Mina hurried forward, her small grey hands trembling as she helped Kael settle into the chair. He slumped down, his body feeling like lead, yet his eyes remained fixed on the room. Everything felt like a half-remembered dream. Dravil didn't say a word at first; he just stood up from the head of the table and pulled out the chair right next to Kael, sitting down with a relaxed, feline grace.Ash looked between the two of them, then picked up a piece of fruit. "I’m going to go poke around the armory. You two look like you need to have one of those 'deep' talks," he said around a mouthful of food.He hopped off his chair and vanished into the shadows of the hallway, leaving the Dravil and Kael alone to enjoy a chitchatting.Dravil leaned back, letting out a long sigh. With a smirk, he lifted his heavy black boots and thudded them right onto the edge of the glass table surface.Kael’s eyes widened. He stared at those boots, then at Dravil’s nonchalant posture. A sudden flash hit his brai

Kael and Gideon tore through the corridors, their bare feet slapping against the polished marble, as they literally forgot to wear their shoes after the chase against the nurse had caused them to lose some pairs Gideon was hooting like a wild animal, and Kael was struggling to keep his hospital gown closed while clutching the plastic IV bag that was still dangling from his arm by a thin tube, and holding the drip stand with another. They rounded a sharp corner near the administrative wing, nearly slipping on the wax, and slammed right into a solid, unmoving figure....Kael looked up, his heart nearly stopping. It was Principal Cedric.The Principal stood there, hands clasped behind his back, looking at the two disheveled students. He adjusted his glasses, the moonlight catching the silver frames, as he raised a brow to understand the situation that two students had placed their selves in. Kael expected a lecture, a detention, or maybe a fireball. Instead, Cedric just sighed, and sa

A heavy, warm hand pressed into Kael’s shoulder, shaking him just enough to pull him out of the fog of sleep. "... ughhhhh...," Kael groaned, his neck stiff from resting on the hard wood of the desk. He blinked, expecting to see the long-bearded History professor hovering over him with a detention slip.Instead, the classroom was empty. The sun had long changed its usual morning position, leaning toward the afternoon time, casting long, orange shadows across the rows of vacant desks. Standing over him was Kei. The S-Rank leader looked tired, but his eyes were sharp, searching Kael’s face with a look that was hard to read."Class is over, Kael," Kei said, his voice low and steady. "You’ve been out for a while.""I... yeah. Sorry," Kael muttered, rubbing his eyes and grabbing his bag. "I missed the morning session too. It’s been a long week.""Forget about the morning," Kei said, turning toward the door. "We have the practical lab now. Dragon Slaying 101. You shouldn't be late for thi

Ash leaned over the map, his small finger tracing the blue lines of the Zenka River until they merged into the vastness of the Eastern Sea. He looked up at Kael, his expression unusually grim for a nine-year-old."The Temple isn't just 'underwater,' Kael," Ash said, his voice dropping an octave. "It’s at the absolute base of the sea shelf. We’re talking about depths where the pressure alone would turn a normal human into a pancake before they even saw the roof tiles. It’s dark, it’s cold, and the water down there is thick with ancient wonderful energy. It’s not a place for tourists... for well... Academy people."Eleanor nodded slowly, her fingers tracing the edge of a dusty, yellowed manuscript. "In the older days—long before the Academy was even a thought in a human's mind—only Dragons were capable of visiting the Water Dragon. It was a holy site. My people used to tell stories about it. They called it the 'Pearl of Silence.' They said it was the most serene place in existence. No

"... Did You know: Those with the Pure blood, and Rank S, had died before getting to 70 years old? There are still some speculations going on, to access the main cause and problem regarding why exactly such thing is happening." ...... SUMMARY OF ALL WHICH HAD HAPPENED: After the fight in Troga Forest, leaving our heroes almost shattered and at the edge of death, help comes on the way, bringing them back for treatment to the Academy. However, as they are helped, with some having a whole lot of healings to do, Kael had faced the most excruciating pain of them all, facing a fever beyond despair. Nevertheless, it ended with a cure or rather still, a treatment from his old friend, Ash, who released a new information; 'There would be an attack on the Water Dragon, in less than two months.' Now, Kael faces an uneven choice: Should he fight with the others S-Rank members, or should he find his way home as the Ancient Dragon, and save the Dragon, without causing any trouble, or creating a fa