Chapter 74: Identification Plaque

Raising her hand, she gingerly touched the jade plaque with her name on it. The blue-green plaque felt delicate to her exquisite hand, emitting a warm blue-green light as it softly glowed. The instant she firmly gripped the jade tablet, a flood of information rushed into her mind.

'Name: Princess Qamari Ramulas'

'Academy: Sealand Academy'

'Year: First Year'

'Master: Great Magician Iiam'

'Talent Level: Unknown'

'Elemental Attribute/s: Unknown'

'Elemental Level: Unknown'

'Magician requires talent status check...'

"Oh?" Princess Qamari raised her brows in surprise.

There seemed to be levels to the magical talents of a magician. The levels determining the strengths and weaknesses, perhaps? As her mind processed the information unceremoniously stuffed into her head, she began to think of what her elemental attribute was.

From Snow, she learned that in every heart of a realm land, elemental magic freely flowed in the environment. Coming in the seven attributes of water, fire, earth, wood, air, light, and darkness, those elemental magics were naturally formed from the realm heart and were what made human beings, wild beasts, and even plants, magical.

And the higher concentration of the elementals a being carried within their system, the more condensed and powerful their elemental ability would be.

The identification plaque seemed to be the magician's magical ability identification, and she needed to get her talent checked, in order to complete her ability identification. 

"Where are we going to get our talent checked?" Stali asked as she looked around. The other apprentices were just as confounded as her, shaking their heads and shrugging their shoulders in response.

"You do not need to worry about that. We will be responsible for taking you to the testing halls. There, the Stone Veins will test your talent levels and abilities." The bright, rich, male voice cut into the girls conversation, volunteering an answer to their query.

Turning, they saw the speaker was senior brother Teng, with brother Rong and a group of second years following behind. 

The group arrived before the new apprentices that were staring at them with starry eyes.

"Senior brothers, will you really be taking care of us? Would that not disrupt your lessons?" Stali enthusiastically moved to the side of Senior Teng, her hands folded in front of her chest, as she stared dazedly at the later. She found his sunshine personality quite to her liking.

"Yes, senior Teng! Would that really be alright?" Rin, too shy to stand on the other side of senior Teng, stood next to her friend.

Teng Wang was amused by the adoring looks the girls were giving him. That was usually brother Rong's forte. But now, it seemed like even someone like him possessed the qualities to attract the opposite gender's attention. Feeling more confident, he glanced at the silent girl. His heart was soaring with hope and expectations, his sight fervent as he watched her.

'She too, will soon take notice of me. I just need to be patient in lowering her guard against me.' 

The longer he looked at her, the more certain he was that she was the one.

His stagnant breathing and racing heart were irrefutable evidence of his feelings. He never believed in the ridiculous claims of love at first sight before. However, now that he himself fell prey to the very concept he disdained, he could not help but recall an old saying.

"Be careful of what you despise, otherwise, you will one day fall prey to the very thing you scorn."

He fell in love at first sight with a girl he barely even knew. He fell in love, with a girl that did not even give him any importance.

With a girl, he was sure, whose heart did not even beat on seeing him.

'How am I going to win her, than?'

He brushed his hair back in frustration, his mind reeling in chaos. Never before had he wished so much that he had paid a little bit of attention to his friends love lives. If he had, than he would not be stumped on a course of action to take right now.

"Senior Teng. Senior Teng."

How was he going to approach her now? What was he going to do to attract her attention?

"Senior Teng!" The shout startled him awake, abruptly ending his reverie. Pulling himself back to the present, he turned towards the annoyance that disrupted his great planning.

"Yes? What happened? Why are you shouting?" Teng Wang asked in a rush, baffled by the crowd's silence.

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"Senior Teng, are you okay?" A dark hair purple eyed girl in yellow robes asked concernedly, her soft voice tinkling like a nightingale.

The second year males were immediately drawn to her, finding her appearance acceptable to their eyes. She was not a beauty worth a second glance, but her tinkling voice was captivating enough to draw people's attention.

'Another black hair, purple eyed beauty. The other Marikeen prospective.'

They inwardly thought as they smiled amicably at her.

By now, the whole Sealand Academy was aware of the fact that the Marikeen prospective had obsidian black hair and violet-purple jewel like eyes.

"You are...?" Teng Wang looked at the new girl in consternation.

"I am Marui Osklain, the apprentice of the Great Magician Iiam." Proudly raising her chest, she haughtily replied.

Having learned from Aarya Quime's lesson, Marui did not attempt to sound sweet and gentle. Such a façade was redundant and too fake. Even a fool would be able to notice the flaws and see through the mask. As such, she decided to be herself. Proud and arrogant like she was raised to be.

With the addition of her status as the Great Magician's apprentice, no one could fault her for her prideful attitude. After all, who did not want to be the Great Magician, Iiam's apprentice? It was only too bad that the fortune fell on her.

Glancing at her two competitors, she snorted in disdain and looked away.

Well, for now, she had to share the title with two others. But very soon, she will be the only apprentice of the Great Magician.

Clenching her tiny fists, her eyes gleamed with a ferocious light as she vowed to herself.

On the other side, Aarya Quime gritted her teeth in hate, resentment flashing through her eyes, before her expression relaxed.

She too, knew how large of a blunder she had made. Usually, she was calm and collected, never reacting in haste or losing her composer. However, she was greatly stimulated by the unending attention that that princess was receiving. And when the attention givers turned out to be two handsome senior brothers of the academy, she lost her cool, utterly humiliating herself.

Now, as she sat in her seat and went over her actions, she could not help scolding herself. How could she have been such a fool as to attempt to portray a sweet and gentle image? Such an image did not even fit her getup. 

'If that princess had not stolen the limelight and snatched the cold, ice beauty façade, how could I have disgraced myself like that?'

Her hatred grew even deeper as she felt the one behind her humiliation was no one else, but Princess Qamari.

'Just wait and watch. I will make you cry tears of blood one day.'

She glared hatefully at the person she considered the culprit of her disgrace before meekly bowing her head, her malicious eyes hidden by her dark tresses.

Aarya Quime and Marui Osklain were not the only ones reminded of the earlier incident. The other apprentices secretly exchanged glances as they looked from Aarya Quime, senior Teng and Rong, Marui Osklain, and stopped at the motionless princess. They uniformly stepped back, waiting to watch the drama unfold.

"Oh. Nice to meet you. Thank you for your concern, junior sister, but I am fine. Brother Rong, let us get Princess Qamari to come along for the talent check as well." He seriously addressed Rong Li, and turned, indifferently walking away.

He wanted to speak with the girl in his heart more than anyone else.

The girl that was in the process of smugly continuing her speech, froze in shock.

Wide eyed, Marui Osklain blankly stared at the now empty spot in front of her. Her heart thumped in her chest as she forcefully suppressed her towering temper.

'He just ignored me. He ignored me for that wench!'

She madly screamed in her mind, her fierce eyes shooting venomous hatred in a certain direction, scaring the spectating girls away.

"Princess Qamari Ramulas...this is the third time I am disregarded because of you. I will remember this." She resentfully hissed through her gritted teeth.

Princess Qamari, oblivious to the storm about to come her way, was curiously playing with the jade plaque in her hand, the smooth and soft texture quiet to her taste.

"Now, how do I get my talent checked?" 

She frowned, gently twirling the clear jade.

"We are guiding the new apprentices to the testing hall to get their talent evaluated. As a new magician, you also need to come along." Two figures suddenly appeared in front of her, demanding her attention.

Princess Qamari did not need to look to know who they were.

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