One in a Billion

Part 6: Shelter

"VICTOR!!! What did you do to my son? you damn peasant" I hear behind me and I see Vector running towards Victor who seems unconscious on the ground.

"You didn't tell us that he knew how to use magic..." says Julius looking at Joaquin.

"I don't think he knows what he has done, judging by his reaction ..." says Joaquín approaching me "Hey boy, are you okay? Can you repeat what you just did?"

"No... I don't know what I did, I had never used magic before..." I say disoriented as I see in my field of vision a text that says <New Class Acquired: Warrior Lv. 1>.

"Sure, and we have to believe what a stranger says, right?" I hear Vector say as he returns to where we are "I think we should put him in jail until we see that he does not pose a risk to other people" he says looking at me with hatred.

Shit, they're going to lock me up on my first day in the capital. And for something that I did not do on purpose, and that happened at their request. What kind of luck is this? Should I try to defend myself or would I only make it worse?

"what do you say!!! Can't you see it's just a 13-year-old boy? " Joaquin exclaims, exasperated.

"A 13-year-old boy who can use magic and left an instructor several years older unconscious and burned." Vector snorts "If it is true that he does not know how to control it he could hurt others by mistake, and if he is lying he have hurt Victor intentionally in the test"

"Enough!!!" Julius says raising his voice with a tired face "Joaquin, take the boy to your home and keep an eye on him. I don't think he's a threat, but it's better not to lose sight of him until he learns to control his magic. Tomorrow I'm going to find someone who can teach him. "

Joaquín greets Julius and guides me out of the building, as we walk away I keep hearing Vector's complaints.

"But General, this boy could hurt innocent people on the way. Look how he left Victor and he is someone trained... What awaits a normal person if he loses his temper again?"

"I don't think it's that bad... Victor could have simply avoided that blow if he wanted to, he just was overconfident. He thought he was making fun of a cat and it ended up being a baby lion" I hear Julius saying that and laughing.

"Okay General, but remember I have warned you..." I hear Vector say and their voices stop.

"I guess it wasn't the best start at the military academy." I tell Joaquín as we leave the building with a sad smile on my face.

"No... But don't worry, it's mostly my fault. Vector and I don't get along. He heard me talking to the General about enrolling you in the academy despite your age and I guess he couldn't avoid the opportunity to get in the way... "says Joaquin.

"So that's why Victor kept provoking me in the test! He seemed to hate me despite it being the first time he had seen me..." I say with anger remembering the words about my parents.

As we speak, Joaquín guides me through various streets. Unlike the part of the capital between the second and first walls, this part does not seem to have been planned, the streets zigzag and have different sizes.

"Nah, in fighting it is a strategy to provoke the opponent, it can make the opponent make moves without thinking or move by anger, which is what happened to you... I do not justify what he said, I'm just saying that you do not need to see it as something personal. Although, on second thought it doesn't make much sense since you're a newbie... Vector probably told him to ridicule you, and by extension he'll have been ridiculing me for taking you to the academy.... "Joaquin looks at me with a frown and says in a low voice "Someone's following us. I'm going to try to catch him, go with the flow."