After half an hour of walking, I started questioning if Tasha really knew her way to the market square, "Are you sure we're going the right way?" "Yep! I'm 90% sure!" "What about the last 10%..." "I'm 100% sure!" "..." We wandered around, aimlessly getting deeper into the city. After a while, I was sure Tasha didn't know where she was going, "You don't know where we are, do you? This looks nothing like the area near the market square." "I'm sure we're close..." "Should we ask one of the patrol guards for directions?" "They might get suspicious and send us back!" "Wouldn't that be better than being lost?" "But we'll be punished!" "Fine, then ask someone when they walk by." "But what if they also get suspicious and report us to the guards?" "Not everyone is suspicious of us!" "You don't know that..." "Fine, I'll keep following you for now, but if we don't find it soon, I'm gonna ask someone where to go." Tasha looked relieved and happy that I wasn't going to ask for direc
After two weeks of being locked away in the estate with no sweets or Tasha as part of my punishment, I couldn't stop myself from being overwhelmed by boredom. After the first couple of days of my punishment, I started spending more time with my brothers. But, of course, I mostly spent my time with Dan since he didn't have to go to school anymore since Crimson was teaching him personally at home, and Tom was still going and didn't get back until late in the day. But the three of us still managed to spend the occasional day together, usually at the end of the week when Tom didn't have school. During those weeks, when I spent some time with each of them individually, they showed and taught me different things they had been learning. Since Tom was talented with magic, he started teaching me simple tricks to control my mana. Still, it turned out I wasn't naturally gifted with mana control and only had average talent, so his simple tricks were complicated to understand for me. Dan showed
After another two weeks, Crimson told me that Tasha could finally start coming down again. She also sent a letter to Clair telling her Tasha was allowed to start visiting again. The day after Crimson sent the letter, Tasha arrived at the estate and rushed to the door, almost tripping over her dress due to her excitement. After she was let in, she ran out to find me when she was told where I was. Tasha ran outside and over to my personal garden, where she saw me sitting around my table talking to Dan. When I saw Tasha rushing over to me, she had a very desperate look on her face while shouting, "Sash!" The moment she got within arm's length of me, she immediately started hugging me far too tightly, "I missed you so much!" Since she was crushing me, I could barely talk, "I... missed... you... too..." After a few moments, she let go of me, allowing me to breathe again. She then sat beside me on the empty chair, "What happened in the month I was gone?!" "Nothing." "But something mus
After that day, time seemed to pass me by without my notice, and before I knew it, it was already the day after my 7th birthday. When I got downstairs, I headed straight into the dining room to have one of the maids bring me breakfast. When I walked into the room, I saw Walter sitting around the table. It looked like he had been waiting for me to come down, and when he saw me, he got out of his seat and walked over to me, "Sash, since you're old enough now, I want to give you a test which will tell me your aptitude towards magic." I felt confused by what Walter was talking about, "But you've been teaching me magic, don't you already know?" "Yes, that is true. Your Mother and I have been giving you personal lessons teaching you control, but we've only been teaching you the basics that all dragons learn, which helps you control your mana and some basic spells. It could have gotten out of hand if we hadn't taught you how to manage your mana." "Oh, I haven't been learning proper magic
The following day, Walter came to find me in the middle of the day while I was outside in my personal garden, "Sash." "Yes?" "I've managed to sort everything out, and you'll be starting school a little sooner than I thought." "When will I start?" "Tomorrow." "That's a lot sooner than I thought it would be!" "I know, but don't worry, your brother will be there to help you if you need it." "But what if he's busy?" "You still have the teachers at the school you can go to for help." "Ok..." The next day, a maid woke me up early, "Miss, you have to get up. You have to attend your first day of school." I tried my best to ignore her and sleep in, but the maid stole my blanket as I tried, "I'm sorry, miss, but the Duke has given us permission to do whatever it takes to get you out of bed." I sat up in my bed feeling groggy with my hair in a frizzy mess, "Fine..." I got up and sat in front of my dresser while a maid brushed my hair. As she did, I saw another maid enter the room thr
After I finished my 4th class of the day, I started heading to the cafeteria. While on my way there, I saw Garry waiting outside the cafeteria doors with a couple of other kids. As I went to pass them, Garry stopped me, "Sasha, I've been waiting for you a while. I wanted to ask you something." I couldn't help but feel anxious about what he wanted to ask, "What is it?" "Do you want to join the student council? Were made up of nobles, and there's still an open position." "What would I have to do if I joined?" "Just help us keep the commoners under control. There's a lot of them in this place, so we need more help." "Don't the student council have to help the students?" "We are helping the other students. We're helping them follow the rules. Commoners can't go around acting on the same level as nobles, so we have to make sure they remember their place. And I think you would fit in well." "I'm sorry, but I don't have any spare time to join the student council. Please excuse me. I w
After a long and gruelling magic lesson, forced to exhaust my mana and replenish it the entire time, I went to leave with everyone else. As I did, Terry called me back over, "Miss Hastus, I'd like to talk to you." I held back my frustration and anger and walked back over to him. He made me stand there in silence until everyone else left, "Now everyone else has gone, I wanted to see if you're willing to apologise to me now?" "What do I have to apologise for, sir...!" "For your rude behaviour before class and earlier today." I snapped, hearing him ask for an apology for that, "Why would I have to apologise to you for your arrogance! We wouldn't be talking now if you weren't so full of yourself and expected someone else to apologise for your terrible personality!" Terry smirked at my outburst, "I didn't hear an apology during that. I guess you want to keep up the higher level of training. I'm going to teach you to respect your superiors. Until you do, you can expect difficult lessons
After we finished the first half of our classes, Tasha and I started heading to the cafeteria. While walking there, I remembered Garry told me to go to the student council room to pick up the form to join, "Tasha, I'll meet you at the cafeteria. I need to go do something first." "What do you need to do?" I tried to put on a fake smile, "I just need to pick up a form. I won't be too long." Tasha could tell something was off about me but wasn't sure what, "Ok, just make sure you're not too long. You can't miss lunch." "Ok, I'll make sure I'm back with plenty of time to sit down and eat with you." After I said that, Tasha and I started walking in different directions. It didn't take me long before I arrived outside the student council room. When I walked inside, there was only one person in the room. He was tall with grey eyes and white pink-coloured hair. When he saw me enter, he asked, "Can I help you with something?" "I'm Sasha Hastus. Garry told me to come here to get a form to