In the corridor, waiting, some girls and their servants are exiting their rooms. Needless to say, everyone still looks at me like I am an alien Spirit. They avert their gazes as soon I look at them though.

This whole dorm is for the first years, or so I assume.

The girl from yesterday, Karli if I remember right, sees me and comes to talk to me, along with her Servant.

"Good morning Duncan. Is Nora not ready yet?"

"She's still changing I believe."

"Ah I see. Why are you waiting outside of the room? Don't you have a curtain?"

"We have a curtain, but I decided to wait outside anyway."

"Are you the shy type my dear?" - The slut says.

"Nope. I just thought she needed some time for herself."

Both of them look at me puzzled. But as soon Karli was about to ask something:

"3, 2, 1..."

The door opens violently, Nora looks at me with an angry face.

"What was that?!?"

"That was a compliment."

"Huuh!?"

"I just complimented your good features. You should be happy about it."

"Haaah!?!?!?"

"Anyway, if you don't like such compliments, maybe we should talk about it at a later time? Right now we should get some breakfast so you don't run late for class. Besides..." - I point to the other two.

Nora looks at them, with the face all flustered. Then she looks at me with a menacing voice.

"You are going to pay for this."

She starts to walk in the direction of the dorms exit, with smoke coming out of her head. I follow her. And the other two are lost in confusion looking at each other. It's not my fault, I grew up messing with my brothers and other nobles. It's in my nature.

...

We reach the cafeteria, the boy from yesterday, Blake, and his Servant, were already there waiting for their order. Blake calls us four over.

We sit at the same table while they all exchange greetings.

"Yesterday was so awesome! Corin decimated those monsters! And he didn't even use magic! Only his sword!"

"Haha, my master is really an excited person. But to be honest, those monsters were nothing, it was like killing mouses. I need something more challenging. Hey Duncan, how about a friendly fight?"

"No thanks."

I don't fight for fun Muscle Head.

"Hahaha, Nora, your Servant doesn't want to fight mine! Is he afraid~?"

"Huhm! He can die for all I care."

Blake and Muscle Head become confused and look at me and Karli.

"When we went to her room, Duncan was already waiting outside and then something happened."

Karli quickly explains what happened. And then everyone, except Nora, look at me.

At this moment, I would say something like "I just complimented her", but considering how pissed she is, I better not say anything. I know when to stop~.

"Just forget it guys, something happened and that's why I am angry with Al. I'll deal with him later." - She looks at me as she says that. - "By the way, I had a dream tonight and I think it was about him. I know I said we were going to call him Duncan, but I discovered that his nickname was Al. So let's call him that."

"A dream?" - They ask

Nora quickly tells her dream.

"That's strange. I didn't have any dream, what about you Karli?"

"I also didn't. We should ask teacher Lawrence about it."

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking too. Today after class I will ask him about it."

The orders arrive. It seems unlike the lunch and dinner, we only have one option for breakfast, that's why no maid came to ask us what we wanted. Again, I said thank you and everyone looked at me, although Muscle Head didn't seem to notice it.

"Oh, I was so focused on my dream that I forgot to ask. Karli, did you discover from what legend Liria is?"

"Oh, ah yeah. It didn't take too much effort, one of the librarians knew about the Red Rose Liria and gave me the book about her legend. She is from "The Dragon Slayer". It seems she was the lover of the protagonist and helped him in killing the High Dragon."

"Not directly of course, fighting isn't for me. I just gave him information, resources and means to slay the dragon. But dear, don't say lover. You can't call someone lover just because that person spent one night together with someone."

"Uhmn... Ok..."

And that's why I call her a slut. I can't understand someone who has sex with someone so casually, regardless of gender.

"By the way Duncan... Oh wait, fufu, I mean Al, we can have some private time together if you want..." - She is squeezing her chest melons (literally) as she invites me.

"No thanks. Why don't you invite Corin for some hardcore action? You get your sexy time and he gets his violence. Everyone is happy."

Muscle Head chokes on his sandwich and the slut lets out a loud laugh.

"Haha, indeed Corin is also an attractive man, but I'm into the mysterious type."

I roll my eyes and ignore her.

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After finishing breakfast, we headed to the classroom in the main building.

It seems like the Servants don't need to be in the classroom with their master during classes, but they can sit beside them. But since her class today is about Servants, I should be there too. I need to know more about this. By the way, Nora is still ignoring me and the other two Servants also accompanied their Masters.

The teacher arrives and starts his class.

Good thing I came, there are some things worth noting:

A Servant is not like a normal human. First, Servants can only die if their brain is destroyed or if they run out of mana. It doesn't matter if you cut off his head, it doesn't matter if you cut him to pieces, he won't die unless you destroy the brain. Well, not immediately anyway. To heal their wounds or regenerate lost limbs, they need mana. So in theory, if you keep injuring them, they will run out of mana eventually.

However, the Servant still has organs and therefore, still has emotions, needs and desires... They can feel hungry, thirsty, aroused...

A Servant is a walking battery of mana by the way. They have twice the mana of their masters, plus the mana from their color rank.

In other words, if Nora has 32,000 mana units, I have 64,000 + 85,000. That's 149,000 mana units in total...

The C, B, A or S ranks have nothing to do with the mana. They only evaluate the magic ability of the Servant. That means if I didn't know how to cast the most basic spells, my rank would be lower than S, even with all my mana. It's important not to mix mana quantity with magic ability, that's what my mother used to say.

"That's why class, you should avoid pushing your Servants too hard , even if they have a lot of mana. If they waste 90% of their mana, they won't be able to replenish their mana on their own."

"So it's like us teacher? When we run out of mana, we get tired and fall unconcious..."

"Yes and no. The Servants also get tired and may fall unconcious, but unlike us, they can't replenish and will die."

"So how do we replenish their mana?"

"There are two ways. One way is to give them Power Crystals. As you know, we can pour 1000 mana units into one Power Crystal. We need make the Servant swallow it. That's why the school gave you each 10 power crystals. By the way Miss Nightingale, you should get 5 more Power Crystals."

"Yes teacher."

"The other way is not encouraged and very dangerous. Do not do it unless in extreme situations!"

Every student looks at the teacher with somewhat scared/surprised faces.

"As you know, part of your mana is stored in your blood. This process involves in cutting yourselves and let your Servant drink the blood."

Now they have their faces pale with a somewhat disgusted expressions.

"W-Why is it dangerous?" - a girl asks

"Imagine if you will, a man in a desert about to die from thirst. You give them a glass of water but tell them they can't drink more than half. As you probably imagine, he won't obey and will drink everything. If you try to stop him from drinking the rest, he will struggle and keep drinking. That's what happens with the Servants."

I see, we are so desperate for mana that we can't control ourselves. It's a survival instinct... As long you see water in front of you, you will drink until you are satisfied... Same thing with Power Crystals, we will swallow every Crystal we see until we are satisfied. I have to ask one thing:

"What happens if the Master dies?"

"The Servant becomes free of his contract. However, he will no longer be able to replenish his mana and it will gradually drop even if the Servant doesn't cast any magic. The Servant needs to find a new Master or he will perish."

I see... Good thing I wasn't able to kill Nora yesterday... There are many doubts in my head.

Even if I am not from a legend, am I the same as the other Servants?

Do I die if I run out of mana? Do I die if I bleed out? Do I die if my heart is pierced?

Am I still a human?

The bells ring and the teacher ends the lesson. Nora quickly gets up and walks to him.

"Mister Lawrence, I wanted to discuss something about Duncan with you."

"Ok Miss Nightingale, please follow me to my office."

We follow him. When we reach his office, Nora explains about the dream.

"I see... There are some people who experienced dreams about their Servants. Myself included. But, don't count too much on that dream Miss Nightingale. In all those cases, the dream had some discrepancies with the legend. As you know, my servant was a woman, but in the dream I had she was a man."

Was? Considering I still didn't see this man Servant, I am going to assume something happened to the Servant.

But... The dream she had matched with my memories.

"It's better than nothing at least. Now I have some clues about Al, even if they are weak. Oh by the way Mister Lawrence, I'm now calling him Al."

"As long you don't trust too much on that dream Miss Nightingale."

"Alright, thanks Mister Lawrence, I'm going to have lunch now and after the afternoon classes I will go to the library to search for clues."

"You're welcome Miss Nightingale."

We get out of the office and we headed for the cafeteria.

The rest of the afternoon passed by normally, with some curious looks. And Nora is still ignoring me. At least I managed to discover what year it is: 4671 After Calamity... That's 935 years after my time...

After the afternoon class, Nora and I headed to the library. And it's huge as I remember. It's the size of a big church with 3 floors of books. It's a paradise for book fanatics.

"Alright Al, you're going to help me."

"Sure, as long you have a better plan than picking up random books."

"I'm going to ask the librarian to filter for me books with white mage characters. And you are going to read them."

"Say what?"

"What did you expect? I have no way of knowing if the legend is about you or not. You have to read them and see if you remember anything. And don't worry, I'm sure they aren't that many. Hehehe."

You little...

She asks the librarian for books with white mage characters. Later he comes with a list of books that match the criteria. There are at least 50 books...

"Well, good luck Al~~."

I stand there as she goes somewhere else, probably to the dorms.

It's obvious I am not going to read everything in the books. If I notice the legend is not about me, then there's no need to read all of it, but I should at least pretend I read them in case she asks the librarians to check the records...

"Aff... It's going to be a long and boring night..."

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