It was morning and the suns,warm light spread across the horizon,Class had already begun for Darian and Company.They had already been informed of the locations of each of their classes during the early moments of the day,by a purple ghost wolf ,a species of very intelligent creatures capable of speech,it seems that the institution used them as familiars along with other creatures to be delivery hounds or animals.
Before leaving The Instructors placed their young masters luggage's into the living rooms of the dorms,so nobody had a lack of clothes and accessories.
So there,Darian sat,at the centre of his class, which had windows on both sides,it was formatted similarly to a university classroom on Earth,but far less spacious,the desks being stacked above each other with minimal space,the seats arranged into three spaced columns. Darian thought to himself while clasping and massaging his hand, "Everyone in this school,is equivalent to a straight,(A), high school graduate on Earth, interms of intelligence the few exceptional ones,should be at,or above the level of a high achieving student in university,but still even in that standard I'm only slightly above average".
Because of such a standard of education that all noble children were expected to undergo,at a young age ,The institution could completely focus on things such as politics,Sports,Combat,Business,arts, and most importantly, magic, the curriculum was designed to intersect in unique but obvious ways.
The Teacher finally entered, his presence as he walked in, sending everyone into a state of focus,he had white spiky slicked back hair,ruby red eyes,a Squarish jaw line and high nose,he wore a suit with a hanging red scarf,with tight red gloves,his appearance similar to a British equivalent of a magician,the students stood up in respect,excluding the kings halfbreed children except for 1 , these actions were clearly to test the waters allowing them to show their authority.
The Teacher sighed,"My name is Aster, of the shepherd family,and I will be your main class Teacher",The reason Aster introduced only his surname was simple, it was a show of authority by using this very formal tone it sent a message,this was a type of greeting style used,if you were of higher status,or met someone new and had no intention of being their friend,or an elder introducing oneself to a junior,but with no intentions of creating a close bonds.
Infact this was the best way to talk to noble children when one had leverage,for the simple fact that,being of nobility no matter if one trained hard to become successful,it still instilled in you a type of superiority complex over others,something very hard to overcome at young ages,"as you all know chrokus has a total of 6 subjects",on Asters desk were two pieces of paper, stacked one above the other, but not perfectly alighned,Aster used his right hand to move the above page slightly to the right in order to read the bottom page.
" You know them as political sciences,Combat,Sports,Business,Art and Magic, each subject will have 1 Teacher assigned uniquely for your class with a few exceptions, for example magic shall be split by three educators,for example I will be both your Combat instructor and I will be teaching you offensive and defensive magic,as for the rest of your teachers once the Timetable is out their will be more information".
" Lastly,the awakening ceremony has been set to start next winter, so you still have a long ways to go before then,once you do gain an awakening,the ability to combine that into your fighting techniques will all be dependent on what you learn now, from now on moving forward till the end of your period in this institution,you will be known as Class C, of house phoenix ".
[Cafeteria hall],the sun shined through the stained glass windows, the cieling a dark brown color with a chandelier hanging from above,while gargoyles sat atop stone pedestals as they silently watched at each corner,below were Marble white floors the dining tables arranged in columns that stopped then continued in a continous pattern, it was very spacious aswell,on each end of the walls were paintings,including statues of great contributors,and historical heroes,the dining tables were made up of fine glistening wood,some having white cloth draped over it,with gold candelabra placed at the centre,each dining table having wooden benches placed on each side of the same quality.
There were ten classes,each having a bareminumim of 50 students,the classes were listed from A to j and given a logo based on the class,the dorms were split according to that information.Each class was chosen based on alignment and political agreement in order to incourage the least amount of violence against one another,although the status of higher nobles were suppressed,reducing everyone to a so called equal level,the effects of such laws do not show themselves at the beginning stages, the nobles have been told by their parents to gain specific allies or to strengthen those bonds and most think of the consequences that could occur later but as time goes on alliances between or within factions blur Once placed in isolation.
Something that creates weakness,and a chance for younger nobles to be influenced and Manipulated into joining other factions.
Within the Dining hall,Darian sat at on the left observing the situation with Benjamin next to him Galahad had yet to finish collecting his share of the meal,Darian observed Benjamin whispered under his breath," look at the generals daughters to your left",By another table the scene was quite depressing a Girl wearing a black blazer with short Orange hair that fell till her cheeks,with light blue eyes and a light mixed skin tone, as she sat ontop of the table at its furthest edge,while one noble boy was being used as a foot stool while another messaged her legs,on her left hand side was her sister, who had distinct features, such as smooth pale skin,and long white hair,clear blue eyes ,similar to her sister she wore a black blazer draped over her shoulders but uniquely she wore a black captains hat and a skirt instead of long pants unlike her younger twin sister.
Darian looked and replied,"you mean Ivory and Artemis,well I can't blame them since these guys are either so desperate for their hand in marriage that they become pathetic,or they are so indecisive that they get easily manipulated by charm and some authority isn't that sad ","I know your wright",Benjamin said," but is it the right thing to manipulate and degrade them like this I feel ,like I have to step in ",Darian sighed laying his head on his palm ," Don't you know that ,we are in this place to learn making a few mistakes is alright just let them be ,I doubt the same thing will happen twice".
Ivory the elder sister sighed and said ," that's enough Artemis you've taken it too far",not only was she embarrassed on the males behalf,something they lacked,the looks in her own table and others did not give off a good impression of them even members of their own table scooted away,Artemis chuckled, "Im not forcing them am I ",the male nobles nodded in agreement simultaneously, as Ivory closed her eyes pinching her forehead in disgust,seconds later Darian and Benjamin's eyes perked up flabbergasted as to what they saw.
Upto 8 male students arrived at the sisters table each carrying a plate of food their eyes seeming to pop out of each socket with hearts, as they presented it towards the girls six splintering off going towards Ivorys direction,she was stumped and overwhelmed as each asked her questions gave compliments some presenting their dishes, her emotions rose rapidly wanting to just cuss them out to stop swarming her like magnets her cheeks blush red,at that moment she spotted something out of the corner of her eye.
It was milk vinalla chocolate jelly pudding,her eyes were fixed her mouth seemed almost drooling ,as she watched it jiggle she kicked the first and the second guy moving them out her way as she grasped the plate with great speed the guys quickly moving away the guy who's plate she took felt that she had chosen him but before he could talk her hand covered his face pushing him away sending him tumbling,taking a fork and finally tasting her favorite pudding her body contracting her heeps squeezing from the taste.
Artemis was first stumpt then laughed continously,both her feet moving up and down hurting the male noble beneath her feet," You see I'm not the only one enjoying the benefits, I guess your an accomplice then",she said as she continued laughing.
Darian looked at Benjamin, and Benjamin looked back at him ,"aaah no "," I might of been off, I guess for these guys,5 times might not be enough".Darian said
On another table two elven princes sat side by side,one had long black hair and blur eyes with a light skin tone and defined jawline his clothes were black with gold lining,while his younger brother had long white hair, and red ruby eyes the two were twins so they had similar facial features both had a féminine feel to them that caused most women to go into a deep Trance.
The older with Black hair was named Julius while the white haired younger brother was named Edward,Edward and Julius were always together and shared a strong bond ,Julius the upright pillar of Edward's existence his purpose,while Edward was a comforter and Gaurdian ,at times it could be seen that Edward would lie his head on Juliuses shoulder in order to rest or just for comfort both were the children of one mother an elven concubine of the king.
As expected of the princes,concubine or not their table was like that of the famed last supper,both Julius and Edward sat at the centre left hand side of the table ,Julius had large dreams at a young age and always inspired to be more to be greater a successor to the crown and this was unfortunately known by all who payed attention as he rambled at the dining table
" It only makes sense to treat your future king with awe and reverence when I'm king all will bow and the north will be completely eradicated",as he slammed his hand on the table showing the seriousness of his words,the surrounding nobles gathered at the table clapped encourageing his delusions, as Edward looked at his brother with awe, but at the same time hesitation and disbelief,The nobles around the table muttered to themselves under their breaths after hearing such an indearing proclamation.
"His mother's just a concubine,his a half elf too!, so why would the king or courts choose him over the kings grown human sons with the Queen,who prove themselves day and night, in the heat of battle"," yes,why would the people except a half elf","he must be crazy ",they said ," it must of been the elven whore, blood in them",Edward's and Julius ears twitched as he slammed the table again,"What!! did you say come here and say it to my face",Julius Roared with anger while Edward's eyes filled with violent intent ,the gossiping crowd quickly moved away out of fear as Julius sat back down calming himself down with a few deep breaths patting ,Edwards back,as he was hunched over trying to contain his malice.
Walking around the hall was a hybrid beastmen one of the kings sons ,his name was siegfried,he had gold like eyes silverery white hair,in a messy style covering his forehead and a pony tail reaching his back, wolf or dog like ears pointing out his head ,he had a very muscular build and powerful claws ,wearing a black vest a tie ,white shirt,black shoes, and a more tanned skintone.
Walking Besides him was a glasses wearing noble trying to get his attention," Sir siegfried,Don't walk away ,you need my help I can be the brains to your,muscle I have so many connections,and you dont seem to have many if not any allies",This was the fact of the matter the beast tribe was the leading group that took part and led monsterkind during the norn wars most mainlanders hatred for beastmen was almost comparable to that of the north,even though a single participated even some groups that defected, it had no baring of the consensus of the majority.
Siegfried side eye him before saying ,"whats your name again?",Siegfried said as he cratched his head," oh thats right, clive","Enough of this leave me alone",the glasses wearing Noble,was left dumb struck,"but,but,with your status we can make a business then grow,your popularity,besides you need me Im the only supporter you have",siegfried sniffed the air,despite his nose haveing a human appearance its ability to smell scent was greater than most hounds," Do you know what I smell,desperation,you know were not on the same level so you try to leverage your value so I can except you,and think your worth something,but we both know you arent worth much only a little bit more than the common folk".
" Next time if your trying to sell yourself to someone humble yourself and know your place",while siegfried said these things, he continuesly,pushed clives chest slightly,multiple times until he fell to the ground,These words penetrated deep into the nobles heart leaving him shocked and insecure, for the first time in his life, anger swelled up in his heart as he rebuttled," Well ,what are you!!,huh! a worthless unwanted child,your father probably wished you were never born ", siegfrieds eyes focused turning around,"You",he picked clive up about to deliver a punch ,clive seeing his mistake could only laugh thinking he would die from a single hit ," hahahaha" he laughed not at siegfried but himself.
Siegfried corked back his arm but before he could release a punch he noticed two things as the his eyes darted ,the people in shock covering their mouths,and the gargoyles statues eyes glowing a light red,processing all this information he let clive go falling back to ground,and walking away,clives mind went rampant," why did he let me go" ,"I deserve punishment so why",clives eyes opened wide as an idea formed,"that must be it","to think the rules confine even nobles like himself ", a dark smile plastered over clives mouth his eyes filled with hate.
At that moment a noble student wearing an all black ,buttoned up blazer,black pants ,black shoes,white shirt,with ghost pale white skin ,red eyes,black hair its strands covering his forehead,a tall body,and slim figure his hand stretched out offering clive a hand, smiling as clive excepted.