CH/ 09

Hjalmar and Holger were both assigned to the same room as Max, though they were already in the room and laid in their bed, they noticed Max and the older boy in their room named Axel Morch.

The room was wide, it had a balcony, 4 beds, each had a table next to eat, Max and Azel were in their bed, facing the wall, for they had not the best of the meeting, however, Holger and Hjalmar were talking to each other, then Holger asked the question, "So what is it with you guys? Are you usually so unfriendly? I mean we are gonna live with each other so let's introduce at least".

Max heard him and as respect, he got off his bed, "My name is Max Bellwitz, your roommates any more information would you like to know about me?", Holger answered, "No that should do enough for me for the time being and what about you Hjalmar?".

Hjalmar looked into his eyes and asked, "I want to know how strong you are?", "Strong enough to break your teeth and every single bone in your body", "That's what I like to now, my name is Hjalmar Hammer, the man who will surpass everyone in this room", "Well I am glad for you, can I go to sleep now, I had a nightmare or rather a daymare, I saw something that I shouldn't have".

Axel in his bed turned red and stood up and Yelled at Max, "Listen, boy, I didn't know you were coming in, they never tell us if we get new students around and it was my first time I swear, I just wanted to see the thing and try it out?", Holger asked, "What did you want to try a magic?", Holger and Hjalmar were blank in expression as Max told them, "I am very sad for you man".

"I hadn't finished it, so I am still OK", Yelled Axel at Holger.

Hjalmar asked as he laid in his bed, elbow on the bed hand under his ear, in sleeping cloth, "We should forget the past and focus on the present, I have a goal to make you all my subjects so I have a question for you Axel !", Axel thought to himself, "You cocky bastard, who does he think he is, prideful prick", "Then ask, your question Mr pipsqueak", "What is your power tier?", As Axel and Hjalmar were exchanging words Holger went to his bed and Max faced the wall but eyes open, listening to them.

Axel sighed and said, "I don't know, I don't remember...", Hjalmar had a blank expression, "What, how could you forget it? It is the one thing everyone should remember", "Well I don't think highly of it, of course, your tier, is the way they judge you, I have put on myself a spell to forget my rank", "And why have you done that", "When I came here last year, I saw many who were treated badly because of their ranks, I didn't want my rank to become an ego boost for me, I want to see the others as equals and thus you have the kind me before you, if I hadn't taken my actions, then I probably would have been a different person a bad one".

Holger asked, "How do we eat in this school, there is no fridge or even a kitchen here?", "Well for that we will have to go down tomorrow and see what they offer", "Do they offer good food here?", "Well I always get what I ask for but some of the students don't, it depends on your rank, to be honest, the human levels get Soup every day, some of them die".

Holger get shocked and then had a wonderful expression, "Do students die daily here? Because the entrance exam was not very kind", "You had to do the tough exam too, during my exam no one survived but I, all my friends and even my brother died", "That sad but-".

Max asked a question in his place, "What did your parents say about it and why is there no word out in the world? If so many are dying?", Axel with a sad expression said, "Believe me till this day, I have been thinking about it, when I told my parents, they couldn't even remember him and not even a single picture at home was remained, I even asked myself the question if he was even real and not some made-up imagination, only I remembered my brother, even my friends family had forgotten about their children and I couldn't find my friends and me in the same pictures, it was like hell that day".

"So what will you do about it, do you have revenge on your mind for your imaginary brother?", Asked Hjalmar, Axel with a sad expression answered, "He was not imaginary, the book that we wrote together, it was called "our small house on the moon", it still had our signatures there, which makes your statement about imaginary brother false...", with a dejection expression Axel looked at Hjalmar and said, "...I will avenge my real brother".

Hjalmar smiled and said, "I will be looking forward to that day".

"Don't get your hopes high, these teachers are no joke they could take down a whole army by themselves, we must get stronger to even stand up to them, so I make my way to get stronger by following their teaching", Said Axel.

"I want to know something else about this school what will happen after we graduate?", Asked Holger, "That you will learn tomorrow", answered Axel as he turned and faced the wall, then he wished the new students, "Good night".

[THE NEXT DAY]

Max and his new friends, were walking down the hallway, on their way to the restaurant to grab something to eat, they saw many students, Max and Hjalmar both had a dejection expression the whole time, while both Axel and Holger were yawning.

"These are the new students?", "Yeah, and I heard one of them has the potential to go beyond Continental tier", "Really, I think it would be amazing to see a fight between multi Continental", the school students were chatting the whole time.

"Newcomers are always the centre of attention", Said Axel, Holger answeres, "Yeah, I have noticed that, but something doesn't seem to be right with me, I have always felt the people mana but yours I can't, last night I even thought about, maybe we can only feel the mana from people when they want to let it out, but that's not the case for everyone here, so what are you really?", Axel looked at him with an eye, "He is a sharp one, he is dangerous", thought Axel then said to Holger, "Well you can control it, as far as I know, you just need to train you will learn that soon".

Holger took the answer and satisfyingly smiled, "Liar", thought Holger.

[RESTAURANT]

Max and the rest of the three were waiting in the line, as their turn came, they read the breakfasts available.

[Human Tiers can order; Doughnut and pastries, Sausage biscuits, Flavored non-dairy creamer, Bright- sugary cereals and Loaded bagels].

[Street Tiers can order; Pancakes, waffles, Buttered Toast, Muffins, Fruit juice].

[Small-City Tiers Can Order; Fruit, Whole wheat toast, Cottage cheese, Oatmeal].

[City tiers Can Order; yoghurt, Normal Eggs, Egg Sandwich With Pastrami and Swiss, Oatmeal With Peanut Butter and Banana, Breakfast Burrito].

[Country Tiers can order what they want on the list above, Tiers above that can order whatever they wish].

Holger was the first of the four to order, "These foods... some of them are not even healthy for the body, it is a peaceful morning, we are not going for war", the comment was heard by the lady before him, "Show me your ID and I will tell you what you can order kid", Holger looked at his ID, "I know what I can order old hag", "Watch your tongue kid".

Holger and the rest sat down at a table next to their classmates, William, Robert, Eva, Laura and Elena.

Axel was flirting with the girls, while Robert, William, Laura and Eva were not happy because of their feast, "I can't believe this, who can eat this, It is unhealthy", Said William.

Eva playing with her hair asked Axel, "Can I have some of your food", Axel the womaniser, had ordered 5 cheese pizzas for the morning, saying he was hungry, he had even forgotten to bring his ID with himself, "Of course, you may have it", Laura did the same act and got a pizza.

Robert asked Axel nicely, "Can I have a piece too, mine doesn't test well", "Of course, you can have it", William smiled and tried his luck but got rejected, "Why? Haven't we become friends, we must share!", "Nah... I don't like your face", "Huh?".

[CLASS]

"Welcome back my dears, I hope that you have enjoyed yourselves this far, today we will talk about the school plan and how things will go for you", Relik the teacher sat at his table and continued, "In this school, you will learn how to Control mana, Enhance your physical abilities, summoning objects or living beings, sealing objects or living beings, mana infusion, the true history of the 1000 years and Biologie sessions about the human body with mana, maybe more things along the way but these are the most important things you need for half-years exam and the upcoming once", Holger raised his hand, "Yes", "What is the goal of this school?", the teacher smiled, "You are trained here to battle each other, at the end of the school year, if you have reached a point beyond comprehensive then you will battle one equal to you, you either die or survive to tell the tale to his majesty".

"What is the half-year exam", Asked Jesper, the teacher with a serious expression, "I would appreciate it if you raise your hand next time, rules are to be followed and not ignored, well for that you have to wait, I guess, let it be a surprise, but I surely tell you many people die in the exams".

The aura in the room changed, "Death is a part of this school, your goal is to reach out to life and survive".

"What is this school, it's corrupted, what is the king thinking establishing such school, what is he after, creating a monster or a strong magician, what will I have to become to kill you, I think I must dirty my hands even more", Max thought to himself as he imagined himself walking into a river of blood, hands of blood were touching him, "I am sorry", those who he killed, will hunt him for the rest of his life.