After Maadili’s class, the students still had to sit through four more classes before their lunch time break. Luckily for them, apart from Teacher Bine and Maadili, the Academy did not have many strict teachers. Some of them even allowed the students to self study.

As Mwana was coming from one of the outdoor classes, he noticed that something precious was missing from his desk.

“Has someone taken my book?”

It was a book titled “Invincible in the Night.” However after repeatedly asking, no one answered him.

“Who stole my book?!”

At this point he was getting angry and exasperated. The book was very important to him as he had received it from his father. The book was a traditional hero’s journey that included a lot of knowledge such as Crystal Warrior classifications, various sword styles around the world, the journey of a hero, and a unique adventurous story. There were even sequels in the series, Book 2: “Across the Stars”, Book 3: “The Tired Journeyman”, and Book 4: “The End of the Road or a New Beginning “. It had launched a successful book franchise.

The author of this series, going by the simple name Funga, was rumored to be a great warrior who had long surpassed the highest level of Crystal warriors. However, it wasn’t the book’s illustrious origins that made it important to Mwana. It meant much more to him as it was the last gift he ever received from his father.

“Please, please return it.”

Mwana was very angry but he held his emotions back begging for whoever took the book to return it.

“If you have it, if you know it’s you, don’t be a thief. Just return it. Why ignore when it’s with you.”

However he got no response. Even when he got Cheza, Nyaga, and his other friends to help him search other people’s desks despite their protests, he still couldn’t find it.

Even when he had gotten to Maji 1’s desk, the main suspect in Mwana’s mind, he couldn’t find anything. Although Maji 2 was in the same class, he was a more straightforward character unlike the two-faced Maji 1. Mwana asked Maji 1 whether he took the book several times, “Maji did you take it?”

“What! Didn’t you refuse to lend it to me when I borrowed it? Don’t blame me for everything.”

Two more classes came and went before the lunch break and by then Mwana was in an extremely foul mood. He decided to go to the resident witchdoctor in class. The kid’s title as a witchdoctor was not for show as he was the son of genuine witchdoctor. Even though he was the same age as Mwana, Jua Motikatika was already a 3 Star Rank 2 Magician.

The Star System represented Magic Capacity while Ranks represented Magic Knowledge and a Magician’s Skill. In terms of magical knowledge and skill, the first five ranks were Magic Pupil, Magic Student, Magic Teacher, Magic Master, and Magic Grandmaster. Most of the students were only at the Magic Pupil level or were simply Un-awakened Magicians who couldn’t even use a simple spell unassisted. As for the teachers, they were only at the Magic Teacher level. A 9 year old like Motikatika having already reaching the Magic Student level made him a magic prodigy!