5 Dalia Kingdom Magic Academy (1/2)
The cat was not disappointed during his wait and soon a nun came running around looking for Greyson. She was of course Sister Lily, and once Lily saw Greyson passed out in the snow she picked him up and carried him back to the church. The cat silently followed them back and even crept into Greyson's bedroom.
Greyson slowly started to wake up in a groggy state while trying to figure out where he was. Soon, after looking around, he realized he was back at the church in his room.
”Looks like you're awake?” An annoyingly familiar voice spoke out to him.
”You're that cat! You followed me back? What do you want?” Greyson felt shocked by the cat's presence and suddenly felt the animal's actions seemed suspicious.
”I just found you rather interesting and decided to follow you around. It's better than wandering around in the forest by myself.” The cat lazily responded.
”Well, I guess you have no reason to scheme against me anyways... what's your name in that case? My name is Greyson. No last name because I'm not a noble as you could probably tell.”
”My mother would always call me 'child' or 'son' so I guess you could say I don't have a name. Why don't you give me one for convenience sake.”
”Really? Name you? Hmmm... well you have silver fur... so... how about Silvy?” Greyson seemed rather proud of his creativity.
Rolling his eyes, the cat exasperatedly retorted, ”Is that seriously the best you could come up with? You must really be a baby human. Let me think of one for myself. How about Lucius? I think that's a pretty noble sounding name. A perfect fit for a wonderful being such as I.”
”Lucius? Well it's fine I guess. Pretty similar to Silvy in my opinion. I'll call you Lu!” Greyson seemingly refused to let the insult to his naming sense go unnoticed, but compromised anyways. Just as Greyson was about to question his new friend, he saw the door open to reveal the worried Sister Lily.
”You're awake! What happened? I was so worried when I saw you passed out in the snow like that!” Lily quickly ran up to the bed and interrogated him.
”I'm not too sure myself, but, looking at the first time and this time, I think using magic tires me out and I don't know my limit so I end up passing out.” Greyson ended up correctly deducing the problem from his instinct which impressed Lucius.
”So you can use magic? For sure?” Lily's eyes lit up with wonder and happiness hearing the news.
”Yes! I can. I think I have talent for it as well!” Greyson confirmed her thoughts with an excited grin.
”I went into town and found out a few things. There wasn't much info, but I did find out what people who are talented with magic do. Our Edysa Kingdom is too small for such things, but the Snow Country has different tiers of kingdoms while at the top lies the Moon Empire which controls the entire country. Edysa Kingdom is a tier three kingdom without any real power. But we are allies with a tier two kingdom called the Dalia Kingdom. They have the best known magical academy in the area where local talents will be tested then hopefully accepted. I hear you can choose different magical professions and be able to earn ranks of nobility! This is wonderful news for you Greyson. I would want you to try out right away, but you are still so young and you have to go to the capital of Edysa Kingdom to qualify to go to the Dalia Kingdom. They have tests every year in order to find new talent to send to the magic academy. I can't go with you and there is no way I could let someone as young as you go by yourself. Who knows what could happen to you along the way. We will just have to wait until you get older.”
Greyson wanted to object to her thoughts, but he could not deny the fact that he had lived for only 5 years now and he did not know the world. He was weak, easy to prey on, and had no idea what he was getting himself into. Although reluctant, he obediently nodded his head and started making calculations for later into the future. Sister Lily saw his disappointment so she hugged him good night before leaving him alone to his thoughts.
”You're not actually going to listen to that ignorant human, are you?” Lucius came out of hiding and spoke with clear disdain for Lily.
”Lucius, if we are going to be friends then I better not hear you disrespect Sister Lily again. My own birth parents abandoned me, but Sister Lily truly loved and cared for me all these years. She is my mother in every definition of the word excluding a biological connection. So don't speak about her like that or we cannot be friends.” Greyson could take the taunts and jokes about himself, but comments that disrespect Sister Lily could not be shrugged off.