Chapter 108: Instructive Discourse (1/2)
Mike grabbed a sandwich from the cafeteria and ate it on the way, making sure to stuff some dried meat into his familiar pocket for when Audra woke up. The classroom for the Basic Summoning Magic class was also on the far eastern side of the department, near where he'd been earlier this morning. It turned out to be a large, covered pavilion. Two people were standing near the center, so he headed that direction.
The first was a timid looking female beastman who was maintaining a fair amount of distance between herself and the other inhabitant of the pavilion. She was petite, and had curly cream-colored hair that partially covered a pair of long pointed ears that were angled towards the floor. Thanks in large part to the two curled horns on either side of her head, her race was a dead giveaway, but he used Appraise anyway.
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Carol
Age: 17
Race: Sheep Beastman
Class: Apprentice Summoner
Title: Sheltered
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[Do other people not have the ability to change their active titles?]
Carol took notice of his examination, and gave Mike a wary look. Deciding that it would be best to not upset her so early into their class, he turned his gaze towards the other occupant, a male human. In many ways, he looked even more outlandish than the beastman.
He was pale skinned with long black hair, and dark brown eyes. With his brooding countenance, somber features, and tall muscular frame, he looked like the lead singer for a death metal band from Mike's old world.
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Killian Parr
Age: 20
Race: Human (Deep Giant)
Class: Summoner
Title: Amorathi Caller
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[Another Giant bloodline. It seems I really need to do some investigation into the other sentient races of this world.]
Since the instructor was still nowhere in sight, Mike decided to try breaking the ice. ”Hello, I'm Mike. I guess we are going to be classmate for the next couple of months.”
Killian gave him a quiet nod, and went back to staring into the distance. Carol shrank back slightly when he started speaking, but relaxed a little after hearing what he had to say.
”Y-yeah. I-I guess so. I-I'm Carol.” She answered in a quiet stutter, looking decidedly embarrassed about it.
”Nice to meet you.” He replied with a warm smile which caused her to blush slightly. He looked around again. ”I don't think I was that early. Is the instructor late?”
”I've heard rumors that the Basic Summoning Magic teacher is gifted, but irresponsible.” Carol answered tentatively. ”Maybe she forgot about having class today?”
As soon as she finished speaking, all three of them noticed a figure approaching quickly at a dead run. After a minute or so, the figure finally arrived at the pavilion, panting and sweaty.
It turned out to be a slender human woman with light pink hair in a pixie cut, her instructor robes were largely in disarray, but he could still see that she had a silver emblem, and three orange stripes were present on each sleeve. Mike took a moment to use Appraise while she was catching her breath.
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Madeline Turminsey
Age: 27
Race: Human (Fae)
Class: Fairy Summoner
Title: Fae Child
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[I shouldn't be surprised that there are fairies in this world, although I am a little curious how you are supposed to summon them.]