"You seem new here, never seen you before. Which noble house are you from?" asked what I assumed was a noble. He wore a white coat similar to a laboratory scientist, with an unshaven beard and ruffled hair but beyond all that hair one could see the glimmer in his eyes, raging to discover what the hell I was. In my previous life, there were quite a number of eccentric nobles interested in different professions. Considering my brother had a high enough position to attend political meetings and I as an Army general, it was custom to attend the so called "meeting of nobles" which was all in all, just a fucking ruse for nobles to form cliques and sneer at each other's suffering while plotting on bringing down their opponent instead of caring for the people they serve.
He held out his hand and said "I'm Rochter, Rochter Warden the third son of Duke Rochter of the kingdom of the country Siegfrieden." Huh, the name siegfrieden was a blast to the past, one of the people who fought in the great war with me. One of the 7 generals of my brother who fought beside me, he had dragon blood in his veins but as a half blood, twas the usual stuff. He was not welcome with his clan so was wandering the streets when my brother pulled him into the family. Both were kids then and I was being trained by Roy's father (ex-brother from a previous life, yes complicated ah family) so I wasn't assigned to protect Roy yet so Siegfrieden was actually Roy's first guard as he had more power and flexibility than me. In the end, as one of the generals, there was friction between all of the general but we all had one main aim, to protect my brother. All of the 7 generals were orphans and such picked up by Roy's father and hence owed a huge debt to the family. We were put through so much shit in fact, literally and figuratively to be able to go through any situation and Siegfrieden was second only to me during that entire thing.
Anyway, back to the matter at hand, a nation huh he'd definitely outgrown himself. But this guy who was facing me, Rochter Warden held this weird feel that I couldn't shrug off. I shook his hand and introduced myself as Kevin Fallenhyde the mercenary applying to be a teacher at Adam academy. He had a sceptical look on his face but also seemed amused at the same time. He said good luck to me and left as soon as he came. This will have been my shortest interaction with a noble in both my lives. Most would be irritated that a mercenary be allowed to stand among nobles but I guess somethings have actually changed.
The dandy one on the stage stood up, finally setting himself straight and walked towards the stage "I am dean Serbian Aramba, and I welcome you all to Adam academy. As principal Armond has said, we are all pleased to have new blood in our functioning academy and hope to see you all do your best. This very island of Narayal is situated in an epicentre to all the continents and great countries in Athanasia and has been chosen to host the greatest academy to foster new heroes who will lead the future but they are still blunt and diamonds in the rough. So, they need people with experience to guide them through.
The scholar trials are held every 2 years and hopes to collect people who will guide the future. Hence, we hope you will do your best today to secure your place. The trials will be explained by miss Endymion. I sincerely wish y'all the best" (slip up in dialect at the end).
Finally, the lady woke up form her seat and stretched herself, then she walked towards the podium. All the men here seemed to have locked their gazes on her while the women were obviously jealous of her.
Even though she seemed to be relaxed, her muscle movement and blood flow seemed to say otherwise. She was vigilant and keeping an eye everywhere in the colosseum. "yea, so I'll just get to the point. Usually this trial has 4 different stages, one for physical checkup, one for energy, one for educational knowledge and one for battle sense. But this year there will only be 2 held and they're combinations of the 4. In the first stage you will have to use physical strength to show your martial prowess on the rock at the martial hall next continuously proceed to show energy proficiency with the energy specialists provided by the academy. In the second stage, you will then hafto show your mental knowledge and strength at a written exam. Those that finish first get first access to the fighting stage and can challenge anyone. I hope that cleared all your doubts and I'm gonna go now". She said all this in a very fast manner and went to sleep on her designated chair. These moments are when I realize I'm starting from the beginning and am nobody which gets my blood boiling with an exhilarating feel.
First, we all moved to the martial hall, which was stacked with a huge variety of weapons to choose from. A huge rock was kept at the top centre of the room as soon as you entered. It showed a ranking list of people who had tried their might on the stone. The principal was at second place while the lady Endymion was at 13th. The dean was nowhere on the list. Other than that, there no recognizable names.
And on the left-hand side there was a huge round crystal which I assumed was for the energy checking. There were a total of 246 people applying to be a teacher. I tried my best to hide myself and not stand out too much. Once the principal, dean and the lady had appeared to the hall, people started trying their skills on the rock and crystal. Most just scratched the rock or pierced the rock. That Rochter guy managed to create a clean slice across the rock but the rock managed to heal itself back to its original state. The crystal on the other hand seemed to have like 6 stages to determine the energies inside an individual. Violet, blue, green, yellow, orange and red with violet being the lowest and red being the highest. I have no idea how its gonna react with my empty energy core. My eon energy worked by taking energy immediately from external sources and storing itself in my body at different core positions across my body but ultimately my energy core is empty so this is gonna be a pain in the ass for sure.
Character descriptions:
1. Armond Ratchorn – average old guy. Has a hunch back, got that general old guy sing-songy voice. Fashions a simple tunic to cover his body. He's bald, has fair skin and has green eyes.
2. Serbian Aramba – Frivolous guy, seems like a womanizer. Fashions a wide variety of clothes. Seems naïve. Has quite the strong dialect but seems to be hiding something. Has blue eyes, and is a typical white guy to describe. Likes big boobs.
3. Lady Endymion – Mercenary who's an expert at energy manipulation. Is the right hand of the principal. Huge honkers. Has light red hair and does NOT have a sweet voice. will kick if threatened (years of vigilance and mercenariness).