Chapter Twelve

I sat quietly in class.

The professor was talking about the Theory of Summoning.

"Magic is all around us, the form of controlling magic that we understand is the book magic, which our ancestor Grait and the higher beings we call the gods granted us.

Summoning is the most basic of all book magic, at your level you should be able to summon anything basic without a chant.

Mr. Casto, could you please demonstrate to the class how it is done". He said pointing in my direction.

At this point, everyone was looking straight at me for the second time today and I felt chills go down my spine, I just stood and told the professor, "Sir please I don't know how to summon without a chant".

I could see the look of amazement in their eyes the students were exchanging looks with each other and it was annoying because I knew what was going on in their heads. They were wondering if I was joking, like how is it possible that a book mage at my age doesn't know how to summon without a chant?

"Please Casto don't play with me right now", The professor said.

"I'm not joking sir", I replied.

I could see some of them starting to crack up and I could see how it would be funny if I wasn't the one standing.

"What class is your book?", he asked.

"Class?", I asked back.

The whole class was laughing at this point. I was thankful there were just a few people in the class if not it would have been ten times more humiliating than this.

"Which book do you control Casto?", He rephrased.

"Oh okay".

Their laughter got a bit louder.

"I control the book of swords sir". I replied. That got them to stop laughing.

"Then did you take a wrong turn boy? Because the last time I checked this is the book of curses and others department", he asked.

I was wondering when I would be asked that question but how did he know my name then, maybe he has a list of all the students in this class, that's the least of my worries because he's probably going to make me say what u don't want to say or too afraid to.

I just kept quiet and they all kept looking at me.

"I won't ask you again", The professor said. Annoyance now showing on his face.

"I control the book of swords, but I also the book of wrath is inside me". Immediately I said it I could see the look on their faces, I could see surprise, and amazement, I could even see fear, we are humans after all. But strangely the professor didn't show any of those things, he just smiled which confused me very much.

"Everyone meet Casto Rednik, the second dual wielder to hold the power of the book of wrath. I'm sorry Casto I had to make you and your coursemates accept that information, I already know about you". He said still wearing the simple on his face.

I was pissed at first then I realized what he was trying to do, if my coursemates were going to trust me to be one of them then they needed to know.

The rest of the lecture went smoothly, the professor was only interrupted when a student asked a question about the book of curses.

" Sir does the book of curses have an offensive capability because it seems useless in a one-on-one fight?", the student asked.

"The book of curses does have an offensive side to it just every other book. You all know that not all pages in your book are visible to you when you first start to learn magic, it's just like the book us gauge your ability and stamina before it can introduce you to extra pages", He answered.

I hadn't noticed any of that since I started using Strig's book of swords, maybe that's because he had already mastered a lot of pages before he died, which also explains why he told me not to try to use pages from the advanced section.

The lecture continued smoothly, he talked about how we can visualize what we want to summon and it will materialize without a chant.

The class finally ended and the professor left, I got to leave and I heard a voice calling me.

"Casto! Hey Casto".

I turned around and saw that it was the female student who asked a question earlier in class, she was waving at me for me to wait.

"Hi, my name is Recci, sorry on behalf of the class for laughing at you, we just saw someone stranger than we are, plus you forgot to take your copy of the student handbook", she said as she got close to me.

"It's not a problem would have laughed too if I was you", I gave her a faint smile and collected the handbook.

"We all know each other from high school, you are the only new student that didn't go to the same high school as us".

"I've got a question. Why is it that this department is called the book of curses and others department, I don't get it?", I asked.

"Well we are the outcasts of the school so I heard from my brother, the royal family aremasters in using the book of nature they don't like the book of curses for some reason, plus the book of curses isn't your conventional book, people find it creepy in ways, just like the way I believe people will see yours", She replied.

"You have no idea, at least you guys are still normal in a sense", I said. I felt more alone than I was a few moments ago.

"What do you...".

"Let's go to the next class we will be late, I don't want to be stared at again for being late", I started walking toward the next room not even waiting for her to finish her question.

The second and third classes were not as interesting as the first one, and it was quicker they just did some basic introduction and set us free. I walked out of the class that looked like every other class I'd been to today, and there he was leaning on the side of the wall our classroom door was attached to with his leather jacket and clean-cut hair the disciplinary student council vice president.

"Hello Casto, I'm Ekho the disciplinary student council vice president, would you kindly come with me please", He said.

I was kind of surprised at how he spoke, It was calmer than I'd imagined. And it seems like everyone in this school knows my name.

"What for", I asked.

"For your punishment, I hope you didn't forget Professor Alsh gave you and Rhyo punishment starting today until the month ends", He replied.

That's when it came back to be, I realized that wasn't such a good day was about to get worse.

I walked silently behind Ekho as we walked through the school grounds to meet Rhyo. We met him standing at the entrance of the cafeteria which was where we were stationed for the punishment.

"Rhyo will brief you on what to do, I will check in on you guys every 20 minutes for the next two hours", the patted my shoulder and left.

I walked into the cafeteria and picked up the cleaning cloth that was laid out for me on the table.

"Rhyo I know we haven't seen each other for the past month, but I...".

"We don't have to talk, we just need to clean out these tables and chairs

, then pick up the trash, this place is big so let's just quietly do this and get out of here", He interrupted.

I didn't realize that I was holding my breath while he was speaking, probably because I thought he would send a fireball flying toward me, out of rage.

I shut my mouth like he a said and we carried out our punishment in silence.

Two hours later, we were done with the cleaning and Ekho came to check on what we had done.