A Slave's Story Also Has Hope In It

Chapter 25: School plans

It had been around a month. Every passing hour i realized that Sylph was gone. And every passing hour i thought of my father. Why now? Why couldn't he have done anything for us..? Destroyed our names as slaves... make us atleast a tad bit above society... make us have a decent job where we could have eaten a decent amount of food... but no, he had done nothing. I had no regret about my letter, and i certainly had no regret about everything wich i have done. But... i am still figuring out what i am here for. What i am doing... what i want to do. What i think the future holds... but one thing is certain... i WILL shape my future to be something great. I promised that to 2 important people now watching over me at all times. With my own blood and tears i will shape a way for all that is good. 

Sariel: "We are about to leave for Asura school... are you ready?"

I looked back at the castle. The silver palace. I thought for a second of anyone and everyone i met. Reida, Isolte, Shizune, Sylph... all of those names would be stoned in this place. Whenever i will visit this place, be it in my memories or now, i will remember them. That? That i promise. Though Reida has passed at this point, she will be remembered by me aswell. 

*I do want to note that only Reida and Isolte's development were completely wrong. At the time i made those chapters i didn't think i would let this story play 13 years after the teleport incident. Realistically Isolte would have been a Water god at that time (I think) and Reida should already have been dead. Along with that, Isolte should, accordingly, be 13 years older then Seth. However that's too late now. So Isolte will be the same age as Seth, and there is no water god at the moment. But there will be one when or if it's relevant*

But all of those moments... memories... small memories. They should not hold a strong bond to me here. After all, today is today. I don't have to focus on the past, and definitly not on the future. I should focus doing as much as i possibly can in this time, in this moment. After that comes the future, and only after that, can i rethink the past. 

"I am ready"

Kyouko: "Good"

And thus we made a week long cart ride to Eras. The city that holds the noble school. Aruma. Or simply, Asura school. On the trip i had to battle a few monsters, but in general it was peacefully quiet. Luna and Okami had gone with as maids. Luna being for Sariel and Okami being for Kyouko. They had had a small argument about whom got whom, but Kyouko didn't care and thus took the one that was the less favoured pick, Okami. Though truthfully she was still pretty good. She just had a different personality. A more active personality, wich she often used to cheer me up if i had sad moments of rethinking the past. Wich i often had. I had become quite sad over time, to the point i looked down far more often then i wanted to. But... it just stayed on my mind... i could have prevented Sylph from going... but i still let her go. That made me happy to know that i did, but sad that she left. And everything around me was just... different. I viewed things different and whenever i looked at someone i liked or loved, i just envisioned them leaving me. 

Thus, there was one major difference in my looks aswell as my live. I didn't blind myself, but i held a blinding towel over my head. It was black and didn't hold a lot of substance. It just made it impossible for me to see people. But for me it was better this way. Due to the fact i could still view the mana particles i could still see everything in everyone. But i couldn't see how they looked, only their mana cores and the shape of their bodies. And as for my duties? I still performed them just as well, since i could still see mana particles through an endless range. But this didn't mean i could gather them. I just want to make that clear. But it also made me create a second style focused on still doing good in this state. 

*He looks like Qin shi huang from record of ragnarok minus the scar on his face*

I didn't call it different, it was still "Snake technique:" but... i don't know, it's hard to explain.