Chapter 82: The Academy (V)
"Okay, everyone get into your seats." A young lady spoke out loud, clapping her hands. "Class has started."
The students rushed to their seating and sat quietly.
"We got four new students today."
Don, Phil, Tart, and I stood in front of the classroom. I felt a bit nervous, staring into the large group of students starting at us. Already they were girls swooning at both Tart and Phil.
"Special circumstances had allowed them to transfer into this class. They are Don, Phil, Tart, and Berry. They are open seats in the back." The teacher pointed.
I couldn't help but excitedly go sit down. Passing by on my left, an enchanting beautiful girl with black hair stares out the window. On her right was a similar-looking male with black hair. I expected that both of them were twins.
For a brief moment, the young girl's eyes locked with mine. I felt a sudden familiar shiver run down my spine. Stopping in front of her, I couldn't help but stare at her with curiosity.
"Have we met before?" I couldn't help but voice my opinion.
"No." She spoke, not even turning towards me.
"Don't worry. My sister is normally cold to strangers." The twin brother leaned over. "I'm Crow, and her name is Raven."
"Like birds?" Our eyes met, giving me a sudden familiar chill. I swear this was getting annoying with the chills, but I couldn't put my hands on where this familiar feeling came from.
"Yes." Crow gave me an enchanting smile.
"I'm Berry." I walked past him and took the seat behind him.
"Glad to meet you, Berry. I had never seen you before, which part of the country did you come from?"
"Well-"
"Everyone get your books out. We'll be starting on a new chapter today." The teacher barked out. Crow winked towards me; he turned around and faced forward.
For the next couple of hours, I quietly paid attention to her lecture and tried my best to absorb the knowledge that she was teaching. I felt an exponential growth in understanding how fire magic worked. With class bell rung, the class was over, the students got up to go to their next class.
"So Berry, where are you heading to?" Crow turned around and once again tried to start a conversation.
"I actually have to go to the main building for a couple of hours."
"Really? We need to as well." Crow excitedly stated. "I can show you the way."
"That would be great-"
"Hey! Stay away from the young mistress!" Tart intervened. He slammed his hands against Crow's desk catching his attention.
"Young mistress? Are you a noble?"
"Well, n-"
"Yes, she is!" Tart growled, puffing up his cheeks. "She has no time to speak with someone like you."
"Woah, calm down, Tart. Don't go spouting such nonsense." Tart was becoming too aggressive. Was this because of puberty?
"But young mistress, you are better than these commoners."
I sighed. Coco was right, Tart still needed an extensive training on manners. "I was born as a commoner as well. Don't spout such nonsense without taking the time to learn who they are. They could be princes or princesses for all I know."
"Even still, you are better than all of them combined." Tart haughtily replied.
I couldn't help but groan. This was going to take a lot more time then I thought.
"Enough, Tart."
Tart face fell. I swear, right now, I could probably see his ears flopping forward in sadness.
"Yes, young mistress."
I ignored Tart and went back to conversing with Crow. "I wouldn't mind. We actually might be in the same class."
"Both my sister and I are in S Class."
S class. Hmm..."I have a question why would it be called the S Class?"
"You don' t know?" Crow was dumbfounded at my question
"I've been away for a long time."
"Everyone in the city knows that the S class is considered the top-ranking class in the whole academy. The best students that can use the magic coding can even use level D magic Stone is allowed. Not only that, S class students are treated very well. My sister and I are the rare few that can code a level C magic stone." He proudly stated.
"Young mistress can code something even high-" I raised my hands and stopped Tart from speaking any further. Why does he not just be quiet for a moment and instead of spilling out every little secret?
"Hm?" Crow tilted his head.
"Nothing. Nothing. Let's go to the next class, shall we?" I glared at Tart and let him go. Standing up, I headed out the door.
"I'll be going to look into the other classes," said Don. "I'll meet you guys up later."
"Sure."
"I'm going with a young mistress." Tart bounded forward.
"No. Go to your next class. You won't understand the teachings where I am going."
"But-"
"No buts. This is an order."
"Yes, young mistress." Tart sighed and walked out the door, hunched over in sadness.
"He's quite a handful." Crow was beside me.
"Yea, he is." I sighed in defeat.
Raven pushed past us and left first. Phil got up and came up beside me. He headed out next, and I followed after.
We left the Fire Element building and headed towards the Main building. Students from different races headed over towards the main building in a hurry. The bell rang its final call. We were just barely able to make it to the classroom.
The classroom in the main building was a lot larger than the classroom that we had come from. Instead, there were no chairs or tables present in the classroom, but small carpets were laid out with six magic stones embedded into the ground. A total of twenty students were present in the room. I couldn't help but feel nostalgic when I taught the orphan kids in the past. I wondered how they were all doing.
Walking over towards one of the seats, I sat down. The door opened once again, and a stream of older men and women stepped into the classroom.
"What's going on?"
The students were confused by the sudden intrusions of teachers that walked in the room. They all took a seat at the side of the room, each pulling out paper and pen.
"Is that Mrs. Kani?"
"Wait, why are all the top elemental masters coming to this room?"
"Is something special going on?"
"What's happening?"
Sal and Sam were the last ones in.
"The principal as well?"
Everyone was stunned at the sudden appearance of twin principals.
"Class will be different today." Sal went up first. "We have a special guest that would be teaching our class today." He looked towards me.
Ah, crap. It hit me. Sal was talking about me. I didn't get the memo that I would be teaching a class today. It was a complete set up by Sal and Sam. I couldn't help but hunch over getting smaller and smaller into a ball. Why? Why now of all days. I didn't get a single lecture even prepared.
"We would like to introduce the master of coding. Grand Magician Berry."
A loud round of applause could be heard from the teachers. All the students turned towards me, dumbstruck at what they had just heard.
"Grand Magician!?"
"What does that mean? She's too young to be considered the actual Master."
"Wait, is she the Grand Magician Berry? That can't be. That's twenty-five years ago. She looked sixteen and cried out loud.
"Grand Magician Berry." Sal motioned me forward.
I could feel sweat coming down my hands.
"Go on." Phil motioned me forward with his head. He gazed at me, amused at the circumstances that were happening around us.
I gulped. Why was it now of all time to get stage frights? I have taught a young group before, but the thought of being stared down by everyone was truly uncomfortable. Not only that, I felt like I was tricked.
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