15 Partners (1/2)

After he took the pill Ivan soon woke up. As soon as he saw that he was awake the teacher told the other students.

”This was it for today. Remember to practice the forms I showed you whenever you have time. I will test you tomorrow, to see how much you remember.”, he then looked at Ivan and Irena, ”You two come with me.”

He waited for Ivan to stand up, which he managed with some difficulty, it seems he had really used up too much energy and Irena too had a hard time standing up, and then lead them towards one of the buildings next to the training ground.

After they entered his office he offered them a seat.

”Have you heard about Training Skills?”, he asked the two of them after they all sat down.

Ivan could only look clueless, since he had never heard of them, but Irena seemed to know something, ”They are used to increase your stats after they reach a threshold and can't really be raised by repeating simple actions.”

”Correct. They are not all that rare if you only want a low ranked, but the higher ranked are scarce. For example the school tournament only offers E ranked as a winning price while the inter school tournament offers D ranked for the top five. On the other hand F ranked can easily be bought for a few silver.”

They looked at him and wondered where he was going with this.

Seeing the look in their eyes he didn't continue to delay and pulled out a skill book. It was the most impressive looking skill book Ivan had ever seen. It had a metallic color with golden inlays which formed complex diagrams which were arranged around gemstones which where inlaid at the center of the cover. He couldn't help but stare greedy at it, since he was sure that it had quite a high rank.

Besides him Irena too had an astonished look in her eyes, but it vanished fast.

”This is the reason I called you here.”, he laid his hand on the book and stroked it's cover, ”I found this skill book during a dungeon clear, but sadly I can't use it.”

”Then why didn't you sell it. It must be worth a lot”, Irena asked.

He shook his head. ”Even though this book is S ranked it has some requirements, which are very rare and as such it wouldn't really sell, except to collectors and that's not what I wanted.”

A sad look was on his face as he reminisced about something.

”When we did that dungeon I lost my best friend, so I couldn't stand something that he gave his life for to just collect dust in some collection. After I failed to sell it with the condition that the buyer had to be able to use it, I then decided to keep it and hope that I would maybe be able to find someone who would be able to use it and finally there is a chance.”

He then looked at them with hope in his eyes. ”You two are the first students I met, that have a chance to fulfill the requirements for the skill, so I hope that the two of you are willing to try learning and using it.”

This time even Irena displays her surprise, ”Are you sure teacher? This is an S ranked skill.”