The laboratory was filled with various bottles of potions, cauldrons on each table, and students wearing a lab coat and goggles. Jonah decided he didn't like the goggles so put it on his forehead. He sat between Ace and Grim. Since this wasn't their classroom, they didn't have to sit on their assigned seat.

At the center of the classroom, in front of a giant cauldron, stood a man. His hair was parted at the side, with the longer section colored white and the shorter section black. He had narrow grey eyes and wore silver studs in his ears. Beneath a thick, black-and-white furry coat with several tail-like appendages hanging from the bottom of it, he wore a tuxedo - consisting of a black dress shirt, red tie, and black-and-white vest. He also wore red gloves, red socks, and a pair of black-and-white shoes.

"I see you're the fresh new faces who will be joining my class today," he said, walking toward a boy with light green hair. Hm~ There are some rare hair colors. Not bad at all, I say." He chuckled. "Be careful not to take too long to finish, understood?"

The boy gave the teacher a sharp nod. The man, satisfied with the answer, walked back to the center of the classroom. "My name is Divus Crewel. You shall refer to me as Master Crewel if you please."

"First off, the basic." He tapped the cigarette holder with a red collar attached to the end of it he was holding to his other palm of his hand. "I shall have your tiny brains remember hundreds of names of medicinal herbs and poisonous plants. And fungi are a whole different topic. I'll have you remember them so that you don't accidentally poison yourself if you eat some when you go for a walk. Dogs love to eat anything they see, after all. I don't want to see anyone getting a failing mark during the exam, so I shall be as strict as I can."

"I see…" Deuce, who sat on Ace's other side, looked up from his opened textbook that has a table filled with foreign names. "By the way, what are 'fungi'?" he muttered as he flipped more pages.

"Blegh…" Ace rested his chin on his palm and his elbow on the table. "I'm pretty bad with memorization."

"At least you know the basic," Jonah groaned, running his hand through his face. "I don't even know that we can eat random leaves."

"If it's grass, we just have to figure out if it's delicious or not, yanno?" said Grim, which earned some disgusted looks from the other three boys. Grim looked at them with a confused look. "What?"

"I am Mozun Trein, the professor in charge of history of magic," said the tall elderly man with small grey eyes and greying, neatly combed-back hair. He wore a standard black suit beneath long maroon robes and a pair of black shoes. Attached to his collar was a white jabot, which was tied off with a turquoise-colored pendant.

"And this is my familiar, Lucius." The cat in the professor's hand was a chubby, black long-hair with a white muzzle and golden eyes. He had white patches of fur at his chest and the tip of his tail.

It meowed when its name was called. "Meeeoooowwww~"

The word 'familiar' caught Jonah's attention and he glanced at Grim who sat beside him. Everybody thought that Grim was his familiar. What is exactly a familiar? And what connection do they have with their magician owner?

"I shall have you learn the history behind the magic that you are using now," Professor Trein continued. "I do not only grade by your reports, but also by how you behave in my classroom. I will not tolerate sleeping in class. Now then, please turn to page 15 of your textbooks."

Jonah took out his textbook that the headmaster had collected for him this morning. He slid it in front of Grim because they had to share.

"We will start with the discovery of magic crystal in the Dwarfs' Mines," Trein started his explanations.

"Meeeoooowwww~"

"The discovery of this crystal led to magical energy being able to spread worldwide. It could also be considered as the 'Beginning of Magic'."

"Meeeoooowwww~"

Across the room, Jonah could see Ace was yawning, already bored of the lesson, while Deuce who sat beside him was busy taking notes, even meowing cat parts.

Grim pouted. "Ugh… I want a more explosive and flashier magic class!"

Jonah rolled his eyes. "This is still the early periods," he said, taking out an empty notebook, following Deuce example. "You'll get that class later."

For some reason, Jonah had already guessed that their physical education teacher would be a buff man. Strong and burly, the coach was very broad-shouldered with a thick neck and thick chest. He had dark brown hair styled in a pompadour and small blue eyes. He also had a thin beard framing his face. He wore athletic black pants, a red jacket with gold stripes with a golden stag-head is pictured on the right side of his chest, and red sneakers. He wore a golden curled arrow-shaped bracelet on his left wrist, which is a blood-like red at the point.

"I'm Ashton Vargas, and I'm in charge of watching over you bean sprouts' physical education," he said with a booming voice. "Excellent magic starts with excellent bodies! Behold…!"

He flexed his muscle. "These muscles are from heavy training and eating raw eggs every day! A magician with no stamina is unspeakable! First, do 20 laps around the field! And then, 100 sit-ups!" He pulled his whistle from around his neck and blew it. All the students started running around the field.

"Eh… I don't hate exercise," Ace said when Jonah finally caught up to him. "But I can't handle teachers like him."

Deuce was grinning when he ran past them. "I have confidence in my stamina."

"What's so fun about running around? I'm not a hamster, yanno?" Grim was running behind them with his tiny feet. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to cheat here, so flying is not an option. This would be ten times harder for him…

"You know, for a magic school, it doesn't feel that much different from a normal school, huh…" Ace commented, arms folded behind his head as the three of them walked through the hallways during recess. "It's a lot more… Ordinary than I thought… Guess I don't have to worry much even without magic."

"I think it was pretty interesting," said Jonah, and he meant it. There were so many things that he couldn't understand. Maybe actually attending classes would make him understand more about his surroundings and, if it was possible, jogged his memories. "Though I have so much to catch on..."

"Yeah, your faces during the classes were hilarious." Ace grinned, putting his arm around Jonah's shoulders. "You don't know anything, huh?"

Jonah rolled his eyes but didn't feel offended. "Well, forgive me for being stupid."

Ace laughed. "Well, you're gonna have a lot of works there. Dontcha think so, too, Grim?"

…

Jonah had a bad feeling about this. "Grim?" he patted his head. It was empty above him. He quickly turned around but not a sign of that black-furred creature. "GRIM?!" Damn it! If he causes trouble already, Crowley will be super pissed again!

A familiar laugh could be heard from downstairs. Jonah looked toward the window. Immediately he pressed his face to the glass window, catching the sight of Grim flying away to the courtyard, complaining about how he doesn't need to take boring classes.

"Grim you better go back here! The headmaster is going to kill us! But mostly ME!" Jonah shouted, banging on the window. It was clear that Grim couldn't hear them, but he didn't care. The poor window became the object to release his frustration.

Deuce and Ace walked up to the window, watching the cat flew further away. "Running away on the first day…" he muttered while shaking his head. "That guy just doesn't learn, huh."

Ace chuckled, resting his elbow onto Jonah's head. "Being negligent on the first day, are we, Captain~?"

Jonah let out a groan of frustration as he turned around to see his two other classmates. "Dammit, guys. This is no time to laugh!"

"Aw~ You need us to catch him?" Ace asked.

Jonah could felt his vein threatening to pop. "Yes please!"

Ace grinned widely at him. "I want some chocolate croissant from the cafeteria!"

Jonah's jaw dropped. This guy is really… He turned to Deuce, but the blunette also had that cheeky smile on his face. "Then, I shall have some café latte."

"You know that I'm poor!"

Ace leaned against the window again. "Ahh~ I can't see him~ Where could he be?"

"Argh! Fine. Fine!" Jonah screamed, nearly tearing his hair off. "You guys are just like Grim..." he grumbled.

"And that's a deal!" Ace laughed, taking out his magical pen. "Alright, shall we go help out our helpless captain, Deuce~?"

"Sure thing, Ace~" Deuce followed his grin, taking out his pen as well. "I'm most looking forward to lunchtime."

With the two ran off to cat that demon-cat, Jonah just really wanted to smack his head to something hard. Damn it, Grim… Why did you always make everything complicated?

Epel was walking around the courtyard, a half-bitten apple in his hand. He was in a good mood today. Earlier in PE was their first trial in flying a broom and he managed to fly the highest compare to the other Pomefiore who were mostly complaining about how their make-up was ruined from the sweats. Epel didn't mind the sweats, in fact, he welcomed it. It was part of the routine that he enjoys. He prefers sports rather than etiquette. The mirror made a mistake for putting him in Pomefiore…

"Grim, taking those lessons is for your sake, y'know?!"

"Wha–!? Why're you the one taking me back?!"

"We are doing this for the sake of our lunch!"

"I don't get it! I'm never going back to a boring class like that!"

"Hmm?" Epel turned toward the voices. He saw a pair of Heartslabyul students were chasing a flying cat. Wait a minute. He shared the same PE class with them. He knew that cat because he remembers the boy with him who managed to work together to get their broom flying. Where is he anyway?

"Oi, watch out!"

"Eh?!"

He couldn't avoid the colliding cat into his chest.

"Grab him!"

He heard one of the Heartslabyul yelled at him. In instinct, he grabbed the cat in his hand before it can fly away, pulling it off his chest. He wasn't squeezing it but still held it pretty hard. "O-Oi, let me go!" The cat was struggling in his hands, trying to claw his face but couldn't even reach him. "Why do you hold so hard for a girl?!"

Epel raised an eyebrow at the cat. This is an all-boys school…?

"Alright~!" Epel looked up. The two Heartslabyul boys had finally caught up to him. The one with the red hair and heart make-up was the one who cheered earlier. "Our lunch is secured now~!"

"Thank you so much for catching him," the blunette with shape make-up.

Epel nodded to him, while not understanding the situations. "No problem."

He handed the cat to the blunette who immediately hugged it close to his chest, not letting it leave again. "Now, Grim. Behave and go back to class."

"I said, I don't wanna~!" The cat kept whining in his arms. The redhead gave Epel a two-finger salute before turning around and following the blunette. Epel stared at the pair, blinking in confusion. He looked to the ground. Oh, his apple had fallen off.

What a strange bunch…