He still thinks about the beautiful lady on the bus while walking towards his home "She's some royalty! No wonder she stood out so much among the pa.s.sengers on the bus!" He suddenly remembers that he needs to walk a mile " But WTH happened after that? Ughhhh I'm so mad." He lashes out in anger, without knowing any details of her.

-

The other day in school, among the buzz of the students and the songs of birds. Students of a cla.s.s are working and training physically to enhance their physical potential.

While the whole cla.s.s is training, Faust and Aion are sitting on the sidelines, watching the cla.s.s with boredom taken over them.

Faust rested his chin on his palm as he watched. "So that is how it happened huh? You have gone through a lot." Aion replies after Faust told him what happened yesterday.

"You see that's why I told you to walk quickly! I know that the half-dead we're going to show up, which is why I hurried. But who would expect the bus would already be full!"

"I tried to get in, but then the crowd pushed me out of the race to get in!"  He exclaims.

"Huh? So does this happen often or what?" Faust asks in a surprise.

"Yes, every few months in a year, the half-dead barges into the city, abducting humans, cattle and whatever they find to eat," Aion answers him with a bright face.

Faust is starting to understand this new land better with every pa.s.sing day. He also figured that this is the reason why the lady on the bus did not allow him to get down in his stop. It must be because she saw the half-dead from the windows and decided not to let him get down the bus.

"Anyway! What's with the new colour of your hair?" Faust's face suddenly shrunk to the thirds looking at Aion's hair.

Aion's wavy 'cool guy' hair is gone, his hair is all fluffy and messy as if he has been exposed to electricity.

"Ah haha hah hah, stuff happened!" He answers back, quivering in fear while one of his eyes twitched.

"Weirdo!" Faist says without holding back, turning his face towards the students running in the dirt.

-

"Today we will learn how to draw the elements from your respective elemental stones." Bra.s.s, the teacher with purple coloured hair announces to the cla.s.s.

"Say ya.s.s and be excited you, little twerps." He screams to the whole cla.s.s.

The whole cla.s.s goes yelling loudly which satisfies Bra.s.s's ego. He goes onto to take out a chart and sticks it on the board.

The chart is of a human body with different coloured circles at the centre of the body from head to toe. He then takes out a purple stone from his pockets.

"Have anybody noticed something from the chart?" He asks as he stretches his left hand out with the stone resting on his open palm.

"There are different steps to draw the power of an elemental stone. Watch how the stone behaves." Saying that Bra.s.s looks at the stone as he starts taking deep breaths in harmony.

At first, the purple stone starts to emit a dim light before going bright, following, a purple spark emits from the stone that becomes a lightning coiling around the hand of Bra.s.s like python.

Later the stone takes on the colour of orange-yellow as if the stone is heating up in a furnace. Bra.s.s raises his other hand up with his palm facing the sky.

The whole premises of school turns dark with metal like clouds covering the bright sky. The clouds then growl and rumble with lightning and thunder.

Later on the egg-sized stone, binder like seals appeared at four equal parts. At this point, the eyes of Bra.s.s has turned purple with static emitting from his body. 

It looks like Bra.s.s is showing off his strength, wherein he is displaying the stages, the elemental stone comprises.

"This is not the final power of the stone yet. There are two more steps that only people of a Captain and General cla.s.ses could pull off.

"You guys must be wondering how I did that, or even how an elemental stone even chose you. It's simple, allow me to explain!" The way Bra.s.s is teaching is so interesting! Every student including Faust has become interested in the topics and lessons he is teaching.

"That is because of the 'chakras' the energies that are present in your body." Bra.s.s explains the deep connection between the universe, dimensions and the elemental stones. Everything is connected with reactions and energies.

"A human body consists of seven chakras. Which are seven different types of energy! Based on your body and the chakra that is well suited for your body, the elemental stones choose you." He continues.

"If you do not work on your respective chakra! You might become like the gentleman sitting in the last!" He points Aion while saying.

"You will let your other chakras meddle with the one that is resonating with your elemental stone and end up losing control on the flow of your stone. The colour of the seven 'Chakras' is the same as the seven elemental stones." He states that the seven chakras in the body are the seven elemental stones. You awake the stone based on the chakra nature that is well suited for your body.

In the meanwhile, Faust raises his right hand in the air to ask Bra.s.s of something."yes! Let me hear" Bra.s.s responds. He became a totally different person once he started the cla.s.s and began teaching.

"What about the black elemental stone? Isn't it the eighth elemental stone? So-" He pauses to check the faces of the people around him and their expressions while hesitating.

"So is there eighth chakra in our body which is related to the black elemental stone?" Faust asks.

"Unfortunately, there are no records on the black elemental stone, not the eight chakra nature in the human body. I'm sorry but I cannot help you with anything." Bra.s.s answers politely.

-

*"Manh! What the h.e.l.l! Why did I awaken a black element for? There is literally nothing about it! Also, why the h.e.l.l Mr.Bra.s.s became arrogant and loud right after the cla.s.s? It's as if he is a different person."* Faust, on the way back to his home, curses at his fate, of how he has no spiritual power and how Bra.s.s's behaviour is.

He knocks on the door of his flat and notices new, never seen footwear outside. In the next second, he is welcomed by Neith and another familiar voice.

"Hi, Faust! How was your day? Have you been expecting me?"