14 Redwood Academy (2/2)
If Dean wanted revenge he had to do it subtly.
Schemes and plots would have to be used if Dean still wanted to come out alive. Otherwise he can just resort to suicide with Christian.
Coming closer towards the school Dean learnt of many tales about Redwood Academy.
This school took pride in two main things
The first was the ability to cultivate geniuses. People who were above the norm were able to go to other schools in order to get stronger. In turn for this opportunity the school receives fame for the legends that they helped made
The second thing was only a rumor but many people believed in it. Long ago the very first principal of the school wanted to give something to the world.
After committing many evil deeds the man turned over to a new leaf and created this school. His enemies that accumulated from those evil deeds had learnt of this.
Planning and gathering on a day, they fought against the principal in the middle of the woods. In the end the woods were covered with blood with dozens of corpses impaled with wood.
Apparently, till this day there is still blood on those trees.
Dean chuckled at the thought that it's nothing more than a false tale made to attract more students and mused over the idea that the red wood is just from a special plant.
A teacher of the school was in front of the gates, taking a look for any students interested as well as prodigies that were given early access letters.
It always made the teacher proud when she saw parents waving good bye to their children.
They raised their children in the hopes that they can make their family successful and the innocence of children that only wish to do their best.
When the children would come out from the exam they would have two options.
One was that they failed but despite the disappointment of the parents will be subsided as they can only say 'you tried' or 'you got next year'.
It would be troublesome where the unreasonable parents would stuff their own logic into the teacher's faces.
The idea that violence will lead to infamy of the school, forced all teachers to act passive and only when in the circumstance of self-defense can they harm a person.
'Wasn't Redwood Academy built on the reputation of a cold blooded murderer?'
Scoffing at the weird policies a teen asked her a question
”Excuse me, i'm here to hand in a letter”
Looking closer the youth was covered with scars from head to toe. In his hand was a scroll wrapped with a thin brown rope and the important part, a wax seal with 'RWA'
Realizing this could be an important person the teacher started to act in a professional manner. ”Welcome to Redwood Academy, Follow me to take a talent inspection”
Dean was initially confused by this as it wasn't mentioned on the letter but the teacher thankfully explained
”This is mainly used to compel others to have a competitive spirit. Besides that point it allows the school to mark the students.”
The conversation continued with the teacher informing Dean of anything that was deemed unusual or potentially unheard of.
Dean payed attention to one special point
”Most families tend to keep this a secret from youths so the school will hence forth give any information that we consider to be the norm.”
”The world knows one route 'Martial Arts' but on the other spectrum is 'Mages'. People who manipulate the world's essence for whatever they want. The reason this is hidden is that it mainly affects the talent of a mage”
”Until they reach a certain maturity should they have learnt about this. You'll also be tested for your Magic talent but this won't take too much time.”
Dean felt slightly shocked about this. He had scoured through his clan's library without a single hint to magic.
His family hid this information very will, sighing Dean regretted he didn't learn of this a little earlier but when the teacher mentioned you had to reach a certain age, Dean felt thankful that no one spoiled him.
If one of his seniors wanted to sabotage his future then Dean could only sulk at his misfortune while laughing at this senior's punishment.
From what Dean inferred from those three paragraphs was that if someone were to purposely sabotage a person's future there would of course be a punishment.
If someone per say, paced documents everywhere there would surely be repercussions. What this could do is potentially make a whole generation forsake magic.
”Mages follow the same cultivation names: Body Tempering, Qi Gathering, Qi Condensation, etc. The only catch is that they replace Qi with Essence. The main problem with being a mage is that it is unlikely to be talented in both Magic and Martial Arts”
”Another is that due to studying and practicing spell Mages are prone to be weak in close combat.”
”Student, is there anything else you would like to inquire?”
The teacher took a deep breath after her speech
Dean felt astonished and tried to slowly take in this new influx of information.
”No, thank you”