Christopher Martin
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After the sparring, I take a quick shower before calling it a night. But the next morning, I’m woken up by the sound of loud footsteps entering my suite. I rub my eyes as I sit up in my bed, more than a little annoyed at being woken up. Again. For the third time since coming here. Out of three nights. It’s not a robot this time, as robots don’t have footsteps. They simply roll in or hover over the ground. Which means it’s someone with the clearance to enter my suite. And I can only think of a…-
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Cipher has never before wanted to slam the phone down in the middle of a call and destroy the device more than right now. “I’m sorry, but since you were the orphanage director that raised her all the way till her becoming an adult, you are legally considered her guardian, and therefore you are responsible for filling out the portions of the paperwork meant for each student’s legal guardians,” Alfred says with his mirth clear in his voice. “What self-respecting “Why, I’m sure your parents…
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The first thing I do is take off my jacket, which garners a raised brow from Sylver. Then I activate Blood Claws, watching the mana drip down slightly on my status by about a point or so every five or so seconds. I keep my eye on my status as I draw my claw down my arm, cutting it open a little and seeing my mana decrease at a faster pace of about one point every second instead. Okay, so using my claws increased the mana cost of the skill. I keep my eye on my status as I drain some of my own blood and…
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“Your team?” I repeat, a frown developing on my face. If I remember correctly, the Guardian Universities Interschool Tournaments are always broadcast live to every city regardless of Tier. They are basically the replacement of the old world’s Olympics, making it the most important sporting event of the year to a lot of people. The tournaments themselves are located in things called ‘Magical Realities’ which are created through specific types of magic put into magi-tech that allow a sort of…
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I sit in the corner of the cafeteria with quite the number of people staring at me as I wolf down the large volumes of food in front of me. And despite their attempts to stay quiet, I hear plenty of the conversations around me. I ignore the comments at first, but then some more join in, answering the question for the others. That’s all the convincing it took? Is that really why I’ve been so hungry since becoming a Guardian? Oh. Okay. Kind of annoying though, since I’m not much of a fan of eating…
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“Let’s get down to it then,” the old man says, glancing between me and Allen in the process. “The Fall semester begins in a week, next Monday. You are expected to attend the Semester Opening Ceremony the day before the first day, on Sunday, where the speeches will be held by the faculty and the student council president, following which a tournament will be set up. During this, the Guardians may challenge other Guardians within their same Class and year. This is to set up the rankings for that…
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The recognition in the old man’s eyes goes away just as quickly as it had appeared, making me briefly wonder if I was just seeing things. If I had to guess, then I’d say this is the vice-headmaster that the registrar was going to get. But surprisingly, that lady isn’t here anymore. Even after he walks in. And judging by Allen’s face, he doesn’t seem very surprised by that fact. Maybe she was scolded for how she initially treated me or something? From what I understand, that’s normal. Since…
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I yawn as I enter what is apparently Allen’s office after being called over – and woken up – by Sage using the intercom again. This time about my application to Lion’s Heart. And the first thing I see in his office is the sight of him sitting down on a comfortable looking sofa holding his head with his elbows resting on his knees. “So is this because of Belle? Or something else?” I ask with a raised eyebrow, making him look up with a scowl. “Your moping I mean.” His eyebrow…
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“Can you verify these results? Are they real?” Jacob R. Ashton asks his assistant as he stares at the paper in front of him. One with the results of the new wolf girl Guardian’s evaluation. The assistant nervously nods her head before answering, “I’ve had several people going over both the documents, the terminal on our end, and the terminal on their end, and nothing looked wrong. Everything was working. We even have recordings of her evaluations with the initial inputting of level taken…
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I glare at my phone, having a hard time believing someone like Belle would actually do something like this. And for what? Just to go to Lion’s Heart Guardians university? Why does she want to go this badly anyways? I’ve heard that there are some Guardians who take their children to Fractures in case a ‘spirit’ decides they want to contract with them, but generally that’s looked down upon. Many believing that surviving your first Fracture unaided until reinforcements arrive being the best way to…
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