A Wife In School, Scandalous?
Sizzle Pop! I had just flipped the bacon, and am scrambling the eggs, while I look at the two people at the eating table, gossiping and glancing at me cooking.
It has been one week since my hunting trip, and now I am cooking the last breakfast before I move out to enter Rosecrans Academy today.
Yesterday, Nevin already left to move into the Royal Knight Academy, and I won't see him for at least a month, as we are not allowed to leave the floating Island at normal times. They actually only open the portal to the island for one weekend a month. Well, not only is this for security, but it uses a lot of Magic Beast Cores to run it.
As I am plating and finishing the meal for the three of us, I overhear my Mother and Rebeca talking.
"Really? So is that why you have been coming here more often lately? Well, if you like Sam, and he likes you in return, then Auntie accepts it, hehe. Actually, you were always Sam's childhood crush... He has never talked about any other girl before."
My Mom has her chin in her palm, and is looking sideways at the blushing Rebeca, and is being playful, as she spoke loud enough for me to hear, so Rebeca said to not upset me.
"Aunt, we are not an official couple yet though... I have just told Sam I want to be his woman..."
I smile because I hardly ever see Rebeca blush, and my Mom is really shameless. As I ignored the two women, I placed the food in front of them and said.
"Alright you two, let's eat... Mom, you will have to do all the cooking now, but I left a few meals in the Cold-Box for you to reheat."
My Mother, seeing me and Rebeca sitting closer, smiled like a prankster and asked me bluntly.
"Brat, are you not attracted to our little Rebeca? Why are you not accepting her confession? Are you more interested in her Brother, ewe?!"
Flick! I finger-flicked my Mom's forehead and sigh at her childish side, and as Rebeca froze at my Mother's words, I calmly said.
"First, I am not gay, sigh... Second, I think Rebeca is very beautiful, but I have not wanted to make a rash choice she and I would regret. I had to consider if we would fall out of love or not, because I have never been in love before (regrets saying this later), so I wanted her and I to have some time to think, and it has been a week, soooo..."
Rebeca who had been waiting patiently just stopped eating to listen, as I finished.
"Let us become a couple?"
Rebeca's eyes moistened hearing my unexpected request, and even my Mother nodded in approval of my bold words. Rebeca then leaned in to hug my neck and said.
"I am so happy Sam, thank you... I will never leave your side."
Unlike my last life's marriages, in Myst, we do not throw weddings (lack of religion). As long as both parties acknowledge it in front of witnesses, you are husband and wife. There is no boyfriend-girlfriend concept in our world, you are either a couple or you are not. There is however the concept of Dating and Courting, to see if you like one another's company.
In a way, Humans in my world are both open and conservative all at one time. There is also no such thing as consummating a marriage to make it legal, because a child is not the most important thing. Another important note would be that the Human race is Polygamist, so one Man may have multiple wives. This has to do with the Demon War in our past, and will think about it later...
My Mom was happy that I did not lead Rebeca on, and she said with a smile on her lips.
"Well, looks like I am the witness to your marriage, so girl, just call me Mom and not Auntie, hehe."
Rebeca smiled and said one word.
"Mother!"
Then because we needed to leave soon, we focused on finishing breakfast, while my heart was beating fast for accepting a wife.
When a man takes a wife, he also accepts responsibility to take care of them financially and emotionally. All 3 Kingdoms will punish men who break their "vow of marriage" to their wives they accept. So from today on, Rebeca is my responsibility.
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As Rebeca and I left for Rosecrans, she took off her Space Satchel, and hung it over my neck, and then said seriously.
"As my husband, I want you to have this, because you need it more than me, and if you get a better one in the future, than you can give me this one back later. I just need to unpack my belongings in the bag later, hehe."
As the carriage we were in bumped along, I held the valuable Space-bag in surprise, and then I looked into Rebeca's tender green eyes, and said.
"I promise to be good to you, Rebeca."
She wrapped her arms around my neck, then closed into my face, while blushing she asked.
"Can we kiss? I always wanted to try?"
As her fingertips brushed the back of my head, I remember my past life had at least kissed a girl, though no sex, so I leaned in to overlap Rebeca's lips.
As our kiss started, she melted into my arms, and pressed her chest against mine.
After a few moments, I used my past memories, pried her lips with my tongue, and invaded her mouth, to entangle our tongues.
A few minutes of passionate kissing, Rebeca, now breathless, lay her face on my neck, and said softly.
"That was amazing, Sam... Have you ever kissed before?"
I kissed the top of her head, as she anticipated my words, so I changed it to a white lie.
"Rebeca, I promise on my life, since I was born, you are the first woman I have held and kissed like this. I promise you are my first kiss in this life."
She looked up into my face, with a rosy-hue, and then childishly giggled and said.
"Hehehe, Good, I am first! That felt good, so I want more, hehe..."
And for the rest of the trip to the Castle, my lips were made numb by Rebeca, as she got more experienced, and overpowered me with kissing. She seems to have some Succubus blood in her, damn it!
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As the two of us stepped out of the carriage, I looked around, while Rebeca fixed my disheveled coat she clung to.
The Castle was a very impressive stronghold of all pure white marble, with decorations and flags of royal blue and gold.
The entire Royal Castle is protected by a 20 foot wall of magically reinforced white-stone, to match the Marble white Castle in the distance. From my first guess, the castle must be about 20 Earth floors of a building, and as wide as 5 miles, a stunning massive home.
And to the right of the Royal Castle is the Royal Knight Academy (funded by the King), for those who are guarantied entrance into the Royal Knights after graduating. So in three years, Nevin will enter the Royal Castle as part of the elite force.
Just like the Rosecrans Academy, floating up above us, the Pair of schools only allow 100 students each of every three years, so at any one time, only 300 students are being groomed as the elite of the Kingdom.
Now Royal and Rosecrans Academy are not the only school for Knights and Mages, but it is the only elite institution with the best teachers. There are public Universities for both Knights and Magic Users in all major Human cities, but these two are the most famous in the Northern Kingdom.
While looking at the white gates of the Royal Knight Academy, Rebeca took my hand and pulled me to a Portal Station between the Castle and Knight Academy, and said.
"The land entrance to our school is there, dear Sam. Come let us go and register your identification now, so we can go up."
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And next to the Royal Knight Academy the two of us entered the side building to sign up, and I asked Rebeca.
"Beck, why is our Gate Portal next to the school of Knights?"
Hearing my nickname for herself, she warmly explained the reason.
"The two schools always do joint combat missions with one another, so it makes it easier for our students to come to their school for training... Also the Gate is closed for the King to come and visit Rosecrans. The Kingdom actually pays for this station, and is also guarded by the Royal Knights, see?"
To the left side of the sign-in center, I see a group of 4 strong looking Royal Knights, protecting the entrance to a sealed room.
As the two of us stepped up to the registry desk, the woman with white hair looked at me, being a man, and frowned.
"Sir, you may not enter with student Rebeca Glen, you need to leave here, or I will have the Knights escort you out."
I hand her my entrance letter and sigh. I told her.
"Sigh, Sorry Miss, but I am the new male student enrolled by the King himself, so..."
Yeah, the Teachers of Rosecrans were not the ones to enroll me, but the King decreed it and the school had no choice but to accept me, and thus why I am disappointed. If Rosecrans wanted me on their own, I would not be troubled, but to be forced to teach me, well...
"Oh?! You are Sam Roland, the anomaly? Well then, I apologize for my rudeness, let me sign you in..."
Rebeca only held my arm amused at my expressions. The woman was neither rude or nice, but when my part of the questions came to marriage it got awkward. She had noticed the intimate hold of Rebeca and she had a sinking feeling.
"Student Roland, do you have any wives to register?"
I blush looking at the smiling Rebeca, and I told the receptionist, as more female students arrived and waited to sign up as 1st years, while the 2nd and 3rd year women seeing Rebeca, stood frozen watching the show.
"Cough, Rebeca Glen is my only wife..."
""""""""""Huh?! What?!""""""""""
The receptionist and the other nine women all had expressions of surprise, because the well known Healer was married to the new Male student. How Scandalous!
"O-Okay, here is your Identification Plate, go into the Gate, Student Roland..."
Rebeca pulled out her ID as well, and the two of us walked past all the stunned individuals, even the Knights who never let any man enter, but the King was shocked to see me in person, but they let me in without issue, especially knowing the King himself ordered it.
As Rebeca and I stepped into the same kind of portal as the gate south, in the backroom, the girls began gossiping about what they saw, between me being a man, and me being with Rebeca, a well known healer...
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As Rebeca and I stepped out of the magical portal, I got my first look at Rosecrans Academy...
First, this floating island in the clouds, is roughly 10 miles wide, with only a low 3 foot stone wall on its edges.
In the dead center of the island, is a massive building standing about 75 feet tall, divided into 3 floors with high ceilings, for tall creatures, most likely.
From a birds-eye looking down on the island, we entered from the south edge...
To the west of the main building, is the residential area for the 400 or so beings in Rosecrans.
To the east side of the island, are additional facilities, such as Cafeterias, Gyms, Battle coliseums, Libraries, Meditation Chambers, Swimming Pools, and many other educational and health centers for Magic Users.
I cannot see in the direction north of the main school, but Rebeca told me it is the area belonging to the Headmistress, a 9th Circle Summoner who is the strongest power in the Northern Kingdom, and even the King acts like a scolded child in her presence, geez?!
And here in the south, is a beautifully decorated place devoted to appearance, with parks, flowers, and fountains. This is the place students gather to be closer to nature, socialize, and for its scenery. There are also many nice gazebos for sitting and reading.
The whole island floats to the North East of the city, behind the castle, and its magical protections keep out harmful weather, and slow high-winds down to pleasant breezes, while keeping humans safe from extreme conditions year round, so no bad storms can affect Rosecrans badly.
Near the Gate, a pair of Teachers sat at a greeting table, directing 1st year students to the assessment area, to determine their Magic Cores, if they are Mages, Summoners, or Healers.
This ritual is rather easy if you are old enough, but expensive for commoners like me, because it takes 100 Magic Cores per person to awaken a caster's Heart Core.
The first teacher (Headmistress) seemed to be a Loli with grey hair let down her back, while wearing a black Gothic Lolita dress, a black eye-patch over her left eye, and she was holding a black umbrella with her lace gloved hands.
She was chatting with her fellow redheaded teacher, but when she noticed her expression on her face, she frowned. Then feeling something, her sharp single purple eye, looked in my direction seeing me clutching my chest.
THUMP THUMP THUMP! The moment I saw the beautiful red-haired teacher, my heart violently beat uncomfortably, for around 7 beats, before returning to normal, leaving me with cold sweat on my face. Rebeca seeing my Heart-attack, worriedly asked me.
"Sam, what happened?"
As the teacher who looked at me with a frown, I felt emotions for this woman I never met before. Affection, fear, and stronger than any other... Love?!
I could not look away from her hazel eyes for the life of me, like only her eyes are magnified in my vision, and I see nothing but her glare. But I only want her, at least my heart is feeling this, but my brain kicked my mouth back to reality, and I said.
"I think the magic here and altitude, just made my heart skip a beat, I am fine now."
Then the Loli stood, and walked to me with a evil-grin that sent fear down my spine. I heard Rebeca say.
"Greetings Headmistress!"
FUCK! Is it too late to drop out of school?!