Lost Child from Another World

Magic Assessment Part 1

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The next morning, most of the adults were hung over but they remembered what happened because they made sure to drink responsibly. Still, Everet and Mirabelle were a bit too tired to go to the academy with their kids, so they saw them off at the front door.

After that, they went back to their room to rest.

As for Cyrus and Atlas, they were taken to school by Sirius and the family's driver.

Though they didn't arrive at the same time as Sophie and Ronan, the two were waiting for them at the gate of the Imperial Academy. Cyrus and Atlas were not that early because of the hung-over adults who moved slowly around the estate.

Sophie greeted them with a smile. "I knew you two would pass, but why are you late?" Over the years, she learned to talk more comfortably when the four of them were together.

Cyrus gave an exhausted sigh. "All the adults drank a little too much last night while celebrating our scores on the assessment. We almost didn't have breakfast to eat."

"We didn't really eat enough but I brought some snacks with me!" Atlas cheerfully said while taking out some breakfast muffins he saved the other day because they were delicious.

He had other snacks that he could eat when he was hungry, but he didn't want to share everything in case he ran out of food without any time to replenish his stock.

Cyrus looked at him like he wanted to say something but in the end, he didn't. Atlas was a growing young man and needed a lot of food. That's what he had to keep telling himself.

"We should probably get checked in for the last two assessments." Ronan coughed to get everyone's attention while staring at Atlas munching on his muffin. Atlas was the type of eater who tried to shove as much as he could into his cheeks before properly chewing his food, so every time Ronan saw him eating, he found it cute and funny. He could never grow tired of watching him.

Cyrus and Sophie also saw how Ronan was staring at Atlas and Cyrus almost rolled his eyes. The look on Ronan's face was so obviously doting that he was sure others could see it from a mile away. They just had a conversation about Ronan's true feelings for Aster but Ronan still hadn't said anything to Atlas about it.

Well, he decided that he would let Ronan deal with it himself. It wasn't his business or his right to say anything to Atlas when it came to someone's romantic interest in him...

The four of them made their way to the staff that were sitting at the desks in front of the auditorium once more. They followed instructions and lined up accordingly. This time, they were separated into two groups, Cyrus was with Sophie and Atlas was with Ronan. They planned to meet up after getting registered and waited in line properly.

Ronan saw that he had some alone time with Atlas and unconsciously noticed the size difference between them. He was taller, but Atlas was buffer than him... Hmm... Did he need to work out more?

Atlas saw Ronan staring at him strangely. "Why are you staring at me like that?"

Ronan saw the confused look on Atlas' face and smiled. "I was just wondering if I can gain muscle like you do."

"Why would you want to do that? I think you are fine the way you are." Atlas knew that Ronan was strong, especially because he was half-dragon. Plus, it wasn't like Ronan didn't have any muscles. Ronan was just leaner than he was. Atlas' body grew vertically and horizontally almost at the same pace.

As Atlas grew older, he would be considered a bear! Well, that's if he kept up with how much he was eating and training... Maybe he should cut back on his food? But food was good and he was always hungry... He was a growing boy it should be fine!