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Ch.2 World History?
The lecture was still going on and it was still packed shoulder to shoulder, making it hard for Genis to maneuver around the central area of Palma Costa.
After the many bumping into strangers, Genis finally made it to the Palma Costa Academy. The Academy had changed a lot over the last time Genis visited, they made it way huger. Added a few more classrooms, put in a few science rooms where mages could practice their craft, and put a dorm area where the church used to be.
Genis entered the huge building and heard the Corporals voice from where he stood. The class was not far from the front door and it seemed to be one of the new science rooms. It was bigger than most of the normal classrooms, a clutter of desks where near the entrance and at the back the floor seemed to be made of some weird stone where a group of students from ages 10 to 13 where gathering around the Corporal.
"Alright, I know it's supposed to be Mr. Petris teaching and not me but, he's running a little late." Corporal Sage began.
"Now what class is this?" Corporal Sage asked.
"This is magic for novice, Professor Sage." A student said.
"Ah, yes novice magic." Professor Sage said as he grabbed a text book and leafed through it for 5 seconds. He the closed it and spoke "okay can anyone tell me what happened to the very first Mana Master?"
Genis was given the title of Mana Master but even he didn't know any previous Mana Masters fates. At least I'm not the only one who doesn't know Genis thought as he looked at the rest of the students as stumped as he was.
"Nobody, okay." Said Corporal Sage as he walked over to the chalk board and wrote a name Genis had never heard of: Nova Duran IV. "Alright I know Nova Duran was long before any of our times, even before the Great Karalahn War but its just some basic world history which I'm going to be late for if Mr. Petris…" Corporal Sage was about say before he stopped and looked over at Genis.
"Go on." A voice beside Genis said. Genis looked beside him to see a half elf with turquoise hair and wearing a lab coat standing beside him.
"If Mr. Petris doesn't get here soon." Corporal Sage finished. He then walked to the far back exit saying a farewell and leaving.
"Don't worry students you won't have to know who Nova Duran was." Mr. Petris said.
Genis walked out just in time to see Corporal Sage walk into a class across the hall. Genis followed quickly as he could without making to much noise, he made it to the door way and heard his voice. He seemed to be taking attendance; Genis looked into the class to see it full of girls in ages ranging from 15 to 17.
"Alright, I think your all here physically, but I don't know about mentally. Anyway sorry for being late but Mr. Petris needed a babysitter while he was at Raine Sages lecture. Now, let's begin shall we…"
Genis was still looking at the class full of girls and didn't notice Corporal Sage and the whole class look at him. "Um, are you lost?" Corporal Sage asked.
"Huh, me." Genis asked dumbly.
"Yes, you." Corporal Sage shot back. "Oh, you must be one of those touring students. While come on in."
Genis walked in cautiously and noticing he was out of his bulky armor and in a black shirt and matching pants. "Alright I think there's a seat somewhere here, ah right up there beside San of Mizuho." Corporal Sage said. Genis looked where he pointed, up in the left corner of the lecture theater. He made his way up the steps and took a seat beside Sun.
"Oh, sorry I'm late Professor Sage." Said a worried voice.
"Not at all Lydia, but I'm afraid your seat was given to someone else. So if you would take a seat at the front please. Alright now that we're all settled in lets begin…" Corporal Sage said.
Genis wasn't paying attention to him; he was looking at San and noticed how she resembles a lot of people from Mizuho. She was dressed in regular women's Mizuho clothing with decretive flower designs at the bottom. But he didn't' realize San was watching him at the corner of her eye.
"Um, is there something on me or you just being perverted?" San asked.
"Uh… no it's just you remind me of someone from Mizuho I once knew." Genis said hurriedly and uncertainly.
"Oh really, what's their name?" San asked with a grin appearing on her face.
"Uh, Sheena Fujibayashi the new…."Genis began before he was cut off.
"AHEM! Is there something that I said that sounded like have conversation?" Professor Sage said with a small hint of anger in his voice.
"Yes, there is." San began. "The Crusade for the Celsius Tear is always a great conversation starter at parties." San said with the same grin she gave Genis.
"San… just because you can talk and hear what I'm saying doesn't mean you should" Professor Sage said.
"Sorry Professor Sage it won't happen again for the remainder day." San said with the grin still on her face.
"Now from the beginning, in the early years of Tethe'alla, after the splitting of the two worlds there were about 6 different countries." He paused slightly and went over to a new world map and began to point on areas of Tethe'alla. "They were Meltokio, Sybak, Mizuho, Altamira, Flanoir, and Heimdall. Now Meltokio was currently in a civil war state with the settlements of the Fooji against the Imperial City, the Imperils fearing they were about to lose needed a moral boost." Professor Sage paused and took a sip of water from a glass on his desk.
"So, the first Pope of Tethe'alla Pope Knoll which we all know now he was mad. Ordered his brother Isaac Knoll who was a General to go to Flanoir and retrieve the Celsius Tear, Isaac was given 500 Papillion Knights but anyone could tell you the army of Flanoir had more than 500 men. So Isaac went to the slums and rounded up about 1000 volunteers and then they still needed men so they went to the prisons. After enlisting convicts and poor people to fight they hired some mercenaries to help, so in total they managed to get 2700 men to fight with." Professor Sage then went to the map.
"The grand Tethe'alla Bridge wasn't there back then so they had to sail over to Sybak with the outmost permission from the first King of Sybak… who was?" Professor Sage questioned with a small smile on his lips.
The class was slightly surprised by the sudden question but there were a few hands in the air ready to answer. Professor Sage then pointed to a girl in the front row saying. "Ah yes, Emma what's the answer."
"The first king of Sybak was King Luis II." She responded.
"Correct." Thomas said with a chuckle and then continued with his lecture. "Isaac managed to get a few fanatics from Sybak to fight with him, bringing his numbers to 3125. Isaac marched his men to the Temple of Lighting, then to the outer ridge of Flanoir." He the walked back to his map and pointed to the northern islands that surrounded Flanoir. "Isaac had to sail his ships through this labyrinth of small rocky islands, but he managed somehow. "Finally having landed his troops he then knew that the king of Flanoir, King Gregory Newbell wouldn't allow him just to take the Celsius Tear. So Isaac besieged the grand city of Flanoir, after 3 months of savage fighting Isaac had taken serious losses and made a tactical retreat to the Temple of Ice. Isaac prepared the defense of the temple. Gregory Newbell was also a skilled fighter and tactician so he marched his army to the Temple of Ice to fight the foreign invaders. The fights at the Temple of Ice only took a few days before it was finished, Isaac was captured and executed the same day." With that said Professor Sage pulled up the map and said. "I hope you got some notes on that."
"What we were suppose to writing that down." Lydia said franticly.
"Yes, miss Lydia if you didn't notice the rest." Genis looked around to see the rest of the class with paper and quills, dabbing their quills into ink bottles.
"Ding…Dong." A deep chime of the school bell could be heard throughout the school. "Alright, Lydia, San, and the tour boy I want to talk to you people for a sec." Professor Sage said.