
"Should I ace the exams?"
I was a bit miffed when Aunt Zaira laughed at my question.
"You may have a lot of potential and experience, but you will et people the sa as you or if not, even stronger than you. Don't be too confident."
"Oh."
"At least, don't fail." she added.
Even with that, I was still a little stumped.
"Don't worry, you'll do good. Just listen to the instructors and try not to go all out at the beginning. Ah, don't tell them about your status as well."
I raised an eyebrow at her statent and asked why.
"Even if the governnt and the academy promotes equality among students, knowing that you're a part of the Celestine Family is still different, both good and bad."
"So you're telling to study incognito at school?"
"Yep. You can say you're from the Celestine Territory, but try not to reveal you're actually adopted by ."
"Okay. If that's what you want."
"Also, again, choose the Magic Arts Departnt."
Three days later, Eliza and the others sent off to the entrance exams. They said they would be waiting for the good news back in the manor. I navigated the city streets alone and got lost a few tis. Fortunately, I t soone who was also on her way to the entrance exam location. We t coincidentally in front of a restaurant.
"My na's Andrea Ijinia." she said. "I'm a local of Azte City."
"I'm Luna Hysi-" I stopped myself once I rembered that I had to study incognito. "Err Luna Hysi, I'm from the Celestine Territory."
I saw her eyes go wide. "The Celestine Territory? As in that monster-infested territory ruled by the pri minister? By Archduchess Zaira Chrishni von Celestine?"
I just nodded my head.
"Oh wow! I never thought I'd et soone form there!" she exclaid. "Is it true that even at such a young age, you were all trained to subjugate a monster? And the archduchess, is she really scary just like what the rumors say?"
Well she had a lot of questions and I finally understood Aunt Zaira's feeling whenever I asked her a lot of questions in one go. I tried to answer as minimal and as cryptic as possible. It seed like students from Celestine Territory were quite famous in the academy, after all most of them already had experience in fighting and killing monsters.
We reached the entrance exam location and finally registered.
"Hey Luna, which departnt do you want to enroll?" asked Andrea.
The Imperial Academy had a total of five departnts. The first one was the Magic Arts Departnt where students who wanted to learn magic could enroll. It was further split into two courses; Support Course and Battle Course. The Support Course focused on mages, who used support magic like healing and buff spells. anwhile the Battle Course was for mages who used magic arts for combat; elental magic.
The second departnt was the Military Arts Departnt. Aspiring knights, magus knights and military officers usually graduated from this departnt. It was also divided into two different courses; Combat Magic Course and Magus Knight Course. Combat Magic Course was for knights who could wield combat magic which was usually strengthening of abilities and sharpening of senses. anwhile Magus Knight Course was for students who could use both combat magic and elental magic. They usually have joined classes with students from the Magic Arts Departnt.
The third departnt was Alchemy Departnt. Just like its na, they specialized in teaching students who had the skills in making different potions that were used by the people. Students from this departnt also specialized in using dicine and poison.
The first three departnts were the most famous ones. And they usually had the most enrollees every school year.
The fourth departnt was the Engineering Departnt. Just like its na, they specialized in teaching students how to create gears or items that could be used; from armors, to swords, even regular items for everyday use were taught on students in the Engineering Departnt.
And lastly, the General Studies Departnt. It was a departnt for those who had no aptitude among the four departnts yet still wanted to be useful to society. They were taught arithtic, social sciences, etc. One na to call them would be scholars. In the future they could be hired as salesperson, record keepers, etc. in society.
Although becoming a magus knight like Sebastian and Zach was very appealing to , my combat skills were unorthodox. I wasn't sure what kind of combat Aunt Zaira taught , but it was different from what most of the warriors practice. I incorporated the combat skills I knew when I was still a fox deity, so my fighting style was really unusual.
"Hmm The Magic Arts Departnt." I answered.
-I still don't get the reason why though.
"I see. I want to be in the Alchemy Departnt!" Andrea said enthusiastically.
Since there were many students who had to take the entrance exams, Andrea and I had to wait for quite so ti. We got acquainted with a few kids but I also t snobby ones who were mostly from the nobility and the rich. I was thankful to Aunt Zaira for having study incognito. Being known to be part of the Celestine Family seed to be really troubleso. A few kids were wary of those with high status after all.
Finally, after a few hours of waiting, my na was finally called. I was guided to a room where a teacher was waiting for with a book opened in front of her. The teacher was female with long dark green hair. She was also tall and had a slender figure. But I couldn't help but take notice of her chest and compare it to mine. I clicked my tongue since I lost.
"Luna Hysi?" she called.
"Yes?"
"Where is your hotown and which departnt would you like to enroll to?"
"I am from the Celestine Territory and I would like to enroll in the Magic Arts Departnt." I answered.
She looked up from the book and stared at . "You're 'that' Luna Hysi?"
"Uhm, what do you an by that?"
"Do you have a recomndation letter?" she asked again.
"No, I don't."
"Hmm Seems so."
"Uhm, teacher, what did you an by your previous statent? Do you Do you know ?"
She only gazed at with an uninterested look.
"I used to work for the archduchess."
"Oh." I muttered.
-So Aunt Zaira even have connections inside the academy.
"And she told to remind you to try to control yourself."
I only nodded my head.
"Since you wanted to enroll in the Magic Arts Departnt, I suppose you will take the magic test?"
"Yes."
The teacher, who I found out to be nad Kayla Tresde later, led into a separate room where a big orb was placed at the center. From what I knew, the orb was used to check a person's aptitude to magic. Basically it will identify what type of magic one has. It was how the academy chooses which course a student should take inside the Magic Arts Departnt.
Professor Tresde motioned for to place my hand on the orb. At first nothing happened, but seconds later it suddenly started glowing with colors like a rainbow until it settled on a light-blue hue and a golden hexagon was plastered inside the orb. Inside the golden hexagon was a flower with six petals each the shape of a rice grain. I noticed the teacher's wide eyes.
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