A New Dawn 30 An Unwanted Acciden

Her small rest was not enough and the limitations of her human body were showing once more. Due to the fact that she couldn't use anything to relieve those needs, she had to suffer in silence. Finally, the group of four adults and the little kid arrived at the stone platform. Then Alexander began his speech.

"…."

She saw him moving his lips but since she was at the back of the room, she heard nothing. The magus frowned and she saw him injecting some mana under him. The only woman and one man behind him even laughed at that sight, making Alexander angrier. The last adult was only looking at the future students, not caring at all. Istuienn, on the other hand, was totally perplexed and didn't know what to do.

"As I said, welcome the Academy of Magic. My name is Alexander Arastil and I am in charge of the Punishment Council. If you break any rules here, you will have to deal with me, personally."

His very last word was filled with cold and soon, ice was spreading around the stone platform. That provoked a movement of panic from the numerous children, something that was probably sought. First, they show the terrifying stick, and then the juicy treat. As Leilade guessed, the woman stopped the powers of Alexander and made the atmosphere a lot warmer. She was slightly older than Alexander but not more than 50 years old. Her plump form and her attitude were reminiscing of a caring mother.

"Don't worry, if you do nothing wrong, this will be the last time you see this scary man. Let me introduce you the rest. I am Sarah Meridil, the Principal of this Academy. If you have any problem, feel free to ask me and if it is possible, I will try my best to resolve the issue. To my left is Artour Rodil, in charge of the beautiful garden. "

She pointed at the visibly smiling old man. He was looking exactly like the other man and the old man Moo. Old, with a white beard and visibly knowledgeable. The only difference between the face of the two men was that one was smiling and the other not. They should be brothers.

"Numerous strange plants and extraordinary herbs exist in this world and Magus Artour is one of the most important mages on this domain. He also always lacks manpower so you will be able to work under him and learn all those wonderful things in no time. As for Arthar Rodil, he is in charge of all the researches on magic. Whether it is a magical inscription or the creation of new spells, his department is the answer to all those problems. Only the most hard-working and talented magicians can enter it, but the privileges that accompany those positions are enormous. Only you can change your fate. So work hard, my dear students."

The children were not overload by a huge amount of information in the first day and that small introduction still managed to explain a bit of their future. Of course, it was just an introduction, but everyone in the room hoped that they could work with the Magus Arthar. Only after finishing her speech and harboring a huge smile did Sarah noticed that a little girl was next to her. Her face slightly crumbled when she remembered that she forgot Istuienn after the small incident in the beginning. Both Alexander and Arthar facepalmed themselves while Artour laughed once more. Seeing this, all the children began to talk with each other and it will be impossible to recover the calm without doing something massive.

Since it was the case, draconic measures were taken. Targeting the sleeping magician, Sarah threw a little [Fireball] on his hair, immediately waking him up. Profiting of the attention of the children, Alexander took the parole.

"In the back of the room, there are two magicians. Girls follow the woman and boys follow the man. You're dismissed."

The icy voice of the magus immediately prompted the impressionable kids to stand right next to their designated guardian. Leilade looked at the number of students and counted 39 people. Adding herself and the sister of Muirnë that was still behind, 41 children will be present this year. She had no idea if it was big or small, but now, she had an idea of how big the Kingdom was. Still needed to be affined when she will enter the library, but it was better than nothing. The two overwhelmed magicians were still trying to restore the calm and Leilade used that to stick close to Istuienn.

In the uncontrolled state of the kids, numerous people were slightly pushed. However, the moment Istuienn finally reached the group of girls, she was violently pushed to the ground. The two groups of children were not that far and right before the beautiful girl hit the ground, a boy managed to grab her and prevent any injuries. However, he soon lost balance and the two of them end up in a mess on the ground. Since it was near the outskirt, it would have been unnoticed if a boy didn't hurriedly dash forward and picked up Istuienn.

"Princess, I am sorry, I didn't think that something like that could happen by accident." The boy had clear blue eyes, black hair and Leilade immediately linked his appearance to someone that she met recently. The boy had the same arrogant demeanor and didn't even looked at the hurt boy that wore poor clothes. He only had eyes for Istuienn.

"It's nothing if it wasn't for that boy." She extended her hand toward the little human on the ground and by doing that, didn't notice the angered visage of the handsome boy behind her. The poor kid grabbed it like nothing was wrong and smiled at her. "What is your name?"

"Ronald. Just Ronald. And don't worry, I am not hurt. Especially to save someone like you, something that little would impede me." Leilade had to admit, he was good, especially with his red hair and eyes. At the same time, she remembered that neither her current appearance of her real one was good-looking. Why do the genius all have to be handsome or gorgeous? After thinking about that, she thought about Meridiana that was ranked in the top 3 of the most beautiful creature and that appeased her. No matter how hard she looked at that group, they couldn't even be compared to her. But whether it was the boys or the girls, all were smitten by the three discussing.

"Enough, who did this? Who dare to harm the princess?" The black haired boy stomped toward the girls and all began to retreat. They didn't know that their target had such a high rank but they were still solidary. None betrayed the guilty nobles and in the end, one pointed to the lone girl standing nearby. A girl wearing clean clothes but still ordinary ones. And that was still baffled by the direction that the evens took.

(I didn't plan that. You should have saved her yourself.)

"The only moment I looked away, something like that happened." Leilade and the Viscount were debating about how this happened. However, it was too late because all the girls, even those that were in front of the magicians and that couldn't have seen everything, pointed at her. The menacing copy of a certain magus walked toward Leilade and tried to pressure her.

"Is it true? Did you push the princess? I, Leodagan Arastil ask you this." She felt that no matter what will happen, she will be found guilty. Also, since her plan to get close was already over before it even started, it would be a good way to contact Alexander and tell him to cancel everything.

"Yes. Now, can we go please?" Her cold voice that clearly didn't match her cute appearance stunned everyone. First of all, none thought that she will admit it, especially a noble girl that was very pale at this moment. The two boys that were fighting for the same prize immediately turned hostile and even the kind princess looked disappointed.

"That's great, come with me, I will uphold justice right now. To harm a fellow student, the very first day, your punishment will not be light. We don't need some savage peasants breaking the rules that were created thousands of years ago." The sheer arrogance in his voice was pretty unpleasant and the princess was clearly not happy with that, but Leodagan didn't notice it. Like he didn't notice the anger on numerous people that were wearing cheap clothes. At this moment, the two most hated people were close to each other and leaving the hall. As for the magicians, that accident was way above their authority and when they recognized the son of the magus, they sighted of release.

Soon, Leilade and her kidnapper arrived near the door she left some hours ago. To his surprise, the handsome boy noticed that she was extremely familiar with the path and that she was not reluctant at all to walk where he wanted to be. A sentiment of unease crept in his mind, but he dismissed it. Only after announcing his presence and seeing the face of his father crumbled did he realized that maybe he made a mistake. What he didn't know was that Alexander was not worried about him but the potential victim of Leilade.

In the history of his position, it was unheard of a student committing two incidents before even receiving their uniforms. He was feeling more and more reluctant to hide the talent of Leilade and even began to think that if a nation captured her, it would be a huge benefit for the kingdom. Even if it was borderline treason, it was his true thoughts.

"Magus Alexander, this student violently pushed the princess and even admitted her crime. What should be the sentenced?"

The magus was baffled by the information that his son gave. In this location, the human with the least reason of doing something like that would be the very person he accused. He was beginning to dismiss it when he heard the same cold voice he began to dread.

"I didn't do it, however, this student abused his power as a noble to force me to confess. I am the victim here." Her enormous smile completely destroyed her accusation, but Alexander knew it was just to embarrass him at this point. His son completely screwed their original plan and therefore, since he was humiliating her, she fought back. His headache that was gone returned once more. Since the damage was done, he couldn't do anything at all besides salvaging the favor of the icy girl.

"I see, let's drop both of the accusations and continue this day, everybody is fine with that?"

"But, fat…

"EVERYBODY IS FINE?" Leodagan tried to argue but seeing his angry dad, he nodded as well.

"Great, lead her to the quartermaster and make sure he provides everything. And not a single word should leave your mouth besides that. Also, you are now a normal student, remember that. Even if you are my son, the rules are applied to you too."

Without anything else to say, the magus waved at the two to leave his room. The deeply infuriated Leodagan and the totally bored Leilade managed to catch up with the group right before they reached the quartermaster. Everyone looked at them weirdly, but none dared to ask anything. However, both of them saw that while they were gone, that Ronald got very close to Istuienn and she was even laughing with him.

Chapter end