School (1)

At the next morning he woke up at 6 o'clock because the timer on his phone rang. He went into the bathroom and took a shower, before wearing his clothes, which were the same as last day and which weren't really in a great state.

* I really need to get some new clothes as soon as possible. *, he had taken a look at the map of the campus and there were a lot of shops including some for clothing and even one which sold cheap clothing and where any member was entitled to buy for up to 10 silver each month.

After getting ready he used his travel app to leave the campus and arrived near the school gate.

* Luckily my mentor told me to set the travel point at a alley or I don't know what would have happened. *, Ivan thought after he saw the youths filling the street and streaming through the school gate.

Then he followed the stream and entered the school to. This time he didn't stop at the square but directly went towards one entry way on top of which there was a shield 'Magic academy'.

Compared to the other gates there were a lot less people who went towards this entry way.

* It seems there really are not a lot of mages. *

Luckily there was a map on one wall so he managed to find his classroom quite fast and even arrived a bit early but even so there where already quite a few people in the room, which seemed to be designed to hold about 20 people.

"Hey Ivan!", someone greeted him and when he took a look he saw that it was Greg.

"Morning Greg, Serge.", he greeted them, since they stood next to each other.

"So how is it? Did you get in?"

"I did, but I hope you can't tell anyone else, since the rules forbid me from telling anyone."

"I won't, but is it ok for us to know?"

"I guess so since you already found out yesterday, before I even entered and it would be hard to keep it a secret from you two."

They talked a bit more and Greg told them everything that happend to him after they had split up yesterday. It wasn't really a lot but he still managed to stretch it for 20 minutes and only stopped because the teacher entered the room.

The students hurriedly found a seat and Ivan ended up besides Serge with Greg on the other side of Serge.

"Welcome to your first class. I am your teacher Mrs. Mertinez. We will be seeing each other a lot, since I'll teach you magic theory and practical magic which make up the most of your lesson time. Besides that there are combat lessons, which will be taught by Mr. Martin and crafting courses, which will be taught by different people. And now please introduce yourself, starting from front to back and right to left."

After that everyone gave a short introduction except Greg who just couldn't stop talking about himself and had to be interrupted by the teacher.

"Now I will tell you a bit more about how your days at school are going to proceed. At the morning you will have practical magic lessons, followed by crafting lesson. Then there is a break, followed by theoretical magic lessons and lastly combat lessons. For each lesson you will come back to the class room and if there is a need the teacher will lead you to the right room. After the first week you will be expected to go to the rooms yourself. Any questions?"

There were none and so she directly continued.

"I know that most of you have no idea what magic is exactly and most of you have no way to move your mana around.

Let's first talk a bit about what magic is. There are different definitions, such as the ability to use skills or spells, but also just the ability to move your mana around. Nowadays the generally accepted definition is the ability to move your mana around and as such mages need to have the Magic Power stat."

"So for the start I will now teach you how to move your magic around. The corresponding skill is called Mana manipulation, but it can only learned from costly skill books. Luckily for all mages there is a weaker variant which can be learned by certain actions. And even if you have the skill already you should still follow the actions since it will be beneficial to understanding the uses of the skill. And that is a lesson you shouldn't forget. Not only is having a skill important but even more so than levels it is important to understand a skill and be able to use it in a most optional way."

Ivan was easily able to see the reason why it was important to use a skill wisely since it cost mana and also had a cool down, so using it at the wrong time could lead to not being able to use it if it was really needed.

"First you have to try to feel the mana inside you. If you focus on the inside of your mind there should be a small ball of blue light.", she then followed up with some explanation on how to look inside ones mind.

Following her instruction Ivan and the others tried to see there mana pool, but even after trying for a few times, there was still no progress.

Seeing the dejected looks of her students the teacher laughed and said, "Don't worry, it usually needs at least fifty tries to be able to do it, so you will have to train for a bit longer. For now continue trying until the end of the lesson in one hour."

She then sat a chair at the side and only answered the questions the students asked but didn't do anything else besides that.

When the time was up she stood up.

"Alright time is up. Relax for 5 minutes before the teacher for the crafting classes come to introduce their specialty."