24 Serpent's Blaze Academy

After having her breakfast, Fia went out of the Tavern and bought a dress suitable for a 6-Year-Old girl in the nearby Clothing Shop she could find and came back to her room and laid out the clothes on the bed and removed her old clothes and stored it in her inventory, now standing there stark naked she looked at the smaller sized dress in the bed and said "Hey system, Let's do this, morph my body to match the appearance of a 6-Year old girl"

[Affirmitive,

Activating subskill: {Shapeshifting}... ]

'Oh, Why do I feel like this gonna be painful?' Thought Fia, and just as she thought the pain shot up her arm like fire. She cringed. It exploded in her head with blinding whiteness. It made her dizzy. It made her reel as her body felt like exploding but she preserved while gritting her teeth, after going through a lot after coming to this new world she was gradually getting used to pain every time something like this happens,

While she experienced pain, the size of her body decreased slowly but gradually, as her form morphed and shrank to match the appearance of a 6-Year old girl, her snow-white hair fell gracing her now petite waist and slender, cute stature and also beautifully framing her beautiful pale face, However her most attractive features were her clear Red-eyes and long eyelashes that could easily draw the eyes of others,

After the pain stopped, Fia opened her eyes and looked at the bed and amazed at how her height had changed her perspective like when she was a kid "This is so weird, I look like a loli now" Fia thought out loud and looked and examined her own body for a minute and proceed to change into a new Blue dress she had laid out in the bed

She walked out of the Tavern and she was on her way to Serpent Blaze Academy, as she walked on, she noticed that the more she entered near the center of the Outercirlce of the Blackstone city, the narrow streets of the city's outskirts began to grow wider and the crowds making their way through also increased, The Buildings also looked more luxurious and sophisticated in this part of the area, clearly depicting the life standards of the people living in here

It did not take long before Fia saw what she assumed as the Academy in the distance, a grand Black-Solid glass-like Building that glimmered and loomed over the rest of the Outer Circle with a single tower topped in the middle, It can be perceived as something that pierced the heavens as clouds obstructed the full grandiose of the tower, leaving the height of the tower to the imagination, behind the academy is Humongous Black wall that stretched as far as Fia's eyes could see, she instantly recognized the wall as the Border wall separating the outer circle and inner circle,

Awed by the sight, Fia quickened her pace, It wasn't long before she reached a large square, at the far end of which the Academy stood, at last, she arrived

Fia was dumbstruck as someone from the ever mundane place like Earth, the sight before her was magical nonetheless, The Academy rose at least eighty feet above the city without so much as a single seam on the walls, as if the entire building was sculpted from a single massive block, or the utilization of the Black sand called Skot is creating an illusion making it appear like that

A grand staircase led up to the entrance, made from the same black glass-like substance as the Academy itself. on either side of the staircase stood half a dozen armed guards, wearing Abyss Black uniforms and carrying swords at their sides, unlike the guards that stood in front of the library who wielded Spear, Their serious expressions indicated that they were not just there for decoration

When Fia approached the staircase, one of the black-clad guards immediately stepped forward, a tall man with a sharp face and shoulders asked Fia "what's your business here?" in a cold tone with his hoarse voice.

"I'm here to join the academy" Fia answered flatly

His expression softened, though only slightly, "Have you had your Martial spirit awakened?" he questioned

"No"

"Then you need to visit the Awakening Hall then, who will Awaken your Martial Spirit for 1 Gold coin, if you happen to have a trash Martial spirit you'll not be accepted into the Academy, it's same if you didn't possess Inherent Aether energy in your body, either way, there'll be no refund

So make your choice carefully!" as the guard Instructed all the things Fia needed to know and also warned Fia of potentially losing her money if it didn't work out her way,

"I'll visit the Awakening hall if you don't mind pointing me in the direction," asked Fia, without thinking too much into the guards warning, because she had a feeling that she'll do well also because she had heard Avarose mention that how her body was brimming with unlocked potential and how she would use it to bring the realm to her feet

"Alright then," The guard nodded and pointed at a Black brick building to the left of the square

Fia nodded and walked towards the Awakening Hall.

Seeing the Awakening Hall, she found herself a bit disappointed, It was an impressive building by any standard but not so much compared to the Academy itself, Fia walked to what looked like a Chamber, where a single man stood guard while his uniform matched those of the guards outside both his stance and his expression were noticeably more relaxed

Fia Approached him, the guard asked with a smile, "Here to get your Martial spirit Awakened?" Fia nodded, and the guard continued "Hope you get admitted, not a lot of people do from Outer circle, I'm from Outer circle too, even though I ended up with a Trash martial spirit, It was only thanks to me having aether energy I was able to become a guard"

Fia smiled kindly at the guard for his goodwill and she proceeded to walk inside the chamber