Chapter 146 - The Mantle (1/2)
Evan slowly entered the amphitheater. It was huge and majestic, and this was where the most important events and announcements in ”The Last Moon” took place.
The seats in the parterre numbered in hundreds, there were also several floors above, offering an impressive view of the stage. Massive crystal chandeliers illuminated the entire auditorium, and the marble, carved columns gave the amphitheater an ancient aura.
Evan wasn't the first to arrive, several dozen students were already seated in the front rows. The girl told Evan to sit wherever he wanted and quickly left the amphitheater. Her only job was to escort Evan to the right place.
He sat down in the fifth row and waited for the beginning. As time passed, there were more and more students, and the teachers had already filled almost the entire upper floor.
<Are there all the teachers of the Academy here?> Evan thought as he looked at the upper floors.
Each one of them was looking intently at the students and was extremely serious. The entrance ceremony was one of the most important events in every Academy of Magic. The new students were the future power of the Academy, and some of them will become teachers in the future.
”Looks like the ceremony is starting.” Evan muttered quietly as he looked at Arabella entering the stage.
Her appearance was much different now than it had been this morning. Her look wasn`t sleepy now and there were no bags under her eyes. Her movements were not sluggish, and she herself looked alert and energetic.
Evan was surprised, he thought that Arabella was sleepy and slow in any situation.
”To begin with, I congratulate you all on your admission to ”The Last Moon”, I hope this place will be a second home for you, where you can become better and learn many new things. Now, each of you will get your mantle, map and emblem, and then you meet your teacher. In addition, you will be assigned to the classes you will be studying in.” Calmly Arabella said.
The next moment she called out one student's name and he immediately walked onto the stage.
Whoosh.
A blue mantle with a white emblem appeared in the air next to Arabella, which she handed to the young man.
Arabella said loudly: ”Andre Booth - ”Creator”, white ”Warp”, F- class, 100 ”Moon Coins”, teacher - Thomas Burke.”
After her words, a man in a silver mantle, who was this young man's teacher, came onto the stage. They quickly left the stage together and Arabella called out the name of the next student.
In addition to the mantle and the emblem, Arabella also gave out a card with a certain number of ”Moon Coins” on it. The better the class the student was in, the more 'Moon Coins” he got.
The card was special because only ”Moon Coins” could be placed on it. This was done to ensure that there was only one currency in the city and the Academy. It was simply impossible to buy anything with gold coins.
A tall girl came to the stage and also received her mantle, emblem, and map. A man in a white mantle came out to her. Then Arabella called out the name of the next student.
<Hmm, I thought we`re going on the stage in alphabetical order, but I guess I was wrong. It's all about class, the later a student enters the stage, the better class he'll be in.> Evan thought as he watched another student enter the stage.