Aurora Academy

"This is it, the best Academy in the entire city so far," Arsenal said to Muna as they arrived at the front of a school gate.

The gate was large, as well as the fence which seemed sturdy and tall.

"Let's go," he said and the two of them headed to the gate. When they got there, it opened up for them and they went in.

The interior was breathtaking. Beautiful trees stretched out from the gate down to the main school buildings, beautiful green grasses filled the two sides of the entrance, and the school buildings were built and decorated just fine.

"The owner of this place must be a young person," Muna said.

"Do you like the place?" Arsenal asked her.

"Though it's beautiful, I don't like it," she replied. "I hate schools," she mumbled with a sad expression.

"I can see the reason why you are weak," Arsenal said to her and she frowned more.

'So what if I am weak? I am still better than many others,' she thought.

"I know what you are thinking but let me correct that mindset of yours," Arsenal said and stopped in his tracks. Facing her, he said. "You aren't better than anyone when you are weak so stop saying that. Another thing is that I want everyone close to me to be as strong as I am, if you can't get strong, then there is absolutely no reason to keep you beside me. Do you understand me?" He said and asked her.

"I understand," she replied with her head lowered.

"Not telling you so you could feel sad though, the choice is yours to make but remember, I am your Master and I can make decisions for you as well," he said to her before continuing on his way.

With a sigh, Muna followed him. She didn't argue with him this time because of course, he was right. She also didn't want to be seen as a weak and useless person so he was right with his words — she had to be strong, one way or the other.

The rest of the journey was quiet until they reached the Dean's office which was a building on its own. With a knock, they entered the office and met an old man who was bald and had a white long beard.

The moment Arsenal stepped into the room, he felt a powerful aura coming from the man.

"Good morning," he greeted the man.

"Good morning. How can this old man help you two?" The man replied.

"I want her to be enrolled in this school, what are the requirements?" Arsenal asked him.

The man looked at Muna, he didn't just glance at her and take away his eyes, he kept looking at her for a long time until Arsenal, getting angry cleared his throat to avert his attention. Even Muna was already becoming uncomfortable with the way the man was staring at her, thanks to Arsenal who who made him stop.

"Well, there aren't many requirements needed. You just have to pay for everything, including the dorm fee, school fee, and other things," the man replied before continuing. "But there is a problem."

"What problem?" Arsenal asked him while Muna frowned.

"I can not sense any traces of magic in her. Has she not awakened any magic yet?" The old man asked them.

"No, not yet but I do not think it is late to do that," Arsenal replied. "Or is it?" He asked.

"A normal gifted child has awakened theirs at the age of ten but from the look of things, she should be around eighteen years, isn't it? Well, I am not saying that she can not awaken magic but the chances are very low," he replied and Arsenal glanced at Muna before turning to face the old man again.

"I'd like to give it a try," Arsenal said. "No matter what, she must Awaken the magic."

"Okay, if you insist," the man agreed and opened his hand. An old-looking staff appeared in his hand that moment and he stabbed it in the ground. "Let her place her hand on it and close her eyes," he said.

Arsenal glanced at Muna and she nodded and went close to the staff. She then placed her hand on the round object of the staff and closed her eyes as instructed.

"Open your mind eyes to take a look into your spiritual world. You must have a pool where your magic star is being formed and if you don't have it, then you can not awaken magic," the old man told her as her eyes were firmly closed.

Inside Muna's spiritual world, the place looked like a part of the sky as it was covered by just clouds and blue scenery. She looked around in search of the pool, unfortunately, she found nothing at first but when she was just about to give up, she saw a little flaming star approaching her from afar.

"I can see it!" She muttered.

"Then control it and direct it into your soul!" The old man instructed.

"Okay!" She replied and back into her spiritual world, she watched as the flaming star kept closing up the space between them — she didn't even need to control it as it was coming to her willingly. And when it did come to her, it flew into her soul directly and merged with her. Her spiritual world turned from a blue scenery to a flaming hot place.

Outside, the air suddenly dropped drastically and both men began to sweat. The staff Muna was holding began to melt and the man had to do something about it because not even Muna knew what was happening as her eyes were still closed.

The man stood up and went close to her, he then clicked his fingers close to her ears and then she finally opened her eyes. She gasped and slowly, the temperature began to return to normal.

"The power was too much for her," Arsenal said and the man nodded.

"But she indeed has the potential to become one of the strongest magic users because she was able to control the aggressive power of the flame element even though it is her first time, I am impressed," the man replied with a smile.

Muna was impressed with herself, she saw Arsenal flash her a warm smile and this made her excited — for him, she was going to become the strongest fire user in the entire world so that she wouldn't have any problem being next to him.

"Now that she has awakened her magic, I believe nothing else will stop her from being enrolled, right?" Arsenal asked the old man.

"Ah! Don't worry about her at all. She has great potential so I will personally see to it that she is well taken care of. She will have the best and proper education here," the man replied.

"If you say so then," Arsenal replied.

"But may I ask you a question?" The old man suddenly demanded.

"Go ahead," Arsenal replied.

"Who is she to you? I mean, the way you are concerned about her is quite intriguing," the man said.

"Well..." Arsenal said and glanced at Muna. He didn't want to tell him that she was his servant because not only would it hurt her, but it would also make the man take less care of her so he had to say something nice about her. "Let's just say she is someone I don't joke with," he said.

"Ah, if it's that way, then it's cool. Don't worry, she is fine under my care," the man said and Arsenal nodded.

"With this, I will now take my leave," he said and turned to leave the office.

"Can I see him off?" Muna asked the man who nodded and then she hurriedly turned around and followed Arsenal.

"Master," she called and Arsenal stopped when they had gotten outside.

"I want you to focus on becoming strong, also, don't forget our main purpose. I will come to check on you after a while," he said to her. Seeing that she was somewhat sad, he touched her face and smiled faintly. "Don't worry, when you become strong, I will destroy the servant and master contract between us," he added and before she could say anything, he was gone.