Remigius had two tasks.
The first was simple. Get his father to love him again by becoming the Chosen, the one prophesied to save his home, the Heavens, from demonic evil. He would only have to pass the Chosen Trial to bring his family name to pros...
School has been so so boring. Everything is so easy and I'm surrounded by so many annoying people. I can't believe some of these people are wanting to go to ZA, it's ridiculous. My classmates always talk as if they're the strongest ones in the class and my teacher is an idiot. I think I could learn more at home by myself than here, but the school library is so much bigger than ours which is a win!
Maman has been quiet these days and so has papa. The house is so quiet. I can't wait for winter break so you can help me practice my potion making. I've been practicing a bit at school. I'll soon get to your level, so you better watch out! At this rate, I'm better than Yun at potion making.
I miss you. The house feels emptier. I'm jealous you get to go to the academy without me. I feel like I'm stuck here doing nothing. It's so frustrating not being able to do anything about our situation. I'm going to be studying hard so I can go to ZA too!
Write back when you can.
Love, Caius.
Caius,
Do try to get along with the people at school. I'd like you to make some friends. Maybe that way you would enjoy going to school and can find someone to hang out with while I'm gone.
Keep studying hard and soon everything will come together. Just a little more patience and I'll have everything sorted. Don't stress yourself too much, you need to focus on getting better. Make sure to take your medication, I know you skip some days.
Also, there's no way your potion making skills are on par with mine. You'll have to work a bit harder to catch up with me little brother.
From, Remigius
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Three weeks flew quickly with no progress. With their studies piling onto them, the three had no time for research on the Infernals nor did Remigius ever mention the Ivion incident to Yun either. Remigius's nose was busy buried in his textbooks for hours, though he occasionally took breaks to watch Yun's sword slash the practice dummies on the training grounds.
Unlike him, Maven was adamant about the Infernals. She dragged the two to the school library, scurrying through books thicker than a brick. All the reading made Remigius's head dizzy. His schedule fell into a cycle of studying, eating, then sleeping, reminiscent of the last few years of his schooling but intenser. He couldn't afford to drop his grades, especially with Chosen Week coming up in late winter—Paradise warched everyone every second.
