The nine council members left silently through a pair of doors, leaving
Harry with his soon-to-be teacher and master. Harry turned to face the man
nervously, not sure on how to approach him on the situation.
The said man surprisingly smiled and beckoned Harry to follow him before leaving too. Harry stared stupidly for a moment before realizing that the chains were gone and hurriedly followed his teacher.
It was the first time Harry had seen the school so he paid extra attention to his surroundings. The floor and ceilings were stone gray. That is the only thing he considered normal here. There were no walls. He could see that there were plenty of rooms. There were plenty of stone corridors. Heck, he was walking on one right now!
But, the space between the corridors and rooms and other corridors were empty. That's it, empty. Nothing but air. There was not even a piece of ground. The entire structure was floating on air!
That would be fine for Harry if he was not afraid of falling. It was not that he was afraid of heights. It was just the narrow corridors with no handles on each side except occasionally a stone pillar holding a torch plus the air and nothing to support him if he fell that did it.
The roaring fires under the floating building didn't help either. He decided to ask his new found guide a question.
"Sir, what happens if you fall into the fire?"
Klementine turned around and arched an eyebrow, "Why you die of course!" He said that like it's a small matter. Harry gulped.
"My boy," Klementine said with a sigh, "I'm afraid you got our school wrong. This is very different from the school you came from. Here, we teach students the harsh way. There will be no guarantees for your safety. Of course, in the first few months you'll be okay but after that, I cannot say.
We are learning to be warriors, not for educational. It's the action that matters, not the knowledge. After all, what's the use of knowing how to do something without being actually able to do it?"
Harry had to admit he had a point.
"I do not know about your previous school but fights are a common thing. Corridors and inschool fighting cannot get you killed though you may be severely wounded. Out of bounds fights however, have no restrictions on how far you go. We also have tons of tournaments and death is a common thing if you chose to enter.
People fight for reasons like stealing, insults, mistakes and even stupid reasons like they did not like the way you're dressed. A warning to you, people here tend to hide and lie a lot especially about their appearance. A small girl that looks harmless might be a serious threat. One important lesson here: Never underestimate your opponent. The only one who stays in their real appearance and kept their birth name is a fool and I can assure you that there are no fools here. By the way, we're here."
Harry startled. He had been so caught up in Kaiser's words that he hadn't noticed where they're going. He looked up and blinked. Right in front of him was a dragon and it was staring at him.
The said man surprisingly smiled and beckoned Harry to follow him before leaving too. Harry stared stupidly for a moment before realizing that the chains were gone and hurriedly followed his teacher.
It was the first time Harry had seen the school so he paid extra attention to his surroundings. The floor and ceilings were stone gray. That is the only thing he considered normal here. There were no walls. He could see that there were plenty of rooms. There were plenty of stone corridors. Heck, he was walking on one right now!
But, the space between the corridors and rooms and other corridors were empty. That's it, empty. Nothing but air. There was not even a piece of ground. The entire structure was floating on air!
That would be fine for Harry if he was not afraid of falling. It was not that he was afraid of heights. It was just the narrow corridors with no handles on each side except occasionally a stone pillar holding a torch plus the air and nothing to support him if he fell that did it.
The roaring fires under the floating building didn't help either. He decided to ask his new found guide a question.
"Sir, what happens if you fall into the fire?"
Klementine turned around and arched an eyebrow, "Why you die of course!" He said that like it's a small matter. Harry gulped.
"My boy," Klementine said with a sigh, "I'm afraid you got our school wrong. This is very different from the school you came from. Here, we teach students the harsh way. There will be no guarantees for your safety. Of course, in the first few months you'll be okay but after that, I cannot say.
We are learning to be warriors, not for educational. It's the action that matters, not the knowledge. After all, what's the use of knowing how to do something without being actually able to do it?"
Harry had to admit he had a point.
"I do not know about your previous school but fights are a common thing. Corridors and inschool fighting cannot get you killed though you may be severely wounded. Out of bounds fights however, have no restrictions on how far you go. We also have tons of tournaments and death is a common thing if you chose to enter.
People fight for reasons like stealing, insults, mistakes and even stupid reasons like they did not like the way you're dressed. A warning to you, people here tend to hide and lie a lot especially about their appearance. A small girl that looks harmless might be a serious threat. One important lesson here: Never underestimate your opponent. The only one who stays in their real appearance and kept their birth name is a fool and I can assure you that there are no fools here. By the way, we're here."
Harry startled. He had been so caught up in Kaiser's words that he hadn't noticed where they're going. He looked up and blinked. Right in front of him was a dragon and it was staring at him.