»We have already written to your parents and invited them to celebrate Halloween with us. They have all agreed and will arrive at the academy in the early afternoon tomorrow. For this reason, class ends tomorrow at noon. ”The rest of the words were lost in a cheer. "This is insane," cheered Ulf. "I thought I wouldn't see my father again until Christmas."

Luciano also beamed all over the face. »I'm looking forward to my father too. I am curious to see what he says that I made it into the Crossrideteam in the first year. He wasn't in the first team until he was in the five grade. ”The two talked deep into the night until they finally fell asleep.

The next day, regular classes were out of the question. No matter what the masters tried, but they couldn't bring calm to the classes. At last it was time. Everyone was waiting for their parents in the portal room. Ulf was among them with Luciano. The boy's mood worsened when he saw Ariana standing a few steps away. It seemed as if she had been watching Ulf continuously. It was enough for the young Verenus. He went up to her and started: "Little Malakin baby, are you happy that your mommy is coming now? She can change fresh diapers for you . ”The Verenus nearby laughed only cautiously. They were divided. For one thing , Brian Malakin was in Verenus a famous personality, but his daughter was an Aramis and compasses since inconceivable times a rivalry.

Ariane looked at Ulf in horror, but said nothing. She turned and disappeared with her hair blowing . Ulf did not notice that a few tears ran down the young Aramis' cheeks. He let himself be celebrated, but then a deep voice shook him. "Ulf Elmar Yannik!" The addressee turned around, startled, and looked into his father's angry eyes. "Come to me on the spot!" Ulf approached him intimidated and just saw his mother and Lars greeting Freya . Sven took his eldest son aside and exhorted him: “How can you be so mean. I actually always thought we taught you to respect other people. It seems like you've forgotten everything in the past few weeks. «

“I respect others, but this Malakin is so sure of himself that I want to scream. All Aramis think they are the kings because they have always won the Crossride Cup in recent years. They're so conceited and arrogant, ”Ulf tried to defend himself.

"So I'm conceited and arrogant?" His father asked him.

"No, why you?" Ulf asked confused.

“You just said that all Aramis are like that. To remind you. I'm an Aramis too , so if you insult this circle, you will insult me ​​too. ”

"I did not mean that. I totally forgot, «stammered Ulf, who didn't know how to react.

“I told you two months ago that I had a tendency to Verenus , but I chose Aramis . Do you know why I decided against it? ”His son shook his head. " Norano had told me that all mages from the chaos quintet came from Verenus. They killed my parents, your grandparents. I was afraid that if I went into this circle, I would be on the wrong track. Now when I see how you're behaving at the moment, it shows me that I was probably right with my fear. «

"Dad I'm sorry," Ulf apologized truefully.

“Don't tell that me, but Ariane . You haven't probably even noticed that her eyes filled with tears after your attack. Come and apologize to her . "With these words drew Sven his offspring with him and went to Ariane , where was comforted through her mother.

" A ... Ari ... Ariane ?" Ulf stammered. "I'm sorry I insulted you before."

"All right. I didn't mean anything bad to you, ”she stuttered nervously.

"Didn't you forget something?" Dädalus chided his daughter .

“I also wanted to apologize for attacking you like this before our election ceremony. I wanted to make up with you later, but you didn't give me an opportunity. I thought it was impossible that someone from Verenus wanted to be friends with someone from Aramis . ”

With these words he became aware of Elmar Erikson's request again . Suddenly all the color escaped from his face. "What's going on?" Ariane asked, startled.

"Nothing. I just remembered something I had forgotten. It's not that important, 'Ulf tried to talk himself out of it. "It would be nice if we could get along."

"It seems our children are smarter than we are," Dädalus smiled at Sven .

“Yes, it almost looks like this. But it was always a lot of fun to beat you in a circle or cross ride. ” Dädalus even had to laugh a little now.

Ulf now felt a little pushed back, so he replied with a laugh: "I'll enjoy that too. In two days in Crossride and at the end of the school year with the circle order. «

"Sounds almost like ours," laughed Dädalus.

"Yes, only that we weren't able to make friends when we were in school," Sven replied .

They talked until Julia approached, followed by Tim and Carmen . "Hello Sven, " Tim greeted him. " Malakin !" He added coldly to Dädalus.

" Tim grow up," his wife warned him. 'Do you still dislike anyone in Verenus ? Don't forget that Ulf is now part of the circle. ”This seemed to appease Tim and he reacted almost normally to Dädalus. When everyone was on the way through the academy, Ulf took his father aside. “Dad I need to talk to you. I have you already written that something strange had occurred in my choice ceremony. "Ulf finally told him the events that had led to it for Verenus decided had. Sven Yannik also had no explanation for this. However, he promised his son to get more information about it.

"May I ask you how the decisions were on your way?" Asked the 13-year-old.

The older man looked at his son in astonishment and asked: "Why do you want to know?"

"I'm just curious and wanted to compare it to myself," he said. “Everyone always tells me I'm like you. You too would have had the opportunity to go to Verenus . I just want to know how much I really am like you. «

Sven heard his son's sad undertone and eyed him worriedly. »With the rooms, you should know that the first decision is the decisive one. If, for example, it happens that you have made the same number of decisions for two circles, then your tendency is the one whose circle you chose in the first room. The path I have followed is extremely rare. «

"You made a decision on all four circles," Ulf said, astonishing his father.

"How did you find out?" He asked. The younger boy just shrugged. »In the first room I chose the exit with my friends. I chose the daggers for the objects . I fought the opponent and in the last room I misled the ogres that I could get past them . "He looked at his son intently and continued:" I hope you are calmed down because I think that you decided something different. I know you can't talk about it yet. ”

"There were four magicians who could tell their way openly at any time," Navina said . "Nothing negative had come of it."

»Ammar Aramis, Inex Irmengart, Tia Tamika and Valentino Verenus were exceptional talents when it came to magic. Each of them symbolized one of the four branches and represented it 100%. But every magician makes a choice with one of his decisions that does not correspond to the circle. In order to be able to talk about his path at the beginning, he would have to be a true representative of his circle and there is no such thing. «

I am a true Verenus . Does that mean I can talk about it?

" Are you so sure about that?" Navina asked . "I am a real Tamika ."

She seemed to explode. Her magic became the shining silver that was typical of her circle. Why can't anyone see that? As striking as the magic flowed from her.

"You chose Tamika four times ?" Her mother asked in surprise. The 13-year-old nodded, and since her magic was not out of control, showed that she was telling the truth. Before Ulf was asked about his exact choice, Brian Beowulf joined the group with his son. He was fascinated by the events and was happy that his son had made friends with Ulf. After the banquet, the parents left the academy again. The pain of saying goodbye did not last long, because in its place the tension came on the first game of the cross riding season.

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