Beastology I

The last lesson for today is Beastology. Beastology is a lesson that teaches about animals in the Gaia world. Students are taught about feeding, maintaining, breeding, and proper treatment of these various animals. This lesson will be taught by Teacher Harry Zoikós Lampster or Teacher Harry for short.

"Good afternoon, students!" Teacher Harry greeted.

"Good afternoon!"

"My name is Harry Zoikós Lampster, you can call me Teacher Harry. The first material that we will discuss today is the three categories of animals in Gaia," said Teacher Harry then he writes the title of the material on the board.

"In this world, animals are divided into three categories, specifically ordinary beast, magic beast, and demon beast. The ordinary beast is animals that can't use magic, while magic beast and demon beast can use magic. What makes magic beast and demon beast different is that demon beast was once a magic beast that can't control its magic properly that results in berserks like behavior that attacks anything or anyone in its path. So if you find a demon beast, be careful and report your findings immediately to the security forces," explained Teacher Harry.

Selina raised her hand to ask and Teacher Harry allowed it.

"Are there other characteristics of demon beasts?" Selina asked.

"Good question! Demon beasts usually have a larger body size than magic beasts which are their counterparts. Another characteristic is that they have red eyes," answered Teacher Harry.

Selina nodded her head in understanding of Teacher Harry's explanation.

"Continue to the next material," said Teacher Harry, who returned to write the title of the material on the board.

"Rank of beasts. The rank of beasts is divided like the rank of mana amount. From high to low is S, A, B, C, D, and E class. All ordinary beasts like Agelada, Kotópoulo, and Garída fall into the E class category," explained Teacher Harry that afternoon.

All Class 1's members listen carefully to the lesson. Selina who didn't want to lose to Arthur for the umpteenth time was busy taking notes on what Teacher Harry explained.

"Can anyone tell why the rank of beasts is divided in such a way?" Asked Teacher Harry.

All Class 1's members raised their hands. Finally, Teacher Harry decides to choose Daniel to answer the question he asked earlier.

"The rank of beasts is divided in such a way because like humans and other beings, they have mana which varies in quantity in their bodies. An exception is the E class category which only contains ordinary beasts. Even though they have some mana and are included in the E class, they cannot channel their mana path so they cannot use magic at all, unlike humans and other beings who maybe only have an E class mana amount but can channel the mana path they have in their bodies so they can use magic," explained Daniel in a complete answer.

"Exactly. Unlike humans, ordinary beasts cannot channel mana path in their bodies. Okay kids, do you all understand?" Asked Teacher Harry after clap once.

All students including Selina nodded their heads.

Teacher Harry looked at the clock on the classroom's wall.

"Because there is still plenty of time left, let's continue. The next material is about Unicorn which is one of the magic beasts that is included in the C class category. Let's all move to the training ground!" Teacher Harry gave instructions.

After everyone moved from the classroom to the training ground, Teacher Harry put his hands in front of his body and said, "Synergátis!"

*Puff!*

A puff of white smoke appeared suddenly in front of Teacher Harry. After the white smoke faded and finally disappeared, Selina and other Class 1's members could see a creature like a pure white almost silver horse which is slightly large than a horse in general. The creature has a golden horn on its head and hooves that are also gold in color.

"This is my familiar. Her name is Molly," Teacher Harry introduced his familiar.

'She is so beautiful...' Selina thought.

"She is so beautiful..." Alexa said out loud what she was thinking.

"Of course. My Molly is the most beautiful Unicorn of all Unicorns in the Seraphium Kingdom," said Teacher Harry proudly while stroking Molly's head.

"Neigh..." Molly neighed seemed to agree with Teacher Harry's words.

"As you can see, Molly has a golden horn and hooves. This is because Unicorn foals are born pure gold in color. They remain so until they are about two years old, at which time they turn silver in color. At around four years old their horns grow in. They are fully grown at about seven years old, at which at this age they turn a shade of pure white that is so bright that it makes freshly fallen snow look gray in comparison almost like Selina's hair. Their blood is silver-blue in color and shines under the moonlight. It is mentioned a Unicorn can live for about a hundred years." Teacher Harry explained.

"Teacher Harry how about the rumors that said Unicorns prefer a woman's touch?" Alexa asked.

"That's just a myth. The proof is that Molly wants to be touched by me and eventually become my familiar," Teacher Harry said.

"Ooh..." All Class 1's members nodded in understanding.

"Besides for you to look at what is Unicorn like, Molly is here to be your illustration model for the essay assignment on Unicorn which will be collected next week. Since it will be difficult to draw a Unicorn without a model, I allow you to use Molly as a model. Let's start drawing, you can do the essay part after class," Teacher Harry gave instruction.

'Luckily I've taken art classes in my previous life before, so my drawing is definitely not too shabby,' Selina thought.

Selina and Class 1 students are busy removing parchment paper, pencils, erasers, and thick books or other objects they can use as a base from their backpack. They then began to sit around Molly and begin drawing.