Fated Lovers of Magic: Book 1

Body and Soul

The next day

Once they reached the house, they went straight to the House library first and started looking for the answers to their questions. After several hours of searching, they still couldn't find anything about the subject.

"What a pain in the ass! Why won't anyone help us?" Earth complained with dissatisfaction.

"Let's try to ask someone outside the House," Lark suggested.

So they went out of the house and looked for someone who might know something about the topic. There was no one around so they decided to look for someone in the school.

They took a walk around the school grounds before they finally found someone. It is a young boy wearing a white robe.

"Excuse me! Do you happen to know anything about this sigil?" asked Earth while showing his arm.

"Oh yes! Yes! I can answer your question! I'm going to college here and I've already taken the subject of history. Please follow me." the boy said excitedly.

As he walked along with them, he explained everything about the sigil.

"That's the symbol of the academy. I bet that you tried to ask the headmaster and ended up failing. The reason why the headmaster wanted everyone to look for the answers themselves is to test their capability because it only shows how crafty the students can be while in the academy.

You are a freshman, and based on your sigil, you are the one and only student who got into this house that has been lost for ages." the student explained.

Earth seems to like the idea of being the one and the only student from this House, so he kept quiet.

After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at the place where the new freshman are waiting in line to get their breakfast.

There are several dozens of them and they are sitting on a bench.

"Welcome to the academy of magic!" a familiar voice greeted them.

It was the guard that denied the two earlier.

"Here's your breakfast! Enjoy!" the guard said while handing each of them a bowl full of rice.

Lark looks at Earth and asked, "Are you sure you're okay with this?"

"Yeah, I'm fine with it. I have to eat anyway. Might as well get used to it now." Earth answered with a shrug.

He already finished his food. His stomach is telling him that he needs to digest it quickly.

"How much longer do you think we need to wait?" Lark asked.

"Probably another hour, maybe more," the student answered.

Since they came here early in the morning, they really had to wait a long time.

"Why are you here so early?" the student asked.

"We are here because we want to make friends and avoid the crowd after classes start. Our class doesn't start until noon." Earth replied.

"Oh, you're going to be in my class too! What's your name?" the student asked enthusiastically.

"My name is Earth," the student introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you, Earth. My name is Ruben." Ruben replied with a smile.

They continued to talk and get to know each other.

"I'm really interested in your House! Could I ask you some questions?"

"Sure thing!" Earth said.

"Okay, then here's the first question. I have been hearing all kinds of stories about your house lately, and I heard that there are ghosts but I haven't seen any proof yet. Is that true?" Ruben ask