Novis's Dream

They both fell into a deep slumber, Novis had a nice simplistic dream. It was him and Luce just living their life together, it was a vast green plain with the sun on the horizon, they were on top of a hill sitting next to each other.

"This sure is a nice view"

"It might just be the best in all of the Kingdom"

"Sometimes I wish things could just be normal and stay like this, but then again I know if I continue being with you, things won't go that way"

"Well, it is me after all. I'm sure that one-day things can be peaceful."

"You really think so?"

"Yeah, of course, anything you dream of can always come true."

"I'll fight for that then, some people fight for their loved ones and some for winning, but I will fight for peace and tranquility."

"That's great Novis. But if that's what you want you'll have to become really strong if not even stronger than me alright?"

"With you by my side, it should be easy enough."

He woke up agitated thinking

"𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭. 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘦? 𝘐 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨."

The fool was still dead asleep directly below Novis.

"Hey, Luce. It's time to wake up now."

"Just give me five more minutes alright"

"You sure do love your sleep, fine I'll start getting dressed then."

Novis tends to quickly brush his teeth and style his hair before going out, their school uniforms change from pajamas to uniforms by emitting enough of their magical energy from their core into the suit so they can swiftly get ready for their lessons.

The fool gets up from his bed and asks Novis a question

"Hey Novis, do you think you could just splash water and shampoo onto me?"

"What kind of crazy idea do you have this time."

"Just do it alright."

"Whatever you say, Luce."

Novis proceeded to do just as the fool said and added a little too much water just for the fun of it

"Hey, that's enough now."

"A little fun never hurt anyone"

The fool then concentrated deeply into his core and slowly pushed the energy toward his hands and gloves, slowly he touched all of his body having them immediately become dry in an instant, and finally with one swift movement he grazed his hair drying it instantly as well in style.

"Well, what did you think of that?" He says as he puts his arms out expecting some praise

"How the. I mean like, how does that even work."

"It's simple really I just used the Light within me to speed up or accelerate the rate at which things dry with the touch of a finger."

"You sure are something Luce, good job."

"Thanks Novis, now let us head to class, this combat test surely will be exciting."

The two of them left their room and went straight to class with no issues on the way, they admired the few views they could see on the way there but their main focus was going to class and upon entering it.

"Oh wow, to think we'd be the first here."

"Usually some of the girls arrive here first but there really is no one."

"Well actually someone is here."

"What do you mean Luce? No one's here?"

"Do you really not sense her Novis? You've still got ways to go don't you. Professor if you could come out of hiding that would be nice."

When the fool notices a slight bloodlust coming from the ceiling, a scarlet-haired woman drops down with two razor-sharp daggers that seem to be made of magic yet a bit more complex than that

"You're pretty good aren't you, I'll be sure to have you pass my class just for that feat, I even had to suppress all of my emotions. Well, that's a shame, I guess I'm going to have you two sit down and pretend nothing happened alright?"

"Of course professor, I don't mi-"

"Wait for a second Novis. Sure we will sit down and all but you better give Novis some bonus points."

"Fine fine just be quick about it, I already hear some students coming by."

The lady then throws both of her daggers directly at the ceiling and then somehow manages to pull herself directly to them landing on the ceiling

"𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤? 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴 "

"So Novis let us look a bit more into how you can get stronger alright?"

"Alright, Luce. This better not be too complex ok?"

"Of course it's not it'll be easy trust me"

He then whispered in his ear giving him ideas on how he could improve.

Eventually, the rest of the class came in, all wondering where the teacher was.

"𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵"

The teacher drops down and lands in a pose

"Good morning class, you all clearly need to sharpen your senses here, I even let out a bit of bloodlust at a time, and no one even batted an eye."

"Did our teacher just come from the ceiling?"

"Yes this is your combat class, meaning you all need to learn that combat is not just sparring against an opponent one on one, but sometimes an assassin could hide and take advantage of that and land a surprise attack, if I was a killer I could have killed all of you except those two."

She points over to Novis and the fool

"That man who isn't in uniform is the only one that noticed me, and he would have protected his friend there even if I attacked. You all need to strive and learn from him."

"But he's an outcast, clearly he must be inferior to us."

"Royalty or not you cannot doubt his skills, never judge someone based on their reputation."

She was quite a peculiar woman, she wore a black dress and kept both of her daggers on the side of her waist, she keeps her outfit quite simple and ready for battle at any moment.

"Now which one of you would like to have a quick spar with me."

"A spar?" "Is she telling us to fight?" "I'm not gonna do it I don't want any bruises"

"Come on, one of you clearly must have enough pride to come here and fight me."

The fool sat laid back waiting for someone to fight her, Novis copied the fool and did the same.

"𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳"

"Hey, Novis, why don't you go?"

"Well, I'm not really that strong."

"There's only one way to get stronger, now come on go fight her."

"But Luce."

"If anything I'll heal you just go."

"Fine. I volunteer, Miss?"

"Miss Scuro. A pleasure to meet you, and your name is?"

"My name is Novis Aquarone."

"Oh, the water boy I've heard of, come here."

Miss Scuro touches the ground where she's standing, and slowly, the room starts shifting into an arena

"Well then Novis, come at me with all you've got"

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦"

Novis concentrates his water, purifying it more and more imagining it in his head, slowly he starts creating a blade of concentrated water until it is finally fully created

"H-Here I come."

Novis has never really practiced with a sword, but for some reason, he is able to wield it quite well, whether it may be from his genes or from the fact that this creation came straight from his core the answer isn't fully known.

He starts by swinging it with both of his arms slowly getting adjusted to the weight of the sword, the teacher decided to just evade all of his attacks elegantly.

"Oh come on boy, you can do better than that."

This makes Novis a little mad, he starts attacking more recklessly instead of in the calm state from earlier. He swings and swings with all his strength.

"Don't let your emotions take control of you, like that you're easily open for an attack."

She kicks Novis directly in the side of his chest knocking him down.

"Well I suppose that's it, anyone else want to try and fight me?"

"No. I'm not done yet."

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨."

Novis clings to his sword and with it, he rises.

"I'm sure I can do this I must do this."

Novis changes his stance a little, he starts holding his sword directly in front of him. He starts attacking the teacher with each strike being quick and strong enough whilst leaving him enough time to block any attack sent to him

"Now that's a lot better, but not good enough."

Before Novis is able to even get mad at the teacher he hears the fool cheer him on

"GO NOVIS GO GO, YOU CAN DO THIS YOU GOT THIS, LAND A HIT ON HER AND I'LL GRANT YOU ANYTHING YOU CAN DO IT."