Eldrea Academia and The One That Stars Chose
Chapter 5: The Beginning of Part 2

The aroma of coffee spread through the room decorated by antiques from all over the world. The workspace looks so neatly arranged with a work desk and 2 guest chairs in front of it.

The sounds of people passing through the wide-open windows also filled the room of the Guild Master of the Eldrea kingdom.

As soon as we entered the room belonging to the Guild Master. Yohan immediately invited me and Teacher to sit in front of her desk.

“It looks like besides your aging appearance, you haven't changed at all, huh?” the teacher says after sitting down.

“Hah! I should have said it like that. Look atyou! Not only your appearance, but your haughty attitude has not changed at all.”

The teacher chuckled before answering the words of Yohan. “If it wasn't for me freezing because of that damn Demon King. I've definitely aged just like the others.”

The teacher began to glance out of the window, watching the sky from where he was sitting. Although he didn't reveal his heart, but I guess I can guess what he's feeling right now.

The feeling of anger and sadness that was mixed because of his decision to sacrifice himself instead made his two favorite disciples just disappear.

“Well, I did hear about you from the Archduke, unexpectedly a magician who was able to destroy a mountain with the blink of an eye was frozen instead due to the attack from the Demon King, he said,” said Yohan full of pity on her friend.

The teacher answered Yohan's words while watching the afternoon sky from the open window. “Who would have thought that such a jerk demon would cast such magic when he was hit.”

The teacher took a deep breath and continued his words. “But it's all just the past, now I need your help right now. We need a place for us to stay and an identifier for this child,” said the teacher as he pointed at me.

Yohan glanced at me and said. “If you may know, who exactly is this boy?” he asked Master a question while watching me.

“Ah, I'm sorry for being late to introduce myself. My name, Deron,” I introduced myself to him.

“He is my student,” continued the teacher. This time Master turned his gaze from outside the window and looked towards Yohan.

Hearing that Yohan started raising her eyebrows.“You raised him to be your student?”

He started to watch me from the feet to the head. Sometimes he also glanced at Master and looked back at me. It seemed that he was quite in disbelief that Master would again raise a disciple, especially after all that Master had experienced.

"If she's your student, I think she has something special in her little body, huh?” yohan convinced herself.

“I have my own reasons,” replied Master.

Teacher explained about his condition and also the reason why he raised me as a student. Starting from where hers suddenly in my body and also the possibility that I could provide assistance for the sudden loss of 2 heroes of the world.

“Hmm, So so. It's true this is quite strange, but at least I understand your current situation,” He nodded slowly.

Yohan closed her eyes and looked up at the ceiling of her room, she looked like she was considering a few things after hearing an explanation from us. After the consideration he did was done, he started to open his eyes and glanced at us.

Yohan advanced her body closer towards us from the chair of hers. ”Alright, let me set up an identification for him. I will also find a temporary place for you to stay here.”

A smile began to stick out from the face of Master who had looked gloomy. “I guessed you were reliable,” he replied.

“Sure, who do you think I am? I'm not as strong as you guys, but I'm still an adventurer who has had 40 years of experience,” said Yohan trying to melt the atmosphere.

“Thank God that you use your brain and not just your muscles to live.”

“Hah! Look at that haughty attitude.” Yohan laughed at Teacher's response.

After feeling the atmosphere in this room to be a little liquid, Yohan began to pick up the pot of coffee on her desk and began to pour the coffee into a cup that was stored next to the files that were quite messy.

He raised the teapot he was holding while looking at me and Master. “Oh yes, do you want coffee?”

“No, I would not drink coffee from a muscle enthusiast.” The teacher refused it.

Master's mood again began to improve, Seen from the way he returned to throw a joke like that. Yohan who was still holding the teapot could only smile at the words of Master.

“Thank you, but it looks like I should reject it too. Me and Master had tea before we went here,”.

“Is that? Then wait a minute. I will immediately prepare your ID.” Yohan started drinking the coffee she poured from her cup.

After drinking coffee, he stood up and began to move towards the door, but before leaving the room. He stopped at the door and began to turn his body towards Master.

“Do you also need an identifier?” ask the teacher.

“No, I already have it from Theodor,” said the teacher while showing his identification.

“Oh so it is. I was wondering why the Archduke asked for the guild's identification at that time, it was for you, huh? All right wait here a minute.” Yohan then left us in her room.

“The guy was always noisy,” complained Master after, Yohan left.

“What are all your acquaintances that are freaks?” ask her.

“Are you among my strange acquaintances?” his words left me speechless for a moment, considering my own case was indeed quite unique.

We both waited in Yohan's room without saying a single word.

After waiting for a while. Yohan finally came back with an identification card in her hand as well as a middle-aged man with her.

“Nih, this is your ID.” Yohan handed me the card.

“Thank you.” I took the card he gave me.

The card that Yohan gave off looked like an empty card. I saw nothing else on the card but the guild's stamp in the middle. Did he forget to ask about my biodata and ask me to fill it up on my own?

Looking at me who was confused, Yohan just smiled and started to thrust the other items at me. A little needle. I began to get more confused with the intention of Yohan giving these things to me

“Tnot to be confused. Now try to drop your blood on the stamp.” said Yohan answered all my confusion.

"All right."

I did exactly what he told me. The needle he just gave my mulaiku stabbed right into my index finger, so it made my blood start to flow out. I directly pointed my index finger over the stamp on the blank card.

“Alright done. easy isn't it?” yohan.

“But why should blood?” I still look at the card.

“If we only use plain writing, there could be someone who falsified the identifier after killing the original owner.”

“So this is to prevent it?”

“True, that way, when the owner of the card died. The card will burn by itself so there will be no data falsification. moreover this also makes it easier for us not to need to update the personal data of each adventurer periodically.”

“I didn't think you'd think of a method like this,” Praise Master to Yohan.

Yohan laughed at Master's words. “You think I can think like that? It was the idea of the King, not me. I can't possibly think of such a complicated thing, Hahaha!” I don't know why he was proud of his flaws.

“To be honest, stupidly I thought you could think about it,” said the teacher as he sighed.

Teacher ignored Yohan who kept laughing and started glancing at the man Yohan had brought when she came back here.

“Then who is the person next to you?” the teacher asked while pointing at the man standing at the side, Yohan.

“Oh, yes, I almost forgot her.” Yohan's laughter stopped instantly.

An awkward expression emanated from the man Yohan had brought. I didn't think he would completely ignore the presence of the person he brought himself here.

Yohan began to let the man come forward for Yohan to introduce us. “He is the innkeeper near here, I brought him to take you to his inn. For the cost problem you do not need to worry about it, just consider this a favor from me to an old friend.”

“It's nice to meet the distinguished guests of the Guild Master. If you don't mind let me guide you to our little inn.” The man gave us a friendly greeting.

“Alright, then let's go straight there.” The teacher got up from his seat.

“You want to go now?” ask Yohan.

“Sure, there's nothing else I need here.”

“You're always in a hurry, huh? Well then, may you enjoy the place I chose.” Yohan escorted us out of the guild building.

There were a lot of guild members watching us when Yohan was escorted out of the guild building.

Well, it is only natural that they pay attention to us, given that there is a youngster and a little child who are treated with such respect by the Guild Master. Anyone would be curious.

After parting ways with Yohan. Master and I were escorted to our room by the innkeeper, not too far from the fountain in the city center. We occupied a room containing 2 beds, 1 cupboard, 1 seat, and 1 window facing the king's palace directly.

“Lumayan, at least we do not need to think about where to stay and also eat for a while,” said the teacher while laying his body on the mattress.

I began to store my luggage in the closet in the room.

“Then now what will we do guru?” ask the Teacher.

“For now you will practice making magic circles inside your heart. The way you use magic is different from other people, if other people drain mana from their heart to make magic. You force yourself to use magic with your imagination alone, because that's why your mental state is so drained when you use magic,” Teacher said.

It turned out that was the reason why I was always mentally exhausted when using magic. It all happened because I had no container for mana inside my body. Without a container for me to store mana, I was forced to take out the dirty mana when I was going to use magic.

“Then how do I make a magic circle?”

“Sit there,” Teacher pointed to the other bed.

I followed the teacher and sat on the bed.

“Now try to imagine a ring circling your heart and let it flow into the ring. Let me help you make your first circle.” The teacher immediately moved behind me and poured his mana into my body.

“Alright, I'll try.” I followed every direction from the teacher.

After imagining a ring in my heart. I tried to pull the mana scattered around me through my nose and drain it into my heart.

But it wasn't as easy as I thought, during the ring making process. I felt such a deep pain from my nose and lungs, as if I was breathing in water.

I tried to endure the pain I felt while trying to inhale the raw mana that was around me and slowly made a ring loop in my heart.

"Good, hold it like that. Let me try to clean up the dirty ones you're inhaling." The teacher kept giving instructions to me

10 Minutes have passed. I began to be able to pick up mana in a more natural way, as if I was breathing in general.

“Hoo .…”

Master was amazed when he saw where it began to flow naturally within my body.  He removed his help from my back and began to notice me who was already able to control the flow of mana within my body naturally.

“I don't think you'll master it in this short time,” Guru said.

I've heard that normally it takes a person at least 3 months to make his first circle if he's talented, and 1 year in an ordinary person. But I did it in 10 minutes.

“Entah, maybe because I've used magic before so I'm not too difficult to find a way to control it. Although indeed by force, anyway.” I replied.

"What's wrong, that's good enough."

The teacher started to sit on the bed in front of me. A happy face was shown by him.

“Good then, at least we can shorten the time. I will also start training you mercilessly as if I were in hell from now on.”

“May I not die during training with you.”

“Of course it won't happen, but won't you feel more alive in hell?” He said that while laughing. You crazy psychopath.

In the end, I began to follow the very heavy training of the teacher for the next few months.