Humans were a very diverse species. Apart from having souls, they had very few things in common. They shared the same aesthetics and all of them had two legs and one head with a single nose and two ears. Their average life span was about 280 years and their average height was about 3.6 metres for males and 3.3 metres for females.

Since humans lived in different solar systems and galaxies, they had to keep their time synced. So, Jargon I created the Ortuses Calendar marking his ascension date as the first day.

A year was 420 days, a day was 20 hours, an hour was 60 minutes and a minute was 60 seconds. A second was defined as the time needed for light to travel 300000 kilometres. A year was divided into 12 months with each month containing 35 days. A week was seven days.

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Galva Planet, Kaiser System, Mayall Galaxy.

Eighth of August, year 573, Ortuses Calendar.

It was a hot sunny morning, a boy, about 40 years old, was walking in the middle of a road. The boy was about 2.8 metres tall. He had short, black hair and two pairs of unusually deep, black eyes. His arms were covered with scales, from the back of his hand up to his elbows. In addition, he had a scaly tail. He was of medium build and had a slightly tanned skin. His face could be said to be ordinary.

He was walking with a group of kids, six of them to be exact. They all appeared to be around the same age. All of them were wearing a simple white shirt and blue pants. Above it they wore a red robe that had a logo attached to its back. It read, 'Mayall Academy.'

The boy, Artix Fergusson, raised his head to look at the three stars hanging there and said, in a complaining tone, "Why can't we just come to school at night?"

His voice contained a hint of laws. It seemed that you did not need to know the language to understand what he was saying.

"Because you have to be a good boy and sleep at night," said Jordan, a short, winged boy.

"Wow, you sound like my mom," said Alex, a four-armed giant, jokingly. He then realized that he said something wrong.

The group immediately turned to face Artix who waved his hand and said, "It's fine you guys. It's been a year already."

"You say that, but you've been locked up in the asylum for a whole year!" Pointed Edward, a two-mouthed guy.

"It's not like I wanted to stay, Okay? Those old fools just didn't let me leave," said Artix in a half-explaining, half-complaining manner.

"Huh, Why is that?" Said Edward.

"They thought that I turned crazy because of the incident," explained Artix.

Although the group found it weird, they didn't continue to probe. The group walked in silence until they reached a familiar wall. Through the gate, one could see many children walking around and they could also see grownups. There were many scattered buildings that looked like classrooms. There was a signboard that read, 'Mayall Academy'. This was the only public academy on the planet. Students from all over the planet, and even other systems, teleported from their towns using teleport portals. Although teleporting came with a cost, students were exempted from the fee. So, education was accessible to all. Children had to go to school when they became 32 years old and they graduated when they turned 60 years old. The graduates then had the chance to enter universities to further their studies.

"Well, here we are," said Artix, "Let's go inside before class starts, I don't want to hear Ma'am Helary complaining on my first day back."

The group entered and used a teleportation platform- a short-distance teleport portal- to arrive at their classroom. There was a signboard hanging on the door, "9-5057".

They entered the classroom and found that nearly a hundred students, boys and girls, were already there listening to the lecture.

"Damn," said Artix.

The lecture stopped and everyone in the room turned to face the seven that just entered.

"Well, well, look who we have here," said Helary, a middle-aged lady with three horns on her head, "I thought you lot learned your lesson last time," she paused and then continued, "looks like standing in the sun for an hour just isn't enough."

"Ma'am wait," said Edward hurriedly, "we came late because we were waiting for Artix so we can arrive together," then he brought Artix to the front and said, "Look."

Artix, who was taken by surprise, faced Ma'am Helary and said, "Morning Ma'am."

Silent whispers were heard from one side of the room.

"Silence," said Helary, she paused and then turned to look at the boy who she did not see for almost a year. She remembered the incident that happened a year ago.

On the twenty third of July, year 572, A Devil managed to break into Mayall and caused billions of lives to lose their lives. Artix's home system was close to the border and thus could not escape the disaster. Artix lost both his parents, his older brother and sister in the incident. Had it not been for Artix to be at school at the time, he would have not survived either. After sacrificing alot of soldiers and with the aid of Gods, they finally managed to take down the Devil. But the lives lost could not be returned.

Helary remembered clearly the look of Artix that day. He stood in his place crying and laughing like a madman. He tried to go back to check on his family, but all the teleport portals were down. Faced with helplessness, all he could do was to find a corner and sit down, his thoughts a mystery. No matter how they talked to him, he would not respond. Finally, a group of disaster relief people came and took him in for treatment.

Now, a year later, the same boy was standing in front of her, yet she could not see the cheerfulness he had in the past, nor the playfulness of a youth.

Putting on a gentle smile on her face she said:

"Good morning Artix."