Chapter 85 Life as a student 4 (1/2)

the more Mars looked at the sky carriage the more he got the impression it was like a early flying car form his last life

'but still look at those mana stones... feels like there's about 5000 energy units in there and there's 4 of them...'

Mars thought about stealthily taking 1000 energy units off the top of the 4 giant mana stones but quickly dismissed the thought

”come on, let's board quickly”

hearing the vice principal Mars and the 4 others snapped out of their daze and quickly walked over to the sky carriage where Mars opened the door and got in, the inside of the sky carriage was like any other carriage only a little bigger than a normal carriage with room for 8 people along with luggage space under the table in the middle

”neat”

Mars quickly took off his backpack and moved all the way over to the opposite window and sat down after he put his backpack down under the table and looked out the window at the students that was crowding around the sky carriage meanwhile Victoria crawled up on his lap and lay down

'...wait isn't that Cass?”

Mars spotted Cassandra in the crowd and gave her a little wave but she didn't see him as she was too busy looking at the sky carriage

'oh well...'

as Mars looked out the window the last person boarded the sky carriage and shut the door closing out the outside noise

”...wait you brought your pet?”

Mars looked over and saw Karen had sat down next to him, or rather next to Victoria

”well she's not my pet”

”then what is she?”

”she's... my partner? anyway we're both under a mana contract, so I can't just leave her behind”

”I see... do you think she will be useful?”

”with what?”

Karen gave a bitter smile before she continued

”you know there's only one thing the king would summon us for”

”true... sure she will be useful, even I don't have confidence in beating her in a straight on fight”

Karen's blue eyes widened slightly before she gave a smile

”in that case I'm happy she's here”

just as Karen finished speaking did the sky carriage shake slightly before it started to rise into the air

'here we go...'

Mars looked out the window again and saw that the carriage was rapidly rising up into the air before stopping as it reached about 15 meters and suddenly started accelerating vertically as it speed out of the academy and out of the city a few moments later

'we must be going at least 90 kilometers per hour... pretty good speed'

”well now that we're alone I think it's time I told you all something”

Mars looked over at the vice principal that was speaking and saw she had a serious expression on her face

”no matter what the king has to say I will be the only one speaking, you just have to follow my lead”

the vice principal looked at all 5 students with a grave look on her face before she loosened up a little when she was sure all her students had understood her message

”don't worry you are all my students and I will follow and protect you wherever it is we are going”

hearing what the vice principal said the atmosphere in the carriage lightened a little, especially the twins that sat next to her seemed to calm down a little

'well not that I was worried in the first place....'

Mars leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes as he started to relax while the other students talked among themselves meanwhile the sky carriage continued flying north and 2 days later the sky carriage arrived at the capital of Destra King's city, the carriage landed outside the walls and the group got out of the sky carriage carrying their luggage

'well would you look at that...'

Mars looked up at the 15 meter tall walls with wonder, the wall was not only study looking it also seemed to be reinforced with formations that covered the entire wall like a mural along with the well armed soldiers walking on top of the wall it gave a overall imposing feeling

”gather around, there should be someone to escort us to the castle soon”

the students gathered around the vice principal and waited, Mars put down his backpack and sat down on top of it while he stretched his slightly sore body

'well the wall is imposing and all but this sure seems like bad manners, making your guest stay outside the walls...'

Mars was slightly displeased but soon a knight looking person in full plate mail approached the group, the only thing his full plate armor exposed was a pair of green eyes that looked at the group of students with badly hidden contempt