Dragon or Pegasus

"Uncle! Uncle! Are you okay?" Ivan called out to his caretaker anxiously.

It had been 5 minutes since his caretaker, Calvin along with his examiner, Lucas fell unconscious at the same time.

Ivan was in a frenzy as he didn't know what to do.

He couldn't use healing magic on them, and asking for assistance from the female receptionist just now was impossible.

The two doors separating the private room with the hallway were made with incredibly dense metal that Ivan was too weak to push the doors open.

Chaos had also gone quiet so he couldn't ask for help from him either.

In a panic, Ivan started doing breathing exercises to calm himself down.

Although he wasn't in danger, he couldn't help but panic for the two collapsed adults, mostly towards Calvin though.

At the height of his panic however, Calvin's eyelids fluttered open before he quickly covered his mouth with his hand.

Red liquid oozed out of the seeps between his fingers shortly after.

"Uncle, are you okay?" Ivan asked Calvin as he handed his caretaker a cloth.

Calvin blinked a few times before he nodded. He had just survived an intense beating session so he felt numb when he woke up.

"What about Mr. Lucas over there? He hasn't woken up yet."

"Leave him be. He'll wake up after we leave." Calvin replied.

Considering Chaos was Ivan's spirit guardian, if they were to leave the area right now, Lucas would be freed from Chaos' grasp.

And although Lucas was an annoying colleague he liked to get rid of if possible, Jumper Academy's World Council would bother Calvin for a long time if they were to find Lucas dead within a private room.

Thinking so, Calvin searched his colleague's clothes for Ivan's certificate before he brought Ivan out of Jumper Academy's entrance examination hall as fast as possible.

It was as Calvin had thought of, Lucas only woke up after Ivan left the building.

But since his punishment was 10 whips to his soul, he won't be getting up anytime soon.

After leaving the examination hall, Calvin led Ivan out of the capital to a clearing in the forest west of the capital's gate.

With a snap of his finger, 2 mythical beasts from legends appeared before the two in a bright flash of light.

On Ivan's left stood a shiny, white horse with a pair of crystal wings and was decorated in white crystal armor.

"A pegasus…Woah!" Ivan was amazed. It was his first time witnessing a real pegasus usually found only in books.

On Ivan's right, a majestic looking lizard with a pair of crimson wings laid down.

Smoke escaped the nostrils of the giant lizard everytime it breathed.

"A dragon...WOAH!" Ivan gasped out loud. He has only read about dragons in martial arts novels, since dragons were said to have gone extinct 500 years ago.

Nonetheless, a real fire breathing dragon was right in front of him at this moment.

After letting the boy marvel at his pets, Calvin finally spoke. "Crystal Winged Pegasus or Crimson Tempest Dragon…Take your pick."

"Take my pick?" Ivan asked in confusion.

To which Calvin explained casually. "Yeah, take your pick. You get to choose your ride home."

"Woah…really?"

"Of course. It's just a ride home, what's there to be surprised about?"

With another snap of his fingers, two helmets appeared in his hands like magic.

"Cool, how did you do that?"

"Storage magic. I learnt it to store my items away in a subspace where I can take it out whenever I want."

"Awesome…Could you teach me that trick?" [Ivan]

"It's not a trick, kid. It's real, useful magic." [Calvin]

"But my elementary school textbook said that there are only 7 elemental magic. If my textbook didn't mention Storage Magic, surely it's some kind of trick, right?" [Ivan]

"That's because you've yet to learn about Space Magic and Time Magic." [Calvin]

"Space Magic and Time Magic?"

"Just…Just pick a ride. You can ask the headmaster about this when we get back later." Calvin closed his eyes and said.

He didn't want to answer Ivan but he also didn't want to anger the boy's spirit guardian if he ignored Ivan's question.

So following his train of thought, Calvin decided to push this matter to the boy's old headmaster.

'Letting that old fart deal with the curiosity of a child should make up for me getting punished by a transcendent being named Chaos who's living inside Ivan's mind.' Calvin thought to himself.

When it was time to make a decision, Ivan gave each of the mythical beasts a nod before he pointed his finger at one of them.

"I choose…the dragon!"

"Very well then. Put this on. We're going to be flying at sonic speed so wearing this helmet is a must for your safety." Calvin said as he handed the boy one of his helmets.

Ivan nodded enthusiastically. He quickly put on his helmet before he ran towards the crimson dragon.

The Crimson Tempest Dragon looked at Calvin for a moment. It then picked up Ivan with its front claws before it placed the boy firmly onto its back.

The Crystal Winged Pegasus neighed in delight after seeing the boy pressed himself to one of the Crimson Tempest Dragon's spikes.

Ivan interpreted the pegasus' neigh as being happy. But for what reason, he could not tell.

Just then, Leviathan's voice resounded within his head.

'A crimson flying dragon hybrid…Nice! This caretaker of yours has some really nice pets. I wonder what this dragon would taste like? Maybe chicken. Most dragons I've eaten before tasted like chicken.'

"You can't eat this dragon though. It belongs to Uncle Calvin."

'Yeah, yeah, I know. It was just a hypothetical question.'

Despite his words, Leviathan secretly licked his lips as he studied the Crimson Tempest Dragon from Ivan's eyes.

The Crimson Tempest Dragon too, felt a chill down its spine.

It sensed that a dangerous beast had laid its eyes on it, despite not knowing where it came from.

The dragon let out a low roar towards its master but Calvin ignored it without even a glance.

He put on his helmet before he jumped onto his pet dragon's head.

"Fly us back to Seishi, Red." Calvin said.

The Crimson Tempest Dragon nodded its head before it began flapping his wings with all his might.

Soon, the dragon had lifted off and was now heading towards the town of Seishi at sonic speed.