Chapter 58: First Morning

Edgar nudged Julius with his very large shoulder and asked, “How was your first night?”

Julius had to keep himself from being tossed off of the bench, and responded, “It was productive, I saw some of the facilities after we signed up for our classes. It’s impressive how much is available to students.”

“Yeah, just wait until classes start, then you will begin to wonder how the school manages to afford this,” Edgar said to him.

Edgar noticed Drasil sitting next to Julius and asked, “Hey, is that plant over there yours?”

Julius looked up from his food, “Yep, that is Drasil. It is a life spirit seed that I got not too long ago.”

“Oh! Are you hoping for it to become your familiar?” Aubrey perked up at hearing it was a spirit.

Julius was about to say yes, but he caught himself. He hadn’t thought about how he was going to explain getting a life spirit with no life affinity. If he said he was planning to have it as his familiar, it might be suspicious because people usually only got familiars that coincided with their affinity.

He could just say that he was going to have it become his familiar because he liked the thought of having a cute spirit. It might come off as a weird reason, but it might be better than admitting that he had purposefully left off his life affinity on the exam. Or maybe he could just say he had a small affinity for life and wasn’t focusing on it while at Goldencrest, he didn’t quite know yet.

He also was planning to form a familiar bond once Drasil was born, and it would be obvious to most that it was his familiar. Therefore, lying and saying he wasn’t going to form a bond with it would be stupid. He decided to tell a partial truth.

“Yep, I wanted a spirit as a familiar and found this little guy in a small shop when I got to Heston,” Julius said.

“I always wanted to get a spirit familiar. But there aren’t any crystal spirits, at least not that anyone has discovered.” Aubrey told Julius.

“You have a crystal affinity?” Julius asked.

“Yep, inherited from my mother,” she said.

“Wow, that’s amazing.”

Julius should have guessed that because of her last name, but crystal affinities were practically unheard of. They were similar to earth affinity users but had some amazing advantages. If her mother was a Tier 6 as Edgar had said, then she must be someone very important and very wealthy.

“I never asked what affinity you have yesterday,” Edgar said next to Julius. “I have a dual affinity for earth and fire. What about you?”

“Fire and kinetic,” Julius replied.

“Nice, I only have a high affinity for fire, but I have an exceptional earth affinity. I only use fire to give myself a little extra boost, but I can show you some tricks if you’re interested,” Edgar offered to him.

Julius took up Edgar on his offer, he would love to see what someone else could do with fire, especially another person who fights up close.

While Julius was busy stuffing his face, trying to finish his plate, the other two were taking their time eating their light breakfast. They were talking about a professor for a class they were both taking this year. A new professor was teaching Mana Applications and they wanted to find out if he was any good.

A few minutes later the other girl, Lily Violet showed up with tired eyes and her pretty hair tied up in a ponytail. “Morning guys,” she noticed Julius sitting next to Edgar. “Oh hey, it’s the same firstie from last night. Julius right?”

Julius nodded. “Yep, it’s Julius. You’re Lily right?”

“Yeah, nice to officially meet you. I see that Edgar told you about us then,” Julius smiled and looked at Edgar before nodding his head.

“Well, I guess I will still introduce myself,” she curtsied at Julius, “My name is Lily Violet, a pleasure to meet you.”

Julius got up as well, gracefully bowing toward her, “It is an honor to make your acquaintance as well Lady Violet.”

“You can call me Lily, none of that lady stuff, at least not while we are at school,” she told him.

Aubrey got up as well, remembering that she had not introduced herself as well. “Sorry, Edgar might have told you already, but I am Aubrey.”

“Yeah, he told me all four of your guy’s names. He’s been real helpful,” Julius told the girls.

“Edgar’s like that. He looks mean and unfriendly, but he’s a puppy on the inside, always trying to be accommodating,” Lily explained.

“Hey! I take offense to that,” Edgar interjected.

The girl ignored him and said to Julius, so why are you up so early? Most firsties don’t wake up this early.”

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“I have always been an early riser, I guess,” Julius answered her.