The Second Son Triology: Scarlet eyes

Chapter 2

"Ki is an energy that flows through you which when rightly projected allows you to manipulate the physical. Each of you should try to project your Ki to your fist like this".

Immediately a ball of raw energy formed on his hand." Then try to manipulate into any attack you can think of".He stretched out the hand containing the energy and transformed it to lightning and fire.

"Note that this takes concentration and loss of focus can turn your attack against you. Ki is a dangerous force not to be toyed with". I tried to focus my Ki to my right hand and immediately a large ball of energy formed in my hand. I tried to convert it to light and immediately a huge bolt of lightning formed in my hand.

All the nobles looked at me in awe. " Whoa, Carter that's very good. I'll have to admit, I haven't seen some one possessing that much Ki in decades".

Ki class was a blast as I found myself good at everything we were taught. As we were about to file out for our magical beasts class, Lord Baron approached me and asked me to stay back.
"Carter I believe you have great potential and can be one of the greatest battle mages of our time. The anomaly of your situation leads me to believe that you are a gift from the elemental spirits for a particular reason. This reason might happen to be your destiny. I only hope you'll discover it".

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Magical beasts class was awesome. Every noble family had a particular magical beast attributed to them. My family's beast is the Drake, which is literally a small dragon while Bernard's was a Griffin. We got to ride our magical beast and I happily soured around the Royal academy on my Drake. I find myself already starting to form a connection with my Drake which I named Flames.

Sadly though, the wicked Queen of the West, whose name I later found out to be Isabel of the Xander family, has an obelisk which is a really giant venomous snake as a magical beast. I'm not looking forward to fighting her anytime soon.

After magical beasts class we had personal combat class. Everyone was required to choose a weapon of their choice. I chose a long katana sword as I was already familiar with it due to previous training. Here we were paired up one on one. I was paired with a dark haired boy named Ryder of the Clevont family and sorry to say but I whooped his ass.

After personal combat class we were led to the training ground where I saw a lot of trainee soldiers and knights waiting for our command. I was given a temporary regiment of my own to command. A particular young trainee Knight named Lancaster appealed to me in his strength, skill and strategy tactics, so I made him captain of my regiment. We were instructed to practice battle formations and strategies . I also did greatly in this thanks to Lancaster.

My only problem that day was the theoretical aspect of the Actual Warfare class. I realized how little I knew about war and how to attack the enemy. Surprisingly, all the other nobles did excellent in this class as they had been tutored on it previously since they were aspiring firstborn battle mages. That just reminds me why I'm so different. I'm a second born.

Suddenly a pretty noble walked up to me and introduced herself as Angelica of the Lynette family. "So you're Lord Baron's daughter?", I inquired. she nods and says," I'm willing to tutor you on the theoretical aspects of the actual warfare class since you didn't get the opportunity to be previously tutored on it, since your um....., a second born no offense. If you're interested just come up to my room by six and we could study till eight "." Is that allowed", was the only thing I could manage". " Yeah, sure", she replied blushing scarlet.

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At exactly six, I found myself walking down the hallway to Angelica's room, reassuring myself that firstborn nobles don't date.......wait I'm a second born. By the time the realization hit me, I was already knocking on her door.