Should have brought some books

"Yes, the ancient ones. Although, the ancient lines failed to retain their control over the origin Qi. The legends do suggest that the ancient lines used the Origin Qi to defeat and seal the dark forces. The Origin Qi is a name given to it a few centuries ago but its actual name, the name given by the ancient ones was 'Divinity Qi'."

"After all that said, it's time to assign your seating order."

'Tick' Miller snapped his fingers and the different Qi's that mixed together started splitting. The Qi's slowly made their way on to different seats and hovered above them.

"I am sure every one of you can sense your Qi. Go and sit in the seat where your Qi is hovering over." But to Leo's surprise, there were Qi's hovering all over the seats. Which meant Miller added some of his Qi to compensate the seven's Qi.

Leo signalled the rest of the gang to group up with him as he got up. The other six gathered around Leo just as he signalled while the other students went to their seats and sat. After observing the seven spots which were unoccupied, Leo and the other six sat randomly at those seven seats. Erina sat behind Aiko while the other five split in different directions.

"This being the first lecture, I am not going to teach anything else. Why don't we introduce ourselves? Starting from you." Miller pointed towards a girl who was pouting as she got the first seat in the row.

"I am-" As soon as the introductions began Leo stopped paying interest towards the class and got lost in his own thoughts.

'Things are getting complicated.'

'Why do I feel that I am missing something? Something that is just before me, but I can't see it.'

'Similarities between our worlds, the languages, the ways of life.'

'Something...I am missing something-'

"Hey...Hey!" As Leo got lost in his thoughts, his neighbour shook him out of it.

"It's your turn to introduce yourself." Leo looked around quickly after hearing what his neighbour said. Seeing everyone fixated their eyes on him, Leo immediately rose up from his seat.

"I am Leo and I am from Ostinia. My hobbies are playing chess and reading books." Leo said casually without thinking much. Only after he saw the faces of the rest of the students did he realize something was wrong.

"What's chess? I never heard of such a game." A girl from the other corner of the room asked in a slow voice.

'So chess doesn't exist here. I have to confirm things from the next time if they exist in this world.' Leo thought internally while Sai grinned at Leo seeing that he slipped.

"It's an interesting game which requires a lot of concentration. If you are interested I can teach you later." Leo said with a sweet smile trying to cover his blunder. The girl swiftly turned towards the board after seeing Leo's reply to her.

"Next." Miller was actually excited and looking forward to the seven's introduction. The only thing he was told was that the seven had special status and they are not supposed to use their Qi but none of the teachers were told the reason which made them quite interested in the seven.

The introductions ended peacefully with the others managing not to slip something and for a change, even Erina introduced herself in a neat and cute manner without messing anything up.

'Ring' It was the sound of the academy bell which is rung once every hour starting from 8 in the morning to 8 in the night.

"That's it for today. I do notice some people coming to the class even without a bag, I hope you bring one to the next class." Miller let out a smirk as he looked at the seven one after another.

'Shit, we totally forgot about that.' Leo's eyes opened wide after he realized that everyone in the classroom brought a bag and some books.

The classes started at 9 in the morning end had a lunch break from 12 to 1:30 in the afternoon and after which the classes continued till 4:30 in the evening. The seven met with similar remarks from all the teachers the whole day.

'Ring' The final bell for the day rang giving the seven a relief. They were dying in embarrassment after every teacher reminded them to bring some books.

"Leo! Let's go get the books, please. I don't want to go through the same experience tomorrow too." Sai sprinted towards Leo as soon as the class dismissed.

"I am so not planning to get embarrassed either. Let's go get them." After saying that, Leo and the rest headed towards the academy gates.

"Sai..." Reeva called out slowly to Sai which made him look back while walking.

"Is he looking at 'us'?" Reeva's eyes were fixated on Orion who was staring at the seven with a serious face.

"Well, that's his job, to observe. I guess?" Sai said casually as he followed Reeva's gaze.

There were a lot of shops right outside the academy gates as it is a hotspot for students in the academy. The shops sold machines which ran on Qi cells, clothes, books and a lot of stuff. The group immediately found the shop which sold what they needed. The group quickly headed back to the dorm after paying with the money they took from their accounts earlier when they visited Norton bank.

"Ah! That wasn't a very good first day. But I got to know of something interesting. The divinity Qi." Sai laid back on his bed as he lost himself in his thoughts and slowly fell asleep.

'Knock Knock' Hearing the knock, Ian's eyes opened widely in an instant. His eyes quickly turned towards the clock. And what he saw was the one time he didn't want to see.

'It's 1 am again.'