Legend of the Immortal

Hope Anew

(Edited by me again, notify me of any mistakes!)

~Unknown location, morning.

"Urgh, where am I?" I wake up groggily, the faint scent of anaesthetic filled the room, sunlight flittered through the blinds in the room I was in.

"Oh goody! You're awake! I'll inform Headmaster Grace at once! Please stay here- not that you'd be able to go anywhere with...that..."

~5 Minutes later

A woman seeming to be around her mid 50's with a somewhat familiar face greeted me in my room.

"Morning Bell, how have you been doing? I
understand that you have a lot of questions you want answered so i'm here to answer them to the best of my abilities."

Just as I was about to speak, she interrupted me saying,"However, do let me explain the basics to you first." I nodded in agreement, hoping to learn of my situation.

"You, Bell, are currently residing in the hospital ward of The Grand Gift Academy.

You may have heard of it.

This place is one of the three best academies where people with gifts can enter and learn to cultivate said gifts.

As for me, I am the current Headmaster here, Grace Elix.

You may have heard of me, I have been on the news a few times.

And finally, you have been out for a week now and have just regained consciousness.

Now, your questions?"

After absorbing the information and taken it all in, I unsteadily ask, "Gifts?...From what I have come to know, gifts only appear in girls...but...i'm a guy...so why did you save me?..."

Upon hearing this, the Headmaster's eyes widened, she calmed down as she digested the information.

"Hm...interesting. You, my boy, may very well be the only boy to have a gift. As for why you were saved, it was because you were spotted by a group of my elites out on a mission. The elites reported you somehow killed an overlord ranked dragon in a single blow. It seems even more unbelievable now that I have met you. Unless..."

The Headmaster went into thought for a bit before her eyes brightened up saying, "Hey, Bell, from what I have come to gather, I believe you absolutely despise dragons to their absolute core and wish to get revenge so as to avenge your father. Now, is this piece of information I have gathered true...?"

My brows furrowed in obvious displeasure as the mention of dragons spoiled my mood.

The memory of my mother being taken away by a dragon and my father being killed were not nice
ones.

As I played the scenes of my parents being killed, my anger got stronger.

Then, with a deep breath, I suppressed the anger, pushing it down and pushed the memories into the side of my thoughts.

I answered bitterly,"Hate Dragons? Headmaster, you probably know more about me than I do by now. My parents were killed and taken away from my by dragons, how could I not hate them? Just the thought of them makes me mad. Why do you ask this?"

The headmaster stared at me in deep thought before replying,"Well, what if I told you, you have the power to kill dragons single-handedly. And under my guidance-would be able to break through this barrier keeping your powers at bay?"

As she asked this question, I gave it thought before answering readily,"Headmaster, if I could avenge my mother and father, I would give up my very soul to."

"Very well, since you have agreed, this is what we will do. From this point on, you are an official student of the Grand Gift Academy and will receive a monthly salary from me as you are under me. You will attend classes as per the norm and attend lessons with me after class. A room, necessities and all else will be provided." After hearing her declaration I was very satisfied with the conditions, seemingly favourable towards me but something bothered me.

Then, it clicked in my mind and I asked," But this IS an all girls school and i'm a guy so what will be done to attend to this...problem?"

"Naturally, you will not want this unwanted attention from both friends and enemies alike, so you will have to cross-dress! I will
also give you a pills to make you sound more lady-like!"

After hearing her answer, it took a while but after registering what she had mentioned, I replied in a daze, "Huh?....HUH?!!"

My mouth hung agape, she wasn't serious was she? Me dressing as a girl?!

It seemed as if the headmaster had lost her mind.

However, after considering the suggestion, I slowly replied to her with much hesitancy.

"Let me consider this first. I will give you an answer by this month."

"Very well, I'll let you live in a private dorm for the moment, you may leave now."

I left the room, mouth hanging in shock, unable to comprehend what had just transpired between the headmaster and I.

Sure, this method to this problematic thing was quite effective but surely there had to be a better way right?

Right?

Staring blankly at a wall for a few moments, I sighed and walked back to the dorm I was located to with a resigned look on my face.

I grumbled endlessly about how recklessly the headmaster did things on impulse.

Though it was not my character to do so, wasn't she afraid something bad would happen to her students should I somehow lose control of myself and lash out at them?

From what I heard, the things I had done were not human so to speak and were practically demonic-like.

So if there happened to be a day that I gave in to my theoretical 'darkness' within me, what would they do to stop me?

It seemed like the headmaster really placed her trust on me to be able to let me, a full-fledged man, to waltz about an all-girls academy without informing any of them either.

I put on a self-depreciating smile as I entered the dorm room.

Today had been a long and somewhat exhausting day for me.

Now, it was time for sleep.