The gates of the academy city was busy even in the early mornings as traveling merchants with their escorts left for distant towns and cities and farmers left the town to head out and do their day job at the fields outside of the city walls, Mars, Varvei and Victoria was just about the only ones that waited to enter the city so the processes was fast with Mars paying for Varvei and so the 3 of them entered the academy city. Mars looked around and found the cobblestone road slightly nostalgic as he walked down the street with Varvei latched onto his right arm, Mars pointed out some of the good shops to her while they walked and after spending some time the 3 of them reached the gates of the academy, Mars was already wearing his red mantel when he walked up to the gate so the guard just let him in without any fuss
"oh... is that you Mars?"
"oh my I'm happy you remember me Cass"
"only my friends call me Cass! call me by my full name!"
"okay miss Cassandra Skymaw"