Damian, Aurora, and Magnus made their way to the main building of the Garmony Upper School, where the school cafeteria was. Not only them, but all the other new students were there.
Why? Damian asked the first person he found, "don't you know? The rector will come to greet the new students and give them their uniforms."
He could not understand. Wasn't it supposed to be another test? Vanessa told him so, and she had no reason to lie.
"What changed? Something did, and I am sure of it!"
It felt like the school was rushing things and wanted to start the classes as soon as possible to teach the new students how to fight, turning them into soldiers. That was how Damian felt things were going, but only time would tell if that was true.
"Man, I am so hungry! I feel like I can eat all the things in this cafeteria!" Magnus said as he looked at the different things one could get for breakfast.
Sure, it had a limit, and the students could not eat or get food to eat later. The reason for it was the point system, which rewarded good students and worsened the lives of bad students.
"A bad student can starve to death, and they can either hunt their food or leave the school for good." thought Damian.
Food was not the only thing one needed points to, but all the other things like clothing, books, and anything the stores inside the school's grounds were selling. Outside money had no value there, so it did not matter where you came from; there was no direct benefit.
Aurora made her plate which consisted of cereal.
"Are you eating only that? Me too!" Damian said.
Both looked proud to eat only cereal in the morning, a not-so-healthy breakfast. But, on the other hand, Magnus had a full meal with bread, fried eggs, and a protein shake!
"Damian, remember I told you I would turn your stick legs into this?" Magnus said, pulling his shorts to show his muscular quads.
"You need to eat better. Here, take my plate, and I will grab another one, give the cereal to Aurora!"
It seemed Damian had no choice in that matter, as Magnus tossed the plate on him and looked with a gaze that was saying, 'eat it or die.'
They chose one of the few empty tables in the school's cafeteria, and Damian breathed heavily, preparing to eat that much food right after waking up.
"You can do it," Aurora said with two bowls of cereal in front of her and a big smile.
"It is easy for you to say it," Damian pointed to her food and then to his.
Before they even started their breakfast, Magnus returned with his new plate of food. It still had the same things as Damian's, but he doubled the quantity!
"Now that my bro is eating like this, I need to eat more to keep myself bigger! Also, bro, later we have some arms workout."
"We have an arms workout?"
Damian had no idea how he would keep up in a workout with a monster like Magnus. "Will I have to buy a body-enhancing ability later?" he thought.
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All the older students could eat and leave the cafeteria to go to their classes, but the new students could not. After everyone ate, and only the new students remained, someone walked in.
It was an older man with black hair, a grey strand, an eyepatch, and a sword on his waist. He wore black clothes, looking like a complete badass, and seeing him sent shivers down everyone's spine.
The man went to a higher platform they built, especially for that occasion, looking at all the students sitting at the tables, looking back at him.
"I am Darius, the school's rector. I welcome everyone, and you are now officially students of the Garmony Upper School,"
"For those wondering if the test you passed was the only one, it was not, but we had, uhm, some complications, so we are skipping the test, and you are all ready to start classes," Darius made a dramatic pause before finishing the sentence with, "today!"
People started whispering inside the cafeteria, making Darius unhappy, and yelled, "ENOUGH!"
After hearing his voice, the cafeteria went silent again, as no youth wanted to challenge the director.
"Don't think that because the test did not happen, no one is testing you as we speak! All of your actions have consequences here, and I bet you all know about the point system, so if you wish to be lazy, then be it, but don't complain to me after you starve to death, don't have water, a shampoo, and not even internet,"
"Speaking of the internet, you can only access certain websites, so communication with the outside world is forbidden. You can only talk with people outside of the school in certain moments when we allow it."
Darius then waved for a woman to bring some bags which had uniforms on them.
"Margaret will give each one of you your uniform. Tell her your size when she approaches you here. After you get your uniform, please go to your classroom immediately."
After explaining those things, Darius left, leaving all the students shocked. Most of them believed their classes would not start so soon, with at least a few days to get used to the school, but that was not the case.
Damian waited at his table with Magnus and Aurora, and after the three of them got their uniforms, they left the cafeteria, looking for their classroom.
"Bro, what is up with your uniform's size? Look, you will train with me and get in shape. The smallest size for adults? You look like someone who got rescued from a desert island..."
Magnus did not lose the chance to make fun of Damian's skinny looks, but he was getting used to it.
Aurora ignored the two as she looked at a paper glued to the wall, "look, we are all in the same class. That's good news, but there is also bad news."
"Bad news? What do you mean?" asked Damian as he got closer to read the names on the paper and saw what she meant.
"Joffrey..."
Damian's only enemy was in his class, which would surely be a lot of fun.