Everyone Else Has a System

I cut her off as I spoke,"in the entire premises, not just the outer circle." Once again, she turned quite before continuing,"okay the entire premises. So you\'re telling me that you will be planting this circle in the entire Academy and with this everyone will be able to use magic freely and easily without much restrictions?"

I nodded before speaking,"while it may look like it works only within the Academy. After one gets used to controlling a particular element, he shouldn\'t have problems in controlling another element. However, like all natural laws, it can\'t break the Law of Mana Control. That is, one cannot use any more elements other than those with which he was born."

She looks at me for a few moments before muttering,"okay… but I need something more. This circle will be used not only by the Academy but later on by the people who will be with you, so all in all, you are creating a place that will fortify your army in the future. I need something that works only for me."

I saw her firm gaze, and it seemed like she wasn\'t going to bend from this one. At this, I just sighed before speaking, "Sure, I will find an Orb of Life before three month-"

"What did you just say?!!!!!!" Her eyes were bulging as she looked at me. I saw her running towards me and grabbing me by my shoulders as if she still couldn\'t believe what she just heard.

"I said the Orb of Life… I will bring one to you by the end of three months… Is something wrong?" I muttered, and she just kept gazing at me before she let go of me with a dumbfounded expression as she spoke,"you… you aren\'t lying… How is this possible? I thought.. All the Orbs of Life were already taken… Zero, are you sure about what you just said?"

\'What does she mean by all the Orbs being taken? There are about a dozen more out there undiscovered within the wild… and the Orb of Life never came out in the human realm so… how did she know about it in the first place… I was expecting her to ask what is an Orb of Life however… seems like I can skip that part,\' I pondered a little before observing her face of disbelief before I asked,

"I am sure about it, but… what do you mean by all the Orbs being taken?"

She looked at me for a few moments before she asked in slight confusion,"you don\'t know?"

\'No shit I don\'t. Why do you think I would be asking that?\' I thought before I spoke again,"yeah. I don\'t. Can you explain?"

She then pondered a little before speaking,

"The Demons took it. All of them to their demon realm… about a century ago… it was-"

"Yeah, that clears everything up," I spoke, cutting her off again and sighed as I realised why the demon realm had trees despite there being only Death Energy.

\'Hmmm… If I were to visit the demon realm, maybe I should check it out for places where the Orbs could be,\' I thought as I then looked at Amelia and spoke,

"Hmmmm… back to the point. What do you think about that deal? If I were to bring-"

"Yes," she spoke hurriedly, this time cutting me off, and I just gazed at her desperate face. She looked like she was a maiden in love and I just nodded at her before speaking,"sure."

For some reason, I felt like I should just go, and that\'s what I did. I moved away from there, vanishing in an instant before I reached back to my homeroom Professor, Professor Hoffman.

Watching me coming towards him, he asked with a questioning gaze,"finished with your business, Mister Aidan?"

I looked at him and shook my head as I answered,"Senior Dalton just vanished all of a sudden from there because of an emergency of sorts, and it took time to find my way back here."

Hearing my words, he pondered a little before he nodded and spoke,"must be because of your fellow batch mates. So, do you want to try going up there?"

He looked up the stairways, and I shook my head and spoke,"I lack the necessary mana to go up there. Plus, I already wasted some time because of Senior Dalton and if I go there, I don\'t know if I could make it back here in time. Our after class assessments are within an hour as well."

Hearing my words, he nodded and spoke,"that is true; I suppose. Still, you are really impressive, I must say. I have heard about you from other teachers as well. Your ability related to Monsters, I mean. I guess, as a teacher of Martial Arts, there is little to nothing I can give to you but follow the advice of this old fellow, will you, Aidan? Always keep yourself as a priority. Maybe you will find people who will be more important to you than yourself, but no matter what happens, don\'t put yourself in second place. No matter what happens."

I looked at him, and it was as if he was telling this to himself rather than me and I simply nodded at him because I knew this better than anyone else… while I may be able to create a strong army… If I were to die, then all that hard work that I am about to do will be pointless.

After a few moments, I turned to Professor Hoffmann and recalculated my thoughts about him. While he isn\'t exactly strong, I guess I can help him out and take some help from him as well…

\'Though, I should do a background check on this guy first,\' I thought as I decided to add this to the list of things I was about to do tonight.