Thankfully he released me giving me a moment of clarity, "sorry I can't do this?" I said pulling my hand away from his .
He looked moth open unable to utter a word as I quickly scuttled away . 'What was I thinking . . . . !!! I can't possibly do such a thing to grace and Paul . . . . . ' Quickly making my way down to the entrance, I quickly checked myself straightening my cloths and hair .
"Hey Emilia!!! How comes you're so late????" Jay said noticing me .
"Hey yeah . . . . I was training with Scarlet . " I replied greeting everyone good morning hiding what just happened to me .
"No way!!!!!!!!!! You got to train with Scarlet personally??????" Grace gasped in shock .
"Yeah . . . today was our first morning training day . It was mean to be with Paul but he's preoccupied . " I explained .
"Ohhhhh I see . . . . " Helen replied .
"Ohhh Ohhh can we join????" Daisy requested in pure utter excitement .
"Daisy… maybe Scarlet wouldn't mind… but With Paul I think it wouldn't be a three player thing . " Grace chuckled .
I rolled my eyes at Grace's joke . . . . "Guys… . . There's nothing going on . " I insisted .
"Sure… . . " They all replied still totally not believing me .
"Let's talk about it while we make our way to the dining hall . " Jay instructed making his way to the dinning hall .
"Ohh is ben not joining us??? . . . " I asked curiously noticing he wasn't here .
"Nah he went back to his dorm last night but he should be at the dining hall . Jay replied .
"Ummm by the way I didn't get any time to take a shower . . . . . Sorry if I'm a little smelly . " I apologised to everyone .
Jay looked back quickly pulling out his wand mumbling something causing blue sparkles to be released from his wand and began encircling me . "What the hell????" I asked looking at myself .
"You're welcome . " Jay replied still leading the way .
"Wow . . . . " I replied in shock noticing my clothes was miraculously dried up and cleaned, smelling fresh with a hint of lavender .
"It was just a simple spell . " Jay shrugged proceeding to lead the way .
"So what was it like???? What did you do with Scarlet???" Daisy asked extremely excited hanging on my arm .
"Nothing special . . . . some physical exercise and weapon stuff and I managed to cast many level 1 spells . " I answered her but trying to not make a big deal out if it but deep down extremely excited that my childhood dreams to use magic came true .
"Ohhh I wonder if Ashley managed to do anything to help us on our duels . . . . . " Helen looking up into the sky .
"In sure he will let Emilia know when or if he does . " Grace replied .
"Hey friends . " Morgana's voice greeted us from nowhere causing us all just jump a little in surprise .
"Ohhh just wondering about our upcoming duels and my training . " I answered her with a smile trying to sound more welcoming then everyone else .
"Ohhhh . . . need some help? . . . . " Morgana offered .
"What sort of help can you provide? . . " Grace asked jokingly .
"Hmmm curse your opponents . . . . . Poison them nothing lethal . . . maybe make them nauseous and queasy . . . . . Hmm what else . . . . . Ohhh maybe a voodoo effigy . " Morgana suggested .
"That sounds so shady . . . . . And super against the rules" Jay said hearing what she can do .
"Well the offer is on the table . " Morgana shrugged .
Grace gave Helen a look, "No!!" Helen replied to her .
"Why not? . . . They would clearly deserve it!" Grace argued .
"Because that's cheating and we aren't gonna stoop down to that level . " Helen argued back .
"Ohhhhh we should go shopping again sometime soon . . . . . Buy some coats early winter is arriving soon . " Daisy mentioned .
"Yeah that would be a good idea . . . . . " Jay replied . "Someone remember on our free day to get some winter robes commissioned . " Jay added .
"Ohh yeah . . . . . A nice fur coat or shawl would be nice . " Grace mentioned .
"Fur? . . . " I asked .
"Yeah like bear of wolf pelts . . . " Grace answered .
I straightened in shock for some reason I was oblivious to how different this world was expecting some sort of faux fur . . .
"Huh? . . . you haven't worn a fur coat before? . . " Helen asked noticing my reaction .
"What do you wear . . . . being a Druid? . . " Jay asked Helen .
"Same stuff . . . Thick leathers and furs . . . " Helen replied .
"Sorry for being so . . . . uneducated but isn't it abit weird to use animal fur being a Druid? . . " Jay asked .
"We do love Animals . . . but we embrace nature understanding there is a natural cycle of nature . . . so we still eat Meat and use what we harvest off animals . . . it's how nature intended . " Helen explained .
"Ohhh I see . . . thank you for educating me . " Jay replied with a smile .
"Yeah . . . . I assume most people think us elves are nature and tree lovers . . . . . " Helen joked chuckling .
"Yeah sorry for my naivety . . . " Jay apologized .
"It's okay . . . we Elves don't understand humans much either . " Helen smiled .
"Well if there's anything you want to ask feel free . " Jay offered with a smile .
Making our way into the dining hall the seating seemed completely different now . Student's sticking to similar houses like social groups in School . Naturally we were drawn to the Phoenix table finding a space to seat all of us, "Hey Morgana? . . You gonna join us?" I asked causing everyone to shoot a look at me .
"Sure . . . " Morgana smiled which kinda looked a little weird . . . since she always seemed neutral and cold .
Even when Morgana sat with us chatter around the table increased and glances towards us noticing I guess thinking she was in the wrong table . "I wonder if it's okay for you to sit here . . . " Daisy asked noticing everyone's reaction .
"I'm sure its fine besides I'm not a fan of people in the Kraken table . " Morgana replied .
"OHH what's it like? . . " Daisy asked as we all began to eat breakfast .
"Ahh a bunch of children competing on who is the strongest and who is stronger then who . . " She answered .
"Ohh I see . . . " Daisy replied .
"And for some reason they don't like The Black Dragon Slayer . " She mentioned .
"What why?!" Daisy gasped finding what she said unbelievable .
"I dunno . . . . something to do with Travis being the true Rank One student of the school or something . " She added uninterested in the gossip .
"Please Paul would cream Travis to a pulp . " Daisy exclaimed disregarding the Kraken student's opinion .
"Hey guys!!!" A familiar voice called out to us causing students to turn around to see who it was .
"Ohh hey Ashley!" Daisy yelled back to him seeing him walk towards us .
"Good morning guys . " He greeted us squeezing between Daisy and Helen as they both edge over slightly to make room for him .
"What brings you to the commoners table? . . . " Jay joked .
"Ahhh you know . . . . it's always good to see how the paupers are doing . " He joked back issuing something to a robot .
"Pauper? . . " I asked confused with the vocabulary .
"Another word for commoners . " Jay replied with a smile .
"Ohhh I see . . . " I quietened in embarrassment .
"So you have good news for us? . . !!" Helen asked excited to hear why he came here .
"So I just wanted to keep you guys updated on what I'm trying to do, so you don't feel I'm not trying to help . " He smiled .
"Ohh Ohh what is it you got planned? . . " Daisy asked in excitement .
"Well . . . . . Once I've gathered enough data . . . I'll then try and program some Simulation for you guys to try and have duels with to best prepare for their combat style and Spell preferences . " Ashley explained .
"Ohh my, that would be so amazing! How long will that take? . . " Daisy asked in shock .
"Hmm maybe one or two more days . . . . Luckily . . . I can get my robots to do most the programming . " Ashley explained . "Ohh thank you . " He thanked a robot that brought him food and a newspaper .
"May I? . . . " Jay asked pointing at the newspaper .
"Sure . " Ashley smiled handing it to him .
Jay began reading the paper intently with Morgana peering over his shoulder .
"By the way . . . . . Ashley do you know someone called Tim??" I asked .
"Hmm . . . you're gonna need to be more specific than that . " Ashley replied smiling .
"Hmmm I don't really know his second name . . . . . but he does work in the science department apparently . " I replied .
"Hmmm do you know what year he's in?? . . . " Ashley asked .
"I think he's a second year . . . . " I answered Ashley .
"Hmm I don't think I know any second years . . . . . "Ashley replied .
"Ohhh . . . . . Never mind then" I replied .
"If I find him, I'll pass on a message . " Ashley offered .
"That'd be great thanks!!! Juts tell him Hi and I'm doing well" I replied thanking him .
"Shouldn't he be around here??? . . . " Morgana asked .
"Ummm . . . Science department students tend to stay in the science department . . . . " Ashley answered .
"Ohhh okay . " Morgana replied .
"This is interesting apparently Paul's been spotted in Eshia . . . . " Jay announced to us .
"Ohhh . . . . that's weird what's he doing there . . . " Daisy asked .
"Says here no one knows . . . . but speculations is that hes there for business and not for Atlantis . " Jay read to us .
"Well . . . . . He's super rich . . . . . So do you think he engages in slave trade?? . . . . . " Grace asked in horror .
"Of course he doesn't!!!" Daisy shouted offended at the accusation .
"But we all know slave trade thrives in Eshia . " Helen added .
"We don't engage in slave trade . . . " Ashley said ending the debate swiftly .
"Do you know why he's there?? . . . . " I asked .
"Hmmmm he said he needed to help someone . . . . I can't remember . . . . I'm always too busy to listen to him . " Ashley recounted chuckling .
"Ohhh this is also interesting . . . . apparently Arcadia is trying to forge an alliance with an eastern kingdom to help on the Goblin invasion . " Jay announced .
"I still don't get why they don't just ask us for help . " Grace commented .
"Yup me too . . . . I think we could have easily dealt with it . . . . " Ashley sighed . "Now to avoid asking us for help they decided instead to forge a diplomatic alliance and who knows whats on the table for this alliance . " Ashley added .
"Is it that bad to seek alliances from another kingdom??" I asked .
"It all depends on the terms of the alliance . . . but the eastern kingdoms are larger and unlike here where its small skirmishes the eastern kingdoms have larger scale battles and wars . So if Arcadia agrees to send soldiers to help, then they will be sending alot of people to their graves . Ashley explained to us .
"Are Atlantis students really that valuable??? . . . " I asked .
"Sadly every day soldiers are just cannon fodder if either of the three other schools decide to send a full scale attack . " Ashley replied .
"Ohhhh that's why that one soldier had some sort of hatred towards us . . . . . " Daisy replied .
"Ohhh yeah . . . . he called us special snowflakes . . . . . Even though we didn't do anything . . . . . " I said remembering that one distasteful solider .
"Ignore people like them . . . . . They don't understand what would happen if we weren't here . " Ashley replied still focused on eating .
"So how does Paul and you guys make gold????" Jay asked .
"Bounties and assignments . . . . . Helping people and some businesses . " Ashley answered .
"What sort of business? . . " I asked wondering because back home he wasn't the business type . . . he always preferred to do something he loved, defiantly didn't seem like the entrepreneur type . . . . .
"Ummm . . . we sell the magical coins you guys have . . But they only have 5 uses and don't recharge . . . . so that is really popular and profitable . " Ashley smiled .
"Can't other people do the coin thing? . . " Helen asked .
"Hmm . . . . . maybe . . But Artificing is tricky and hard . . . . so it's a bit like art . . . . . But right now it's something only I can do . " Ashley replied with a smile .
"What else does he do? . . " I questioned .
"Hmmmm he help build communities and business . . . so he takes a little from various locations that add up to quite a sum . . . Why you guys in need of gold? . . " Ashley asked .
"I'm in need of gold . . . " Jay replied .
"Ohhhh we can give you guys some . . . . . Honestly most of our gold is just sitting in a bank . . . we have way too much . " Ashley offered .
"Ummmm . . . as much as I'd love to . . I'd prefer to earn the gold . . . . if that's okay . " Jay replied .
"Hmmmm well in that case . . . . I do have something I might need some freshman's to help me with . . . . . We'll pay you guys weekly . . . " Ashley offered .
"What would you three need with freshmen??" Morgana asked looking very surprised .
"Just some information gathering . . . . . " Ashley smiled .
"Ummm . . . . what sort of information? . . . " I asked feeling slightly hesitant .
Ashley leaned forward issuing all of us to lean in as well, "So I believe that the attack on the school and the malfunction in the Freshman Demonstration was linked, so my hypothesis is that it was an inside job . . . . someone must have sabotaged the school from the inside . . . . " He informed us and leaned back and started eating again .
"So . . . . . I propose five gold a week for keeping your ears open . . . . and then another 20gold if you get Creditable information . " Ashley offered .
"Done . " Jay instantly accepted instantly .
"Sounds good to me . . . . . " Helen replied .
"I'd do anything for gold right now . . . mother didn't have much gold to give me . . . . and I'd prefer not to scare people into giving me stuff . " Morgana admitted .
"Sounds like easy gold . . . " Grace accepted .
"Sure . . . " Me and Daisy agreed .
"Then it's agreed here is your gold for the week . . . . . And just keep your ears open . . . . . " Ashley accepted handing out gold coins to us . "Remember . . . . only information gathering . . . no action!" He sternly reminded us .
"Okay . . . . . " we all replied pocketing the gold before anyone saw .
"Ohhhh . . . and if you can keep this a little hush hush form the other two I would be very grateful . " He smiled . . . "They don't want to put you guys in any danger . . But I think you guys can handle yourselves . . . . just remember only keep your ears open . . . . no need to sneak around trying to seek information . " Ashley added .
"Thank you for this oppotunity . " Jay thanked Ashley sounding sincerely grateful .
"Well . . I'm full . . . . see you guys around . . . . . " Ashley said taking his leave .
"Bye . . . " We all bid him farewell .
"So . . . what do you think is going on? . . . " Helen gasped the moment Ashley was out of earshot .
"No idea . . . but when was the school attacked? . . " Grace asked .
"Ohhh so when there was an Amber alert on the first day . . . a weird girl attacked the school . " I answered whispering to the group .
"No way . . . . " Helen gasped .
"Free gold is nice . " Morgana leaned back and smiled shooting a glare at two male students who were looking at her making them quickly look away .
The bells rang in our heads letting us know it was time to head to our first lesson . "Ohhhh time to start the day . " Jay said standing up folding some more bits of food and pocketing it before leading the way .
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