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The interior was very beautiful . Large paintings of different scenes and people, hung on the walls . The floor was tiled with beautiful grey stones, that looked brand new . A large staircase led to the second floor, with statues of people on both sides . Fox said "This is just the main hall . Our cla.s.ses will take place on the second floor . The higher one goes, the more advanced students are" .

She then continued "There are four ranks that the Formation Students are separated into . The Beginners, Novices, Intermediate and Advanced . We are Beginners, so we have access to the second floor only… well most of the time . I have access to the third and fourth floor as well" . I nodded, as we headed upstairs to the second floor .

Some youngsters were staring at me, but I didn"t pay much attention to them . I asked Fox about something, that"s been on my mind lately . "Do Formation Masters actually fight?" . Fox replied "Some of them do . There is a department in the Academy, that specialises in combat . Although, only Advanced Students can apply, and the selection is very strict" . I replied "I wonder how strong they are?" . Fox laughed a bit, and said "Even you may have some problems . From what I heard, they are annoying to deal with" .

We then arrived at the cla.s.sroom, and Fox told me to sit next to her . She said "Because you are a total beginner, I will help you out . I"m not good either, but I at least know a thing or two about Formations" . I nodded, and Fox pa.s.sed me a few books . She said "Read them for the basic theory . For everything else, just watch me, and ask questions . I will try to answer" . I nodded my head, and took the books .

I started reading the first book . It was about some kind of strange symbols . The book explained that the basics of Formations, were those symbols . The symbols were quite easy in the beginning, but the further I flipped, the more complex they became . "It"s like learning the Thousand and One Herbs book again . I"m not sure if I want to go through this one more time" I thought .

As I read the book, I felt someone approaching me . I turned towards that direction, and noticed a guy walking over . He looked at me, and said "Why don"t you take a walk, I have some stuff to talk about with Fox" . I laughed, and said "Kid, you are to stupid, to even realise what you want to get yourself into" . Fox was busy reading a book as well, and didn"t even notice that guy .

He got angry, and a few more guys appeared . I wanted to laugh, but I restrained myself . "A bunch of kids want to threaten me, this is just laughable" I thought . I turned towards Fox, and asked "You know these kids?" . She raised her head with a "Huh?", and looked behind me . She said "Oh, they are from our cla.s.sroom . I don"t really know them much" . I looked at the guy, and said "See? She doesn"t even know you guys . Seriously though, I suggest that you just practice or something, and stop disturbing people" . I turned towards my book, and continued reading .

The guy had a short temper, and ran at me with his fist clenched . I wanted to swat him like a fly, but to my surprise, Fox did that before I could . The guy flew back, and hit the wall . Fox said "Don"t you think, you are too full of yourself?" . The other kids turned around and grabbed the guy from the floor, then ran away . She looked at me, and asked "Are you alright?" . I couldn"t contain my laughter anymore, and laughed loudly . After a while, I said "Seriously? I found them amusing . I mean, if they know what they are getting themselves into, they would run even faster" . Fox smiled, and returned to reading her book .

I took the second book, and opened it . The book explained how to use those symbols . In truth, these were not called symbols, but Runes or Markings . If you wrote them in a specific way, you could make a Formation . The book explained that Formations could range from beginner to advanced, and finally mastery . The Beginner Formations were quite simple . Only a few Runes were used, but the effects they created were usually rubbish .

"So even if I learn how to write and connect them together, I can only make rubbish Formations . Although I guess, making a difficult recipe from Nick"s books would be hard too, compared with the easy ones" I thought . One had to start somewhere, and that was where the third book came in . It contained a few of the "recipes" to create Formations . I also found that I needed a special brush, ink and paper to write them . Of course the more advanced students didn"t need that, and could imbed their Formations into objects .

I decided to give it a try . After all, I wasn"t that bad with drawing . This was a sort of glorified drawing too, but instead of drawing figures, beast and landscapes, I would draw Runes . I asked Fox about the materials, and she handed me everything I was required . I then followed the "recipe" for my first Formation . It was a Formation to make the paper wet . I had no clue, what use this would have in the real world, but I wasn"t concerned about that .

I draw the strokes the best I could, but in the end, the paper didn"t get wet . "Hmm… I followed the instructions to the letter . Why wouldn"t it work?" I asked myself . Practice was the best solution, and that I did . Time pa.s.sed, and when I looked up, I noticed it was getting darker outside . Fox was not next to me either . "I must"ve been too focused on studying . Formations are quite interesting" I thought .

I decided to explore the place a bit myself . When I left the room, I saw the stairs leading to the third floor . "I already made a blunder once . Besides, I still don"t have that pa.s.s . Can I leave this place?" I thought, and tried going downstairs . Nothing stopped me, which was good . I took a tour around the place, and checked out the paintings, as well as some statues . "These are probably some famous people, that I know nothing about . Not that I want to know either" I thought . I wasn"t interested in some famous people"s history . Whether I learned it or not, wouldn"t change anything . I cla.s.sed it as useless knowledge .

While I walked like this, I noticed it was rather quiet . No people were running around, hurrying for their cla.s.ses . "This place is so peaceful during the evening . I kinda like it here" I thought . I then heard someone running behind me . I turned around, and it was Fox . She said "There you are . I was looking for you" . I smiled, and said "I thought you went back home, or something" . She shook her head, and replied "I went to get some food, you haven"t eaten anything for the whole day" .

I laughed, and said "True, I didn"t . Remember the time we first met? I was starving back then . If I didn"t eat anything, I would die" . She replied "You were scary back then . You should thank me, that I fed you" . I asked surprised "It wasn"t Sh.e.l.ly? I always felt out of sorts, when I thought about Sh.e.l.ly feeding me…" . As we walked upstairs, I said "I have meat with me, we can make some fire, and…", but before I could finish, Fox said "Are you some sort of savage? There is plenty of food here you know? You don"t have to hunt, and eat tasteless meat" . I replied "It"s not tasteless . . . " .

I was dragged back to the cla.s.sroom, with a table full of food . Fox said "When you focus on something, you forget that the world exists . I brought the food here, because you didn"t respond when I called out" . I sat down, and ate . I was hungry to be honest . Halfway through table full of food, I asked "You don"t want any?" . Fox replied "You can eat everything" . I nodded and continued .
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After the meal, I said "Time to find a place to stay . I will see you tomorrow, get some rest too" . She grabbed me, and asked "Where do you think you are going?" . I was confused, and replied "To sleep? An inn or pub, if I can leave through the gate . If not, I can always find a place here . By the way, it would really help if I could get that Formation thing, to leave through the gate" . Fox just shook her head, and said "You will sleep at our place, in the tower" . I had nothing against that, so I followed her .

We arrived at the top of her father"s tower, and she showed me my room . It wasn"t very big, but I wasn"t the one to complain . She said "As for that pa.s.s, I will give you one tomorrow" . I nodded, and said goodnight to her .