A Summoner?

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Chapter 7: Rosecrans Academy Starts? by Harem-Fan

     As my eyes opened, I saw it was still dim in my bedroom, and the best part?

     Rebeca is still sleeping on my side, hugging me softly.

     As I gently stroke her silky black hair, I think back about how she would always bully me and Nevin as the older Sister type. She was both stern and kind.

     She always kept just enough distance, to not be seen as my sister though. It was because my personality changed at age 7 when my Earth dreams began, causing my personality to slowly change, with every night of new dreams.

     She, as a 9 year old girl, could tell my troubled behaviors were not ordinary, because I had matured a bit too fast, and I would question things about our world in odd ways, so she thought I had become a bit eccentric. This was why she treated me more as a friend than a brother.

     Last night was probably the first time I had a dreamless sleep, probably because of my Magic Core forming, and or sleeping with Rebeca beside me?

     Then while I was thinking of my past with Rebeca, that red-haired woman came to mind... And I feel complicated, because I have felt love and affection for her, and I don't even know her name...

     Holding Rebeca in my arms, I felt confused and guilty, because it took so long for me to express my feelings and affection for my now wife, but a random woman I only laid eyes on one time, made me feel equally affectionate for her?!

     Mwah! While I was dealing with inner feelings, soft lips kissed my bare chest as Rebeca woke up, and squeezed me tight. I chuckled and said.

     "Hehe, did you sleep as well as me?"

     I did mention that both Rebeca and Nevin were very honest people, right?

     "Make breakfast for me, Sam... I want to spend the day with you in our new home..."

     I kissed her lips, and slid out of the covers, while she curled up, so I said as I put on slippers.

     "Sure, your cook will go now, hehe. By the way, school starts tomorrow, so one of us needs to get our books and class details, or we can both go, then come home?"

     Rebeca poked her face from the covers and said.

     "We can pick it up together after breakfast, to avoid too many people, plus I wanted to let Milly know where we live, so she can visit us."

     "Sure, and I am guessing Nevin might one day find his way to Milly, well I hope. I will not interfere though, so do not ask. They make a cute couple, but I do not like being in the middle of matchmaking."

     With a sweet smile, Rebeca agreed with me.

     "Yeah, I only bring Milly around my brother, but she has to capture him with her own power, like I did with you, hehe."

     As I was leaving the bedroom, I turned and told her.

     "Thanks for wanting me, Beck. I will fall more and more in love everyday..."

     And after I left, Rebeca only blushed and covered her face, she mumbled.

     "Damn, my heart cannot take so much sweetness, hehe. But I love it..."

-

     After a breakfast full of lovey-dovey interactions, the two of us got serious, and left to get our class assignments, and new books.

     When the two of us made it to the main Academy building, of massive size, I admired its elegant looks.

     It looks like something seen in an old Harvard University  movie on Earth.

     It was made of reddish bricks, with grey mortar to bind the bricks, while tall rose-bushes lined the foot of the building.

     All of the windows are stained-glass, with images of famous past Mage women, performing historical events. It was artistically tasteful. There is enough clear window to at least see the outside.

     The steps going up into the building, and the many pillars decorating the front of the main building, were all made of fine white marble. As you walk up, you feel pressure, like walking into a court-building, ready to be judged.

     As I saw all the girls in Academy uniforms, coming and going, turning their heads to see Rebeca and I holding hands, I had an odd feeling...

     Seeing that most of the women here are at worst, average looking, I had this feeling like I walked into one of those Fantasy Academy novels I remember on Earth, but I know for a fact, no story was like my world at all.

     "Sam, why does your expression look odd?"

     "Beck, do I seem like a Protagonist to you?"

     She used her left hand to cover her mouth and giggle.

     "Hehe, Are you thinking I am a childhood lover? Well, I guess being the only man on the island, you could be a Protagonist of a love-story? But then I want to be the main love interest, haha."

     Seeing Rebeca make fun of me, I remembered yelling for a System yesterday, and felt dumb again.

     Then we heard a soft and kind voice from in front of us. A short girl with orange hair, carrying a stack of 3rd year books, stopped in front of us, with her eyes looking at our held hands.

     "Are you two dating? And hello Rebeca and Sam!"

     I nodded to Milly the Air Summoner.

     "Hello to you as well, and as for dating? I kinda skipped that and married Beck."

     Her pink eyes opened comically wide, as she scooted to Rebeca's side and whispered.

      "How did you trick him?"

     I pretended not to hear her words, and tried not to laugh, while Rebeca was having a dark expression, she growled.

     "He asked me, you little Imp! Let me see how I teach you a lesson later, humph."

     With a mischievous grin, Milly ran over to my right-side to hide from Rebeca and she exaggerated.

      "Brother-in-law, you need to control your wife, she tried to bite me, hehe."

     And for the next couple of minutes, the two women chased each-other around me, and play fought. Then they got serious, and Milly said.

     "Well, Rebeca, I saw our classes, and we only shared a couple this year, poopy. Oh, and Sam, congratulations on becoming a Summoner, if you want my last two years of books, just come to my apartment, I made notes in them from my experiences."

     Then Rebeca, not wanting me or her to go out today, said.

     "Or... You can bring them over and have lunch at our house? Lot 77 in the 1st year zone, hehe

     I swear to whoever is listening, Milly swallowed her saliva, is my cooking that fucking good? (Yes, the main reason you scored Rebeca!)

     "Lot 77! It is really close, so I will bring them over, hehe."@@novelbin@@

     And after Milly left, Rebeca said.

     "It took us a half hour to walk, so she really wants to eat, so make something tasty."

-

     Another lucky day, only some 2nd and 3rd year nameless women came to greet Rebeca, while getting my information, but Rebeca already knew what girls were good or bad, so we avoided tropes again.

     When I got my class times for the week, I noticed some fun classes in there, because I am expected to pick up some kind of auxiliary or crafting skill, like Magic Item Creation, or some Military training, for when we serve the King's Army.

     Yes, even though Knights are more numerous, we the Mages are like my last life's, Special Forces. We are smaller in number, but we are strategic weapons that can change large battles.

     Naturally, I will sign up for Military Service, because it is the place to gain Strength, Political Clout, and Fame.

     Sure it sounds dumb, but in my world of Myst, the Demons are a real threat to all Humans. They are so dangerous, that even the Elves have become their subordinates, to not be devoured. Well, my History class will tell me more later.

     Before I really knew about elves as a child, I had thought they were the Demon Race, but as I gained past life memories, I realised, they are no Demon... Well, maybe the Dark Elf are a bit like Demons?

     Even poor Half Elf in our Human lands are seen with suspicion, for being possible Demon spies, sad really. I have seen a Half Elf before, but it was a dude, and I still want to see this world's Elf women, for science of course!

     About War? The Southern Kingdom really has it bad, because not only do they fend off Demons, but their entire southern border is fighting the Undead Army, from the Dead-Lands. I thought of that World of Warcraft Game on Earth when I heard about it, sad really.

     So the classes I have and then the ones I signed up for are... [General History] [Human Nobility and Customs] [1st-3rd Circle Monster Studies] [Geography of Foreign Lands] [Basic Magic for All] [1st year Summoner Class] [Physical Training] [Military Tactics Basic]

     The reason I did not take Magic Item Creation? Well it is because I will only know 9 spells (18 are for the Summons), while the Healer and Mage learn 27, so I could only create a small number of items, sad...

     And why my Physical Training with my past Knight Training? Well, I need an easy class, right? Also, I do not want to slack, so if I have to exercise, why not get Academy credit for doing it?!

     After putting my books away, Rebeca and I left.

     And shortly after I left, a group of girls swarmed over to see my class choices I had made, sigh, no privacy.

     Also, no one noticed the wriggling shadows that fluctuated and left... (Wraith, cough)

-

     My lunch with the two girls was pleasant and lively, just watching the two women gossip, and I found out from it, what the year 1 class breakdown is...

     Mages... 61, Healers... 24, and Summoners... 15! This tends to be the norm every year, and the Summoner is both the rarest, and the strongest of the Mage Casters.

     The reason we are the strongest? It is because we can summon over our circle level, and at Circle's 4 and 7, get more Summons.

     So the Army loves us the most. It is also one of the classes with a fluctuating power scaling, like how Milly can be weaker than a 1st year with a 5th Circle Monster.

     Anyway, Milly finally left, and Rebeca and I cracked open books for the next day's classes. Although we are in a newlywed phase, ignoring our magic will only get us both killed in the future, so a balance of play and studies must be upheld.

     And to my horror, I learned both of my Summoner Spells of [Call Summon] & [Share Master's Skills] in only one hour...

-

     After learning the two spells, and telling Rebeca, she was horrified as well, and she said.

     "When you learned [Element Bolt] in 10 minutes, I was shocked, but you learned two spells in an hour, that took Milly a full 2 days to memorize?! Sam, I love you, but you must be inhuman!"

     I feel a bit speechless, but I try to be humble.

     "Well, Milly did write lots of notes on what she experienced, so..."

     Rebeca stood, and hugged my face into her chest and said seriously to me.

     "Dummy, just listen to me first... Milly had a teacher guiding her at the time, and you just learned it from a book with notes, do you not see the problem here? What I am telling you is, do not tell others how fast you learned, you are already standing out too much, and that is not good for you my husband."

      "Why? Will the women be jealous and make things hard on me?"

     She rubbed my cheek with her soft hands and said with clarity.

     "Being a male Mage is already putting you on the nobles radar for making babies for their family, and what will they do to you if you prove you're not only a dual-element, but can learn faster than their now weaker daughters?! Yeah, Lady Trouble will be Double~♪!"

     She smirked seeing me go pale, thinking about being tied up and made to make babies all day long, though nice at first, this is not the life I want!

     "Damn, do not say scary things with a joke dear, you must protect me from being here?!"

     She sat in my lap and said.

     "Dummy, I have been since you married me, hehe..."

     After that, we then studied some biology, like we did last night, and passed the time getting better at kissing...

-

     The next day, Rebeca left before me, for her classes, and I went to the main teaching building, for my first [Basic Magic for All] class on the 1st floor, in room 13.

     Click! As I opened the class door, thinking I would be early, I saw all 14 students and a teacher all sitting down and looking at me at once. I wave to all of them and kindly say.

     "Hello, I am Sam Roland, Summoner, I hope we can learn a lot together, so where should I sit?"

     This class has 3 long tables with 5 chairs in each row, and in the back upper row, only the seat at the far end by the window (Protagonist seat, cough) was open, and if life was playing tricks, my seatmate should be Vera Lucas, the 7th Princess, damn!

     (Sam was the only person  in the room, that didn't know the Princess had everyone come early and leave that seat open for himself?!)

The 4 Paths of Aura Training...

• Path of the Strong Knight, Strength-Muscle... 1: [Aura Blow] 2: [Wide Arc Attack] 3: [Whirlwind Attack] 4: [Piercing Strike] 5: [Line Attack] 6: [Meteor Leap] 7: [Powerlifting] 8: [Sunder Objects] 9: [Rage]
• Path of the Swift Knight, Nerves-Agility... 1: [Fast Attacks] 2: [Fleet Movement] 3: [Elusive Movements] 4: [Heighten Awareness] 5: [Vital Strike] 6: [Triple Strikes] 7: [Blink Teleport] 8: [Illusory Clones] 9: [Tornado]
• Path of the Vanguard Knight, Bones-Resistance... 1: [Toughness] 2: [Harden Flesh] 3: [Ground Stomp] 4: [Fast Healing] 5: [Turtle Shell] 6: [Bull Rush Stun] 7: [Second Wind] 8: [Break Bonds] 9: [Local Earthquake] 
• Path of the Fighter, Training varies... 1: [Any 1st] 2: [Any 2nd] 3: [Any 3rd] 4: [Any 4th] 5: [Any 5th] The path ends here...

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