Prologue 3

Months flew by, soon into years and we graduated school. Now the New school year has started and of course everybody is excited.

Not many things have changed since Callista came. Although many boys have tried to enter Loreal Academy, most of them failed. The ones that were able to get in are the people who weren't interested in romance.

Ha- love is the most powerful power? Maybe not in this scenario.

Anyways I was able to get into the Academy of Euse. It's one of the most known Academies of the country, alongside Academy Loreal.

It was the academy where I most admired. Mostly because many famous people graduated there but also because it was a good academy for me. You had to master the three major sports to get in there--- fencing, horse riding and archery. All of them are really old fashioned but that's what they require.

My dear friend Lavena went to a science Academy where she admired.

Many of the girls went to the arts academy or just a normal academy with the boys.

Some of the most athletic boys tried for the academy I will go to but failed--- i beat them all up.　That's right. Only 1 person can get into that academy from every school. It was a very hard test but that's the tradition of the school--- only elites can come. But i think they did it like that to not damage the legacy by a bunch of weak people.

Plus, it's rare for a girl to be able to admit in. I think the last girl that was admitted was from the royal family, which became an imperial family. And that was like 200-300 years ago. I guess I broke the record.

Callista decided to go back to Loreal Academy since she did take a long break. How I'm going to miss her! She always provided me with information. And also how much fun I had watching her reject the boys without even looking at them. Seriously she looked disgusted or she acted dense, even denser than me.

Sadly, not all the girls liked her. Perhaps they felt threatened or jealous. It would be interesting if they got into a fight but Callista didn't seem to care. As long as I was with her. Unfortunately the boys liked her for being so dense. Because they wished to open her heart and whatnot.

Although Callista said she was happy for me that I could go to the Academy of Euse, her emotions said otherwise. She looked really sad with a mixture of disappointment.

If i had known this would be her reaction then i would have tried to get in Loreal as well. Since I was still the top of my class, it was possible for me to get in, but this year's exam was really hard because many people tried to enter.

Mostly because the boys wanted to go to the same school as her. But in this case love was not the strongest power, knowledge was, and it wasn't playing in their favour. Only the smart ones with no romantic interest were able to get in. (Yes yes, i have to mention that many times.)

But to be frank I think that she would've been able to come to the Euse. Because even though she looks sort of weak she was actually good at certain types of sports. She shone especially at fencing (Gotta admit, better than Jason.) and archery. She was also good at horse riding, swimming and soccer. Maybe she's good at other things but she doesnt show them.

She's also very smart, and she knows the best with history, especially the History of Rela. Our country.

Before the modern times it was an Empire and before becoming an Empire it was just a strong Kingdom, before Rela took the reigns. She took over the throne and conquered a bunch of countries, became an emperor and died peacefully....Callista says otherwise.

Callista thinks that she was killed by maybe an admirer. And her reasoning was how could Rela just die, she wasn't really old, plus she was doing a great job.

Since she didn't have any children for the heir, the council broke into war, fighting for the throne. She died so suddenly they didn't have any time to talk things through. How she died was unknown. Soon the nation broke into pieces, fighting each other for power and the glorious reign ended after 10 years. So that luck was a sham, which was so relatable. No happiness lasts forever does it?

"How do you know all this?" I had asked, as I was dangling from a tree.

"We learn it in Loreal. I think you'll learn it in any academy. Everybody is bitter about it. Like why she died. But the majority just shrug it off and say it wasn't exactly her fault that she died. Then war broke out. But they only say that the war and her death wasn't her fault," she clenched her fists. "Do you know what their ancestors did? They caused riots believing somebody killed her. But they were killed by nobles who were fighting over the throne. Many people died while they were battling things out. Even the minor ones, probably a fight against villagers maybe, but even theirs caused 100 deaths,"

I was probably making a face like: how do you know that?

Because she quickly added: "My ancestor told me."

That's crazy. I mean a minor battle causing 100 deaths? Then what about a grand scale battle? Thousands? Ten thousand? Just what was the population there. But eventually the fights died down as the population decreased drastically. But not really. The war continued for nearly 10 years, although the authorities aren't so sure about it. I mean the records they recorded? It was mostly burnt into ashes or they weren't really reliable and on top of that, not many records survived the dark age. I think they slowly got tired with the power struggle and just went on living as countries but they still had skirmishes here and there.

Then, for 2 months, a plague hit the continent and they were forced to stop all kinds of violence in the power of nature.

Many called it a blessing, others called it a curse that was inflicted by Rela and other restless souls. The nations came into an agreement and decided to sign a peace treaty and some peace negotiation documents hoping to stop the plague. But it did stop eventually.

Then just like it was programmed, every 10 years something would happen to the continent. Earthquake, tsunami, a stronger-than-before hurricane, tornado, forest fires, floods or diseases. Many thought it was to remember the 10 years of suffering, others thought it was a not-changing warning from Rela or maybe even from Mother Nature---- to not do any War if it was something avoidable. So everybody on the continent, wishing not to have a mass killing by mother nature decided to keep the peace. The 10 year cycle started to slowly fade away, and not in the modern times it would be very rare for it to happen.

Don't be surprised, this year is the year. The last one that happened was 60-70 years ago, I dont keep track. It caused a flood which caused everyone to fight over food, which made things even worse, and on top of that, mother nature gave us forest fires and we died down the fight. Many authorities insist it won't happen this year since we haven't done anything wrong in the past decade. But the others said it might actually happen, since mother nature has to have a limit to its patience.

I do agree with Mother Nature. I mean like we were damaging nature and I guess we need a warning sign-- just a minor one, not a big one that would cause ten thousands of deaths.

The religious side says it's God's power so that God can cleanse the Earth and wipe the bad people out. The non-religious say that's crap, and say it's alien or whatnot.

It was a bit of too much mystery.