"Not bad Not bad everyone . . . . . Lets all take a rest before we do the last part of todays training . " Scarlet said concluding the second part of the training .
"So . . . . what we got next?" Jay asked .
"Of course sparring . " Scarlet answered with a smile .
"Against each other? . . " He asked looking a little worried .
"Normally yes . . . but Ashley said he managed to program some hologram for you guys to practice against for your upcoming duels . " Scarlet answered .
"You did?!!" Helen asked Ashley in shock .
"Yup! I did!" he said filled in complete pride .
"That's so awesome!" Helen said extremely happy .
"I'm not one to brag . . . . . but it is impressive . " Ashley replied giving himself a pat on the back .
"Let's take a five minute break get a drink relax a little and then we can start the sparring process . " Scarlet said to us .
We all sat around in a circle resting trying to catch our breath with a glass of water . "So how are you guys enjoying the school? . . . . . As your House Head I should understand what freshman think about the school . " She smiled .
"It's okay I guess . . . " Jay replied .
"Hmmm I don't quite know what to expect to be honest . " Grace and Helen answered .
"I think the whole duelling thing is abit . . . . off . . " I answered her .
"Hmmmm . . . . . sadly . . . although we are students of Atlantis . . . we are soldiers . . . . working in the defences of Arcadia . " She answered .
"I don't think I'd ever be able to kill someone . . " I replied honestly .
" . . . I understand . . . . . That's why Atlantis is so passive when it comes to using a forceful hand . . " Scarlet replied .
"Have you ever killed another student in the other schools? . . " I asked feeling slightly worried .
"No I haven't . . . The other three schools 'officially' don't try anything in Arcadia . . . . . No border disputes, nothing . . . . " She answered .
"Why do they leave Arcadia alone? . . . . kinda weird that the other three schools are having problems but they leave Arcadia alone . . . . " Jay asked .
" . . . . Hmmmm Well I'm not too informed when it comes to the politics or reasons why we are untouched . . . but it's just the way it is . " She smiled .
"That's a relief . . . " I replied .
"It's not all peaceful though . . . . . Other continents and creatures are still a problem . " Scarlet added . "For example . . . Up north we have a goblin problem . . . . . on the western border we have Vampire and werewolf problems, down south is the coast so naturally there's piracy and goons . . . and on the east is the Eshia border so that requires alot of attention . " Scarlet explained .
" . . . . It doesn't sound that bad . " I replied .
"Heh . . . . we are only used during dire situations . . . . The Arcadian army is stretched extremely thin . " Scarlet replied . "But we do have students and other adventurers taking up bounties and missions to deal with most threats before they escalates . " Scarlet added .
"What did you and Ashley do prior to being a student of Atlantis? . . " Helen asked .
"Well I was an adventurer and Bounty hunter . . . . and Ashley . . . . . " Scarlet replied looking at Ashley for a few seconds .
"I was an artificer, I worked with my father in a small shop making small gadgets and gizmos . . . . until I was enrolled into Atlantis . " Ashley answered with a smile .
" . . . . by the way . . . were you guys forced to come here? . . " I asked curiously .
"Nope . . . we all applied . . . " They all answered .
"Then why the hell was I kidnapped? . . " I asked completely perplexed .
" . . . . . From where you're from . . . . . It's different . . . a special case . . . . " Ashley answered .
"Ohhh I see . . . " I replied feeling slightly annoyed .
"How do you find the experience here? . . . " Daisy asked .
"It's fun . . . . . Almost like a dream come true actually . . . . . But didn't quite expect it to be this dangerous . " I admitted .
"Dangerous? . . " Helen asked .
"Yeah . . . . . I guess I was just being naive . . . you know . . . In the stories the heroes never get hurt and manage to get past troubles and triumph and stuff . . . . . " I answered .
"Ahhhhh . . . how does Paul put it . . . . Life's a bitch . " Scarlet replied .
"Life is a female dog? . . " Jay replied .
" . . . . . I don't get it . . . . " Helen replied confused .
"If I remember correctly Bitch is another swear word for him . . . . " Daisy explained .
"Yeah . . . . it means life is unforgiving and harsh . . . " Scarlet explained .
"Ohhh I see . . . . that makes much more sense now . " Helen said with a smile .
"Yeah . . . . he's quite right . . . " Jay replied .
"So what was Paul like back where you're from? . . " Daisy asked me .
" . . . . . Well . . . . we didn't talk for maybe 5 or 6 years . . . . " I confessed to everyone .
"But when we knew each other . . . . . He was kind, very smart, inquisitive and very open minded . . . . But our worlds are completely different . . . . so it might be hard to see him the way I did . " I replied .
"Was he also a kick ass Sorcerer and fighter??!!! Like he is now? . . . . " Daisy asked looking excited .
Her question caused me to chuckle remembering our school life together, "actually quite the opposite . . . . Up until our falling out I think he had never been in a fight before . . . . or even know how to fight . He would always walk away from dangerous situations or talk his way out of things . " I answered .
"But . . . . . What if something wanted to kill him . " Helen asked .
"Ohh Ohhh I can answer that . . . . so they live in cities . . . . and generally cities are extremely safe . . . . . " Ashley answered .
"Ohhh . . . . so you don't get shady people there? . . " Grace asked .
" . . . . . We do get shady people . . . but they are rare . . . . . But where we lived was quite okay . . . . . There are some other countries and continents that are torn apart by wars and warlords, much more dangerous places to live . . . . but where we lived and grew up was relatively safe . " I answered .
"So what was ordinary life like? . . . " Jay asked .
"Hmm . . . . we go to work . . . then after work meet up with friends and family have some fun . . Rinse repeat . . . . then on the weekends we don't work . . . so we do our own things . " I answered .
" . . . . . Sounds abit repetitive and boring . . But the safety would be a nice change . . . " Grace answered .
"So what did you do for work . . . " Jay asked .
"Well . . . do you guys know what a lawyer is? . . " I asked .
"Ohhh I do! . . . . Paul said they are rich people getting paid to defend bad people in a court of law . " Scarlet answered completely proud she remembered .
" . . . . Not quite . . . . but yes . . . . where we come from . . . there is a procedure to deem if someone is guilty of a crime or not . . . . So I am a professional representative to defend my Client of those claims . " I answered .
"Ohhhh we have those in small settlements and towns . . . but not the main cities . . " Jay replied .
"So what happens in the cities? . . " I asked Jay curiously .
"Well . . . . there are runes around a court . . . that stops people from lying… . So most case are dealt with swiftly . " Jay answered .
The lawyer side in me wanted to dispute how awful their justice system was but decided not to because they probably won't understand everything wrong with their system .
So where is Paul right now? . . " Daisy asked .
"Well . . . . . He's probably at his keep . . . . . " Scarlet answered .
"Woah . . . he owns a keep? . . " Jay asked astonished at the news .
"Yup . . . we own a keep . . . . . In a small town west of here . . . . . " Scarlet answered .
"Ohh do you think we can visit? . . " Daisy asked .
"I'm sure it won't be a problem on the weekends, just let one of us know so we can give you a tour . " Scarlet smiled .
"Ummm Scarlet what do you do in your spare time? . . " Helen asked .
"Lots of training . . . and sparring . . . . I thoroughly enjoy doing the Gauntlet in the training rooms . " She answered .
"Gaunlet? . . " Grace asked .
"Yes . . . . in the Simulation building you can try the Gauntlet where you'll go through progressively harder and harder encounters till you fail . " Scarlet answered .
"Don't you do enjoy anything else aside form fighting? . . . . " I asked Scarlet .
"Ohhh I LOVE EATING!!!" Scarlet smiled extremely happy, "OHH OHH and movies . . . . " she added .
"And don't forget annoying me . " Ashley added .
"That's true I do like to cause trouble here and there . " She laughed . "Right this break should be long enough . . . . you guys ready to finish off training for today? . . " Scarlet asked .
"Yeah let's do this . " Daisy said standing up ready to start .
"This is where I'll hand you off to the capable hands of Ashley . " She said with a smile .
"So . . . I managed to gather enough information on your opponents to design some holograms that would hopefully be similar to the opponents you will be duelling . " He explained . "So from what information I've gathered . . . . . Daisy is up against a Barbarian, Jay is up against a Fencer, Helen is up against a Alchemist, Grace is duelling a Monk . . . . and Emilia is gonna fight against Calista a Aeromancer . " he explained . "So me and Scarlet will hopefully teach you guys tactics strength and weaknesses and how best to fight the to hopefully beat them . " Ashley smiled .
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