2025-01-20 07:49:45Headmistress Roxanne and Adrian leave the academy's management office, and as they walk towards what would be Adrian's new temporary home, the boy couldn't help but look towards the classrooms where he could see that, in some classes, the injuries of the day were great; in one of them, they were learning the art of dark herbology, they were taking out a frog's heart without using surgical elements, yes, that would look disgusting to anyone's eyes, even disgusting, maybe someone was already vomiting from not being able to stand it, but in the classroom, there was no one vomiting.
All the boys were concentrating on how they would manage to rip out the frog's heart without it daring to bite their fingers. Not even the girls were showing any signs of wanting to run out of the room, they all wanted to earn the points the teacher would give them for meeting the challenge.
In another classroom, they were learning the art of tarot card reading. It was a less interesting class than the previous one, but nevertheless, it also managed to capture his attention, even though almost the entire class was more present, girls than boys. That didn't make it a boring class for Adrian.
Sadly, Adrian had lost the entrance exam to the academy, and now, he would have to work as a janitor at the academy to make a living, because in one thing the director was right, he had no family in this world to ask them for support while he managed to establish himself as a specialist at the academy for when his powers awakened.
If they ever did.
But, if they already did when he was in a dangerous situation, why now that he was on the verge of death in the test did they not wake up?
Adrian was disappointed, and sad, but more disappointed.
He only hoped he could get to his room quickly, and stay there, lock himself in, and cry until his eyes were tired of doing so. But he wouldn't do it in front of the headmistress of the academy, who was giving him the last chance to stay to help him.
They arrived at the place, it was a room not too big and not too small, it was just the right space to fit a small kitchenette that was used as a stove, a personal bed, a bathroom with its private shower, sink and toilet, and a small desk with a worn chair located in a corner. There was no window in the room, so Adrian, if he did not want to sleep, would have to use candles for light while he was awake. He also had a medium-sized antique wooden closet located in a corner, next to the desk.
“Well, this will be where you'll be living for a while, you have everything you need. In fact, there are even clothes stored there in the closet in case you need, because I imagine you don't have any clothes, right?”, Principal Roxanne questioned him.
“No, the truth is that this is the only thing I have with me,” he replied.
Headmistress Roxanne thought, but said nothing.
“That being the case, I hope you have a good night here tonight, in the meantime, take this day off to settle in and rest because of what happened in the entrance exam, I will send Ally to come for you at lunchtime to join us in the cafeteria. Mind you, I will warn you once and for all, as long as I am a janitor, you have no right to spend time with the students, you will only be able to interact with the academy staff. I will let Ally see you on the sly because I see that you are friends, and at this point, you will need one. But try not to tell anyone, okay?” the headmistress warned him.
Adrian just nodded his head, now, he didn't care about anything. At least he had a home and food assured, and above all, a job, and he could still count on the support of his friend Ally, even if he couldn't live with the others.
“Get some rest, kiddo. Remember, tomorrow at 5:00 am you start your first day of work,” the headmistress insisted.
“But, headmistress, how will I know what time it is if there isn't even a window I can look out of, or a clock?”, Adrian asked.
With a snap of her fingers, the headmistress made an artificial light clock appear on the wall opposite Adrian's bed, it was 10:23 in the morning, the numbers and letters floated slightly and made no noise at all as they moved.
“Thank you, headmistress. Really, thank you,” the boy thanked.
Without another word, the headmistress left his room, closed the door with her on her way out, and Adrian, finally, was able to throw himself on the bed to cry.
Two hours later...
Adrian drifted off to sleep until he heard loud knocking on the door, calling him with pressure.
“Adrian! Open up! I brought your lunch along with mine so we can eat together!”, Ally yelled from outside the room as her hand kept pounding on his door.
With what little strength he had, Adrian got out of bed, and opened the door of his house to his friend. She was there, sporting her uniform, carrying two trays that brought a plate of food, a drink, and a small pudding for dessert to finish.
“Hi Ally, come on in. Welcome to my new home, come on in, come on in,” Adrian said in a low mood, he was still very sad about what had happened.
With a smile, Ally walked into her room, looked around, and without complaint or fuss, she decided to sit at the desk to eat from her lamb sandwich, while Adrian got his tray after he closed the door and went to settle down to eat on his bed.
“Don't you have a light?” asked Ally as she realized that everything was completely dark.
“No, I don't, hardly, the headmistress was able to add that magic clock with her magic when I told her I didn't have a watch to see the time,” Adrian took his sandwich, and although he wasn't very hungry, he decided to eat because then he wouldn't know what time it would be dinner time, and he literally couldn't remember when was the last time he ate something in his other life.
Without thinking, Ally made a gesture of drawing an invisible circle in the air with her right hand and her fingers extended in the air, and as a simple glow of yellow light emanated from her hand, a large, thick white candle with a lit flame appeared out of nowhere, levitating in the air very close to them to brightly illuminate the room.
“Ready, with this candle you won't have problems with anything, I will only advise you that, if you want to light it, tell her: light, or when you want to turn it off, tell her: turn off, and ready, she will obey you”, Ally said and continued concentrating on her sandwich.
“Ally, I don't think you are going to obey me. I don't have magic, I'm not a magical person like you who can use magic whenever you want and at your convenience. That's why I'm here. So, I guess the candle will stay lit for a long time, or until you or someone else who does have magic wants to blow it out,” he commented sadly, he took another bite of his sandwich to stop talking about it.
Ally opened her eyes, she was surprised, she almost choked on the sandwich she was eating at that moment and had to drink some of her cherry juice to avoid choking.
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“What? You're kidding, right? What do you mean you're not magical? What do you mean you don't have powers? Who told you that vile lie?”, Ally caught her breath after coughing for a moment as she nearly choked. Adrian didn't seem surprised by her friend's reaction. He set the sandwich down on the half-finished tray, tossed the tray to the side of the bed and stood up, began to walk in circles for the short space he had to do so. Her gaze was lost on the floor.“Ally, did you know that the academy does an entrance test for students to define in which academic program they will be enrolled?”, he asked the girl with interest to know that what she experienced was not some kind of trap on the part of the director Roxanne, he wanted to know if that had been true. Ally nodded. “Yes, I knew that. I forgot to mention it, sorry. We've all been through that test, I nearly failed, I was sent to fight a horde of flying angry piranhas from another world. Yes, it may sound stupid, but with that t
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The battlefield was similar to that Adrián had entered when the director Roxanne told her that she should do to enter the academy as evidence.But this field was different, now, the sky was black, there was no space where a single flash of light could enter. Around it, the students had all organized themselves sitting on stone benches that appeared magically at the same time as the battlefield.Under his feet, kilometers of sand extended.A battle has begun.The teachers joined the students to be spectators.Adrián looked around, looking for Ally everywhere, until, finally, he found her sitting in the front row from the highest point of the steps. Adrián calmed down to see her, because in the midst of so many people, it was impossible to stay calmly and surely what he was doing. Adrián came from a world in which magic did not exist, and now, he had reincarnated in soul in a world where magic was real, and the survival pillar is the fight.On the other hand, Adrián also saw Ryan's two
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The Darkside Specialist Academy in the new world was fantastic.It looked like a castle out of a tale of dark medieval stories where evil seems to reign more than good.The towers have been built on rocks, and the academy was located at a very considerable height as seen from the ground and in the sky.At the beginning, Adrian felt scared, nervous because he had to use a high-tech flying skateboard to gain entrance to the academy. For Ally, it was very easy to use it, she only had to jump on it, the skateboard gave off smoke and following the orders of her body began to move through the air with agility, without fear of falling to the ground.For his part, Adrian looked at his skateboard, not knowing how the hell he should use it, when he saw Ally do it, it seemed so easy, but just when it was his turn, terror took over him, since in his world, once upon a time, he got to play on these things, but not in those that could fly, his were different, they were used with small wheels, and y
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Adrián left the director of the director Roxanne with a lot of papers he signed and that he promised himself that he would read as soon as he came home. Home. It was a word that, at this time and after having been admitted to the hospital of his last life for a long time waiting for death to take him, he was not yet updated in his vocabulary. But Adrian infinitely appreciated that director Roxanne has behaved very good with him and that he has now decided to give him a home without even having known him. Upon leaving his office, Adrián met several of his new classmates, going out with his backs loaded on his back. The vast majority greeted him, some girls smiled to see him. Being the new sensation was incredible, because before, it was just a marginalized. Quickly, he met Ally.“Hello, Ally. Look, I already have everything I need for my first day of class, I am already a student of the Academy”, he said when he approached to greet the girl, who at that time had been distracted
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The battlefield was similar to that Adrián had entered when the director Roxanne told her that she should do to enter the academy as evidence.But this field was different, now, the sky was black, there was no space where a single flash of light could enter. Around it, the students had all organized themselves sitting on stone benches that appeared magically at the same time as the battlefield.Under his feet, kilometers of sand extended.A battle has begun.The teachers joined the students to be spectators.Adrián looked around, looking for Ally everywhere, until, finally, he found her sitting in the front row from the highest point of the steps. Adrián calmed down to see her, because in the midst of so many people, it was impossible to stay calmly and surely what he was doing. Adrián came from a world in which magic did not exist, and now, he had reincarnated in soul in a world where magic was real, and the survival pillar is the fight.On the other hand, Adrián also saw Ryan's two
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“What? You're kidding, right? What do you mean you're not magical? What do you mean you don't have powers? Who told you that vile lie?”, Ally caught her breath after coughing for a moment as she nearly choked. Adrian didn't seem surprised by her friend's reaction. He set the sandwich down on the half-finished tray, tossed the tray to the side of the bed and stood up, began to walk in circles for the short space he had to do so. Her gaze was lost on the floor.“Ally, did you know that the academy does an entrance test for students to define in which academic program they will be enrolled?”, he asked the girl with interest to know that what she experienced was not some kind of trap on the part of the director Roxanne, he wanted to know if that had been true. Ally nodded. “Yes, I knew that. I forgot to mention it, sorry. We've all been through that test, I nearly failed, I was sent to fight a horde of flying angry piranhas from another world. Yes, it may sound stupid, but with that t
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Adrian looked around him with nerves on edge, gripping every part of his body. Onexus was a place that seemed designed to break anyone who dared to enter it. The undulating walls, the air charged with an energy that could almost be felt, and the constant sensation of being watched made him feel tiny and helpless.Suddenly, the ground trembled beneath his feet.In front of him, the walls began to open, giving way to a gigantic figure emerging from the gloom. It was a colossus of dark stone, with eyes that glowed like burning coals. His step echoed like thunder, and every movement shed fragments of his body, revealing flashes of light at specific points.“The Shadow Colossus!” said Roxanne's voice, echoing through the air. Watch, Adrian. Every enemy has a weak spot. Find it before it finds you, that will be the key to its defeat.The giant advanced, raising a huge arm that slammed into the ground, sending a shockwave that threw Adrian backwards. He struggled to his feet, his hands wer
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They strolled through all the halls of the academy, Adrian kept looking in awe at what made it up; students with extraordinary abilities, superb teachers and teaching classes that didn't look at all boring like the ones he once took in his other life for when his terminal illness hadn't been detected yet.Headmistress Roxanne analyzed every step, every glance and every movement of the boy who accompanied her, wondering to herself from which of all the worlds she knew was the one that might have been Adrian's former home.There were different existing magical worlds that were annexed to the earth, for when people died, God decided if he wanted to take their soul to heaven, or if they deserved a chance to reincarnate in one of the other worlds, it all depended on their aura, their mentality, and their personality and heart. These worlds were seven in total, and the director, Roxanne, knew them perfectly well to the letter because both she and her graduate students from the academy, stoo
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The students were entering the academy, all in orderly fashion, wearing the same uniform Ally had been wearing that morning, and the same one she had worn the day she and Adrian met. The group of the three boys who had confronted and stolen Ally's giant's head trophy were nowhere to be seen yet, Adrian remembered them, and thought that maybe the boys had already arrived at the academy and were at this moment showing off their prize to the teacher Ally had mentioned to him that she didn't want to be late for class that day.Ally looked nervous about approaching to pass attendance along with the woman stationed at the door, an antique notebook hovered in the air beside her, and a feather moved on top of it each time she called out a name of the student who was entering in line order.“You're nervous, aren't you?”, Adrian noticed.Although he didn't want to say it, he was. Ally was afraid to enter the academy, to attend class, because on that previous challenge depended on her future at
