Can a battle crazed hero be the savior of humanity?

Intern or deadman

Gin

It was my first day on the job as an intern in the Magical research and weapons development department. Everything was going good. Although I hated to be reduced to a cleaner, I had to clean up before my seniors and my new boss got to the building. I had to make sacrifices.

There were a lot of sophisticated weapons, the kind of weapons I had never seen before. The members of my family were all naturally gifted, so we had no real use for magic weapons, I was the exception of course.

After the whole cleaning routine, the other interns had started trooping in bit by bit. A whole later, Mr. Jonas arrived.

A cigar in his mouth and the smell of smoke on him was like his signature scent. It made my eyes water quite a bit.

“Good morning, Sir!” “Good morning, Mr. Jonas” “Good morning, Old man Joe!”

The other interns greeted him cheerfully. He was such an easy going man and he was loved by all as a result of that.

There was nothing cheerful about the morning for me, I had did a whole lot of cleaning and lifting, I was exhausted and sweaty as hell. I decided to follow the lead of my seniors and greet cheerfully as well. I didn’t want to ruin the atmosphere on my first day.

“Good morning, Mr. Jonas” I said as audibly as I could.

“These spears, you failed to move them back to their position after cleaning” he said, adjusting the two magic spears I kept by the door.

“Ungrateful old man! Was I even supposed to clean after the mess of my seniors from the previous day? Why are they so messy?!” I thought.

“Sorry sir, I’ll return them. I forgot for a second there” I responded, taking the spears and walking past him. He placed a hand on my shoulder.

“The very first thing you need to learn while working in this department, is discipline. Learn that and it’ll be easy to have others down” he said, letting go of my shoulder.

“Of course sir” I said, walking away.

“One more thing, you’re to come here after your classes for today. I sent Carol to gather materials for weapons for me. You’re going with her” Jonas said.

It was almost as if something in my head had popped. If he wanted to kill me, he would have just said so directly. Sending me and Carolynn out to a secluded area all alone? It was disaster waiting to happen.

“Sir, I don’t think that’s a very good idea. Tell me what you need. I’ll get them on my own” I replied, giving him a stare.

“You won’t be able to get the things I need. They aren’t within the capital, you two are going outside the dome” he said.

The other interns gasped.

“Sir, I personally don’t think it’s a good idea to send someone like this outside the dome with Carolynn, you’re fully aware of his record of mischief in this academy” the senior from the previous day voiced. I didn’t even know the guy all that well but I hated him so much already.

“He’ll behave. His record of mischief is the very reason why I decided to send Carol instead of any of you. He wouldn’t dare misbehave. Isn’t that right, my boy?” Mr. Jonas asked, shooting me a very intimidating stare.

“Of- Of course, I know better than to misbehave. I have too much to prove” I responded, I tried to make my eyes look as determined as possible.

“Good, you can attend classes. Just make sure to be here when you’re done for the day, yes?” He asked.

“Yes sir!” I yelled in response. I was going to make that senior eat his words.

Sitting in class was so strange for me. It felt like every single person had grown in one way or the other, leaving me behind.

I saw Orion sitting on the other side of the classroom, he barely looked at me. I wasn’t really looked at by anybody. Except Isaak who waved at me and Carolynn who clicked her tongue and looked away when she saw me coming.

The only acknowledgement I got from anyone was a “welcome back to school” by my teacher.

Just like that, an hour flew by and the teacher was about to leave.

“Before I go, I’d like to make an announcement concerning next month’s event” He said.

“Event?”

“Oh, it’s finally happening”

“Finally!”

The students chattered. Even Carolynn who barely showed any energy during class was quite energetic.

“Calm yourselves, calm yourselves” the teacher said, trying to return the class to order.

“The royal magic games start next month! You all, will get your chances to be seen and acknowledged by the whole of Fritia. Even the royal family would be in attendance. Who knows, you could get selected for the King’s guard” He explained.

I suddenly remembered. His whole explanation was for formality because every student present in class knew just how much of a big deal the royal magic games were.

I felt my heart pounding, For the first time in weeks, I felt excited. I had thought of something.

Almost like he could tell what I was thinking, Orion and I locked eyes for a second, then he grinned and looked away.

After the announcement, my classes were officially over for the day. Isaak offered to walk home with me but I declined with an excuse. I couldn’t have anyone knowing where I was going, and who I was going with.

I noticed Carolynn had already left, so I left for the workshop too. After prepping and receiving instructions, I left with her. My first time venturing outside the dome.

So much had happened in so little time.

“Am I going to die?” I asked myself this question over a million times as I found myself running from a mysterious creature, inside a rupture.

“I’ll die” I voiced under my breath as I tried to stay alive.