Chapter 4: Noxus academy

Raziel couldn't help but to open his blue eyes as soon as the sunlight outside the windows hit his fair-white handsome face, then he saw a familiar person In front of the windows while opening the curtains, it was none other than Cale, who was donning on his black tailcoat and waistcoat.

"Good morning, young master."

"hmm.. when did you come back?"

"I just came back 2 hours ago, everything had been prepared just as you wish."

"... I see, I'm just going to take a bath and go downstairs later."

"got it, I'll have the servants prepare your breakfast right away."

after saying those words, he bowed to Raziel before leaving on his room, Raziel then stand up as he place his hands on his back and look at the windows, there he saw the stunning scenery of Ravewood's lush gardens, there are dozens of roses on the center with a statue of a crow with crimson red eyes looking fiercely and his wings was opened wide on it's middle.

he could also sees the royal palace from his room and as he close his eyes, voices from the people around the city can be heard and can be seen. middle class children were busy doing their own jobs, while aristocrats children were simply sitting on their own carriage on their way to the noxus academy, while some of them was busy practicing their magics inside.

Then, he saw children from the slums, sharing in one bread, they were so skinny and unhealthy. but what makes Raziel's heart sank even more was their black numbers that he sees above their head. Like a countdown to an inevitable fate, the numbers displayed the time each child had left to live. Some had one to two years. Others, mere months — six, four, three. The youngest of them, a girl no older than four, had just thirty days left and yet despite of this, they were still smiling and enjoying the bread they took out from the trash. just like a normal family having a breakfast together.

And all he can do is to smile bitterly.

'If only I could do something for them..' but none.

In this world where nobles are considered as a beings closer to gods than to men, he couldn't do anything. No matter how powerful he may possibly become in the future, it wouldn't change the fact that inequalities will always be present and no magic or any other skills can stop it.

After all, this is a world where bloodline dictates power, and nobles whims shape laws, their presence alone bends the knees of commoners.

He just narrowed his eyes.. simple yet silently...

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Donning on his scarlet waistcoat, black trousers and congress boots, you could see Raziel sitting inside of the carriage with his legs was crossed and his elbow was place on the window. there's a black sword beside him. it's handle was similar to a crow's wings, and then there's a lycoris flower on the center while it's sheathe was color black with a crimson butterfly as it's designs.

This was the 'nemesis' look like when it forms into a sword.

He can't bring the nemesis in his true form as the others might know something about it, now that the school he would enter in was full of magic scholars.

The whole city was quite lively, there are merchants selling swords, a dagger, spear, a staff or grimoire, as today was such an important day for the students who will enter in noxus academy. Raziel watches the people from the carriage with a satisfied expression on his face, until, the carriage suddenly stops that makes him frowned. he then sees the coachman go down, and notices that he's talking with someone.

"What happened..?" he asked the other coach.

"forgive us, young master. just a small accident. you don't need to bother with it." said by the coachman, Raziel just nod to them as he just look up on the window again while admiring the scenery from the outside. after a few minutes, their carriage have started move forward, he saw a middle age man from his peripHeral vision, holding a pouch of silver coins with a greed on his eyes. this makes Raziel smile bitterly.

but then, as he was busy observing people, his head hurts all of a sudden as he started to hear people's cries and their shrill voices on his mind. the nemesis started to emits dark presence, as well as the bangle bracelet and the ring he was wearing, as this two artifacts connects to the weapon he was holding. so he bit his lips again while holding his head.

"now of all times..? are you kidding me..?"

'the nemesis would resonate if his counterpart was 100 meters away from you.' when he remembered what Cale said to him, he looked up on the window once again and tried to find Lucas Earhart. Few meters away from him, he already saw a gothic architectural style of academy similar to the royal palace of mylrendell, and outside of the gate, he saw a white carriage with a crest of a dove, spreading it's wings that was carved on the door, and then a lotus below it as well as their family's motto.

'Reinheit and spiritualität'

from his direction, Raziel saw a man with silver hair and lilac eyes, which was Lucas Earhart, going down on the carriage. as he gets closer to him, the more the ear-splitting voices keep getting stronger and stronger, so Raziel tried to find some living things around him that isn't a human, as he doesn't want to cause a havoc infront of the academy. but he can't find anything.

so that leaves him no choice.. he has to sacrifice some of his lifespan.

he calm his self first, took the sword beside him, before close his eyes. red lights started to shone brightly from his palm as the dark presence of nemesis coiled around his hands. he hold the sword tightly, as he felt some remnants of his soul started to suck away by the sword. it took a few minutes before he stop hearing voices, the sword had came back to an ordinary one, so he just leaned against his seat and let out a sigh.

"I really have to be stronger, or else this weapon will be the cause of my death.." he whispered inwardly, as their carriage slowly approached the gate. "the nemesis won't act for one whole week for now, but who knows what would the Invidia can do, I have to avoid him as much as possible." he decided on his mind. Soon, the carriage where he was riding had stopped in front of the academy's gate. as soon as the other students saw a familiar crest, some of them couldn't help but frown.

"that's.. Ravenwood's crest, right?"

"now that you mention it, there is this a rumor about the youngest son of marquis house had just came back yesterday to take an entrance exam in the academy. They said that he grew up on the marquis territory rather than inside of the capital and rarely socialize with other people unless if it really is necessary."

"is that so..? he looks.. charming tho~"

"hmmp, probably he's just a good for nothing person that's why marquis Ravenwood decided to let him stay at marquis territory instead."

Lots of students started to gossips, while looking to the black carriage In front of the gate, Lucas also curious about the person inside but he lose interest later on when he sees tons of students stopping on their tracks and looking to the direction of Ravenwood's carriage, so he just decided to enter inside the gate and head towards the aptitude test instead.

Just as Raziel step outside the carriage, he just look up at the gate with expressionless reaction as the students, mostly the ladies, started to cover their mouth in admiration as soon as they saw how attractive this man was. a black hair, which is the rarest hair color in this world, in addition of his angular face, long black eyelashes and eyelids, fair-white skin and deep and profound blue eyes, as it is one of the unique characteristics of Ravenwood family.

At this moment, they were already sure that this guy was indeed a Ravenwood.

Raziel walks inside the gate and heads to the second test since this was the first one that students should take, after that, he has to take an intelligence examination to measure his IQ and lastly the practical examination, where students need to use their magic to determine their rank and what class they were in.

when he reached the tent where the affinity test was held, there were lots of students out there, waiting their turn to check their ranks, each teachers was holding orbuculum so Raziel decided to go at the line with few students. after a person Infront of him finished checking his affinity, which is part of four elements. it was Raziel's turn already.

"what is your name.. child? and your age. "

"Raziel.. Ravenwood. 17 yrs old. " the woman stopped writing when he heard his name before greeting him with a smile, "a Ravenwood huh? then you just had to put your hand in the orbuculum to determine your rank, if the orbuculum turns into four elemental colors, you will be ranked as an apprentice. But if it is a combination of black, red and white, it means your rank is Arcanist. " The girl explained to him throughly, He simply nodded but the problem is.. how is he going to make his magic be above average?

In the end, he decided to seal some of his powers first.

'Louise griffiths was an adviser of Royale class.. to observe him closer without showing any suspicion from the m16..' he started to plan what would be his character, as though he were in the game.

after making a decision, he put his hands on the orbuculum and injected some of his power on it, it then started to change the color from transparent to Elemental hues. the teachers was about to graded him when her eyes widened as soon as the elemental color turns into red, black and white that made the girl gasp in surprise.

"w-what happened..? who would have thought.." he compliments him, but Raziel didn't mind him at all and changed their conversation instead.

"where should I take the examination?"

"r-right.. just follow that path and it will lead you into the building of royale class."

Raziel just stared at him using his poker face, that makes the teacher smile in an awkward way, she was supposed to speak when Raziel suddenly turned his back and followed the direction that that teacher pointed at him.

after that, Raziel's mind went adrift. 'what an unlucky day.'

...

as soon as Raziel headed out to the examination room, their teacher just let out a sigh, until, another person appeared in front of her, so she gritted that person happily.

"what's your name, child—!!a-ah..." but her eyes frozen as soon as he saw a handsome man with angular face, an emerald eyes that seems full of life, with golden long eyelids and eyelashes and a light blonde hair. he's wearing a yellow waistcoat, a white high-stiff collar with an amber gems on it's center and smiling Infront of the the woman. he look gentlemanly, and the way how he speak were so careful.

"Cyrus.. Embers."

"F-forgive me prince Cyrus! I was just mesmerized by the son of marquis!"

the prince just smiles at him, "the son of marquis? you mean.. Mr. silver's son?"

"N-no, No.. He's actually his younger brother who just came back last week from the marquis territory."

"I see.." he said meaningfully and held the orbuculum, as the red, black, and white colors appeared inside, this also means that the prince was also an arcanist, which he already expected.

"as expected to the second prince, you, lord Raziel and master Lucas will be the hope of iyetria for sure! with this strength, the mylrendell kingdom will be way too more powerful than it was in the past!"

the prince just kept nodding at him as he looked up above the blue sky, and then he said,

"indeed.." as though there's a deep meaning behind it.

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