《David The Gray Mage》


 David The Gray Mage Chapter 1 David

    Turung..Turung..Turung¡­


    While Feeling the vibration of the magical train beneath his seat, David looked out of the passenger window as he watched the beautiful scenery of the landscape pass by at Lightning speeds.


    Lush green trees and fields of grain passed his eyes one after another as he continued to blink, sometimes he saw people hard at work while at other times he saw groups of kinds running around smiling and playing all in a matter of a second before passing away.


    Watching this made David feel strangely at peace, the only regret he had was the fact that he couldn¡¯t enjoy this scenery more slowly and really take it in, but at the same time he was also glad that he didn¡¯t need to sit inside this shaky train for too long and continue hurting his bottom since it was going at a fast pace, in his original world a train with a speed like this would be already considered a bullet train if not something faster, if only they could improve the cushion then it would have been perfect..


    But for a civilization that looked as if it had only recently switched into the industrial age it was quite the achievement indeed as the speed of vehicles and their travel capacity was one of the major gauging points of how advanced a civilization was, and with the rumors about a working prototype flying machine in the air, David predicted it wouldn¡¯t be soon until the humans of this world would start to unravel the skies.


    Of course this had nothing to do with David as he wasn¡¯t really interested in aircrafts, these topics were merely something he thought about to pass time inside this boring train without any acquaintance to talk to while at the same time distract him and keep him from getting too nervous about the place he was headed to.


    On a second thought maybe it was better for him to relax a bit more and not think about anything at all, it had been a long time since David really stopped whatever he was thinking and really just do nothing and just as he was about to give in to this thought and sink into a blank stare¡­


    -Mama! Mama! Look at that Mister! The pen above his palm is spinning so fast in the air and he isn¡¯t even touching it! He must be a Wizard!


    A high pitched cheery voice all of a sudden brought David out of his mind as he realized that it was him who this little girl was describing, out of reflex he looked towards her, she was in fact sitting right in front of him which was the next seat, standing atop the seat while barely being able to peak her head over the back rest, David saw a adorable little girl with a cute little sailor hat that covered her long brown hair coupled with a sailor uniform, she had big beady brown eyes which reflected David¡¯s figure like a mirror as he saw himself within her.


    The image that reflected was obviously something he already knew well which was a boy approximately 15 to 17 years of age, with medium long blond hair that was tied into a tail, he had tanned skin from long time of working outside in the fields under the sun ever since he was 8 years old together with his sharp facial features and his deep blue eyes, the boy looked quite exotic compared to the other people within this train as they all either had black or brown hair together with a pair of brown eyes.


    David¡¯s height was also slightly bigger than the average as it was 185 cms making him a bit taller than most people, his built was also quite lean and slightly bulky from daily hard labor, the black and white uniform he wore perfectly captured his figure extenuating his manly figure even more.


    Its because of David¡¯s outlandish features that he was sometimes mistaken as a foreigner even though he lived his entire life in this kingdom, though the truth was that half of David¡¯s bloodline did indeed come from somewhere else as his mother was a woman from the mountainous cold regions of the Nohrn Kingdom to the east where people like him and his mother were commonplace while his father was from here the Grann kingdom where he and his family lived located inside a small agricultural village.


    Quite a few women in the train already took a couple glimpse at him from afar clearly liking what they were seeing.


    But to David those glimpses weren¡¯t flattering at all being a guy who generally had very little self-confidence all his life he didn¡¯t know how to react to those glances, even back at his village the local girls weren¡¯t the ones to shy away when it came to admiring his looks, David felt a bit uncomfortable at first by this new sensation of being praised just through his outer appearance, but as time went on he got used to it even if he didn¡¯t quite accept it choosing to ignore it instead.


    To top it off things wouldn¡¯t be this troublesome if weren¡¯t for the fact that this world is different from his previously one in one large aspect, though mentioning it now seems pointless.


    David wanted to sigh, but seeing that the girl was still staring at him with her sparkling eyes he didn¡¯t want to seem rude, looking down he watched his palm as a pen floated above it spinning like a fan, the girl wasn¡¯t wrong when she called David a Wizard, but at the same time David knew that this was just a mere parlor trick compared to real magic, calling himself a wizard was an embarrassment to wizard culture as he was just a mere apprentice or even below that.


    -Fiora ! Sit Down would you?! It is rude to stand on your seat and even ruder to point at people, so leave the young man alone!


    Seeing what was going on the mother immediately reacted as she scolded her child not wanting others to look at them as if they were some uneducated dregs of society.


    The girl in return was clearly not happy as she pleaded to her mother while being dragged and put in her place.


    -But mom I wasn¡¯t even doing anything! Even the mister didn¡¯t look like he minded so what¡¯s the big deal!


    -You¡­!? What did you say you little!


    Looking as if the little girl was about to earn herself a beating with her back talking David decided that he should quickly intervene since he was partially responsible for pulling the attention of the girl towards his little parlor trick.


    -Madame, please I really don¡¯t mind, it is natural for girls her age to be curious, it is my fault for openly showing my tricks in the public, anyone would react like this and I can see that your daughter didn¡¯t mean anything, I am sure she is very smart and will learn from her mistakes so for my sake can you forgive her?


    Seeing David unexpectedly speak up for her daughter, the mother was a bit surprised, coupled with the fact that the other passengers now watched them with interest, she knew that making a scene would be very bad and coupled with David¡¯s appearance it seemed as if she cooled down a lot since he had also praised her daughter.


    And just as predicted the woman reacted exactly as David thought.


    -If¡­ If you say so young man then I am obviously obliged to accept, but really my daughter could use to learn a lot from you young man, especially since you are a student of the prestigious Ravenwing Academy.


    -No, no you are overestimating me, I am merely a common student nobody special really.


    As soon as the mention of his school came by David quickly tried to downplay his importance as the passengers started to look at David with even more appraisal and curiosity, some even looked as if they wanted to come forth and strike a conversation with him, especially the ladies who looked to be the most eager¡­


    It couldn¡¯t be helped really.


    They were already very intrigued by him as his uniform was something nobody in this kingdom could mistake belonging to the national school of magicians where not only nobility but even royalty studied to become excellent Wizards.


    Normally someone with David¡¯s talent or origin wouldn¡¯t be able to attend such a prestigious school under any normal circumstances, but because of a few coincidences from when he was young David was given a full blown scholarship for 5 years from a mysterious Wizard he had met when he was little.


    He called the Wizard mysterious because he never saw his or her appearance as it was hidden behind a cloak plus David at the time didn¡¯t know what this was all about either, the mysterious Wizard had only said that once David came to age he would send someone to bring David away.


    After that he or she disappeared leaving David terribly confused and not sure what to do, before that person left he or she gave David a single book on how to control mana and a letter for his scholarship as proof of his legitimacy.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it.


    He never told anyone about this not even his parents, but when the time came close and his 15th birth started to arrive indicating his coming of age, he decided to mention this to his parents and told them what happened when he was younger and even showed them the letter from those many years ago that still didn¡¯t age or crumble no matter how many times he bent it.


    Of course all this happened within an afternoon dinner and obviously his parents were shocked, they thought that their son was just joking but knowing their son who rarely joked and seeing the letter which magically couldn¡¯t be destroyed for some reason together with the book about mana control that David read and studied from ever since he was little allowing him to do some neat things with his mana they had no choice other than to accept it as reality.


    But the most shocking point to this all was how well David had hidden all of this from them, when he was little David still wasn¡¯t very used to the world he found himself in but since he was mature at mind he still understood that he had encountered something extraordinary and that it was better to be hidden until the right time came, adding to the fact that while the family of 3 did live together they were all very busy everyday with work, David also not being a kid his age learned how to read and write pretty easily from the Sunday school his village held every week end allowing him to study the book by himself whenever he had free time within the confines of his room.


    It took only a mere 1 year to completely comprehend the contents of the book which details on how to control mana, David was only 5 when he finished the book and knew how to do everything in the book which mostly were all just exercises to controlling mana like levitating an object above his palm and making it spin or create wisps of light of all shapes and sizes, the book was for beginners so it didn¡¯t have many advanced exercises or theories to speak of which is why after finishing the book David¡¯s first thought was to find another book with more difficult exercises and theories.


    Alas, finding such a thing was impossible with someone his standing, books were also an extremely expensive commodity even now mostly owned by mid-ranked merchants or higher to nobles, added to the fact that it wasn¡¯t just any book but a book about magic, the only way he was even going to get his hands on a higher level book was to show his abilities and make someone invest in him, but David was too scared, knowing that the ability to use magic was rare he never openly showed his magic to anyone other than his parents close to his birthday in fear of repercussions.


    Fortunately, he quickly solved his problem of not being able to find more difficult tasks to train his magic but this was for later.


    -Mom! Does this mean I can talk to the mister?


    -Fiora !


    Coming back to reality once again David watched as the mother was about scold her child again, seeing them about to fight David again intervened telling her that it was no problem for him to play with her since he was also a bit bored himself, the mother was obviously a bit hesitant at first but after considering some things and seeing that David was sincere and kind she reluctantly allowed her girl to go over to David telling her again and again that she shouldn¡¯t bother the young man and come back after a while.


    David watched them warmly while it was happening, already missing his own family even though it had been only a day since he parted from them, as soon as his coming of age birthday celebration ended a big luxurious carriage came out of nowhere with the driver calling for David, knowing what this was all about after being informed by David his parents quickly packed everything David could need on his journey and told him to go and not miss this opportunity of a life time, they gave him as much as they could literally throwing him into the carriage with his stuff before he could even make heads or tails, it was only after the carriage started going away that David could really sort out his thoughts and he was sad, looking at his new world parents as they waved goodbye at him hoping him luck, David didn¡¯t cry though as he had already felt this way once in his previous life from his original parents when he was sent to university.


    -My Parents¡­I wonder how they are doing.


    Muttering as such made David think about the past again, on a second thought it seemed like it was only yesterday that David woke up inside this strange new world as an infant.


    As it was very clear by now, David wasn¡¯t a human from this world, he was in fact a former resident of earth where he lived in an average household as an average male who decided to take programming as his major and make a decent living for himself by working at home through taking requests as a freelancer.


    David¡¯s former life was extremely uneventful, he wasn¡¯t like the protagonist from some novel who was born as the heir to an ancient martial arts clan or some super genius who could assemble gun powder from memory alone and make advanced weaponry by hand.


    By all intents and purposes David was a mere 26 year old bachelor who lived by himself inside his high rise apartment doing work day in and day out behind his computer, he never dated or touched a woman in his life as in his former life he was quite an antisocial individual coupled with his more than below average looks and his shy and easily hurt emotional fortitude, forced him to take programming as his major as it was the profession that needed the least amount of interaction with others and had a decent to high amount of income.


    Of course it wasn¡¯t as if David never wanted to date a woman or marry, it was simply that David was too scared to do so as he had previous unpleasant encounters with woman that left him scarred and fearful all of which came from high school and even university.


    Which is why it was one of David¡¯s happiest moments in life when he finally graduated at the age of 21 and was able to do work never having to interact with anybody again, fast forward 5 years and David had already had made quite a name for himself in the programming circle as someone skilled and reliable at his job, work came flooding in at a steady pace with more freedom of choice than he could handle with varying amounts of pay, it was at this time that David also started to experience the pain every single and successful bachelor would face from their parents.


    They wanted him to marry and have kids so they could coddle their grandchildren.


    David remembered the conversation he had with his parents as vividly as it could get, promising them that he would quickly find a girlfriend to introduce them to while knowing full well that he was just spouting hot air.


    Being an only child and being obedient all his life with a lot of expectations on his shoulders that weighed heavily on him every day, David could never say no to his parents who raised and loved him all this time even when it hurt him, he had too much filial piety to refuse them, which is why he made his promises to them so easily.


    That day he also remembered getting piss drink to the point where he couldn¡¯t even stand anymore, normally David never drunk or even attempted to, but that day in particular caused him to break as he tried to find anything in particular to make him forget or at least numb enough to calm down which logically led to alcohol.


    After that David¡¯s memories get cut, the next thing he knows he awakens to find himself in the body of an infant in completely unfamiliar place in a completely different world then he was in before making the rest obvious as to how it led to here.


    David was 100% sure that he had died from intense alcohol poisoning, he wasn¡¯t sure how much alcohol was enough to kill a person but he was sure by the time he finished his last bottle of wine his stomach was bulging and sloshing and his throat felt tight, but he didn¡¯t care he just wanted to drink and forget.


    It had been a long time since he last thought about the life he used to live which is why he couldn¡¯t help but mutter to himself as he looked out of the window watching the beautiful landscape.


    -I am sorry mom, I am sorry dad, your son was an idiot, I swear this time I won¡¯t do the same mistake, I won¡¯t run away again, this time I try more seriously¡­


    David wanted to cry, but no tears came out, it was better this way anyways since it would be too embarrassing to start crying without any reason with so many people around, in a sense, life in the fields and the constant teasing of the girls had made David¡¯s skin thicker and more robust, he was still not very used to woman but at the very least he wasn¡¯t scared of them anymore.


    -Mister! Mister! Mister! Are you listening?!


    -Uh? Oh sorry I didn¡¯t catch you there, I ended up thinking about something, what did you want to say?


    David smiled, he wasn¡¯t too comfortable around woman but when it came to kids then he always felt the urge to protect them, he liked kids a lot of after all to the point he wanted to be a kindergarten teacher before he became a programmer, but alas because of his appearance he knew this career line was doomed before it even began which is why he stopped dreaming and became more realistic.


    But now, who knows maybe he could really become a kindergarten teacher.


    -I said my name is Fiora ! Fiora Ebonstein ! I am 9 years old, I can write and read books, my papa said that I was smart enough to one day go the Ravenwing academy if I studied really hard and become a Wizard, is it true that if I continue to read those boring books I can really become a Wizard?! Hey hey tell me please!!!


    -Hehe.


    David laughed at her curious nature as she pestered me for answers, his teachers always told him that he was a bit too patient both in a good and bad sense, but David didn¡¯t think that it was a bad thing since it was because of his patients that he could easily talk to this girl and answer her questions calmly one after another.


    Their conversation in fact seemed to draw a lot of people as they were all pretty curious about the academy themselves, unfortunately there wasn¡¯t much David could answer with certainty as everything he knew came from the student handbook he was given by the chauffeur who dropped him off on this train, his uniform also came from him, how they managed to find Davids exact size was beyond him, but in the end he chalked it up as just magic, before quickly forgetting about it.


    -Ah! I forgot! I didn¡¯t even ask misters name!


    -Haha..


    -Hehe, that gal is a funny one.


    -Hahaha..be quiet what if they hear you ?


    The people around them who were listening started to snicker the moment they heard what Fiora just said, Fiora who didn¡¯t seem to mind them at first seemed incredibly embarrassed for the first time as her cheeks flushed an intense red up to her very ears, even her mother looked as if she was starting to get beyond tired from her foolish daughter¡¯s antics, but David honestly didn¡¯t mind and simply answered her question with a smile his voice a bit nostalgic for some reason.


    -My name is David, it was David back then and even now its David¡­


    -Eh? What do you mean mister David?


    David looked at her the moment she asked that question, but he didn¡¯t say and simply shrugged before snapping his finger creating wisps of light all around them that turned into butterflies immediately making the girl forget about Davids weird answer as she lost herself in the sea of butterflies smiling and laughing.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters are on my sitehttps://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a>please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 2 Purple Mist

    -Goodbye mister David, thank you for looking after my unruly daughter, I hope you do well with your studies.


    The mother spoke holding her daughter in hand as they stood on the busy train station where many people got off and onto the trains, smoke billowing out of the trains chimneys with occasional announcements echoing within the station to tell people when the trains will leave and arrive at their destination, for a person who had never been inside a major city like this they would probably feel extremely overwhelmed but for the mother daughter pair and for David they were extremely used to this to the point they didn¡¯t even bat eyes.


    -I too hope you well Ms.Ebonstein.


    David politely returned her well wishes, even though he wasn¡¯t comfortable around women it only counted towards those close to his age and those trying to hit on him, a mature woman like Ms.Ebonstein reminded David about his own mother from his original world which is why he was more comfortable.


    -David! Let¡¯s see each other again!


    -Fiora !


    Hearing her daughter say something like this Ms.Ebonstein couldn¡¯t help but immediately reprimand her for being clingy, but David didn¡¯t mind, he simply crouched down to her and smiled at her.


    -If fate deems as such, then sure, let¡¯s see each other again, and who knows if you work hard enough maybe we¡¯ll even see each other as fellow Wizards.


    Hearing him say this inexplicably made Fiora that much happier as she made her largest smile yet nodding to him.


    Alas now it was time to part, looking at the clock both parties made their final goodbyes before parting ways, Fiora continued to wave her small hand towards David until they completely went out of sight, David still couldn¡¯t help but smile remember her, but it was time for him to get serious.


    He looked up the moment he raised his head the first thing he saw was a humongous tower shooting up into the clouds way beyond sight.


    It already looked majestic when David and Fiora had seen it from the trains distance but now even closer he couldn¡¯t help but feel that it was even more majestic then before, it made his blood boil, but more than anything he focused on the insignia that was drawn on the tower for everyone to see.


    It was the black wing of a raven symbolizing wisdom and knowledge in this world, the very same insignia was sewn on David¡¯s uniform chest and back, one large difference once he actually came here that he discovered was that people weren¡¯t staring at him anymore as much as they did back in the train, while some woman gave him seductive glances David could tell that the majority of these people were already used to people who wore a uniform like him and didn¡¯t pay him any mind, he felt as if he was back in his world within the busy city which made him somewhat comfortable as if he didn¡¯t need to worry about anything.


    -Well¡­but where do I go?


    And just as he was thinking things would be fine a problem appeared as soon as he arrived as he didn¡¯t know where to go, asking people was likely going to be the answer or directly heading towards the tower was another good option.


    Fortunately, he didn¡¯t need to do any of those things because as soon as he took a single step forward together with his luggage a loud commanding voice came over him to the side that stopped him in his tracks.


    -Halt! Are you Sir David? From Murrtail village?


    Hearing someone call his name together with his place of origin forced David to turn around as he looked towards the person who started to walk towards him.


    But as soon as he saw her he felt an unexplainable dread come over him the moment he looked at her, David was uncomfortable around women, but never before was he this scared, at most he would feel his skin tightening whenever he talked to a woman and that would be it since he could still easily manage a conversation as long as he wasn¡¯t touching her or was too close to her.


    But this time around he couldn¡¯t even move his body as if was being locked in place by a magic spell, he simply stared at the woman who was coming close to him her long dark gray hair going all the way down her waist while her hips shook with the rhythm of her steps that came from her long legs, her height was almost the same as his which was 185 cms which made her quite tall for a woman.


    She wore high heels too making every step even more powerful and domineering with each click and clack that resounded, her legs in particular were covered by a pair of stockings darker then the night itself until they vanished into her skirt that neither covered too much or revealed too much but exposed just enough to tickle ones imagination, further up was her uniform which was the same as David¡¯s with only minor modifications designed for females, her particular uniform David could immediately tell the designer did not measure her accurately as her bountiful chest pushed against the chest area in an overbearing manner as if it was demanding to get out immediately, now coming to her neck area here David could finally see that her skin color was totally different from the ones he was used to seeing, it was a complete ashen but not the unhealthy kind at least that¡¯s how it looked to him and when he finally came to her face that is when he couldn¡¯t help but swallow as his eyes went wide.


    -(God, I noticed how there are far more beautiful people in this world then in my own, but this is on the level of a national model, I could never even dream of someone as beautiful as her ! How is she not causing a riot with that kind of face!)


    David thought to himself watching her as he stared into her pinkish purple eyes, her lips were also a shade of pink and purple only drawing him further in as if he was being sucked into her.


    But alas David quickly shook himself out of it, instead of looking at her he started to wonder how other people reacted to her and whether or not they were the same.


    But unexpectedly the reaction of the people were completely different from what he imagined, the people who saw this woman approach, immediately turned the other way the moment they saw her, men in particular looked disgusted for some reason as soon as they looked at her body and it even looked as if they were cursing under their breath before walking away, of course not everyone was like that, the kids who saw her laughed at her while making strange faces at each other and the woman merely looked at her with pity and pain before turning away, all kinds of expression is what David saw as soon as this woman came forth all of which were negative, David simply couldn¡¯t understand why that was the case, maybe she was simply not well received here or notorious for some reason which is why they didn¡¯t like her which could also explain his dread towards this woman, but at the same time some things just didn¡¯t add up which is why David felt strange.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site.


    -Hey! You! Are you David from Murrtail Village?


    Unfortunately David had no time to consider any of that as that dreaded woman had already come close and started talking to him, for a moment David had turned into a statue while his face started to turn in a shade of gray making him look weird with his tan, he continued this statue charade for another 8 seconds not able to think of anything to say and it was at this point that the purple eyed beauty seemed to completely lose her patients as she sighed heavily while cupping her forehead in a gesture that signified immense pain and frustration, and if he didn¡¯t see wrong¡­helplessness ?


    In either case the unknown beauty no longer seemed to want to bother any longer as she looked at David coldly, this sudden turn of mood scared David even more as if it was his heart that was being frozen, he was used to women being cold to him back in his former world, but now it had been a long time since any woman acted this way towards his because of new appearance, this made him slightly forget about how women could be at times when they were looking at something unpleasant, but this gaze was different it was more of an unyielding gaze that didn¡¯t allow for anyone to reach out and grab her akin to a fighter¡¯s spirit.


    Standing within this crowd David and the purpled eyed beauty stared at each other, the air was intense as if a fight was about to erupt, but David was sure that wasn¡¯t the case at least that¡¯s what he thought.


    The woman spoke.


    -My name is Syndra Dragora I am a second year of Ravenwing Academy close-quarter combat Division, I¡¯ve came today under the orders of the headmistress to find a newly accepted student under the name of David from Murrtail Village, if you are this individual you can either follow me to the Academy or go there yourself if you so please, if you don¡¯t know where it is the student handbook has a map on the very last page from where you can take reference of your position, on the flipside you can also ask the people, so with that out of the way I like to know if you¡­


    Before she could finish her long and official dialogue that didn¡¯t care about who he really was a loud voice suddenly came from behind him startling him for a moment and dispelling his frozen state.


    -Ho ! If it isn¡¯t your noble miss Dragora ! What brings you here? And is that a freshman I see next to you?


    Hearing that voice, he turned around momentarily forgetting about the beauty before him to find a very small girl approximately 150 cms tall with a flat chest and skinny body who were he Ravenwing uniform, her hair was a light yellow and cut short giving her a cute countenance with her over all facial features but at the same time an air of heroism as she stood with confidence that you would usually find by those successful in life, furthermore surrounding her back there were a lot more people behind her both male and female wearing the same uniform indicating that they were all students of Ravenwing Academy.


    If the people weren¡¯t paying attention to a few Ravenwing students then they were now definitely paying attention to a whole group, and while usually a group of the same kind would make someone feel secure, David couldn¡¯t help but feel as if he had accidentally stepped into a battlefield all of a sudden, the air around the beauty behind him especially turned a notch colder as she even started to exude a freezing mist from her body which David could only explain through magical phenomena.


    The little girl wasn¡¯t but looking at the woman called Syndra in a quite uncouth manner, they clearly didn¡¯t like each other which caused a chilling atmosphere to form around them as they stood.


    The people behind the little girl also seemed to support her as they glared towards the purple eyed beauty beside David turning this entire spectacle into tight deadlock no one could escape.


    David had only made one step into this city and he couldn¡¯t believe he already got himself involved in a dispute like this, David simply didn¡¯t know what to do, he could talk decently but only when the situation didn¡¯t bother him, unfortunately this situation did certainly bother him.


    Feeling that he would need to wait a bit more before this was resolved David just kept on glancing at both sides, but feeling that there was no obvious attempt of communication he was about to speak up himself before¡­


    -I¡­ I just came here to under the instructions of headmistress Midgale, since I already explained everything to him, I ask of you to escort him to the academy that is all thank you¡­


    Unexpectedly it was the beauty who yielded first, not sure what was happening he watched as the purple eyed beauty turned around and started to walk away into the crowd that parted like a sea as soon as she approached.


    The little girl satisfied with this outcome started to approach David with a smile as she looked him over with a sparkle in his eyes.


    -Welcome freshman! Sorry that you had to deal with someone like her the moment you stepped into the city, but don¡¯t you worry you aren¡¯t likely going to talk to her ever again, now if I may introduce myself I am Mishalka Kaldo¡­


    -I am sorry, but I think I will go and follow her back to the academy, you seem busy with your group already so I don¡¯t want to intrude.


    -Huh?


    Not sure whether or not she heard him correctly she could only blankly look at David as he quickly escaped from them like running away from a pack of coyotes, and in fact David did exactly feel like that as he didn¡¯t like large crowds like this that had a lot of woman to boot, at the same time he felt the little girl was a bit too sinister for his taste and reminded him of one of those female bullies at school he used to constantly get picked by, the beauty on the other hand was more akin to the quiet girl from the library he felt familiar with and talked to whenever he had the chance, they were not similar in anyway shape or form, but David could see the resemblance in their persistent spirit, he knew that the library girl just like him had a lot going on in school when it came to no fitting in, back in school David never had the guts to approach the girl who was always amicable and kind to him whenever he came to visit, but now that he promised his former parents that he would try more seriously, he felt he needed to uphold his promise right now which is why he chased after the beauty.


    Luckily running after the beauty was easy even with her speed and his luggage since she left a clear path of destruction or rather a path of people opening a way for her wherever she went, David could have called out to her to make her stop, but he was spineless remembering how cold she was making him scared only able to drag his luggage as he tried to reach her, it was already very impressive that he could keep up with all the stuff he was holding, but he wished the beauty would look back for a second to wait for him at least.


    -What just happened? Did he just seriously leave me for that sewer monster? Am I dreaming?


    Back where the group of Ravenwing students were gathered, everyone looked in surprises as they watched David go after the person Mishalka just rudely called ¡°sewer monster¡±.


    No one answered her, but no one disagreed either, Mishalka in particular wasn¡¯t asking anyone either as she didn¡¯t care about the opinions of those behind her, her eyes merely following the back of the boy who ignored her and was trying to desperately trying catch up to that hideous monster she felt nothing but disgust towards, it simply didn¡¯t make sense to her, why?


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my sitehttps://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a>please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 3 Chasing The Senior

    The Kingdom of Grann was located on the far western side of the Human Continent, right next to the sea where the kingdom gained most of its profits from by trading marine goods like fish and salt to having merchant ships transport goods.


    The Kingdom of Grann wasn¡¯t particularly powerful within the Human continent, at most it was above average holding a friendly relationship with its neighboring countries which is the extend of the knowledge David really knew about this kingdom as it didn¡¯t concern him much as long as there was no war.


    And in regards to the other countries like the Nohrn kingdom from which his mother hailed from they didn¡¯t invoke any particular feelings either, in all Honesty ever since David had come to this world the only real things he focused on was his family, his farm work and magic practice.


    Of course gaining a fundamental idea of what this world was like was a matter of course.


    This world was very different then his world, not only because of the existence of magic or even other things like monsters or different races, he knew all of those things from novels which is why he was never surprised when he first heard about them from his parents or the people.


    No the one true distinct factor here was something he mentioned earlier¡­


    In this world woman were the dominant gender, meaning it was a matriarchy.


    To David, first ever learning about this fact made him feel quite a bit confused, not that he disliked it or had any opinion of it, but for a majority of his life that he lived in the village, he never really noticed that woman had a higher social standing than men.


    He did see far more female guards and hunters which were usually jobs that were reserved towards males since they were far more physically able, but as it turns out the reason woman are dominant in this world is for the same reason why men were dominant in his original world as they had the strongest physical strength for the longest amount of time which was the authority that gave them the ability to rule.


    Because of this the roles of women and men were reversed, while woman still birthed children they now also had the added expectation of protecting the family and the duty to keep them safe, while men were expected to take care of the children, do house chores and other miscellaneous things only woman did back in the olden days of his original world.


    And while the roles were reserved like this, David saw that the mindset of men and woman didn¡¯t really change all too much, woman in this world were bolder and less shy, but they were also womanly and not rough.


    Men were also still just as David knew them as, straight and to the point for the most part, but also weaker and more in touch with their emotions.


    On a surface glance you wouldn¡¯t be really able to tell that this world was ruled by woman, only after you look really deeply you would be able to see the subtle changes that he hadn¡¯t noticed until he was 8.


    But then again there were a few things that felt were a bit strange for him when it came to this world, it couldn¡¯t be helped since roles and stereotypes that were usually only filled by men were now usually only filled by woman, David wasn¡¯t sure what to think of that which is why he generally just let it be as long as it didn¡¯t affect him, which caused him more than a bit trouble as he hadn¡¯t adapted to the common sense of this world even to this day because of his ignorance which caused him to not understand certain things when it was clear as day to others.


    This was one of them, but David didn¡¯t know yet as he chased the person he thought of as a ¡°beauty¡±.


    Walking through the street he quickly made his way through the city following behind the purple eyed beauty, David saw a lot of things that caught his attention from fruit stands to accessory stands, there were so many interesting things here that he didn¡¯t know what to do with, it was his first time in a city like this inside this world, ever since he came he really wanted to take in the otherworldly culture, but because he knew he would lose the purple eyed beauty if he let up, he couldn¡¯t stop, making him feel a pang of regret as he moved on.


    In the first place he wasn¡¯t here to play but to study, it was better for him if he put those distracting thoughts away for the sake of his studies in the future.


    Telling himself as such David put a bit more force behind his step as he chased after the beauty no Syndra who was like Moses parting the sea, even now he couldn¡¯t understand why these people avoided her so much as if she was the plague, looking at her she didn¡¯t seem to be surprised either as it looked to be an everyday occurrence to her, even in his original world, David was never avoided to the point people were disgusted at him, maybe if he stank, but from what he could tell Syndra didn¡¯t smell bad, in fact within the close proximity they were to each other she actually smelled great like lavender flowers.


    -(Eh ?! What am I thinking about a girl¡¯s smell like that?! Am I some kind of creep?! At least I have enough pride to not stoop so low)


    Reprimanding himself for a second made David momentarily stop, and just as he was about to continue chasing he looked forward only to realize that he couldn¡¯t see her.The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    -(Damn it ! I lost her)


    Having now inexplicitly lost the person he was chasing somehow, made David momentarily confused as he didn¡¯t know what to do next, for a moment he thought about just continue moving forward since there was only one path for the moment and hope to catch a glimpse of her, but just as he was about to execute his idea...


    -Hey! Handsome! Haven¡¯t seen you around here are you new?


    An unknown woman all of a sudden creeped up on him, and it wasn¡¯t just her 2 more woman came behind him gently and covertly pulling David into an alley he was close to.


    Things happened so quickly that David didn¡¯t even realize what had happened before he was cornered into an alley by 3 smoking hot woman with killer hips and big breasts, their lips were also nothing to scoff at as they were full and red, which was a direct contrast with their mercenary like get up with weapons hung on their hips which looked to be swords, the attitude was also very roguish turning their beautiful faces within this darkness a bit more sinister then before.


    -(You kidding ! Am I getting robbed right now?!


    Only now realizing what had happened, David stood like a mast scared of the 3 women, not only because they had weapons but because they were the kind of woman he wasn¡¯t comfortable with, looking at them David started to remember how his mother told him to never easily turn his back on women or go alone in a shady alley lest something terrible would happen to him, since woman were the Dominant gender in this world crimes were obviously usually committed by the woman,


    When David first ever heard of this, he felt a bit strange since his image of woman was still very soft when it came down to it, but he accepted it and simply moved on not thinking about it too much.


    Being now confronting with being cornered by 3 attractive women in a dark alley, David momentarily tried to imagine what the scene would look like if their genders were reversed, at that he could only see 3 rough men cornering a weak woman, and now comparing their expression he also realized that maybe money wasn¡¯t the only thing they wanted from him.


    -(But wait, maybe they just are going to rob me, why would women as beautiful as they want to violate someone like me ? From what I''ve seen men are abundant or just as many as women? I¡¯m confused, maybe I should have paid more attention when I was still in the village and not avoided everything and fixated myself on my magic training)


    Getting slightly regretful about the way he lived his life up until now without much care he watched the 3 hot woman starting to discuss him as they starting to give him so lecherous glares.


    -This went more smoothly then I thought.


    -I can¡¯t believe we got a catch like this so easily?!


    -You tell me! he isn¡¯t even making a single peep! I thought we would need to be a bit rougher but looks like that''s not going to be necessary, look at him he is so scared that he can¡¯t even speak how pitiful, almost makes me want to let him go, but at the same time having fun takes priority.


    The one who said that was the one in the middle, licking her lips as she looked all hungry like full of lust, she had strikingly red hair, coupled with red eyes she also had the biggest breasts, it was clear that she wasn¡¯t a Grann native like the other two brunettes by her side who were clearly her underlings.


    David on the other hand was still very shocked about the fact that they were discussing to rape him, it was only now that he understood how sheltered he truly was, even though he understood that woman ruled this society he still didn¡¯t think it would be like this, maybe in the back of his mind he still underestimated woman since he was a man from a world where men were dominant.


    Even in this particular situation David wasn¡¯t particularly scared of these woman, he was still a man no matter how much he felt uncomfortable around woman, since they wanted to do something unpleasant to him he wasn¡¯t going to just let them.


    Raising his fist, he immediately threw a straight punch forward, he was a bit hesitant on hitting such a pretty face, but he still did it.


    Unfortunately, David¡¯s fighting experience was literally close to zero as he only knew how to get hit instead of how to hit.


    This cost him dearly as the redhead caught his fist easily while making an amused smile.


    -Ohh look at him he still has a bit of fight left, he wasn¡¯t as scared as we thought him to be ye girls?


    -How about we first teach him a lesson before we really start to savor him? Teach him to be obedient.


    -Nah I like mine more wild, let him thrash a bit makes it even more fun when we pass him around and his face starts to change, it makes me feel hot !


    They laughed as they continued to make cruel jokes and for the first time David felt that he was really hopeless, he even started to feel an inkling of fear within him, but he quickly tried to put it away telling himself.


    -(They are still just woman)


    Of course telling himself something as useless as that wouldn¡¯t save him, the redhead in particular saw his determined expression thinking that she really needs to teach him a lesson so he wouldn¡¯t do anything stupid, she raised her hand and abruptly slapped him out of nowhere.


    The slap was powerful and shook his head almost making him pass out, for a moment he couldn¡¯t believe how strong this woman was, but thinking again there was a reason why women were the dominant gender here, even his own mother was particularly strong as she could easily carry all of their farming tools like it was nothing, even his father couldn¡¯t do that again David was faced with the reality of the situation as he groveled on the ground.


    The best he could do now was try to escape.


    David quickly tried to stand up but unfortunately the red head wouldn¡¯t let him mounting him like some animal, she looked at David like fresh meat on a platter before coldly speaking.


    -I am first.


    David for the first time wanted to scream, feeling fear paramount but no matter how much he tried he couldn¡¯t scream instead for one reason or another he recalled the purple eyed beauty and her killer eyes.


    He whispered.


    -Syndra..help me..


    And as if answered to his call a cold mist swept by beneath them making them feel cold before a voice spoke up.


    -I am right here foolish junior¡­


    -What ?! x3


    Surprised the 3 women immediately turned around the moment they heard the voice behind them, looking at the person who just arrived they were immediately faced with her purple eyes as they once again narrowed into a deadly slit.


    Even the mist seemed to answer her feelings as it got colder and colder making David feel some difficulty in his body movements.


    David could already tell what he was about to witness would be something he would never forget.


    <div>


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 4 Senior Savior

    As soon as the fight began the 3 woman drew their swords at the same time, the leader shouted something that he couldn¡¯t quite recall because of the blow he had recently received that made his head feel light, the only thing he knew for certain was that she said something about a ¡°Wizard¡± which he could only assume that she meant Syndra.


    Upon hearing this the other 2 became instantly more cautious and that is when Syndra made her move.


    Her lips moved silently as she chanted something under her breath a magic circle immediately appeared over her hand before a large sword at least 2 meters tall came out of the circle into her hand.


    The sword was larger than her and assumedly much heavier than someone her statue could wield but for some reason she easily held the sword or hunk of ice and let it lean onto her shoulder.


    The whole scene was so surreal that David for a moment thought he was watching a movie, but quickly enough such delusions were swept away the moment Syndra swung her sword, normally a large sword like this would be almost impossible to maneuver in a small enclosed space like the alley, the only way she could use it was like a spear or a bat by piercing and bashing, surprisingly she did neither of those things and instead swung her sword upwards hitting absolutely no one.


    David for a second thought that she had made a mistake, but no her swing was totally intentional as in the next second a snow storm came forth blasting everyone in the alley, the 3 women couldn¡¯t even come close before being instantly turned into ice sculptures and as for David, he believed he was also done for shielding his face accepting his fate before realizing a few moments later that he was absolutely fine and that the snow storm immediately stopped right before him without touching him.


    After that was over David was still a bit out of it, David knew a bit of magic, but compared to what he knew and what he had just seen he could already tell that she and him were worlds apart when it came to skill or power.


    The woman in question who just casually summoned a snow storm with the use of her large sword, just stared at David expecting him to say something, after again another 20 seconds of silence the woman seemed to lose her patience before telling him.


    -The academy entrance is straight from that path, just follow it and you will arrive there.


    Once again David could see a helpless aura envelope the strong Syndra, he snapped out of it after he heard her talk and just as she was about to leave he couldn¡¯t wait anymore and jumped up quickly grabbing her by the wrist without thinking to let her go again before saying nervously.


    -Please. Please let me repay you !


    As soon as he said so David noticed Syndra¡¯s momentary shocked expression, he didn¡¯t understand why she was looking at him like this but following her gaze he noticed that she was looking at his hand holding her wrist.


    Assuming that she was maybe a bit offended by his uncalled for grab he quickly let go feeling slightly apologetic.


    He wanted to apologize but before he could even say anything.


    -You. You don¡¯t. Don¡¯t ne..need to repay me.,.


    She said, stuttering as her voice noticeably was very low then her previous self, her face was also hidden behind her hair that had suddenly came forward but for a moment David could swear that she saw her skin a light with a shade of red and her body shiver, it was difficult to tell because of her hair and her stiff posture, but David didn¡¯t dwell on it for too long before stepping forward and insisting.


    -No please! It¡¯s the least I could do for my savior; it wouldn¡¯t feel right by me if I just let you go without a proper thanks!


    -¡­


    Syndra said nothing, and for a moment David assumed that she would reject him which he completely expected since he couldn¡¯t imagine someone as beautiful as her would accept anything from someone like him, even if he was a bit better looking than before, in comparison to her he was nothing special at all.


    But unexpectedly, after a few seconds Syndra nodded as she released her sword making the blade of ice disappear into the air before speaking.


    -Ok..b..but w..what do you want to do ?


    David wasn¡¯t sure why she was still stuttering when she could talk fine earlier, but he let it slide since he once heard it wasn¡¯t nice to call out a lady on every detail, instead using his eyes he surveyed the lively street for a second before finally finding a small eatery that had a pleasant smell coming from it.


    Making that his goal, David told Syndra that he would like to invite her for a meal if she liked to, upon hearing him, Syndra looked as if she was slightly suspicious of David, watching him through the slits of her dark gray hair for another few seconds before accepting his offer half hesitant and half expectant.


    David was obviously happy after hearing her accept his gratitude, he being nervous the entire time since it was his first time to ask a girl to eat out, it took every shred of his being to not look like a nervous wreck or sweat bullets but it worked out in the end.


    And just like that they entered the small eatery, there weren¡¯t a lot of people inside but even then David still noticed how no matter who it was that looked at Syndra they would always either crease their brows as if they were looking at something difficult to look at or outright look as if they were disgusted.


    At that point David was starting to feel sure that the people in this town had something against Syndra and slightly regretted coming here, but for the life of his he couldn¡¯t understand why, it was true that she was a bit rough around the edges from the way she was constantly so tense and had this serious expression on her face, but over all he could tell that Syndra wasn¡¯t a bad person, David sure hadn¡¯t spent a lot of time with her and neither was he a genius when it came to judging others, but his feelings about this matter were enough for him to know that there shouldn¡¯t be a reason for them to dislike this girl¡­


    -(And thinking about it, the little girl earlier who confronted Syndra together with the other students also don¡¯t seem to hold a good opinion against her, maybe once I enter the school I will know more, asking her is out of the question since I don¡¯t have the guts for that and it would be incredibly rude as we only just got to know each other)


    Thinking like this David choose a random table near the corner where they wouldn¡¯t catch a lot of attention.This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.


    His choice seems to have pleased Syndra a lot as she looked significantly relieved when David choose that table, but in the next moment Syndra also couldn¡¯t help but crease her brows when she thought about what that implied, she couldn¡¯t help but think that maybe David choose that table for her sake and out of pity, and if it was true she wouldn¡¯t stand for that no matter what.


    Syndra was a proud girl after all, pity was the heaviest insult she could get which is why she decided that if David showed even a single sign of it she would quickly cut this exchange and leave the eatery.


    But as soon as she looked at David to check his expression she quickly discovered that she couldn¡¯t even see a speck of pity on his handsome face, instead it looked as if he was ruminating or concerned about something which she couldn¡¯t understand.


    In the end Syndra¡¯s worries weren¡¯t necessary as from the very beginning David hadn¡¯t thought about her for a single moment when choose the table, while he was indeed thinking about her and the strange way people reacted to her, the table was more of a personal concern as David always choose the most inconspicuous location whenever he went out to not have to meet people face to face, it was a habit he developed unknowingly after doing it intentionally for a long time when he was younger back in his original world, this habit usually didn¡¯t do him any good in social situations but in this case it unknowingly gave Syndra relief and some extra goodwill towards David.


    This entire scene took about 30 seconds at most Syndra and David sat down picked up the menu and when David had decided what he was going to order he looked over to Syndra watching her reading through the menu before realizing something very important.


    -(Wait ! What now?! What do I say!? I completely forgot about the whole socializing thing!? Good god how am I this stupid!? What do I even bring up as a topic!? I never once talked with a girl or woman about anything remotely interesting! Do I talk about the wheater? NO! What am I even saying! Then what about the food¡­damn it¡¯s going to take a bit of time before the food comes so what do I say in-between that time? Come to think of it all of the topics I know of are either from my original world which she won¡¯t understand and my experiences in my village¡­there is really nothing remotely interesting for me to say, so what does that mean? Will I bore her to death? Did I already fail!)


    While getting lost in his nonexistent social skills he hadn¡¯t realized that the entire time he kept on staring towards Syndra.


    Since Syndra was extremely sensitive to the glares of other people she immediately noticed David looking at her the moment he put his eyes on her, but because they were so close and because it didn¡¯t look like his glare was negative in anyway but simply brooding, for first time in her life Syndra didn¡¯t have the courage to look back at him or into his eyes.


    Thinking about it ever since he touched her back in the alley by holding her wrist, the only thing she could think about was how he was the first boy to ever touch her, she froze at the time and couldn¡¯t help but feel incredible shame the moment she thought of how she was bothered by such a mere occurrence, but at the same time Syndra also understood that he was the first boy to not feel disgusted by touching her, this fact alone made her heart beat that much faster than before, even though she was normally extremely cool and composed for some reason after this boy touched her she couldn¡¯t control herself as well as she used to, she even began to stutter ! Something she never did even when she was a child, even now Syndra felt like a complete fool, she even started to question herself on why she came here in the first place, even though she was a noble Syndra¡¯s social skills were nothing to speak off because no one ever wanted to talk to her willingly ever since she was small, the only people she ever conversed with on a regular basis were her mother and even then they didn¡¯t speak much!


    -(God he probably expects me to pull out a conversation topic ! The only thing I know about is how to swing a sword, use magic and fight monsters! None of these topics are ladylike at all! Instead if I start speaking about these things won¡¯t he be scared to death?! I don¡¯t want him to think that I am weird or barbaric! I should have paid more attention in etiquette class when I was little, I wouldn¡¯t be in this situation if I could actually say something interesting! Now that I can¡¯t do anything about it I just pretend to look at the menu until the waiter comes to take our order¡­I am sure we could talk about something at that time)


    With both of them having almost identical thoughts as each other a slightly awkward silence enveloped the two of them, after 5 more minutes of this the waiter finally came to their table and asked them what they wanted.


    The waiter was a decent looking guy, and it was clear the moment he came to them that his expression changed the moment he looked at Syndra who looked the other way the moment the waiter came close to them pretending to admire the wall, neither of them said anything and both of them just ordered their food, David ordering a plate of pasta while Syndra taking a bowl of stir-fried vegetables, they both ordered the same black tea.


    The waiter as well was silent kept his professionalism by not showing his negative thoughts towards Syndra and keeping a polite smile before leaving with quick steps.


    At this David couldn¡¯t help but feel slight misgivings against the waiter wondering what his problem was, Syndra on the other hand didn¡¯t seem to care or at least pretended not to as she looked down at the table making sure her hair hid most of her face.


    David felt incredibly bad, how couldn¡¯t he after all?


    He invited a girl he had a good impression of and she was also such a beauty, but for some reason there was an incredible barrier between them, not because neither of them had good social skills but of circumstances David was simply not aware of.


    In the end David didn¡¯t want to see Syndra so cold, detached and uncaring, he wondered how she would look like if she smiled, he was sure that she would be most beautiful if she had a smile on her face.


    -(I need to say something, I can¡¯t worrying about everything single thing that can go wrong if I don¡¯t even try, I should start from the beginning, maybe things will kick off from there)


    Thinking such thoughts David prepared himself, the tea arrived just before he was about to speak he looked directly into Syndra¡¯s eyes and said.


    -Thanks for saving me there, senior, who knows what could have happened if you didn¡¯t help.


    The moment he said those words, Syndra looked as if she was lost in thought, it was as if it was the first time someone had thanked her this much with so much sincerity, but David couldn¡¯t have known that and from there Syndra also replied.


    -Hmm, it¡­it¡¯s nothing, I¡­ I just did what any normal person would do, and since you are my junior it is my duty to help out whenever I can, don¡¯t worry about those 3, the guards have likely already taken them to the jail, I still can¡¯t believe that anyone in this city would be so brazen enough to attack a student from the academy, I wonder what these scum were thinking when the grabbed you¡­


    Trying to lead the conversation towards that direction, David played along as he started to ask whether or not that was common. Syndra denied that as she quickly explained that everyone knew that students of the Ravenwing academy were mostly nobility and while social status didn¡¯t matter once you became a student of the academy, anyone knew that messing with a noble was never a good idea as the student could only say one word to their family to have these people privately taken care of though not murdered or anything but simply made miserable be it through beatings or other ways.


    Hearing this David made an extreme mental note to himself to not mess with anyone in the school and try to avoid unpleasant people if he could, not that he wasn¡¯t already doing that, not realizing that the person he was sitting in front of was actually one of the highest ranking nobles there was as he completely forgot about that and freely talked to her as he discovered that she was extremely easy to talk to.


    Syndra herself berated herself for telling David about how scary those nobles could be even though she herself was a noble, she half expected David to start act differently in front of her since the little girl earlier did call her a noble, but unexpectedly he didn¡¯t, noticing that David must have forgotten about it, Syndra wasn¡¯t about to remind him of her noble birth as she liked how David talked so freely with her.


    Over all they continued talking, so engrossed into the conversation that they completely forgot about the food they ordered as they sat inside this small eatery letting it cool.


    <div>


    <div>


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 5 The Gate Kitten

    By the time they finished talking after noon was about to hit and the sky was about to darken, both Syndra and David hadn¡¯t checked the time at all as they were lost in their conversation.


    What they talked about was pretty much everything they could think of, David began with simply asking questions about the Academy that the student handbook didn¡¯t answer, while Syndra was more than happy to answer everything he wanted to know.


    From there their conversation changed to daily school activities and classes, David got to know a lot from that as there were generally only 3 essential classes in this school that one had to attend plus 1 optional class you could choose for free while everything else costed money to attend.


    These 3 essential classes were called magic theory, spellcasting and arcane knowledge.


    What they taught was basically self-explanatory with magic theory explaining how magic worked and how each and individual spell was cast and constructed. While spellcasting was a more practical class in where it taught you how to best cast spells in which situation and how to best make use of them.


    Arcane knowledge on the other hand taught anything and all remotely related to magic or the arcane which was the academic term used to describe magic.


    Syndra gave a brief outline to what each class taught, since David was a freshman he would start from the very beginning meaning he would first be trained in how to feel his magic at all.


    Hearing this made David extremely relieved as he once again clarified with Syndra coming to realize that every freshman who came here was basically just like him completely clueless regarding magic.


    The reason David was relieved was because he thought for a moment that he needed some base knowledge of magic before being able to understand the classes in this academy, since David only knew his single book on mana control, he had no other knowledge in regards to magic, if everyone else but him knew far more advanced knowledge and were expected to know something like that he would have become an embarrassment in his class for even attending the academy even though he was expected to know something like this, he already felt extremely conscious about the fact that he was common born.


    Plus, listening to Syndra describe the nobles only made him warier of them as they didn¡¯t seem to be a nice bunch, thinking about it again made David also realize that most likely the crowd of students behind the little girl were also mostly all nobles maybe even freshmen just like him.


    For a moment David considered whether or not it was wise for him to chase after the unpopular and maybe even hated Syndra then simply staying with those students.


    On one hand, they likely all would start socializing and he wouldn¡¯t be able to fit in because of his birth and lack of social skills and on another hand Syndra was extremely approachable and nice as he somewhat found a friend in her, if she also considered him a friend that is.


    While all of this was happening and seeing his somewhat worried expression, Syndra could to some degree tell what David was thinking, she couldn¡¯t help but feel that it was her fault if David now wouldn¡¯t be able to fit into his class because of her, but at the same time she was also delighted for the first time in her life to have found a person like him who talked to her normally without any prejudice, through all this talking she started to consider David as her friend, but also found it hard to really call him by that as she still didn¡¯t know what he thought of her.


    It didn¡¯t help either that he was bewitchingly handsome and seductive to boot, more than once in their conversation did Syndra find herself simply staring at him not able to take her eyes off him as she started to get charmed, every time she caught herself doing so she berated herself calling herself a slut and a harlot for being so easily bewitched by a man only for the next second to do the same thing and repeat the cycle.


    -(In either case, if anything happens in his class and he gets isolated because of me or picked on, I will do everything I can to help him and maybe even take him under my wing¡­)


    Fantasizing a bit, Syndra swore to herself that she would do anything to help as she happily continued talking with David about school, she hadn¡¯t realized that she was already doing things way beyond an acquaintance or a friend would do even though they had just met.


    It was clear that Syndra had already fallen in love, even though she wasn¡¯t aware of it, she likely would have done a lot of things for David if he just as asked her at this moment, it wasn¡¯t because David was a good talker, but because Syndra simply never had any experience with the opposite sex or what falling in love was like since everyone she knew avoided and felt disgusted by her which David never did or showed throughout the time of getting to know him, adding to it were David¡¯s charming looks, his kindness and sincerity.


    Talking to him was like an incredibly fresh breeze and a whole new world opening up at the same time, she felt liberated by having someone like a companion she could exchange words with, never before did she use her throat as much as she did today, it was already starting to hurt even though she was controlling herself in the conversation to not seem too desperate and make David have a weird opinion of her she still wanted to continue and not stop as her feelings of happiness still kept going and not stopping greedily wanting more.


    Unfortunately, all things needed to end, and the end came when the waiter finally decided that he needed to inform them of something and slowly came to their table making it a slight point to avoid Syndra as he faced towards David before politely saying.


    -Ehm¡­excuse me you two mis¡­ehh I mean missus and mister, but we are soon going to close, I would like for you to politely clear the area as we won¡¯t be operated for today, thank you.


    Having said his part David paid for the meal they didn¡¯t eat, the waiter accepted the money and left with quick steps clearly not wanting to stay any longer then he had to, seeing his quick retreat made David once again feel displeased by the waiter as he clearly left so quickly because of Syndra, he really felt that the waiter was rude, but at the same time he didn¡¯t have the gut to really say that as the waiter didn¡¯t actually do anything wrong.


    The only wrong thing the waiter did in his opinion was momentarily ruin the atmosphere between Syndra and him as Syndra clearly took it a bit harder the way the waiter acted towards her then she did at the beginning. She hid her face this time as well covering it with her hair as he could briefly see Syndra clench her fist so tight that it shook, she was originally hiding it under the table, but since David always had a keen sense of observation from all the avoiding he did in his high school and university years he knew exactly what was going on.


    He didn¡¯t let his awareness be seen though as he simply pretended not to know anything while gather his baggage thinking to himself.


    -(Strange, why is she so angry right now? She didn¡¯t even twitch when that guy acted like that towards her when we came in, the most she did was hide her face with her long hair, did the waiter perhaps so something rude? No, I didn¡¯t catch anything like that, though maybe at the beginning he was about say something strange before stopping, no better not think of it, Syndra is clearly bothered right now and ignoring would be better, I still don¡¯t know her too well for me to ask such a personal question about her, I am sure time will tell sufficiently.)


    Thinking optimistically, David turned back around the moment he finished organizing his stuff, smiling he looked at Syndra before saying.


    -It was a bit of a shame since our conversation was cut short, but I think it¡¯s time we go.This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience.


    He proposed still not realizing that it was getting dark, Syndra on the other hand only now realized that it was starting to get dark as she looked out the window, she couldn¡¯t believe that they had actually talked for this long, the surprise made her completely forget about the waiter¡¯s earlier rudeness and how it ruined their moment which caused her anger, replaced by slight shyness for holding him up for this long and regret that she could only talk for so long.


    Noticing how Syndra had suddenly turned towards the window, David also looked outside and saw how the sun was about to go down, remembering earlier how the waiter told them to leave since the restaurant was closing, he only now realized that it was closing because it was getting dark work hours were about to be over.


    The fact that they talked for so long surprised David, but immediately after he realized how much time he wasted sitting with Syndra talking that he completely forgot about the academy!


    Starting to get a bit worried whether or not he could still make it or whether or not it was already too late he turned towards Syndra wanting to ask her.


    Syndra in turn looked at David and immediately understood why he looked like that, she felt a bit apologetic for holding him up for so long and immediately tried to calm his worries.


    -Don¡¯t worry, the Academy doesn¡¯t actually start in a week or so, currently it¡¯s just the waiting period for people to arrive, in fact you came really early, most of the students who attend the academy usually come at the very last moment, though even if they come late it¡¯s not like they get kicked out hehe¡­


    She explained, immediately making David feel calm as he once again needlessly worried about something he shouldn¡¯t have, Syndra in turn couldn¡¯t help but laugh, even though it was a bit mean she couldn¡¯t help but feel like she liked it whenever she saw David slightly distressed and how he looked at her for help, for the first time she got to know how it felt like when someone relied on her and to be honest it felt great to her.


    David on the other hand didn¡¯t know how to react really, but since he saw that Syndra was happy, he didn¡¯t say anything and simply laughed along with her.


    Afterwards they got ready and quickly went out of the eatery, the streets of the city were slowly starting to come to life as well as lights came out from each establishment and new people started to come out, the night life of this city was just as prosperous as day time¡­


    -Thinking about it, I don¡¯t actually know the name of this city¡­


    Unconsciously muttering those words, Syndra picked up on them as she immediately explained.


    -The city here is called Ravennest city, since the entrance to Ravenwing academy is in the very middle of this city it took its name from the academy, on a side note Ravennest is just as prosperous as the royal capital of our kingdom, Goldthrone, but the unique thing about this city is that most of all Wizards come here because Ravennest is also the largest market for magic materials such as reagents and magic items.


    -Oh, really?


    David smiled wryly, replying as if he understood even though he didn¡¯t really understand what reagents or magic items were, Syndra noticed this and explained what those things were without looking bothered at all as she was more than happy to explain anything to David.


    From this David came to know that reagents were used to cast spells that needed them, spells that required reagents were usually more powerful than those that didn¡¯t require them while magic items were tools with magical effects, common magical items are swords enchanted with sharpness or toughness which made the swords to be either sharper or tougher meaning they would last longer.


    Already David, was captivated by the many forms of and applications of magic, he couldn¡¯t wait to attend the academy and learn more, through their talking they were also quickly about to reach the academy gates, upon seeing them both of them had differing expressions as David couldn¡¯t help but feel happy and nervous that he finally arrived while Syndra felt a bit sad since she couldn¡¯t keep her excuse of staying with David any longer since they already arrived.


    For a moment she thought about maybe showing him around the school or to his dorm, but quickly extinguished that thought as it was already starting to get dark and the male dorm was a off limits zone for the girls just as the girl¡¯s was for the boys.


    On top of that Syndra didn¡¯t want to bother David with unnecessary rumors, if somebody saw them together she could already tell that there were would be massive whispering going around, David was different from her after all, he was a prince compared to her who was the beast.


    Because of this as soon as they saw the gate Syndra resolved herself to not bother David anymore, she quickly turned towards him and told him that once he got to the gate he only needed to show his letter to the gatekeeper before someone would come and arrange everything for him, after that she made the excuse of having something to do before immediately disappearing from David¡¯s sight as she ran off.


    David now alone, was a bit dumbfounded by Syndra¡¯s sudden escape, he for a moment couldn¡¯t help but think that maybe he done something that offended her for her to run away so quickly, but he quickly erased that thought not liking what he was thinking and simply convinced himself that she was busy and that he had already taken a lot of her time, once he got into the academy he was sure they would get many more opportunities to meet and talk so he shouldn¡¯t think anything bad as of yet.


    Cheering himself up, he stepped forward towards the gate, it was massive up close and looked intimidating to boot, it didn¡¯t help that he was the only person present here, David imagined that most students likely came midday and that he was one of the rare few that came in the afternoon.


    Checking his pockets, David pulled out the invitation letter looking at it again he couldn¡¯t help but feel that the piece of paper he was holding was far more magical then any magic item he had seen on those markets coming here, but then again it could be just a durable piece of paper.


    -Your letter may I see it?


    -Ehh?!


    Surprised, David jumped a tiny bit as he hadn¡¯t expected somebody to talk to him all of sudden, since he was sure that he was alone it was natural for him to be surprised, but as he turned towards the voice, he couldn¡¯t see anyone making him feel cold as chills down his spine.


    -(Was it a ghost?! Or am I just imagining things?)


    He wondered, now really starting to feel like going to this academy wasn¡¯t a good idea as he thought, and on a second thought maybe he should return back tomorrow when its bright, since no one was here, there was no point in David bothering anyone to come if they already went home.


    And just like that David convinced himself turning around, thinking about looking for a hotel, but just as he was about to leave the voice once again called out to him.


    -Hey! Where are you going! I told you to show me the letter lad! Don¡¯t you hear me! No not there! Look down you fool!


    Finally, David had found the origin of the voice, surprisingly it actually came from a black kitten that was standing next to his baggage the entire time, when he turned he hadn¡¯t noticed the kitten because of how well it blended into the dark, looking at it only its gold yellow eyes were the most distinct as everything else about its body was difficult to discern.


    The moment David saw the kitten and realized it was talking to it him he froze in place not sure what to think, even though David had already experienced a lot of magical things, talking animals was one thing he hadn¡¯t expected, he had heard of beast people before who lived on the far southern plains but they were described as humanoid individuals with animal traits not total animals.


    -(Calm down David, you can¡¯t just constantly be surprised by everything new you see, you are going to attend a magic school after all this is likely just par of the course, don¡¯t be an idiot and mess it up, just be cool)


    David calmed himself, slowly taking his letter and giving it to the kitten, the kitten in turn took the latter with its tiny pawn somehow and started to read it, after a while David could see its eyes shone with a yellow light before the letter itself shone in blue light and dispersed into tiny particles.


    -Hmm, I see so you are the talented freshman the headmistress had talked about, you¡¯ve come quite early though also quite late, but it doesn¡¯t matter, normally someone else would be telling you this but since that person isn¡¯t here listen closely, from today on you are a student of Ravenwing academy, you will study here for 5 years for free plus be given anything else you require like food and shelter, etc, each week you will be also given stipend, basically an allowance, and if you can become a third circle Wizard in the 5<sup>th</sup> year you will graduate, if you become a fourth circle Wizard in the 5<sup>th</sup> year you may be allowed for an extension of your studies, but if you can¡¯t fulfil neither of those things then you will be immediately kicked out after your 5<sup>th</sup> year, do you understand David from Murrtail village?


    The kitten spoke, for some reason looking a bit more serious as a more official aura surrounded it, David, simply gulped at that and nodded his head before answering.


    -Yes, I understand, thank you for having me here sir¡­


    -George.


    -Yes, thank you sir George.


    He bowed to the kitten called George, it looked as if it accepted his bow as it turned towards the gate, using its tails it gestured David to follow and as they started to come closer to the gate, the gate growled a metallic growl before opening all by itself letting them enter.


    Behind the gate there was a long road towards the tower, no other building other than the tower itself was present making David feel strange for a second as he imagined the academy to be more than just a single tower, but alas he ignored that for a moment as he followed the kitten as they walked towards the majestic tower.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 6 Shocking Truth

    The distance between the tower and the gate was deceptively long as it took more than 30 minutes of walking for them to finally reach it.


    The kitten on the way explained that usually people are brought to the tower by carriage instead of having to walk like they did, but since it was night most of the people like chauffeurs were already gone home leaving only defensive staff like guards behind.


    David personally didn¡¯t mind and rather felt sorry that he had to be a pain in the ass and come at night when most people were at home resting, he apologized to George even, but the latter didn¡¯t seem to mind as he simply said that it was fine.


    Taking his word for it, David felt a bit less guilty, but while walking he thought about how magical and not magical all of this seemed, since if the gate could open itself somehow be it through magic, then why not have magical carriages too ?


    He thought and as if George could read his mind he turned his head to him as they walked showing a mysterious glint in his feline eyes.


    -You maybe be wondering why we don¡¯t use magical carriages if we use magical gates, but let me tell you this young one, just because magic is convenient it doesn¡¯t mean we have to use it on anything and everything, so many young people come to this academy to learn magic to solve all of their problems, but the truth is magic is not all powerful and neither will solving those problems with magic make them go away, furthermore there are far better methods other than magic in this world that aren¡¯t inherently magical which are more useful then magic itself, in the far future I believe that those methods will be far more useful then magic in everyday life.


    The kitten said, making David momentarily think as he couldn¡¯t help but say.


    -You mean, like the trains?


    His words seemed to have been right in the bull-eye as George abruptly stopped and turned towards David, his eyes showing far more curiosity then it did before.


    -How did you come to that... never mind.


    Turning back forward George continued walking as David followed closely, as they walked he continued talking as if he just thought about something without turning towards David.


    -Ha, I got to admit I didn¡¯t really think much of you when the headmistress told me about you and even when I saw you from afar with the young lady from the Dragora household, other than thinking that you weren¡¯t judging kind, I didn¡¯t think you were anyone special, but now I think I may have been mistaken about you young man, you¡¯re as an enigma as the headmistress had said you were, I look forward to seeing you in the future.


    His words were spoken with a slightly distant voice, it disturbed David but he kept it in and held himself from questioning the cat things like how he knew about him and Syndra and what this headmistress was all about, thinking about it though, Syndra had also talked about the headmistress, from what he gathered it was because of her that Syndra came to pick him up in the first place, Midgale was her name if he remembered correctly, and since she was the headmistress David figured that he would be seeing her quite soon.


    -Alright we arrived, from here you just need to go ahead and talk with the receptionist, she will guide you from the rest of the way.


    -Yes! Thank you sir George, sorry for making you walk and escort me all the way here!


    -As I said before its fine, study well and¡­ this may be a bit rude but may I ask a favor of you?


    -A favor?


    Not sure where this was going David looked at George as he slightly looked down with his golden yellow eyes, it looked as if George was hesitant to say further but finally decided to continue as he raised his head and stared at David with his golden eyes.


    -Yes, a favor, since you already met the young lady from the Dragora house, you must already know without me telling you how difficult it is for her to make meaningful relationships, and since you have proven that you aren¡¯t the kind of person who cares too much about these things, I really ask of you to talk with that young lady more if it doesn¡¯t trouble you, I assure you she is a good person at heart! A bit tough around the edges but very loyal and reliable so if you could¡­


    Feeling that this conversation was going to a place David completely couldn¡¯t foresee, he suddenly raised his arms in surrender as he started to get really confused what the kitten was going on about.


    Of course David knew that there was some kind of problem that Syndra had seeing how everyone had treated her so far, but being expected to immediately understand something like this only after meeting her was too much, but at the same time maybe it wasn¡¯t, David ever since back then slowly started to realize that there must be something about Syndra that is obvious to others but not to him that makes everyone act to cold towards her, he at first thought that maybe there was something that may have happened in the past that caused the people to act like that towards her, or maybe it was cultural stigma, but after observing them some more, he quickly started to realize that even that didn¡¯t make complete sense with the way the people were acting, David out of all people knew what disdain and contempt was, but the things these people directing at Syndra was more Disgust then anything as if they were looking at something dirty, this is what really confused David the most, while walking with her he eventually realized that there is a significant gap between him and the people here that is missing, disregarding the fact that woman are the dominant gender of this world, David knew he needed to learn more, and maybe this kitten could help him.


    Seeing him raise his hands so suddenly in a fluster, George momentarily stopped what he was about to say, he looked slightly worried as he stared at David as if he was about to get rejected, but that wasn¡¯t why David raised his hands for.


    Having his attention, David momentarily coughed to compose himself before trying to explain.


    -Sir George, regarding Syndra, I am completely aware of the fact of how the people react to Syndra when I went around with her inside the city, up until now I have not asked her once why they are acting like that towards her and since she didn¡¯t mention it either I felt I needed to be respectful and not ask if she didn¡¯t want to say it herself, but from what I had gathered I can already tell that maybe there is something here that I am completely missing, and don¡¯t be worried, I already think of miss Syndra as a friend, I don¡¯t know what she thinks about me, but since she helped me ever since I came here I feel that she is a good person and someone worth talking to, originally I was going to wait until I got to school to ask around and see why Syndra is so disliked, but now that you are even asking me a favor, I think I can ask you directly sir George.


    Hearing his words, the kitten looked momentarily confused as he stared at David not sure what he was getting at, David himself didn¡¯t know what he was getting at either and instead was hoping that maybe George could answer his confusion and bring clarity, but looking at him that didn¡¯t seem to be the case, but suddenly a lightbulb seemed to light up inside the kitten¡¯s small head as his eyes shone with a magical light before looking as if he had just now realized something incredibly shocking.


    -wait a second, before I answer you anything young lad, can you tell me what you think of the young lady of the Dragora household.


    -You mean senior Syndra?


    -Yes.


    The kitten affirmed, intensely staring at David as he didn¡¯t understand the point of the question, but he didn¡¯t question it as he just thought about what he should say, and honestly he didn¡¯t really need to think too much since he already knew what to say without thinking about it.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    -Senior Syndra, my first impression of her was that she is very cold, by the book and confrontational, later when she helped me and saved from some not so pleasant folks I came to understand that her cold exterior was just a way for her to protect herself from all the people who acted in kind towards her, talking with her I understood that it was actually easy to talk to her and that she was just a normal girl like any other only with a few problems that weighed on her, overall she is a nice girl and I like her? Is what I think haha.


    David laughed shyly as he couldn¡¯t help but blush from saying something so embarrassing so easily, he regretted not thinking about his words, but George was different, he was glad that David spoke his mind without considering anything and even felt delighted as he didn¡¯t expect David to hold such a high opinion of that girl, furthermore listening to David he quickly came to understand what this missing gap was that David referred to when he said he couldn¡¯t understand why the people acted so cold towards Syndra.


    He now knew what was going on, but at the same time he couldn¡¯t believe someone like David actually existed in this world which made him feel suspicious as he started to doubt his judgement furrowing his little eyes as he stared at David.


    -(There can be only 3 answers to explain his behavior and thinking, 1. he is acting and actually wants something from Syndra by deliberately getting close to her. 2. he really is a saint and doesn¡¯t judge people easily by outer appearance no matter how hideous or 3 he doesn¡¯t possess any beauty standards or possess weird tastes which is why he doesn¡¯t realize why Syndra isn¡¯t very well liked.)


    Out of those 3 answers George immediately eliminated the first one as David was simply too young and George was simply too old for him to be able to deceive this old cat who had already experienced too much in his life to not notice when someone was lying, the second answer was still up for the debate while the third one George was hesitant about as he couldn¡¯t really imagine someone as David existing since it would require for David to have lived under a rock his entire life without ever having communicated with the opposite sex, him having devious taste is more likely, but so far George couldn¡¯t tell if that was true either which is why he would test his theory right here and now.


    -lad, can you humor me for a second and tell me what you think of this?


    The kitten said suddenly projecting yellow out of its eyes as smoke started to come out and form into a human shape before manifesting into an actual human.


    David not sure what was going on stepped back as he didn¡¯t know what kind of magic the cat was playing at; it was only after seeing the smoke had turned into a woman that he guessed that it may be some kind of illusion.


    The woman in question was quite slender in fact like a chopstick, she had short hair and wore a tight fitting dress, her facial features were clean and elegant while her height was shorter than David¡¯s by at least 10 cms making her somewhere between 170 to 175 cms tall, looking at this woman David thought that she was cute and pleasant which is what he said to George who didn¡¯t look like he had a particular opinion about his answer before making the illusion disappear.


    -Then how about this one.


    Next he summoned another human illusion, again a woman, but this time the woman stood taller than the one before, close to or at least higher then David in fact, she also had longer hair that went all the way down her waist just like Syndra, and just like Syndra she also had completely filled out proportions that made her into a seductress, her attire didn¡¯t reduce her sex appeal either as she wore something like a military uniform that was tight around her body, her breasts were big, her legs were long and her thighs in particular were the focal point putting David into a confusion as he wasn¡¯t sure where to look at without turning red.


    But on another more interesting note, the more the he looked at this hot mature woman, the more he started to notice how similar she was to Syndra, the skin color was the only major difference as Syndra had ashen skin while this woman had clear white complexion, their hair was also the same dark gray and their eye color were identical as well together with their lips with purple being the main motif.


    If David wasn¡¯t so close to this woman and observing her this closely he wouldn¡¯t have doubted her to be Syndra from a distance, really she looked like Syndra¡¯s older sister, she had a aura about her that spoke of experience, if Syndra was perpetually cold then this woman had already grown out of that phase and was instead just perpetually cool and a bit aloof really.


    -Very well, what is your opinion?


    Noticing that David had been taking a bit too much time in admiring his illusion, George started to get a bit impatient, hearing him David, snapped out of his thoughts and quickly tried to think of something to say, but this time it was tougher as there were simply too many things for David to say, all of which were slightly inappropriate and maybe could be taken as perverted.


    He needed to really think this out through if he didn¡¯t want to be seen as a pervert.


    -Ehm¡­she is more womanly I guess?


    -More womanly? What do you mean?


    George raised his tiny eyebrows not sure what to take out of that answer asking him to elaborate, being asked to be more precise David was half convinced that the kitten was trying to make David say something inappropriate, but he kept that to himself and simply thought about a fitting word all the while his eyes were glued to this woman¡¯s thighs that were exposed.


    -How do I say this¡­her figure is extremely passion inducing, if the earlier woman was a lotus flower then this woman is a rose, is what I want to say.


    -Hmm¡­a lotus and a rose huh¡­


    Feeling as if the kitten had now gleamed something out of his answer with his emphasizing sigh David wasn¡¯t sure if it was bad or good, but looking at it the entire point of this questioning seemed extremely pointless to David to the point he was about to forget how they even came to this questioning in the first place only to remember that they were talking about Syndra, he was about to ask what this questioning had to do with her, but couldn¡¯t as the kitten had beat him to a question.


    -On another note, between the lotus and the rose, which do you prefer? And don¡¯t be shy, take this a conversation between men, nothing said here will find itself into the ear of others so be honest lad.


    Suddenly being pressured by the kitten, David gave up entirely as he plainly admitted what his preference was as he spoke with his head down in shame.


    -The rose, I like roses more.


    -huh¡­


    Again that sigh, he didn¡¯t like it, but put up with it before the kitten once again gleamed with its eyes and made the illusion disappear, now looking far happier than before and staring at David with a expectant glint in its eyes.


    -By the way, the rose that you had just seen was actually the young lady Dragora¡¯s mother, she is the current head of house Dragora and her name is Vitra Dragora, she is 38 this year and single.


    -Ehhh¡­I am not sure why you are telling me this but I appreciate the info !


    David replied, now feeling even more ashamed as he realized that he was ogling Syndra¡¯s mother the entire time, if he felt like a pervert before, now he felt like a total scumbag as well for ogling the mother of his benefactor, it didn¡¯t help that the kitten had to add the last part which was totally unnecessary which made him feel uncomfortable.


    Now sweat was started to build onto David as he was slowly starting to get tired, he had already spent the entire day talking with Syndra in that restaurant, now having to deal with this mysterious cat doing his highly questionable questionnaires put him in even more drained state than before.


    David honestly wanted to leave, but at the same time Syndra¡¯s problem was still not very well explained to him which was the entire reason why he hesitated to go, the cat obviously knew something and he also guessed that the questioning wasn¡¯t as pointless as it seemed even if it looked like he was playing with him.


    And David was right to think that, George had now fully understood what was up, or at least thought he knew since he assumed that it was likely that David simply didn¡¯t discriminate against anyone which is why he didn¡¯t feel repulsed by Syndra or her mother¡¯s appearance, and the fact that he wasn¡¯t aware of it only served to make him more confused as he couldn¡¯t get how a kid like David could come to existence even though the invitation clearly stated the he lived in this kingdom his entire life which should have made him just the same as everyone else, could it be that David was simply so naturally pure of heart that no amount of external stimuli could convince him otherwise? George wondered.


    And while all of this was a curious indeed, it didn¡¯t actually matter in the end as George realized that the only thing that mattered now was whether or not he should explain this to David.


    Not explaining him anything had its upside after all as that would make David not treat Syndra specially and just continue treating her like a normal girl just like she wished, but George knew that eventually with or without his explanation David would understand from context clues or even through the mouths of others what was up.


    Telling him now would likely be in this case the most time saving and the best course of decision he could make which is what he immediately did as he started to explain the truth of the matter to David in a very unceremonious matter.


    David¡¯s expression at first was calm as he listened, but the more he heard the more he started to understand that his standard of beauty was completely out of whack in this world turning his expression into a black one mixed with small amounts of surprise beneath his lips.


    At the end George finally decided to leave as he easily melded into the darkness leaving David all alone to ponder as he came out with the ultimate answer that he couldn¡¯t quite believe.


    All along¡­it had turned out, that they avoided Syndra because she was ugly.


    And it wasn¡¯t just ugly, in this world people like Syndra were considered hideous.


    That day David considered for a moment how ugly a person had to be for everyone to avoid them and feel disgusted by them, and how difficult it was for that person.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 7 Transfer

    Entering the Ravenwing tower, David was still in a trance as he thought about the things George had just told him about Syndra, why others treated her so coldly and why he wanted him to be friends with her.


    David understood that, and told George that he wouldn¡¯t act different; even if Syndra was scorned because of her looks, after all to David Syndra¡¯s looks weren¡¯t hideous at all, to him she was one of the most beautiful, no, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen so why would he treat her badly?


    He momentarily stopped as he thought about this, not able to bear it as he slapped himself feeling the stinging pain of his cheek getting slapped, but not able to distract him from the despise he felt for himself.


    -(You¡¯re scum David! How could you think of her like that! She also just a person, the fact that you treat her well because she is beautiful to you is no different from how everyone else treats her because she is hideous to them, how much of a hypocrite can you get, if Syndra truly knew what you were thinking do you think she would be happy?)


    David became extremely critical of himself as he harshly reprimanded himself for being just vain as those other people on the street and that waiter in that eatery, honestly it was a bit too much since David was also still just a human and humans tend to judge others by their appearance even if they don¡¯t think that, the true reason why David was so harsh on himself was because he knew how it felt to be isolated, shunned and not liked by others, while David never had to go through what Syndra did because of her appearance he sympathized with her struggle to fit in as he too never once was able to do the same because of his soft and weak character, he got better now in this life but still now enough to really call himself a changed man.


    David truly wanted to help Syndra, but if the only reason he wanted to help her was because she was attractive to him then he may as well not help her at all as he felt too much despise for himself to do it.


    David wanted to sigh, never did he think that simply arriving in the academy would force him into such confrontation of his character, but at that moment David decided he would need to think more and ruminate over this issue before he came to clear answer, again, David didn¡¯t come here to play, he came to study, studying was the priority, caring for others was good but David also needed to think for himself.


    -Are you a new student? Ah! Are you perhaps David from Murrtail Village? Professor George had just now told me about you please follow me!


    Standing in front of the receptionist, David found himself in front of a nicely clothed clean boy his age with a gentle smile, David silently nodded before following him, still not knowing where they were going exactly as they headed towards a corridor on the southern side of the tower within.


    On a side note, the insides of the tower were completely different from how it looked outside, for some reason the insides were far more spacious then they should be and the corridor they were walking was long too something that should been impossible with the way the towers size and the way it was constructed, David wonder if this was also an application of magic and most likely he was right.


    Other than the interior space, the insides were decorated quite the minimalist style with smooth stone floors, white ceilings a few pieces of furniture and the odd plant placed within certain parameters of each other.


    Seeing this David remembers from his one and only book about magic that it described Wizards or most magic users to be people who value practicality over looks, while not everyone was like that, for over centuries the core philosophies of Wizards who pursuit knowledge and truth was that they desired to spend less to accomplish more, not in a sense that they wanted to cheat, but instead use their knowledge more meaningfully.Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site.


    There was even a quote for this¡­


    -Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.


    His mutters seem to catch the attention of the receptions who lead as he suddenly turned around smiling towards David as he looked at him with a sort of impressed manner.


    -I see that you already know of some bit of Wizard culture, though not surprising as that quote was made by the one and only Archimedes one of the legendary Archwizard¡¯s who build the foundation of wizardry! On the topic of Archimedes did you know that¡­


    David seemed to triggered something within the young receptionist as he for some odd reason started to tell David about everything involving the great Archimedes, it was clear that the receptionist was quite the fan of the legendary Archwizard, but it was unfortunate that David simply wasn¡¯t in the mood to listen, still he didn¡¯t want to be rude and tried to listen shooting off his own couple questions as they finally arrived within a big room with a huge magic circle on it that David familiar with as a similar one was illustrated in his book, the one he knew of had the function of gathering mana and making it his own, but this one was completely different which meant it had a different purpose.


    -Ah! We arrived, almost forgot about why I was leading you here, sorry for talking on for so much, I hope I didn¡¯t bore you to death! But anyways we are here, this is a teleportation circle, using this you will be transported to the academy, so if you would just stand inside of there¡­


    The receptionist lightly pushed David into the circle, David felt iffy about it even a bit nervous as he turned around asking.


    -Is this Dangerous? And when you said it will send me to the academy you mean this here isn¡¯t the academy?


    -Dangerous? Don¡¯t be silly other then there being a 0.000000001 percent chance of you being stuck inside a infinite astral plane or only getting half of your body transported there is nothing dangerous about the circle! And in regards to the Academy for the sake of security and guarding our secrets the higher ups decided to put the Academy in a place only available through teleportation, don¡¯t worry at weekends you are allowed to leave the school grounds and come back here and have fun in the city, and now without a further ado, study well young apprentice!


    -Wait!


    Before he could even say his objections, the circle underneath David shone with blue light blinding David as he stood within.


    The next moment he felt himself being throwing into a long winding tunnel while his body distorted into all kinds of shapes and forms, the next him he opened his eyes he found himself in a room identical to the one he was in before, but this time someone completely else stood before him, a woman holding what looked like a paper bag as she held it towards him.


    -Here, this will make you feel better.


    Not one to say no to help, David quickly took the paper bag and unceremoniously puked his guts out inside while kneeling down, his head was beyond dizzy and his heart beat like a drum as he still felt the after effects of the transfer shaking through his body.


    It took David 5 minutes to finally stabilize sufficiently for him to stand, the woman who was looking over him looked quite impressed as she remarked.


    -Oh, it usually takes new students 30 to an hour to get used to the sensation of dimensional jump, the fact that you recovered in less then 5 minutes shows that you have both potential and also a bit training.


    Her praised was followed by a slap to the back as she smiled at him, the slap was particularly strong and made David want to throw up again, but other then bile there was nothing in his stomach and he rather not throw up more than he had to.


    -Where am I?


    David finally managed to ask, noticing his baggage beside him as he took it and stood shakily.


    -Heh? Didn¡¯t Markus the receptionist not tell you? Welcome to the Ravenwing Academy!


    She said, pointing with her thump towards the exit as bright light flashed into the room and slowly dimmed revealing the outside world as thousands of stars littered the sky, there was a wide open plaza right on the outside with numerous buildings with the biggest building having the Ravenwing insignia on it.


    David marveled as he looked outside, unconsciously walking forward as he finally arrived to the academy.


    Where David would finally start his life as a wizard.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 8 The Academy

    -That building over there is the main academy building, since classes will official start in a week you should visit the academy before to get familiar with your surroundings and where to go, the main academy building has a lot of facilities too most famously having one of the biggest libraries in our kingdom which gets updated every month, so if you like reading you should go there and have a look on the other hand there is also a training hall both inside and outside where you can practice if you want.


    -Thanks senior Caithlyn.


    David thanked her for her helpful advice and information, at the moment the girl called Caithlyn was showing David the way to his dormitory, she was a second year student just like Syndra and when she introduced herself she told David she was from the Gastromancy division, David didn¡¯t know what Gastromancy was but he figured it was just like any other division of study, since Syndra belonged to the close-quarter combat division there must be a lot of divisions one could join though he only knew one of them to be exact which was the one Syndra belonged to as she talked about her division more than the others.


    Right of the bat Caithlyn looked to be a very reliable senior in his eyes, he didn¡¯t know if it was just because he was alone meaning she could pay her utmost attention towards him or because she was so naturally inviting, because of her easy to approach nature David didn¡¯t feel uncomfortable around her, her smile was particularly calming as she sported black hair, brown eyes and had about the same height as David leaning towards a chubbier figure coupled with brown skin.


    He didn¡¯t know if she came from the Grann kingdom since her looks didn¡¯t particularly coincide with the usual natives, but he also didn¡¯t really care as he simply followed the gentle senior as they made their way towards his dorm.


    One the way Caithlyn explained everything they came across and what each building was, she even gave out a small map of the school campus to David for him to follow if he got lost later which is what everyone gets once they get here, holding the map David wondered how it is that new students get introduced to the school, by his experience so far it seems as if everyone who is new gets someone like his senior Caithlyn to show them around to their dorm, he in fact asked this very same question in which his senior patiently explained how it worked.


    -Long ago when this academy didn¡¯t have a lot of man power it was the duty of the old students to initiate the new students, basically showing them around teaching them the rules and what not, but as time passed and man power was gathered things like this started to become unnecessary, but since a lot of relationships between the old students and the new students started through these initiations the school faculty figured that they should keep this tradition alive so that the barrier between the old and the new wouldn¡¯t be so high and everyone could be nice around each other, in fact because of this tradition our Ravenwing academy is one of the schools with the least amount of incidents between seniors and juniors you could say we are a pretty tight bunch, but don¡¯t misunderstand with so many nobles attending this school obviously there is an already set social hierarchy between everyone, conflicts between certain houses and factions is unavoidable but at least through traditions like these everyone keeps civil around each other.


    She said, giving David a bit of time to digest everything as they walked, Syndra didn¡¯t tell him any of these things like tradition likely because he didn¡¯t ask, through this he couldn¡¯t help but remember the little girl with the numerous students behind her back when he first came to Ravennest, those students were likely all freshmen and the little girl just like Caithlyn was also likely doing her duties as a senior guiding the juniors, though the numbers really paled in comparison to Caithlyn which is why he couldn¡¯t help but ask.


    -I see, but is it normal for you seniors to guide as many or as few juniors as you like? I mean is it really okay for you senior Caithlyn to waste your time on a single potentially non-important person like me?


    Caithlyn smiled wryly at David¡¯s question as she could read the underlying meaning in it, this tradition obviously also had a secondary use in building connections with people as soon as they came in, from what David knew and experienced having connections was always very useful, in a certain sense being a socialite made life easier since you could be flexible with a lot things that required the help of others, those successful in life were also usually those with a lot of connections in certain places which allows them to get better jobs or find opportunities just by asking around, companies usually also hired the people their own employees could vouch for while everyone else who didn¡¯t have those connections needed to prove themselves with their skill and build a reputation for all to see, in David¡¯s previous life if he had a connection to a certain IT company he could have built his name far quicker than before without needing to work 24/7 every day for over 5 years.


    Nobles in particular were the kind of connections that almost everyone would scramble over to get as they represented the ruling class of this kingdom who set the laws and managed everything else, they may as well be gods in front of David who was a mere commoner, having someone as nice as senior Caithlyn guide him even though he couldn¡¯t do much for her was really a waste of time if she could just as well guide a bunch of noble kids just like that little girl who were far more useful then him.


    -Yeah, it¡¯s true that making friends with those in power is useful, but at the same time I am not really comfortable around those kinds of folks, I myself am a commoner after all and I heard something pretty interesting about you ditching Mishalka in favor of Lady Syndra.


    -Wait! You heard?


    David stunned about what he just heard, looked at Caithlyn¡¯s sly smiling face as she looked at him with a sort of amusement and curiosity in her eyes, he was also sort of surprised that she was also a commoner like him since she didn¡¯t strike him as a commoner with her elegant mannerisms and polite way of speaking, but most importantly the fact she knew that he chased after Syndra was what surprised him the most, he didn¡¯t think rumors would travel so fast and the fact that she could identify him without knowing his name is what made him even more curious.


    -How did you¡­


    -Know that you were the guy from the rumors? Well there were a lot of people who witnessed the happenings and since Syndra is pretty infamous in school for her¡­let¡¯s just say ¡°striking¡± appearance, skill and cold demeanor, coupled with your willingness to follow her instead of the popular Mishalka will obviously make everyone talk about you, people don¡¯t need to know your name if they know how you look, particularly if you look as handsome as those rumors said you did, and they don¡¯t disappoint or exaggerate one bit if you ask me.


    -Eh¡­


    David momentarily blushed at Caithlyn¡¯s barefaced compliment, she didn¡¯t looked fazed either when she said he was handsome, scanning David with her eyes in a sort of hot way, he was already used to girls calling him things like that but he didn¡¯t expected this senior to suddenly call him out like that as she seemed the gentle sort from the first impression he had from her, this only proved that you couldn¡¯t judge people by their cover, luckily he still didn¡¯t feel that Caithlyn was somebody unpleasant, she seemed to have a mischievous side to her but overall he still liked this senior.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator.


    -Haha¡­


    Simply laughing it off was the best course of action and Caithlyn also laughed with him as they continued walking and talking along the way, on the way, David tried to ascertain what consequences there may be coming for him because of those rumors and whether or not he should be careful, but Caithlyn assured him that nothing would happen, since he did give a reason as to why he suddenly left nobody thought that David was impolite, the only reason they really talked about David was because his extremely handsome looks that could rival a incubus, the reason they really talked was because of Syndra and Mishalka, it seemed as if these two were known to cause conflict with each other or rather everyone knew that Mishalka always instigated a fight between them, they had a sort of rivalry going on the origins of which were a bit too long for Caithlyn to really explain as she simply said she would tell him later if he wanted to know.


    But she also added that involving himself with Syndra would put him into Mishalka¡¯s crosshair so he should be careful if he didn¡¯t want to become a target, David dully noted the advice not sure how to think really before putting it in the back of his head.


    Having nothing much to worry anymore David felt calm wondering when they would arrive before Caithlyn suddenly stopped in front of a huge building going at least 5 stories high, going by its appearance it looked really new almost as if it was newly built furthermore David noticed that this wasn¡¯t the male dorm Caithlyn had told about while they were coming here as it was supposed to be a bit further from here, he was about to ask what this building was, but Caithlyn beat him to the punch as she suddenly spoke.


    -We¡¯re finally here, this here is your dorm, go in and talk to the dorm manager, once you give your name he will give you your key with your room number, now have a good night and see you later, remember, familiarize yourself with the academy it¡¯s a big campus and it will do you good knowing your way around.


    Caithlyn waved David goodbye, David also hastily bid Caithlyn goodbye as he thanked her for everything, not getting the chance to ask anything.


    Watching her leave made David want to sigh, but her turned around and walked towards the Dorm entrance, feeling tired all of a sudden, all he wanted now was to get to his room and got to sleep, he hadn¡¯t slept in a proper bed for days and his back was really feeling it.


    -Ahh you¡¯re David from Murrtail village, wait here for a second I get you your key and identification card, it will only take a moment.


    David talked with the dorm manager, who turned out to be a big owl perched within the entrance, he didn¡¯t show surprise at that as he already saw a something similar in George the black kitten, he did as the owl said and waited, sitting inside what looked like a big lobby as he rested up thinking about the many things he experienced this day, his initial nervousness had subsided quite a bit, but he could tell that once classes would begin he would again feel nervous, maybe more then before.


    -Hah! Hah! Hah!


    -Huh?


    Suddenly while he was in the middle of his thought he could hear someone shouting in a rhythmic manner, the shouting sounded to him like those martial art training exercises for when hitting a target, and David wasn¡¯t far off the truth either as the hollow sound of wood being beaten could be heard after each shout.


    Curious David stood up and walked towards the door from where the sound came from, this dorm was shaped like a big square from what David could tell where behind the building there was a flat square space like a backyard but a lot bigger then a ordinary yard looking more like a sports ground.


    Within this sports ground David could spot a single girl with fair and white skin, long golden blonde hair going down her waist and red eyes, striking a stationary wooden practice puppet with her bare hands wrapped in only bandages, her each strike had quite a bit of force behind it as the heavy looking wooden puppet swayed back with force before returned just as quickly from the rebound, the girl was ready for it repeating her well-practiced strikes as she concentrated on a single spot while using only a single hand to strike which was her right hand at lightning speeds.


    David was dazzled by her display of skill and force, but more than anything he couldn¡¯t help but admire this girl¡¯s beauty as well, she was just as seductive as Syndra having all of her womanly portions filled in and grown out, she was on the tall side as well similarly to David, her waist in particular looked hot, but her long legs together with her thick and well trained thighs were also quite notable as her large rack lightly shook after each strike clearly held in place by something she wore which looked like a sports bra visible through her thin sleeveless shirt, she also wore hot pants with a pair of sandals giving a free and unrestrained look which bordered on sexy and mature as she was covered in sweat almost looking as if she was about to release steam.


    But while thinking about how pretty she was, David was suddenly reminded about the beauty standards of this world, remembering how similar she was to Syndra when it came to body type and face made David quickly realize that she was likely similarly considered one of the ugly ones in this world, David honestly didn¡¯t want to think about this as he didn¡¯t like his conflicting thoughts which is why he rather focused on her training more than her appearance watching this girl train in silence.


    While doing so he couldn¡¯t help but compare her to Syndra, but as he compared both of them he immediately noticed how different they were, one notable difference was that there was a sort of suffocating hot and savage air about this girl in comparison to Syndra who was cold and aloof, David felt that this girl was only similar in the way to Syndra with how determined they were and how much pride they showed through their eyes, other than that they were as different as ice and fire, David had the thought of going over and talking to the girl and maybe introducing himself, but he felt a bit scared by her savage aura as if she would hit him if he said something wrong plus she was in the middle of training which he didn¡¯t want to interrupt.


    And because of that David simply stood near the door watching the girl hit the target dummy, he didn¡¯t know how long he stood there watching but the more he looked the more he was amazed by her strength, if it was him who was hitting the dummy he probably would have stopped after the 3rd or 4th strike with the way she was hitting it, he couldn¡¯t imagine how much endurance, resilience and willpower you would need to continue doing this without becoming crazy from the pain, but then again the proverb ¡°no pain no gain¡± existed for a reason which fit this girl exactly with the way she trained.


    -Well, I should probably leave before she discovers me, I don¡¯t want to be misunderstood as a creep after all.


    David thought, about to make his exit until he noticed how suddenly the air surrounding the girl changed as it seemed to go still, his eyes widened as his heart quickened watching the girl attentively as her right hand looked as if it was glowing for a second before shooting like a cannon and hitting the dummy square in the chest, strangely enough there was no sound upon impact instead the place she hit momentarily contorted holding the shape of her fist before crunching up and finally making a sound which culminated into a explosive break that shattered that dummy in two.


    David was utterly shocked by what just happened his respect for this girl went up even more as he couldn¡¯t help himself before walking into the sports ground and clapping his hands for her display of strength.


    -What?


    Hearing the sudden sound of clapping the golden haired girl immediately turned towards David panting heavily while looking confused, and as soon as she spotted David her face changed into befuddlement before concentrating her red eyes onto David enveloping him with her with that savage aura that immediately made him stop clapping.


    Before he could even say anything there was a single thought that came to Davids mind that aptly described this situation.


    Damn it.


    <div>


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 9 Dorm Mates

    -Who are you?


    The golden haired girl asked, her voice laced with caution as she spoke in a threatening manner as if she was demanding the answer instead probing it out of David, to David this voice was like thunder to his ears, he even imagined himself getting hit but this beauty but he tried to dissuade himself, quickly reasoning that since he didn¡¯t do anything she likely wouldn¡¯t do anything to him, in fact something similar like this happened when he first came to ravennest and met Syndra for the first time, her cold domineering aura was enough to freeze David into a statue, but once he got to know her and talked to her she wasn¡¯t such a difficult person as he imagined, why would it be different this time? Syndra and that girl may be completely different but they were the same when it came to the way they showed their will and pride.


    Calming himself significantly through his reasoning, David breathed in a small breath before courageously taking a step forward towards her explaining himself.


    -Ahem, my name is David I¡¯m from Murrtail village and I am 15 years old, I¡¯m a new student to this academy and I was told that this is my dorm, sorry for interrupting your training, but I couldn¡¯t help but watch, your skill is incredible I was dazzled the moment I saw you hit that dummy and when you used that last hit I was so astonished that I couldn¡¯t help but come forward and clap my hands for such performance, well you¡¯re really talented is what I want to say haha¡­


    -¡­


    Having finished introducing himself and explaining why he was here, David thought he did quite well, but for some reason instead of receiving a polite reply, the golden haired girl for some reason just stood there frozen watching him with her placid eyes, her quietness and stillness made David feel eerie, he even started to suspect whether or not he accidentally offended her to the point she was petrified making start feeling nervous, he even had half the mind to walk away maybe, but because of the way she was intensely focusing on him David didn¡¯t feel it was right.


    This continued for another 10 seconds, feeling now that something was really wrong, David raised his voice trying to ask if she was alright.


    His words seemed to have woken her up from her stupor, but the next moment her faced turned a unnatural shade of red as she suddenly held her head down, her long golden hair hiding her face as her previously clenched fists loosened up in a tame manner as she suddenly started to fiddle with them instead.


    The fierce and savage aura that was here also completely dissipated, if previously David felt like he stood inside a hot inferno then now he felt like he stood in front of a warm breeze, the sudden change disturbed David, but since now the golden haired girl didn¡¯t look threatening anymore David felt that maybe he had done the right thing.


    -Eh¡­I..ehm¡­thanks for your praise¡­you said that you were going to live here¡­


    She asked, slightly raising her head as she momentarily met David¡¯s eye before quickly turning back down, even though the atmosphere got better at his side, over at her side David felt like she was hotter than a oven at full throttle, he felt worried a second thinking that maybe she had gotten a fever from training so long in such loose clothes while sweating, but now even her sweat was starting to evaporate drying her at exponential speeds.


    David was momentarily distracted by this display as he quickly figured that this too was a type of spell, not knowing that it was actually more related to feelings and how they reacted with mana, before asking his own question instead.


    -Yes, the person who lead me here and showed me a few places, a senior, told me that this was going to be the dorm I was going to stay in from today on, honestly though while it was mostly pleasant, it had been a long day so I am really up for a good night¡¯s rest, how about you? Ah! I forgot I don¡¯t even know your name!


    Suddenly mentioning this, the golden haired girl looked like she was surprised too, he even saw her mutter something under her breath which he could only hear bits of pieces of that being ¡°how foolish can you get Val¡± before she seemed to take a breath calming herself as she straightened her back regaining a sort of dignified aura as she introduced herself in a loud voice reminding one of a soldier instead of a beautiful young girl like her, David thought.


    -My name is Valentia Isenberg! I come from the Nohrn as a overseas student I am 16 years old and I am currently a second year not part of any division!


    -I¡­I see..


    David, slightly speechless by her loud and official introduction became a bit jittery listening to her, but he quickly calmed down before again coming closer to her, having now gotten more experience in talking with girls like Syndra, David started to think that he should be more assertive at times, being something like a mimosa plant in the past that only reacted to thinks, he learned that taking initiative through Syndra was important too, he wasn¡¯t sure about this girl, but he at least wanted to seem friendly.


    Seeing him approach, the girl¡¯s red eyes flashed for a moment as they went wide, not sure what he was about to do, the girl felt confused on whether or not she should step away or stay still, not once in her life was she this indecisive or so rattled in her head, why she became like this even she didn¡¯t know, but the moment she heard honest to sincere praise coming this handsome boy who came from who knows where,  her brain had short-circuited as she could only stand there waiting for it to recover.


    Valentia had been praised before, but in all those times it had always been from people older then her and mostly just teachers or instructors, never once did she hear any praise from her fellow peers instead she always overheard their jealous insults and gossip behind her back which eventually molded her fiercer personality which came from constant fights with her fellow peers, she always used this fierce personality to bite others whenever they barked at her to protect herself emotionally which always resulted in people stopping their insults, but also forcing others to distance themselves from her in fear, but now for the first time she encountered someone who didn¡¯t do that nor tried to make her feel inferior and she was lost.


    Originally when she saw David she thought he was making fun of her by clapping, she was so used to having people make fun of her that she never assumed that he was impressed by her skill and instead immediately assumed he wanted a fight with her, such mindset was not normal obviously and showed how deeply ingrained her distrust of others was.


    She was completely different to Syndra in this sense, where Syndra completely ignored those who disliked her and repressed herself whenever she felt rage, Valentia never ignored anyone who she felt was slighting her, both ways of handling situations like these have varying results with only one identical symptom being predisposition of how others thought of them and major insecurity.


    But at this point in time David obviously didn¡¯t know these things, if he was that much of a deep thinker he wouldn¡¯t have woman problems just like those he did in his past life, but this in itself was a type of a advantage too.


    David now standing a meter away from her raised his hand in a sort of casual manner, his hand raised in a open manner, Valentia looked at it not sure what to take of it for a moment, but she quickly understood, quickly checking if her hand was dirty or not, which was previously covered by sweat but now completely evaporated by her blazing heat as she hastily took off her bandages on her hand.


    David waited patiently, with a small smile on his face as he couldn¡¯t help but feel that Valentia was indeed not really as bad as he thought, her fierce nature may be just a product of her surroundings just like Syndra¡¯s.


    -Again, my name is David, its nice to meet you senior Valentia.


    -Me too, nice to meet you David.


    Shaking hands, a peaceful atmosphere enveloped them as both of them lightly smiled at each other, and while it was nice for both of them, it had already gotten late, unknown amount of time had passed too and the sound of wings fluttering in the air could be heard as a owl suddenly swooped down and landed on top of David¡¯s shoulder holding both a card and a key in its beak which was tied to a string.


    The sudden arrival of their dorm manager made both of them jump as they hadn¡¯t expected it, David especially since the owl was sitting on his shoulder, he imagined he would feel pain by talons suddenly digging into him, but surprisingly that didn¡¯t happen as even though those looked like sharp talons they didn¡¯t feel sharp at all.


    -Ahh! I see that you two are already getting to know each other! How nice is it for fellow dorm mates to make friends so fast! It makes this old soul feel warm, and since you two are introducing yourselves I too remember that I hadn¡¯t introduced myself yet to you Sir David, I am Tobias, Lady Valentia knows me already, but I am the manager of this dorm, I hope in the future that you will call this dorm your home for the foreseeable future, and now here is your room key and your identification card, remember if you lose either of them you will have to pay a replacement fee so keep your eye on them young man.Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.


    Tobias the owl hooted for a moment before dropping both items into David¡¯s palm, looking at the card David noticed that it was made out of a weird crystal of sort that glowed blue what the purpose of the card was, was yet unknown to David and while he wanted to ask he simply too tired to really bring himself to ask as he figured that he could ask later, the key on the other hand was like a badge not your usual sort of a key, most likely magic relate meaning his room was most likely magical as well, figures since this was a magic school after all.


    -So its true, David is really going to live here¡­Mister Tobias if I may ask, how did it come to that David ended up in this dorm?


    Hearing this sudden question coming from Valentia, David momentarily felt surprised and puzzled at the same time, he wasn¡¯t sure what her question meant, but he kept quiet choosing to look at the owl instead who wasn¡¯t fazed and seemed to have expected the question.


    -I expected this question Lady Valentia and not only from you, but I believe that answering it right now would be not right without all the other members of the dorm present, tell you what I we will discuss this once everyone is gathered, I don¡¯t think Sir David here is has any energy left to really hold such a long conversation, instead if you would could you please escort him to his room?


    Seemingly not satisfied with his answer, but also understanding from where he was coming from, Valentia sighed before looking back at David who was still slightly lost in this conversation, furthermore having Valentia escort him to his room also bore another question which made him think for a moment¡­


    -Wait, senior Valentia do you perhaps also live here?


    Hearing his question, Valentia momentarily looked a bit surprised before answering with a small grin on her face.


    -Yes, what else did you think? That I would come all the way down here to train even though the female dorm also has a training ground?


    Upon thinking about it David realized that indeed yes, it didn¡¯t make sense otherwise, but still David couldn¡¯t be blamed to think like that as he from the beginning assumed that this dorm was for¡­


    -Hmm yes, maybe telling you a bit about this dorm right now would do you some good, you see Sir David, this dorm was only recently build or at least recent in the sense of our history, previously there were only 2 dorms one for the males and one for the females since the establishment of academy, but because of certain circumstances which happened roughly about 50 years ago the necessity for a third dorm to be build had sprung up, it came with immense sadness and tragedy too and in all honesty I feel that they shouldn¡¯t have built this dorm as I believe that every student no matter who needs to be treated equally its only through equality that we as adults should¡­


    -What he basically wants to say is that this dorm is meant for all the troublemakers or people with issues, the academy usually sends those they don¡¯t like here or have a problem with so that they don¡¯t have to deal with them interacting with other students, as they say out of sight out of trouble.


    Being suddenly interrupted the Tobias looked a bit offended by hearing it so directly, he couldn¡¯t do anything but sigh and reaffirm what Valentia just said.


    -It is indeed as Lady Valentia says, but remember that there is so much more to it, the current political climate of the academy isn¡¯t as stable as it once was, its only now through headmistress Midgale¡¯s efforts who came to power recently that the academy is showing signs of reverting to its previous state¡­


    -She maybe powerful but she still can¡¯t go against the board of nobles so what¡¯s the point really?


    -Lady Valentia!


    Tobias roared, making Valentia immediately shut her mouth as she knew that it was enough already, Tobias the owl also didn¡¯t pursue this matter anymore as he simply sighed another forlorn sigh before turning back towards David who still didn¡¯t understand what his purpose to all of this was as he couldn¡¯t imagine he was a troublemaker or really deserved to be put in such dorm.


    But then again, maybe its as the Owl said too complicated for him to understand at the moment.


    -I am sure that, Sir David is a upstanding individual and kind, no I am convinced of it, the fact that you made our fiery Valentia into a tame kitten without your fists proves as much.


    -HEY!


    Valentia shouted, her face turning red as small amounts of flames suddenly sparked out of her head, but those flames seemed weak compared to her outburst as she quickly extinguished them before looking down and glanced at David with a bit of shyness and embarrassment on her face before looking away, Valentia didn¡¯t want to show a bad side of her to David who she had just met, David in turn simply laughed it off thinking that she was just embarrassed.


    The owl on the other hand looked amused and had a warm look in his eyes as he watched his two students before continuing with an ahem.


    -But at the moment, I believe that it is best if Sir David stays here, not only because of the complicated situation the academy currently is in, but also because I believe out of all the dorms Sir Davids fits here the most, and don¡¯t worry, while Lady Valentia may call your dorm mates troublemakers, its exactly the opposite, they are all warm and kind individuals with good hearts only mere victims to circumstance and decisions they had no power over, I truly believe that you will come to like them, much more so since you already conquered the biggest hurdle here which is our flaming pole of joy here.


    -¡­


    David again looked at Valentia the moment he heard that, seeing that she wasn¡¯t replying this time and instead looking as if she was enduring it instead while sometimes pointing deadly glares at the owl at his shoulder, David truly felt that if the owl was speaking the truth that maybe indeed it was better for him to stay here, he wasn¡¯t quite in on the idea of rubbing shoulders with a bunch of noble boys, without a doubt he wouldn¡¯t fit in and Valentia here was already very nice in his opinion, but still there was a problem.


    -But..but I am a man and she is a woman¡­wouldn¡¯t there be a problem if a man and a woman lived under the same roof?


    -¡­


    -¡­


    As soon as he said that, both Tobias and Valentia momentarily went quiet, and indeed this was a good point too, Valentia in fact looked as if she didn¡¯t even consider this as her face started to turn another shade of red deeper while Tobias merely had a funny looking expression on him before speaking.


    -I understand your worries, but I want to ask you first, from what you think right now, do you think Lady Valentia here is a unpleasant person to be around with?


    -Eh!


    -Hahh!


    Both David and Valentia responded the same as they made a surprised shout, for David it was a bit awkward to say something like this in front of the person herself while Valentia thought about the same, but choosing to pretend as if this conversation had nothing to do with her while feeling worried deep down about David would say keeping her head down.


    David obviously didn¡¯t have much time to completely build his opinion of Valentia, but he tried to think and considering her gave his honest answer.


    -I¡­I think that senior Valentia is a friendly person, I don¡¯t know her enough to really add anything, but if she doesn¡¯t mind and if the others also don¡¯t mind then staying here won¡¯t be a problem for me, no I¡¯d like to stay, please let me stay!


    David bowed his head to Valentia, who upon seeing this expressed a stunned expression as she didn¡¯t expect for David to say something like that, she was sure that he would want to stay in the male dorm instead of living under the same roof with a beast like her, the fact that he didn¡¯t feel disgusted by her appearance alone showed that he was an extremely open minded and big hearted individual, but then again she wasn¡¯t sure if it would stay the same if he met the others.


    She wanted the answers now before they went into a direction they couldn¡¯t return from or made thinks unpleasant between them which is why she steeled her heart before putting a tough face and asking him.


    -I personally don¡¯t mind, in fact I should be asking you if you don¡¯t mind staying with us, but let me tell you something first, including you and me there are another 3 students in this dorm and 2 teachers, I assure you while I did say that only troublemakers get into this dorm, compared to me those 5 aren¡¯t troublemakers in any shape or form, one of them is even a model student of the academy while the other a extremely skilled potioneer, the 3<sup>rd</sup>one gets on my nerves at times but she isn¡¯t a bad person in fact she is strong as hell, the two teachers are also extremely supportive and I respect them a lot, I am just telling you this because I think you¡¯re nice, and they are nice too, but it¡¯s just that their appearance¡­


    Her last part sort of stopped in the middle as it seemed a bit too difficult to say for her, the owl didn¡¯t comment on this as it probably judged that it had no right in this conversation, but David immediately understood the moment he heard her, having heard of this and thought about it the entire day, David in this moment made a decision for himself, feeling that pushing the issue aside for later wouldn¡¯t solve anything he spoke with action rather then words as he didn¡¯t want Valentia to hurt herself more with her own words.


    He held her hand with both his own, feeling the warmth of her hand and numerous calluses made him feel that this hand had gone through a lot, he felt it was a nice hand full of warmth, but also determined spirit, he maybe from another world and have different aesthetic sense then others but it didn¡¯t mind just because of his different sense of taste that he would nice to these girls just because of this, rather than make this hand his own he wanted to understand this hand more and maybe even support it, this was his decision.


    Feeling David suddenly holding her hand, Valentia was shocked as she looked at David not understanding what this was about, but after as soon as she saw his blue eyes and his gentle smile for some reason her felt calm, its as if she could understand what he wanted to say and the warmth she felt from his hands had reached her heart making it beat quicker as feelings unknown to her awakened in a strange manner making her feel all sorts of things.


    She knew at this point, that worrying about this issue hadn¡¯t been necessary since the beginning, David was different and she was sure that he would fit in here with them right away.


    The owl seeing this scene play out looked incredibly pleased as his eyes showed a deeply gentle light, he felt glad that someone as understanding as David came to them, Tobias couldn¡¯t help but thank the headmistress in his heart as he remembered how she said that David was different from everyone she had ever met and that he would bring stability to the girls in this dorm.


    Looking at this scene, Tobias was convinced that she was right, but it was getting late now, and a treasure like this needed to be cared for, the young man still had a long way ahead of him and getting him a proper rest was what he deserved.


    Tobias about to call a end to this discussion was just about to say something, but before he could even say anything another voice entered this conversation instead coming from behind them.


    -David?


    -Heh? Senior Syndra?


    Both David and Syndra stood opposite of each other as they looked at one another shocked at seeing each other so soon, David had thought that the night was already over, but it looked like he was wrong.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 10 The Other Residents

    -I didn¡¯t know that you would actually come live in this dorm¡­even though headmistress Midgale send me to fetch you, she never told me that you were going to live here!


    Syndra said, her voice tinged with small amounts of outrage as they made their way towards David¡¯s room, accompanying David were the 2 residents of the dorm he got to know, one being Syndra who he met way earlier and the other being Valentia who David got to know recently.


    -Yeah, it is a bit mysterious, thinking about it the senior who brought me here, senior Caithlyn seemed to know exactly that I am supposed to live here, I wonder how she knew if even you didn¡¯t know.


    -Are you talking about girl from the Gastromancy division? I know her, she is actually has a extremely good relationship with the staff and teachers of this school, she is sometimes even given some official duties by the school as a type of representative, maybe the staff told her about you which is how she knew and considering the rumors about Syndra¡¯s and Mishalka¡¯s recently confrontation involving you, it likely wasn¡¯t difficult for her to connect the dots herself.


    Hearing Valentia, David couldn¡¯t help but agree as he had heard of the rumors from Caithlyn first who admitted to using them to identify him, but he didn¡¯t know that Caithlyn actually was that well connected to the academy, though considering how gently and friendly his first impression of her was he figured that the academy also noticed her welcoming aura and made her a representative for that reason alone.


    Syndra herself also seemed to be convinced by that, but in the next moment she couldn¡¯t help but abruptly turn towards Valentia in a scary manner before asking in a hasty tone.


    -THERE ARE ALREADY RUMORS!


    Seeing her frantic expression both David and Valentia were a bit surprised, David particularly figured that she already knew, but thinking about it again she roughly came back to the academy the same time as him so it would make sense that she wouldn¡¯t know about any rumors just like him.


    Valentia on the other hand merely grinned at her behavior showing a teasing smile before asking.


    -Oh, this is the first time I see you caring about those rumors, what is the matter Lady Syndra did you finally start to care about your surroundings? Or is it because there is something you care about now within those rumors that you don¡¯t like to hear?


    Her words coupled with her suggestive glances towards David who somewhat started to understand what this was about made Syndra¡¯s face immediately turn a deep shade of red as she frantically started to explain herself.


    -N..NO, nothing like that! It¡¯s just I don¡¯t want David who just came get involved in our problems, just because we are not very well received it doesn¡¯t mean he should be the same!


    -Hoh, but it doesn¡¯t look like that to me, in fact how about you tell me how you are already so close to David, I know that the headmistress sent you, but knowing your cold personality, I didn¡¯t take you for someone who made friends, especially with someone like David, furthermore why is it that you came so late today? Even though ever since I knew you, you always came back to the dorm at the exact same time each day, why is that only today when David came did you come so late huh?


    -Ugh!


    Syndra made a small grunt, looking cornered as she started to sweat from her forehead, the momentum of this clash of tongues was in total favor of Valentia who just kept it rolling, David could even feel a small ripple of mana within their surroundings materializing forming into a flaming visage of a tiger that had cornered a icy dragon, David thought that maybe he should intervene and stop this, but suddenly the figure of the icy dragon started to shift as its eyes glowed with pride and strength.


    -I..I will admit that I spend time with David until late at night, but it was totally unintentional and David invited me for saving him from trouble earlier, I think this is completely normal so I don¡¯t feel like I need to explain myself, instead how about you tell me about what happened out there on that training ground? It¡¯s the first time I saw you blush and fiddle with your thumps like that almost as if you are a maiden in¡­


    Syndra said, not getting a chance to finish as Valentia too became extremely red and had her fists clenched before shouting out.


    -Enough! You want a fight!


    -I¡¯d rather ask if you want a fight bitch!


    -Says the filthy harlot!


    -At least I didn¡¯t start shaking after just a simple handshake, or was the stimulation too much for you!


    -Argh! I kill you!


    -I want to see you try!


    And just like that these two immediately got ready to start a brawl, David was nervous at first, but he figured it was just banter between friends, only now did he realize that these 2 don¡¯t have the bestest of compatibilities, in fact David remembered that Valentia mentioned someone who got on her nerves, comparing these descriptions he thought the model student fit Syndra more, but upon thinking about it some more it was likely that Valentia was actually referring to Syndra when she talked about the person who got on her nerves.


    Now that things had gotten to this point, David didn¡¯t know what to do, he had the chance of intervening earlier, but now he thought that he was tat bit too late, he wondered should just wait it out or speak up, but before he could even finish thinking someone else intervened behind a closed door.


    -ARGH! YOU GODDAMN BRATS! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO STOP FIGHTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!?


    Slamming the door open with a thunderous thump, a woman came out greeting the 3 who were standing within the corridor, David initially upon hearing her roaring voice was scared, but after seeing her he instead was speechless as what he saw was a grown up mature sexy woman wearing only black underwear and a white see through nightgown in direct display of his eyes.


    The first thing that caught his eyes though was her face, she too was extremely beautiful in David¡¯s eyes, donning short brown hair and eyes, she possessed a small beauty mark beneath her left eye making her only more beautiful combined with her fair and white skin, her beauty if compared to the cool beauty Syndra possessed and the wild beauty Valentia had was more noble and gorgeous.


    From her alluring neck all the way down her feet she looked like a exquisite model, filled within all the right places and extenuating all the right spots, her main points just like Syndra and Valentia were her legs, thighs, hips and chest, but upon a surface level glance comparing the rack sizes to the other two this woman clearly beat them out and adding her mature charm there wasn¡¯t even a contest! And in regards to her height she was about David¡¯s height meaning somewhere around 185 cms .


    -Professor Vanessa x2


    Both Syndra and Valentia shouted at the same time, their facial expressions clearly going pale as fear was clearly written on their faces, David didn¡¯t quite understand why they suddenly became so scared, but if they were scared that what was David was supposed to feel?


    Of course he also started to feel a bit fear and in the next moment he immediately knew why this was.


    -KNEEL YOU FOOLS!


    As soon as this woman spoke those words another mana ripple came forth, David identified this one to be of a more powerful nature as it was nothing like he had ever seen before and as soon as it reached them, his body started to feel weird as it suddenly moved by its own!


    Before he knew it he was already on his knees sitting right next to the other two in a neat manner in front of the woman who clearly had just used a spell to force them on the ground.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.


    David tried with all his might to move, but he quickly discovered no matter what he did nothing worked, on further inspection of his body through his mana he noticed that his body was now overlaid with another foreign mana forming a weird pattern.


    Instinctually he used his own mana to poke this pattern that was seemingly locking him in place and while he was doing that he couldn¡¯t help but notice something extremely familiar about this pattern, meanwhile the woman called Vanessa slowly made her way towards them in a stern manner making the other 2 girls only paler as she approached.


    -Now, now, now, do you realize how late it is? No you don¡¯t, but you do remember what I said earlier right? That if you once again make a ruckus in the middle of the night that I will¡­who is this?


    As she was giving her lecture, Vanessa quickly noticed a unfamiliar person amongst the 2 familiar headaches she called her students sitting with them, and upon focusing her sight on him 2 thoughts came to mind, first being with how handsome he was and second being that she was feeling the effect of her spell slowly vanishing within him, both of these facts shocked her, but the latter was far more important as she quickly felt he loss of control over this individual.


    Vanessa quite honestly didn¡¯t know what to think right now, the other 2 on the other hand quickly realized that they dragged David into their quarrel and quickly explained themselves.


    -His name is David, he is a freshman and from today on he is going to live in this dorm!


    -Miss Vanessa we¡¯re sorry for causing trouble late at night, but please spare David, he didn¡¯t do anything, we were originally going to escort him to his room, but Valentia and I ended up fighting¡­


    Vanessa patiently heard out her students, all the while still keeping her attention towards this new student who now would live here with them, she at first felt strange that she wasn¡¯t told of this even though she was part of the faculty of the school and second that he was quickly starting to release the binds of the spell, Vanessa wasn¡¯t sure if she should strengthen the spell again or let it be and see how it would turn out, but in the end she didn¡¯t need to as David suddenly stood up by himself giving all present a small shock as they suddenly heard him say.


    -Ah! I did it!


    -¡­


    -¡­


    -¡­


    His words, were followed by the astonished silence of the others, everyone was beyond confused at this point, David was the only one who was happy as he somehow managed to dispel the spell that was placed on him, in fact his accomplishment wasn¡¯t a fluke either, while observing the pattern David felt it to be extremely similar, the more he interacted with it with his manner the more he realized the pattern was actually just like a code written in a programming language, while he didn¡¯t know what each and individual pattern meant, he could roughly deduce through the structure how everything worked by using his programming experience, through this he quickly found the root function of the spell pattern and used his own mana to erase or push it away which was key in releasing him from the spell, unfortunately he also realized that while the spell effects were gone, the spell was still very much active, it was very likely that if it was activated again the effect would return and David would kneel again, David understood that the only way he would release himself completely from the influence of the spell was to completely erase the pattern altogether, but this would take way too much time to do which is why he didn¡¯t do it.


    -Wait a second, are spells like this? I never knew that spells are just like computer programs, the fact that they¡¯re so easily manipulated is also astounding, was the spell just weak then? What really happened here?


    Countless thoughts occupied David as he tried to understand the principle behind how spells worked, this was his first and real personal exposure to spells and it was nothing like he imagined, David was so deeply occupied in his thoughts that he completely forgot about where he was and that 3 gorgeous woman were staring at him with wide eyes looking as if they saw a ghost.


    It was only after feeling the stinging sensations of those glares that he came back to his senses and upon doing so he immediately came face to face with the new woman Vanessa as she stood imposingly in front of David staring him down like a cougar.


    David blushed upon seeing her so close up, barely clothed, he looked away not sure where to look, but Vanessa wasn¡¯t paying attention to that there was something more important she wanted to know.


    -How did you do it?


    -P..p..pardon?


    -I mean, how did you dispel my spell? I admit I used the weakest spell and least amount of mana possible, but still how did you free yourself without the use of another spell? This shouldn¡¯t be possible!


    -Ehm¡­


    David felt overwhelmed by her pressure as she looked down at him with a heavy stare, he didn¡¯t know what to say either as he still was a complete newbie to magic, the only thing he knew about magic was how to control his mana and nothing more, he always believed that his knowledge was something every ordinary wizard would know but by looking at Vanessa and seeing her reaction to his act of erasing the effect of the spell through his own mana, he started to think that maybe his action wasn¡¯t very common.


    David thought he could have just royally shot himself in the foot, but before he could even attempt to explain himself someone else seemed to wander into conversation instead and not in a tame manner either.


    -Hey! What is this commotion here! What is everyone doing in this corridor!


    The sudden appearance of another woman caught everyone off guard as she seemed to appear out of nowhere, in particular it surprised Vanessa so much that she even shriek a tiny bit and seemed to lose her balance, directly falling towards David who had his hands up for protection, having Vanessa suddenly fall on him, his mind momentarily blanked out and before he knew it both of them were on the ground with Vanessa on the bottom and David somehow on the top mounted on Vanessa his fingers fully digging into her plentiful breasts tightly shaping them intensely.


    Valentia and Syndra who saw all of that were even more speechless the moment they saw this, their faces going red all over as both of them emitted a type of steam while enviously watching David fondle the professor on the ground imagining themselves in her position instead.


    And when it came to David and Vanessa, David was still very much blanked out, out of instinct he tried to catch Vanessa while Vanessa tried to protect David so he wouldn¡¯t get crushed by her through shifting their positions mid fall resulting in this awkward position.


    The only thing David felt now were his hands holding something incredibly soft and big, he was still looking at Vanessa face sort of lost in the sensation of his hands digging into her flesh not realizing what he was still doing, Vanessa in turn was very much aware, but as soon as she felt her chest being man handled by the boy who was mounting her, she immediately lost all control of her body and became as weak as a branch in the wind, it took all her strength not to surrender to this pleasurable feeling with her eyes rolling back while her breath quickened together with her heart, she even started to pant a little bit, moaning slightly as David¡¯s hands squeezed and dug themselves into her breasts, never before did Vanessa feel something as amazing as this before, she momentarily even forgot what she was doing only able to think and focus on this one thing that David was doing on her.


    Through this a strange atmosphere enveloped the corridor followed by a sweet scent, the 2 girls who still couldn¡¯t move could only watch as their bodies slowly started to get hotter and hotter, their bottoms especially started to get steamy, and if they were getting at this point just by watching, Vanessa was already way beyond the gate as a small stain could be seen on her black underwear slowly becoming bigger as her moans started to increase.


    The only one not caught up in this atmosphere was the newly arrived person who still didn¡¯t understand what was going on as she couldn¡¯t see clearly from her view which lead her to ask.


    -Ehm, what is going on? Why are you all on the ground?


    Her voice was strong, and it became the trigger to David¡¯s awakening as he immediately started to realize what the hell he was doing, kneading the breasts of a professor he just met, a moment of disgust and guilt for himself burst forth as he immediately jumped away from her looking apologetic.


    David wanted to apologize, he felt ashamed, he wanted to help Vanessa up, but at the same time hesitated because he figured she wouldn¡¯t like that, which is why he waited watching her as she seemed to calm herself as she slowly got up watching David with a heated hot look in her eyes, almost as if it wanted to devour him.


    David mistook this glare as anger and was ready to receive his punishment, but instead Vanessa merely continued to stare at David with her heated look as if she entranced, her eyes in particular were focused on one area which was between David¡¯s pants where unknowingly a quite huge tent made itself known without David knowing as it didn¡¯t hurt because his pants were made out of an unfathomable elastic material.


    All 3 of the woman saw this tent and their eyes became only more heated the more they watched, David not sure what was going on momentarily followed their gazes only to realize what they were looking at which he quickly hid it with his hands to their disappointment before immediately standing up and taking his luggage.


    His face was already beet red, but now it was beyond red and it even looked like David was about to breakdown, David had been humiliated before, but he never felt as embarrassed as he was today, he was tired as well which is why he decided this was the best time to bail.


    -I..I..GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE PLEASE REST WELL! I AM SORRY PROFESSOR VANESSA PLEASE FORGIVE ME!


    And with those words David quickly ran like the wind, holding his luggage he awkwardly dragged it up the stairs to where his room was which was at the fourth floor while passing the new woman who was still beyond confused, she didn¡¯t stop David as he passed her and instead gave him a glance looking slightly enchanted before looking away her cheeks dyed red.


    And as for the rest, a deep silence enveloped everyone, nobody really knew what to say at this moment, but what everyone knew for certain was that they had seen something amazing that day.


    <div>


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 11 A New Day

    The day of arrival ended just like that. Quickly those stairs with his luggage David quickly found his room in the fourth floor, entering it he didn¡¯t even bother putting everything in order as he originally planned and simply collapsed onto the bed as soon as he saw it, his eye lids were heavy and before he knew it the next day began.


    (Knock Knock)


    -Ehm¡­David! Its me, Syndra,  Are you awake?


    Syndra¡¯s voice woke up him the next day, feeling the warm sunlight pushing through the slits of the curtains onto him, David groggily raised his body as he tried to wake up, for a moment he felt confused about his surroundings and wondered where he was, but quickly enough he remembered all that had transpired, looking around he found his room to be a bit bigger then he had anticipated, last night he didn¡¯t have a chance to look because he was too tired and slept in as soon as he came in.


    -Yes, I am awake, what¡¯s the matter senior Syndra do you need anything?


    Still a bit embarrassed about what he did last night to the professor, David couldn¡¯t help but start feeling nervous about what the others thought about him now that they had seen all that, if it was just the fondling he could apologize or accept his punishment, but since they had seen him pitch a tent from it David was scared to think whether or not they now considered him a pervert and didn¡¯t want to associate themselves with him.


    Syndra in particular was someone he didn¡¯t want to have a bad relationship with since she was the first person who greeted him here and in a sense his first friend in this academy if you can call her that.


    -No, I just wanted to call you because breakfast is about to start, we all usually eat together at exactly 6AM every day we also usually have dinner at 6PM on the first floor dining room, I normally don¡¯t call people like this since everyone knows the schedule, but since you¡¯re new I figured that you needed someone to guide you which is why we would be glad if you joined us for breakfast, of course you don¡¯t need to come if you don¡¯t want to! The cafeteria in the academy is usually open from 6AM to 12PM, you can eat there whenever you want and whatever you want as well without any cost, but still, not only me but the others, we would love if you¡­


    -I understand! Don¡¯t worry I¡¯ll be there, I just need to clean up a little bit, thank you senior Syndra!


    David said, feeling thankful that Syndra didn¡¯t seem to care about what happened yesterday or at least she pretended to not mind which was enough for him since she was at least being considered.


    After that David didn¡¯t hear anything anymore from behind his door, he wondered for a second whether or not Syndra had already left though he didn¡¯t hear any footsteps if that was the case, he was half hesitant whether or not he should call out to make sure, but then considering that it was still quiet for more than 5 minutes since they spoke made him feel awkward which is why he forgot about it and instead focused on getting himself cleaned.


    Looking around his room, David quickly found out with delight that it was pretty damn modern for its time, his room had a fully functional bathroom with a sink, a shower and a toilet with toilet paper to boot. His main room was impressive as well, his own bed being extremely soft from what he experienced and seemingly made masterfully but not too fancy being a one-person bed, the other furniture in this room included a big sofa which equally as exquisite as the bed, a wardrobe with a humongous mirror that reflected his entire body, 2 nightstands beside his bed a big office table looking like thing and finally gigantic shelf covering an entire wall which was very much empty making the whole room look a bit soulless.


    This room reminded David very eerily about what a student room was, the overall aesthetic was different, but in design it was the same, David couldn¡¯t help but think that most schools weren¡¯t that different after all, considering that David came from a commoner¡¯s background and lived a pretty poor life out in the country side which was extremely far from any advanced city, he was obviously glad to see a toilet again after such a long time especially the toilet paper.


    -Argh¡­alright I can¡¯t spend the entire day marveling at my room, I should finish up quickly and get down stairs can¡¯t have them waiting for me all day.


    Still feeling a bit nervous David quickly finished cleaning himself, he enjoyed his shower more than he expected, but he still kept time in mind and tried to be quick about it, opening his luggage he put on some decent clothes that were a mix between casual and formal as he thought his uniform was a bit too stuffy for the weather here, lastly he put a tiny bit of floral perfume onto himself, he made that stuff himself back when he was in the village, since David came from a world with advanced hygiene he obviously liked being clean in comparison to the other villagers who didn¡¯t seem to care too much about smell or cleanliness, to them being clean was taking a bath once per month and stink being 3 week old meat loaf, upon arriving to this world David quickly prioritized his cleanliness above all else since he couldn¡¯t stand the smell he was being surrounded with, previously David didn¡¯t have the hobby of putting on perfume, but instead preferred the simple deodorant that had a simple smell to it neither good or bad just average, unfortunately since deodorant wasn¡¯t easy to make nor available in this world, David had to resort to simple things like flowers which he extracted the essences from through a simple process he read in a book once.


    It worked wonders, people noticed his nice smell too making him even more attractive to the girls surrounding him, of course since his mother was always present no one really approached David with ill intentions if they didn¡¯t want to confront his mother furthermore his mother made it a point to strictly keep David on time whenever he went out, David never noticed that his mother¡¯s efforts to protect him were actually well founded after experiencing the event from yesterday, but then again David was still a bit clueless regarding the social norms of this world, it was as if his mind stubbornly refused to accept the new customs, what could one really do about it.


    Back to the perfume, it was made out of a flower David made while walking in the forest, his father told him the flower was called Nightqueen for its crown like structure and the fact that it always bloomed at night instead of day, David always imagined that if he never found anything to do in life he would resort to becoming a perfumer, his village may not have a market for perfume since people couldn¡¯t afford such luxuries nor cared too much about them, but he figured that the cities would have plenty demand for it, though now it seems like there wasn¡¯t a need since he was in such a prestigious academy, as long as he successfully graduated from here his future was guaranteed for him, a wizard was after all a profession anyone welcomed.


    -Alright, time to go.


    Finally done, David opened the door heading out, he wasn¡¯t expecting to see anyone and thought that everyone was already down stairs, but as soon as he opened the door what greeted him was a head of long dark gray hair, the owner of which was leaning against the opposite side of his door in a patient manner exuding a cool aura while putting on a ponderous semi stoic expression, but even though she looked like this for some reason David could tell she also looked extremely energetic and fresh somehow as if all of the negativity within her was released which was strange.


    She wore the uniform of the academy just like always looking spotless while the faint fragrance of lavender came from her stimulating the nose.


    Syndra truly looked perfect, at least in David¡¯s eyes that was the case, but right now there were a few more important things to pay attention to then here her appearance.


    -Eh? You..you waited for me?


    Feeling a bit shy, David didn¡¯t expect for Syndra to actually be waiting this entire time, he wasn¡¯t sure how to react to this as he never had anyone wait for him like this before.


    -Ah, yes, I figured that since I was going to guide you, I wait for you, sorry for not telling you at the beginning, now let¡¯s¡­


    Abruptly she stopped midsentence as soon as she completely witnessed David, if previously she was enchanted by David then now she was completely charmed by his appearance as his sudden change of wardrobe coupled with his clean look and extremely pleasant smell all assaulted Syndra at the same time, her mind was blank as soon as she saw him, she couldn¡¯t even form any coherent thoughts without thinking about David and how handsome he was making her heart beat and shake within, last night she also had trouble sleeping constantly replaying what happened that night with how sensually he fondled professor Vanessa imagining herself in her place, this inevitably led to Syndra pleasuring herself almost the entire night which is why she looked so energetic and fresh as she had literally released all her stress that night but also suffered for it by lack of sleep, the only reason she didn¡¯t look like it was because she used some minor magic to mask her tired state, but as soon as she saw David her tiredness was immediately relieved and thrown out of the window, only endless enthusiasm could be seen within her eyes, in particular her eyes couldn¡¯t help themselves from slightly veering from his face and going bellow between his legs, David couldn¡¯t catch that as her actions were too fast for his eyes to follow, but Syndra knew what she was doing and felt good doing it too a flame within her igniting which would have usually conflicted with her cold nature but didn¡¯t.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation.


    Ever since Syndra witnessed David pitch a enormous tent from fondling the professor Syndra had gained a massive boost to her confidence In regards to David, she already knew that he didn¡¯t care about appearance, but the fact that it extended towards his sexuality by being attracted to a woman like professor Vanessa showed that she had massive chances in making David hers, it¡¯s because of this that Syndra without hesitation immediately went to his room as


    soon as the time came giving the excuse of guiding him which in reality was just Syndra trying to net herself as many chances as possible, the only thing she was worried about were the other woman in this house in particular Valentia who looked to be already taken by David and the professor who had the pleasure to be caressed by David.


    Speaking of the professor Vanessa, last night when everyone finally went to their respective rooms and after Syndra couldn¡¯t sleep all night from being too aroused, Syndra wanted to get down and get a glass of milk to try calm herself, while going down she passed by the professors room and distinctly heard her moan and pant in a intense manner, the fact that she even forgot to put up a sound isolation ward before doing her one woman act made Syndra think that she was in such a hurry to relief herself that she forgot, in particular Syndra didn¡¯t think that a serious professor like her would make such obscene sounds, but then again her seriousness and cold attitude likely came similarly to how Syndra¡¯s came to be, being constantly shunned by the people surrounding you for your looks wasn¡¯t nice and when constant negativity is directed at you few can prove themselves of being stalwart and not change by it, everyone in this dorm was like this after all, it was only after meeting David that the few people who did encounter him started to begin a drastic change that melted their cold exterior.


    Syndra was simply the luckiest among them as she had the chance to spend the most time with David compared to anyone else which prompted her to realize her feelings faster, since Syndra was extremely smart being one of the top students of the academy she knew that she needed to take advantage of this chance before the others started to make their moves, she couldn¡¯t relax for even a second as everyone in this dorm were not only individuals disliked by the academy but also individuals with extreme amount of talent and masters of their field of study, against opponents like these Syndra needed to put forth every bit of effort she could if she wanted to get what she dearly wanted.


    And that something or someone stood in front of her smiling at her so sweetly with a slight blush on his face, Syndra wanted nothing more than to hug him and push him down, love combined with carnal lust was not something Syndra had ever encountered before, she knew what lust was, but love like this was far more addicting then any kind of deviant pleasure she could imagine or inflict on herself.


    Of course Syndra didn¡¯t act on it obviously, she wasn¡¯t like those bandits she vanquished the previous day, coming from a noble military family her mother Vitra Dragora had instilled the very essence of being a soldier such as discipline and keen mindedness into the young Syndra since she was little, Syndra knew what she could and couldn¡¯t do, and in the end she wasn¡¯t a despicable person either, she had pride in her house name and nobility, and while honor wasn¡¯t on her priority list she kept it in mind at all times knowing that her actions reflected her house.


    But most importantly, Syndra simply couldn¡¯t imagine doing anything uncouth towards David f she did she could already tell that she would feel terrible and if David would come to hate her for it then she wouldn¡¯t know what to do.


    After all he was the first boy who was genuinely nice to her, being nice doesn¡¯t automatically make her fall in love with someone as Syndra had experience with boys who pretended to like her by being nice to her while in reality only wanting benefits from her title of nobility and huge background, ever since she was little Syndra was schooled on this aspect by her mother which is why Syndra had yet to fall for such tricks, she didn¡¯t know about the others in this dorm, but she figured they had similar experiences which is why Syndra knew that as soon as David


    meets and talks to them, they are all likely going to notice how special David was and would do anything to make him theirs.


    All of these thoughts were things David could never even imagine, he wasn¡¯t aware in what kind of place he had gotten himself in and how special he truly was, neither did he care too much as he only looked at the one person in front of him who was seemingly frozen in place.


    -Ehm..senior Syndra? Are you okay?


    He asked hesitantly, Syndra hearing the worry in his voice quickly snapped out of it, she didn¡¯t expect his change of clothes to be such a powerful weapon, furthermore she spotted a extremely attractive smell coming from David which she assumed to be a perfume of some sort.


    The fact that he was well versed in these things was sort of terrifying to Syndra as that only made him more attractive, she was already very careful around her future competitors that she didn¡¯t consider everyone outside this academy, Syndra could already tell that it was going to be a tough battle but she had no intention of losing.


    Putting on a smile naturally Syndra figured it was time for her to make her moves, she needed to get closer to him as fast as possible and to do that there was one thing she really needed to get rid of before she could advance further.


    -Sorry David, I was just a bit spaced out, I see that you are wearing different clothes from before, the academy uniform suited you really well, but this suits you even more.


    -Oh really? Thanks senior Syndra! I also think you look very beautiful in your uniform!


    -¡­


    He said, his compliments far more natural then hers and his intentions sincere to the core as the words made Syndra blush even harder, for all her planning and conviction, Syndra was still just a inexperienced girl, she had heard hollow and empty compliments before, but never did she hear sincere compliments like these, she had yet to build immunity to things like these but she felt it was tough to do, at this rate Syndra thought that before she could make David hers he would make her his slave instead which for some reason didn¡¯t sound bad to Syndra at all as she imagined herself being dominated by David and begging him like a bitch.


    This thought alone started to make the area between her legs heat up, she knew that if she continued something would start to get wet and smell funny which is why she immediately tried to stop and get back on track.


    Clearing her throat, she felt her head cool finally before looking at David again


    -Lets go downstairs, the others are likely still waiting for us, we don¡¯t want to make them wait any longer.


    -Yeah, I¡¯m starving too, I can¡¯t wait for breakfast, what do you guys usually eat senior Syndra?


    David asked, following Syndra as they quickly made their way downstairs, looking at her back she could see her beautiful hair shake hair shake step by step as she turned towards him with a shy smile and small blush.


    -Before I answer that¡­can I ask of you something?


    -Huh? Sure why not, what is that you want?


    -Can you¡­drop the senior thing?


    -Eh? Why? Isn¡¯t it only natural to call you my senior?


    David was confused, he thought that Syndra liked being called senior furthermore being respectful of people above you was something very much ingrained to David as he was taught his entire life to be polite and have respect for others from his original parents.


    -Yes, the school does teach to be respectful of your seniors, but nowadays not many people follow this line of thought, and since you and I are going to see each other almost every day I figured that at this point we are more then just simple acquaintances¡­ehm¡­what I wanted to say was. Is that it would nice if we could call each other more naturally like¡­


    -Friends?


    David asked, staring to understand why Syndra was so fidgety and hesitant while speaking, he couldn¡¯t help but feel amused by the fact that they had similar worries in regards to what they other thought about the other person, his words in fact made Syndra slightly jump as she didn¡¯t expect for David to go to the point like this, she was friends with the people in this dorm but she never approached it this way as their friendship came more naturally, and in sense theirs did too, but because of the unnatural tension within them and the fact they were of opposite gender it was difficult to define openly.


    David felt the same way, but he figured saying it like this was easier now that he sort of understood the situation, he felt happy too, having a friend like her was reassuring for him which is why he smiled even brighter then before.


    -Alright, lets go Syndra, I am starving and from the smell I can tell the food is going to be amazing,


    Starting to feel embarrassed David quickly tried to brush it off by changing the subject and going ahead, Syndra didn¡¯t decline looking extremely happy the moment David called her name as she hid her face before chasing after him as they went down to the first floor.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 12 Introductions

    Going down to the first floor Syndra led David to the dining room, already hearing discussion from within the room David started to get more and more nervous as they approached, there were still a few people he didn¡¯t meet which made him feel nervous since he didn¡¯t know what they would think of him, but most importantly it was the female professor called Vanessa that worried David the most as he felt extremely awkward about what happened the day before, he could only hope that she would forgive him somehow.


    Syndra leading the way, momentarily glanced at the absentminded David, she immediately knew from his expression what he was thinking about as the even was still fresh on everyone¡¯s mind, in fact forgetting about it was impossible which was proven through Syndra being unable to sleep the entire night.


    And thinking about the professor, Syndra knew she was in the same position, honestly Syndra thought that David had really nothing to be worried about just by thinking about what the professor did all night, but she didn¡¯t tell him that as that would be playing for the enemy team, but still she didn¡¯t want to see David so down, she liked his worried expression but not when she couldn¡¯t help anything to change it, which is why Syndra figured that she should do at least something.


    -Hey, David¡­I don¡¯t think you need to worry about what happened yesterday, I don¡¯t know about the professor, but I know that it was just an accident, if anything happens I promise I will speak up for you so don¡¯t worry about it.


    -Really? Thanks Syndra.


    David smiled at her, his smile slightly more reassured and his eyes showing trust making Syndra¡¯s heart momentarily flutter as she felt good being relied on by David, David also stopped being so nervous telling himself that there was no point in being so down and that things already happened, whatever this might bring he still had Syndra who got his back which gave David strength as they finally entered the dining room.


    Upon entering the dining room, the previous vigorous discussion they were having suddenly became quiet as soon as the last 2 members of the dorm came in, Syndra obviously stepped in first, but it wasn¡¯t Syndra these girls and women were paying attention to, but the person behind her the sole male of this dorm wearing clothes mixed between casual and formal making everyone who laid their eyes on them feel a breeze of fresh air come by while the scent of nightqueen followed making them feel even better.


    In total there were 7 people in this room, including David there were 4 girls who looked similar to his age and two 2 grown and mature woman.


    Out of the 4 girls he knew Valentia and Syndra as he had met them yesterday and out of the mature woman he briefly met professor Vanessa even if the first meeting ended up awkwardly.


    The other grown woman David had also met, but not observed clearly as it was a bit too dark to see clearly and because David wanted to leave as quick as possible, finally in regards to the other 2 girls who looked to be his age this was their first meeting.


    Having 5 pairs of eyes staring at him in utter silence was not something David had ever experienced, he even froze near the door way as soon as he felt the gazes locked onto him not sure what to do, while coming here he constantly thought about what to say and how to present himself, but as soon as he got here all those thoughts seemed to have made themselves scarce as he couldn¡¯t recall one thing.


    Obvious by now, David was no good in front of a crowd, he was more social then in his original life, but not a true socialite, especially when he was in front of a small crowd of girls and woman who looked extremely attractive to him which made it even harder.


    Luckily fortunate seemed to be on his side today, coming from a very unexpected source as well as professor Vanessa was the first person to stand up.


    Now wearing slightly more formal clothes, which was still a bit too revealing donning a low cut brown dress with a white thin cloak looking fashionable, David was able to see her legs in full display up to her hips while also having a full view of her cleavage which extended towards her neck.


    It was truly a sight for sore eyes, so much so that David couldn¡¯t help but remember how he fondled those soft and warm breasts making the rod between his legs start to react but not before David was able to stop it with a small stealthy hand press through his pockets as his cheeks grew a few shades redder watching the professor approach.


    Vanessa while approaching noticed David¡¯s action, she wasn¡¯t offended by it in anyway and the only reason she noticed was because the entire time her eyes were completely glued on David analyzing how he was reacting to her, she especially paid attention to his nether regions and knew from his subtle move that he had a good reaction towards her which delighted her even more.


    Just like Syndra, Vanessa hadn¡¯t slept the entire night, the reason being David as his touch had awakened something incredible within her that made her sleepless, even though Vanessa had a habit of regularly masturbating, it was usually a one and done deal with not much emotion behind it merely for the sake of relief, but the moment David touched and fondled her a fire ignited within her, never before had a man touched her like that with so much force and rigor and never before did she see a man react so positively as well giving birth to emotions that she never felt before.


    That night the only thing she thought about was David and nothing else, she imagined him and her in all kinds of scenarios and positions, pulling him into her deepest fantasies to the point she even lost herself in them, at that point she didn¡¯t even know what she felt towards David was it love? Was it lust? Being a fairly mature adult and having seen a lot of things it was the first time for Vanessa to be so clueless, but then again she had long since abandoned finding love, having the appearance she did no man ever wanted her in her entire life, she learned to just live with it, but now that she saw hope a deep desire that was buried within her was unleashed.


    Right now Vanessa didn¡¯t know what the right thing to do was, but her emotions were too powerful for her to ignore, seeing David come in together with that cold Syndra put a pang of panic into her heart to the point she forced herself to do something which is why she was approaching.


    -Ah! I¡¯m glad you made it David, sorry if you¡¯re not used to waking up this early.


    -Professor Vanessa! It¡¯s okay, and about yesterday¡­I¡¯m sorry for what happened¡­


    Feeling that he needed to apologize, David did exactly that, hearing his apologize made Vanessa think that David was a very polite boy, this new knowledge for some reason thrilled Vanessa as she started to understand David more, the pleasant feeling of her heart-throbing whenever she was near him only started to deepen, but she knew she couldn¡¯t just leave it at that, Syndra who stood beside David was giving Vanessa a sharp look, both of these woman knew what the other had in mind, which is why Vanessa decided that she should be a bit more aggressive.


    -It¡¯s okay, it was nothing serious really, rather it should be me who should apologize, My name is Vanessa Sylandri, I shouldn¡¯t have approached you so aggressively and made you panic, as an apologize how about you come sit with me and I tell you anything you want to know, as a teacher telling you everything you need to know is my duty after all, so come here.


    -Eh? Oh okay¡­


    Suddenly having his arm intertwined with that of the professor, David could firmly feel her warm breasts touching him, and being in such a close proximity to her David could smell that she too had a nice smell, ultimately David half hesitantly was forced to accept her offer while slightly glancing back at Syndra who he was actually planning on sitting next to, seeing that David was being snatched away right under her nose by the professor made Syndra slightly mad, but she held it in knowing that getting mad over something like this would make her look bad, on top of that Vanessa had given the perfect excuse to drag David away which is why she couldn¡¯t do anything but watch.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    In the end the only thing Syndra could do was go and get a seat opposite of David as the both of the seats beside him were taken by both of the professors, but even that didn¡¯t work out as the one sitting on that seat turned out to be the person she disliked the most in this dorm.


    -Valentia¡­


    -Syndra¡­


    They both locked gazes, sparks flying everywhere as the mirage of a flaming tiger and a frost dragon appear behind them roaring at each other and glaring at one another, of course these things didn¡¯t actually appear, it was a mere illusion, but still a powerful illusion.


    David saw their exchange with a half-smile on his face, everyone else in this room seemed to be completely used to these 2 bickering with each other as they completely ignored them giving David the impression that it was a common occurrence.


    And while he did want to talk with these 2 some more, David figured that he really needed to introduce himself to the rest of the people here, but professor Vanessa for some reason seemed to be extremely curious about him asking him questions, her closeness was a bit troubling to David as she seemed a bit too enthusiastic, he didn¡¯t dislike that, but speaking to her was a bit difficult because of that as she suddenly started asking questions like.


    Where are you from?


    How old are you ?


    Do you like it here?


    What do you think about the others?


    What kind of girls do you like?


    Do you have a girlfriend?


    The second last and last question in particular came out of nowhere, David wasn¡¯t sure how to reply to either as Vanessa seemed sort of intense afterwards, it intimidated him a little bit making him lag a bit while giving his answer which finally prompted the other professor who was sitting on his other side to butt in.


    -Vanessa, I think that¡¯s enough, even though you offered to answer his questions how did it come to him answering your questions? Hogging him like this isn¡¯t nice either the others here likely want to get to know David too I imagine.


    The one who said that was the other professor, a blonde woman with short hair and tanned skin, she just like David had blue eyes, she looked to be the tallest out of all the woman present at least a head taller than David making her close to 195 cms tall.


    Out all the woman here she was also the most uniquely dressed, wearing a type of tight fitting metal armor with white cloth covering a few parts, she looked like a knight from those fairy tales, a heroic air surrounded her too and faintly David could see the silhouette of a white lion behind her.


    As for her appearance, obviously she was a beauty just like everyone else in this dorm, in fact David would say that she was like a rose with an air of dignity, just by her face alone David felt that she looked very seductive and as for her body, David wasn¡¯t sure as she was completed covered with plate armor, but by overall size alone David could tell that she must have a killer figure as well.


    -Ah, it¡¯s okay, thanks for your care, if you don¡¯t mind me asking are you perhaps from the Nohrn kingdom? Ah, I forgot to introduce myself¡­my name is David, I¡¯m from Murrtail village.


    Hearing David¡¯s sudden question which was followed by a hasty introduction that was directed at everyone present, the female knight smiled dashingly before giving her own answer.


    -Yes indeed, My name is Cassandra Fargar, I¡¯m from the eastern side of the Nohrn kingdom, I used to be a knight there, but a few things happened and I left coming to this academy instead to teach¡­looking at you, I am guessing you¡¯re also someone from the Nohrn kingdom?


    -No, no, it¡¯s not like that but it isn¡¯t wrong either¡­


    Starting like that David quickly explained his own heritage and how his mother was from the Nohrn kingdom and fell in love with his father who was a Grann native, understanding what he was saying Cassandra quickly started to feel a faint connection with David as they basically had the same roots.


    Everyone else in the room, quickly had already quiet down as they listened to these two, Syndra especially felt surprised about David¡¯s birth roots, from the very beginning she had never noticed it before even though she lived in the Grann kingdom her entire life where everyone had brown hair and brown eyes, the fact that she didn¡¯t notice how different David was mostly came from the fact that she was too distracted about other parts of him to care and the fact that she knew a lot of people like the people in her house who had different hair color and eyes that didn¡¯t conform to the norms of Grann people, Syndra¡¯s own appearance was included in that as she had long dark gray hair and purple eyes, her heritage hadn¡¯t come from Grann after all either.


    Now, getting to know the other professor only 2 more people were left, the only thing was as David put his eyes onto these 2 people he couldn¡¯t help but notice that they didn¡¯t look interested in his presence, no they were interested, their eyes occasionally warping his way before going back to their own thing.


    David figured that they were just being shy which is why he momentarily stood up before slowly walking towards them, everyone was of course looking at what he was doing, and the moment he sat down again he was already next to the only 2 people who hadn¡¯t really get to know yet.


    -Hello, its nice to meet you, my name is David, I hope we can get along, what¡¯s your name?


    He stretched out both of his hands, making the two girls slightly blush even though he wasn¡¯t directly looking at them, at first it seemed like they were going to take his hand, but after a bit of waiting and more blushing, both of the girls stopped what they were doing and slowly took David¡¯s hand each.


    -My name is Hyura Van Gangnir, Im from the Iron Blood Empire, I¡­hope we get along.


    -I..I¡¯m Olga¡­I zoin¡¯t have a siurname az I¡¯m a commoner, Im from the southern alliance¡­zorry fur mai accint I¡¯m ztill learning zhe local language.


    Shaking their hands, David finally had more names to put on faces.


    The one who had introduced herself as Hyura was a red haired girl, fair skinned girl whose hair went all the way down her waist, her eyes were also red, but compared to Valentia¡¯s eyes which were like a pair of rubies, this girl¡¯s eyes were like blood instead having a darker shade to them which made her look sinister, thinking about it for some reason David felt that Hyura looked familiar to him, trying to remember where he had seen such a girl he quickly recalled how the leader of those 3 woman who pulled him into a dark alley looked like, she had the exact same facial traits as this girl which seemed to indicate that she like someone from this Iron Blood Empire.


    Hyura also compared to everyone else had an air of pride around her that was clearly visible, she was also extremely serious as well with her back straight the entire time like an arrow or a soldier while having a uniquely crafted saber strapped on her hip, she wore the academy uniform like everyone else In this room other than the teachers and when it came to her figure she rivaled Syndra when it came to her build, her breasts were big her legs were long and her thighs looked thick, her waist was killer as well, and just like Syndra she wore a pair of high-heels that were pitch black matching the uniform, the only thing she didn¡¯t wear were stockings giving this girl extra air of immorality that made David shake from within.


    David could guess from the way she spoke and acted that this girl was likely the model student Valentia had mentioned when she told him about the residents, which finally gives way for the last girl who looked like she was cooking hot from the way she blushed.


    David half expected steam to start coming out, he didn¡¯t understand why she was being like this, but he started that it likely was because of him as this girl seemed the shyest out of the others.


    Olga was also incidentally the only other commoner like him, she also came from a land he didn¡¯t know of called the southern alliance, wearing a pair of thick rimmed glasses David couldn¡¯t see her eyes when she introduced herself, she also had long silver hair tied into a pony tail, out of all the people Olga had the seemed to have the second biggest breasts as she almost rivaled Vanessa, her slouched back was testament to how heavy those things must be, but then again it must be also because she had a habit of slouching with the way she was working on something within her notebook though with the way she was blushing and shaking she didn¡¯t seem to be able to concentrate.


    Though she was slouched, her figure couldn¡¯t be hidden, from a cursory glance it looked like she was also the second tallest close to Cassandra¡¯s height making her legs extra-long and beautiful, because of this her skirt looked a bit too small on her which extenuated her behind and just like Hyura she didn¡¯t wear any stockings giving her a sexy vibe as well.


    And with that David had basically introduced himself to everyone, going back to his seat the little crowd of woman looked curiously at the newcomer who was also the only male, everyone had something in mind as they gazed at David, but what made everyone similar was the way they were slightly enchanted by David¡¯s looks, it didn¡¯t help that he seemed extremely nice too not caring about their appearance at all talking normally and pleasantly.


    After 10 minutes everyone wanted to have some bit of conversation with David, but before they even had the chance an owl flew into the dining room.


    Sitting directly on the focal point of everyone¡¯s attention which was on top of David¡¯s shoulder, the owl Tobias who was the dorm manager hooted delightfully before saying.


    -Harr Harr, it looks like everyone has finally got to know our newest addition, and it seems like everyone likes him too, nice isn¡¯t it?


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 13 Plans

    -Master Tobias x2


    Immediately the moment the Tobias the owl finished speaking the two professors stood up from their seats and gave him a respectful bow, everyone else quickly did the same to the feathery dorm manager, David too wanted to bow but since Tobias was sitting on his shoulder he couldn¡¯t move without disturbing him which is why he simply gave the gave the owl a polite nod which seemed to be acceptable.


    After the formalities everyone immediately went back to their normal state, expecting the owl to say something they all were quiet, Tobias the owl waited for everyone to sit down before he finally started his part, swiftly jumping off David¡¯s shoulder before landing on the dining table at the center of everyone.


    Observing the owl, David couldn¡¯t help but think that Tobias was gorgeous, his white feathers had a beautiful luster underneath the sunlight coupled with his big eyes which spoke of untold wisdom made Tobias into a incredible sight to behold, he wondered for a moment what exactly creatures like Tobias and George were, but that thought only lasted for a few seconds before Tobias started speaking.


    -Ahem, first of all, good morning everyone, I hope you rested well and I hope you¡¯re ready as within a week from now on the academy will finally start its new semester, this year we have 2 students in the second year and 3 freshmen who will for the first time begin their real studies, I hope that the seniors in this dorm will properly guide their juniors and in regards to the teachers there is not much to say other then I hope you teach these children well, this about sums up the official stuff¡­now lets get to the main topic for today.


    Suddenly, all of the eyes within the room turned towards David the moment Tobias uttered those last words, David could tell what was coming next as Tobias had said they would talk about this today when everyone was gathered, he didn¡¯t know yet what they would discuss exactly, but he had a suspicion that it had likely to do with the fact why he was in this dorm.


    And he was right as Tobias immediately started the topic with that.


    -As you all know by now as informed by your teachers, from today on Sir David here will start living with us inside our splendid little dorm, he is our newest addition and while he may be a commoner he is also someone of immense potential as judged by our headmistress who gave Sir David a full scholarship to our school, I am convinced that Sir David will reach greatness one day, because of this I hope that you all will be supportive of him and help him whenever you can, with that out of the way, I should now start to explain why it is that Sir David came to be living here, this is likely what has been on everyone¡¯s mind is it not so?


    There was a brief silence after this as everyone looked at each other, I too didn¡¯t know what to think really, Valentia had already explained to David briefly that this dorm had been built by the academy to send all the people they deemed troublesome so as to prevent future problems.


    How this prevented problems wasn¡¯t something David really understand as this dorm more then anything seemed to serve to isolate individuals more then anything else, why they were here to be isolated was another thing he didn¡¯t understand, Tobias explained it was complicated, the political climate of the academy wasn¡¯t stable, and from what David remembers from the conversation yesterday a board of nobles seemed to be in a direct opposition against the headmistress of the academy which he understood from Valentia who gave such a sharp remark.


    Ultimately the one who came to say what was on everyone¡¯s mind was Cassandra the female knight.


    -Quite honestly, yes, I can¡¯t imagine why someone like David who doesn¡¯t seem to have any connection to the academy would immediately be sent to live in this dorm, we all have our reasons to be here and we all basically accepted that, but I feel that its unfair for someone innocent as David to be involved in the political crossfire of the academy, honestly I didn¡¯t think it would be so bad that unrelated parties like David would be involved, so finally, what is the reason?


    Eyes focused on the owl, Tobias again cleared his throat before speaking up, a bit regret present in his voice as he spoke to everyone.


    -I understand your concern and displeasure against the actions the academy has taken, I won¡¯t say anything to justify their actions as the academy today clearly isn¡¯t the one that had been in past, again I will say that the current headmistress is doing her all to revert back to our old ways, but as everyone knows it an uphill battle from here¡­and as for the reason, the board of directors of the academy decided that because of David¡¯s common birth he won¡¯t be allowed to live with the students of high birth¡­If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    -That¡¯s bullshit!


    The one who said that with a clearly pissed of tone was Valentia, she clearly had a lot of discontentment with these board of directors as displeasure was clear on her face, everyone else in the room didn¡¯t seem to be fazed by girls sudden outburst and Tobias too seemed to be used to it as he merely gave a sigh, no one seemed to be keen on stopping Valentia either as she started to go on a rant.


    -Everyone knows that those pigs are only doing this to spite the headmistress and shake her position, since when did the academy ever consider birth to be a qualification of where a person would stay, its already ridiculous that we have to stay here and do what we¡¯re told by them, much more so David who is involved in this because the headmistress gave him a pass!


    The others while not saying anything seemed to agree with Valentia as they looked just displeased, David who was still quiet the entire time and just listening finally felt like he should say something as he turned towards Tobias.


    -I think I understand now slightly what is going, honestly I didn¡¯t expect to be immediately put In such a situation as soon as I came, but then again I¡¯m not going to complain, after all if it wasn¡¯t for the headmistress who gave me the chance to study here I would have never come in the first place, becoming a wizard is a dream many people dream of and I am not going to waste it, so don¡¯t worry about me mister Tobias, I don¡¯t really mind staying here and to be honest I already like everyone here, just by talking to them I can tell they are all very nice people.


    -¡­!?


    Hearing David suddenly say something like that, got everyone clearly stunned as they didn¡¯t expect for him to already have such a positive opinion of them, his words didn¡¯t sound fake either as he always used the same sincere tone whenever he spoke giving others a very a good impression of him.


    Tobias especially was that said this in front of everyone, Tobias to a certain extend already understood David¡¯s personality, in fact he used it to his advantage in this meeting hoping he could calm these ladies with his calming aura and it worked perfectly, and while it wasn¡¯t nice to use someone like that the owl was a firm believer of white lies as he only cared about whether or not others were happy, even if it was through dishonest means.


    And then finally with those heavy topics out of the way, the dining room quickly returned to a tranquil state, Tobias took advantage of this period of tranquility to quickly put another word in as he raised his beak.


    -Now that we finished with the talk, there is only one last thing I want to announce, as we only have a single week left until the new semester starts, I figured that everyone here should help David get familiar with the academy and its campus, plus since he is the only person who everyone doesn¡¯t know about anything yet I also figured that you all should take turns showing David around to better your relationship! For this I made a small little plan I thought of in-between my shifts¡­now where did I place it?


    Saying such things the owl suddenly started to rummage through its feathers inside its wings, not understanding what it was doing David watched the owl intently before Tobias pulled out a small square folded piece of paper from within his wing, that piece of folded paper quickly unfurled itself until it became a huge scheduling plan for every day of the week, what was magical here was the fact that it unfurled by itself and that there were no creases on the paper when it unfurled, in either case under each day there was a name underlined to indicate whose plans it was that day, and from what David could see the plan clearly started today with the first name being Syndra!


    -You call this a small plan?


    Vanessa remarked, clearly making Tobias a bit embarrassed as he chose to ignore that remark before showing everyone the plan, David was slightly overwhelmed by this, on top of that he was also a bit uncomfortable about everyone helping him out like this since he didn¡¯t want bother anyone, it was nice for Tobias to think of like this, but on another hand it seemed a bit too extra to David though he didn¡¯t dare say that as he simply tried to think of a way to stop this.


    And while he was thinking that, everyone else on the other hand seemed to be thinking about completely different things, some of their eyes alighted the moment they saw the plan while others looked to be very interested, regardless of what everyone thought, they all had the same idea at that moment which was¡­


    The perfect opportunity to get to know David.


    Being the only male in the dorm, and also a extremely handsome one at that, obviously everyone had some interest towards David the moment they saw him, it was only after really seeing him talk and act that they noticed that he wasn¡¯t repelled by them, he even gave the initiative to touch two of the girls with a simple handshake something neither of the girls had ever thought possible with the opposite gender demonstrated that David was simply different from the other guys.


    The few who knew about this special aspect of David which were only Valentia, Syndra and Vanessa already had plans working in their heads on how get closer to David.


    At this very instant the dining room became a room of mass gear shifting, Tobias was immediately satisfied with what he saw feeling the fresh breeze of spring coming his way.


    -Any objections? If you already have plans, please speak up!


    -None x6


    The spoke in unison, momentarily making David¡¯s mind go blank as once again events he had no control over were decided without his input, he felt a bit pushed around, but then again they merely had pure intentions which is why he let it pass.


    Unbeknownst to David those pure intentions weren¡¯t nearly as pure as he had imagined, woman after all were far more prone to scheme then any other animal especially when it came to a mate.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 14 Demonstration Of Skill

    The group prepared to eat their breakfast as soon as they finished talking about everything that needed to be said.


    David felt that there were a lot of complicated things going on behind the scenes which made him worry, Tobias saw that worry and once again reassured David that he had nothing to worry about at all, the academy may be in a difficult spot at the moment, but the students would under no circumstances be involved too deeply, he told David that the only thing he really needed to worry about were his studies and enjoying his academy life, he even sneakily hinted at David that maybe a bit of companionship was also something he should keep in mind before making a weird sound which seemed like a laugh and flying away to who knows where exiting through the window just as he came.


    David saw the Tobias off into the skies, the last remark slightly dyeing his cheeks red as he wasn¡¯t expecting it, he was already putting a lot of effort into not minding the looks of the others or stare at the them uncomfortably which is why the remark slightly shook his mental state for a moment.


    But quickly enough he calmed down, mostly because he was really hungry and also because he could smell the delicious scent of food wafting into the kitchen from the other door which must have been the kitchen.


    David still didn¡¯t know what they would eat, but regardless what it was he was looking forward to it as he hadn¡¯t eaten a good meal for the past few days while traveling here as he mostly ate dried rations which were very appetizing.


    -So David, since we are all going to show you around for the next week¡­do you have something in mind that you want to see?


    Conversations were still ongoing of course, particularly since David was still new here and most importantly because he was the only male garnering the attention of everyone present, David himself didn¡¯t realize he garnered that much interested because he was male and calmly replied to Vanessa sitting near him, she was awfully close too, her breasts nearly touching him as her body heat was clearly felt by him within this distance.


    -Ehm..I am not sure, I don¡¯t really know much about the academy other then the things Caithlyn had already told me about while escorting me here, Syndra also told me about the classes, talking about classes, since the board of directors clearly don¡¯t like the commoners and nobles mingling with each other are classes also assigned that way?


    David asked, his question pretty fair by his experience, the one who answered though was Hyura, her blood red eyes looking over him as she answered with her steady and dignified voice.


    -No, fortunately classes aren¡¯t separated this way as even the board of directors can¡¯t change something like that, as it would directly interfere with the roots of the academy, because of this both nobles and commoners will need to attend class in the same classroom, beside separating the two like this would be inefficient as well as we don¡¯t have as many teachers as one might think to handle all of those classes if it did happen.


    Her direct and reasonable answer was easy to understand, but in the next moment another question bloomed within David¡¯s mind as he remembered why he was put in this dorm in the first place.


    -So there are more commoners then I imagined attending this academy, but if that¡¯s so why aren¡¯t they also living in this dorm? Didn¡¯t the board of directors use the excuse of me being a commoner to make me live here? I know they did it just to spite the headmistress, but since they did it so openly wouldn¡¯t doing so be clearly received as them being hypocritical if other commoners right now lived together with the nobles in their respective dorms? Why aren¡¯t they living here as well?


    With another good question presenting itself, the girls and woman in the dining hall clearly knew that already, the one answering this time though was again a different girl David had only just met, her heavy accent was unmistakable as she fixed her thick rimmed glasses to her face, her voice was a bit more nervous compared to the others in fact she seemed unconfident about herself stuttering a bit but overall speaking very understandably even with all those flaws.


    -Zhe board sof dyrectors understandz zhat, but zince zhe majority of zhe commonerz had already bien liveng in zheir respective zorms for a long zime having zhem zuddenly change zorms would cause outrage, in fact zhis zorm had been planned to become the zorm of the commonerz in zhe previous year while a new zorm would be built for the malez, it iz only this year that thiz rule had bien implemented though, but even zo out of all the commonerz it iz only you who came here az the new zorm hand¡¯t been built yet, all the other zorms in the malez had been filled and the zoom you¡¯re uzing being the only zoom available, and zince the board sof dyrectors don¡¯t zike the headmistrezz they obviously put you in thiz zorm¡­again¡­zorry for my accent.


    This time it wasn¡¯t only David was more informed about the situation, the rest of the girls and even the two professors seemed to be surprised about this new information, Valentia in fact couldn¡¯t help but ask how Olga knew this.


    To this Olga admitted that she usually kept herself very well informed about the ins and goings of the academy, she like everyone else didn¡¯t know about David actually coming here to live with them until he actually came, but she already knew other types of information and using them she made a extremely accurate reason as to what was going on.


    Hearing this David was impressed by her intellect and resourcefulness, David already knew that Olga was the genius potioneer Valentia described, but it seemed as if potioneering wasn¡¯t her only talent, rather then calling her a potioneering genius just calling her a genius would have fit her more in Davids opinion, but that was just him.


    With those questions out of the way, they returned back to the original question, what David wanted to see, Syndra in particular was going to guide him today, which is why David tried to think about what he would like to see.


    He didn¡¯t have any particular hobbies that could help him answer that question either, but while thinking about it intently, he couldn¡¯t help but remember how he lamented the fact that he didn¡¯t have any books about magic other then the one he original was gifted back when he was young, to this day David only knew that single book about mana control practicing it every day, when practicing he always sometimes thought about what other things he could do with mana, and ever since experiencing a spell on his body and being able to mess with it, this desire only grew as he couldn¡¯t help but exclaim.


    -Library! Do you have a library where I can learn about magic!


    His enthused question pulled the attention of everyone even further, especially since it had to do with magic as that was what everyone was here for in the first place, but since it was Syndra who David was talking to no one could just say something without looking rude, Syndra liked that as she had David¡¯s complete attention to herself which felt very in front of everyone.


    -Obviously the academy would have a library where you can learn magic, it is the biggest building in this academy the most popular and it is open 24/7 as well, but the thing is other than the very basics and lowest ranking spells everything else above that, you will need something called points to actually acquire access to.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    -Points?


    David mumbled in confusion, his face showed it too, Syndra seemed ready to explain as well, but before she could do so someone else had already started which was Cassandra.


    -The points she is speaking of are given out at the end of each month, the amount of points you get each month depends on the rank of your student id which you can only increase through raising your grades and competing with others on the leaderboard, doing missions given out by the academy or other students, or trade unknown magic knowledge to the library, points can also be directly traded between students and teachers, in general points are used to trade for whatever the school has for sale, spell models and magic research are commonly what the people here spent their points on, but magic items are also in demand, speaking of the id it¡¯s a blue crystal card, master Tobias must have given it to you.


    -Are you talking about this.


    David pulled out his student id, keeping it within his breast pocket as it glowed a faint blue light, he wondered what this card was used for, but now that he knew he couldn¡¯t help but feel how important it was, even without them telling him he already knew how important points must be in this school since it was directly connected to what kind of magical knowledge you had access to and much more.


    Increasing your student rank was likely the most important thing as it directly influenced how much points you would get each month, thinking about it how many points would he get, he wondered.


    Vanessa who sat beside him clearly understood what he was thinking through his gaze and quickly told him what he wanted to know.


    -As a freshman you obviously will start from the lowest student rank there is which is why you will only get a 100 points of now, which is only enough for you buy a single rank 1 spell model on the low side of the quality, but don¡¯t worry as long as you do well in school and do some simple missions you will easily be able to raise your student rank, furthermore as a freshman you are eligible to a certain welcome present, you get to choose one rank 1 spell model of any quality from the library, the time limit is 1 year as well which is plenty time for you to choose a suitable spell, in fact I recommend you to use this opportunity to choose a talent spell that will be one of your cores for when you become a rank 1 wizard, many students make the mistake of wasting this chance by choosing a random spell they fancy, since you are one of us you shouldn¡¯t¡­


    -Vanessa I don¡¯t David here fully understands what you are saying, don¡¯t forget that he is still just a freshmen, a commoner at that, Olga and Hyura may be at the same level as him on the practical stand point as they all have zero experience using magic, but when it comes to theory he hasn¡¯t even began, remember don¡¯t put David on the same level as Olga and Hyura, I don¡¯t want you to meaninglessly make the boy feel bad when he has no idea what your saying and expecting him to be a scholar at his age.


    Cassandra almost sounded as if she was scolding Vanessa and while Vanessa looked like she understood, she also looked a bit bitter as if she was unjustly being berated by her coworker.


    Vanessa had a good reason for that too as the memory of David dispelling her spell last night was still very clear in her mind, ever since she saw that she assumed that David had already some magical ability together with basic magical knowledge which is why she was explaining everything so well to him.


    She felt that David was extremely talented for his age and wanted to make that known by telling Cassandra about it.


    But David quickly came between them, not that he already wasn¡¯t, not liking that they looked like they were quarrelling over him, Valentia and Syndra quarreling was different as that seemed more like rivalry that everyone was used to at this point, while Cassandra and Vanessa looked a bit too heated in comparison making everyone slightly anxious from their looks.


    -Thanks professor Cassandra for looking out for me, but I think that professor Vanessa only means well, a professor having expectations for her students is only natural, and it¡¯s true that compared to everyone else I have simply no knowledge regarding magic other than how to control my mana, but I will work hard and I am confident that¡­


    -Wait what did you just say? Did you just say you can control your mana?


    Before David could even finish what he wanted to say, Cassandra suddenly interrupted him with a surprised look on her face, everyone else for the manner was just as surprised as they looked at David with odd eyes as if they had misheard him, David found their surprise and odd looks to be weird as he didn¡¯t understand what was weird about him being able to control his mana when they were all wizards greater then him, this entire time David was under the assumption that something basic as being able to control your mana was something everyone with enough training could do, even though Syndra had explained before that everyone started out the same when it came to magic, that they would all first learn how to sense their magic, he didn¡¯t connect magic to mana at all as he thought that controlling mana was the basic while sensing magic was casting spells.


    Never could he imagine that he was already way ahead of every freshman his age and that what he thought of as a given ability was not actually given at all.


    Everyone else in the room had a lot and more complete knowledge in regards to magic which is why they knew that if what David was saying was the truth that this could be big.


    The only person who thought so otherwise was Cassandra and Vanessa, both thinking on the opposite side of the spectrum as Vanessa thought that David already had certain capabilities which is why she was so excited for him and his gift, while Cassandra thought that David may be just bragging or lying as she never saw an individual like him who could control mana at his age.


    She had a reason to believe so as well, as every wizard knew from reading the most elementary book about magic that when magic is practiced before your coming of age which was 15, it could have devastating effects on the soul, the reason for that was because a soul matures roughly the same age as the body, it is widely believed that it is the soul that gives a creature the ability to think and reason, and that if a person who hasn¡¯t a matured enough soul uses their mana that they could irreversibly damage their own soul with their lack of a strong soul, at the minimum turning them into a vegetable while at worst killing them instantly.


    After maturation of the soul, learning how to control your mana also roughly takes 4 to 12 months depending on how gifted you are with the lesser gifted taking at most an entire year.


    And even when you are able to control your mana it doesn¡¯t mean you can start casting spells, you would instead start training on how to shape that mana on how to cause phenomena with it like telekinetically raising objects, creating lights and minor illusions or causing small flames, spells in the end were simply programs that ran long lines of commands a human mind couldn¡¯t possibly do on their own, the brain is used like a computer for execution of these programs while the person just chooses when they are going to activate the program, having prior knowledge on how to control mana and how to induce phenomena with it is simply like knowing on how to utilize a program to its fullest.


    Cassandra believed that there was no way David knew something like that when he had just merely turned 15, she was sure that he was just bragging or mistaken, but then again for some reason she couldn¡¯t help but doubt herself as the way David looked so confident confused her instincts.


    In the end the only real way to know for sure was for David demonstrate it himself.


    And just in time the door to the cooking room opened, coming in was a food cart with loads of food on making its way into the room, the delectable smell of all kinds of dishes enveloped the dining room and as the cart came closer David finally saw who it was that was pushing it which turned out to be a wooden mannequin, David immediately recognized it to be a type of golem of some sort, a being created from magic immediately pulled his attention, but in the next moment seeing all the dishes on the cart an idea sprouted within David.


    Using his mana, David immediately made all the dishes together with the cutlery float and fly towards them, seeing the dishes so suddenly raise into the air caused everyone a shock as they watched each dish gently land onto the table, there were more than 10 dishes with numerous cutlery all being placed in meticulous order right in front of them, it didn¡¯t even take a minute before everything was in place and everyone had something to eat.


    But even when was right in front of them, no was eating, they were all too shocked about what they just witnessed as they all knew who had just moved those dishes and numerous pieces of cutlery, the person in question didn¡¯t notice and was rather occupied with enjoying what he had in front of him already starving and being able to control himself as he ate.


    It was only after taking a couple bites and feeling the deliciousness of the food that he noticed that it was only him who was eating, everyone else was simply too busy staring at David to care making him wonder for a moment.


    -(Were my table manners a bit too much?)


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 15 Learning Common Sense

    For a brief amount of time the dining roomed seemed to be frozen in time as everyone couldn¡¯t believe what they had just seen, the smell of delicious food wafted in the air paired with all kinds of side dishes but no one was eating other then David who had stopped eating after he noticed how odd everyone was behaving.


    David didn¡¯t think the reason they were so shocked was because he had used his mana to move those dishes to the table, he had no idea what he had just done as he merely thought of his actions as child blade in wizards eyes as the only thing he learned was the book about basic mana control which he thought of as elementary.


    In fact David was right to think that the book was on the elementary level, but because something is basic doesn¡¯t mean you could look down on it, simple things maybe simple, but they are hard to master, no one knew this concept better then wizards which is why they were so shocked.


    The level of skill David had demonstrated was something even the teachers were hard pressed to replicate as what David did was not only raise objects with his mana but also raise multiple of them at the same time in different directions and intervals, Cassandra the entire time tried to count everything David had raised with his mana and as she counted she realized that David was able to raise over 50 objects with his mana which was ridiculous as that required a unimaginable amount of skill in multitasking and division of mind, even Cassandra could at most raise only 25 objects at the same time which was commendable for a melee fighter like her while Vanessa could at best raise 40 if she really concentrated still nowhere near the amount David had just shown.


    And in regards to Valentia and Syndra who were already second years who each were individually already rank 1 wizards, even they could only raise 3 to 5 objects at the same time and they were considered gifted for that.


    Though saying they were gifted in front of someone like David was like comparing a star to a sun, meaning nowhere near the same level.


    Everyone understood this, the only one who didn¡¯t was David, everyone had loads of questions too but couldn¡¯t sort them all even if they tried making them simply blankly look at David making him feel uncomfortable.


    Of course the silence had to be broken at some point, the wooden golem who came in to deliver the food had no thoughts about the dishes flying to the table and placing themselves as it wasn¡¯t a living being to begin but a mere robot, which is why as soon as all the dishes were on the table the golem pulled the cart and exited the room, the golem was fast and efficient but even it could not stop the door from making a sound as it exited waking everyone from their stupor as they started asking questions in a machine gun manner.


    -How did you do that?!


    -You were actually a rank 4 wizard the entire time right?!


    -You can¡¯t be a commoner! Tell us the truth you are the imperial prince of some powerful empire right?!


    -I only ever heardz of zis level of mana control in legendz¡­do you zave connectionz to zose legendz?!


    -I knew you were given a scholarship for how gifted you were, but no one told me you were the child of god.


    -Makes sense though, they say god only sees the good in everyone and doesn¡¯t see their faces, if he is the child of god he sure possesses the mindset.


    Comments and questions like these came flying at him non-stop, David didn¡¯t know what to do to them or how to answer them, he didn¡¯t even understand where all this was coming from in the first place which is why David couldn¡¯t say anything, and quickly enough David¡¯s prolonged silence seemed to calm them as their questions weren¡¯t yielding any answers, for a moment they thought that they were scaring or overwhelming David with their constant questioning which was scary and a bit rude, luckily they realized that fast enough and tried to give David some space, but amongst them observing his expression only Vanessa seemed to understand what was going on as she suddenly asked.


    -David¡­could it be that you actually aren¡¯t aware of why we are so excited and amazed by you right now?


    Hearing Vanessa¡¯s question everyone else seemed to momentarily come to a certain realization, again they were reminded that David was a commoner meaning he wouldn¡¯t have access to magical knowledge through normal means, and even he himself admitted to Cassandra that he had no knowledge about magic other than knowing how to control his mana, but no matter how you look at it this statement was weird, it was as if a person explained to you that he knew how to run but not how to walk, what kind of logic was that? And it isn¡¯t even accounting to the fact that David somehow learned how to control mana even though he had just turned 15, obviously David must have practiced how to control his mana before he was 15 but how did he accomplish that without damaging his soul?


    All kinds of illogical things were happening in regards to David, his entire being was illogical and for the first time the girls thought that out of all of them he was the real oddball.


    Again David knew none of that, and upon hearing Vanessa he quickly tried to explain himself, telling everyone what he did when the person who gave him the scholarship and a book about mana control, which is assumed to be the headmistress, and how he practiced every day for the past decade.


    Having only a single book about mana control David quickly went through the entire book to the point he could remember it by memory alone, since he didn¡¯t have any other book and neither could procure one his studies ended at this point, trying to find a way to continue improving his magical abilities forced David to instead make his own conclusions about magic and practice by himself, using the beginner book as a base he simply started again from the beginning and increased the difficulty of the exercises by increasing the quantity instead.


    What David hoped for was for quantity to induce some kind of qualitative change in him.


    If previously he only made a single pen levitated then next time he levitated 2 if 2 was too easy he again increased it to 3 or 4, so on and so forth with every single exercise until he was able to do it.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    He didn¡¯t do it to levitation either, he also did other things like creating bigger or more detailed images to the point he could make illusions of himself, of others and objects too, create extremely big and bright lights like stars, summon forth flames that stretched 5 meters and or influence his surroundings.


    Levitating 50 objects was by no means David¡¯s limit at all, he could do much more than that, but looking at their expression David wasn¡¯t sure if he really should tell them the truth and kept that to himself instead.


    He did demonstrate his other abilities thought like creating a life like illusion of himself that he could control inducing another round of gasps from everyone, Syndra in particular seemed to be thinking about something as she couldn¡¯t help but say.


    -David¡­why didn¡¯t use your abilities back then to fight off those scum? With that level of control you could have easily dispatched them with just a move of your finger like making a rock fly at them at high speeds or touching them with your flames, you could have even escaped with your illusion or even just scared them by creating a big monster¡­why didn¡¯t you do any of that?


    Syndra¡¯s question pulled the attention of everyone the moment she mentioned scum, they didn¡¯t know what she was talking about as Syndra hadn¡¯t told anyone about the incident yet wanting to keep that between herself and David, but at this moment she really wanted to know which why she asked.


    -Scum?¡­Now that you say that, you mentioned yesterday that you saved David from trouble which is why he wanted to thank you ending up with you two spending a lot of time together¡­I didn¡¯t know that public safety in Ravennest got so bad that some random street rats would have the gall to mess with a student from Ravenwing¡­


    -They¡­they weren¡¯t street thugs or anything¡­in fact from what I saw I think they were fairly new to the city, I assume they are mercenaries or adventurers who came to city by a request or something¡­the leader of that group in fact looked to be someone from the Iron blood empire.


    -?!


    The moment Syndra that last part Hyura¡¯s expression clearly crunched down as her eyes narrowed into a dangerous slit, she didn¡¯t look angry or anything, but rather concerned and sort of offended.


    -Senior Syndra¡­are you sure about what you just said?


    Syndra sighed at that aggressive sounding question by Hyura, this being another reason why she didn¡¯t want to make this incident public as she had someone like Hyura living with her who had a fairly problematic personality and background, mentioning anything about the Iron Blood empire was usually enough to incite a lot of emotion out of Hyura depending on what you said, her reputation in fact was built on this quirk of hers as she treated the people who praised the empire very nicely while those who didn¡¯t hold a high opinion of the empire were treated not that nicely seeing that half of them were usually send to the infirmary for insulting the empire in front of Hyura.


    This adamant sense of patriotism by Hyura was at first very strange to the people living in this dorm as they were all usually treated coldly by everyone their entire lives no matter if it was their countrymen or other people causing everyone to not have a strong connection to their country.


    How Hyura had such a strong connection was a bit weird for them, but soon enough they realized that Hyura actually didn¡¯t have any kind of patriotism towards her country at all, they realized this after Hyura was once insulted by another student who mocked the red hair and eyes of the people of the Iron Blood empire comparing them to blood sucking vampires, at that time everyone was sure that Hyura would sock that student, but instead surprisingly she did nothing as she didn¡¯t seem to care at all, she only reacted after that very student started insulting the empire in general also sending that person into the infirmary which was the main reason why Hyura ended up staying in this dorm.


    For what reason Hyura socks people over their heads is unknown, but everyone knew that it wasn¡¯t because she loved her country, in fact sometimes it seemed like she really despised the empire as she wasn¡¯t easy to her own countrymen either looking at them with disdain and general dislike as they did towards her, she had already frequently send them into the infirmary as well making it so that there was simply no good blood to be had between them.


    Hyura herself never stated what was up with her, and no one asked either as they all respected each other¡¯s privacy and generally liked one another as well, though because of this sometimes it was difficult for a person to talk to Hyura about the empire without knowing what exactly triggered her, there were a few incidents were a student tried to make a obvious light hearted joke at the empires expense only to be brutally bashed by Hyura at the next second, nobody wanted to be in the receiving end of such hit which is why nobody mentions the empire in front of Hyura just to be safe.


    Syndra like everyone else knew this and tried to be as far away as possible from talking about the empire to Hyura while talking about everything else.


    She wasn¡¯t scared of Hyura in particular as Syndra was confident she could take on Hyura who couldn¡¯t use magic, but even then Hyura was still a scary opponent as she had unnatural amount of strength that rivaled Valentia¡¯s she also frequently sparred with the former knight/professor Cassandra who praised Hyura¡¯s close-combat ability.


    In the end Syndra was successfully able to explain everything without triggering Hyura, in turn Hyura took this news in a very ponderous manner while everyone else just stayed out of this minefield choosing to not comment on anything while trying to go back to David who was much more interesting.


    Going back to David and Syndra¡¯s original question, it was true that David could have dealt with the rogues using his mana control, but the thing was some things were easier said than done and in this case it was truly all David¡¯s fault as it was his inadequate ability to calm himself and think rationally that made him a easy target.


    -I¡­I am not much of a fighter, and I admit I got scared when they suddenly pulled me in, my confusion caused me to momentarily forget what I could do which is why I froze¡­


    His hesitant and slightly shameful explanation seemed to make a lot of sense as everyone sympathized with David, Cassandra in fact tried to David by saying that having power and having the ability to use it are completely different things and that David shouldn¡¯t be ashamed of not being able to use it.


    Syndra also started to think that maybe she shouldn¡¯t have said what she did and made David feel uncomfortable about himself, she worried that maybe David now liked her less, while in reality David didn¡¯t really think about it like that and instead was a bit thankful for Syndra to point it out and let him realize his flaws like that.


    He couldn¡¯t stay like this forever after all, he came to become a wizard in this school, he couldn¡¯t imagine that a weak minded wizard ever existed, his image of a wizard was powerful and dauntless he wanted to be just like that even if he didn¡¯t like to pursue combat.


    At this point having made everything clear, the group was once again down on their high of excitement, they still had a lot to think about in regards to David after listening to him, in the meantime Vanessa decided that as a teacher it was her duty to enlighten David about wizards and magic in general, how normal people used it and what the rules were.


    David listened intently for the first time gaining some real practical concrete knowledge he yearned for some many years, but as soon as he finished listening to everything and digested the newly acquired knowledge he couldn¡¯t help but think.


    -(I really am a oddball huh?¡­)


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 16 Daring Display

    Breakfast ended pretty quickly after the excitement died down, the others were still a bit dazed by what they had just witnessed and had a lot to think about, the two professors in particular were planning on giving the headmistress a visit and have a little talk about David, while what the other girls would do was as of yet a mystery.


    Valentia to tag along with David and Syndra, but Cassandra dissuaded her and anyone else for that matter as everyone would have time with David this regardless, rather than building a relationship as a group she recommended that everyone should first build a relationship as a individual with David before making that step so David would me more comfortable in the future, this was likely Tobia¡¯s intention all along, Cassandra merely followed the idea convincing everyone.


    Now having finished their meal both Syndra and David stood up, the rest of the group had all already gone to do their own thing, everyone before leaving gave David a few glances, but he didn¡¯t notice that as his head was too occupied with something else at the moment.


    -Alright¡­since we finished breakfast, do you want me to guide you around the academy?


    -Oh! Please!


    David replied, being extremely excited as he wanted to visit the library ever since he heard about it from Syndra, his goal was to finally acquire some more knowledge about magic, even though he didn¡¯t have enough points for advanced knowledge, it wasn¡¯t what he particularly wanted or needed that as David instead was keenly lacking in regards to common knowledge amongst wizards, the basics of the basics so to say, and while Syndra assured him that he didn¡¯t need to know those things at the beginning as everyone would start from 0 zero just like him, he still wanted to use his time to study up before getting to the actual classes so he would at least be prepared regardless, Olga and Hyura for example were just like him freshmen, but they clearly knew about magic theory much better and more extensively then him even though they never used magic before which was different from what Syndra had told him.


    Syndra explained that as well, telling David that Olga and Hyura were special cases, Olga was actually just a apprentice apothecary at one point, but through one incident where she was required to make a semi-magical concoction Olga succeeded and showed the people in her area how truly gifted she was in making brews, obviously Olga couldn¡¯t make real potions as that would require magical abilities, but Olga was steadfast and continued proving herself as a young genius until one day the officials of the southern alliance got wind of her and made her undergo the magic test to see if she possessed any talent in magic.


    As it turned out Olga did indeed possess talent and not ordinary talent either, she had a extremely high Nature affinity plus a 4 star rating on her soul making her a excellent candidate to become a potioneer as her apothecary background gave her a perfect start, and with her abilities proven without a shadow of a doubt, Olga was quickly send to the Ravenwing academy by the southern alliance¡¯s recommendation as they hoped to grow a powerful potioneer for their alliance.


    Of course not everything could go as planned, in particular when it concerned the board of directors or the board of nobles which how the girls liked to sarcastically call them, one of those nobles seemed to have something against the southern alliance, because of such grudge they made things difficult for Olga by immediately making her live in the ¡°dorm¡± for troublemakers, giving the excuse that Olga posed a serious danger to her students because of her frequent experiments she made back at home when she brewed concoctions which usually ended up in all sorts of hazards ranging from, explosions and fire to poison gas and horrible smells, this excuse was enough to put her In the ¡°dorm¡±.


    Even though Olga always put safety first and never did her experiments with people nearby, Olga had yet to cause a single incident involving her experiments as she always did them in controlled environments where she could do whatever she wanted.


    And in regards to her extensive magical knowledge, obviously the southern alliance gave Olga the best education they could muster before they send her off coupled with her natural studious nature she learned very quickly.


    Hyura on the other hand was a noble of the Iron Blood alliance, it wasn¡¯t rare for nobles to be educated in magic before being send to the academy, but as current trends went, nobility usually always began their studies in magic in an educational facility like the academy which is why most nobles before coming here weren¡¯t well educated in the arcane as most nobles usually didn¡¯t become wizards or were expected to as it all depended on innate talent whether or not you could or couldn¡¯t become a wizard.


    This innate talent once again was revealed through a process known as the magic test where your affinity and soul would be graded, a magic test could only be undergone once the person turned 14 right before the time they came of age as this too was considered magic and something that could harm the users soul, but since it was a extreme minimal amount of magic doing it at 14 was considered fine.


    Hearing those things David once again could hear a lot of buzz words like magic test, potioneering, affinity and soul star rating.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    David really wanted to know those things in detail, and asking Syndra would have probably been fine, but David started to think that maybe he was beginning to rely on Syndra too much at this point, he previous did have such thoughts which is why this didn¡¯t come out of nowhere, besides David had time, he didn¡¯t need to know everything right away, he had an entire week to learn the basics and it wasn¡¯t as if Syndra was the only person who would help him, the others were very nice as well from the way they all agreed to become David¡¯s guide.


    Syndra on the other hand didn¡¯t think like that, the entire time she was fully expecting David to ask one question after another just like when they sat in the restaurant, but to her disappointment David wasn¡¯t doing that and instead just listened to Syndra as she showed him around, he would occasionally say something or ask minor questions to keep a conversation going, but overall he didn¡¯t ask anything major which made her feel as if David didn¡¯t have anything to say to her making her feel insecure as her ultimate goal was to become intimate with David.


    Both David and Syndra had their own thoughts at the moment as they had their own hesitations, the atmosphere between them wasn¡¯t bad but it wasn¡¯t good either, luckily it didn¡¯t last long as they quickly arrived at the academy library.


    -Hey¡­look at him! He¡¯s so handsome!


    -You ain¡¯t kidding?! Who is he why didn¡¯t I hear of him? And is that the swamp monster next to him!?


    -Shh, don¡¯t say that out loud you idiot! What if she hears you! Don¡¯t think just because she is passive that she won¡¯t actually do anything to you for calling you that, out of all of those people in the monster dorm she is the most dangerous in my opinion, Hyura can send you to the infirmary, but Syndra¡¯s mother is a Archduke and the current general of the army, no matter what happens if you offend her things won¡¯t just end with you getting in the infirmary.


    -Right, and in regards to that handsome guy, I think he is the guy from the rumors, the commoner who is said to possess devilishs looks? He fits the bill perfectly!


    -True, yesterday I also heard that he was going to live in that monster dorm with the other monsters because of his common heritage, I already feel pity for the poor guy, who knows what those monsters will do to him¡­you know if the male dorm really won¡¯t have him why don¡¯t we ask the staff to switch him into our dorm, if he is allowed to live in a den full of female monsters why not then live with us?


    -Oh you wish! And don¡¯t give me that excuse Hilda, I can see your perverted thoughts from a mile away!


    Such whispers went around the moment people saw Syndra and David walk side by side towards the academy library, Syndra was extremely worried about those whispers and felt awkward whenever they were mentioned, it was exactly this which she was worried about the entire time when they were sitting back then inside the restaurant, rumors like these would be endless and while Syndra didn¡¯t mind as she got used to them, she didn¡¯t know about David as he was still new here, after all nobody liked to be associated with what was considered negative.


    David obviously also heard those whispers and saw how reclusive Syndra had suddenly gotten, her hands were crossed and her head was down as a chilly air surrounded her, her face was hidden by her long hair, David had already seen Syndra act like that back in the restaurant, he couldn¡¯t back then as he didn¡¯t understand much of the situation, but it was different, this mindless enmity made David feel disgusted, and while he didn¡¯t want to treat Syndra differently just because her looks which he found attractive he also didn¡¯t want others to talk about her like that, David do anything to others, but this time he could show them.


    -Syndra lets hurry up! I want to see the library quickly!


    David said, coming closer to Syndra as he suddenly grabbed her arm and wrapped it with his, his sudden action surprised not only Syndra but everyone else as well, Syndra in particular got red immediately all the way down her neck as David sudden touch came out of nowhere, on top of that it was so intimate as she had only seen a person touch someone like this when both individuals were extremely close to one another, Syndra never imagined that she would be one day on the receiving end of such treatment and honestly she felt extremely good too, the close proximity she was to David let her smell and feel his direct body heat, on top of that her arm was close to his body letting her feel all kinds of shapes through his shirt which were very manly turning her imagination wild.


    But all of that couldn¡¯t compare to David¡¯s smile who was smiling just at her, that smile was the reason that made Syndra forget everyone around them and finally relax, she again felt reassured within David¡¯s presence and her feelings only grew stronger through it as well.


    Everyone else who was seeing this on the other hand didn¡¯t share the same thought, rather to them watching someone as handsome as David wrap his arm around a swamp monster like Syndra made them feel as if they swallowed a bug, to them it was truly putting a rose on top of cow dung, but at the same time they could also tell that David wasn¡¯t doing this because he was forced or anything, his genuine smile and sincere voice was unmistakable which forced everyone shut up as they could no longer whisper after witnessing that.


    David himself, he was embarrassed obviously, he never was this close to a girl before, on top of that grabbing a girl as busty as Syndra the he was doing it inevitably allowed him to feel something incredibly soft by his arm, the softness rivaled that of Vanessa¡¯s but it was also very different too as if they both had their own flavors that he couldn¡¯t pin point.


    David didn¡¯t know what Syndra thought of his action, but looking at her he could tell she didn¡¯t dislike it which he was glad about, in either case he simply wanted to use this action as a show to everyone that he wasn¡¯t forced into anything and that he was close to Syndra, he also wanted to get away as quickly as possible dragging Syndra as they sped up their walk finally entering the academy library which was arguably the biggest building within the academy grounds and also the most lavish even for wizard minimalist standards.


    <div>


    <div>


    <div>


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 17 Consumed By Temptation

    -Oh? If it isn¡¯t little Syndra coming to visit¡­I thought that you wouldn¡¯t come here before the semester would actually began, and ohh! I see that you actually brought someone with you as well¡­if you would be so kind to introduce us?


    -Of course master Abigail, this is David he is the newest resident of our dorm, today I am guiding him around the academy, David in particular wanted to see the library and read some books, David this is master Abigail, she is the person responsible for the library in the future if you have any question regarding the library or want to buy knowledge with your points you will have to talk with her.


    -I see, its nice to meet you master Abigail, I am David from Murrtail village, I am looking forward to reading books here.


    David introduced himself, meeting the guardian of the library for the very first time as he was face to face with a slick looking raven that was much bigger than any ordinary raven he had seen, he wasn¡¯t even surprised to find out that the one responsible for the library was also a type of magical animal, having already met George and Tobias, David fully expected there to be more and thinking about it he started to see a trend amongst these people as they weren¡¯t only just magical animals but also people who had fairly high responsibilities in the academy.


    Either way, as soon as they entered the library he couldn¡¯t help but let his eyes constantly move from one place to another, it already looked enormous from the outside to the point he needed to stretch his neck to the limit to even catch how big it was and inside it wasn¡¯t much better either as he felt like he had entered a small world somehow.


    As he had observed before, the library by far was the most lavish place he had seen in this academy, for wizards who were fairly minimalistic and efficient this didn¡¯t fit very well with their image, but then again wizards do hold knowledge above everything else the place they would store their knowledge in would obviously be in the most pristine place possible as it literally represented how highly they valued knowledge.


    But even though David thinks its lavish its within wizard standards, meaning nothing was too over the top, but good looking nonetheless.


    The inside was brightly lit with a huge sun like object stuck on the roof emitting bright light, there wasn¡¯t one wall that wasn¡¯t covered by a book shelf and not one place that wasn¡¯t filled with books, in the very middle there were rows of tables where people could study while every other space was reserved for bookshelves which seemed to be at least taking 70 to 80 percent of the first level with the amount of books here David doubted he could read them all even if he had all the time in the world.


    Close to where he was standing there was a single staircase going up into the second level, it looked like anyone could go up if they wanted as it wasn¡¯t blocked or closed, but from David¡¯s vision he immediately noticed stacks upon stacks of lines, symbols and patterns covering the staircase. These patterns were familiar to David as he had already had contact with them through Vanessa when she had used a spell on him, back then he was able to manipulate them since they were directly in contact with his body and far less complicated, but those patterns he was seeing covering the stairs were simply too numerous to decipher, shapes he had never seen before or thought possible were being displayed giving David the idea that it was impossible to mess with these things even if he wanted to.


    -Yes, its good to meet you as well, to be honest I was already told about you by the headmistress, in fact all of the academy guardians were informed already I also heard about you from George that old cat and Tobias that croak, I am glad to see that you and little Syndra are getting along quite well, it makes me happy to know that our little ice statue had finally found herself a fire to thaw beside¡­


    -Master Abigail please¡­


    Syndra gave a small embarrassed protest to Abigail¡¯s suggestive words at the end, David at this point only gave a wryly smile getting already used to these suggestive words by these people, he simply let it pass waiting for Syndra to calm down before speaking again.


    He looked around the library as well, for as much as he was awed by everything, David knew that there was no point to getting awed if it wasn¡¯t doing him any good, he had only 1 week to prepare himself for the semester, he was aiming to at least know the basics before he seriously started his studies which why he felt this place was going to be the most important one in the upcoming week.


    -Master Abigail, to be honest I asked Syndra to bring me here because I realize that I don¡¯t know much about wizards and their norms, Syndra told me that it isn¡¯t necessary for me to know those things as I will learn them in time, but I really liked to at least have a solid idea of wizardry and the basics before I start the semester, if it isn¡¯t much to ask would you have a book for me to study that can address those issues?


    David¡¯s honest plea for assistance wasn¡¯t ignored by the female Raven as she looked slightly ponderous, she was already judging David as soon as he entered the library, for as much as she had heard about him from George and Tobias who both had a fairly good opinion of him Abigail liked to make her own conclusions when it came to people and not listen to others, and so far she wasn¡¯t displeased, David possessed the air of a hardworking young man, he was polite and honest and much more importantly he wasn¡¯t repulsed by Syndra and the others at all and rather seemed show signs of attraction.


    As a woman and as someone who had lived for a long time, Abigail had far more experience than girls who lived in the dorm, she had been in more than a few relationships when she was younger and could tell quite a lot about a guy without even talking to him.


    Through her experience she knew that David was definitely a odd person, a bit on the weaker and side and also slightly lacking in resolve, but it was getting there step by step, his talents weren¡¯t overlooked by the wise Raven either as she possessed something extremely secretive that allowed her to see through a person¡¯s soul just with her eyes alone allowing her to conduct the magic test without tools.


    -(Hmm¡­very good soul, and affinity¡­common but exceptional as well¡­)


    Such things she secretly thought, finally getting why the headmistress chose to give this boy the scholarship as he was indeed very talented, weirdly talented even but not to the point he could cause waves.


    The thing was, Abigail could only see the innate talent of a person which what all magic tests showed, she didn¡¯t know yet that David was already capable of controlling his mana when he was 5 and neither did she know how skilled he was in doing so, she also wasn¡¯t aware of the fact that the headmistress gave David the scholarship when he was extremely young and not when he was 14 where most people who wanted to join the academy were first tested with the magic test to determine their innate talents and whether or not they could even join.


    In the end Abigail chose to pause her judgement in regards to David as it was too early to tell, plus she also liked how Syndra looked beside the boy, from time to time glancing at him with a small love struck gaze, just by being near them made Abigail feel strangely young again, she could only hope that things would work out for Syndra and that this wouldn¡¯t end in misery.


    And maybe she could even give these two a small push, an idea was already brewing within the female ravens as she looked at David and Syndra.


    -I see, I commend you for your desire to learn and indeed it will do you good to know some basic things before entering your classes, wait for a moment here while I bring you the books you may need, while waiting how you two go and sit down over there, tea has been already prepared so please relax.


    She said looking normal as she flew off into the sea of shelves and books as he wings caused a small gust, both Syndra and David saw her off, both having their own thoughts, David himself didn¡¯t think much of it other than being excited about the books while Syndra quickly realized that there was something wrong.


    She knew Abigail far better the most people, in fact she knew all of the academy guardians very well as they all were like uncles, aunts, big brothers and big sisters to her, the reason she was so close to them was because Syndra¡¯s mother Vitra Dragora was also the best friend of the headmistress Midgale Lefrasia. They both had been best friends ever since they studied in the academy, because of this Syndra had visited the academy more than a few times when her mother came to talk with her friend, which is how she got to know the guardians so well as she talked to them all the time taking them as replacement for friends when she didn¡¯t have any when she was young and even now at times.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    From this she knew Abigail¡¯s personality as she was one of the laziest of the guardians there ever was, the reason Abigail is the guardian of the library is not only because she is extremely smart and sharp, but also because managing the library is the easiest job in the academy for someone like her, she also has a lot of assistants which she usually uses to do all her work for her, at this point it is unknown whether or not she does her job at all as she mostly sits on her spot sleeping, why she was doing her job now simply befuddled Syndra, but in the end she couldn¡¯t figure it out and simply followed David, there were only 2 chairs here and they were exactly side by side and somewhat close but neither David or Syndra minded too much Syndra in fact was delighted as she sat down with David following suit, David poured Syndra the tea and they slowly relaxed within the cozy and silent library while sipping tea with Syndra completely forgetting about what she thought earlier as she couldn¡¯t help but enjoy her time with David relaxed like this.


    -For a library I really expected there to be a lot more people then it is now, I wonder whether or not the lack of people here is because the semester hadn¡¯t started yet.


    David said, looking over the library as he hadn¡¯t seen a lot of people from the very beginning since he entered the library, he saw a few girls and guys here and there looking for books and another few focused on reading them but they didn¡¯t even reach 10 which is why he felt it was strange, back in his world he was in a age where libraries were slowly dying down because of the internet where you could basically get any kind of knowledge by a tap of your finger, but here he thought that libraries would be thriving as knowledge was valuable without something like the internet.


    -That is a part of it yes, but really young nobles aren¡¯t known to be hardworking individuals especially the ones from wealthy houses as they always had everything they ever wanted put on a silver platter in front of them, the ones who do work hard are usually poorer noble houses who had to work on the fields alongside their people to avoid starvation, in this academy there are only poor nobles and wealthy nobles, there is no middle ground and telling them apart isn¡¯t difficult either as they are usually very different from each other, and as for the commoners they roughly make up 20 to 30 percent of the student body and since they all come from a diverse sets of backgrounds telling them apart is far more difficult.


    -Is that so?


    David listened with interest, still drinking the tea, but as he drank the tea he couldn¡¯t help but suddenly say something that came to his mind.


    -If this is so, then Syndra which spectrum are you on?


    His sudden question seemed to have surprised Syndra as she suddenly swallowed her tea in one gulp, coughing afterwards as she seemed to have drained the tea into the wrong pipe, a few drops of tea pouring down her lips to her chin in the process.


    David was surprised by this sudden reaction as well, he didn¡¯t think she would react like this but thinking about it again he quickly realized how rude his question was as it was basically asking on what financial level Syndra¡¯s house was at when in reality all David wanted to know was from kind of background Syndra came from as she always looked very hardworking to him which is why he wanted to know.


    Syndra of course knew that David wasn¡¯t the kind of person who would ask such things, but hearing a question like that coming from David didn¡¯t stop her from being surprised nonetheless as she couldn¡¯t help but remember those guys who tried to approach her because of her noble house, she obviously didn¡¯t overlap them with David but remembering those things was still unpleasant as over the years Syndra gained a sort of avoidance when it came to mentioning her house, even now David was mostly in the dark when it came to how big her house was really, on the way here one girl particular whispered everything that needed to be known, David must have not heard that which made Syndra feel glad but also a bit bad inside as she was still hiding something as basic as that to him who she wanted to get closer to.


    Either way, it didn¡¯t really matter, David seeing staining herself with the tea quickly grabbed a tissue to try wipe those stains out of apology, his mindless action was caught by Syndra as she tried to tell him that it was okay and that he didn¡¯t need to do anything.


    Unfortunately, she wasn¡¯t able to get there as the chairs beneath their feet all of a sudden became wobbly, the chair legs broke and as if someone was pushing them both Syndra and David fell at the exact same direction to the left, collapsing at the same time on the same spot on top of each other with Syndra on the bottom and David on the top.


    The way both of the fell was weird, but what was weird is how they landed, knowing from his previous experience with Vanessa, David kept his hands away from any sensitive areas, but while doing so he didn¡¯t pay attention to land safely, Syndra noticed that mid-fall having great reflexes she tried to pull David to her so he wouldn¡¯t hurt himself, but what ended up happening instead was that David directly got pulled into Syndra extremely closely head to head and the moment they landed both of them could feel a extremely soft and moist sensation on their lips overlapping.


    At first neither of them were aware of what was going on, but the moment Syndra looked into David¡¯s eyes up close and saw how they were positioned she immediately knew what the soft and moist sensation was on her lips so did David he was also staring into Syndra¡¯s eyes.


    Time seemed to stop for these two at this point, neither of them knew what to do or what to say, they only felt the soft sensation on their lips overwhelming them, Syndra in particular was quickly losing herself to this feeling as her eyes started to travel deeper into David¡¯s and before she knew it her lips opened as her tongue came into David¡¯s mouth exploring him.


    David was shocked by this, he wasn¡¯t sure how to react anymore especially since Syndra was taking the initiative, all sorts of thoughts came to his mind, but as Syndra continued to dazedly imprint herself within David¡¯s mouth so did David¡¯s reason start to deteriorate.


    Before either of them knew it they were already sitting upright, positions reversed as Syndra sat on top of David¡¯s lap holding his waist with a tight lock using her long legs as they kissed, Syndra¡¯s hands in particular wasted no time as she groped David everywhere she could, one hand resting on his waist slowly going down while the other leading it towards her chest letting him fondle her as much as he wanted, at this point David was merely driven by his instinct, his head was full of Syndra both literally and figuratively, he never imagined that he would have his first kiss in a place like this or with a woman like Syndra, looking into her eyes he could even see her purple eyes start to turn into heart like shapes while sucking his tongue and rubbing his crotch with her bottom spiking his lust, his hands were constantly on the move as well rubbing Syndra¡¯s breasts, even though the uniform was in the way he could still feel their softness and when he finally pinched her nipples, a lightning bolt seemed to strike Syndra as her back went straight as an arrow, doing so she also parted with David¡¯s lips and suddenly a sweet smell enveloped them, David also felt a hot wet sensation coming from Syndra¡¯s bottom, David was at first confused but after a few seconds he immediately knew what this was as Syndra¡¯s face full of euphoria told him exactly what happened.


    Of course David hadn¡¯t come yet, he was as hard as a rock from Syndra¡¯s constant rubbing bellow, but he hadn¡¯t reached his capacity yet so to say which is why he was slightly unsatisfied, of course he wasn¡¯t going to demand that she was going to finish what she started, as his reason was quickly returning.


    In the end they ended up resting, Syndra basking herself in the afterglow as she had never in her entire life as good as she did today, even when she had pleasured herself all night thinking about David, actually doing it with David simply couldn¡¯t compare to her fantasies.


    Though this was not why she was feeling happy the most, what made her really happy at the moment was that David had completely accepted her, not once did her look away from her or look like he disliked it, from his gaze alone she knew that David just like her liked every second of what just happened, and while Syndra knew that David wasn¡¯t repulsed by her she still couldn¡¯t help but hold onto that one last shred of doubt within her, fortunately David shred that very last piece into oblivion as well allowing Syndra to completely give herself to David without hesitation.


    Of course what would come after this wasn¡¯t going to be pleasant nor easy, Syndra knew that she had done something unacceptable, even though David accepted her it still couldn¡¯t be denied that she sort of forced herself on David turning this into borderline rape, she could only hope that David would forgive her for giving into her emotions like this and if he wasn¡¯t going to forgive her¡­the thought of being hated alone made Syndra feel as if her heart was about to rupture which is why she didn¡¯t have the courage to look at David¡¯s face at the moment.


    Mind you they were still inside the library, luckily for them no one was present at the moment, but it didn¡¯t mean this would last as the sound of a raven cry could be heard above them, and it sounded quite stunned as well.


    -It seems like you two had a lot more fun than I expected, I didn¡¯t think my little prank would backfire or in your case succeed so well¡­if you want I could give you two a room near the reception where you could finish up, the boy at least looks like he hasn¡¯t finished yet.


    Abigail¡¯s words that were laced with small amounts of teasing was like to thunder to Syndra and David ears, responding to it just the same both of them jumped off from each other, though in the end neither could had the evidence of their deed as David¡¯s pants were clearly stained while Syndra had hot juices going down her skirt from her stockings.


    Abigail just wanted to laugh the moment she saw them, but she wasn¡¯t that cruel and instead quickly hurried them on into a private room where they could clean up.


    Neither Syndra nor David spoke with each other while they were going, both of them were thinking about extremely complicated things, neither of them knew what was going to happen next after this.


    <div>


    <div>


    <div>


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 18 Proclamation

    Both Syndra and David had much to think about while they cleaned themselves up, in particular David hadn¡¯t expected for things to go like this, it was only this morning that he remembered how Syndra asked him to call her by her name for the sake of getting closer to each other.


    At the time he really did feel closer to Syndra, but now that they had kissed and even gone farther than that he wasn¡¯t sure anymore what they were, friends? Lovers?


    The entire time David was extremely aware of Syndra as a woman, he never really thought that Syndra looked at him that way as well, even though he heard others teasing him with her, he always merely chalked it up as a joke, but now those jokes started to sting as he couldn¡¯t wrap his head around on how to think about this.


    David was conflicted with himself, the reason he was that conflicted was because he sort of could understand the point of view that came from Syndra that made her do what she did to him in the spur of the moment, in this world she was considered one of the ugly woman, her entire life she was treated coldly or with disgust, avoided and talked behind her back, but one day David had come along and treated her nicely and talked to her like a normal person.


    If it was David who was in her situation he likely too would have fallen in love with such girl, the only thing was he wouldn¡¯t have had the guts to become closer to such girl.


    -But is it really right for me to accept Syndra?


    David didn¡¯t know, he was attracted to Syndra no doubt, but the thing was the only reason he was really attracted to Syndra was because in his eyes she was beautiful, if David accepted Syndra just because of that he couldn¡¯t help but think that he was no different from those people who treated Syndra coldly, he didn¡¯t want that, but he also didn¡¯t want to reject Syndra¡¯s feelings and hurt her as he believed Syndra deserved better.


    It was a dilemma he didn¡¯t know how to solve.


    Because of this he couldn¡¯t help but glance at Syndra who was in the middle of cleaning herself.


    She was using some kind of magic at the moment to remove those stains on her stockings and within her skirt, Syndra was red the entire time as she cleaned herself meticulously, Abigail had already cleaned David with her magic but left Syndra to do it herself, currently they were in some kind of private room with a sink, a double bed and a few pieces of furniture.


    Watching Syndra he couldn¡¯t help but observe her body more closely, she had taken off her uniform jacket and was merely wearing her blouse with her skirt without her stockings which she took off.


    Why they were assigned in one room to clean themselves even David didn¡¯t know as Abigail had arranged all of this before leaving after cleaning David, but what he did know was the atmosphere inside the room was extremely awkward.


    One minute ago they were making out and rubbing each other, but in the next moment the high that came out of their lust immediately dissipated forcing their reason to return.


    David wondered what Syndra was thinking at the moment.


    Syndra thought the exact same thing, but instead of feeling unsure she felt dread in her heart as she didn¡¯t think things would turn out this way, she regretted giving into her desires, she blamed herself for forcing herself on David, but more importantly she feared what David now thought of her.


    Thoughts like¡­


    What if David hates me now?


    Were what mostly revolved around her mind, the thought alone sent waves of pain within her heart, so much so that she couldn¡¯t even look at David in fear of his reaction.


    The only thought that slightly comforted her was that David didn¡¯t reject her when she forced herself on him, he had accepted her which made her feel warm and hot inside, but now that reason had returned how they would settle this issue would determine how they would interact in the future.


    They both obviously knew that they couldn¡¯t stay quiet forever which is why David decided that he should talk first.


    -Hey¡­Syndra, can we talk?


    -Yes, let¡¯s talk¡­


    Syndra agreed, noticing that David¡¯s voice wasn¡¯t accusing in anyway as it sounded just like always gentle and calming, it made her feel even more guilty for what she had done, but she knew she couldn¡¯t avert her eyes to this and slowly turned towards David who was sitting on the bed patting his left side telling her to sit.


    Syndra felt a bit weird and slightly aware of how suggestive their surrounding was, but quickly threw it out of her mind as she knew thinking about those things was not appropriate at the moment.


    She chose to sit down next to David, feeling his body heat as it was just as hot as her and watching his slightly red cheeks, Syndra couldn¡¯t help but remember the hot kiss they shared.


    -Syndra¡­why did you do that?


    David asked, not mincing words at all as he directly came forward with the question, Syndra felt panicked the moment she heard that question, she didn¡¯t think that she would need to come out so quickly just after a few days of meeting David, but now time couldn¡¯t be turned back, Syndra had no choice but to the tell the truth as she bit her lower lip.


    -David¡­I..I love you¡­when you kissed me, I couldn¡¯t control my feelings and ended up forcing myself on you.


    Syndra said, making David¡¯s heart beat quickly if it wasn¡¯t already as he didn¡¯t expect her to say it like that, he tried to hide his embarrassed expression by turning around, luckily Syndra wouldn¡¯t have noticed either way as she too was too embarrassed to face David at the moment.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    Again a brief silence enveloped them, the awkwardness in the air slightly disappeared too before David finally felt like he regained some bit of his composure.


    -You love me? How can that be? We only met a few days ago, you don¡¯t even know me that long so how can you say you love me? Syndra I think you shouldn¡¯t think about me that way; I am likely not the person you think, I am no different from..


    -You¡¯re wrong!


    Before he could even finish, Syndra had suddenly shouted at him, using her hands to grab his shoulders she suddenly pushed him down onto the bed getting on top of him, he wanted her to get off, but before he could do so he noticed wet drops falling down onto his face, looking up he saw Syndra crying as she looked at him with a sad and yearning expression.


    He was stunned, he hadn¡¯t expected for Syndra to cry, he didn¡¯t even understand why she was crying but it looked like she wasn¡¯t finished yet either.


    -You¡¯re wrong! You are different! You are nothing like those people! I¡¯ve seen it with my own eyes, the time you invited me to the restaurant and talked to me as if I was a normal girl¡­you gave me something no man was ever able to give me ever since I was born, I fell in love with you because I saw how genuine you were, so please¡­don¡¯t say that!


    She continued crying, David¡¯s face completely drenched in her tears as her shoulders shook and heart beat like a drum.


    Even now David didn¡¯t know what to say, if only he could explain properly why he was different, but he feared that if he explained Syndra would look at him differently, he didn¡¯t want that, but what was he supposed to do then?


    He closed his eyes, hugging the crying Syndra he pulled her into his embrace as they laid in bed, David coddled her like an adult would to a small child, remembering the time he wanted to be a kindergarten teacher and how he always baby-sitted for his neighbors to gain experience, through that he learned how to calm down a child, but he also learned that a person didn¡¯t necessarily have to be a child to feel a hug.


    And from this hug David could feel all sorts of things from Syndra, all the anguish and hopeless in her heart exposed to him as she cried her heart out, all the fears and pains she had to endure, everything was laid bare.


    -Please¡­please don¡¯t leave me¡­I do anything, I¡¯ll be your slave, your dog, your tool, but please don¡¯t look away from me¡­


    -I won¡¯t¡­don¡¯t worry I will never do that to you I promise so please don¡¯t say those degrading things about yourself¡­


    David hugged Syndra tighter, feeling her sobbing quickly starting to slow down as she seemed to feel the truth within David¡¯s words making her stop saying those things, his shirt was already soaked by her tears, but he didn¡¯t care and simply let Syndra calm down as he slowly raised both of them into a sitting position keeping Syndra on his lap.


    After a few minutes, Syndra had managed to calm down, she looked at David with her misty eyes while looking extremely embarrassed, neither of them knew what they should do now, but for some reason a lot of initial awkwardness started to disappear.


    What didn¡¯t disappear though was the hot and steamy tension between them as their close contact was making something between Syndra¡¯s legs start to get hot and wet, David wasn¡¯t much different either as his rod was starting to harden, so much so that it even poked Syndra from underneath making her feel like electricity had ran bellow her.


    Syndra was extremely turned on, she wanted nothing more than to impale herself on top of David¡¯s huge rod, but because they were in such cozy atmosphere she didn¡¯t want to ruin it and risk having David hate her, Syndra learned from her mistake, keeping it toherself as she didn¡¯t dare to do something that would displease David.


    David himself wasn¡¯t particular about it as he also felt turned on, he expected Syndra to start leading again, but seeing her so docile and obedient in front of him, he couldn¡¯t help but think that Syndra was keeping it in for his sake, David himself wasn¡¯t used to taking control, but for some reason he really liked the idea of making Syndra do whatever he pleased.


    Muddled desire had already consumed a part of David¡¯s mind as he spoke to Syndra in a small whisper even he didn¡¯t recognize.


    -You said earlier you would do anything right?


    Syndra was a bit startled by David¡¯s sudden shift of tone, but feeling excitement in her heart, she couldn¡¯t help but nod eagerly while checking his expression.


    David¡¯s eyes were slightly glazed over while he looked at Syndra, seeing her nod his rod only hardened even further making Syndra who was above moan in pleasure.


    -Earlier¡­I didn¡¯t get to finish¡­can we finish now?


    Again Syndra nodded, hiding her face with the back of her hands as she laid down on the getting off David.


    She spread her legs in a M shape while raising her skirt for him, her panties were already beyond wet, David assumed he needed to do some kind of foreplay first, but seeing it flooding already he didn¡¯t hesitate and pulled his pants down bringing out his long and thick rod, he exposed it directly to Syndra as she looked at it with wide eyes.


    She couldn¡¯t help but think for a second.


    Its so big¡­is it even going to fit?


    Of course those thoughts didn¡¯t matter as David slightly pushed away the panties to reveal Syndra¡¯s pristine hole, Syndra bellow was quite hairy as she didn¡¯t have the habit of shaving, David himself didn¡¯t have an opinion regarding this as he simply found it more erotic, while Syndra was starting to pant eagerly awaiting her virginity to be taken.


    Everything was going so quickly once again, Both Syndra and David had loads of thoughts running around inside their minds, but at this moment both knew that what they wanted was merely each other inside of them.


    And soon enough David had plunged his rod into Syndra¡¯s hole, the moment he did so Syndra¡¯s back arced into a crescent moon shape as she gushed out a forced breath her lovely purple lips were wide with small amounts of drool going down making the image even more erotic, the tightness that surrounded his rod was astounding, he had almost come there and then, so did Syndra as she didn¡¯t expect to feel so good, for a few seconds they stayed like this trying to get used to the sensation of one another, Syndra in particular was feeling that it was starting to get hot making her slowly take off her blouse too..


    -Does it feel good?


    -Yes..it feels good¡­please do me more ¡­


    She said, her personality making a small turn as she looked extremely erotic, her ashen skin was already pulsating red while her purple eyes again started to turn into vague heart shapes, David didn¡¯t reply and simply started doing what she said, ramming his rod further as he pushed in and out of her.


    His rhythmic pistoning made Syndra spasm as she moaned after each push, her vagina was deep able to fit David¡¯s entire member while also allowing for David to push all the way down to her end towards her womb entrance.


    Somewhere between his thrusting, Syndra had already come as juices flowed out of her hole like a dam, David was also extremely close to coming and when he felt he was about to come he wanted to pull out, but Syndra noticed and used her legs to lock him in place looking at him in trace as she whispered.


    -Inside¡­I want you inside.


    Hearing those words David immediately released without a second thought, filling Syndra¡¯s womb completely as they both moaned at the same time, after coming, David finally collapsed in exhaustion landing on top of Syndra¡¯s soft pillows as he buried his head into her bountiful bust, Syndra too was tired, but much more so she was happy as she felt David¡¯s hot juices inside of her.


    Looking at down and his satisfied expression, for the first time Syndra felt good about making a man she loved come with her body, she stroked his head while he slowly fell asleep, they both slowly fell asleep with David¡¯s member still inside Syndra.


    Before they fell asleep, Syndra whispered into David¡¯s ear.


    -David¡­I love you¡­I¡¯m yours forever.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my sitehttps://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a>please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 19 Resolution

    David and Syndra didn¡¯t sleep for too long, they slept for about an hour before slowly waking up, the moment David wake up he felt his entire body being embraced by soft and warm flesh, his head in particular was being enveloped by something incredibly tender which made him momentarily wonder what was going on before he smelled the familiar smell of Lavender which only one person he knew shared.


    This smell jump starter his memory pretty quickly making him remember what transpired, at this point David didn¡¯t have any more shame to give as he merely raised his head for a moment to look up meeting Syndra eye to eye as she had been awake only a few minutes before David.


    -good morning, you slept well?


    She asked, David smiled wryly at that question before giving a reply.


    -Yeah, thanks to you¡­


    Their conversation pretty much ended at this point as they just continued to linger within each other while looking into one another, David¡¯s member was still inside Syndra pulsating lightly, it made David think about a lot of things, his inner conflict was still there but now it was very small, since he had already done the deed and since Syndra wanted it he too decide that he shouldn¡¯t mind anymore, and through this decision any bit of conflict that existed disappeared completely allowing David to be in peace with himself.


    After a few minutes both Syndra and David decided to get up, clean up and dress up already.


    While watching David, Syndra too subconsciously felt this change in David with his behavior, she always knew that David was always hesitant about something whenever he looked at her or any other girl in the dorm, but now this hesitation disappeared making Syndra feel glad but also a bit apprehensive as this hesitation sort of served to put a barrier between him and the girls, now that he didn¡¯t have this barrier anymore, in the future David would be even more alluring to the others, even though Syndra and David had done it with each other she felt hesitant about bringing up the topic of their relationship status.


    After all this was indeed too fast, any person who found out about how they got together would immediately have some dubious ideas no doubt, with Syndra¡¯s reputation and David¡¯s freshman status, the school would all likely discuss fervently about how they got together, even if Syndra told others that she was intending on marrying David and wasn¡¯t just using him, they likely wouldn¡¯t believe her since David was a commoner and she was a high ranking noble.


    Syndra could endure the whispers and stares of others, but David?


    She didn¡¯t know and honestly she didn¡¯t want to know, David didn¡¯t deserve to have bad rumors about him just because of her and no doubt this was something that would follow him the whole time in the academy if word got out, Syndra could already imagine the words some of the foul mouthed student would use whenever they saw David on campus.


    -Hey look there goes the gold digger!


    -Commoners sure have their way of securing connections, if you need anything you can always visit my room!


    -Honestly even if I was paid all the gold in the world I wouldn¡¯t touch that sewer monster¡­


    Syndra already knew a particular guy who did the very same thing as soon as he entered the academy, he too was a commoner and a bit good looking as well though not as good looking as David who was a 11 in the scale of 10 whereas the guy was just a 7 or 8.


    The guy used his looks to embrace a pretty high ranking noble girl for benefits, and as soon as word got out that that happened, the noble girl cut all connections with the commoner boy and spouted all sorts of excuses on why it happened blaming the guy, the academy did nothing since this was merely a dispute between students and in the end the guy was left all alone becoming the verbal punching bag of the student body, in the end the guy left the academy never to be heard of again.


    There were a few rumors going around in fact that the girl¡¯s family that the guy embraced silenced the guy as soon as he left the academy, they did this because the guy was a slight on their family name, since woman are expected to be the heirs to the family, they all needed to find good spouses to rear the next generation, virginity was one of the most important aspects when it came to finding a spouse in noble society, neither the man or the woman could be unclean, woman especially so as it was obvious whether or not they were virgins by checking whether or their hymen was still intact or not while men did not have such thing as they could simply lie about their experience, most woman also bled when their hymen was broken which didn¡¯t include Syndra as she frequently practiced martial arts and other bodily activities which caused her hymen to break without sex.Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.


    This is the reason why most noble woman don¡¯t do heavy laborious activities daily like Syndra as that could unintentionally break their hymen and make them look like they already had sex with someone else making them a non-virgin.


    Syndra herself was a virgin an hour ago before being penetrated by David; she didn¡¯t bleed though nor did she feel too much pain either before being overwhelmed by pleasure.


    She sort of worried what David thought about this, she knew from some sources here and there that commoners didn¡¯t really care about virginity as much as nobles did, she tried to discern the validity of this rumor through David¡¯s expression but he didn¡¯t look any different and merely smiled at her with his gentle and loving lips.


    For now, he didn¡¯t seem to have any opinion regarding this which only led to Syndra think that there was truth in that rumor, this too made Syndra wonder whether or not she was David¡¯s first, but as soon as he thoughts came to this Syndra immediately stopped shaking her head furiously in attempt to shake off those bad thoughts.


    -(Stop thinking about that¡­who cares if you weren¡¯t his first, all that matters is that you are his now, and one day maybe he will become yours as well.)


    She comforted herself, not liking the dark thoughts she suddenly had, she felt cold too, but suddenly that coldness disappeared as David suddenly hugged her from behind, his warmth and care making all her worries disappear as she felt herself falling into cloud nine.


    -Syndra? Syndra? What are you thinking about with that hard expression of yours?


    -Eh?!


    Syndra exclaimed sort of surprised but also calmed at the same time, Syndra and David had already gotten out of bed while Syndra was thinking about all of that, they had dressed up and slightly cleaned themselves too before sitting next to each other on the bed, the entire time David was trying to talk to Syndra but she was simply too far out into her head that she didn¡¯t hear him before David embraced her.


    David could already guess what Syndra was thinking so hard about, he understood the questionable spot their current relationship was, Syndra had already told David that she loved him, but not once did David say the same, David himself felt attracted to Syndra, but he wasn¡¯t in love with her, how could he after all? He had only just met Syndra a few days ago, they hadn¡¯t even started being real friends and now they were going to become a couple?


    This didn¡¯t even include all the other problems that could crop up as soon as word got out that they started being together.


    Stop joking around, in mind David was an adult, he understood that things weren¡¯t that easy, Syndra was still young, she had a rough upbringing but so much more ahead of her, personally David didn¡¯t see himself for someone equal to Syndra neither in rank or ability, but the one thing he was superior to her was in his maturity even if it didn¡¯t show much.


    -Syndra¡­don¡¯t worry about anything, I am not troubled or anything, I understand what you are thinking, and I¡¯ll be honest too, my feelings haven¡¯t reached that far for me to be able to respond to yours, but that doesn¡¯t mean that we can¡¯t still be together, I won¡¯t leave you, as long as you need me, you can always come to me for whatever you want, I always have my door open for you.


    David¡¯s words seemed to do incredible wonders as Syndra¡¯s tight shoulders started to relax with the rest of her body, but even then David could see some remnant unrest in her heart beating heart as she spoke to him.


    -So I am just going to continue using you? That¡¯s not fair, I don¡¯t want to be a burden like this¡­(sigh) maybe it was better if I never even approached you¡­


    She lamented, not actually meaning what she was saying, and David knew that as well as he changed his position from her back to her front as he now sat on her laps, suddenly kissing her as his tongue bore into her mouth twisting her insides.


    Syndra was momentarily stunned by this, but she quickly accepted partially because of lust, but most importantly because she loved David and wanted all of him inside hers.


    They kissed for a solid minute or two, thoroughly exchanging their bodily fluids as in the end when they parted lips a string of saliva still connected them, the incredible kiss was enough to completely put Syndra¡¯s heart at rest, but David knew that this was just temporary which why he did what he did next.


    -I promised you that I would never leave you, now it¡¯s your time to promise me that you will always come to me whenever you feel you want something, it doesn¡¯t matter what it is or where we are, I will try to the best of my ability to do something for, just like this kiss, understand?


    Syndra for a moment felt like she was the most fortunate person in the world, she didn¡¯t even know what to say in front of David who doing so much to keep her happy, she knew that he didn¡¯t truly love her yet, but at least she knew that he did care about her enough to be able to say these words without a shadow of a doubt.


    And while Syndra didn¡¯t want to be a burden to David, she still promised that she would always come to David whenever she needed something or¡­got in the mood.


    -Since,¡­since I already promised¡­can I ask for something right now?


    Syndra asked shyly, feeling a bit embarrassed that she immediately asked for something the moment she made the promise with David, David in turn didn¡¯t mind he even laughed as he came closer to Syndra letting her do with him as she liked.


    -Anything, but I still get have a say in whether we do it or not.


    -Okay then¡­I want more kisses, and I also want you to cream me more¡­


    -Haha, you¡¯re such a greedy little girl, but since you asked, I will do as you ask get down on your knees.


    -Oh! Yes! David! I love you!


    Again another round of passion ensued, this time a bit quicker than the last, but far more unrestrained as Syndra quickly started to get used to her promise, her heart unfettered as she was filled with David¡¯s care from the inside.


    ========================================


    Sorry for the long hiatus, was busy, have 20 more chapters or so on the my wordpress site go read there if you wanna catch up.


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 20 Studying

    With the issue between them solved, and their relationship stabilized both Syndra and David left the room after another hour of passion.


    Syndra had her arms intertwined with David¡¯s as they exited putting her head on his shoulder while having a dreamy expression, Syndra was extremely satisfied, her stomach felt bloated by the amount of seed David had pumped into her, but that bloated feeling didn¡¯t feel bad to her as she rather felt pleased by it as if she was filled with love, in fact she was glowing and looked even slightly younger.


    She better be satisfied too as David had put in a lot of effort into pleasing Syndra, he wanted her to come to him as much as possible whenever she felt like it which is why he let her do whatever she wanted for the past hour to make her used to fulfilling her promise.


    But while having unrestrained sex with each other, David mid-session suddenly remembered that their reckless unprotected procreation was likely very dangerous to Syndra, but Syndra addressed that issue as soon as it was brought up as she told David that she had used a contraption spell to make sure she wouldn¡¯t get pregnant, Syndra herself didn¡¯t mind getting knocked up by David, but she didn¡¯t tell David that as it didn¡¯t sound very good considering that they were going to have far more sessions in the future, Syndra¡¯s ultimate goal was still making David fall in love with her, honestly their current arranged didn¡¯t completely satisfy Syndra, but she knew that she couldn¡¯t ask for something David couldn¡¯t give her, what she already had was already beyond what she thought she would get as she felt herself being extremely close to David already.


    As for David himself, he felt like he had sort of gotten himself into a fuck buddy relationship with Syndra, the only difference being that she wasn¡¯t actually after the sex with him, but him instead and him just wanting to make her feel wanted so he wouldn¡¯t see her sad.


    Overall everyone was sort of happy right now, and in the end this was all that really mattered.


    Thinking like so they were about to head towards the library, seeming to forgot someone at the moment they didn¡¯t notice until it was too late before a Raven suddenly swooped down and landed on David¡¯s shoulder.


    Both Syndra and David were startled by the Raven¡¯s sudden appearance, Syndra in particular as she still clinging onto David, she originally planned to cling onto him until they were close to the library hall, keeping their relationship a secret was the most important thing right now, Syndra knew what she could and couldn¡¯t do in public, what she didn¡¯t account for was the Raven who the entire time was waiting for them to come out.


    Neither David nor Syndra could tell what kind of expression the Raven or Abigail was showing but they both could guess from her shaking body that she was likely smiling at them which made both of them feel shy and embarrassed.


    -Well, well, well, it looks like you two had a lot of fun in there, don¡¯t worry I didn¡¯t see anything I at least spare you that, but it doesn¡¯t mean I didn¡¯t hear anything like ¡°Oh David! Please punish me with your hard dick!¡±, my favorite line was when Syndra shouted ¡°Bite my nipple! Please let me come!¡± it was so intense it even made an old lady like me blush but then you said¡­.AHH!


    Before Abigail could even finish, Syndra had already reached her boiling point as she condensed a spear of ice from her hands attempting to skewer the callous bird with it, Abigail herself only noticed in the last second when she felt the killing intent from Syndra attacking her, she dodged hastily even losing a few feathers that fell on the floor as she landed on top of a table not too far from here clearly looking disgruntled even though her facial expression were difficult to discern as a Raven.


    -Fine! Fine! I stop! I actually have something to do right now so I can¡¯t play with you two anymore! Don¡¯t worry I won¡¯t tell anyone about your little secret I promise, in fact you two can come here whenever you like and use that room since no one is using it anyways, on another note, the books you asked are stacked on top of the counter, I hope you don¡¯t mind the amount I brought but I assure you as long as you read through 3 or 4 of those books you won¡¯t have a lot of troubles within your beginner lessons, now goodbye and I hope you two do well in your studies¡­and in your bed!Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions.


    On that last bit, Syndra immediately threw her ice spear in a fit of rage, Abigail anticipating such thing gracefully dodges before completely disappearing as she turned a corner flying away.


    In the end David could only laugh at what just occurred, Syndra was still a bit grumbly that she didn¡¯t hit Abigail, but David quickly calmed her with a few pats to the back, at this point both of them were pretty liberal with the way they touched each other and while they could only do this in private when no one was watching, already Syndra felt that had really changed, she didn¡¯t feel as cold as she used to, having someone as warm as David nearby, the journey ahead no longer seemed as bleak as it used to which only further made Syndra feel how important this flame was to her.


    -(And to keep this flame going, I have to do everything so it won¡¯t snuff away)


    Such thoughts wandered in her head, and before they knew it they already came back to the familiar Library hall they were on before, they had entered this library as budding friends, but turned into sex buddies, David didn¡¯t know If sex buddies could be considered friends, but even if they weren¡¯t friends, David did care about Syndra and he thought that it was enough for now.


    Finding the books Abigail mentioned on top of the counter, David quickly realized how many there were, Abigail wasn¡¯t lying when she said she brought a lot because the amount of books that were on the counter had made a small hill, by a cursory glance he could tell that there were more than 50 books on the counter every single one of which was as thick as two fingers, an amount he surely wouldn¡¯t be able to finish within a single week, but with his level finishing 3 to 4 books would be a walk in the park and if he really pushed it he could at least finish a book a day, David was thinking that maybe pushing himself was what he should do as he could never be too prepared, David in the end simply didn¡¯t want to embarrass himself by his lack of basic knowledge, furthermore studying was one of his strong points if he wasn¡¯t naturally studious he could have never become such a skilled programmer as he was back in his original life.


    -Ah! Syndra, I think I¡¯m going to study for the rest of the day, I think the plan for the guiding tour also ended an hour or so, thanks for showing me this place I won¡¯t mind if you go do your own thing since I imagine someone like you would have a routine or things to do.


    David said, smiling at Syndra as he didn¡¯t want to take her entire day from her by letting her stay with him while he studied all day subjects which she probably already knew, Syndra on the other hand didn¡¯t think like that, in fact from the very beginning she wanted to spend the entire day with David, she wondered how she would do that while walking with him to the library, but now that they were in ¡°that¡± kind of relationship she found it very easy to be more honest with herself in front of David who made her promise that she would always come to him whenever she wanted something.


    It was only a few minutes ago that he thoroughly taught her that so she wasn¡¯t about to leave.


    -I..I don¡¯t have anything to do honestly, and I don¡¯t mind staying with you while you study, I could even explain you things if you don¡¯t understand them and maybe later when you finish studying we could go eat out or something¡­


    But while Syndra was more honest with her desires, it still couldn¡¯t be helped that she was new to having a boy like David by her side causing her to be shy, the things she could never have even dreamed of doing were now available to her she wanted to make use of every moment she got.


    David had an idea as to what Syndra was thinking, previously he would have been hesitant on accepting Syndra¡¯s help like that as he didn¡¯t want to bother her, but now that he knew that she also wanted this, he simply nodded his head thanking her in the process while also looking around to make sure nobody was watching before giving Syndra a kiss on her lips.


    Syndra was immediately delighted by the kiss, it made her decision to stay even more worth it as she immediately went to the books and carried the small hill like nothing while blushing red and smiling stupidly.


    David laughed at her odd behavior before taking a few books and following her as they made their way towards one of the free tables.


    David started studying immediately, sitting side by side both Syndra and David focused on the book David was studying, all of the books were roughly the same aimed at absolute beginners which explained all the things beginners needed to know and keep in mind, with Syndra by his side David found out that she was immensely helpful as he would frequently stumble upon terms or special paragraphs he didn¡¯t quite understand.


    Having already studied a year within this school and being quite smart herself, Syndra knew the basics of wizardry in and out, she explained everything that David didn¡¯t understand expertly, whenever he would pose questions she would also answer perfectly as well giving David the impression that there was nothing Syndra didn¡¯t know, and somehow they recreated the atmosphere they had when they talked inside the restaurant.


    David felt fortunate that he met Syndra as he grew closer to her every second liking the sound of her voice more and more.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 21 Crystal Ball

    David and Syndra finished their study session within 6 hours, they hadn¡¯t completely finish the first book David picked up, but had already gone through the majority together leaving only a bit left to finish, it was only because of Syndra that they were able to progress so quickly as Syndra always solved any problem David had whenever he didn¡¯t understand something making learning faster, and since they had done a lot for the past 6 hours both David and Syndra were starving which ultimately made them decide to stop for now and go out eat something in the cafeteria.


    David was planning on finishing the rest of the book once they went back to their dorm, borrowing books from the first level of the library was completely free as those were considered public student property and knowledge that wasn¡¯t actually that valuable for wizards, but even then David could only borrow 3 books at the same time and he had to return them after 2 weeks.


    As for the rest of the books Abigail picked for him, they were simply left on the table, Syndra told him a neat rule of this academy where you could leave any book you were reading at any place as long as you placed a magic marker on it, the libraries in this building upon seeing the marker would simply place those books on the counter for you to pick up later, the marker was valid for up to 3 days though this didn¡¯t hinder others from taking those books if they wanted to, you could also use the student card to register the books you wanted to read to find them later which David did just in case while Syndra placed the markers for David as he couldn¡¯t do it himself as he didn¡¯t know how to make a marker with his magic yet.


    While waiting for Syndra to finish, David thought a lot about what he learned for the past 6 hours, his temple was slightly throbbing from all the information he had crammed, but overall he felt extremely excited by his newfound knowledge even if it was trivial, he hadn¡¯t learned anything about casting magic, but this didn¡¯t really discourage him as he thought that casting magic wasn¡¯t something like a beginner like him should be worried about.


    -Alright, I finished setting the markers, after 3 days we can come back and reset them too.


    Syndra said, smiling at David as she came up to him very intimately, she did that after making sure that no one was watching and David didn¡¯t reject her either though he did smile wryly before answering.


    -Thanks, but I don¡¯t want to bother you again, I think registering the books to the card is enough, anyways I am starving let¡¯s go eat something.


    Saying as much both David and Syndra agreed that they needed something to eat, it was still midday most people were already out and about at this hour, and it showed because as soon as Syndra and David walked out of the library they saw far more people than they had seen in the morning walking around.


    And just like that morning, their appearance immediately garnered attention as everyone looked over to them, but it was clear that they weren¡¯t looking at the both of them for the same reason, one side looked at them with dislike and coldness while the other was curious and attracted, it didn¡¯t need to be said as to who was using which look to look at them, but while getting goosebumps from these stares David couldn¡¯t help but get closer to Syndra before whispering something in her ear.


    -I didn¡¯t really ask you before, but what is senior¡¯s reason for being inside ¡°the¡± dorm, from what you said, there at least needs to be a reason for why people are put in that dorm, what is your reason?


    -My reason huh¡­


    For some reason Syndra got awfully quite the moment David asked that question, for a moment David thought that maybe he asked something he shouldn¡¯t have.


    While studying that book together David got to know a lot of do¡¯s and don¡¯ts in wizarding culture, for example asking the star rating or what kind of affinity a wizard had were one of the things considered rude towards a wizard if not taboo, wizards also couldn¡¯t easily talk to someone who was above their wizard rank, Syndra in fact was a rank 1 wizard someone normally David had to be respectful to, not only because she was his senior but also because she was someone more powerful then him.


    Of course Syndra immediately told David that he didn¡¯t have to do any of that for her in any circumstance, but ever since David came to know that, he decided that he would be respectful to her while they were out in public, not only because he didn¡¯t want to look rude by being disrespectful to his senior, but also because he didn¡¯t want to besmear Syndra¡¯s dignity in front of everyone even if Syndra herself didn¡¯t care.


    Syndra felt a bit troubled by David¡¯s insistence of having him call her senior in public but since they were already in ¡°that¡± kind of relationship she didn¡¯t feel too distant from him, she still wanted him to quickly become a rank 1 wizard so he could stop calling her senior, but even with David¡¯s talent Syndra believed that it would at least take half a year for it to happen which is why she could only endure for now.


    Back to Syndra, she didn¡¯t take long to answer, but the answer she gave was followed by a troubled smile as she didn¡¯t seem to know on how to answer exactly.


    -Let¡¯s just say, I have a bit of an issue with one of the professors in this academy, I have to remind you that it isn¡¯t only the students who treat us this way, but the professors too as most of them are in one way or another connected to the heated political situation at the academy¡­honestly you shouldn¡¯t think about this too much, nothing good will come out of getting involved in this even we usually don¡¯t directly involve ourselves so should you.


    Syndra advised, David had already heard a lot about this political conflict between the headmistress and the board of directors which were the nobles, he would be lying if he said he wasn¡¯t curious, but he believed in Syndra when she said that this was trouble, and even if he got involved what possibly could he do? David wasn¡¯t even a rank 1 wizard yet, in the eyes of the higher ups he was a mere ant and they were right since he was weak.


    Stopping the conversation at that, Syndra and David continued their way to the cafeteria, all the while people continued to stare and whisper about them, previously David could about bear it because there weren¡¯t too many people as it was still morning and classes hadn¡¯t started yet, but now that it was midday and people were more active, obviously the pressure was now starting to get to David.


    Syndra on the other hand wasn¡¯t perturbed one bit by the people whispering of them, even though she was uncomfortable before when they first went to the library, how she suddenly became so undisturbed was beyond David considering it was him who helped her put her mind out of their surroundings.


    Of course there was a reason why Syndra didn¡¯t really care about the others anymore, in fact this was very normal to Syndra the only difference here was that there were a few more pairs of eyes because of David, but overall it wasn¡¯t different to her usual life here in the academy, the only reason she became uncomfortable previously was because it was the first time she was with David out in the open exposed to their stares, she didn¡¯t care about them as much as she cared about what David thought upon hearing them, but seeing that David also didn¡¯t care about them or their whispers made Syndra also stop caring bringing her back to normal.


    The entire time she thought that David would be fine, but upon noticing how he was a bit disturbed by the people Syndra realized that she miscalculated, it was true that David didn¡¯t care about them whispering, but that didn¡¯t mean he was immune to their stares, anyone would be a bit hard pressed mentally when over 50 people started to stare at you, Syndra who was used to this was one thing while David who was new was another, Syndra started to think that maybe going to the cafeteria for lunch was a bad idea considering that there would be more people, she was about to suggest going back to their dorm and have the golem make them something to eat, but just as she was about to speak.


    -Hey! Syndra! David! Over here!


    A familiar voice suddenly came over them, looking at the direction of the voice both Syndra and David discovered two more familiar figures, the one in particular who just shouted out to them was waving her hand at them while smiling as her golden hair swayed left and right, her red eyes too were unmistakable as they reminded him of rubies, it was Valentia their dormmate.


    And next to her stood another one of their dormmates, standing at least a head taller she looked far more subdued then the girl next to her who didn¡¯t care about how loud she was or where she was, holding a few stacks of books against her chest but still not being able to hide their size her thick rimmed glasses hid her eyes remarkably as her tied, silver hair swayed in the wind, she was Olga a person he had only met today.


    Seeing two familiar and friendly faces gave David the urge to immediately go over to them and seek a bit of security from the stares, he didn¡¯t really think that just them alone would be enough but he went to them anyways, Syndra too followed suit it seemed as if the sudden appearance of her rival put a spike in her emotions but overall even Syndra was glad to see them.


    -Hey! You guys finished? Where are you going?


    Valentia asked, looking energetic as she seemed to have done some physical work before coming here most likely training of some sort which was proven through some residual sweat she head on her skin, Olga on the other hand didn¡¯t look much different, but the stacks of books she held did look intimidating for a beginner like David as even the title of the books were some technical gibber shish that David couldn¡¯t make heads from tails.


    It looked as if these two were hard at work and most likely they also came out for the same reason.


    -Syndra and I were thinking of going to the cafeteria since we finished our library tour, what are you guys doing?


    -Oh! Actually we are also going to the cafeteria, Olga and I encountered each other on the way, how about we all go together?


    -Yeah let¡¯s go!


    David agreed, while Olga and Syndra didn¡¯t seem to have a particular opinion regarding this though it seemed like they did prefer going together as 4.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road. If you spot it on Amazon, please report it.


    The stares did get a bit more congregated though after they became a group of 4, but this time at least people started to move on again, surprisingly Valentia also seemed to help a lot as her savage aura did a wonder on their surroundings as people didn¡¯t easily look at Valentia without being stared back from her causing a lot of people to stop as they finally got a bit more peace.


    -phew¡­


    -Don¡¯t worry about them, they¡¯re only like this because most of them are freshmen, and since they are mostly nobles who are prone to gossiping they likely just heard a few preposterous rumors about us, once the classes begin they won¡¯t even have time to care, and as for the cafeteria we can just sit in one of those cubicles so no one disturbs us.


    Valentia reassured David, quickly noticing how tense he was, her words did indeed reassure David and once he knew that there were separate cubicles where they could be in private he felt much better allowing his hunger to return as he looked forward to the meal.


    Syndra, seeing how perfectly Valentia took care of the situation felt as if her role was taking from her all of a sudden, originally it was Syndra who wanted to comfort David but Valentia suddenly appeared and done a much better job than her.


    In the end Syndra couldn¡¯t really do much about this, Valentia was simply far better with taking care of others, when Hyura and Olga first came a year ago there was no one there to guide them as they weren¡¯t actually supposed to be in the academy until they were of age but arrived anyways because of the circumstances, at the time it was Valentia who took the role of the guide leading them along and generally acting like a proper senior to them.


    Syndra too helped these two whenever she could and so did the two professors, but still she didn¡¯t think she could compare to someone as natural as Valentia in taking care of others, even Syndra was helped by Valentia a few times and knew how to was to be taken care of by her, even though they were rivals it didn¡¯t mean they disliked each other even if they would never admit as such.


    While Syndra was thinking that, Olga was also quietly thinking about something, her nose in fact twitch a little as she seemed to have discovered something before sneakily walking beside Syndra who didn¡¯t notice her before whispering to her in a questioning manner.


    -ztrange I zmell seminal fluids on you, your skin Is also glozzier then it was in the morning and your eyez are brighter too¡­David doesn¡¯t look too different but he haz the same smell and I can even smell zome lavender on him which I didn¡¯t smell before this morning as he smelled like nightqueen, how is it that his scent changed so quickly within the past 6 hours? Thinking about it the only person in our house who uses lavender is you senior Zyndra az you alwayz wash yourself with lavender soap everyday¡­


    She left her words a bit hanging at the end obviously observing her dormmates reaction to that, Syndra was shocked the moment she heard what Olga just said to her, but kept her face stone cold trying not to betray any emotion, on hindsight Syndra should have guessed that Olga out of all people would notice something, even though David and Syndra had gone to great lengths on cleaning themselves so they wouldn¡¯t be noticed, they should have been more thorough considering that they had a literal bloodhound living with them who was a genius potioneer, again desire had clouded Syndra¡¯s thinking, even though Olga wasn¡¯t outright saying that Syndra and David had something going on, she may as well already know with her intellect.


    Syndra at that moment tried to think about anything to give Olga the slip, but no matter what she thought of Syndra couldn¡¯t think of anything and time was ticking as well, eventually Syndra could only grit her teeth before whispering back to Olga.


    -What do you want¡­


    Olga in turn didn¡¯t say anything at first, her expression also didn¡¯t show anything, but Syndra could see her face turn red as a tomato, slightly steaming even before quickly turning back to normal as she made a display of coughing before whispering back.


    -Zee me tonight in my room, I want to talk.


    -Hahh..alright.


    Syndra agreed having not much of a choice really, she already started to dread about what they would talk about this night, even though she knew that Olga would never do anything nefarious or blackmail her in any manner, she also knew that Olga out of all of them was the most resourceful, most of the time Olga was fairly harmless and even meek, but that is only in front of people she didn¡¯t know or cared for, in terms of planning and intellect Olga was by far the most adept, there had yet to be a time when Syndra beat Olga in a game of chess, even though Syndra came from a military family that had for generations produced skilled tacticians and strategists, even with her education and background she couldn¡¯t beat Olga who was a commoner who didn¡¯t have any of that, when it came to natural talent Olga simply overwhelmed Syndra in that aspect, but then again god was fair as Olga wasn¡¯t the best when it came to combat even though she was very tall.


    The back and forth whispering between Syndra and Olga wasn¡¯t noticed by Valentia nor David as they were actually absorbed in their own conversation.


    -Valentia can I ask you something?


    -Sure, ask away!


    -Thanks, do you know where I can go through a magic test?


    -A magic test?


    Valentia exclaimed not sure why David would ask her something like that as anyone admitted into the academy would have their affinity and soul star rating checked before being admitted.


    Normally if you had any talent for magic at all you would be immediately recruited by one of the wizarding schools to be taught to become a wizard as people with magical talent were still rare.


    But Ravenwing academy is a extremely high ranking academy compared to the other schools of wizarding, the minimum requirement of eligibility was that you needed to at least have a average affinity for any element and a 3 star soul rating, if you didn¡¯t have both of them then entering the school is impossible, every year the school gets massive amount of students trying to get inside and become a student of the academy, the reason for that is because Ravenwing academy is one of the oldest schools of wizarding, which automatically makes it the one that has gathered the most amount of magical knowledge over the course of the past few era¡¯s meaning it is the perfect place for a wizard to grow as fast as possible.


    Because of this Ravenwing academy never has a problem of getting its maximum amount of students each year who are all above average when it comes to talent.


    But then Valentia remembered again the unique circumstance¡¯s for how David got into the academy, the headmistress had given David his scholarship when he was just 4 years old, doing a magic test at that age was simply murder and seeing that David was immediately brought to the academy the moment he came of age, there was no window of opportunity for David to do any kind of magic test meaning he himself didn¡¯t even know what kind of affinity he had or what soul star rating he possessed.


    Valentia was curious about how talented David was after witnessing his control over mana, she didn¡¯t doubt for a second that he was anywhere bellow a soul star rating of 3 as this amount of control simply wasn¡¯t possible without at least that much soul strength.


    For retrospect the soul star rating doesn¡¯t indicate the strength of the soul itself but rather its growth rate.


    People with a 1 to 2 soul star rating usually don¡¯t get any higher then rank 1 wizard.


    While people with a 3 soul star rating can at least get to rank 2 wizard and maybe even rank 3 wizard while also giving an extremely slim possibility for rank 4.


    Next people between 4 to 5 soul star rating have a extremely high chance of becoming rank 4 wizards.


    Which finally puts the people who have a soul star rating of 6 which was the limit guaranteed to become rank 4 wizards and even beyond, nowadays people who have a soul star rating of 6 are called chosen ones as it is believed they are individuals who are loved by god, but since wizards were people who were semi-scientific in their ways they don¡¯t actually believe in gods who they rather see as extremely powerful beings then divine entities.


    These chosen ones were extremely rare though it is speculated that only 1 in every hundred thousand years is born, but currently in their era there are actually 3 known chosen ones who attend 3 different academies on the same level as Ravenwing in different countries.


    Valentia momentarily thought about this, also thinking about David¡¯s display of skill, she couldn¡¯t help but get slightly unnerved about discovering what soul star rating David could possibly be even though she never saw a chosen one before, she imagined them to be something like David who revealed the impossible with his mana control, she didn¡¯t fear exactly David¡¯s talent itself but more exactly what would happen after it was known.


    What if David really was a chosen one? What would the academy do? Obviously they would first make sure that David wouldn¡¯t leave their academy no matter what, even though they were one of the best academies in the known continent compared to the other 3 who had chosen ones respectively they sort of lacked short in their image, if they found out that David was a chosen one they could immediately fix that problem and raise an extremely powerful wizard for themselves, this would actually be for David best interest, but it would also bring David into all sorts of future conflicts as Chosen ones proven through the records of history either never lived too long or lived for so long that they became gods themselves who weathered through every event imaginable be it tragedy or bloodshed.


    To be honest Valentia¡¯s impression of David didn¡¯t strike as someone who like something like that, and she was right by thinking that as David was one who considered a quiet stable life to be a perfect life, if he was suddenly thrown into the life of a chosen one like that he wouldn¡¯t like it at all and most likely have chosen to go into hiding and become a perfumer instead.


    But David was still unaware, while he did know what an chosen one was through reading the book, he didn¡¯t consider himself to be one because he was still inexperienced plus he didn¡¯t know what it entailed to be a chosen one.


    Valentia considered what to really say to David because of this as she had a suspicion that David was extraordinary.


    But while she was thinking that trying to think of what to say to David, David couldn¡¯t help but notice a small crowd having gathered on the side of a path as they walked.


    In the middle of that crowd he could briefly spot a pleasant adult male sitting behind a table on top of which was a big crystal ball sitting on top of a red pillow.


    The crystal ball shone a bright yellow almost electric light as a student held it with both of her hands before letting go the crowd made oohhs and ahhhs stroking the ego of the individuals as she looked proud for some reason.


    -Valentia¡­what is that?


    David pointed at the small crowd with the crystal ball, as soon as Valentia saw the crystal ball she couldn¡¯t help but go pale for a second.


    -This timing couldn¡¯t get any worse¡­


    -What?


    David didn¡¯t understand what Valentia meant, the other two girls behind them also quickly noticed the little crowd as soon as Valentia and David stopped walking, they in turn didn¡¯t look too concerned about what was going on, Syndra in fact seemed to gain a sudden bright idea as she abruptly grabbed David¡¯s hand and pulled him towards the crowd.


    -David let¡¯s go! We can finally use that device to conduct a magic test for you!


    -Really?! Let¡¯s do it!


    Hearing what Syndra said put David into an excited mood as he really wanted to know in what element he was talented in and what soul star rating he possessed.


    He was so excited that he ran with Syndra with all his might, quickly leaving the other two behind as they watched with sort of dumbfounded expressions on their faces.


    Olga at these two holding hands that easily finding it a bit inappropriate for some reason before focusing back on the crowd and seeing the crystal ball, she only needed to think for a few seconds before she realized something looking back at Valentia who had a perplexed look on her face.


    -Zenior Valentia¡­if David usez that crystal ball maybe¡­


    -I know, lets run after them I think we need to stop them and explain David the situation first before this gets out of control.


    Hearing her senior¡¯s reliable words, Olga nodded before following after Valentia who ran after them telling them to stop.


    But by the time they could even hear what Valentia was saying both Syndra and David were already by the crowd, the people immediately noticed the newcomers as they were quite attention grabbing, people made way for them as well, not because they wanted to be polite but rather because no one wanted to be near Syndra as they found her to be an eyesore.


    The male professor on the other hand didn¡¯t share the student¡¯s dislike, he even smiled at Syndra before saying.


    -Ahh, if it isn¡¯t Lady Syndra are you well?


    <div>


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like.

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 22 The Golden Key

    Syndra hearing the male professor¡¯s polite and kind greeted returned him a smile as she replied.


    -Yes professor Anton I am well, thank you, are you perhaps doing a query on the student¡¯s abilities today?


    -Oh yes! Though this is merely a sample run and not the real thing, you know how it goes we need to pay attention to every student and their talents every year if we want to continue advancing our wizarding technology, humans change and that change can be extremely drastic at time so we have to be prepared at all times to adjust, but I don¡¯t want to bore you with my incessant chatter¡­now who may this young man next to you be my lady?


    Finally being mentioned by this new professor, David slightly straightened his back in front of him, from the very beginning David had been observing this professor as soon as he saw him.


    Out of all the professors David had seen which was really only 2 who lived in his dorm, Anton looked to be the oldest as he looked slightly aged with a few wrinkles on his face and gray hair coloring his head.


    His attire also looked a bit old school, it reminded him of someone from the Victorian England era as the old professor wore a gray trench coat with a brown scarf, his hair was styled quite neatly, but his most eye catching features was his sharp moustache and the monocle he wore on his left eye, David could even spot a walking cane leaning on his chair, this professor simply screamed the word class, from his attire, the way he looked and acted to the way he spoke.


    Plus, David didn¡¯t feel an elderly aura coming from this professor even though it was clear that he was old, his eyes in fact made him look younger as they seemed full of energy and not as faint as most old people¡¯s.


    -My name is David¡­I am a freshman and a commoner who just started living in the same dorm as senior Syndra, senior Syndra had been guiding me until now, it¡¯s nice to meet you professor!


    David gave a respectful bow; the professor gave a nod in return as he seemed pleased with David¡¯s respectful introduction he even looked slightly ponderous as he seemed to remember something before exclaiming.


    -Ah! I think I remember you, but first I have to introduce myself as well, my name is Anton ¨¦clair I am mainly a researcher in this academy who researches magic items, but I also am a professor who teaches the second year students, Lady Syndra here in fact is one of my students a quite excellent one at that so I hope you continue to support her as her junior, going back to what I remember, this morning when we professor¡¯s had our daily meeting your name came up in one of our topics, don¡¯t worry it wasn¡¯t anything bad, we talked about how special your circumstance¡¯s were as it had been a long time now since we had a student with a scholarship for our academy arrive, usually these scholarships are rarely ever given out as the only person who can give such scholarship is the headmaster, but because of this it seems as if there was a small dispute between the council of directors and the headmaster regarding this issue, it went even as far as to come to our circle so I apology if your experience here hadn¡¯t been the best, and again I assure you not to worry as it isn¡¯t your fault for any of this happening.


    -I understand, don¡¯t worry professor I honestly don¡¯t mind, everyone who I met so far in my dorm was very amiable and kind to me, Syndra especially which makes me already like this place a lot.


    David, smiling as he found professor Anton to be a very good person who cared about his students, he didn¡¯t look to care about appearance much either as he faced Syndra just the same as he did everyone else, Syndra herself also seemed to have a very good impression of the professor as she continued smiling at him.


    -Alright, I imagine that you two didn¡¯t just approach me to chat now did you?


    -Yes, actually we came because we wanted to see David¡¯s soul star rating and his affinity, as you said before because of his special circumstances David didn¡¯t get to take a magic test before being immediately send to the academy, we would like to take one right now to see.


    As soon as Syndra finished explaining her reason to the professors, our surroundings suddenly became more noisy as the people around us started to whisper also listening into our conversation, from the very beginning people stopped approaching as soon as Syndra and David came forward to the professor, they looked at the two of them look zoo animals, David had momentarily forgot about them since he cared more about the new professor, but now that he was hearing them whisper he couldn¡¯t help but become a bit self-conscious especially since he was about to take a magic test in public, he didn¡¯t know how these tests usually went and whether or not they were public, but since Syndra seemed to think It was fine he chose to trust her since she knew better then him.


    Professor Anton wasn¡¯t swayed by the crowd¡¯s shock either, he too was surprised, for a good reason as well since even if a person was given a scholarship, giving one out without a magic test was a first as it violated almost every code of wizarding recruitment, magic tests by nature weren¡¯t things that needed to be kept secret or anything, while it was rude asking someone about their soul star rating and affinity, there were loads of ways to get such information by other means one of which was simply observing the wizard and seeing what spells he or she cast and how intense those spell waves were which usually told most mages everything they needed to know instantly.


    If this was David¡¯s first magic test, and if it turned out that he didn¡¯t have required amount of talent for the academy, Anton didn¡¯t know what would happen to David as such thing never happened before, he assumed that the young man would just be send back, and if that would happen it would not look good on the current headmistress as it was her who gave David his scholarship, the fact that she didn¡¯t even conduct a simple test on him mind boggled the old professor, but he kept cool, being very experienced he simply decided to let things be before motioning towards the crystal ball before him.


    -Very well, I welcome all first year freshman students, this being your first magic test I can imagine how excited you are, you are also fortunate as the magic item you see before you is one the most latest line of magic items that measures magic power, it is called the Element Orb, you only need to touch the orb with both your hands and the rest the orb will do by itself.


    The professor explained, David was delighted as he finally got the chance to know what he got, magic was a fantasy any person in their imagined, up until now David could only do minor things with his mana which he at the beginning found amazing but quickly got bored off, all David wanted know was gain new knowledge to use his power, and through that orb he would finally be able to see where his path lied.


    Not being able to hold himself, David was about to touch the orb but just before he did so, someone suddenly grabbed his shoulder stopping him in place.


    -Not so fast!


    That person turned out to be Valentia, mind you this conversation only lasted for about 2 minutes or so and since there was a crowd surrounding both Syndra and David it became difficult for Valentia and Olga to pass through, after all they didn¡¯t possess Syndra¡¯s ability to cause people to part like the sea, people still normally avoided them, but Syndra was a special case as she had a quiet notorious reputation amongst the students that made them stay out of her way.


    Because of this Valentia and Olga unfortunately had to push through the crowd fortunately being able to make it in time before David touched the orb.


    -Huh? Whats the matter, is anything wrong?


    David asked, slightly confused as he didn¡¯t understand Valentia¡¯s sudden interruption, behind her also stood Olga who took Syndra to the side for another talk, David for a moment wondered what they were talking about, but he returned his gaze back to Valentia who seemed slightly troubled or conflicted so to say.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    -Well, actually, there is something that we should talk about before you do this magic test, or rather maybe doing this magic test in front of the entire crowd isn¡¯t such a good idea? We could always return back to the dorm and make our own makeshift magic test, it¡¯ll take a bit longer, but it¡¯s not going to be any different, plus the privacy would be more comfortable don¡¯t you think?


    She said, David momentarily agreeing with her as he wasn¡¯t too keen doing it here out in the open for everyone to see, but still the only reason he came here was because of Syndra who dragged him here, if he suddenly said that he wanted to go back to the dormitory to conduct a private magic test he knew that Syndra wouldn¡¯t disagree, but then again he felt bad since Syndra took the opportunity to introduce him to the nice professor.


    While David was thinking about this, it seemed as if Olga¡¯s and Syndra¡¯s conversation quickly came to an end as well as they whispered to each other.


    -David isn¡¯t a chosen one.


    -What? How canz you be zo zure? What if you¡¯re wrong and he iz a Chozen one? I am telling you there iz no point in rizking thiz if we can just go back to our dorm and make our own magic tezt, zince he has been already enrolled no one is going to azk him to do a magic tezt, what I am zaying iz thiz iz pointlezz!


    Syndra didn¡¯t agree and in the first place, she didn¡¯t come here just because she wanted David to undergo the magic test as fast as possible, she understood David to a certain degree and knew that he preferred privacy when it came to most things just like her, from the very beginning she thought she would just make him undergo a private magic test amongst them, but when she professor Anton she couldn¡¯t help but see a very good opportunity for David to get something.


    In the first place there was no risk of David being exposed as a chosen one because from the very beginning Syndra knew with absolute certainty that he wasn¡¯t a chosen one as his soul simply didn¡¯t release such powerful pressure, but this didn¡¯t mean he was ordinary either as his soul instead was very different from what she normally felt though she didn¡¯t know what it was.


    Walking away from Olga Syndra turned towards the professor who was still watching patiently, 4 students of that infamous troublemaker dorm had at this point taken over this stand most people simply gave way to them as they didn¡¯t want to get involved with these crazies and bad luck charms, but everyone had their limit and everyone was here for a reason as well as they didn¡¯t just come here for the good of their head to contribute for the professor¡¯s research.


    -C¡¯mon! Hurry upI want to see who will win already!


    -Yeah! People are still waiting to be tested can¡¯t you just do your test and get it over with!


    -So its true that the people from that Dorm are all troublemakers! Don¡¯t think you can get away with stalling for so long and expect to get the prize all for yourselves!


    The crowd was in full swing as they shouted out one after another, at this point David completely didn¡¯t know what they were on about and why they were so angry all of a sudden, Olga and Valentia also looked the same as they didn¡¯t understand what they got themselves into, only Syndra seemed to really know what was going on as she swept her eyes over everyone all of a sudden.


    Her cold glare oozed an icy atmosphere as everyone suddenly shivered in fear, Syndra never usually showed any reaction towards the crowd, but this time she did, and let it be a reminded for everyone for Syndra was a woman who knew how to garner control over people being taught ever since she was a child by her own mother on how to be an excellent leader.


    She only needed one glare to shut everyone up, even Valentia who did something similar with her savage aura couldn¡¯t hold a candle to what Syndra was doing before Syndra returned her gaze back to the professor who didn¡¯t even flinch even when Syndra turned her cold gaze against him.


    -Professor, if I am not mistaken are you perhaps giving out a reward for people who participate in your test?


    -Unfortunately yes, nowadays young people aren¡¯t interested in lending their time to precious research for the sake of everyone, because of this I have no choice but to give out a small incentive for the participants, truly regrettable.


    The professor sighed, looking slightly beyond his years for a moment as he seemed to be thinking about the past, his words though fell deaf on most people¡¯s ears as the people here seemed to be only be here because of the incentive the professor gave out for this test even though it seemed like they didn¡¯t even know what the incentive was, Syndra in fact seemed to be the only one who knew exactly what this incentive was which also seemed to surprise Valentia as she had no idea about any of this or about what this incentive was about even though she attended the academy with Syndra at the same time.


    Syndra didn¡¯t care though as she simply smiled before asking again.


    -Then if it¡¯s so, can you please show us what the incentive is.


    -Of course.


    The professor said, suddenly bringing out a golden key from his chest breast pocket, the appearance of the key immediately astonished the crowd as no one other the Syndra expected this to come out, even Olga and Valentia weren¡¯t immune to it because as soon as they saw the key they had extremely stunned expressions on their faces as if they didn¡¯t believe what they were seeing.


    -The prize for thiz meazly tezt iz¡­.A VAULT KEY!?


    -I¡¯ve only seen this Vault Key once among the fifth year¡¯s final tournament as a first place prize, in fact every fifth year student dreams of becoming the champion to get that key¡­I can¡¯t believe I am seeing it now.


    -A Vault key?


    David muttered, still not understand the significance of the golden key compared to the rest who seemed to know all about it, it couldn¡¯t be helped really since David was still new had little to know knowledge regarding the academy, but that didn¡¯t mean he wasn¡¯t aware of how valuable the key must be if everyone reacted like this.


    Watching the professor holding the golden key within his hand he made a small gesture of displaying it to everyone before placing it back into his pocket making everyone go into regret as the key was gone deflating them.


    Thinking that he was being a bit too cruel with his teasing, the professor smiled wryly before trying to comfort everyone.


    -Now, now, everyone, while this is indeed a vault key it is merely a first level key and nothing else, once everyone here gets to the third year keys like these won¡¯t be as attractive to you as you may think I promise you hohoho.


    The old professor laughed, twirling his moustache at the same time making quite a comical display in front of everyone making the students suddenly go back to normal. And while he was doing that Olga and Valentia seemed to realize what this all was about.


    -I zee whatz happening here¡­profezzor Anton iz thiz yearz key holder.


    -Yeah, I didn¡¯t think that this would happen so soon, almost all the professors usually do this close to the end of the year to motivate the students more, I never anticipated it would happen so soon¡­classes haven¡¯t even begun yet and most of the first year students hadn¡¯t even arrived either¡­


    -Honestly I am really lost guys, can anyone please explain?


    David said, finally getting a bit frustrated as he simply didn¡¯t have any idea what the hell was going on, the only thing he knew for certain was that something significant was happening, which revolved around the key, he wanted to hear more about it, but everyone was too busy making dialogue with each other that David simply had no chance of asking anyone anything.


    Syndra understood that David was feeling left out, but at this moment explaining this was simply going to take too much time, she wanted David to take this opportunity while he still had the chance.


    Because of this she approached David and touched his shoulder making him turn to her puzzled.


    -David, trust me, go take the test and do your best, I know you can do this that key is yours go take it.


    She said, turning this whole thing even more bizarre, but David couldn¡¯t care less a this point, simply nodding back to Syndra as he told her that he would do his best.


    Soon enough the people who were present especially the first years who were the only ones who could participate couldn¡¯t wait anymore as they all wanted to charge in and touch the orb to prove themselves and win the key, unfortunately for them before they got even the chance all of them collided with an invisible barrier not allow them to approach all at once isolating Valentia, Syndra, David and Olga.


    Professor Anton teasing smiled at the eager students before berating them like an elder.


    -Now, now everyone, please be patient and orderly, you only get one chance and one turn, everyone here will get their chance no worries!


    The crowd still didn¡¯t calm down, but they all knew that they could do nothing against the magical barrier that was cast by the powerful professor making most of the give up as they begrudging waited for their turn.


    Now back to David he was about to touch the Orb but before he got the chance, again someone interrupted him from behind holding his shoulder, the hand that touched this time was slightly larger compared to Valentia¡¯s and it was also shaking as well which was followed by a voice with a thick accent.


    -If you don¡¯t mind¡­can I go firzt?


    It was Olga and for some reason she was shaking the moment she touched David, her face was red and steaming making David wonder for a moment whether or not she okay or not.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 23 The Star Shone

    It was only now that David remembered that Olga just like him was also a freshman, she too would obviously want to get this win the key from professor Anton since she also knew how valuable it was, David didn¡¯t mind at all to let Olga go first, it was just that he couldn¡¯t help but feel through the few interactions he had with Olga that she was always very tense in his presence, her hand that was holding his shoulder was stiff and he could smell her faint sweat as she shook lightly, almost as if she was scared or nervous.


    But then again, assuming things wasn¡¯t very good, Olga after all was nice to him.


    -Sure, you can go first.


    He said, stepping away as he gave her some space, Syndra and Valentia had a few raised eyebrows when they saw what happened, neither of them understood why Olga did what she did when she could have just waited for David to finish his test, her behavior simply didn¡¯t fit with her normal pattern as Olga was known to be extremely patient, calm and collected, she gained this attribute from her constant experimentation that required her to be level headed to improve and produce results, but be it as it may her level-headedness didn¡¯t directly translate over to her social life as the barrier called looks turned out to be too hard to cross, causing Olga to be generally subdued in the presence of strangers and especially good looking males who made her the most jittery.


    David was the first person who didn¡¯t seem to mind Olga, he talked with her normally just like the rest of the girls in the dorm, furthermore she had discovered something incredibly scandalous between David and Syndra through her exceptional nose making her even more nervous just by imagining the things they must have done to each other.


    Olga¡¯s goal wasn¡¯t very different from the other girls, she too wanted to get close to David, but compared to Syndra who was already in love with David Olga¡¯s feelings hadn¡¯t quite reached that point and were merely still on the interest/attraction level, for Olga she wanted someone who could like her back, she couldn¡¯t be satisfied with just one-sided love even though she knew how horrid her appearance was meaning beggar¡¯s couldn¡¯t be choosers she still wanted to choose who she could love and be accepted in return.


    Whether or not David would be that person was questionable, and one of the reason why she wanted to talk to Syndra was because of this.


    What she was doing now was merely make sure that nothing unexpected would happen before she could accomplish her goals, while Olga did believe in her senior¡¯s words, she couldn¡¯t be 100% sure that David wasn¡¯t a chosen one, to be 100% sure Olga decided that she would just slightly mess with the results of the test, and to make that happen it was important that she needed to go first or at least before David.


    Mind you, there was no way Olga was capable of openly messing with a magic item that the professor himself had made, even secretly doing it was out of question as professor Anton was a powerful wizard with extreme senses, nobody in the academy other than the headmistress knew exactly how strong he was but people guessed that he must be between rank 3 or 4 which was very terrifying.


    Instead the way Olga was going to mess with this test was going to be through an irregular method, she was going to use a secret ability only she possessed, Olga was confident that not even the powerful professor would able to see through what she did since not even the headmistress herself had seen through her.


    Of course that was quite a bit of confidence on Olga¡¯s part that border lined on arrogance, but this time she was indeed right as her ability was so out of scope of normal wizardry that it was almost completely undetectable.


    The only thing professor Anton noticed was how weird Olga was acting, he too knew the personality of this student, even though she wasn¡¯t his student, professor Anton had seen Olga quite a few times in the laboratory doing her experiments, he would at times talk with her as fellow researchers and even though they practiced different fields of studies it didn¡¯t mean they couldn¡¯t inspire each other with ideas.


    -A bit hasty no Lady Olga?


    -I juzt wanted to zee your magic item az fazt az I could, knowing the quality of the magic itemz you make maybe I will even zee things ordinary magic teztz couldn¡¯t show me before?


    -Hohoho there my Lady you are quite right!


    The professor laughed, clearly liking Olga¡¯s compliments regarding his craft somewhat even forgetting the weirdness he felt a moment ago, Olga knew that as she had planned what she was going to say, just like how the professor understood Olga¡¯s personality so did Olga understand the professor¡¯s personality, and the professor quite liked it when his magic items were being praised, while he never openly bragged about them he couldn¡¯t resist the praise he received making his mind distracted.


    Olga used this opportunity to swiftly do her magic test, the Element Orb in front of her was quite a new model, while it looked exactly the same as previous versions Olga could tell from her researcher¡¯s point of view that it was different, the Orb was slightly bigger, and more transparent it seemed to have been made from a completely different material and as soon as she touched it she felt like she was touching a piece of ice!


    She almost let go of the Orb, but didn¡¯t as she quickly noticed that even though it was cold to the touch, it didn¡¯t actually freeze her hand in anyway and instead just made her feel cold, already the Element Orb wasn¡¯t like its predecessors, as none of the previous Element Orbs had such a distinction, Olga could think of numerous different substances and materials that could replicate this effect, but for what the Orb would need this effect she didn¡¯t quite understand until she really thought about the purpose of the Orb itself.


    -Itz. Abzorbing heat?


    -Yes, yes! I knew someone like you would immediately understand! Indeed, this Element Orb is made out of a material that absorbs heat which is why it¡¯s so transparent as the material comes from a Glacial Moth who absorb sunlight to keep their bodies stable in the cold mountains, lately studies have found that the Glacial Moth not only absorbs heat but also absorbs the mana in the atmosphere together with the heat, I thought that using this unique characteristics would fit the Element Orb quite well as it would make it easier for young people to use the device without negative effects and also make a much more accurate reading on their ability, now don¡¯t worry while the material does Absorb heat I made it so that it wouldn¡¯t do that and only Absorb the person¡¯s mana, the mana absorption effect is limited to the internal battery plus the output of the user meaning as long as you wish you can stop at any time and not be under any risk of suffering mana paralysis.


    -I zee, it¡¯s quite miraculouz¡­


    Olga said, this time sounding much sincerer as her researcher side was quite impressed with the ingenuity that went into the Element Orb and how professor Anton had utilized the knowledge, but in the end Olga needed to focus, she wasn¡¯t here to praise the professor¡¯s magic item but to sabotage it.


    Keeping that in mind, she finally held the Orb between her hands, she already knew how to operate the Orb, she only needed to imagine her mana flowing into the Orb, the rest the Orb would do by itself, but this time the improved version was even easier to use as she only needed to think a little before the Orb started to Absorb her mana all by itself, as soon as it happened the Orb also started to glow a bright green light mixed with a few other colors that looked like specks in comparison, Olga knew that the colors represented her affinity, since Olga had a high nature affinity it was obvious that green would take most of the space within the orb compared to the other colors.


    But this wasn¡¯t the only the orb could do, while the colors were displaying themselves within the Orb they still looked a bit murky and not very clear as if they were made out of smoke, but quickly enough the clarity within the Orb started to increase, the murky green was turning into a gentle green before turning into a clear green and finally transforming into a shining green like mountain dew.


    This was what indicated Olga¡¯s soul star rating which was at 4, Olga was quite talented compared to the average student of the academy, but even Olga knew compared to a lot of other people she had met in this academy her talent wasn¡¯t really anything special which is why she didn¡¯t look very excited just by witnessing what her talent was.


    The other students weren¡¯t the same though as they looked impressed of what they just witnessed, almost every single one of them had a soul star rating of 3 only a very few of them had a star rating of 4 while 5 wasn¡¯t even present among them as those people were usually rarely seen, each year 500 students are enrolled into the academy since there are 5 year levels as well the academy always had a total of 2500 students at all times within those 500 in each year only 5 to 12 of them had a soul star affinity of 5, since these people were the closest to be chosen ones they were also given a nickname that isn¡¯t used often but everyone knows of which is called semi-chosen, there is a reason why this nickname isn¡¯t used too often as it is usually used to demean the individual.


    But in the end soul-star rating was only one aspect of one¡¯s talent, affinity was also very important as it signified your growth in that particular school of magic which is why they were even more astounded as most of them also had only average affinity.


    Affinity could be summarized as such, you could have a soul star rating of 1 and have the highest affinity for an element and it would be like your growth rate in that element was comparable to someone who had a soul star rating of 5 while in reverse you could have a soul star rating of 6 and be a chosen one but have the lowest affinity in every element, making your progress in any element only slightly higher than the average.


    The main difference here though is that soul star rating defines your likely limit of promotion towards a higher wizard rank, the person with a soul star rating of 1 is likely never going to be anything but a rank 1 wizard his whole life even if he is the greatest in his element while the person with the lowest affinities but a soul star rating of 6 will eventually become a rank 4 wizard albeit a below-average one with his elemental affinity which won¡¯t let him cast a lot of powerful spells.


    But even then, a rank 1 wizard will never be as powerful or valuable as a rank 4 wizard, the barrier of ranks is like the difference between heaven and earth, a rank 1 wizard can¡¯t even win against a rank 2 wizard much less a rank 4 wizard who could squash a rank 1 wizard like an ant.


    This is why wizarding schools value soul star rating more than affinity, in the end of the day even if the affinity of the wizard who has a soul star rating of 3 or more isn¡¯t too low they can still progress very steadily and promote into a higher rank eventually.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.


    Everyone is aware of this, which is why a subtle but all-encompassing hierarchy is built around how high your soul star rating is in this academy, what is important is still your wizard rank as it is the most physical manifestation of your strength while soul star rating is just a potential.


    Even between a person who has a soul star rating of 1 but is a rank 4 wizard and a person who has a soul star rating of 6 but hasn¡¯t yet become a wizard, the rank 4 wizard is the more valuable one as he already has strength present while the one with the soul star rating of 6 would still need time to develop.


    In the end potential really means nothing if you can¡¯t convert it into actual strength.


    -I need to quickly do my thing before profezzor Anton noticez.


    Seeing that the test was about to end, Olga decided now was the time, she used her ability to secretively cause the Orb to become a tad bit slower but not break it, this would cause anyone who subsequently used the Orb to only display 90 percent of their true potential which Olga thought was enough of an error margin that ordinary people wouldn¡¯t drop in rank and make the magic item look faulty, and also good enough for David to barely drop in rank in case he was a chosen one, on other hand if David had a rank 5, 4 or 3 soul star rating the Orb would still display it as Olga had calculated enough to understand the general threshold of those ranks.


    But if David got anything below 3¡­


    -(That¡¯s impossible, with his mana control there is simply no way for that to be true)


    Olga immediately threw that possibility out of the window as she couldn¡¯t believe someone like David having a soul star rating of anything below 3, it was simply not plausible, but then again she never heard of a person who trained his mana ever since he was little, she also noticed how each time David used his mana to cause phenomena back in their dining haul he didn¡¯t look any worse for wear even though he must have used a lot of mana to cause those things to happen, she didn¡¯t think about this before, but while she was thinking about it she again noticed that the Orb seemed to be doing something strange that other Element Orbs didn¡¯t do before.


    The light was getting brighter.


    -Hohoho, I knew that Lady Olga would have it in her to finally showcase the third function of the new Element Orb!


    Professor Anton seemed to be excited about how the Orb was glowing brighter by the second, his words stirred the crowd as they had never before witnessed a strange Element Orb like this.


    Olga too was curious about what the Orb was doing, it was merely just increasing its light radius which meant it was getting brighter and brighter, the light itself wasn¡¯t offensive in nature either no matter how bright it was allowing for a person to look at it as much as they wanted.


    Olga tried to figure out what this light could be measuring, but soon enough she didn¡¯t need to as the professor started to explaining right away.


    -You see my students, over the course of us wizards trying to understand how our magical abilities worked and who had them, we first created the magic test to see the potential of an individual in magical prowess, since then over thousands of years passed and ever since we didn¡¯t even bother to improve the basic formula to get even more detailed results as there were too many other fields that are still to this unknown to us and more interesting to others, I personally always wanted to know how much mana a person had, many previous studies showed that it was always different from an individual to individual which mainly depended on their soul rank to affinity, but I wasn¡¯t satisfied with that answer alone so I added this to the Element Orb you see now. I call it the mana meter.


    -Mana meter?


    -How is this remotely useful?


    -Yeah, considering how most wizard fights end within seconds I don¡¯t think the amount of mana you have and how quickly it regenerates really matters, and if you do have mana issues you can always just use magic items to cover such weakness.


    -It¡¯s not like you can increase your maximum amount of mana or the amount it regenerates through training either, its only through promotion into a higher rank that your maximum mana and the amount you regenerate becomes bigger and by that point it doesn¡¯t really matter no?


    The students who bore witness to all this all put out their own opinions most of which weren¡¯t enthusiastic about the added function of the Orb as they didn¡¯t see a big point to it if they couldn¡¯t improve themselves.


    David too thought so as well after really considered the few opinions he had heard, but thinking about it again, he also realized that ever since he practiced mana control he had never once stumbled upon any mana problems, which meant he never truly felt empty from using too much mana, he always just practiced for a few hours and upon getting a bit mentally tired he stopped repeating the process the next day.


    Calling this being low on mana was wrong since it was really just him getting mentally tired from doing the same thing over and over again, in reality David thought that he could actually do his usual training routine the entire day if he wasn¡¯t bored, but then again he truly didn¡¯t know how much mana he really expended and how much he regenerated, this was a topic interesting to him because he had yet to experience this phenomenon called mana paralysis, it wasn¡¯t the professor who he heard it from first but he also had read about it in the magic book together with Syndra, he didn¡¯t think much about it at the time other than ¡°huh so this is what happens when you run out of mana heh¡±, the effect of mana paralysis occurs when the person has fully run out of mana, once that happens they go into a paralyzed state where they can¡¯t do anything for the next 24 hours, some people who are weak at heart or soul even go into a unconscious state upon running out of mana, after those 24 hours are over they usually wake up and start being able to move again albeit very slowly as their bodies go into a weakened state unable to use any magic, this period is called mana sickness and it lasts between a week to a month, a person can only use magic once their recovered from their mana sickness.


    David had experienced any mana paralysis or mana sickness in his life which is why he became even more curious about the Element Orb as it could maybe shine some light about his strange disposition.


    Professor Anton in turn wasn¡¯t perturbed by the crowd of students who didn¡¯t think his function to the Element Orb was useful.


    They were after all still first years, even though some of them possessed basic knowledge they still hadn¡¯t really stepped into the wizarding world to understand the significant of his new function which is why he decided to bring a basic lecture to these new comers to make them understand.


    -Ahem, you see since time memorial from the existence of the wizards, we wizards were limited by our ability to cast certain spells through 4 aspects, this being affinity, amount of mana, wizard rank and spell formula. As of now we only had answers to 3 of those 4 aspects, we figured out that we could use reagents as replacement for certain spells that required high affinity, while wizarding rank came to those who worked hard or were lucky, finally spell formula is something that improves everyday making it the easiest to answer. It is only mana that is a difficult to answer in our age, we tried to create artificial mana batteries which were half-successful and half-failure as they only could power certain types of spells, mana isn¡¯t a simple topic after all every mana in the world has its own wavelength we all possess our own unique mana, spells in the end are still the most effective when cast by a person, items can be enchanted to cast certain spells but those things require immense amount of resources and extremely rare materials, this is why it is important for us to find a way to not only improve our rank as wizards but also understand how we can increase our own mana reserves if we want to improve.


    The professor¡¯s lengthy lecture was met with a bit of boredom as they student¡¯s didn¡¯t really care too much about what the professor was talking about making even the professor a bit stumped, only David and Olga really found the topic interesting David even came forward asking the professor.


    -This mana meter, how does it exactly gauge one¡¯s mana?


    His question seemed to reinvigorate the professor¡¯s enthusiasm as he quickly explained.


    -You see the light that is shining brighter by the second right? This is supposed to measure the amount of mana Lady Olga here possesses soon the light will reach its growth limit which is determined by the items own capacity or that of the person being measured, in this case I am confident to say that there will be no student who will reach the maximum amount of mana this Orb can reach as I made sure that it wouldn¡¯t happen, meaning only the person can hit his limit before the Orb does, but don¡¯t be afraid the Orb won¡¯t suck you dry its actually calibrating your total mana through a process I rather not mention as it would take too long, this is what the light is.


    -I think I understand.


    David replied, making the professor look satisfied as he could at least teach one student making them return their gazes back to the Orb that was emitting light.


    This lasted for about another 10 seconds before the light seemed to reach its maximum length, it was so big that it reached a radius of at least 5 meters, no one really knew how much mana this was, but seeing that no one other than Olga could do this ever since the students started to do the magic tests it was clear that Olga had the most mana out of all of them.


    -How is there such a big difference?


    -Maybe the amount of mana you have is determined at birth?


    -Or maybe the difference lies in soul star rating?


    -That can¡¯t be it, I have a soul star rating of 4 but when I did the test with the Orb it didn¡¯t brighten up as much as hers.


    All kinds of discussion erupted as soon as everyone saw the results, even Olga was a bit surprised as she didn¡¯t realize she actually had that much mana compared to the other students and while she didn¡¯t know how much mana this was from the way the professor looked at her it seemed to be a pretty chunk.


    -Not bad at all! You possess a mana meter of 5 the maximum amount is 10 and it is determined by the radius the light shines, another good news for you is that once you become an official rank 1 wizard your total mana will scale by your base total meaning you will have far more mana then the average person so congratulations Lady Olga.


    -Ehm, thank you profezzor.


    Olga thanked the professor, letting go of the Orb as it immediately dimmed down as soon as Olga took her hands away from them.


    Now it was David¡¯s turn and as he was about to touch the Orb to finally see what his own talents.


    Once again someone interrupted him!


    -Wait! David before you touch that Orb can I ask something from the professor?


    David didn¡¯t reply, he simply sighed and raised his hands in defeat at Valentia who seemed to want to say something, at this point he started to get a bit frustrated, but really what could he do.


    -What is it that you want to ask Lady Valentia?


    -You talked about all this mana and so and such, but this entire time I came to realize something, how are you determine the winner of this competition for who gets the Vault Key? Is the person who is the most talent going to win? If so what if there are 2 or 3 people with comparable talents present who will then get the key?


    -!


    Every student as soon as they heard the question quickly realized too how odd this was, really how was the winner going to be determined? So far Olga had shown the most talent making her currently the winner, but that could always change what if someone her equal appeared? They weren¡¯t going to split the key now would they?


    The professor didn¡¯t react too much at that question as he merely smiled a gentlemanly smile before answering in a relaxed tone.


    -Of course if something like this does happen I believe it will be under my own discretion of who gets the key.


    His answer wasn¡¯t very satisfactory; it was only David who really didn¡¯t care as he finally had the chance to touch the Orb.


    This time he didn¡¯t even wait, not wanting to be interrupted anymore, he quickly held the Orb with both of his hands.


    His sudden grab didn¡¯t really catch the attention of anyone, but as soon as he grabbed the Orb, the Orb shone like a star!


    The sudden flash of light was surprising to everyone that people quickly shielded their eyes, even though the light wasn¡¯t offensive before no matter how bright it, now it was very different irritating the eyes because of its intensity giving people no choice but to block them.


    Olga, Syndra and Valentia because they were the closest to David when he touched the Orb they suffered far more under the light so much so that they couldn¡¯t even look at David¡¯s direction but still trying as they were worried about him.


    It was only Professor Anton who could really see what was going on as he had quickly cast a spell over himself as soon as he noticed the light shielding him from the lights intensity.


    And as for David himself?


    He felt like his world had suddenly turned white for a second, but soon enough he spotted a gray light revealing itself within this world of whiteness.


    <div>


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my site https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 24 Overload

    A gray light suddenly appeared in the white space, David hadn¡¯t yet realized what happened as the sudden glow of the Orb was instantaneous for him, it even made him muddle headed for a bit as he momentarily even forgot what just happened.


    The only thing right now he could think of was the white world around him and the gray light appearing out of nowhere, David tried to understand what this all was until he finally realized what he was doing before touching the Orb releasing himself from his muddleheaded state.


    On closer inspection, David also realized that he wasn¡¯t actually in a white world, he could feel his hands still touching the Element Orb with both of his hands, the sensation was cold and very smooth, he felt like he was touching a hunk of smooth ice, but without the frostbite hurting him for some reason.


    In either case, David now knew that the white world or light actually came from the Orb itself so did the gray light which had already taken the entire space within the Orb turning it into a pure gray Orb.


    -So this is my affinity¡­


    David mumbled, fascinated trying to remember what this gray color meant from the book Syndra and him had read, the book roughly explained all the common affinities a person could have, there were over a 100 affinities that had been discovered so far, but some were simply more common than others like fire, wind, earth and water, David really hoped to have one of those common affinities as having a rare affinity didn¡¯t mean that you were more unique or powerful than others, in most cases having a rare affinity meant that there wouldn¡¯t be a lot of research for said affinity meaning no laid out path for you to follow or guide to read about forcing you to research your affinity by yourself slowing your growth rate.


    Of course there were also people who choose to disregard their best affinity for their second best affinity just because there was no knowledge for their main affinity, those people are very unlucky indeed as their growth was still slow making them very miserable, David at least wanted to avoided getting into such a situation as he tried to think of what gray represented until he finally remembered.


    -It¡¯s the Neutral element?


    The Neutral Element, an elemental affinity briefly described in the book, luckily still one of the more common elements in the world as it stood on the 27<sup>th</sup> place of how common it was, earth and water were 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> respectively while everything bellow 50 was considered uncommon.


    Just by its name alone the Neutral Element doesn¡¯t really say what it does, but the book described it to be mainly a type of utility magic that can pretty much do anything, it isn¡¯t limited to utility either as it actually possessed the ability to utilize all schools of magic from restoration which is the school of healing spells to evocation which is the school of destruction spells.


    In the wizarding world wizards of the Neutral Element are considered a jack army knife, they aren¡¯t bad at anything but they don¡¯t excel in anything making their growth average in all school of magic, but because of their natural versatility they are naturally welcome by every wizard organization in the world because of how versatile they are. Specialists are difficult to grow after all as it all depended on your affinity.


    In another vein, there also exist 2 more elements that are connected to the Neutral Element called Positive Element and Negative Element.


    Positive element is an affinity that that is purely supportive and restorative, it has no offensive capabilities making it one of the best affinities for healing in the world, it also an uncommon element meaning it ranks bellow 50, but even so because of the pure strength of the Element itself it¡¯s still worth cultivating.


    Negative Element is similar to the Positive Element only that it¡¯s the complete opposite, it has only the capability to cause death and destruction, it also is one of the best affinities in its school of magic even though it too is an uncommon affinity.


    David at this moment was extremely satisfied with his affinity, in reality he didn¡¯t really care too much what his affinity was as long as it wasn¡¯t some kind of dead end uncommon affinity no one knew anything about, the Neutral affinity also gave him the impression that he could do a lot of things without needing to rely on others, though not being able to entirely specialize in something did suck a bit as he liked specializing, then again considering that he didn¡¯t like combat too much maybe it was better for him that he hadn¡¯t rolled into a fire affinity as that path would only lead him to become a combat wizard.


    Talking about other affinities, David still wanted to know whether or not he was talented in other elements, he read in the book that even if you were good in one element and not so good in others it still didn¡¯t hurt to widen your own spell arsenal as they could come in handy sometimes, David took this advice very seriously as Syndra also told David that even though she had a powerful affinity for Water she still learned a few fire spells because being able to produce fire at any given time without any tools was convenient.


    David didn¡¯t doubt it, so he searched the Orb for any other colors to see what else he was capable of, but strangely enough other than the gray light there was nothing else it seemed.


    David couldn¡¯t spot a single other color present, it was as if the gray light was the only thing he had which made him feel nervous as Syndra had told him that there didn¡¯t exist a person in this world who only had one affinity.The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    Even having only 2 affinities was unheard of as at the minimum amount of affinities a person had was 4 to 5 affinities.


    But David didn¡¯t see wrong, the only affinity he had was for the Neutral Element, other than this there was nothing else.


    -Ho¡­interesting you only possess an affinity for one element, and out of all those elements it is the Neutral Element, how fascinating.


    Hearing the sudden voice of an elderly man near his ear, David suddenly jumped as he didn¡¯t expect that only now starting to hear his surroundings as he was entirely engrossed into the Orb, his hands were still holding the Orb though and without him noticing, the Orb was also slowly starting to heat up in his hands while also emitting more light.


    From the very beginning the brightness of the Orb had never waned, to the contrary the Orb was only getting brighter and brighter, everyone at first was confused as to what that light was but soon enough it dawned on them as they all realized that the light must have come from David holding the Orb as only his silhouette was visible clutching the Orb.


    No one knew how much mana this light represented, but remembering the earlier explanation the professor gave regarding the mana meter and how it gauged the mana of the individual, they could tell that it had already surpassed the 10-meter line as the light had reached at least 30 to 35 meters and was still growing at that too turning into what looked like a small star.


    The light was offensive as well, painful to look at as if they were actually staring into a star from close up, because of this the professor took appropriate measures and made the students distance themselves from the Orb so the students wouldn¡¯t hurt themselves.


    Syndra, Olga and Valentia were hesitant about leaving David, but since the professor assured them that nothing was going to happen to David and that he was fine, they reluctantly agreed to let him handle it.


    This commotion was large too as the light was incredibly bright and since they were close to the cafeteria there was no way the staff wasn¡¯t going to notice anything as already a few teachers/professors arrived to see what was going on.


    Professor Anton felt that a headache was incoming with all those staff approaching, he hadn¡¯t expected anything like this to happen, David had literally given him too much a surprise so much so that he didn¡¯t know what to do, but since he was connected to the headmistress who he supported professor Anton knew that he had to do something.


    First of all, he stalled the approaching professors using a Mirror Image spell that would basically talk to them about the situation in a lengthy and evasive manner, he knew that it wouldn¡¯t stall them for too long, but professor Anton didn¡¯t need a lot of time, only enough to know what was going on with David and the Orb.


    After all David had been stuck holding the Orb the moment he touched it, the professor feared that something might have happened as he wasn¡¯t reacting to the extremely bright light even though everyone else was shielding their own eyes from it.


    Using his protective spell to shield him from the light he approached David trying to get a glimpse of his current state, luckily it seemed as if nothing serious had actually occurred, David was breathing alright, his eyes also looked okay, but instead he seemed to be entranced by something in the Orb.


    Professor Anton too looked at the Orb, he too was curious about David¡¯s talents, he already knew that David had unimaginable amount of mana it still shocked him as well, but he stayed cool attributing to his age.


    Which is why it couldn¡¯t be helped that he again was shocked the moment he saw what the Orb was showing him.


    Top Affinity!


    It was the highest affinity a human could possibly have, the categorization of affinity followed like this from low, average, medium, high and finally top.


    Having top affinity while not as rare as having a 6-star soul rating was still very rare as these people were usually dubbed natures sons or daughters, an organization would still prefer a person with a soul star rating of 5 over a son of nature, but this didn¡¯t matter for David as the soul star rating that was being displayed already put him in the top 100 of this academy.


    It was a 5-star soul rating only 1 star away from being a chosen one, at this point it was already very clear that David would have a bright future ahead of him, but then professor Anton noticed another surprising fact about David the more he observed the Orb.


    -Ho¡­interesting you only possess an affinity for one element, and out of all those elements it is the Neutral Element, how fascinating.


    David jumped at that, giving the professor a small relief as well as he was finally assured of David¡¯s well-being, all this time the light was still growing, the professors/teachers who came to see what the commotion was about were starting to get impatient with the professors Mirror Image that wasn¡¯t letting them come closer, one of them even decided to finally ignore the Mirror Image and directly see for himself which was the point where professor Anton knew that time was up.


    -Young man quickly let go of the Orb!


    Professor Anton urged, while the students had already seen what happened, he still couldn¡¯t let an actually teach with unknown disposition know of how special the boy in front of him was, in the future he was likely going to become one of the most powerful supporters of the headmistress until then he couldn¡¯t let any other faction know of anymore then they currently knew.


    David in turn still not understand what was going on but still hearing the professor decided to listen and let go of the Orb, but just as he was about to let go, he felt the Orb in his hands heating up to an incredible level, just like how it was in the beginning when it wasn¡¯t freezing him this time the Orb wasn¡¯t scalding him either, but he could feel something terrible that was about to happen as if the Orb was about to explode.


    And his guess wasn¡¯t off the mark either, even though the professor was confident that no student would ever be able to reach the limit of the Orb, he now had to eat those words as what he witnessed next showed him that he was terribly wrong.


    -David! Come here!


    The professor ordered now seeing what was about to happen, David didn¡¯t hesitate either jumping directly into the professor¡¯s arms as the Orb cracked from all sides until eventually it exploded! Causing a shockwave of immense amount of mana to blast into all directions.


    Professor Anton used one of his more powerful shielding spells to protect himself and David from the shockwave as they were directly in the epicenter of the blast, even the approaching professors had to stop to shield themselves as the blast came directly for them while everyone else was far enough away to not need any protection, what they felt instead was a terribly gale of wind pressing at them.


    As soon as the powerful explosion subsided Syndra who witnessed all of this became terribly scared, her heart pumped with worry as she screamed out.


    -DAVID!


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on my sitehttps://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a>please check it out if you like

 David The Gray Mage Chapter 25 Suspicion

    -(cough cough)


    David coughed heavily as dust entered his lungs caused by the explosion, his ears were still ringing from the loud explosion that happened right beside him but overall David felt fine as it didn¡¯t seem like he was missing anything.


    -Young man are you okay?


    -Yes professor, (cough) I am fine how about you?


    -Could be better to be honest, luckily my magnificent moustache is still intake so everything is fine!


    The professor joked, making David smile for a second before he looked around, the shield spell the professor cast was still active at this moment, but soon enough it too dissolved into the ether, David actually wanted to see how everyone else was doing and whether or not they were safe but unfortunately things were too difficult to make out as the dust still hadn¡¯t settled yet, professor Anton knew this as well which gave him an idea as he turned towards David.


    -Young man, I think you need to leave now, the other professors will soon come and start questioning what happened here, and you don¡¯t want to be here when that occurs, do not worry I will talk them while you will immediately go back to your dorm, Lady Vanessa and Lady Cassandra should be there by the time you get to the dorm, quick use the dust curtain to make your escape I can only give you so much time, oh! And I almost forgot! This is yours, you are after all the clear victor of this little test.


    The professor said, pulling out the same golden key out of his chest pocket as he quickly gave it to David before urging him to run back to his dorm, David didn¡¯t understand why he really needed to run, he was honestly still a bit disoriented, but he decided that since professor Anton was nice it couldn¡¯t be anything bad so he didn¡¯t question it too much before running towards the direction the professor told him to quickly disappearing as David popped out on the other side of the dust cloud from the opposite side of where the other professors/teachers were becoming unseen.


    All this while, professor Anton made sure that David really ran away and as soon as he did he used his magic to contact Syndra telling her that David was fine and where he currently was.


    Syndra in turn who was worried to death and wanted nothing more than to charge into the dust cloud to find David immediately stopped as soon as she received the professor¡¯s message, Syndra was delighted the moment she heard of David¡¯s well-being and knowing where he was and where he was headed to she didn¡¯t even hesitate before telling what she knew to the other two who quickly followed Syndra as they all ran towards where David was.


    Meanwhile the dust cloud quickly started to fall, David had already put a good distance between him and the dust cloud as he disappeared between a few buildings, in the end only the professor stood near the explosion site watching as all the other staff were approaching him.


    Already professor Anton could feel a headache incoming from having to explain all of this, the small crater near him caused by the explosion didn¡¯t help his case either, he knew that what happened today was partially caused by his own negligence and underestimation of the student¡¯s ability, him putting student¡¯s into danger would likely put him into a very difficult situation but he had no choice but to swallow it.


    The only saving grace he could think of at the moment was that at least he succeeded in making David escape, the professor was still a bit shaken when he thought about David¡¯s potential, and most importantly the amount of Mana he possessed.


    Just thinking about what could have caused something like this made the professor sigh as he looked into the sky.


    -The world is changing fast, can we humans adapt to it is the question.


    He wondered all of a sudden feeling very old even though he was usually very energetic for his age.


    Switching back to David.


    David was already out of the scene before the dust cloud settled, he ran with all his strength searching for the path back to his dorm, he didn¡¯t know yet whether or not someone was chasing him as he didn¡¯t bother checking, but he didn¡¯t need to as David was instantly rammed the moment he turned a corner falling to the ground.


    For a moment David thought that he was caught, but the moment he felt two soft and bountiful mounds of flesh pressing down on him and the familiar smell of lavender he knew who had just pressed him to the ground.


    -Syndra?If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    -David!


    Syndra shouted out, the corner of her eyes slightly red and even a bit misty as she looked at David as if she couldn¡¯t be even more thankful then she already was.


    David didn¡¯t know how to react to such a Syndra, he was still clueless regarding their odd relationship, but at least David understood that Syndra really cared about him which is why David wasn¡¯t opposed to Syndra, he patted her head even while putting one hand on her waist to calm her as they laid on the cold ground.


    -Hi, it¡¯s okay I¡¯m fine.


    David reassured Syndra, as she checked his every nook and cranny for any type of injuries he may have sustained, luckily there were no such injuries other than a few bruises he got from Syndra ramming him into the ground just now.


    David still wondered how Syndra had found him that quickly, he was sure that no one saw him escape, but maybe he was wrong?


    -Ahem¡­while I don¡¯t want to interrupt whatever it is you two are doing, I think we really need to leave before someone finds us.


    Getting suddenly interrupted by his thought, David only now noticed that it wasn¡¯t only Syndra who was here, behind here he could see Olga and Valentia staring at them on the ground with a clear blush on their faces while their legs awkwardly rubbed against each other, David too realized why they reacted this way as Syndra¡¯s and his position wasn¡¯t the most moderate thing to witness especially with how David had positioned his hands which looked very much indecent as his hand was very close to Syndra¡¯s buttocks.


    As if her invisible tail was being stepped on, Syndra too only now started to get back to her senses as she immediately jumped away from David in embarrassment, she had very much lost her head because she was worried for David, but now that she knew that he was fine her mind quickly cooled to the point she noticed everyone else that was present.


    -D-David seems to be fine! I Checked his body to make sure!


    She even gave an excuse making both Valentia and Olga look at her with doubtful gazes, it didn¡¯t help that Olga already knew what was really going on here, while Valentia started to make her own conclusions as she couldn¡¯t help but think that the behavior of her rival was very odd.


    Trying to ignore their gazes, Syndra swiftly came back to David as she helped him get up, while she was doing that she felt that she needed to tell David the truth causing her to whisper to David as she said.


    -Olga, she knows¡­


    -What?!


    Syndra¡¯s words were a bit shocking to him, it hadn¡¯t even been a day since he had done it with Syndra and already someone figured it out somehow?


    How could this be?!


    His mind was in chaos, but he quickly tried to put things into order as he forcefully pushed those thoughts out of the way.


    At the same time Valentia judged that they couldn¡¯t continue dawdle like this, she knew that they had to quickly leave already as the staff could be here at any moment.


    -Anyways, let¡¯s go already, we talk once we get back to our dorm.


    Everyone agreed to this, Valentia led the way while Syndra followed closely behind her, she originally wanted to stay near David, but David told her that maybe she shouldn¡¯t be so obvious with her behavior in regards to him which made her a little sad. But also understanding as she was really uncontrollable lately.


    David in turn took this opportunity to get closer to Olga, he lightly tapped her shoulder to get her attention which he did before whispering to her.


    -Syndra told me about what you knew¡­can we talk about this tonight?


    His sudden proposal seemed to have shaken Olga as she didn¡¯t expect Syndra to tell David, this entire time Olga only really wanted to talk to Syndra as she didn¡¯t feel ready to confront David with it, but now that he knew, things had elevated to a point she absolutely didn¡¯t expect whatsoever or could guess the outcome of.


    On the other side, Valentia noticed Olga¡¯s and David¡¯s small interaction, her suspicion only grew more as they finally made it back to their dorm.


    ========================================


    If you want to read more, over 10 chapters of this series is on mysite https://kakemonoko.wordpress.com/</a> please check it out if you like