2025-02-08 23:13:00Adrián woke up suddenly, with his heart beating hard. The room was in gloom, illuminated only by the weak moonlight that leaked through the window. He sat up quickly, trying to calm his broken breathing.
"It was just a dream ..." he murmured, but inside he knew he was not so simple.
The air was loaded with energy, as if something invisible moved around it. Then, a sound made him tense: the wooden crunch from the door of his room.
Adrián looked towards the entrance and felt a chill travel his back. The door slowly ajar with a prolonged squeak. Beyond the threshold, the hall was wrapped in dense shadows, but could distinguish the silhouette of something moving.
"The test has begun," Eleonor's voice resonated inside his head.
Adrián stood up, feeling a tingling in advance and nervousness. He had faced powerful opponents at the Academy, but this was different. Here, the magic of the house itself was testing its worth.
He inspired deep and advanced towards the door, crossing the threshold with determination. He barely set foot outside, felt the air change. The torches of the corridor lit with bluish flames, projecting shadows that seemed to move for their own will.
Then, the hall was transformed.
The walls lengthened and twisted, the ancient portraits came to life with mocking and whisper expressions. The door of his room disappeared behind him. There was no going back.
In front of him, three paths opened. Each was different:
One led to a descending ladder, from which a dense and greenish mist emanated.
Another carried him by an endless corridor, where the shadows twisted as if they were alive.
The third invited him to cross a golden door, with engravings of runes that shone weakly.
"Choose wisely," Eleonor whispered, although there was no sign of his presence.
Adrián swallowed. There were no clear instructions. This test was not physical, but mental.
He looked at the three options carefully. I knew the house would do nothing at random. Each road represented a different challenge.
The descending ladder symbolized the unknown and possibly their fears.
The hall of shadows could be a test of value and resistance.
The golden door, with its bright runes, could represent knowledge or something more dangerous.
Adrián closed his eyes for a moment and trusted his intuition. He knew that this decision would mark the beginning of his true proof.
He breathed deeply and took a step forward, choosing his destiny.
Adrián felt the weight of his choice as he crossed the threshold of the golden door. As soon as he touched her, the runes shone with a warm and enveloping light. A feeling of aggravation toured it, as if the ground had disappeared under his feet. His vision clouded, and when he could see clearly again, he was in a circular stone chamber, illuminated by floating torches.
In the center of the room, a pedestal held an old book with dark leather roofs, recorded with the same door symbols. Adrián advanced cautiously, his breathing accompanied by the tension of the moment. By extending the hand towards the book, Eleonor's voice resonated again in his mind:
"Knowledge is power, but it can also be a curse. Only those willing to face the truth can advance."
Adrián felt a chill to travel his back. I knew I couldn't doubt. With determination, he opened the book and his eyes met with words that seemed to dance on the page. An acute pain pierced his head, as if his mind were being invaded by a torrent of prohibited information. Vision After vision, they deployed before him: hooded figures drawing circles of energy, ancient secrets of the academy, forgotten pacts with forces beyond human understanding.
Suddenly, the torch flames became a deep red and the room trembled. A Guttural whisper rose in the air, as if something had woken up.
"You've seen too much," the voice warned, but this time it was not Eleonor.
Adrián felt a stalking presence, a shadow rising from the dark corners of the camera. His instincts shouted to run, but his body was paralyzed. Something moved beyond its peripheral vision, an entity formed with pure shadows.
The book in his hands began to burn with a white light. Without thinking, Adrián closed it suddenly and felt as if his consciousness were torn from that place. When he opened his eyes, he was on his knees in the middle of the original hall, panting. The golden door had disappeared.
Eleonor manifested himself to him, his indecipherable expression.
"You overcome the first test. But the real challenge is just beginning."
Adrián barely had time to recover his breath when the hall began to change again. The walls shrugged, the torches assigned, and a new iron door emerged in front of him, decorated with inscriptions in a language he did not recognize. Inside emanated a cold that pumped to the bones.
Eleonor took a step forward, extending a hand towards the door. "The second test awaits you. This time, there will be no warnings. You must trust what you learned."
Adrián looked at the iron door and felt his heart accelerate. I knew I couldn't go back. He inspired deep and, with a last look at Eleonor, pushed the door and entered the dark.
Inside, the temperature descended immediately, and the air acquired an oppressive weight. I couldn't see beyond a couple of steps in front of him. Black was dense, as if the light itself avoided that place. Behind him, the door closed with a deaf echo, sealing it inside.
Adrián advanced cautiously, extending a hand in search of something tangible. Their steps resonated on a wet stone. The silence was so absolute that his own breathing seemed deafening. Suddenly, a bluish flash illuminated the stay for a moment, revealing static figures on the walls, shadows that seemed carved in the rock, watching it with empty eyes.
A voice arose from darkness, low and serpentant.
"Who dares to challenge the unknown?"
Adrián swallowed, his mind by processing what he had just seen. I wasn't alone.
The blue flash emerged again, this time prolonged. Before him, a stone altar appeared in the center of the room, on which a ornate dagger rested. The edge shone with a disturbing glow, reflecting symbols that twisted as if they were alive.
Adrián instantly knew that this test was different. It was not only knowledge or resistance. Here, I would have to make a decision.
The voice spoke again, closer, this time.
"Sacrifice is the price of true power. What are you willing to offer?"
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Adrián only took a few seconds to think, the answer was clear:"I can offer five things: courage, love, loyalty, gratitude and power"But the voice did not take time to think, and replied:“Accepted offering. Welcome to our home "Then, when Adrián was trying to process what happened, from one moment to another, the place faded, little by little, until quickly, instead of staying sustained and with his feet put on the ground, Adrián felt his body fall To an abyss, the speed increased, and out of nowhere, his body fell on his bed, now, Adrián was inside his room in the house of director Roxanne.Little and was about to end up falling to the ground due to the impact of his landing on the bed.Adrián jumped and jumped until he held.When he kept stability, Adrián sat on the bed.His body still felt the adrenaline of what happened.“Wow, that was great. I want to try again! ”Adrián screamed excitedly.However, no one responded.This time, Adrián was alone in the room, and apparently, he w
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The air became heavy, loaded with a dark and dense energy. Adrián felt how his stomach stirred, but could not allow fear to dominate him. The creature in front of him let out a deep saddle, and suddenly, the ground trembled under his feet. From the shadows more lizards emerged, but these were not normal. They were huge, the size of wolves, with incandescent eyes and mouths full of sharp teeth like blades.This scenario has become the worst moment of his entire life.Adrián backed his heart by hammering his chest. I was completely surrounded. The monsters advanced slowly, as if they were enjoying their fear. But something inside him lit, an unknown spark so far. He closed his eyes and breathed deeply. Inside, he felt a heat that did not come from fear, but something else. Can.He opened his eyes and, from one moment to another, his body rose from the ground. The astonishment hit him strongly, but he did not have time to question him. A burst of wind sustained him in the air, his clothe
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In the kitchen, director Roxanne prepared a couple of lamb sandwiches with gratin cheese and French potatoes. That was the only thing I can do without using magic.Adrián accompanied her in the kitchen because they would eat there, he entertained reading a book that the director lent her her library to entertain in silence and let her cook without asking so many questions, since it was normal for him to feel curious about everything New that I saw in her new life, and the director Roxanne could only answer those questions she knew what to say.The boy read a very interesting book about the giants who had wanted to attack the day he reincarnated in this world and the day he met Ally. The director Roxanne served dinner on her respective dish for each one, Adrián put aside the book and helped her serve the lemonades and then leave them on the table and prepare to eat once the director Roxanne sat next to her."Apparently, you liked the book," said the director when she sat in her chair
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It was Saturday morning. Adrián has awakened, but was still lying in bed, with his eyes lost on the roof and with his book extended in the middle of what he had been reading. There was something in him that had left him restless all night, although he had managed to sleep quietly. It was like a kind of strange feeling that did not let him think of more things than were not that.I did not know what time of the day it was, as in that room I did not have the digital clock in his room of his past life, he was completely lost with the schedule of the area. But then, he remembered something: he possessed magic, he was magical, as well as the vast majority of the inhabitants of this new world. Then, he did.Adrián raised a hand, left her extended in the air without moving from her position, of still lying on the bed in a mouth position, and that was how her fingers shone golden brightness around her, and out of nowhere, these, these Bribes formed a digital clock composed only of numbers
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“Thank you, and apologize that I had to refuse to continue living with you. But they offered me a new home elsewhere, and there was no way to reject it, ”said Adrián, trying not to sound rude to his confession, and at the same time, avoiding giving details about where he had made the decision to live now. "We know, live with the director Roxanne, and at home, it is an honor, and more for a newly reincarnated boy in this life like you," said Ally's mother. Adrián was surprised, his gaze did not hide it. He was upset, clearly confused, he had spoken with Ally so that he wouldn't tell anyone about his secret, and now, his mother knew it. What kind of friend did that?"By the way, where is Ally?" He asked, wanting to change the subject so that Ally's mother did not continue to insist on wanting to talk about the previous subject.“He is in his room, he is fixing. It is his birthday, and we are going to celebrate it with a great party, we were about to look for you to invite you to the
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That was how from the sky a strange figure emerged, he was a man, a man of apparently age much more mature than the director himself Roxanne. The man descended while a dark cloud led him to the ground.That mysterious subject had the most penetrating and terrifying look that Adrián would ever have seen, even in a horror movie he used to see when he lived his past life. His clothes were strange, he looked like a Chinese warrior from the time of the Terracota War.Adrián knew because he had read a lot about that war in the books that devoured every night and without stopping since he took over the love of reading at his new life. There was once the reason why the director had of those books at home did, and when asked, she said that she kept them because since she was titled as director of the Academy where he studied to be a specialist, the former director had a lot of books that he never collected at the time of his resignation, and although she had not ever read their content, she
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Adrián looked at the director firmly. "It is not a precipitous decision, director. It is an opportunity. If fate has brought me here, until this academy, even this new world with these skills, sincerely, it is for a reason. I cannot ignore it, I cannot allow myself to refuse help these people for when they have come from far to look for me to implore my help. "Ally, still clinging to his arm, shook his head. "But Adrián, we don't know what kind of world is that. It can be a trap. It can be a worse place than we imagine. You don't have to do it alone."Han Longwei observed the scene in silence, allowing emotions to overflow without the slightest to interrupt. Then, he took a step forward, his presence is looking to weigh on the air itself. "I will not force anyone to come against their will. But reality remains the same: every second that passes, my world falls more in despair and destruction. And if no one stops it, its suffering will extend beyond its Borders. "The director Roxanne
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Adrián felt the heat of Ally's lips against his, was a fleeting contact of emotions for both. It was also a clumsy, unexpected, but genuine kiss. When they separated, she was completely red and avoided looking directly, playing with her fingers nervously."I'm sorry ... I just ..." Ally murmured, but Adrián denied his head and outlined a quiet smile."Don't apologize," he said gently. "I wanted it as much as you."Ally looked up more safely, meeting Adrián's eyes. A sweet and strange tension was felt between them, but before they could continue delving into the moment, a false cough interrupted the moment."It is beautiful to see youth expressing their feelings, but remember that there are still more important things ahead," said Roxanne director with crossed arms and an arched eyebrow.Adrián and Ally separated quickly, trying to recover their composure. Roxanne released a slight sigh and turned to leave.“Sorry, mom. But remember that I have dinner at Ally's house now, his parents a
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Adrián was stunned. I couldn't believe what I saw. Since when did the world I knew become this?Before it was different, now, everything was chaos. It seemed that there would be no remedy to use to save it. Perhaps…?Was everything being the work of an alliance among its most powerful enemies?An alliance between the woman with silver hair and purple eyes, along with the monk who had felt betrayed by him, and who now wanted to take revenge on what he most preceded?Indeed, Adrián was realizing his mistakes. Those assumptions had no failures in their logic. They can be real. Adrián had betrayed two powerful beings who were now being very powerful, and were attacking him where he hurt the most, in his ancient world. Definitely, this was not the battle of the specialist students of the Darkside Specialist Academy. This was the battle of Adrián Evans, a boy who previously lived a normal life, but because of a terminal disease, ended up dying and his reincarnate soul in a new world
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On the other hand, Adrián looked around, wondering where he had been transported thanks to that mysterious portal that came out of nowhere, and that was how he deduced, everything around him, he seemed too much to the last thing he remembered from the earth.Immediately, the portal disappeared, it was magically, but for Adrián, living those experiences were no longer new, because he was already accustomed to them, in fact, and since he reached his world, Adrián lived much more strange and amazing things than he ever imagined in his past life that would be real."All this...", Adrián murmured as he looked around, analyzing everything he saw, because the memories, immediately, had appeared in his head. "I seem a lot to me...""Land?", Listen to Adrián that, mysteriously, someone speaks to him.That voice seemed to be that of a girl, a small girl, at least about 11 years old, and then, when Adrián looked for her to know where they were talking about, she found that the girl approached wa
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Adrián ran until he could hide inside the forest. He had left the academy, his body flew with the flying skate that he had always used to climb to school that was so high in the air.The forest...That place was your favorite place to think. He needed to think a lot. Lately, too many things have happened in their lives, their most loved beings have been hurt because of their fault. Adrián could not afford to continue hurting them. If nobody wanted to help him with a mission as important as it was to save the world in which he was born first and that he had enjoyed him, a good life, where he had received all the love of the world, Adrián if he cared to save him, and he would do it not only for him, but also would do it for Lucas, the boy who had died to reincarnate and come to this world to ask for help and recover his family and his life before.Adrián turned and turned in the forest, kicked the trunks of the trees to take off his rage of the moment, without measuring the conseque
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Hours spent, everyone was gathered at the Colosseum of the Darkside Specialists Academy. Students, parents, teachers, Roxanne, being the director, and her trusted teacher, Professor Nichols, were there.With them, Adrián was also, and by his side, he remained the boy who came from his world, from which he had come to ask for help in this new world to recover his life that he liked to live so much and not have to resign himself to die and live a new life without knowing what he could have done something to rescue what would remain of his world.Adrián's plan was accepted by all, and it was that the specialists were divided into groups of five people, there were many and the world of Adrián, above all, the main city where chaos was becoming much larger and heavier, they would need the support of all, and control, discipline and disobedience were the key points to be treated at that meeting, because no one could go as well as and on top of the giants without being unharmed Even, dead.Th
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Soon, the wait ended. Professor Nichols had brought Adrián back home, and to Adrián's surprise, his peace, his tranquility, he was not returning, on the contrary, things would begin to get more ugly for everyone from the moment Adrián had no choice but to accept his new challenge. Roxanne did not want this to happen, she was nervous about it, she did not want to lose her worshiped son, not since the last time what almost changed it suddenly happened. The worlds are so unpredictable, magic was a world so great that it was never known what fate could get in your way if it was not careful.Adrián's mother had a lot of terror of knowing what could happen in the event that Adrián returned to his world after so long, after having reincarnated in another life where he was not the same, where he had awakened new powers to know how to live here with those who were now his new family despite having some closer than others.Adrián met the boy, immediately recognized him as a reincarnated soul,
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"I think the best thing we can do is look for Adrián, the boy can feel safer if he speaks directly with him. Don't you think?", Professor Nichols offered. Roxanne nodded, agreeing with him. "Do you know where Ally's house""Yes of course. His father is a great friend of mine, from time to time I am going to visit him there to take a drink while we talk about our affairs. So, I'm going to look for him, stay with the boy. I promise not to take".Professor Nichols left, leaving Roxanne and the boy alone. "Do you want to keep talking about what happens in your human world?"The boy looked at the woman with insecurity."Do you want to give me more ice cream first? It is delicious. He died of hunger".Roxanne looked at the boy with regret and decided to offer him something better so he could be calm. "Don't you prefer to prepare a sandwich? With that you will be more satisfied than with ice cream..."The boy smiled from ear to ear, and his eyes illuminated."Come, accompany me to the ki
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That afternoon ended up being perfect for everyone. Roxanne never imagined that spending quality time with Nichols would be just what he would need to recover. Professor Nichols knew her very well, and knew how to be entertained for her, making her laugh, telling her good stories, and spending quality time with her. That night, Nichols thanked Roxanne for the invitation to dinner, assuring him that the boy's dinner had been delicious. In addition to that, he had also enjoyed a delicious coffee by his side. With those compliments, Roxanne felt very happy, since before, no one had taken the daring to be direct with her, many people who knew her, used to give her respect, treat her only for the most important and professional issues. Until now, no one else had thought about approaching her, as much as Nichols had achieved it.That night, Roxanne had planned to go to a bath, wanted to relax to sleep, but he could not do it since he heard the desperate screams of a person who didn't eve
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The aroma of homemade food began to fill the house, wrapping the atmosphere with a warm and familiar air. From the kitchen the voices of Adrián and Ally were heard discussing the exact amount of condiments they had to use, while from time to time they ranged and the occasional mocking comment. And when they were silent, it was because both teenagers were kissing, and they did nothing to hide it.In the room, silence became comfortable. Roxanne closed her eyes for a moment, enjoying the feeling of not having to be alert, not to be thinking about strategies, training or problems of the academy, as well as having to be going through that moment when I would know that she needed to use her Magic to save those who needed it. Nichols, meanwhile, watched her with dissimulation. It was rare to see her like this, so relaxed, so human, not always fighting the unknown and the enemies, or taking control of what would happen to the academy."What do you look?", She murmured without opening her eye
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"Of course, teacher, accompanies us? I'm going to prepare dinner, and he is invited", Adrian replied, looking at the teacher with an accomplice look to prevent her from going to reject her proposal and that she could spend more time next to her mother outside the academy. He tried, but the professor blushed, and only nodded without saying anything, behaving like a small boy who was afraid to spend time next to the girl he liked.Adrián smiled and looked at Ally."You come? After dinner, I accompany you to your home so you can rest calmly", said Adrián.She nodded."Yes, I would not like any more problems with my parents, if I decide to stay one more night with you in your home", she replied.Adrián nodded. "I agree, I don't want more problems than I already have with them". Then, Adrián helped Ally getting off the stretcher, he took her delicately from the hip, and charged her as if she were a baby until she left her on the floor. For her part, Professor Nichols looked at Roxanne,
