CH/ 06

[August 30th 3001]

In the world Mana has been introduced once again, magical energy, that lets one produce magic and supernatural causes.

With the introduction of Mana to the humans, the balance shifted, the Mana was a disaster at first.

The cause of the problem, king Berserk, established the balance once again in the world, he made new changes to the human society, the Royal family, a family who were already invested in magic. They were the original sealer of the magic, with all the knowledge of books and secrets, in a matter of 1 year and 8 months, The king changed the world.

The modern world turned into a magical world, people were happier, everything was going smoothly, magic was the solution for everything.

Instead of using transmission to travel, people now can teleport through portals, instead of using machines, people now use magic to do their job, the world has changed drastically, the nature has advanced too, everything has Mana in now, the animals' appearance has changed too.

No matter how long we talk about the greatness of Magic, the king did not give the world power as a blessing but as a curse, he wants to see who is strongest among the humans and have a decent fight with him or her.

Thus he has established Magic, from which, they choose the talented ones to special schools and the talentless to have to go and live their daily normal lives, the normal kids who used to go to normal schools are now sent to a magical school, where they learn how to use magic to their best and also the old way of learning so that their brains stay active and guide the next generations.

[NEAR THE FOREST OF DRAGSA, TURGIS FARM]

A shirtless boy with a Pick Mattock was working in the garden given to him by the owner of the farm, he worked there hardly from the mornings till noon, since it was fall, he had started to plant Garlic, Leeks, Onions, Chives, Strawberries, Rhubarb, Horseradish, Greens.

Any corps he could get his hand at, he would have planted there, the garden that was given to him by the owner was so large, it could even fit double of what he has already planted.

The evening time came and he sat down, he looked at the sun as it fade away slowly, he drank his water, while drinking his water a girl blushing from far slowly came towards him.

She saw his body from far, "Even from far, his body looks so strong, he never rests, he always trains his body and magic, Grandpa has made him a real man, the first time he came here, he was nothing but a crying boy, I used to show him, all the work but now without him nothing works well", as the girl got front of him, he was finished with his drink and looked at the girl, the girl looked up and down at him, "His body is ripped, these muscles, 8, I thought men had 6 abs, all is left is for him to cut his long hair and shave the beard he looks like an old man, it was grandpa's fault, he said, "The Sons of Bellwitzs, look better with a beard, girl", Grandpa used Razors on his face every day, but I can't believe he kept the beard and didn't mind it", the girl was lost in thoughts.

The boy screamed at him, "What do you want?", freaking her out, she yelled back, "How dare you to raise your voice on me, I was thinking", the boy put down his drink and put on his clothes, "And?", Asked the boy.

"And what?", Asked the girl, "And what were you thinking about?", Asked the boy, the girl blushed, "Nothing, oh.. Yeah, Grandpa was calling for you, you have got a message from someone, he was laughing and told me to tell you it's important", "He was laughing, that's a bad omen", Said the boy, "Whatever, let's go to your crazy grandpa".

The girl got mad and said, "Watch your tongue, he gave you a home when you had lost yours, I know the appearance of Mana destroyed your life and from any others too but in reality my grandpa saved you and you must be grateful", the boy walked on without listening to her, "Oh wait for you idiot, I was talking to you".

"Sorry, I was thinking about my dead family", "Sorry".

"What?".

[A FEW MOMENTS LATER]

"Hahaha...", an Oldman was laughing, well one could say he is old but looks kinda young for his age, "What is Oldman?", Asked Max, Max thought to himself, "Is it me or is he get younger by the time, he doesn't look as old as he was, when I met him!".

Holding a paper in his hand, he opened it and showed it to Max, "Look the Dragsa  Magic school, has sent you an invite!", Max took the paper and took a look at it and said, "It seems your words were true, the king wants me to get stronger and then fulfil his desire, what a sick man he is, I can't believe one would go so far as to kill my parents and make me kill my Grandpa, just so that I would fight him, what a disgusting person".

"I know... I know... but you got a admit it is a good chance to get stronger, I myself have no more to teach you, it would be better to go to the school and learn what he has to offer, he might even teach you something that could one tap, him... haha...", Max got annoyed and asked, "What is so funny, you are always laughing?".

"Oh that, from my perspective the world is funny, such are we humans, each of us has their own opinion and perspective of the world, I like to make fun of everything, so that I may never get sad again", "So you have tasted sadness?".

The Oldman Frode looked at his granddaughter, "The death of Nellie's grandmother was the saddest day of my life, that day I understood something more important than fight and kill for the sake of the king!", Max Bellwitz standing he asked, "And what was it that you learned? If I may ask?", The Oldman looked at her granddaughter once again, "To protect those close to you from war and the king, indeed they are fearsome foe, I don't want them as an enemy, so I avoid them to protect my darling, there", Nellie blushed and looked the other way and saw Max looking at him and blushed even more, "What do I do, they are staring at me?", Max touched stroked her head and said, "Well Oldman, it is my responsibility now, I guess", Nellie turned red and nervously thought, "Is he asking me for marriage?".

Frode with a smile asked, "What are you trying to do, to my grandchild?", Max looked at him, "Nothing Oldman, it's just you will die soon, or so I hope, of all the people I have known, no one's age is reversing but yours".

Max left to his bedroom, he slept well, then he was thinking about the past, laying swiftly on the bed, "In the little time so much has changed, I am just almost 2 years older but I feel like an old wise man already, I must focus on my aims, the first thing is to kill the Berserk king then find a woman to live with, I must give it a little more thought, should I marry before the revenge because I might die?".

Max slept the whole night, with these in his thoughts.

[DRAGSA MAGIC COLLEGE SCHOOL]

Max standing before a crowd of students, who have applied for the school, he stated, "Each year or ever since last year 50 students of the DRAGSA capital, apply to go to the school here, in hope to be trained to become great magicians or witches, but if the rule is 50 students, then what the hell are all these people doing here, I am sure parents weren't allowed here", The crowd before Max was way over 50, maybe ten times the numbers, everyone was talking to each other, about the school and what it is going to happen, just like Max no one had a single idea about this.

Max observed the crowd and the surrounding, "Such large of Man has gathered here, I can't believe there are people this strong, maybe because I haven't seen the outside world for a long time, I haven't noticed the average amount of mana a trainee has, the Oldman and his granddaughter didn't have the same amount of mana as I did, but my mana compared to the past has only increased by a little", The crowd together had a large amount of Mana together but before them was a stage, a man from the sides stepped on the stage and brought every single student including Max to fear him instantly, Max stated to himself, "This much mana is just from a man? The hell he is? He could probably take us all on, my instincts are telling me to run!", Every single student had a different thought about the man, but one thing was common about this man in their thoughts, "Power", he is powerful.

The man stood before the mic, "Hm.. hmm...", he cleared his throat and, "Welcome my new dear students, you who soon will attain our school, the Dragsa Academy of magic, welcomes you with an open heart", the powerful man didn't appear very powerfully before their eyes, Max was still thinking about him, as the man was giving his speech to the students, Max was in his thoughts, "Magic has appeared only last year and a man like him has reached such high level, there must be a mistake, I have trained for days and days for a 1 and 6 months and I haven't even reached double my mana, I must ask, how can one get this strong?".

Max raised his hand and Yelled politely, "Sir, I have a question?", Max Yelling was so hard, the girls and boys near him covered their ears and started to insult him, the man on the stage answered, "Please ladies and gentlemen Calm down, for the boy who has a question, since I am a nice teacher, I will let you ask your question but please come here first", the crowd was surprised, he hadn't mentioned anything about being a teacher.

Max didn't know how to get through the crowd and the teacher Snapped his fingers, suddenly Max appeared next to the teacher, Max didn't even blink and he was teleported, the crowd of students started to praise the teacher and they wanted to learn such spell, Max in his thoughts, "How did I get here? I know of teleportation but he didn't use any wand but rather snapped", to do any magic spell or using any skill, the wand is required.

"Please new student, state your name and ask your question, I hope the question isn't lame otherwise I have to fire you for being stupid", Said the reacher.

Max expression changed to a wave of disgusting anger and asked directly to his face, "My question has nothing to do with them, they do not need to hear it, My name is Max Bellwitz and my question is, How did you become so powerful, no man can reach such level in a year?".

The teacher looked at him back with a dark expression, the students were curious about his question, from the crowd the students who were closer to Max, heard his question and spread it around, the crowd started to become lively and asked the same question.

The teacher looked at the students and thought, "Max Bellwitz, I guess I can't fire you, I have met thousands of students and no one has asked me such a question", the teacher smiled at the crowd and said loudly, with a smiley expression and opened eyes, "The reason I am so strong is that... I was once the royal guard of the royal family".