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Mingi led Seonghwa to another tall building. Some stairs led to the dais, which had a huge wooden door. Torches were lit on pillars that held the roof. There was an upside down triangle etched on the doors. "That's the symbol for water." Mingi explained, seeing Seonghwa's confused face. "Oh."

Mingi put his hand on the triangle, and it shined a bright blue. The door opened smoothly, by itself.
"It only opens for a person from Water house." Mingi explained.
Seonghwa nodded.
Mingi and Seonghwa now stood at the end of a corridor. Walls all lit with torches. There were several door on either sides. "Here's the boys dorms." Mingi said, pointing at the doors on right. "Fortunately, your bed's right beside mine."
Mingi opened the fifth door on their right, about ten beds were laid in rows opposite to each other. Mingi walked him to the end of the room, pointed to the second last bed, and read, "Park Seonghwa." His name was labelled on the bed. Mingi jumped on his own bed, the last one, and beside the window. "There's your supplies, books and clothes and stuff." Mingi said, pointing to something below Seonghwa's bed. Seonghwa kneeled down, and found a whole trunk there. He opened it, there was another pair of blue robes, some white linen clothes with blue borders on sleeves. There were a lot of books, lots and lots. One read, "The beauty in blades", the other said, "Magical plants", another, "Four great realms." There were lots of these, every title was interesting for Seonghwa, but the book called, "Telekinesis" caught his attention. He flipped through its pages, but quit without understanding a word. There were some weird looking wooden pens and pencils in there too. Seonghwa looked up, Mingi was still watching him. "The bathroom is at the end of the hall, if you want to use it." he said. Seonghwa didn't want to, he felt like he had washed himself when he got sorted in Water, his body felt really clean. However comfortable the robes were, Seonghwa didn't want to sleep in them. "Are these pyjamas?" Seonghwa asked Mingi, pointing to the white linens he had seen before.
"Oh no, those are for physical training. You should have pyjamas in there." Mingi got up and started rummaging through the trunk. His careless actions made Seonghwa restless, but he endured.
"Here, they were hiding beneath the books." Mingi said, as he tossed some pale blue clothes at Seonghwa.
Seonghwa caught them, they were soft.
"I will organise the trunk, you can go and change." Mingi said.
"Thank you so much." Seonghwa smiled.
Seonghwa made his way out of the room, he saw some girls gasp and then smile at him. When Seonghwa smiled back, they all jumped in excitement. Seonghwa got nervous, and walked towards the bathroom as fast as he could.

While changing, Seonghwa realised how many layers of cloth there actually were. Beneath his robes, there was a silk shirt of same colour, held up by a leather cinch belt around his waist. The pants were embroidered with golden threads, wide bottoms and a smooth fit at the waist. Seonghwa found the pyjamas hundred times more comfortable.

Seonghwa once again entered his dorm, he noticed how everything was blue, the curtains, the bed sheets and even the walls, they were all in different shades of blue, representing Water. Seonghwa also noticed how the other beds weren't as plain as his. The others had decorated their place, some had posters on the walls beside them, some had paintings, some had their own pictures, and almost everything. Seonghwa went to his bed, he saw Mingi, who was already changed into pyjamas similar to him, and was lying on the bed, reading a book. Seonghwa noticed how Mingi's place didn't have much too, except a lot of books, which didn't look like textbooks. There was a single paper hanging above his bedpost, it said, "Go away." in a bad but readable handwriting. Mingi gave him a smile when Seonghwa came back.

Seonghwa laid down on his bed. Stared up at the blue ceiling, small and big waves were painted here and there.
"Can I ask you something?" Seonghwa asked.
"Sure." Mingi closed his book and turned over to face him, his glasses tilted at the move.
"Is it right that I am here?"
Mingi sighed.
"Of course, you know why you're able to do all this? Because you are a magician! A normal person wouldn't even be able to see the camp."
"Yeah, I was told that."
"And didn't you see how the lake shined? You have skills, you'll do great, Water was grateful to have you, do you even know how big of an honour it is?!"
"Is it?"
"Yes, don't be afraid, just go with the flow."
There was silence for a minute, then Seonghwa asked again.
"We are in the same house, why do we have different crowns?"
"Ah! Crowns don't depend on which house you are in, it depends on how much time you've spent at the camp."
"Oh."
"When you first join, you get a copper one, after a year, you get one made of palladium, then after three years, you get a platinum one, like mine, and it goes on and on."
"Oh."
Seonghwa thought of the golden haired boy with the green crown, "When do you get a green one?" he asked.
"That's faraway, you gotta spend at least ten years though."
"Oh, got it."
"Yeah."

Seonghwa thought about it, Yeosang had said you only start unleashing your magical abilities in your teenage years, and the golden haired boy didn't look old, what was he doing at the camp since ten years? Seonghwa thought. The day was tiring, a lot had happened in a day, Seonghwa couldn't have fallen asleep, if it wasn't for the comfortable bed and the cozy silence.

                         

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Yeosang led Wooyoung to the Air lounge. Wooyoung had never before seen such a tall building. There was an altar in the front, with pillars. The stairs led to a huge wooden door, it had a triangle with a straight line cutting it, etched on it. Yeosang told Wooyoung to put his hand on the triangle. "Nah, something weird will happen. I ain't doing that." Wooyoung said.
"Nothing will happen, just do it."
"Ok"
Wooyoung hesitated but put his hand over it, as soon as he touched it, the triangle glowed, radiating a bright white light.
Wooyoung looked at Yeosang, wide eyed. Yeosang nodded and smiled. Wooyoung had to take his hand off, because the door started opening by itself.
"What the-"
"Language." Yeosang scolded.
"Woah! What was that?!"
"It only opens for a child of Air." Yeosang said.
"Let's go inn!"
They entered in the long hallway, Yeosang started walking, "Come I'll show you a common room." Wooyoung followed, waving at everyone who was looking at him. Yeosang opened a door, and Wooyoung saw a huge room, it had white couches, tables, plants at the windows, with white curtains. Wooyoung saw a fire crackling in the fireplace. There was a book shelf on the right wall. There was a chandelier up on the ceiling. The whole room was in the shades of white and bronze. There were some students, working on their homework, some just sitting and chatting, and some walking around the book shelf. "Woah!" Wooyoung exclaimed.
"You can come here in your free time, to do any homework or stuff." Yeosang told him.
"Woah woah woah, I love it!" Wooyoung said, taking dramatic strides across the room.

Wooyoung walked around the room, a person sitting at the window sill caught his eyes. It was a boy looking out of the window, doing nothing. His grey robes fell to his sides, revealing a small waist held by the belt. Wooyoung was trying to go past the boy silently, but since he was too busy watching him, Wooyoung managed to trip over the rug.

No one seemed to notice, but the boy who was sitting at the window turned his head towards him, his eyes had a dreamy look in them, as if they were not here, they were somewhere far far away. Wooyoung noticed the boy had a small part of bleached silver grey bangs. It was a weird hairstyle, but it looked great on him. Wooyoung didn't have much time to observe the beauty, because the boy turned his head back, resumed looking out of the window.

Yeosang came and helped Wooyoung get up, "You okay?" he asked.
"No, just tripped dude." Wooyoung said.
"You'll be fine."

Wooyoung made an annoyed face, and walked away from the dreamy boy, forcing Yeosang with him.
"Who's that guy?" he whispered to Yeosang, eyeing the boy sitting on the window sill.
"That's San."
"San?"
"Yeah, why?"
"No, I mean I tripped, he didn't even bother to come help, he just looked at me and then looked away. Like what?"
Yeosang laughed at how dramatic Wooyoung was, "You expect him to come and help?" he laughed once more.
"He's Choi San, he isn't one of the good gentlemen kind you think he is, you know? He minds his own business, doesn't even talk much. He always talks with a straight face. Leave it, who cares." Yeosang said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, and better stay away from him, he's too good at fighting. I mean, don't try him. He would kill someone with his bare hands if he was given a chance."
"Really?"
"Yes, little guy. Now let's show you your room, go to sleep now. It's been a long day for you."
"Yeah."


A/n: Hey hey hey! So after this chapter, an update might take a while, for I have my exams coming up hehe. I hope y'all are liking the story so far! How are you guys doing?

Also please tell me if you have difficulty reading big paragraphs. Like I am a beginner and I am still low on knowledge of when to start new paragraphs and stuff. I will try my best to not write too big or too small paragraphs! Just tell me if you're comfortable with the writing style.

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