Chapter 1: Brother

"Brother…" A young boy around the age of 16 quietly mutters as he stands in front of the gates of Alma Torran Academy, an all boys' school designed to train young boys ranging from various of ages to become kings only special individuals such as magi, magicians, swordsmen, and king candidates are allowed into the school.

"Judal, wake up!" A young man with long, deep red hair tied in a ponytail shakes his friend in an attempt to awaken the sleeping black haired boy. However the magi would not even move an inch.

"Let's cut his hair, Brother Mei." Kouha, Koumei's younger brother, gets his sword ready to lop off Judal's long segmented ponytail although from an angle it looks like he's about to chop off Judal's head rather than his hair.

"Don't you even dare, you tranny midget!" The sleeping magi awakens from his slumber at the threat of his beloved hair being cut off.

"Who's a tranny! If anyone's a tranny, it's you, you make up wearing whore. And who are you calling a midget! Aladdin's shorter than me!"

"Wow, so not only are you short and a tranny. You're also slow." The sarcasm in Judal's words made Kouha rethink his decision of cutting Judal's hair. Now he wants to chop up the magi into pieces.

Before Kouha points his sword at Judal, Koumei intervenes.

"Enough, you two. Anymore and the school will be destroyed….. again." Just remembering the last time Judal and Kouha fought, it was over something pointless again like which was better swordplay or magic. "Anyway Judal, class is about to start any-"

At that moment, the teacher entered the classroom with a blue haired boy wielding a guan dao which is placed in a case he wears on his back. Although he has a large scar on the left side of his face, his face looked prettier than a girl's.

"Good morning, class. Today I have announcement to make. Starting today we will be having one more student join our class."

"Hakuryuu Ren, pleased to make your acquaintance."

"Well then you can sit next-"

"Hey old fart. There's a seat next to me." Strangely Kouha was on the floor as if he was just pushed off from his seat with his materials scattered on the ground.

"You bastard. Brother Mei, let me go!" Kouha is restrained by Koumei from butchering a certain magi.

After things settled down, Kouha took his new seat next to his older brother, Kouen. Judal was currently in a good mood right now for two reasons. One he finally got rid of the okama next to him. And two he got the new transfer student all to himself or at least that's what he thinks. Ever since he first laid eyes on the mysterious transfer student, he couldn't help but find something intriguing about him that he just can't put his finger on. All he knows is that his life at Alma Torran is only getting more interesting.

"Hey Hakuryuu, what's your position? I'm a magi."

Instead of replying, Hakuryuu ignores Judal in favor of the lecture. Unlike Judal, Hakuryuu was a diligent student. He had no interest in being friends with the magi. In fact, he didn't care if he didn't make any friends at all. The only reason he was there was to find his older brothers who disappeared at Alma Torran. That was the reason why he conquered a dungeon to begin with so that he would gain entrance to Alma Torran in search for his missing brothers.

'Brothers...' The thought of his kind brothers whom he admired and respected as a child made him tense up as he gripped on his pencil tighter.

Unbeknownst to Hakuryuu, a certain magi was closely watching him noticing the look in Hakuryuu's eyes. Judal didn't have to be a mind reader to know that Hakuryuu was a dungeon conqueror after all he was a magi. He could easily see the star of lakshimi on his guan dao even though it is encased in Hakuryuu's black sword bag. Judal just smirks as he finds Hakuryuu more and more interesting.

Judal's peculiar behavior did not go unnoticed by the whole class with the exception of their new transfer student who knew nothing about Judal. When Judal smiles, that is never a good sign.

"Brother En, Judal is smiling." Kouha whispers to Kouen.

"I sense a storm brewing."

There was just something about Hakuryuu that Judal could not put his finger on. The kid was the first person to actually ignore him like that. It looks like he wasn't exactly a happy go lucky person either always having that stoic face on. Judal wonders how Hakuryuu would look if he smiled a little.

'Now that would be a treat." Just the thought of cracking that tough demeanor made Judal lick his lips in anticipation.

In the middle of one his usual strolls in the air, Judal spotted a certain dark blue haired, scarred transfer student entering the principal's office, normally students aren't allowed in there especially if the principal himself isn't there. It seems that Hakuryuu was searching over the documents of the students. Now why would he want to do something like that? From how he was in their class, Hakuryuu didn't look like he had any intention of warming up to his classmates. What's more is that this is his first day here so there's no reason for him to look up a student if he doesn't even know any of the students here aside from his classmates unless he came here with another intention.

After digging around for some clues to his brothers, Hakuryuu came up with nothing. Hakuryuu only sighs at his fruitless efforts. He knew there was no need to rush into things like that since he has plenty of time to look around, but there was something about this school that made Hakuryuu feel uneasy. For now he can't do anything about it as his first priority is his brothers. Since he spent so much time searching for clues to his brothers, it is almost curfew time. Even if it is his first day here, Alma Torran has a strict curfew time. And if he is caught outside of curfew time, it would bring him more unwanted attention than he has right now as a new student. In order to find his brothers, he must keep a low profile at all costs. Now is not the time for that, he'll start sneaking around at night when he has blended into the student body. He just hopes that his roommate won't catch him missing.

"Yo Hakuryuu, so you're my new roommate. Lucky~" A naked Judal greeted his new roommates when Hakuryuu opened the door.

"Kyyyaaaaaa!?" Hakuryuu blushes at the shameless exhibitionist before him as he covers his eyes. "What are you doing!? Have you no decency!"

"What's wrong with showing off a little skin? We're both guys."

"Revealing little skin is completely different from being bare naked. Don't lump in together with a pervert like you." Hakuryuu looks away avoiding looking in Judal's direction.

"Get used to it; we're going to be roommates from now on."

Hakuryuu's opinion of Judal:

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He's a pervert.

It looks like Hakuryuu might have a bit of a problem with his roommate.

"Uwaaaah!" A dark blue haired child is crying hiding in a garden.

"What's the matter?" A young man who resembles the child except older asks his younger sibling.

"Brother, I had a horrible dream that Brother Hakuyuu and Brother Hakuren went somewhere and never came back."

"What are you talking about! We're right here. Safe and sound with our cute little siblings. Your big brothers aren't going to leave their two cute siblings behind." Hakuyuu lifts the child up in air.

"Yes…!"

"Brother..." A tear slowly drips from Hakuryuu's face as he dreams of two brothers.

While a sleeping Hakuryuu quietly calls out to his brothers in his sleep, he is being observed by his roommate who only stares at him when he whips off the tear from Hakuryuu's eye. He wonders exactly what Hakuryuu is hiding from him.