Incomparable Talent

So I have forty-six more stufons in front of me and I will be able to observe who has what talent. Coming closer, I began to watch how the first stufon approached the sphere, it was a light elf, approaching the sphere, he bowed to the director and deans and put his hands on the sphere in a couple of seconds, the sphere began to change becoming bright blue completely, meaning that the elf had a great talent for magic, but to which sphere did not show as the director said. The next to go was a swordsman dressed in a black uniform, he was a man and a short sword hung at his side.

Approaching the sphere, he also bowed to the deans and director and put his hands on the sphere, it began to change color to white, becoming brighter but never reaching the brightness that the light elf demonstrated in front of him. This went on for some time, mainly light and dark elves demonstrated talent for magic, while people had more talent for the sword, but this was before Heya approached the sphere.

Putting his hand on the sphere, it began to change color to bright blue, but unexpectedly for everyone, it was divided into two parts of different sizes, a small part was white, the other was blue, and both were very bright.

many around me spoke in surprise, it was rare that a person had a talent for both magic and the sword.

For me, this was not a surprise since childhood, we were taught the use of the sword and other possession of weapons, to this day I remember how the teacher taught me, which made me shiver down my spine.

After Heya, it was Nreu's turn to rise, placing his hands on the sphere, she began to shimmer in blue, but not as bright as it was for Heya, removing his hands from the sphere, Nreu looked at his sister and walked away, standing next to those who passed the second test.

The following did not cause as much surprise as Heya's performance, some were talented with the sword, some were talented with magic. I don't know if it was fate or an accident but after Nreu, it was my turn to go to the sphere. Walking towards her, I felt a couple of looks on me, some I could guess from whom they were and some were unknown to me, but sooner or later it will be clear who looked at me with interest.

Approaching the sphere, I bowed to the deans and director, turning to the sphere, I closed my eyes and put my hands on the sphere, I felt how the sphere absorbs my magic and talent for the sword.

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The headmaster and deans watched the second trial go by, many of whom they looked at confirmed their guesses about the talents of who surprised them, such as Princess Heya, who had both magical talent and swordsmanship talent. Her brother, Nreu, was able to demonstrate a talent that was weaker than his sister's and had no sword talent at all. The next was a half-elf, for many he was one of no different from the others, but the deans and the director did not take their eyes off him as he approached the sphere, he bowed to them and put his hand on the sphere.

The headmaster and deans began to look closely at the sphere, expecting to see the talent of this young half-elf, but after a couple of seconds, nothing happened. Many began to whisper to each other, and the deans and director began to think that they were mistaken in their judgments.But then something happened that shocked both the stufons sitting in the stands and those who were standing near the sphere. Part of the sphere began to burn bright blue and the other part white and both colors became brighter until those who were closest began to cover their eyes with their hands to protect their eyes, since the light from the sphere was so bright that it did not allow to see how talented the stufon was with magic or to the sword. And suddenly the sphere ceased to glow, many had to blink before they could see how the stufon departs from the sphere and becomes a little further than others who passed the second test.

- What was it? Shego'Lo asked looking at the orb with an incredulous look.

- It was an incomparable talent for both magic and the sword, I did not think that I would live to see such a phenomenon in our academy. - The director answered, looking from the sphere to the stufon that called it.

- Incomparable talent? But isn't it a myth that someone can develop both magical talent and swordsmanship talent? - Shego'Lo asked incredulously looking at the stufon. She knew what the director was talking about, a certain caste was called incomparably talented in ancient times before the exodus of the five races, if such talent was properly cultivated, it could be both a threat and a shield, but a very dangerous shield, since these creatures did not obey anyone.

- And what do you propose to do with it? He passed the first and second test. Ama'Layne asked warily, though he too was shocked to a lesser degree by Aluric's performance.

- If he passes the final tests, we will watch him and try to understand whether he is a threat or not. So far, he is a child who does not know how to use his power and we can use this. - The director said in a cold tone, an aura began to emanate from him, but after a couple of seconds, noticing this, he suppressed it. If earlier he thought that this stufon had a talent for magic, then when he saw his talent, he began to think about how to keep the power of other countries from trying to recruit him, information about him would quickly leak out, many would want to use him and the director should become the one who would not allow this.

The deans are tested on the words of the director and re-examined after the study but after admission.