After the symbol inside the orb beca clear, Kayla couldn't help but be shocked. Each magic had its own symbol. anwhile, the symbol that appeared on the orb really astonished her. After all, it was an unknown symbol, so she was at a loss on how to judge or rate such a thing.
"Err Luna Hysi, have you perford elental magic before?" Kayla asked to the teen that seed to be quite confused at the result herself.
"Yes."
"How many elental magics can you wield?"
"Err"
"Did the archduchess say any instructions about this?" Kayla asked.
When Eliza Castea enrolled, she was also the one who administered her entrance exam. It was astonishing to see soone who had aptitude for two elents; ice and lightning, and now, there was another unusual mage enrolling in the Magic Arts Departnt of the Imperial Academy.
"She didn't say anything."
"Then, what elent are you the strongest at?"
Kayla watched as the fifteen-year-old pondered at an answer.
"Fire and Ice." she answered after a few seconds.
Kayla couldn't help but widen her eyes again. A mage had the capability of wielding two types of magic, but the pair was usually not contradictory like what Luna said.
"Archduchess, what kind of monster have you been raising?" she muttered to herself.
"Teacher Tresde?" called Luna to the shell-shocked teacher.
"Did the archduchess herself teach you magic?"
"Yes."
"I see. No wonder. Very well, show what you can do with fire and ice magic."
***
I raised my two hands and collected energy from my surroundings. Ever since arriving in the capital city of the empire, I noticed that there was a lot of energy around the city, especially in the Imperial Academy. I wouldn't have to worry about energy while staying there.
I created an energy orb each in my hand, using my inner energy to guide it. And by visualizing in changing its composition to that of fire and ice, the energy orbs transford. The orb on my right hand beca a fireball and the orb on my left hand beca an ice orb. Since I technically transford the pure natural energy to that of that of the elents, a mystic circle appeared. It was identical to magic circles, only with subtle differences, which could only be noticed if one looked and studied it closely. Most importantly, that person had to know what they were even looking at.
I threw the fireball to a dummy which then began burning and the ice orb to another dummy and frost started to spread around it.
Manipulating the natural energy, changing its composition to whatever elent, and using it to whatever I wish, that was the true nature of Mystic Arts.
"Very good." Professor Tresde said after swallowing. "You passed, but the ranking of the results will be released in three days. You can visit the Imperial Academy by then to take a look."
I bid my goodbye and left the examination room. When I arrived outside, I saw Andrea that was waiting for . We already talked about it before we got called to take the exam. Whoever finished first would wait for the one that did not finish yet.
"How did it go?" I asked.
She only grinned and gave a peace sign. "Of course I passed! But I don't know how many points I received. I have to wait for the results in three days!"
"Sa as then."
"You passed? That's good!"
We talked as we headed outside the exam building. All of sudden, sobody shoved Andrea and she fell to the floor. Sobody else tried to shove too, but I was unmoving.
"Hn! Lowly commoners like you passing the magic exam and alchemy exam? I wonder what kind of tricks you used just to pass." said a voice behind us. I turned around and saw a very beautiful girl.
Well, Eliza was still more beautiful and Torii was beautiful in an aloof kind of way, but the girl in front of scread pretty and nobility. She had curly golden hair which reached up to her waist and pretty blue eyes which looked like the sea. She was also wearing a set high quality clothes that was dominated by the color blue and a pair of earrings made of sapphire. Behind her were two other girls and one boy. All four of them were from noble families, considering the pins on their collars had crests on it.
In Praiji Empire, most nobles tend to parade their status. One way to do that was pinning their family crest on their clothes. Of course, I wasn't really familiar with the different noble houses in the country, so I did not know which families they ca from.
"The Imperial Academy used to be a haven for nobility and royalty. And yet, commoners have word their way in the past few years."
According to history, until thirty years ago, only the noble families, royal families or sponsored by such families could study in the Imperial Academy. However, a law was created to let commoners have a shot at studying and growing their potential with proper guidance. Of course, not all noble families agreed to such a law, but nobody really went against the emperor. And now that I rembered it, Aunt Zaira, no, the previous pri minister, Archduchess Mira (who was still Aunt Zaira), was the one who gave the idea to the emperor and the court.
I noticed Andrea trembling beside . I helped her stand up but she cowered behind as we faced the girl.
"Excuse , but who are you?" I asked.
"How ignorant!" exclaid one of the girls. She had dark brown hair and dark green eyes. "Don't you know who she is?"
"Would I be asking if I did?" I asked again.
Behind , Andrea said; "She's Freya von Berialis, the first young miss of the Berialis Household. Her family has the status of Marquise."
No wonder Andrea was trembling. She was a commoner, and getting in the nerves of a noble was a bad thing for commoners.
"I see, so it's the first young miss of the Berialis Household." I said. "Greetings, my na is Luna Hysi."
"Hn!"
Freya rolled her eyes and went past us, flipping her hair. The rest of her friends (followers) were giving us an icy glare.
"Oh no. We managed to piss off soone from a noble family." I heard Andrea mutter. "I heard she's enrolling in the Magic Arts Departnt and she's a strong wind magic user!"
"Don't worry about it then. You won't be seeing her often since she's from a different departnt than you." I said.
"Don't you know?"
"Know what?"
"During the first two years inside the academy, the morning classes will be an integration of the different departnts since its just general studies subjects?"
"What?!" I exclaid. "Nobody told that! Why am I not told about those kind of things?!"
I heard Andrea snicker beside , her fear and tension obviously gone. I did not do it on purpose but it was a good thing.
"You're funny Luna. And weird." she said. "I definitely want to be your friend."
I smiled. "I want to be your friend as well."
She invited to her family's restaurant (the sa restaurant where we first t), but I declined and told her I had to go ho soon since my family wanted to inform them if I passed or not. Luckily, she did not push the idea and we went our separate ways.
As I made my way back to my ho, I pondered about what just happened. It was true that in a hierarchal society, those of lower status would always respect and obey those of higher status, but it was quite different back in the Celestine Territory. People there knew of our identities and status, but there was no awkwardness or gap between us whenever we visit the villages. Even the servants of the manor were quite friendly to us. Of course, we were aware that there was a line never to be crossed, but showing off one's status and saying rude things to those of lower status just felt a so wrong.
Back in my life as Nyxtriel, the mbers of the Fox Clan respected the royal family, my family, but we were friendly and open to each other. It was the kind of society I grew up in. When I beca older and started eting and mingling with the gods and residents of the Celestial Realm, there was a war, so I never really realized how those of different status treated each other.
But then again, the king of the Celestial Realm was soone who used his status to get everything he wanted and never be blad about it. I just thought nothing of it that ti. But seeing humans imitate such things made feel a little twinge in my heart.
I shook my head and decided not to worry about it. In the upcoming school year, I would be enrolled as a commoner so I should just be careful around those of noble status. When I reached ho, I imdiately told them the good news.
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