Its just a small cut

The class would be before lunch, Celine's class went to the locker rooms, changing and wearing the training uniforms given by the school, after that everyone walked to the field, where classes usually take place, there was an area indoors, but the teacher preferred outdoors, Fenymia didn't have a very hot climate to start with, it was actually quite cool, the previous class was still finishing, the teacher greeted them and asked them to wait a bit until the previous class finished, everyone are sat on benches that were in that area, while others just sat on the floor.

– Oh, it's the senior class that is taking class – A student suddenly spoke when he noticed some familiar faces among those who were training, there were few as most were doing mandatory missions – Wouldn't this class be the first-period?

– It should be, but it looks like today they switched.

The three young women overheard the conversation and quickly faced the training ground, there were certainly familiar faces there, Ikuto seemed to remember that the class time would now be Harumi's class and quickly turned to look at the students who were sitting there waiting for their class, finding who he was looking for, Ikuto smiled, Harumi smiled too and waved at him.

Ikuto looked around quickly before raising his right hand, pointing to the ring on his ring finger with the other hand, Harumi blushed before doing the same, suddenly Ikuto smiled stiffly, bending down and running towards a further group, Harumi looked back and only found Leila, who was looking at the sky quite suspicious.

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On the side of the training ground were two people, one was the teacher, and beside her was Thamy, who was holding some papers and a quill, jotting something down from time to time.

– Great, the last pair to finish! – The teacher said.

Those who were fighting left the field...

– To the field, the students Aysel Valieth, and Adriell Albretine – Thamy spoke out loud.

Hearing their names, the two students walked to the center of the field, facing each other, the formerly bored seniors suddenly showing excited expressions.

The second-period students waiting for their class started chatting in excitement, Celine easily heard what they were saying as they didn't even bother to lower their voices:

– Wow… A fight between Aysel and Adriell, that looks pretty interesting.

– What do you mean by that?

– Adriell, daughter of Lord Arad, of the Albretine family, one of the two vampire families of Almalorantia, unlike Kirsi Alhire, Adriell is especially strong and quite powerful.

– Humph, I don't think she's that powerful, Aysel is definitely stronger... I heard her true form is a polar bear.

– A polar bear? I thought it was a reindeer...

– Of course it's none of those, she's a bobcat.

– Heh? I'm sure it's none of those – Harumi muttered next to Celine, so only she could hear.

Celine looked at her – Do you know her true form?

Harumi smiled – No, but I can get an idea since Senior Elaxi used to call her a dog, maybe Senior Aysel is a wolf or a breed of dog, but I think it's probably a wolf, so she would call Aysel a dog as a form of teasing.

Celine nodded slightly in understanding, both turned their gaze to the training ground where the two girls were already fighting, they performed light blows, according to class, some people still commented.

– I didn't say, Aysel is too stronger, even though she's only of the shifter race.

Both girls were focused on their fight, it was pretty obvious who was at the advantage and who was at the disadvantage, the young vampire, who had quite powerful hearing, easily heard these comments, many things crossed her mind at this time, and then, how if she had finally decided something, she deepened the blows, using her innate strength for this, she changed very subtly, it was difficult for an outsider to notice this, but Aysel who faced her from the front quickly realized 'Why did she increase the strength she was applying on the sword? This is against the rules...'

The result of the combat suddenly started to change, before Aysel, who was always advancing, started to retreat, and the one who seemed to dominate the situation was now Adriell, narrowing her eyes Aysel, as well as Adriell, subtly applied a little more force, returning easily to take control in this fight.

As a small competition, both of them gradually applied more strength to their swords, confusing the people who watched to guess who would win this fight.

Celine stared at the two young women with an astonished expression, thinking, 'That around them, is it the same one I saw in Professor Weilyn, what is it?'

The teacher narrowed her eyes – Thamy?

Thamy nodded – They're applying more force… should we stop them?

The teacher shook her head slightly – Adriell is feeling pressured by the force of Aysel, who is just a shifter, 'forcing her' to cheat, but Aysel doesn't want to expose her, so she's just playing along.

Thamy pursed his lips: 'I have a bad feeling about this…'

The two on the field suddenly started fighting in earnest, every blow they directed at each other was fraught with violence, the people watching started to show expressions of shock as they exchanged their gaze between the fight and the teacher, who just watched with a neutral expression.

Adriell was getting worried, trying not to lose her concentration she did everything to advance, and as soon as she faced her opponent what she saw made her even more worried, and even a little scared, Aysel's eyes held so much determination that it was impossible for Adriell not to step back.

Seeing the situation she was in, Adriell was moved by panic, and at that moment her sword was moved by that feeling, delivering a fatal blow towards Aysel.

Aysel realized the murderous intent and moved backward, the blade was blunt, it couldn't hurt a person, but if involved with power as it was now the blade could definitely cut anything, so the fighting class forbade the use of powers, magic and special forces in the handling of training weapons.

– Aysel!! – Elaxi screamed as she entered the field and supported Aysel's body as it fell to the side, others wanted to run there, but a barrier suddenly appeared, not allowing anyone to enter the training field, Thamy, the one who had performed the spell entered easily and helped Elaxi lead Aysel out of the training ground, removing the spell only when they got far enough away.

The teacher was still just watching from a distance, those who thought it was just a scare were shocked when they looked at Adriell's sword, which was stained with blood, Adriell had frozen when she realized what she had done…

– Adriell Albretine – The teacher called her.

Adriell was still scared and just walked slowly to the teacher.

Aysel was sitting on the grass, Thamy, Ikuto and Elaxi were helping her, Drazhan quickly approached to see the wound while shouting:

– Healer! We need a healer.

Everyone present looked at each other, an accident like that could never happen, it was very amazing how Adriell managed to apply powers to an ordinary sword and yet manage to stop his power from breaking the sword, they could say that this was an especially rare occurrence, and the students who were healers, they didn't have this class, their fight training was different, that is, there were no healers there at that time.

– Aysel! Let me see the wound! – Elaxi tried to see where Aysel was holding her, her hands covered in blood as she smiled, breathing hard – I'll be fine...it's just a...small cut.

– Small cut my ass – Ikuto said pulling her hand from the wound, frowning as he saw it – I'm going to call a healer, stay here!

He got up to leave, but before he could, his arm was grabbed by a person – No need Ikuto!

Hiro crouched down beside Aysel, placing his hand over the wound, he muttered a few words and a glow emerged from his palm enveloping Aysel's wound, which healed in less than two minutes.

Everyone there stared at Hiro, even Aysel stared at him with an incredulous look – Are you a healer?!

Hiro's face filled with black lines – Isn't that obvious?

– Of course it's not obvious! How can you be a healer?! – Drazhan spoke.

– Not all healers are weak. If the teachers knew, they wouldn't let me train even if I showed up as strong as anyone else, I don't want to sign a 'contract' either, I don't need that – Hiro explained with a neutral expression.

Aysel threw herself on the grass, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, everyone was much calmer, the other students, after seeing that Aysel was fine, also relaxed, the teacher was still talking to Adriell, who had an astonished expression on the face.

– Aysel! You're fine, right? – Harumi approached her worriedly, with her were Leila and Celine.

Aysel smiled – I'm fine, don't worry.

And yet, she thought: 'I literally almost died, what was that pain?!'

– Let's go to the dorm, you need to rest... – Elaxi spoke as she helped her up and guided her to the dorms.

– She's already been healed, you don't need to worry – Thamy spoke calmly as he watched them leave, and turning his gaze to Hiro he said – We'll talk later.

Hiro startled, taking a small step back, pulling Drazhan's arm, he bowed slightly in agreement and dragged Drazhan away as well.

After a while, the veterans received the teacher's permission to leave.

– Thamy, accompany Adriell to council and apply the punishment – The teacher spoke as she walked towards the second-period class.

– Right – Thamy agreed as he looked at Adriell who had her head down. Feeling his gaze Adriell muttered weakly – It was an accident… I'm really sorry.

Feeling a hand on her shoulder she lifted her head, meeting Thamy's eyes, who stared at her blankly – I know it was an accident… and it's not me you should apologize to. Let's go – He said, heading towards the building of the college while Adriell followed a few steps behind.

The teacher approached the second-period students, facing one by one – And that's why you shouldn't use powers in this class, what I want is to train your physical strength, I don't care how talented you are with your powers, if you cannot hold a sword, a bow or a dagger, in my eyes... you are useless.

All the students looked at her scared, gulping some of them even lowered their heads, the teacher seemed satisfied, passing her eyes over everyone again, suddenly staring into a pair of bright eyes that stared at her with curiosity, the teacher was used to the students of heads down whenever she approached or spoke to them, and especially used to the students who still tried to stare at her, but who, within seconds, looked away, she was simply shocked by the girl who so far had not looked away.

– You. One step forward – She spoke. Celine took a step forward as she nodded:

– Professor.

– What is your name? – Professor Mysie asked.

– My name is Celine – Celine replied calmly.

Mysie narrowed her eyes, staring at the young woman for a while before sighing – You're a really brave little girl.

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