"Hm? Your personal apprentice? Why should I be your personal apprentice? I'm sorry but I'm gonna reject your proposal." Jack answered full of righteousness.
"Are you really rejecting my sincerity?" Professor Kay was clearly annoyed with Jack's answer.
"I just said I want freedom. I don't want a master. Especially one that is related to the academy. If I became your personal apprentice, that would make me related to the academy. I don't want to do things in the future for the sake of the academy just because you would be my master." Jack sounded anoyed.
"Then you are a fool. You are being given a very rare chance to being my apprentice and getting the protection of the academy. And you are going to refuse it? Do you know how many people wish to be in your position?" Professor Kay's voice started to get a dark tone. The light in the room dimmed, and reality seemed to be distorting a bit.
Jack's face was starting to pale for a second, when blood started pumping through all his body. His heart was beating like never before. And color came back to his face.
"I refuse. You can't force me to accept. I want to be free. I want to travel the whole world. I want to fight my own battles. I want to make my own choices. I will not be linked to this academy. The academy is just a tool for me. A tool that will help me on my journey." Jack answered with so much strength that reality seemed to come to normal once again.
Professor Kay was absolutely out of words while looking at Jack. If someone looked into his eyes, they would be able to see fear, confusion and fanaticism inside those eyes.
Professor Kay calmed down, and a smile appeared on his face. "It's ok then. You don't have to be my formal personal apprentice. I will just be your adviser. But I will be the one giving you classes each day on the afternoons."
Before Jack could answer, professor Kay continued. "You have no right to refuse here. It's not to your best interest. No one on the academy except me will be able to teach you about your element. And I don't want to brag about myself, but I'm quite at the top on this academy when it comes to knowledge."
Jack thought for a bit before answering. "I will accept then."
Professor Kay seemed quite happy with Jack's decision. "Good. Then you can stay here. I have an spare room. Maybe you should clean it a bit."
"Are we starting classes tomorrow?" Jack asked while walking towards his new room.
"No. We are not. You should get familiar with the academy's grounds during these days before classes start. Maybe you will meet interesting people. Who knows?" Professor Kay smiled before going back to reading some strange book.
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Jack woke up early the next morning. He exited his room expecting to see professor Kay doing some kind of experiment. But professor Kay was nowhere to be found.
"I guess he had some errands to run." Jack murmured while walking out.
After walking for not longer than five minutes, Jack happened to run into Klaus.
"Hey Jack! I knew I would meet you here. There are already many rumours about you running around the academy. All the junior students already know about you. You are like a little celebrity between the juniors. But don't get over yourself, you are nowhere near the Supernovas."
Jack didn't even have a chance to open his mouth before Klaus ended his words.
"The Supernovas? What is that?" Jack liked quite a bit that term. He thought it sounded cool.
"They are the new students with the greatest potential. You met most of them yesterday. Maybe you wouldn't know, but they are quite famous already. And it's not just about status or talent, even though they are really young, many feets have been achieved by them. Some of them are really interesting stories."
Jack was interested in knowing those stories. He wanted to know more especially about Aria. He wanted to know how was it that she was a half-elf. Weren't elves supposed to be living in the continent of Inram?
"Hey. How about I give you a little tour? Since many of my family members have attended this academy in the past, I know the layout of this place quite well."
Jack didn't see any reason to refuse, so he accepted Klaus' proposal.