Still in Mordred's Point of View
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When I stepped my foot in the darkened room, lights that looked like stars twinkled before . When the luminance kindled the obsidian place, figures of students and adults welcod my eyes. All of them wore different coloured robes that differentiate them apart.
And I imdiately thought of these people as mages. And that thought saved so ti from asking the whereabouts of these sorcerers.
Those mages waved their wands and conjured sparks in the air that suppressed the darkened room. The glitters those wizards produced filled the studio with life and recreated the dazzling sky.
Among those mages was my sister, Rain, practising her spell. She wore the sa robe as those mages beside her, but with a crest on her back. Since Rain showed flying colours from the academy, rlin recruited her as a court mage. And even though Rain was just practicing magic in the academy for weeks, she made a na for herself.
That girl even beat , even though the two of us had so special abilities inside of us. And I hated getting reminded about the losing match against Sir Geraint. But I would leave that thought for another day.
I rushed towards her and gave Rain my warm embrace. Despite practicing with these mages, Rain stared at and returned my embrace. She tugged close to her body and squeezed like a koala would do near a tree.
Within a few seconds, Rain nudged my arms and asked, "I thought you're training with the knights? And it has been months since we last t!"
It was what Rain had ntioned. Rain and I didn't et for countless weeks or months because of this rigorous training. After applying for the mage and knight slots, King Lancelot gave us to the best teachers in the kingdom. The path we took had a bumpy road, but we learned a hundred things from them.
All the mages beside us watched our figure. But after a few seconds, the instructor growled at them, yelling they should continue their training. However, that tutor didn't check on us and let us do whatever we wanted in this room.
Rain pulled away from the training students as we went to another room. I gawked my eyes at my surroundings upon stepping foot inside. The room finally had light inside, compared to the one we previously entered.
As soon as Rain closed the doors, I struck her with a conversation. "What's wrong with these rooms? It's like so sort of magical force field encloses us?"
"Even though you're a knight, you're still sharp to know your surroundings."
Rain wasn't the one who answered my question. A voice echoed in the distance, which ca from a man that I didn't know. But upon hearing that sound, Rain's eyes widened in delight. I didn't share Rain's sentints as I readied myself in a protective stance.
"Worry not, child. I am just the mage you're looking for. And I am also the instructor and director of this academy," the mysterious voice chid, followed by a pair of footsteps.
Within a few seconds, the peculiar figure finally revealed himself from the shadow. A man around, filled with wrinkles on his face, greeted our eyes. He wore a lengthy robe that covered his entire body. Clipped on the man's hand was a staff, with a gem attached on top.
"Are you, perhaps, rlin?" I asked, and rummaged my hands behind my back.
After a few seconds of searching my patch, I finally handed the note to rlin. I didn't want to use my inventory and reveal my system to the world. Arthur gave this power before sacrificing himself to save the town. And even though the two of us butted heads, I still admired his actions.
If word ca out that I had these mystical powers, people inside Calot would study my system. And if these knights unlocked the system, chaos would strike afterwards.
"Yes. It is I, rlin. People call by different nas. But I do not care about them, since those titles bear nothing but trouble," rlin acknowledged, as he offered his hand. "Ah, the note! Did Sir Geraint send this letter?"
I nodded my head and replied, "Yes! Sir Geraint sent this. I didn't peek inside, since this letter must contain so inscribed texts from the knights.I may be a thick head, but I don't want to include myself from Calot's political views."
"Ah, my boy. This note just contains the list of groceries, animal bones, and gems I requested from the knights. It's nothing special.Here, I can show it to you if you want."
My curiosity got the best of as I leaned over to rlin and glanced at the letter. It was what the mage bloke had ntioned. The scroll contained the materials rlin said earlier, with so added materials that my eyes couldn't read. Sir Geraint must have used another ancient language to describe so obelisks rlin needed for his alchemy.
"Now that you're here, Afenos, please take so rest inside the room. There's a spare lounge at the latter side of the academy, not far from here," rlin confessed, as he weakly pointed his hand.
His fingers quivered as he directed us at the uncharted road. Even Rain couldn't hide her astonishnt, with her mouth gaped open.
"Isn't that place reserved for the wealthy students? You prohibited from going inside that turf," Rain voiced her concerns, as she crossed her arms.
"I did. But now's a special occasion.especially for tomorrow," rlin retorted, as he nodded his head. "The news coming from the kingdom will wake you up from your sleep. I advise you to take all the rest as you can before visiting the citadel."
"For what?" I asked, while tilting my head.
rlin didn't reply to my question and kept it blank in the air. That guy turned around and trundled towards the opposite door and left the two of us with a decision. Since Rain and I had nowhere else to go, we headed straight at the room rlin had introduced us. As soon as we arrived at the place, we hastily entered and prepared our bed.
The marvelous room welcod our eyes, with a fluffy bed inviting our exhausted body. The paintings and sculptures at each side caught our eyes, but it was not enough to pull us from the bed.
Rain and I didn't mind sharing a room or the mattress, since we lived long enough to experience it. And after those tiring six years, the two of us didn't care about boundaries.
As we rested our bodies on the bed, the thought lingered inside my head. It was the lines rlin ntioned earlier before leaving the two of us behind. If my gut spoke the truth, that news rline spoke could lead on to sothing.
But Rain disrupted my train of thought as she asked a question.
"Don't you think it's a bit unfair.To live this life when.The village is gone."
After a few weeks of accepting the Calot's order, we heard from the king so grave news. A monster horde attacked so villages, which was also led by a lesser demon. The king ntioned that the village we grew up in experienced the worst casualties, which led to its total annihilation.
Since we couldn't return to the past, we strained ourselves in this training. We didn't have any ti to weep at the people we lost, especially when our father and Arthur died for the village's sake. Rain and I just hoped that we could avenge them by enhancing our statistical power and fighting capabilities.
"We've talked about this, Rain.We can't do anything about that right now. But we could always look forward and strive to be stronger. If we could achieve the strength of those knights and wizards, we could.destroy those demons."
The demons were the source of our village's destruction. If it weren't for that lesser demon, we could still return to our hotown. Those neighbours we had were the most excited ones after hearing our acceptance in Calot.
But instead of protecting them, we saved ourselves and trained with ignorance.
"What if we didn't leave the village? What if we refuse this offer and help them using our systems? Maybe we could have saved so of them and evacuated the children to the nearest kingdom?" Rain continued, disregarding what I had said monts ago.
I couldn't argue with Rain's words, since that thought also haunted my mind. I could only grit my teeth after hearing my sister's opinion, which made my stomachs churn.
"But what if we fail to protect them and die because of those demons? Arthur's and our father's death would be nothing! It's okay if we live.We have that responsibility on avenging them.I could taste the delight of killing those demons with my hands," I replied, and closed my eyes. "Let's rest, Rain. If we're lucky, we could et soone tomorrow.That's what rlin said. So great news."
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