Chapter 3 red and gold

'if there are rock people is it wrong for me to assume there's magic' Arthur thought to himself.

'No way of knowing until I'm old enough to ask or someone shows me'

Arthur and his mother wandered around the city, mostly window shopping and buying food

"and this Arthur, is a dotted apple fruit, can u say that, dotted apple?"

"the thid kpple" Arthur replied

'seems I'm able to make noises now other than crying'

"very good! Now tell me what was this one"

"Boblin Yate!"

"that's right, goblin meat, your a smart boy ain't yah"

'Well to be fair I had a 21-year advantage compared to the over kids' Arthur thought to himself

Molly looked at the sky and held her thumb in the air as if to check how far the sun is passed an invisible line only she can see.

"it's almost time Arthur, are you ready"

'ready? Ready for what?'

Molly began to walk towards the edge of town, and as they got closer Arthur began to notice more and more people with young children approaching a certain building.

A plump woman with light brown hair approached Mary with a similar-looking toddler holding her hand

"oh hello Veronica"

"my my how do you do molly"

The two women greeted each other as they continued to walk towards the building

"What luck for you and young Arthur that they showed up soon after he was born, Toby here has been excited for the test since he first heard of it"

Molly looked down at the young boy who was hiding behind his mother's leg at first molly thought the young boy was just being shy but she soon noticed all the other children were having similar reactions at the moment as if they were scared of something in the crowd, but the spell was broken the moment a loud voice rang across the crowd.

"welcome parents and Guardians to the magic assessment test" a bored voice rang out silencing the crowd.

"Parents who have had kids before will know that we come once every 1 to 10 years, depending on how we're feeling mostly, but regrettably we are required by law to show up, so Hay, here we are, please form a single file line and select your favourite child to go first if you have more than one, that is all" the board voice left the stage and all the parents started to line up one by one.

out of the building a few hooded men came out holding multiple glass bowls filled with a misty liquid and a needle.

"I will now explain the procedure for the ignorant few that don't know what's happening, we will be taking a sample of your child's blood and dropping it in to a test tube filled with liquid mana"

the man said as he heald a small test tube filled with the same liquid.

"you will need to watch the test tubes for a few days and wait for it to change colour, orange for fire, blue for water, you know that stuff, you will be given a book with a full list of all discovered magics types, but be warned, other countries aren't as lenient as this one when it comes to 'evil' magics, so by law I am required to tell you that if you plan on leaving the country, see the magic laws in the country you're going to first, that is all"

The board man left the stage and walked towards the building looking sleepy

'I don't like him' Arthur thought to himself

'well at least my question got answered the same day I asked it, which is a first since being reborn'

One by one people started to get their tests done and it reminded Arthur a lot about the shots kids get in school, eventually, it was Veronica kids tern, Toby, he got his finger pricked and almost instantly the water changed from a mist to a solid grey.

"OH OH that's my boy" everyone looked at Victoria with jealousy.

'I can only assume that's a good thing' Arthur thought to himself.

'good for him I guess'

Arthur had never thought of himself as the main character, at the moment all he wanted to do was explore this new world he was in and try to understand it, so he didn't care if those around him were more powerful or talented.

Finally, when it got to Arthurs tern he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, while he didn't care if he got strong magic or not he couldn't help but be a little hopeful.

The man took a drop of his blood but before it could even touch the water the colour was already changing.

"YES! that's my Arthur" molly yelled

"Please take this book and take a look over it, as you know not all kids get magic and the ones who do still might not have the talent for it, the speed of the water changing has little to do with talent"

molly and Veronica couldn't help but feel disappointed after hearing that, but didn't let it get to them and decided to walk back to town

"What colour did Toby get?" molly asked

"gray, he has transformation magic and according to this book its a dog type, what did colour is young Arthur"

Molly held up the flask with a proud look.

"Blood red with specks of gold"