Arrival

Shawn POV

The week went by, it was just full of training, mostly pushing us to cast more and more spells as the day went by, most of us got worse by the end of the week, probably due to the fact that some of us are forced to restart and change our techniques.

But it is now time for our deployment. Unlike Perseus, I've made some friends among my classmates, but they seem to find him unapproachable, and so I did my best to get on any of their good sides anyway since I don't think I can move forward by myself or with only my brother.

Our post didn't seem to include any other students, not that I care too much since my brother is worth at least 2 or 3 for now, and we even have more time to shine under the direct attention of those we're studying under.

Despite being apprentices, we are going to be treated as actual wizards by the civilians, so we were expected to read and learn some of the laws of where we're being deployed, and that's what we did during our free time for the past week.

We got on the plane and it was packed, our first stop is Mumbai, India, 2nd is Singapore, and finally, Aomori, Japan. Apparently, the level 6 wizard will come to pick us up personally, it was a 2-day trip, but fortunately, the flight was great for us in the A class.

We got first class and our trip was enjoyable, we got legroom, and nice service...etc. Well, I don't need to show off too much. Usually, I don't sleep on planes, but this was an exception, I'm even more motivated to stay in this class next year, I'm getting paid a lot more and given a lot of privileges.

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We landed and the process went smoothly, we went to the exit and we can see the old man holding a sign with our names, not that he needed it either, we were wearing our uniforms, standing out more than enough already.

Getting into the 4 great academies gives you a lot of attention, there are around 100 million sorcerers in the world as of now, but there are around 8 billion people, and the number of licensed sorcerers coming from the 4 great academies is heavily outnumbered compared to the ones from the military. At least we're all under the UPF, so the rules and regulations aren't that different.

Captain Kai Ida, a very tall and muscular old man, very intimidating looking, even the people standing around him were intimidated. He's 183cm tall, 61 years old, he got white hair and dark brown-colored eyes. What standouts about him is that he has a severed right arm, from the official reports, he lost it to an angel captain in the past.

Our current post is being deployed at a small police station with a staff number of 14 members, so with us 2, it should now be 16, unless it's an emergency and certain specific type of cases, we can't arrest anyone, so we'll usually have an officer accompany us.

"Percy and Shawn, correct?" he asked as we approached him

Woah, I can understand him, this translation device is awesome, though we are told that it's not perfect, and for certain words or so, we'll be spitting out what we're actually saying, which the other side may not understand.

It's not like I'm complaining, a device that can both help us understand the language and speak it? It's a miracle already.

"Yup, nice to meet you, sir, thanks for hosting us."

"Good." he nodded "You may address me as sir or Captain Ida unless I say otherwise or give you preferential treatment."

The captain is also letting us live in his home, and he's responsible for a lot of things, he seems nice, but the reports mentioned him being a very strict wizard, and he needs some help in case stray angles come again, there are only 2 other sorcerers in the area, one other wizard and one witch.

We then head to his minivan, put our luggage in the back and we then got in the car with me being in the front passenger seat. On the way there, I got to enjoy the scenery, there are hills covered in lush green forests that stretch as far as the eye can see. In the distance, I can catch a glimpse of a snow-capped mountain on the horizon.

It was simply breathtaking, we passed through small farming communities with rice fields and its famous apple orchards dotting the landscape. The hills are covered in vibrant shades of green, and the scenery is just beautiful and serene in nature.

"You know where we're heading?" the captain asked

"We are heading to Hiranai, sir." Perseus answered

"Correct, where we're living, in particular, isn't glamorous, but understand that your job is to learn under me and aim to be serviceable wizards on the front lines, not to enjoy yourselves. The last pair came thinking that it was for fun, so don't be the same." he warned "I don't want to hear complaints about how you missed city lights or something along those lines."

"Don't worry, we already expected to be trained the proper way." Perseus replied

"Good." he nodded "I see that you 2 have the same name, are you brothers?"

"Yes, sir." I answered "We're both adopted by loving parents. I'm older by 2 months, his birthday is April while mine is in February."

"You'll have the rest of today to prepare yourselves, training starts tomorrow morning at 5 AM sharp." he said "Make sure to wake up early and not make me smack you both upside the head for the first morning. We have wifi and everything you need, but you are also expected to help me with chores, I'm old now, don't let me baby you."

"Yes, sir." we both replied

We then just sat in silence and enjoyed the scenery on our way to our new post for the next 3 years, assuming that we live, and don't get forcibly transferred.