Sorry guys. I was busy last few days so, this chapter came late.

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Chapter 13: Acting

I directly appear in hall of our dorm room. Anna and Lisa are sitting in couch and are still talking.

'Uhh how can they talk so much?' I thought.

Anna and Lisa stop talking when they see me and look my way. They are both surprised as they see my torn clothes. I have yet to change them. I have many magical clothes which can adjust size but I don't like to wear the ones which can automatically repair themselves because they take tiny amount of my mana to repair themselves. Though small amount, it still may hamper sometimes in fights so, I choose not to wear them.

"Did some girl's boyfriend beat you black and blue?" says Anna, looking my way.

"No, it was someone's son." I say jokingly.

"So, why are you like that?" says Anna again.

I take out the greenish blue crystal mana core and give it to her.

*gasp*

Both girls gasped when they saw mana core.

"Th-that is a-a-at least eight tier magical beasts core and looks like it's wind attributed. It should cost somewhere around 40-50 3rd tier coins if sold to wind mages." says Lisa stuttering. As expected of merchant's daughter, she even knows it's value. It is indeed expensive.

"That is for you, Anna. It should help you progress quickly." I said to Anna.

"Where did you go? I don't think my father gave you that much money. From your looks, it seems you fought with a beast to get this." says Anna while clutching the core and looks serious.

"Oh I just went to Paradise Island forest and came across 9th tier Blue wind wolf. So, I got that for you." I said nonchalantly.

"Though I am happy and thankful to you, what you did was dangerous." says Anna, all serious.

"Oh, is that budding of love, I am seeing. It looks sweet." I say joking and smiling.

"Yeah, right. I am totally head over heels for you." says Anna sarcastically while grinning.

"Thank you, Lithius." says Anna smiling.

"Eh, you two love each other?" says ignorant Lisa, who was sharp when it came to prices and she looks totally clueless when it comes to emotions.

"Totally."

"No, that was a joke."

Me and Anna both reply at the same time, immediately. Lisa looked confused at first because of our contradicting reply. But she remembers the market incident and says smiling:

"You like to joke around, don't you?" to me.

"Of course, I do. Life is unpredictable so, you should enjoy every moment." I say.

"But you don't look like you do it because of that." refutes Anna.

"Whatever. Lets go eat dinner. I did not even eat lunch." I say.

We head to cafeteria and return to our room after dinner.

Today is the day of welcome ceremony for first years. Ceremony is going to be held on first years arena. Ceremony is held 3 hours after sunrise.

We are heading toward arena along with Lisa. There are four entry/exit doors at arena but only one is opened for students for today. Only first year students can participate in welcome ceremony.

The arena is at least size of a big football field. There are temporary seating arrangements on field, not on permanent viewer seatings of arena. There is a stage set up facing the seatings. There are many students here and some are still coming. There must be 200-300 students this year.

We find three empty seats and sit there. There are students and some students have their familiars with them. But number of people with familiars are few. There are both mage and warrior students. Warriors cannot summon familiar even if they want because of their low mana capacity.

You may think, if most warriors have low mana capacity then how can they rival mages. To make up for that weakness, warriors temper their body. They also increase amount of mana in their core, what little they can. They constantly purify their mana. They also practise to control their mana effectively because they must constantly feed mana to their body. If mana control is not good then it will affect their body in negative way. So, warriors move to higher stages by physically tempering their body, feeding mana to strengthen their body, purifying and increasing amount of mana in core and effectively controlling mana.

The welcome ceremony has started. A middle aged women with brown hair and blue eyes walks up to stage and says:

"Hello, students. I am Rigul Mercan. I am a fire mage and one of the teachers for first year students. To welcome you all, today we have vice principal of our Paradise Island academy, who is a king stage expert. His name is Fayer Ricter."

After introducing the vice principal, she walks out of the stage. A man of age about 50 walks up to the stage. He has a stern face with slightly visible scar on his left cheek. He has grey hair with few whites mixed in, clear black eyes with sturdy looking body with a straight posture. He scans around the arena and says:

"We welcome all of you to our Paradise Island Academy. I am Fayer Ricter, vice principal of this glorious academy and you are new students. You are still buds but after years of careful nurturing of teachers, you will turn into beautiful flowers and make our Paradise Island Academy even more glorious and proud. This is what other teachers and I believe. I believe you will all conduct according to academy rules while in academy. I wish you all a bright future and welcome you all."

After giving short welcoming speech, he walks down the stage. Rigul again walks up to the stage and says:

"Alright, you will go to notice board in front of administrative office, in this area, to look at which class you are assigned to and you will all get a magical device informing you of your class schedule from a teacher. Ok, now you can go one by one."

After Rigul's announcement we go to the notice board. Anna and Lisa are both placed in Wind mage class as expected. Though Anna has both Wind and water attributes, her primary specification is wind. So, it is not unexpected. But there is a difference, in wind class, Lisa is in 4th circle class while Anna is in 5th circle class.

We go to building for wind attributed students. It is four storey building. First two floors are for mages and last two for warriors. 4th circle and fifth circle classes are on ground floor. Me and Anna go to 5th circle class while Lisa goes to 4th circle class.

We enter a big room but there are only 5 students including Anna and I am the only familiar. The other four are, 2 boys and 2 girls. We wait for around ten minutes when a women in her thirties comes into the class. She has green hair and blue eyes with pointy ears. She is wearing blue dress and is slightly taller than me. She is an elf. She looks at us and says:

"Hello. I am your teacher for 5th circle classes. My name is Regis Madella. Alright, introduce yourself and I will give you a magical device which will inform you of your classes."

As she says this a boy with cat ears, brown hair, cat like black eyes, robust body and my height, stands up. He has handsome features.

"Hello everyone. I am from cat beastmen tribe and my name is Lak Somer." introduces the boy.

Regis hands him a silver plate. Lak takes the plate and imbues it with mana. Plate gives a soft glow for few second and subsides.

Another human boy with blond hair, green eyes with slim built stands up. He is slightly shorter than me. He introduces himself:

"Hi I am Sander Soum."

Regis hands him another silver plate. He repeats same process as Lak.

Than a small looking petite girl with raven black short hair, brown eyes, smooth skin stands up. She is short but her breasts are modest and has good curves.

"Hi, I am Pony Vandal. I come from Dwarven country." says the girl.

Regis hands her a silver plate.

Another girl with blond hair, blue eyes and height as tall as me stands up. She has long pointy ears and her breasts are massive to say the least.

'Holy cow, they are too huge.' I thought. I only noticed it after she stood up. She has beautiful face and good curves.

"Hello, I am Seyma Lagar. I am an elf and come from elven country." she says.

Regis hands Seyma another silver plate.

"Hello everyone and miss Regis, I am Anna Hasling and this here is my familiar Lithius." introduces Anna.

Everyone looks at me and Anna with surprised expression. May be they thought that I was a student.

"Hello, everyone. I am Lithius." I say.

"Alright." says Regis and hands over a silver plate to Anna. Anna takes the silver plate and imbues it with mana and plate gives a soft silvery glow. After few seconds it becomes normal again and shows class schedule for both Anna and me.

'Ugh I also have classes.' I thought.

Anna has 6 hours of wind magic class and 6 hours of water magic class each week. These classes however are not mandatory. You can go to classes if you want to learn about advanced magic theories. Teacher are just guides to help students understand theory. Comprehension and cultivation are entirely dependent on students.

I have 4 hours of darkness attribute warrior class, 4 hours of lightening attribute warrior class and 4 hours of weapon or combat techniques class. They have warrior classes for familiar because familiars need to protect their masters from enemies and magic beasts who are good at close combat. But like Anna's class, it is not mandatory because academy believes that students should take the initiative to practise diligently. We didn't inform academy of my space magic abilities because it would cause a problem.

"Alright, if you have any kinds of problem in future, you can contact me. I will be in teachers office. Anyone has any questions?" says Regis.

Everyone shakes their head implying that they have no questions.

"Alright then. Everyone can leave now. Classes will officially start tomorrow." says Regis and leaves.

After Regis leaves, we also head out. As we were walking, Seyma passes by. I cannot miss this chance to hara- erm inquire her, so, I called out:

"Excuse me, miss Seyma." I say seriously.

She turn and says:

"Yes?"

I hear a sigh near me and feel my skin burn due to a vicious glare. I ignore it but Anna opens her mouth:

"Seyma, I think it would be wise to not listen to him."

Seyma shows a confused expression but was still about to turn away. I hurriedly call out:

"Don't mind her, lady Seyma. I have something on my mind from the moment I saw you. Can I ask about it to you?" I say sincerely and seriously.

"Sure" says Seyma and another sigh escapes Anna's mouth.

"Are you sure, you are an elf?" I ask.

"Of course, I am. Why do you ask?" says Seyma smiling.

"ok" I say and show suspicious expression.

"And I was almost sure, she was some kind of cow beastmen." I mutter "involuntarily".

Anna and Seyma's expression freeze.

Gyahahahaha

"Sorry, just joking." I say roaring with laughter.

Seyma is still shocked and Anna is showing an apologetic face.

Seyma was trying to walk away so, I calm myself down and say:

"Sorry, that was just a joke. Don't take it to your heart.

When I say that, tears start coming down Seyma's face.

"Eh, sorry. I didn't think, it would hurt you so much. I felt you were a girl with strong heart." I say with depressed and apologetic face.

"Seyma, don't take it to you heart. Lithius can sometimes go overboard with his joke." consoles Anna.

"Yeah, yeah. If you like, I can press them for you, to help them look smaller." I say innocently.

Seyma's tears stop and her expression freezes once again. Anna is about to explode with anger. After a minute of stillness and sounds of Anna's clattering teeth, Seyma starts to laugh:

"You saw through it. You are good. hehehehe" says Seyma.

Anna looks at Seyma shocked, then turns to me and says:

"You knew?"

"Hmnp, such acting won't work in front of me." I said.

'Damn it. She almost got me.' I thought.