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The very next morning, the sun barely over the horizon, both Asako and Takeshi were ready to leave. Asako's back had healed somewhat over the night allowing her to move more freely. "Big sis, big bro, you are leaving right? Have a safe trip ok" Takeshi's little brother rubbed his eyes as he slowly got out of bed to hug them. "We will" Takeshi spoke first as Asako continued "we will come and visit soon, hopefully we can finish my telejia hastily" Asako said as she patted his head. "Good luck" Takeshi's little brother said as he waved goodbye to the two of them who were headed downstairs. He wouldn't go downstairs for it was early in the morning and he needed to get back to bed. Both Takeshi and Asako made their way downstairs, to see his mother waiting for them by the door "have a safe trip the two of you" she smiled as she opened the door. "Thank you for your hospitality" Asako responded "you are welcome to come back any time" her mother bade them farewell with a warm and friendly smile.

They quickly made their way to Prairie Town. The town was quiet in the morning but there were still people running about, getting started with the day. It had taken a while to get there considering the distance but it was still a short trip. They finally arrived at the location of the registry for the training session. It was a mere few fliers pinned to a board, names were signed on it, plenty of them. They both had to sign their names as well and wait until 10 o clock for the actual classes to start. When the class was supposed to start, about 100 students were there, all sorts of classes. They were all gathered in a field, talking among each other. Asako did not see any other archers among them. Most would prefer to train with their masters rather than attend a training session but she had no choice if she wanted quality training. The only group of girls there, were a group of sorceresses. She approached them hoping to be able to make friends, at least give it a try. Takeshi waited at the back letting her experiment herself.

"Hi" she greeted only to be responded to harshly

"Who are you supposed to be?" the sorceresses turned over to her

"Asako, and you?" she responded warmly

"Someone who is not willing to talk to you that's who" Asako didn't look discouraged though at their rude responses. Suddenly a cleric came up and hugged her. He had tangled hair white like snow and wore standard cleric armor. He was a priest carrying a wand that had seemed to have been used a lot. It had lost its polished touch. A normal looking guy, until he said these words "finally someone normal!" all the sorceresses stared blank at her.

"Normal?" Asako queried.

"I can tell because they are bothered by your presence" he responded when suddenly a sorceress began talking "aw, Yoshiro is so considerate. He is so friendly, you are such a nice person Yoshiro" all of them began to appear softer all intended to gain his favor. "What's wrong with them? They were being mean to me a second ago" Asako looked even more confused and to her surprise the cleric was still hugging her. "They are like fan-girls. I came here from Mana Ridge, I didn't use the bridge at Crystal Stream, I swam it hoping to shake them off. It didn't work. Even though I was fighting the tide, they were always about 1 meter away!" his hands came across her back "wow, you are bandaged. What happened?" he looked concerned "I got clawed yesterday, it should heal" she tried to look confident in her situation "well why don't I try something, I am a cleric after all, I can help you" he looked at her with a big smile trying to convince her to accept his assistance. Takeshi came over and saw Asako being hugged by the cleric. It looked like he was going to do a somersault. He was probably thinking "he's going to hurt her back, it's not healed yet! But seeing that it is a cleric, he probably knows what he is doing" he assured himself.

"So, do you want my help?" he asked again. "Sure" Asako said in a faint voice a little bit hesitant but quite sure. All the sorceresses began to give her nasty glares but that was all they could do. No one could harm her. Takeshi came over and passed him the salve and bandages "here's the salve and bandages the doctor gave her" he said "well, nice to meet you. A friend of err, this elf is a friend of mine. It's Yoshiro by the way" he let go of Asako to take the salve and bandages "its Takeshi and 'this elf' is Asako" they shook hands while Asako didn't, a hug was enough. "By the way, what's the salve for?" he looked at it trying to find ingredients and such that could give him some information on the substance "the doctor didn't say" Asako responded to him "all I know is that it hurts a lot when I get it on my back. I am supposed to do this once a day"

"Interesting, I think I can help with that. Come on Asako lets go to the infirmary, just to borrow a room. Then you can come back over here and join Takeshi. It will only take a while" he gestured her to go. "Sure, I guess that be good" she came over with him to the infirmary. On the other side of the field you could hear a murmur at least that's what it sounded like a distance apart "Takeshi you idiot!" a cleric had said that but no one else seemed to care. He made his way towards the infirmary, following Asako and Yoshiro.

In the infirmary, Asako and Yoshiro had just entered. Asako immediately got on the bed and asked "so, you are just going to put on some salve?" Yoshiro laughed a bit "I am going to use some magic too I am a priest after all. He took out his wand. With this magic it should hurt less and heal faster so you can stop putting this salve on. It also should heal with no scars" Asako slowly lied down as Takeshi had forced her to the other day. Yoshiro pushed up her one piece and undid the bandage to see the wound "Wow! that is bad. Where could you have gotten such a thing?" he said as he started murmuring a spell under his breath and taking out some salve "a dark elf clawed me, casualties on my telejia" she felt the salve get on her wound. It didn't hurt at all rather a cool sensation replaced the pain.

She was amazed "how are you doing this?" she asked in astonishment "simple, a very simple spell that will just about do it" he said as he was going to pull down her one piece he pulled it up again "almost forgot" he said as he took out the bandages "do you need help with this?" he had already asked in advance knowing the difficulty for someone who was inexperienced "actually, yes" Asako looked a little but shy admitting that "well then" he gestured for her to take off her one piece and fully unraveled the bandage that had covered the top of her back "don't worry I can do this with my eyes closed" he said to assure her of his experience as he unraveled the roll "please don't" Asako replied giggling. Soon he was done. "Well, we should get back. Hopefully the class has not started yet. Takeshi is probably worried for you. You need help getting up?" he offered her a hand. She accepted it and they both made their way back to the field.

Upon returning to the field they were greeted by Takeshi, still no supervisors in sight. Takeshi inspected Asako. He put his hand on her back to assess the wound. He still had to ask "how was it?" he looked over to Asako expecting her to be the one to answer, Yoshiro understood that and remained silent "it didn't hurt at all" Takeshi looked surprised "well then we should have a cleric help you tomorrow as well, would you mind Yoshiro?" Yoshiro gave them both a big smile. Asako and Takeshi were confused. "Does that mean you mind or that you agree to help her again?" he looked at Yoshiro trying to see if he was actually focusing. He was "it means I will help her again" he started laughing.

Suddenly a supervisor came out to make an announcement "everyone, sorry for the delay. Apparently your trainer cannot come today so for today's schedule will be introduction. You will come up one by one and state your name, class, and where you come from. You don't have to give your full names though. Let's start with you" the supervisor pointed to Yoshiro. Yoshiro made his way to the front of the crowd all of them sitting in rows the sorceresses in front. He started his introduction "Yo, my name is Yoshiro of Mana Ridge but just call me Shiro no need a surname (family name). I am a priest and my favorite move is electric smite even if it's for paladins. Please take care of me" he said while smiling charmingly at the class. All of the sorceresses nearly fainted and applauded as he made his way back to his seat.

The next person to be chosen was a sorceress, she stated her name, class, and place from which she came but she didn't stop there "my hobbies are swimming and cooking and I occasionally go sight-seeing. My dream date is a long walk on a beach at sunset with someone who is actually here and I really feel like shopping right now" she looked at Yoshiro to gauge his reaction. The only thing that went through his mind was "swimming? That means you were the one following the closest on my way here. No wonder" but that was as far as it went. The same thing happened with another sorceress "my hobbies are dancing and going to parties which are pretty much the same thing. My dream date is walking through the snow in Mana Ridge and huddling around a fire with that certain someone as well. I really am excited to be here and am really hoping to impress the person who I like who is here as well!" she ended it here. Everyone looked at Yoshiro, whose sight was fixated on a squirrel on a tree branch. The rest of the sorceresses did this as well even till the point someone complained.

"You told them to state their name, class, and where they came from. Is this allowed?"

"We have all day, relax" the supervisor's tone relaxed as well.

Everyone was bored to tears until Asako showed up. Being the only elf there, people were interested about her and additionally (besides the not so friendly sorceresses) she was the only girl there. She quietly made her way to the front of the crowd. All of the sorceresses turned away and didn't pay attention to her presence. She began anyways "my name is Asako, I am a bow master, as an elf you can guess where I come from" she was about to leave as a voice from the crowd was heard "is that it? Tell us more about yourself cutie" a swordsman had said that. He smirked at her as Asako inevitably responded "Fine, I don't like annoying people and can get violent when meeting one. Since you are bored enough to bother me why don't you go next?" she sat down in between Takeshi and Yoshiro again both looking at her. She was slightly upset feeling a bit offended. The swordsman began his introduction the instructor didn't mind at all she was actually enjoying the tension "my name is Daiki. I am a swordsman from Saint Haven if any of you actually have been there you can imagine the skill I have. Maybe some of you could try taking me on I have been feeling bored maybe you over there" he pointed at Asako "cu-" he was cut off by an arrow that whizzed by his head. It was less than a centimeter away from hitting his head and had transfixed itself on a tree. He was not fazed. He went over to the tree and pulled out the arrow, throwing it to the dirt in front of Asako. She didn't flinch either. Daiki gestured her to come to him, she stood up and drew her bow only to be held down by Takeshi. Takeshi was shaking his head but she didn't want to back down of course she felt offended! She whispered to him "that clown over there wants a fight!" Takeshi looked seriously at her as he uttered a rebuttal still in a hush whisper "well, that supervisor doesn't" she turned to see the supervisor eyeing her intensely. She sat down. Daiki on the other hand started laughing as he made his way back to his seat. Suddenly someone shouted "shut up Daiki". It was the supervisor everyone was shocked, that is an unusual supervisor is what everyone was probably thinking. But they all didn't seem to mind too much.

The next person to come up was a cleric. He began his introduction "my name us S- ah Mamoru, I am a paladin from Mana Ridge. Pleased to meet you all" people didn't react at all, well he wasn't charismatic either so what could you expect, he didn't seem to mind at all though, making friends wasn't on his agenda.

Time flew by until the last person introduced themself. "My name is Kanae, I am an elemental lord from Mana Ridge" she ended it there unlike all the other sorceresses. Everyone was relived. So, the day ended just like that. Asako didn't mind even though she didn't get training today, she knew tomorrow would be more productive because before the supervisor left the supervisor had made an announcement "remember to bring your weapons and wear your armor and accessories tomorrow. We meet here at 10 o'clock again for a placement test with the instructor. Don't get worried over it though, it's just for gauging your capabilities so try your best. You all may go now".

At that point no one left yet, they were all discussing how tomorrow would turn out. Most people thought "they are going to split us into classes" or "they are going to split us into teams to fight each other". Asako, Takeshi, and Yoshiro though, didn't seem to care the slightest. Yoshiro had told them both in advance "Trust me, it's none of those two guesses and I bet they wouldn't be able to guess if I gave them all day! So, let's just head home and take what the instructor said seriously about the armor and stuff you'll need it tomorrow" he seemed like he was joking yet something told Asako and Takeshi that he was serious. They started walking along the path towards the village when Takeshi felt like he had to ask "how do you know all this?" Yoshiro was still smiling in a daze "I am a senior, I attended last year and a few years ago too" he was treasuring the memories from years ago. The three of them reached a crossroad where Takeshi and Asako were headed for a separate inn than Yoshiro "well, see you both tomorrow" he smiled as he waved goodbye "don't forget, wear your equipment!" he shouted a distance away laughing at the thought. Takeshi and Asako prepared, waiting for the day ahead.


AUTHOR MESSAGE: sorry for the late update, got way more chapters I am still proofreading. seriously review! i need your reviews about what you think, why are there only a few people continuing reading is it boring? do you like it? because if you dont i wil try my best to make it better XD so please review but nothing will really happen if you don't i guess, its just that i always see a bunch of other works with tons of reviews. thank you for reading this far, i estimate this story to end at like 20 to 30 chapters for te first season (there will be a second followed by a third) thank you for the support :)

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