Shadow Monastery

Walking back to her room, a satisfied look could be seen on Beatrice's face, even the students she passed on her way there didn't seem as scared by her as when she went in the opposite direction.

As soon as she walked into her room, Beatrice walked towards her bed before searching underneath it.

"This should do," mumbled Beatrice as she looked at the tiny vial in her hands, Beatrice then took out several strands of hair from one of her inner pockets before placing them inside the vial.

After that, Beatrice ripped out a small piece of paper from the back of her notebook before writing a name on

Laith Keys

Only a few moments after that, Beatrice put the small vial in a hidden corner under her bed before once again sitting on it and beginning to once again attempt to fully remember the rune for the Inner Darkness meditation technique.

Two weeks later,

"It's close," mumbled Beatrice as she once again opened her eyes, having failed to fully recreate the rune inside of her mind, but right now Beatrice was not discouraged at all, in the four weeks she spent on the ship, Beatrice felt significant proggres in her mastery of the rune, right now, she felt like she only needed to become a tiny bit better and she would be able to completely master it.

But this was not the time, after finishing her meditation, Beatrice picked up her large amount of luggage before exiting the room, after this Beatrice then began walking to room one and knocking on the door.

"Come in," said Mr. Errol's calm voice from the other side of the door, causing Beatrice to open the door before walking in.

"I see you have studied my notebook very well," said Mr. Errol as Beatrice put down her luggage and sat down on the chair.

"Yes, Mr. Errol," said Beatrice, feeling as if she had been completely seen through.

"Good, but do not neglect the other books I selected for you once you get to the school, they are very much suitable for you right now," said Mr. Errol as he took a small sip from his cup of tea.

"Understood, Teacher Errol," said Beatrice, causing a smile to appear on Errol's face.

After Beatrice exited the room and was walking down the hallway, she suddenly felt a piece of paper appear in her hands.

"Apprenticeship notice, Beatrice Agnes, Teacher: Errol Jarth," read Beatrice as she looked at the small piece of paper in front of her, as she looked at it, Beatrice could sense a large amount of elemental energy hidden inside of the paper.

"Things should be much more convenient this way," mumbled Beatrice as she walked towards the deck of the ship and looked at the gloomy monastery that was slowly showing itself in the distance.

After this, several minutes passed in near silence, even though many students gathered on the deck of the ship, not one of them made any sounds as they looked at the monastery which seemingly became larger and larger the closer the ship got to it.

"How is this even possible," mumbled Beatrice as she looked at the monastery that looked to be over five hundred meters tall, being by far the largest building Beatrice had ever seen in her life.

"Don't be surprised yet," said Errol, who had appeared next to Beatrice after an unknown moment in time.

Only a few moments later, the ship took a sharp turn away from the monastery before landing in a field over a kilometer away.

"How will we get to the school?" asked Beatrice as she looked at the huge monastery that could be seen in the distance.

"We are already there, follow me, I don't want to waste any more time here," said Mr.- no Teacher Errol before walking to what looked like a large tomb with three monuments in front of it.

Unlike normal ones, the large demonic-looking statues stood in front of this tomb, and as soon as Errol walking front of them, the three statues opened their eyes.

Suddenly, one of the statues opened it's mouth.

"Errol Jarth Teacher, Beatrice Agnes Student," said the statue before closing both it's mouth and eyes.

Immediately after the statue said that, the tomb in front of them suddenly opened, revealing a several-meter-wide staircase that led to an underground tunnel.

Merely a moment after that, Teacher Errol and Beatrice walked inside of the tunnel, rather, the underground building, as calling this place a tunnel would be a grand understatement.

Even though Beatrice only just entered, she could see over three hundred different mage apprentices wearing black robes, some walking in the hall, some walking out of the hall, while another group stood at the counter at the center of the hall.

"All these people here are students, you don't have to worry, it isn't usually this busy, now that a new group is coming in, prices have fluctuated a lot at those shops," said Errol as he saw Beatrice look at the scene before her with a surprised expression on her face.

Suddenly, a smile appeared on Beatrice's face as she looked at the group of students in front of her.

"I think I came to the right place," mumbled Beatrice as she slightly licked her lips

...

"Finally," mumbled Anne as she looked at the five hundred elemental stones in her hands, after a few moments, Anne walked up to the counter.

"One Elixir of Darkness," said Anne to the clerk before placing the five hundred elemental stones on the counter.

Hearing that, the clerk looked over the elemental stones before taking out a small dark bottle and handing it to Anne.

Suddenly, as she walked back to her dorm with the Elixir of Darkness in hand, Anne felt a gaze on her.

As if feeling that gaze, the hundred of scars, burns and foreign objects on Anne's body suddenly ached, and at the same time, Anne almost fell to the ground.

"Another maniac," thought Anne as she looked at the white-haired girl that was walking with Mr. Errol that was coming straight towards her.

Gritting her teeth, Anne walked passed Beatrice, mumbling something as she did so.

"I'm not a good experimental subject, you should look for someone else," mumbled Anne as she displayed the results of the previous experimentation as if to make Beatrice not regard her as a good experiment subject.

Hearing what Anne said, Beatrice smiled before continuing to follow Mr. Errol, at the same time, her eyes looked at the six huge scars on the girl's torso.